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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1896
Page
3
Perry S Heath, a veteran newspaper man and Washington correspondent, is expected to be chosen for delicate duties for President McKinley. Heath worked in the Republican national committee literary bureau during the recent campaign and earned GOP gratitude.
Joseph Hodges Choate dominates as a leading American lawyer in New York. He shaped major cases from the Tweed prosecutions to the Vanderbilt dispute and income tax, and his courtroom wit draws large professional audiences. At 64 he remains a towering figure in law and public speaking.
General Rios Rivera, succeeding the late General Maceo in Finar del Rio, is a veteran of the wars and a disciplined officer born in Puerto Rico about 1847. He trained under General Jalixto Garcia and fought in Cuba, returning to support Maceo last fall. A second item recalls Harry Wilson, Senator Wilsons brother, who could enter the Senate tomorrow, yet remains notably forgetful about his shirts.
A brief quip from the Indianapolis Journal notes a stereotype about women learning typewriting faster than men, joking that women have more to learn while mastering the skill. The exchange is a lighthearted contrast on gendered ability.
Reports reaching Vienna Berlin and London say the Turkish sultan Abdul Hamid shot a deaf and dumb gardener he deemed a conspirator in the Yildiz Kiosk gardens. The gardener was innocent and merely moved his arms due to his disability.
Advert says the pills cure sick headache from indigestion and stomach troubles. Claims chronic constipation is painful and life shortening and that the pills regulate the system and blood. Available for sale by D. D. Bales.
A collection of patent medicine pitches and comic dialogue promoting One Minute Cough Cure DeWitt's Little Early Risers Hood's Sarsaparilla and Witch Hazel Salve. The items urge cures for coughs blood diseases ulcers and colds with sales by D. D. Bale and D. A. January.
A fragment references a club house photo and a sportsman familiar with the game, then shifts to a personal note about Dr. A P Sawyer and ailments. A letter from C Sampson of Decatur Illinois praises Family Care, while a sign about selling out at less than cost appears in the dialogue.
A collection of tonic and cure advertisements touts One Minute Cough Cure for colds, pneumonia, bronchitis and consumption, Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer for scalp sores, and Simmons Liver Regulator praised by J. P. Hickmann of Monticello Georgia for keeping his family healthy with no doctor needed in six years.
A riddle points to a well known Bible character found in almost every church. The clue uses a bell pun Abel. The distractor line mentions Hoods Pills advertised as easy to take and cure indigestion with a 25 cent price.
Parsons- Pelletier Dry Goods Co. of Sioux City failed to open due to mortgage holdings totaling 91,533. First mortgages held by J. W. Farwell Co. Chicago 24,434, Marshal Field Co. Chicago 30,595, Farmers' Loan and Trust Sioux City 9,000. second mortgage H. B. Claflin Co. New York 17,512. No assets figures given. Failure blamed on insufficient capital and tight times. No local firms affected.
Omaha resident Mrs Mary Svabek of 1235 South 14th St reports three years of headaches stomach pain dizziness and poor appetite. After using two 25 cent boxes of Dr Kay's Renovator she claims complete relief of headaches stomach issues and overall improvement. Available at druggists for 25 cents and 1.00.
Beatrice Nebraska December 26 bond companies prepare to contest official bonds filed by county officials. J M Jones newly elected supervisor filed a $15000 bond with Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland. The board refused to approve the bond citing a Attorney General Churchill opinion. Mandamus action threatened to compel board approval.
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