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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1902
Page
5
Purported vegetable laxative claims mild effective relief for constipation and bowel complaints. Advertises price 10 and 25 cents from Loughran & Bauer with a note on fig sales by T. J. Mitter & Son and a cough remedy Foley's Honey and Tar also from Loughran & Bauer.
On the first and third Tuesdays of January and February 1902 the Iowa Central will sell homeseekers excursion tickets to Iowa and western states at one fare plus two dollars round trip with a twenty one day return limit. The Iowa Central Route promotes fast service with first class equipment and through chair cars. For details contact ticket agents or Geo. H. Batty G P A 6 Marshalltown Iowa.
The claim states Foley’s Honey and Tar can be given to children for coughs with no opiates or poisons. Loughran & Bauer note its safety for pediatric use.
M S Mead, a leading Attleboro pharmacist, declares relief from dyspepsia after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He reports belching, sour stomach and appetite return, noting the medicine digests food and allows eating foods once avoided.
Constipation dulls the body and mind causing headaches and discomfort. DeWitts Little Early Risers stimulate the liver open the bowels and relieve this condition. Safe speedy and thorough. They never gripe. Favorite pills. Loughran and Bauer.
The advertisement promotes Gar-Gol as a scientific antiseptic preparation that cures sore throat tonsillitis hoarseness and ulcerated throat. It also claims preventive effects against diphtheria croup and whooping cough.
A fragmented OCR item mentions a flour mill and a “Seal of Minnesota” along with the name “T. J. Mitrer & Son.” The text is incomplete but points to a business and region tied to Minnesota historical records.
E O Macey reports success in British Columbia copper mining near Vancouver after leaving the Idaho road. Edwards of Marshalltown considers building a hotel in Ames if a site is secured, with plans for management of a new Ames hotel. Lincoln J. Carter’s Remember the Maine plays Feb 26 at the Ames opera house with a large scenery carriage and a capable cast. Edgar W. Guild and Annie Bell Acheson wed near Winterset on Feb 12. Health officers warn of a widespread smallpox epidemic. Des Moines and Sioux City hit hardest, with Chicago enforcing quarantines and bans on public meetings.
Stockholders meet at the Clerk's office in the courthouse in Nevada Iowa on the 12th inst electing W K Boardman president J F Martin secretary Lorela R Forbes assistant secretary J A Mills treasurer and several others as directors Vice presidents include Mrs Phoebe Mead and many township reps The floral hall is to be converted into a ladies rest and baggage check area for the fair and premiums in draft horse cattle and other stock departments are doubled to improve exhibits at the next fair.
If you plan a March or April land seeking trip to the north or northwest, write Geo. 8. Batty of the Iowa Central road, Marshalltown, for the cheapest and quickest route. The Iowa Central is presented as the best path for northwest home seekers.
A man shares a funeral joke with friends and his mother-in-law, who stays silent. The widower refuses to ride beside her to honor the memory, angering the crowd. An old mammy interrupts with a rain prayer about a buried son-in-law, provoking scorn and irony in the church.
A folkloric ritual described by Petit Albert outlines creating invisibility by using a pot a dish a mirror agate steel and tinder. A black cat is sacrificed and placed in a pot then left undisturbed for a day while the practitioner recites phrases and wears a cautious ritual to extract a bone that supposedly hides the imitator’s image in a mirror.
A historical medical record links distinctive odors to specific illnesses. New mown hay signals pysemia, typhus to ammoniac scent, jaundice to musky notes, yellow fever to bun barrel aroma, and measles to a fresh feather scent. Smallpox to fallow deer, typhoid to brood, with plague smelling like honey.
Bay rum is manufactured in Dominica from the dried leaves of Pimenta acris. Leaves are picked and dried, then placed in a retort with water for distillation. The vapor condenses to bay oil, required in small quantities per puncheon of rum, making a lucrative business at the island’s northern end.
Barnum's Circus reports the monkey cage has benefited from regular Scott's Emulsion doses after an accidental spill. Monkeys show fewer deaths from consumption, and keepers note cheaper upkeep than replacing primates. The tale hints ingestion by humans as well.
A fragment outlines weekend train times with No 22 leaving Friday at 9 50 p m No 24 from the college Samandeg at 2 m No 38 from the college at 10 40 p m and a Sunday service at 12 40 p m The text is incomplete but presents the arrangement for Friday Saturday and Sunday.
A fragmented newspaper snippet shows an anecdote about a woman tending a sick lover with Rocky Mountain Tea and includes several advertisements for wallpaper patterns Polar Star Fancy flour and a Plymouth Rock Cockerela for sale. It also contains a reader appeal offering a reward for reporting tea substitute dealers.
Ree Estate transfers reported by Smith Bricker abstractors Nevada Ia list: R H McCarthy and wife to R D Connell for $195 conveying 188% feet of lot 8 and 20 feet of east 1884¢ feet of lot 2 in Beardshears addition Ames. W A Gildersleve and wife to James Montgomery for $850 conveying 60 feet of lot 4 in Blacks addition Ames. Allen Lee and wife to Al Duebendorfer for $2200 conveying 149% feet of lot 4 in Blacks addition Ames.
A business portal guides users to manage taxes and loans for estate investments. It outlines steps to file obligations, seek financing, and explore investment options with practical pointers and resource links.
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