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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1903
Page
7
Napoleon left Cairo with three swords of honor inlaid with stones. In 1802 he gave two to Ney and Murat, keeping one. Ney kept his until his arrest and execution on December 7, 1815, two months after Murat perished.
A lighthearted bride wedding morning tale from the era where a post office note to the best man reveals a missing button. The bride's mother, always vigilant, ensures the coat is repaired with needle and thread. Bridesmaids assist as the telegram notes beloved George’s letter content.
In discussion of Chinese history Herbert Allen Giles notes the cue worn by Mantchou rulers as a conquest badge. He cites evidence that horse imagery appears in official coats with horseshoe sleeves and a tail motif, suggesting a horse inspired origin for the cue and its symbolism.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the sole cure for piles, skin injuries, and eczema, claiming counterfeit rivals. It also promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a premier baby remedy and health tonic, priced at 35 cents and 85 cents respectively.
DeWitt's Little Early Risers are advertised as non guiliping pills that cure biliousness jaundice and constipation by stimulating secretions and gently moving the bowels. The ads claim they tone the stomach liver and bowels and prevent recurrence with continued use. Langhran & Bauer.
The through sleeping cars from Chicago to Manistique and Sault Ste. Marie now depart 10 30 p m daily except Saturday instead of Sunday, offering late hour connections with Chicago arrivals. The only through sleeping car line between Chicago and The Soo. For tickets and full information apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Excursion tickets on the North Western Line offer one fare round trips for Mardi Gras travel to New Orleans and Mobile, available February 17 to 22 with return by February 24 noon. Reduced rates apply daily to major winter resorts in the United States and Mexico. inquire at ticket agents. Seals mention Minnesota flour by T. J. Miller & Son.
Public sale details across Ames area items include horses cattle hogs farm machinery seed corn and grain with auctions led by O W Mills S N Kinas Bury and others. Terms offer one year or ten months financing with 2 percent cash discount and 7 or 8 percent interest. Dates February 18 25 and 1903 corrected to 1903 implied.
In a humorous Yonkers Statesman quip a speaker recalls a dream of proposing to someone who, in turn, is handed to her father. The punch line has the sleeper waking up on the floor, unsure of the father’s reaction.
A fragmentary passage portrays a tense exchange about a valet, with dialogue hinting at power dynamics and deception between characters, including references to a disguise as a mastah and a scoundrel in a charged confrontation.
An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar as a superb remedy for grippe coughs, claiming it yields quickly and that nothing else is as good. The tone promotes the product as the ultimate cure for coughs and colds.
A letter from A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana describes three months of severe cold. A druggist prepared medicine and a physician prescribed, but no improvement. Foley's Honey and Tar night doses cured him, with a note to refuse substitutes. Loughran & Bauer.
A Chicago News brief notes a playful exchange where Nora explains placing an alarm clock by the buckwheat batter so it can wake at the right time, as a mother questions the setup.
An advertisement notes Foley's Kidney Cure improves kidney and bladder function. The claim is presented by Loughran & Bauer as sellers or distributors.
Fragment from a Chicago Post exchange cites Hugo on melancholy and hid pleasure, a debate about employing a maid for children. Eve notes Eve had no nurse girl, Cain’s error used as counterpoint.
Represents several first class Fire Insurance Companies negotiating loans and paying taxes. Looks after business for non residents with secured investments in adjoining states. Iowa Telephone 221.
Between Friends dialogue reveals Miss Elderleigh confesses engagement to Miss Younger who doubts disclosure. The scene hints at social tension and the urge to share a confidant secret.
A warning notes that neglecting a cold can lead to pneumonia with fatal risk and long term lung weakness. It claims Foley's Honey and Tar can stop the cough heal and strengthen the lungs and prevent further illness according to Loughran and Bauer.
New lot features Man-Er-Vine the great nerve tonic and blood purifier. Ad touts strengthening nerves in worn out men and women.
Advertisers hail DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve from E G De Witt & Co of Chicago as the cure for piles eczema cuts burns and skin diseases claiming it has no equal. Counterfeits proliferate but the genuine DeWitt’s remains distinguished and sought after.
California fully described and illustrated in a sixty page booklet issued by the Chicago and North Western Railway. It portrays scenic beauties and commercial, industrial, and transportation advantages of the state. Sent to any address for four cents in stamps by W. B. Kniskern Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago.
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