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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1902
Page
6
A testimonial from Plainview Ned praises Foley's Honey and Tar as a life saving remedy for long standing wife illness. Loughran and Bauer promote Foley's Kidney Cure as preventing fatal kidney disease, urging early use.
A Louisville woman seeks an honest medical verdict from a celebrity and learns a blunt lesson about truth in diagnosis. A London paper extols sunflowers noting American varieties yield vast oil from seeds and leave 1,500 pounds of cattle cake residue.
A French scientist warns fresh water sponges called cornacospongie may pollute city water supplies. He describes their three layered body structure, silica or calcium carbonate spicules, and potential health risks if water is used untreated. He urges removal where possible.
The account recalls Mozart noting young Beethoven’s talent during his first Vienna visit in 1787. Beethoven requested a subject, impressed the master as he played, and Mozart whispered that the boy would “make a noise in the world” someday.
Henry Thomas Buckle argued that intellect sorts people into three orders. The lowest talk of persons, the next discuss things, while the highest favor ideas in conversation.
In a Trumbull County cemetery a tombstone bears an epitaph by the son of the deceased. It reads Our father lies beneath the sod, His spirit is gone to meet his God. We never more shall hear his tread nor see the wen upon his head.
Stephen says Miss Balter ended it because she was not hopelessly in love with him. James reflects he is unsure but senses the lack of deep love as reason for the breakup.
In the Chicago News a reader recounts a meeting with a stranger who implied sympathy when told she was married. The exchange raises questions about marital status and trust in casual conversations.
A reflective quotation from the Atchison Globe notes that some individuals are swayed by ideas while insisting they possess total knowledge. It frames skepticism about certainty and the limits of understanding.
A caller seeks a brakeman job and boasts eighteen years in railroading. A great man mocks the claim asking to close the door gently. The applicant complies while the skeptic accuses him of trying to impress, and the great man finally ejects him, deeming the attempt a bluff.
The passage presents several theories on the origin of the name strawberry. It mentions hollow straw like stems, storage with straw for winter, and the idea that berries lie on the ground and are strewn or strawed. It notes that Anglo Saxon forefathers raised them and named them accordingly.
Report quotes a melodramatic note about a young man who lost both legs saving a beautiful heiress at a railway crossing. The heiress offers to marry him after dismissing other suitors, with a wry remark on the couple’s future.
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