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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
7
A terse local notice lists an optical practice in Ames Iowa with an office near Thurs ton's hardware store and a residence west of Story County Bank. It provides a telephone contact for both office and home.
E E Posegate of Ames Iowa offers first class auctioneering with day or small commission options. Farms for sale available and satisfaction guaranteed. Contact Posegate for auctions and farm listings.
Excur sion tickets will be sold at reduced rates to points on the North Western System and Union Pacific within 200 miles of selling station. December 24 25 31 and January 1, good returning to January 2 1908. Apply to agents Chicago & North Western Railway.
A quoted frontier traveler touts Rocky Mountain Tea while a cough remedy Foley’s Honey and Tar claims curative power. Loughran and Bauer advertise a cough medicine with a strong endorsement.
A Batesville Indiana man writes of a three month severe cold that resisted medicines from a druggist and a physician but improved after Foley's Honey and Tar. Advertised tonics like Rocky Mountain Tea and Man-Er-Vine claim to build nerves and purify blood, with Loughran and Bauer promoting Foley products.
Digestive aid claims to digest all foods and restore stomach strength. Loughran & Baver advertise the product with a testimonial from Gov. A W Atkinson of West Virginia praising its effectiveness for stomach ailments.
E C De Witt & Co of Chicago claim their Witch Hazel Salve is the specific treatment for piles and skin ailments including bleeding itching and protruding conditions. They warn against counterfeit copies and urge asking for De Witt’s genuine salve.
The Chicago and North Western Railway issues a sixty page illustrated book celebrating California. It highlights scenic beauty, commerce, industry, and travel advantages of the Pacific Coast and is aimed at prospective travelers. Four cents in stamps to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago, suffices for delivery.
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