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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1901
Page
8
An advertisement claims Kodo sia Cure digests all foods and cures severe indigestion. It touts itself as the only combination of natural digestants ever devised and asserts it never fails to cure the worst cases, delivering instant relief. Tilden Langhran.
A promotional note extols The Des Moines Leader as a leading independent family newspaper in Iowa with broad circulation, extensive news service, and strong editorial quality.
Dr W E Harriman physician and surgeon offers special attention to surgical cases. Available to fit glasses. Office in Hilton Block over Thornton's hardware Ames Iowa. Residence in 8rd block west of Story County Bank. Telephone numbers listed for office and home.
E E Posegate of Ames Iowa advertises as a first class auctioneer for livestock sales and small commissions. He offers farm sales by day and guarantees satisfaction with contact via Box 532.
The Des Moines Daily News offers postpaid home delivery for $1 a year or 75 cents for six months and 50 cents for three months. It promises all the news condensed for the busy reader including daily telegraph markets and family reading material.
The Iowa Central Railway advertises Tuesday excursions through April 30 1901 with reduced single trip rates to California and to Washington Idaho Montana Oregon and British Columbia. Tickets available via Iowa Central ticket agents or Geo. S. Batty G P T A Marshall town Iowa 465. Also notes One Minute Cough Cure praised as a fast remedy for coughs and lung troubles.
An ad-style paragraph extols DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as the true cure for piles and skin diseases, warns against counterfeits, and promotes One Minute Cough Care and DeWitt’s Little Early Risers liver pills. It also notes public health opinions and jokes about hearing better with the right ear.
An advertisement insists a strong engine needs a robust boiler and a healthy stomach to sustain activity. It promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a digesting aid that helps the body by digesting what is eaten.
A proverb-like note highlights the difficulty of focusing on personal affairs without interference from others. It underscores discipline and self rule as essential to private conduct.
A crowd testifies that Banner Salve relieves and cures piles quickly. They claim no other salve heals as well, praising its immediate effect and overall effectiveness.
The Farmers' Cooperative Association operates a farmer's exchange and general real estate business, negotiates farm loans, writes insurance, handles grain and farm supplies, Chautauquan literature, fire extinguishers, electrical conductors, and promotes household health remedies. L. M. Bosworth endorses One Minute Cough Cure as harmless and fast acting for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles.
The 1790 census counted 3,929,214 people across 16 states and new territories. Virginia led with 1,039,610 whites and 292,000 slaves, while northern states reported slave figures totaling under 150,000. The record notes enumeration by marshals and early census challenges amid a growing nation.
A veteran sportsman tells how he taught his son gun safety by setting up a shock test on his sixteenth birthday. The boy fainted after an empty cartridge misled him into believing the weapon fired. The ordeal was meant to imprint a lasting respect for handling firearms.
A misheard mother shouts about a cat on a shelf while Tommy points to a wine bottle as the scene turns comic and tense. The exchange ends with a quick escape into the kitchen revealing the farcical misunderstanding.
A dialogue shows two burglars discussing a kitchen theft and a suspect’s dyspepsy treatment. They joke about cleaning out provisions to avoid detection, revealing their plan as detectives close in on the crime.
In a post-dinner quip, Stroller asks for a jaunt with Joe Rose. Joe responds with a sharp line about turning the dog on a tramp. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Record.
A Chicago News aphorism notes that when the poor realize how little millionaires enjoy, envy would ease. The remark contrasts perceived abundance with hidden contentment among the wealthy.
Quote from Atchison Globe noting caution about selling by weight and the impact of scales used by others.
The article lists peculiar Chinese dishes such as bird’s pest soup and sea slugs, noting pork, milk, beef, and game are not common due to cost and religious taboos. It mentions dog flesh eaten in the south by the poorest, and remarks on fried grasshoppers as a risky but rewarding delicacy.
A Hanover registrar found a rare eighteenth century document a receipt from a captain signed under duress during the Seven Years' War. The note details receiving 50 blows with a stick as punishment for alleged calumnies about a chasseurs regiment and notes the punishment was carried out while restrained on straw.
In a dialogue from the Boston Transcript two men discuss the artist Dobber. Smith asserts he considers himself the greatest artist ever with the brush while Jones counters that Dobber modestly calls himself a second Raphael, implying Raphael is greater.
Mrs Youngcouple questions the value of the money market while someone in Indianapolis Press defends studying it. The exchange hints at investors seeking bargains amid market chatter and a pragmatic interest in financial news.
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