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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
3
An item extols Pinesalve as a versatile poultice for boils, barns, cracked hands, and more, noting it is sold by A. Gamble. The piece adds a Chicago poet has written a bath eulogy, implying he has used one.
An 19th century anecdote relates Miss Sarah Macleod complaining of pomp as her uncle, the bishop, is accused of bearing a lead crafted cross and a cheap ring instead of the jeweled gifts from his father. The tale ends with a humorous confession about vanity.
The Story County Board of Supervisors meets with all members present and approves a damage award for the Cole-New Albany Drain No 9. The Chicago and Northwestern Railway seeks $360.00. resolutions set damages for various residents and adjourn to continue tomorrow.
Exclusive first class tour under the Tourist Department Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line departs Chicago on Wednesday February 7 taking travelers through February and March to sunny floral locales. Cost 850 includes all expenses railway fare sleeping cars dining meals and hotel stays. Service first class in every respect. West of Chicago participants may join at convenient points. Inquiries to 5S A Hutchison Manager 2/2 Clark St Chicago Lil 36 Bt.
Notice to creditors and interested persons of Annie Ellicett appointed executrix of John B Elliott estate in Storypenney county. Creditors must present claims legally authenticated to the court. indebted parties to pay. Dated December 1966. Also includes an advertisement for Cough Syrup and Cold Cure sold by C A Gamble.
North Western Line offers reduced excursion tickets on presentation of school certificates. For dates, limits, and full details, inquire at Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
A testimonial touts Dr Miles Heart Cure claiming it can relieve heart disease symptoms such as short breath and palpitations. The letter quotes a Frost Ohio resident who says the remedy improved sleep, energy, and ability to work after six months of illness.
A Panama and Central American vine called matapalo or tree killer begins as a climber on large trees. It sends roots to the ground and aerial tendrils to grasp limbs, gradually strangling the host until the forest giant rots and collapses, leaving the parasitic plant standing hollow and upright.
A brown woman recounts how Hawaiian servants insist on using first names and how her new cook refuses to call her by name, using terms like Dearie and Sweetheart instead. The anecdote contrasts cultural etiquette with a respectful title, ending with a dinner reminder. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is advertised as a remedy for coughs and colds.
The article surveys theories on the Order of the Golden Fleece’s origin. It notes improbable garter legends from Edward II’s court and rival claims linking to Richard I or Edward III era battles. It mentions crusader maneuvers at Acre and white leather straps as distinguishing marks.
An older newspaper ad blends claims for Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup coughing aid and Dr Wade’s Life Liver Pills as tonics. It promotes subscriptions to the Intelligencer and Chicago daily papers at a discount. Also notes King’s Dyspepsia Tablets for indigestion and local medicine sales.
A 19th century view documents widespread myths that drowning victims should not be saved. Cornish and Scottish locals hold the water spirit enraged by loss, while French sailors and Danube boatmen, Russians, and Bohemian fishers fear misfortune or luck loss. Germans speak of a yearly river sacrifice and Kamchatkans push the victim under. The article notes these beliefs persist, with survivors deemed dead on entering water.
The piece describes a mighty desert wind the samiel a hot dangerous electric wind sweeping Arabia and Africa swiftly for minutes capable of instant death to any facing it and leaving limbs torn. It signals its approach with horizon haze and causes travelers to throw themselves prone. It also notes the sirecce blighting wind in Italy about April and West Indian hurricanes as powerful vortexes known to topple artillery and fling a man over walls.
A Chicago man returning from Europe warns that Paris is full of traps for travelers. He cites a restaurant with a bill of fare lacking prices and a bill based on what the customer seems able to pay. He describes urging the waiter to name costs before ordering.
The saying to save one's bacon traces to the Dunmow flitch custom in England where a married couple of twenty years swear they never quarreled. A near quarrel was said to “seve one’s bacon” in popular dialect.
A young woman asks for a belt at a dry goods store and a former drugstore worker replies that he has something just as good. The exchange unfolds with light humor, capturing a small moment in local commerce and social wit.
A Philadelphia Bulletin quip ponders aging jokes and the leap from stage programme to musical comedy as they age beyond the almanac.
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