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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
3
A city newcomer to the mountains angers locals with a harsh speech at a sawmill meeting. He mocks mountain manners and calls for Webster’s dictionary as a retort, prompting a swift departure as townsfolk applaud the clever aside.
A dialogue cites coffee stones in groceries as proof of improving world while grocers remove stones to protect mills. The text also notes Queensland becoming a large orange orchard and Austria's orange ripening earlier than others, signaling fruit supply dynamics.
The piece cites bankers and several cities while extolling thrift. It notes a Chicago bank, New York bank, and Des Moines bank among others, and highlights a businessman who never buys memo papers, saving envelopes by reusing address fronts. It mentions a Boston millionaire who started by selling emptied nail kegs.
A group of English men and women traveled from London into the country for a dinner entertaining their horses. The menu featured chopped apples and carrots along with slices of white bread and a small amount of corn.
A New York Herald note cites Boyd figures showing men 64 to 66 inches tall average brain weight 46.9 ounces versus 41.9 ounces for women, a 12 percent advantage. It also reports 21 small men at 62 inches with 45.6 ounces for men and 42.9 ounces for women among 1385 women of the same height.
In a tale from the Saturday Evening Post Bob Burdette recalls meeting Henry Ward Beecher who urged the struggling speaker to endure nerves. Burdette admits the burden grows with longer lectures and agrees with Beecher's counsel.
California Excursions Weekly offers two routes from Des Moines to Los Angeles and San Francisco. One departs Monday at 8:45 p m via Kansas City and Santa Fe. The second leaves Saturday at 11:40 a m via Kansas City Missouri Kansas Texas San Antonio Arkansas Pass and Southern Pacific. Both cars are brand new and heated. They run from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City.
The Chicago Great Western Rail way offers trains leaving Saturday to Los Angeles arriving Wednesday morning and Thursday in San Francisco with stops at Waco San Antonio and El Paso. Full information available from traveling passenger agents in Des Moines Iowa.
Chas. Bender of Erie Pennsylvania declares Eoley's Honey and Turcough medicine the best in the world and says nothing else compares. He endorses the remedy as superior among available options.
A vintage advertisement from T. J. Miter and Son touts a sack of Seal of Minnesota flour, claiming it is the sole flour to use. The brief promo emphasizes brand loyalty and product branding.
The Washburn guitar and mandolin are highlighted at the shop run by Tilden and Loughran, drawing attention from music enthusiasts and collectors nearby. The article underscores the instruments' craftsmanship and availability.
A historic note describes Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy to ease coughing and loosen phlegm without straining the lungs, claiming it aids healing during respiratory irritation.
W. W. Umbarger of Marshall Missouri urges Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough remedy for all ages and especially children. He notes the product is kept in his home and promises a refund if directions fail. B. Cowdrey, agent for native herbs, offers testimony and details on cures for rheumatism and blood diseases.
Cordelia and Anastasia Pasdetout beg their parents to celebrate a second silver wedding to prove they are under 24. The parents refuse, recounting years of moving to hide the girls ages and exposing the family’s strained finances and health.
The article stresses drinking four to six pints of water daily to replace what the body loses through kidneys skin and lungs. It warns ice water is injurious and advises frequent consumption of clear sterilized water to aid digestion circulation and complexion, especially for mothers and children.
Buffalo Express recounts a police captain’s daring confrontations with dangerous felons. He describes subduing a strong highwayman who sought confession, then a later encounter with a manic intruder who aimed to cut his throat and was restrained by multiple officers. He notes the highwayman received 20 years and the maniac was sent to an asylum.
A safe manufacturer argues that thin walled fireproof safes provide more interior space without sacrificing safety in modern fireproof buildings. They claim safes stay in place on steel floor beams during fires, facing less heat due to surrounding space, making thin walls as fireproof as thick ones in old buildings.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago News shows Biggs asking a cabman for a ride for himself and his wife to Blank's hotel and then alone. The cabman quotes one dollar in each case, highlighting Biggs remark about his wife's value.
Conversation reveals Griggs and Grif discussing surgical treatment in a Wall Street context with references to Harper's Bazar. The text reads as a satirical exchange about operations and a mistaken premise.
A wedding ring should fit the finger, not too large nor too tight. A perfect fit symbolizes a harmonious union and reflects steadfast purpose in marriage.
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