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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
3
An advertisement extols Pinesalve as the best remedy for boils, barns, cracked hands and fetter with C. A. Gamble selling it. A Chicago poet writes a bath eulogy implying he has bathed, conveying a playful impression.
An elixir marketed as Kennedy’s Laxative ioney and Tar claims to cure all coughs and expel cords by gently moving the bowels. The product pledges digestive relief and respiratory benefit through a simple internal cleanse.
Notice to all interested parties that the District Court of Storreeowa appointed the executrix of the estate of John B Elliott deceased. All persons indebted must pay the estate and those with claims should present them legally authenticated to the court for allowance.
By special arrangement this office offers rural route subscribers one of the best Chicago daily papers at a price within reach. The Obrovide is a republican, finely illustrated paper, complete and free of sensationalism. We can send the Intelligencer and the Chicago daily Chronicle for $3.00 a year to subscribers outside the city delivery district only.
An advertisement notes that a married man’s income occurs from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. and proclaims the season of indigestion, promoting King's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for stomach disorders sold by C. A. Gamble.
Exclusive first class tour under the Tourist Department Chicago Union Pacific North-Western Line leaves Chicago on a Wednesday in February. It covers February and March in sunny California with all expenses $550, including railway fare sleeping cars dining meals and hotel costs. Western starters can join at convenient points write for itineraries to 8 A Hutchison Manager 212 Clark Chicago Ill.
A vintage advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs colds and whooping cough. It claims to evacuate the bowels expel cold from the system and strengthen throat lungs and bronchial tubes. Sold by A Gambie.
Special holiday excursion rates on the North Western Line for students and teachers require proper certificates from the educational institution. For sale dates and limits see Chicago & North Western Railway agents. Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is advertised as an effective cough remedy. Sold by O A Gamble.
Dr J W Hamilton of San Frisco California endorses Warners' White Wine of Tar Syrup as the best cough remedy he has seen for years. He states it has no equal for asthma. The user urges perseverance and devotion to succeed.
Blind, bleeding and protruding piles are instantly relieved by Man Zan in collapsible tubes with a nozzle for direct internal application. Also mentions Holllister's Rocky Mountain Tea promising sunshiny faces at 35 cents and references an umbrella thief under a cloud.
An advertisement recalling countless patients cured of heart disease by Dr Miles Heart Cure. It quotes a Lebanon Democrat reader praising the remedy and urging others with heart trouble to consult the treatment, framing cured lives as a living monument.
The article explores competing theories on how the Order of the Golden Fleece originated, noting medieval traditions about a garter at Edward III’s court and other hypotheses involving Richard Coeur de Lion and the Battle of Crecy. It mentions a crusader practice of wearing white leather straps to distinguish knights.
The cinnamon tree grows twenty to thirty feet tall with bark valued most. Harvest begins in April and lasts to November with three to five year old branches cut and bark scraped, dried into quills, then sorted by quality. Cinnamon oil is extracted by grinding bark and distilling with seawater, yielding two oil fractions.
A circus report explains how antelopes use two rump patches as danger signals. Hair and musk glands flare when danger is seen, releasing scent downstream for other antelopes and even humans to detect. Five gland sets provide varied musks for daily signaling.
The article surveys European and other beliefs that rescuing a drowning person is taboo. Cornwall and Scottish regions fear the water spirit’s anger if victims are saved. German and Bohemian lore link drownings to the nix or river sacrifice. Kamchatkan practice forbids aiding a survivor, labeling him dead.
An amusing Dublin tale traces the surname changes from Halfpenny to Halpen to Kenny Halfpenny and finally Kenneth MacAlpin. It highlights how phonetics and pride in status can reshape identity across generations.
A Thackeray anecdote recounts dining with a friend after Vanity Fair. He is irritated when introduced to Captain Crawley of the Lifeguards, remarking that there is a time and place for all things and disavowing any joke about his novel.
Bird Island in South Africa becomes a living sea of gannets in peak months with every foot of ground covered. Thousands of birds fill the island daily, moving in such close proximity that the landscape seems alive and unforgettable to observers.
Mrs Oldcastle remarks that lack of initiative doom men in modern times while the hostess agrees. The conversation notes Josiah’s repeated success as he gets initiated in something new nearly every week, a point highlighted by the Chicago Record Herald.
A humorous exchange features a mosquito exterminator salesman clashing with a netting manufacturer named Jack son, highlighting a craft rivalry in Pittsburg. The dialogue underscores competing approaches to protection against insects.
The passage describes the samiel a deadly electrical wind across Arabian and African deserts that causes instant death and decomposes bodies. It notes hazy horizons signal its approach travelers face down to endure the blast. It also mentions the sirocco in Italy around April and West Indian hurricanes capable of astonishing destruction.
A Chicago man returning from Europe warns that Paris hosts many traps for unwary visitors. He highlights a price free menu with bills written after service, noting he refused to order unless prices were listed and that proprietors complained but he stood firm on paying only what is stated.
The saying to save one's bacon comes from Dunmow England where a flitch of bacon was awarded to married couples after twenty years without quarrel. They swore on the Scriptures that they had never quarrelled to win the prize.
A Yonkers Times story features a young lady asking for a belt at a dry goods store. The clerk, former drugstore worker, offers something “just as good” in lieu of a belt. The scene unfolds with light humor.
A witty note traces a joke’s path from almanac to theatre and musical comedy. The Philadelphia Bulletin quips that aging humor moves from almanac entries to stage programmes and then to musical shows as a natural progression.
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