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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
3
The item promotes prosperity for 1901 linking national and personal success to health. It stresses a weak stomach undermines health and urges using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to cure dyspepsia indigestion and biliousness. Free Almanac 1901 offered with valuable information.
A humorous exchange in the Times-Democrat shows one speaker praising the garden weeds as thrifty while another questions their condition. The brief dialogue highlights casual seaside or rural life language and local newspaper voice.
An ad proclaims Grain-O made from pure grains as nourishing and strengthening. It notes initial dislike but after a week of use the switch from coffee is permanent, suitable for children and adults, with directions and licenses and a 25 cent price.
A quote from the Atchison Globe notes that every mother of a singing daughter blames the world’s scarcity of appreciative souls for the child’s failures.
An advertisement for Lane's Family Medicine promotes daily bowel movement as essential to health. It asserts gentle action on the liver and headaches and lists a price of 25 units.
Grace complains about plans with Snaggs while Nell insists she must stroll after buying a stylish new cloak. The exchange reflects light social chatter featured in the Syracuse Herald column.
Public health notice warns that coughing may indicate tuberculosis and urges immediate treatment. Advises visiting a druggist for a free sample bottle and purchasing large bottles priced at 25 and 50 vents, stressing delays are dangerous.
A Baltimore American cartoon quotes Mrs Wunder claiming women never rob trains while Mr Wunder retorts that ladies are always holding up trains. The exchange satirizes gender stereotypes in crime.
An advertisement promotes a Siorekeeper who can supply Carter's Ink and suggests asking about price. It notes carloads are shipped annually to every state and asks readers if they buy Carter's.
A pithy remark from Puck notes the rarity of lenders who let a gentleman borrow with dignity, suggesting many fall short of respectful lending norms.
John F. Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana writes on February 15 1900 that Piso’s Cure for Consumption has no equal for coughs and colds.
A Detroit Journal quip notes romance faltering as a suitor struggles to find the keyhole, picturing love momentarily leaving through the window in a lighthearted domestic moment.
Slogan heavy ad copy promises quick cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Refunds offered if it fails to cure. The ad blends health claims with motivational lines about cheerfulness and digestive health.
From the rocks not the lips the soul reflected a public award tale. Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs wins praise as a top cough remedy. Pike's Toothache Drops claim cure in one minute with Ram's Horn as a noted aside.
H H Abrams states in Des Moines that a Spirit Lake petition filed in July 1898 to allow saloons was invalidated by a county board adjourned meeting. He calls for a 6 percent voter petition in every county and opposes city size exemptions to apply the law equally.
J H Hurd of the Laboringmen's Co operative Life association accuses a trio of suspects in a murder tied to an attempted policy fraud. George A Barber of Webster City held a 7800 policy and died in Pagosa Springs Colorado. Mrs Mary Wright of Chicago and W R Neff are jailed at Pagosa to face a coroner's inquest.
Prominent Ringgold county attorney calls the case the most revolting he has seen in 30 years. Judge Towner denies a new trial, noting four defense witnesses degraded themselves. Mackie allegedly pressured Miss Debbie Brown, who was a wreck, to marry him to avoid jail.
Morris Shein sued Des Moines Insurance Co for 3600 dollars for stock damaged by fire January 19 1900. He stood trial for burning to defraud insurers and was acquitted. He then filed a heavy damage suit in Polk county and won the first part, receiving 1633 dollars.
Sioux Rapids firm Farmer Thompson and Hessell has purchased a controlling interest in the First National Bank of Spencer and has also acquired the Greenville bank. The group now owns the largest line of banks in northeastern Iowa, including the Bank of Sioux Rapids First National Bank of Rolfe First National Bank of Marathon First National Bank of Laurens Bank of Havelock Bank of Greenville and the Spencer institution.
Promoters of a stock company plan to build a large and costly Masonic temple in Muscatine. The projectors are influential, wealthy Masons, and the effort has moved beyond the initial stage toward a substantial structure for the city or state.
Franklin Wilcox longtime county figure and retired resident dies at 90. He lived with his daughter after his wife passed away years ago. Known as Squire Wilcox, he served many years as justice of the peace and was a familiar name across the county.
Mrs Pinkham offers free advice and Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to help women, citing Mrs Chappell of Grant Park NL who was cured of ovarian and womb inflammation. The article emphasizes shared female experiences and urges seeking her guidance from Lynn Mass.
A collage of light exchanges from papers quotes women calling sickness “nervous” and men defending kissing consent. Leser comments include a Somerville Journal aside about engagement and Cleveland Leader banter on Mr Wintergreen.
Special report from Chicago dated December 10, 1900 tells how S. P. Bush a Catholic Foresters conductor suffered Bright's Disease. After failing health and fruitless prescriptions he used Dodd's Kidney Pills and recovered after two months. He credits the medicine with saving his life. Sold for 50 cents a box by all dealers.
About 2,500 to 3,000 telegraph operators on the Atchison Topeka And Santa Fe walked out Saturday, crippling freight and delaying passenger service from Chicago to San Francisco and the Gulf. Officials say the strike is largely steadied, with calls for arbitration unresolved and fears of a wider walkout within 48 hours.
Mrs. Mary L. McLean mother of John R. McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer died at 1:30 Sunday morning in Washington after a brief illness of heart disease. At her bedside were daughters Mrs. Dewey and Mrs. Ludlow Admiral Dewey and son John R. McLean. she was widow of Washington McLean. She was seventy two.
Berlin authorities provide 3000 to complete a 20000 fund for a triple monument to Haydn Mozart and Beethoven. Mark Twain reportedly never wrote an original play before his Europe trip. He returned with a farce likely to be staged this season in New York.
Dr Greene, Nervara's discoverer, provides free counsel to all who write or call at his New York City office on 35 West 14th Street. His advice comes from long experience and aims to shorten the path to health. Thousands seek his help daily. do not delay when ill.
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