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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
6
We offer $15.00 per week plus expenses for a man with rig to introduce our Perfection Poultry Mixture and Great Vaccine Discovery for Hog Cholera. Address with stamp to Perfection Mfg Co Parsons Kan.
A letter praises a dyspepsia remedy, claiming one dose or a few bottles cure indigestion. The writer asserts the product digests what is eaten and always relieves dyspepsia, signing L. M. Bosworth.
The Indianapolis Press describes Lost River in Orange and Washington counties Indiana, pouring from a bluff near Washington county, sinking into a black unfathomable hole near Orleans, reemerging from hillsides, and feeding White River. the system forms a honeycombed network with multiple springs and underground channels. It notes surface mounds evidence, tributaries like Stamper Creek and Lick Creek, caverns home to eyeless fish, and theories of a southern subterranean river system linking to the St. Lawrence. The area around West Baden and French Lick springs adds striking scenery to this underground hydrology discovery.
A 1795 Yazoo land swindle began when Georgia lawmakers formed a company to buy western territory from the state for 500000 dollars. Bribery and corruption spurred a later act nullifying the sale, with records burned by the legislature to erase evidence. The St Paul Globe notes this as a unique act of a lawmaking body destroying its own corrupt records.
A Devonshire clergyman dismissed a clever gardener who stole from his garden. To help his wife and family he gave a character that ironically praised the gardener for “getting more out of my garden than any man I ever employed.”
In Norway any person over 15 can be cremated after death if a declaration is made in the presence of two witnesses. For those under 15 a declaration by the parents is required.
An Austrian provincial editor faced a crisis choosing a subject for the leading article. He drafted an apology withdraw the piece as a precaution, claiming innocence, to avoid government misinterpretation. The next morning police seized the paper for alleged malicious ridicule by omitting the lead article.
Four men in Doylestown pool their shoe funds to buy a collective stock of shoes. Each pays 18 annually, totaling 72, with shoes stored in an express office closet. They swap footwear as needed, wearing russets by day and patent leathers at night, a practice they insist on continuing.
A returned tourist recalls a sentinel in a Scottish palace who directs visitors to keep to the right. The duty stems from a 100 year old incident when fresh floor paint required guarding, and the order was never revoked.
A New York doctor reports effective antidotes for carbolic acid poisoning. He says give whisky or vinegar in large multiple amounts relative to the poison and avoid oil. Early treatment ensures recovery in all cases.
The buran or snow hurricane of the Pamirs is a remarkable meteorological phenomenon. It can drive temperatures to 14 degrees Fahrenheit in midsummer and plunged to 45 degrees below zero in late January 1802 3. The storm arrives with sudden darkness as whirling snow fills the sky within minutes after clear conditions.
In a courtroom exchange a judge asks about words between the accused and his wife. A witness recalls the man hurled a dictionary at his spouse, provoking both surprise and a casual aside that echoes through the transcript.
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