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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
8
An old advertisement extols Rocky Mountain Tea with a warm flourish, claiming it cheers the soul and gives hope for the future. It is priced at 35 cents and attributed to L. M. Bosworth.
Excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates on sale to the Northwest West and Southwest territories via the Northwestern line. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars Free Reclining Chair Cars and The Best of Every Thing. For dates of sale and full particulars apply to Agents Chicago & North Western Ry.
A dampened flannel bound on affected parts is said to excel a plaster for back pain and pains in the side or chest. The Balm relieves deep seated muscular and rheumatic pains and is sold by all druggists.
A Raymond Illinois druggist endorses Harts Hovey Horehound Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup after about a year of sale citing strong demand. Stockton Illinois druggist H Niemeyer confirms satisfaction with Harts Honey and Horehound. The syrup advertised as a cure for coughs colds la grippe and throat and lung ailments offered in large bottles at 25 50 and 100.
L M Bosworth touts Rocky Mountain Tea as perfect assimilation promotes healthy blood firm muscles and strong nerves. It is pitched as quickening the brain and keeping you well as a great medicine.
For information concerning choice farming lands near Winnipeg in Manitoba and Alberta, calls on H. H. Dayton, Ames, Ia.
This excerpt surveys ancient burial practices from paleolithic caves through bronze and stone age barrows to later cemeteries and cremation. It notes grave goods under pagan and royal rites, Christian suppression of cremation, Volga tribes keeping cremation to the tenth century, and widows burned with husbands in India until 1829.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt traces fabric names to their origins from Mosul to Calicut and Gaza. It notes Muslin, Calico, damask, satin, velvet, shawl, cambric and other fabrics with place or person based derivations.
A Bret Harte anecdote recalls a notorious desperado entering a saloon and taunting an English tenderfoot. The Briton declines a drink, prompting the weary outlaw to ask if he can ever have a drink without killing a man.
A historical anecdote recounts King Edward II being moved to avoid discovery by his torturers who shaved him and washed him with cold ditch water. He laments needing warm water for his beard while shedding many tears.
A youth speaks to a father at length about asking for his daughter's hand. The father responds bluntly, with the youth insisting the daughter consented. The Philadelphia Press notes the exchange as decisive in the matter.
Mildred recalls feeling speechless as Fred proposed and resisting the urge to supply the right words, understanding it would be inappropriate in the moment.
A light dialogue shows Ferdy praising and Algy pressing for a response about money. The exchange includes witty back and forth and a Puck quoted line about appearances and wealth.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip recalls a judge who jokes about his toughest trial admitting seven daughters' marriages as his major life challenge.
The ad touts scientifically designed feeding for children, likening farm feeding to human nutrition. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a mixed food supplying flesh blood and muscle with cod liver oil and lime and soda, and offers a free sample with label guidance on packaging.
A letter from Dexter Mahoney of Quigley Illinois requests two dozen bottles of Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup by express. He praises it as an excellent medicine for constipation sick headache biliousness sour stomach and dyspepsia. Available in 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes through A Gamble, druggist.
The Des Moines Daily and Sunday News offers annual subscriptions at 1.50, eight months at 100, and three months at 50 cents. It bills itself as Iowa’s most complete paper and delivers daily throughout the year.
In Yoakum Texas head of a large dry goods firm Mr J M Haller enjoyed a moment in a palace car remarking to a companion that taking DeWitt's Little Early Risers would help him rise early and feel well. The pills are promoted as the best for headaches and morning grogginess and sold by Judisch Bros.
The ad touts a child friendly cough remedy that acts at the source of coughing. It claims rapid relief for cough croup and grip and says it heals by drawing out inflammation and enabling lungs to deliver oxygen to blood and tissues. Dr Armstrong of Delta Texas prescribes it daily and praises its effectiveness. Sold by local outlets.
H A Tisdale of Summerton South Carolina endorses DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve claiming 20 years with piles ended after using the product. The preparation combines witch hazel with antiseptics and emollients said to relieve and cure piles sores eczema and skin diseases. Sold by Judisch Bros.
Gov. G. W. Atkinson of West Virginia says he has used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and found it effective for stomach ailments. The advertisement claims the remedy digests all foods, tones the stomach, rebuilds tissues, purifies and strengthens digestion. Sold by Judisch Bros.
The Iowa Central Railway debuts a Limited sleeping car service from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City St Louis and Peoria. The Marshalltown departure is 3 15 a m daily for Peoria and points east with an 11 30 a m arrival in Peoria.
The piece outlines legal and costly means to change a name in Great Britain. It contrasts private Acts of Parliament costing about £750 with the standard route requiring Home Secretary approval, heralds college inquiry, and royal authorization. It notes penalties for unregistered changes and cites the London Gazette publication as final. It ends with an anecdote about English rank observed abroad.
A fragment cites Hare on art as man’s work under the guidance and inspiration of a mightier power, reflecting a philosophical view of creativity and influence.
M A P recalls Charles Stewart Parnell a formidable leader famed for countless superstitions. He demanded a fourteen clause bill in Kilmainham and feared green as unlucky. He worried over a green scarf and misfortune during a halted voyage on the mail boat at Kingstown.
The piece notes ants can remember individuals and recognize members after long separations. Sir John Lubbock kept an ant for a year. upon return the home nest welcomed the wanderer, while an outsider was killed and expelled.
A Galveston News report notes that well meant efforts by residents and organizations often require external help to achieve measurable results, highlighting community drive despite gaps in timely support.
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