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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1879
Page
4
Monahan and his wife face ruin as rheumatic pain traps them in bed. A revival of strength comes when Forty Fellows Lodge members led by Williams and Hugh McCullough descend with sickles and binders to reap the field, lifting spirits and curing illness with communal aid.
Monahan, a zealous Odc. Fellow ship member, leaves shop for farming to test success in the country. After buying twenty acres of wheat, he battles rheumatism from long work in damp fields while his wife tends the home and harvest awaits. The doctor warns rheumatism may last days or fade suddenly as nature takes its course.
A Detroit streetcar passenger repeatedly asks if the car is on the track after derailments. The driver confirms each time and the woman, unsettled, insists she sensed the misalignment and later relaxes.
The article notes Centennial Mutual Life Association of Burlington claimed exclusivity in its system, but Prudential of London, a strong company over thirty years old, now operates on the same plan. It reports rising policyholder numbers, deaths not increasing, and decreasing assessment sizes over time.
A decision was made to publish without delay after considering a postponement to 1880. The comment reflects a belief that a good dentist is a successful man on the stump.
The Baltimore Herald notes collectors seek old and rare U S coins stored away by owners in stockings and chimneys. Values rise for silver dollars, half dollars, and colonial coppers with certain dates and conditions fetching high prices, while counterfeits and re strikes warn buyers to deal with reputable dealers and societies in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston.
Appleton's Journal notes historic and modern transfusion efforts led by a British medical student whose donation saved a dying Manchester patient. It discusses the method's uncertain past, pope legends, and animal to human transfusions, ending with hopes to restore strength and avert fatal hemorrhage.
A dramatically told tale describes a Malagasy princess captured as a slave in New Jersey. Archibald Mercer of Millstone bought her, she later married a Mercer slave, and their child became part of the Frelinghuysen family line. Rachel Williamson, born 1773 and once heir to a Madagascan princess, died at 105, with the Frelinghuysens lingering as her descendants.
Professor Farrer of the Newport torpedo station reports an 1859 experiment that split the electric current to illuminate a house. A galvanic battery fed two lamps from a parlor mantel, with lights controllable by a simple switch. The system was mild to look at but costly, leading to gas-lit preference. He notes 1875 work dividing current into forty-two branches from a single eight hundred pound dynamo driven by a small steam engine.
France has about 37 million acres of wheat. In 1815 the yield was eleven bushels per acre, while current averages run around fifteen bushels.
The article urges dairy farmers to apply lin oil generously before and after milking to prevent sores on cows teats. It notes that linseed could calm kickers and improve milking ease by reducing sore teats and discomfort during milking.
Describes raisin production from Muscatel grapes in Spain. Growers harvest ripened clusters in August, dry them on stone benches with gravel, and press dried fruit into wooden trays then into boxes for the market. Strong traditional methods and quality sorting followed by pressing and packing.
The piece urges readers to practice street courtesy toward all people. It argues politeness costs nothing and yields friendly responses, noting that a simple bow smile or courteous salutation can transform daily interactions and strengthen social bonds.
A dog named Bobby stayed by the grave of Grae in Grey Friars Churchyard Edinburgh for years. Though dogs could not be admitted he lingered, was fed by James Brown and later by a local restaurateur. The Lord Provost exempted him from the new dog tax and gave a collar inscribed 1867.
A speaker urges economy in living and a continued reform of public and corporate life. He calls for modest lifestyles, honest trusted business, civil service reform to curb political debauchery, and warns that speculative gains and artificial wants drive perpetual work and worry.
The text touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a powerful aid for nervousness. It argues that strengthening the nerves via digestion and vitality leads to lasting calm, while warning against overusing sedatives or opiates.
A physician reports success with Colden's Letbig's Liquid Extract of Beef and Tonic Invigorator in treating chronic disease patients weakened by illness. The product provides nutrition and nerve support, aiding appetite and digestion. Sold wholesale by H. Warp & Co. in Des Moines, Iowa.
Pratt County Kansas reports Campbell unearthed a human arm on his claim last Friday near the old Skank Johnson dugout two miles north of the area. The buried bones are believed to be from an Indian slain in the Skunk Johnson dug-out battle long ago.
Dr Pierce at the Grand Invalids and Tourists Hotel in Buffalo offers a model sanitarium where sev eral specialists cure a large per cent of cases once deemed incurable. Physicians send stubborn and complex cases for examination, operation, and treatment, with full details in the People's Common Sense.
An 1870s advertisement promotes a supposed universal cure for consumption bronchitis and nervous debility with free mail delivery of the recipe in German French or English It mentions hair loss remedy and notes awards for Mason Hamlin organs as well as testimonials including a Chicago prison visitor lodging offer and a railroad official praising Hop Bitters for curing drinking.
A garbled advertisement claims the wife of a U S army general endorses a rheumatic pain cure. It urges readers to request a circular from Helphenstine & Bentley Droasina in Washington.
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