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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
8
Advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for cold symptoms including coughs and lagrippe. Warns against substitutes and credits Loughran & Bauer as sellers.
Health note explains constipation harms skin and blood purity. Pills boost liver and bowel action without griping. DeWitts Little Early Risers are promoted as safe, with Loughran & Bauer listed as distributors.
Rev. James Dirkman of Belle River praises One Minute Cough Cure for bronchial troubles. He claims it provides immediate relief from coughs and lung issues and notes its safety, pleasant taste, and popularity with children, as stated by Loughran & Bauer.
Dr Harriman advertises special attention to surgical cases and eye care. He offers eyeglass fittings at his Ion Block office over Thorson’s hardware store in Ames Iowa and provides residence near Story County Bank with both office and home telephone numbers.
Auction note from Ames Iowa advertising live stock specialty by EE Posegate box 532 listing contact details and location for buyers in the Ames area.
An advertisement proclaims a salve as the best cure for piles sores and burns. It warns against counterfeits and credits Loughran and Bauer as distributors.
J W Bryan of Lowder Illinois reports his little boy, down with pneumonia, improved instantly after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The doctor was puzzled by the rapid relief from the coughing fit and the boy recovered quickly. Evidence from Lynch editor Phillipsburg New Jersey supports the medicine’s efficacy.
An association runs a general real estate business handling farm loans insurance grain farm produce coal and farm supplies Chautauquan literature chemical fire extinguishers and electrical conductors on buildings.
A wife testifies to extreme labor with her first three children lasting 12 to 14 hours, requiring chloroform. She used three bottles of Mother's Friend before the last birth, describing a healthy boy born quickly with minor pains and saying the remedy is the grand cure.
J. J. Kegley, agent for J. Wragg & Sons Co of Waukee Iowa, will about December 15 visit old customers to replace free all dead stock. Customers asked to hold orders for him to receive a free replacement.
A Chilean court sentenced American sailor Mr. Haskins to be shot after an on-street scuffle. The English consul swapped flags, placing the Union Jack over a folded Stars and Stripes, and challenged the firing squad. The officers halted the execution, freed the man, and Haskins recalled longing to embrace both flags.
A practical guide urges feeding enough to satisfy birds but not excess to prevent droppings buildup in a week. Use bone dust for bone making and diarrhea control, provide southern exposure with bright light, avoid wheat overuse, mix with other grains, ensure green food and dust bath, and apply mercurial ointment locally. Breed top meat birds and fatten for higher market value.
A constitutional debate over state and nation triggers an oratorical homage to a full length George Washington portrait behind the speaker’s chair. The speaker cites “eyes that never quailed” and “that nose” before being interrupted by a member who raises a point of order challenging the call of ayes and nays in a committee of the whole.
A husband teases his wife about visiting Mrs. Bobbles and the mood of the meeting. She notes her own modest attire compared to Mrs. Bobbles Paris gown and believes the visit pleased her host. The exchange from Leslie's Weekly frames social snobbery and personal perception.
The piece traces Harvard's name to Rev. John Harvard who in 1638 bequeathed £800 for the college endowment. It notes Harvard Hall built 1765 and Holworthy Hall 1812, Hollis Hall 1764, Stoughton Hall 1804, and a 1817 remark on its modern appearance from the Boston Budget.
A Baltimore American item captures Mr. Meddergrass replying to a restaurant man that the pie is not exactly as his mother made but nearly crusty like her pie. The remark highlights nostalgia for old kitchen techniques.
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