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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1900
Page
8
An advertisement promotes a weekly payment of $15.00 for a man with a rig to introduce the Perfection Poultry Mixture and a new Hog Cholera vaccine discovery. It directs interested parties to send stamped addresses to Prerfection Mre Co in Parsons Kansas.
Geo Barbe of Mendota Virginia declares Kada Dyspepsia Core digests what you eat and always cures dyspepsia. He reports one dose helped and a few bottles cured him. The endorsement is attributed to L M Bosworrsn.
timetable listing GOING EAST and GOING WEST departures with times for Art Dep Express Ames to Marshalltown and Des Moines routes. Notes indicate baggage handling limits and passenger guidance, signed by G. W. Rogers.
The piece describes how young lobsters shed shells multiple times a year then settle into a new suit each summer. The molt begins with convulsions and a line of breakage, followed by shedding the head, then the shoulders and tail, leaving a sleep period before the new shell grows. Epi cures call this soft shelled stage especially delicious.
A New York Sun account recounts Warden McClaughry’s calm handling of an attempted prison break. A convict sneaks up armed with a bar, but McClaughry coolly reveals the dismissal papers and draws his revolver, ending the threat.
A Bristol shooter fired at a pigeon and the bullet glanced off the post office front plate glass at a 30 degree angle, leaving a large star shaped impression. The center shows a highly detailed pigeon image, suggesting an extraordinary optical effect whose explanation remains unclear.
On Minora island in the Philippines tiny humming birds are described as highly aggressive, commonly attacking huntsmen without provocation and causing facial and neck wounds in numerous incidents.
A bureau report notes a remarkable lime formed natural bridge on Pine Creek in northern Gila County Arizona. The arch spans about 200 feet above a canyon with 700 to 800 foot walls and a six foot thick throat. The arch measures around 250 feet across and 1000 feet along the canyon with a central hole revealing a crystal pool 200 feet below.
John James Meehan writes in Criterion that sailors remember old ships and battles as ghostly guides. The poem speaks of steadfast crews, phantom signals, and beacon lights from hands long gone, guiding a vessel through misty unremembered seas.
A Harper's Weekly excerpt describes Moros in Sulu with a dalao chief or dato who rules a district, commands warriors, and executes a follower for repeatedly gambling away his money. The tale recounts how Data Johanine orders the death of the man after mercy is denied.
A new neighbor, Mrs Pergallup, visits Mrs Markley at their unsettled home. They exchange greetings about the move, share mutual sympathy for the ordeal, and jokes about moving compared to illness or fire while sharing a cup of coffee.
Fruit composition centers on sugar starch gum dextrin pectine and acids with water as main extractives. Bananas dates and figs are rich in sugar and labeled hydrocarbonated foods though overall fruits are little nutritive. Juices attract with aroma and acidity but act as condiments rather than foods.
The Philadelphia Record quotes a condiment expert arguing mild horse radish tastes better than the strong biting kind. He claims aging enhances flavor while salt can artificially intensify strength, prompting readers to test the claim themselves.
In all contentions between wit and violence prudence and rudeness tear n ing and the sword the strong hand took It first and the strong head possessed it last.
A Boston Transcript dialogue notes that poetry publication requires brains, not genius. Rawson counters that almost anyone can write poetry, while publishing remains the mark of intellect.
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