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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
8
An old advertisement promotes Rocky Mountain Tea by L. M. Bosworth. The copy promises warmth and healing qualities, claiming heartening effects and a hopeful future, priced at 35 cents.
Excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates are on sale to the Northwest West and Southwest territories via the Northwestern line. Standard and Journeer Sleeping Cars Free Reclining Chair Cars and the best of everything are offered. For sale dates and particulars apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
A dampened piece of flannel bound to the affected area with Chamberlains Pain Balm is claimed to be better than a plaster for lame backs and chest pains. The balm is described as having no superior liniment for deep seated muscular and rheumatic pains and is advertised as sold by all druggists.
Universal praise from Raymond Rhode Island and Stockton Illinois druggists supports Harts Honey and Horehound as a cure for coughs colds la gripp and throat and lung ailments. Advertised as available in 25c 50c and 100 sizes through C A Gamble druggist.
An advertisement extols Rocky Mountain Tea as perfect assimilation for healthy blood firm muscles and strong nerves. It claims quickens the brain and keeps you well, attributed to L. M. Bosworth.
Information on farming lands near Winnipeg in Manitoba and Alberta available from H. H. Dayton of Ames, Iowa. Contact Dayton for details on land options and inquiries.
The Boston Advertiser stresses the importance of party calls and bread and butter letters for hosts and guests. It notes many guests neglect these duties despite invitations and explains a hostess cares about guests' safe return and courtesy. It adds brides' parents and the newlyweds deserve similar social acknowledgment.
A bronze mask with empty eye sockets hung above Durham Cathedral's north porch. Medie val sanctuary allowed accused criminals to seek shelter for thirty seven days with only a confession and vow not to return to England. A monk guarded entry from a chamber above the porch, and the knocker secured sanctuary rights until the chamber was destroyed about a century ago.
A Philadelphia Inquirer quote contrasts today’s youth with earlier generations. It laments self analysis and pampering, notes rising costs of attire, and argues modern men seek capital and rapid success rather than steady effort, citing Ben Franklin and Eli Pussiey as examples.
The Philadelphia Press notes goldenrods yield an astringent and mildly stimulating effect suitable for a domestic tea. One fragrant species called Blue Mountain tea adds licorice flavor. Early bloomers are easy to recognize and popular in wilderness camping menus.
Agricultural writer notes the earthworm receives little attention yet greatly benefits soil. It burrows to create air and moisture pathways, enabling subsoil access and improving soil texture by grinding particles for better moisture retention.
Dialog from Philadelphia Press quotes Tom asking if a puzzle was solved and Dick retorts about staying up all night, claiming freedom in a free country. The exchange showcases casual nighttime banter between roommates with a humorous undertone.
A Philadelphia Record item recalls a grocer apologizing to a customer about a box of prunes containing a pound of sand. The grocer defends the sand as cleaning material and notes the customer is valued.
A line from the Houston Post features a humorous exchange about a child’s response to a kiss. The daughter quips that her mother can handle her own screaming, reflecting a playful newsroom quip published in the paper.
Miss Greatblood fondly recalls a voyage, noting only the vulgar trade winds as an unpleasant memory while the rest was agreeable. The Philadelphia Ledger quote captures a light travel reflection.
An old man with a fish on his back travels the world for nearly thirty years, promoting Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil as a nourishing tonic. The ad claims it strengthens consumptives, aids weak children, and boosts flesh and red blood for thin persons, naming druggists offering it at $1.00.
Dexter Mahoney of Quigley Illinois requests two dozen Re-Go ton ic laxative syrup by express to stock as an excellent medicine for constipation sick headache biliousness sour stomach and dyspepsia. The drug is sold by C A Gamble druggist in 25c 50c and 1.00 bottles for general use including children.
An advertisement touts the Des Moines Daily and Sunday News offering yearly postage paid home delivery for 1.50, eight months 100, or three months 50. The notice claims it is Iowa’s most complete paper and that it runs daily all year, with stoppage when time runs out.
In Yoakum Texas the dry goods firm led by Mr J M Haller is praised after a train trip east when he recommended DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills for morning energy and a remedy for headaches and lethargy. Judisch Bros. sells them.
Pleasant to take cough remedy claims rapid relief for coughs croup and la grippe. It supposedly acts at the source of trouble without passing to the stomach and aims to draw out inflammation heal and soothe lungs for lasting cure. Dr Armstrong of Delta Texas endorses its daily use and praises its effectiveness. Sold by
H A Tisdale of Summerton reports twenty years of piles cured by DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve after trying many doctors and medicines. The salve combines Witch Hazel with antiseptics and emollients to relieve and heal piles sores cuts and skin diseases. Sold by Judisch Bros.
Digestive aid promises to treat all food related stomach issues and rebuilds worn tissues. Governor G W Atkinson of West Virginia credits Kodol for relief from dyspepsia and indigestion and recommends it to friends, with Judisch Bros selling the remedy.
The Iowa Central Railway offers a new sleeping car service from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City St Louis and Peoria. The Tinsted departures from Marshalltown at 3 15 a m daily bound for Peoria and eastern points reach Peoria at 1 30 a m.
A Paris mob organizer named Hayward known as the Napoleon of the Camelots led crowds to disrupt meetings and cheer politicians for money. He commanded 2000 to 3000 street hawkers and could summon them quickly, paid per riot or greeting, with police deterring interference. He influenced Bou langer and the Dreyfus riots, and 1500 street peddlers followed his funeral.
A writer argues women are underpaid because their work is not as well done as men's under similar conditions. The chain of causes cites less rigorous training for girls, weak precedents, and social customs limiting stringent instruction for females.
A witness described a man charged in North London as eccentric noting his fourteen years of punctual work as proof. Counsel pressed for a clearer example, and the witness replied that never being late in fourteen years marks eccentricity for a workingman.
In Pueblo Colorado a traveler enters Denver’s street and meets a soot covered man mistaken for a coal miner. The man reveals he is a whispering millionaire in sore distress who has endured a snowstorm in Pueblo and becomes part of a grim urban vignette.
The article argues that the magnetic compass has no fixed pole reference and varies by location and time. It notes London’s needle west of north, cites 1580 eastward deflection, 1659 brief due north, and 1820 moving toward the pole with long cycles remaining uncertain for a century and a half.
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