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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
6
Edmund Russell notes India's view of animals as sacred and imbued with spiritual aura, shaping daily life and culture. He cites a national devotion that elevates animal life above human conventions, suggesting profound reverence rooted in Indian tradition and contemporary life.
In 1744 a New Brunswick to Trenton stage line began in New Jersey and by 1756 extended to Philadelphia through New York. As roads and turnpikes expanded, demand grew for lighter conveyances. by 1704 Philadelphia had 827 stages, most light, prompting newspapers to lament riders’ extravagance and farmers’ carts.
Leslie's Weekly reports on hotel staff in large New York establishments. Wages range from $20 monthly plus room and board for liven room staff to $12 for scrub and paint workers, with parlor maids earning about $18 and tips boosting some incomes to $30 or $50. The piece notes social hierarchies, terms like soubrettes and chorus, and a shared habit of workers entering the dining hall for tea between meals.
It urges keeping teeth surfaces clean to prevent decay starting from outside. Children should use a small toothbrush dipped in chalk flavored with aromatic drugs and focus on cleaning between the teeth where decay appears. It warns against toothpick use and favors dull wood picks while avoiding metal ones.
A clubman recalls sea lore about crushing pressure and a Sicily voyage. To chill champagne they lowered bottles a half mile into the deep sea but found only salt water as pressure forced sea water into the cork pores, leaving the liquid displaced.
The passage advises treating a felon with ash from hardwood ashes in a tin cup. It instructs pouring warm water over the ashes, soaking the sore finger end in the mixture, and applying heat from live coals or a stove. Repeated soaking several times daily is claimed to prevent the felon from forming if done promptly.
A Philadelphia Press quip depicts a tramy asking Miss Starvem at a back door about samples for “table board” after reading an advertisement. The exchange hinges on suspicion of freebies and common curbside commerce.
A Cleveland Leader snippet records a late night exchange as Pa Twaddles complains a youth should go while Tommy Twaddles notes a sister blocks action. The remark reflects domestic tension and family dynamics in a literal newspaper snippet.
A short reflection on how steady integrity and simple conduct can prevail where empty rhetoric fails. The writer emphasizes action over words as a path to influence and respect.
The article traces the long arc of human dissection from ancient Alexandria with Galen and his travels to view skeletons, through Bologna’s early anatomists and Madonna Manzolini, to Leonardo da Vinci, Vesalius, and the revival of dissection in the sixteenth century. It notes mob attacks on anatomists and grave robbing in Philadelphia and New York, framing grave robbing as a reaction to lack of legal subjects and calling grave robbers resurrectionists.
Dr I P Frank eminent governor of the University hospital Vienna lay dying as eight leading physicians gathered round his couch. He laughed recalling a Wagram battlefield tale about eight bullets to kill a French grenadier and exclaimed there are eight of you too before passing away.
Caffeine, the active principle of coffee, was discovered by Runge in 1820. In pure form it forms needle-like crystals and occurs in coffee about 1 percent, higher in Java at 4.4 percent and Martinique at 6.4 percent. Some chemists claim caffeine is identical with theine from tea. Claus notes inferior tea qualities may contain more caffeine than top tea grades.
Four year old Helen, staying with a hostess, tried to say prayers at bedtime. When the hostess could not prompt her, she whispered an apologetic plea to God asking to excuse her for not remembering her prayers and noting she is with a lady who doesn’t know any.
In a humorous exchange from the Washington Star, Senator Sorghum suggests graft began in Eden with Adam and Eve, noting Eve’s apple access was blocked by a “takeoff.” The tradigus mag asks how graft originated as the tale frames origins of corruption.
A witty exchange features a beautiful heiress claiming she has no heart and a poor but willing youth replying that he will give hers to her. The dialogue emphasizes generosity and romance with a playful tone.
A reflective quote by Richter notes that aging's sorrow stems not from lost joys but from the ending of our hopes and future horizons.
The text advises consulting a doctor before using advertised remedies and suggests a concentrated fat food to enrich blood and strengthen the system. It emphasizes not treating oneself and relies on professional medical guidance.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a nourishing food for the weakened and emaciated. It claims to build up the body when other foods fail and promotes it for delicate children and pale anaemic girls, offering free samples.
The Chicago Daily Tribune and The Ames Intelligencer offer a one year combined subscription for $6.00, with Tribune regulars at $4 and Intelligencer at $1 per year. The offer may be withdrawn on short notice, and current subscribers will have their terms extended. Remittances go to The Intelligencer in Ames Iowa.
The Intelligencer advertises exceptionally low rates for subscribers. It promotes Ladies Home Journal, a monthly publication, and The Saturday Evening Post, a leading weekly in America. A clubbing offer combines three publications for 8.25, versus the regular 4.00.
Train specials advertise low fare to the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago with sale dates December 16 through 20 and return until December 24, via the Chicago North Western line. Also includes a medical ad for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and stomach relief by O A Gamble.
An old newspaper ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with mottoes about digestion and vigor. It also promotes Kodoi Dyspepsia Cure claiming to digest food and relieve sour stomach and heartburn, sold by C. A. Gamble.
The ad touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for rough skin cracks eczema burns boils and general skin issues. It claims immediate relief for piles and other conditions and notes C A Gamble sells the product.
An advert describes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe and effective for croup. It claims giving it at first signs of hoarseness or a croupy cough can prevent an attack and notes it is pleasant to take and always works. Sold by Loughran & Baver.
Historical note records that sliding seats were first introduced in rowing races in 1873 expanding boat speed and crew dynamics. The change influenced technique and equipment used by crews worldwide.
An advertisement promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat and pairs it with the Chicago Daily Tribune and Intelligencer subscription for eight dollars. The deal contrasts with a regular price of six hundred, suggesting a promotional bundle.
Chicago manufacturing house seeks an assistant for the branch office. Salary 1800 paid weekly for a permanent position. No investment required. Previous experience not essential. Address Manager Branches Como Block Chicago.
Mrs. Fly of Brookline Missouri reports relief from pulmonary consumption after using White Wine of Tar. She started the remedy and, now on the fourth bottle, her health has improved markedly. Reverend J. R. Fly and Susan E. Fly endorse the product.
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