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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1880
Page
4
The piece urges measuring a day by kind deeds and small acts that ease others. It contrasts purposeful kindness with a day spent without any positive impact, emphasizing sunshine in others as the measure of a day’s value.
Mabel Wilmot, once a wealthy social fixture, falls into poverty after her father’s death and her mother’s ruin. Irene Hendrick,-minded to preserve her own status, clashes with Col. Hendrick and Mabel’s beloved Richard. A hospital dash and a moral awakening lead to a renewed bond as Mabel and Richard reunite.
From Chamber's Journal a physician describes two somnambulism cases. A schoolgirl rises at midnight, inspects her bed then sleeps in a clothes basket on the roof before resuming normal waking. A second, a young schoolgirl, walks in night attire, guarded by maids, then climbs a roof ladder and navigates a gutter and parapet, returning to bed unconscious.
A physician describes treating a patient with somnambulism and alternating identities. He details methods to prevent self harm, the appearance of a "Perfect Cure" dance, and how the condition evolved into waking episodes where the altered identity intruded during daily activities.
A Boston clothing firm with about thirty five female workers faced a mean payroll prank. Each worker was docked half an hour for a Thanksgiving gift to the firm’s two owners, reducing wages by the time spent presenting a hat and twenty two dollars. The tale echoes Mark Twain on human meanness and prompts criticism across the city.
A damaged ad fragment mentions leaving New York City heading to the Grand Union area and Grand Central Depot with references to the Union Hotel and a restaurant. It includes stray phrases about rooms, prices, depots, and a call to use Piso’s for consumption, all in unclear sequence.
A lavish funeral for Mrs. Alicia Fitznoodle, wife of Col. Augustus H. M. Fitznoodle, drew a rare crowd yesterday at Pavilion Avenue. detailed trappings included a rosewood casket, immense wreaths, and costly silks with diamond adornments. The service featured Rev Archibald Slusher and performances by Berando Caroline, Miss Periwinkle, and professors Kortizsky and Slobberall.
An early advertisement recounts long claimed benefits of a tonic marketed as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and other products. It touts cures for malarial fevers dyspepsia constipation kidney and bladder troubles rheumatism and weakness especially aiding the elderly and convalescents. It promotes multiple tonics with dealer prompts and prices.
An old advertisement touts Laycock's Worm Killer as a superior worm expeller for children and warns of female weakness. it also promotes Wort as a kidney cleansing tonic praised by a physician for its reliable effects. The copy uses sensational claims and low price points to attract readers.
An array of medical elixirs and tonics promote cures for back pain fever chills and digestive woes. Claims include Dr Pierce’s Extract of Smart-Weed and Wizard Oil with testimonials from A J Benner and a nudge to buy Hop Bitters for clear skin. Dr N B Wolfe offers a free book on consumption asthma and catarrh.
A garbled ad dense with medical nostrums touts cures for Consumption bronchitis and throat and lung ailments. It mentions free mailed directions from W W Sueran Rochester and lists products like Carters Compound of Smartweed Winchalls syrup and Dr Winschell’s Crime Syrup plus Worm Cakes Nerve and Bone Liniment and Tar and Wild Cherry with claims of rapid cures and health restoration.
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