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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
9
Albert Eldridge of Edgar Printing Co cites Hart's Honey and Horehound as an effective winter remedy used in 1901 02 for cold and grippe. Readers are invited to visit pharmacist A Gamble to obtain a sample bottle. bottles sold in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes.
An old advertisement offers Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for indigestion constipation headache backache and kidney trouble. It promises a money back guarantee if it fails and notes tea or tablet form priced at 35 cents by L. M. Bosworth.
A West Pocket Doctor in a vest pocket for headache biliousness torpid liver and constipation. The pills take and strengthen the liver and promise reliable results. Sold by Jadisch Bros.
Chicago firm E. O. De Witt & Co markets De Witts Salve as a specific for piles eczema cuts burns and skin diseases. The ad warns against counterfeit imitations and urges buyers to request the genuine product sold by Jadisch Ros.
A short verse urges bold effort despite poverty and frames Rocky Mountain Tea as a solution. The speaker, referencing L. M. Bosworth, hints at overcoming hardship through perseverance and a tonic appeal.
Excursion tickets sold January 6 to 9 with favorable return limits for National Live Stock Association convention. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ray.
A reader named Jennie Stitzer recounts losing thirty five pounds in two months and credits Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with improving her health. The note is signed by L. M. Bosworth.
Cart L LirrLte & Co offers loans on Story County farms. Local farmers seek affordable financing options and prompt service."}
A letter’s journey could loop around the world far beyond the earth’s circumference. If mail is forwarded correctly from New York through many ports and back to New York, the cost would be only a dollar or two in tolls. Washington records envelopes that traveled 150000 miles and 125000 miles respectively per St. Nicholas.
A man in black pressed a rubber bulb into a sleeping infant’s face beside her father’s house on a fashionable New York street. He concealed a black box, escaped with the child, and boasted daddy will pay for photos. The scene prompted alarm as police and onlookers assessed the risk to the child.
The article recounts claims that Newbury Priory shelters Oliver Cromwell’s remains. It notes Cromwell died September 3, was embalmed and interred at Westminster Abbey, then allegedly exhumed and hanged at Tyburn, with beads placed atop Westminster Hall. A secret burial theory at Hambledon hills and a stone chamber at Newbury Priory are mentioned.
The so called leads of a pencil are a mix of graphite and clay. Graphite, from Greek for write, is a native carbon mineral with a black metallic luster and soapstone like feel. Also called plumbago or black lead, its name explains the pencil term. Major graphite sources include Altai in Siberia and Ticonderoga in New York.
In a remote Oxfordshire district a subpostmaster with a wooden leg used a tin bucket of stones to “knock” on doors during letter delivery. He rode a donkey cart and hurled stones at neighbors when delivering mail, a humorous tale of postal life.
A hypochondriac who met Sir Arthur Conan Doyle while he practiced medicine described a sharp pain above the waist when touching his head. Doyle asked why he touched his head, prompting a dry, mild response from the famed physician as recounted by the London Chronicle.
In Kansas City a photographer notes a tense remark as Murphy resists posing with a pleasant look. He warns his wife plans to send a photo to her mother, risking a visit confrontation.
A concise reflection on success equaling doing one’s best with skill and steady effort, pursued without craving fame. It frames success as mastery of action rather than notoriety or recognition.
A historical note extols salt pork for con sumption and contrasts it with Scott's Emulsion as a refined fat source. It claims fat aids the consumptive, with cod liver oil and hypophosphites boosting lung health, and offers a free sample upon request.
The article surveys disposal methods from Paleolithic burials in caves to cremation and earth interment across Europe. It notes barrows, stone cists, and cemeteries, with cremation common in earlier times and gradually restricted by Christianity. It mentions Volga tribes' late cremation and widow immolation in India until 1829.
Bret Harte recalls a famous desperado entering a saloon with other patrons away. An English tenderfoot declines a drink prompting the gunslinger to sigh and mutter that he cannot drink without killing a man. The tale underscores frontier bravado and grave consequences.
While held by his torturers they moved him to a bank hidden from view and shaved him to disguise his face. They washed him with cold ditch water, prompting the king to cry out for warm water for his beard and shedding many tears.
A Philadelphia Press excerpt shows a youth asking for a daughter’s hand and the father initially balking until the daughter herself intervenes, declaring consent. The playful exchange highlights social norms and family dynamics in courtship.
Mildred recalls moments during Fred’s proposal where she almost supplied the missing words. She notes she restrained herself, believing it was not appropriate to speak for him or interrupt the moment.
The Philadelphia Bulletin lists fabric name etymologies. Muslin from Mosul, serge from Xerga, bandanna from an Indian term, calico from Calicut, alpaca wool source, damask Damascus, satin from Zayton, velvet from vellute, shaw from Sanskrit sala, cambric Cambrai, gauze Gaza, baize Bajac, dimity Dametta, jeans Jean, blanket named after Thomas Blanket, who helped woolen imports in 14th century England.
In a Brooklyn Eagle excerpt a manager praises Young Brown for triggering an attachment against Silk & Satin just fifteen minutes before they failed. The great lawyer checks the rush and warns this enterprise could backfire, joking Brown may demand higher pay.
Homer Alvey, a registered pharmacist and manager at West Side Drug Store in Lincoln Illinois, testifies to the merits of Harts Honey and Horehound for croup coughs colds and la grippe. He notes it lacks opium or narcotics and prefers it for children. Bottles priced 25 50 and 1.00 sold by O A Gamblist.
An advertisement promotes The Des Moines Daily and a News as a postage paid mail for $1.50 per year and $100 for eight months. It claims to be the most complete Iowa newspaper coming daily and notes it stops when the term ends with address The News Des Moines Iowa.
An editor from Maiden Rock Wisconsin endorses Harts Honey and Horehound as a reliable remedy for cold cough and whooping cough. The ad notes three bottle sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 and lists OC A Gamble druggist as a seller.
B F Hare superintendent of Miami Cycle and Manufacturing Co Middletown Ohio suffered a decade with dyspepsia and spent hundreds on doctors and medicines. After trying Kodol Dyspepsia Cure he felt better after two doses and by two bottles was stronger than in years, recommending it to friends. Sold by Judisch Bros.
Homesrekers offer excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates to the Northwest and Southwest. Tickets include standard and tourist sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars withThe Best of Everything. For sale dates and full details contact Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Omego and One Minute Oo Jare as cures for coughs colds pneumonia and croup. It claims quick relief clears phlegm heals inflammation and strengthens lungs. Sold by Judisch Bros.
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