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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1891
Page
3
A condensed diary recounts a cross country rail trip from Nebraska to California. It notes fluctuating congressional activity and pension debates, then shifts to detailed westward scenery from Nebraska plains to the Rockies and Sierra, including Ogden, Truckee, Sacramento, and Santa Barbara, with vivid observations of towns, geology, wildlife, and climate.
San Francisco felt two earthquake shocks last Saturday. Ignatius Donnelly has been chosen president of the Minnesota Farmers Alliance. Fairfield Maine recorded 60 degrees below zero on Wednesday morning. News from many states describes fires in New York theaters, deaths, and violent crimes. Industrial output and rail mileage rise as public figures face change and broader social shifts.
The Indianola Herald and Dallas County News report on a gubernatorial address and reactions. Editors urge accountability for past fiscal choices, arguing the state must avoid repeating prior mistakes and acknowledge consequences. The discourse frames agriculture as central and calls for prudent leadership.
Travel note from Ames dated November 14 reports a nine oclock start to Santa Barbra with bright weather and a monotonous landscape.
A reprint of advice on newspaper advertising from the Las Vegas Optic stresses careful wording and typographical craft. It urges continuous, attractive ads with striking illustrations to build reader curiosity and maintain a merchant’s prominence in good times and bad.
The text argues that stock and display matter little without efficient courteous sales staff. A merchant should be a knowledgeable, obliging salesman and employ only good clerks. If clerks perform poorly they should improve or quit the business.
A humane approach to ads and invitations attracts customers. A cheerful, frank tone draws readers, while an anxious or disordered presentation repels them. A smiling merchant earns trust, makes friends, and increases sales. We go this way but once, so warmth matters.
Ad claims Electric Bitters cure liver and kidney diseases remove pimples boils and salt rheum purify blood drive malaria prevent and cure malarial fevers relieve headache constipation and indigestion with guaranteed satisfaction or refund sold at L M Bosworth's Drug Store for 50 cents to 1.00 per bottle.
Reported by Butler Pa resident Alplhonso Hempfling that his speechless son recovered after Dr Miles Restorative Nervine. Valparaiso Indiana resident Mrs J R Miller and Logansport Indiana resident J D Taylor each gained two pounds from use. Vistula Indiana resident Mrs H A Gardner cured of many daily convulsions and headaches by one bottle. Trial bottles and book of cures free at L M Bosworth's who guarantees the remedy.
The January Century will publish the first installment from The Memoirs of Talleyrand. It sketches his lonely childhood his entry into Paris society his view of La Fayette and his early Revolutionary experiences.
An old period advertisement text repeats a jingle about Castoria used for babies children and adults. The catchy line traces the product’s claimed lifelong use from infancy to motherhood and beyond. No dates or locations are given.
A reflective line on how quickly an eight year old boy can fall in love and how abruptly that affection can end, underscoring the swift shifts of childhood emotion.
A miscellany notes the Marquise de Lanza as a stylish literary figure, a boys and girls animal-protection society in England with 80 000 members, egg preservation via air-tight shells, clove etymology from clovis, Antioch Florida’s 14 year old principal A B Hendry, and cold remedies. Other items mention kerosene cleansers for wringers, potato derived cloak buttons treated with sulfuric acid, a Confederate dead monument near Pensacola costing over 5000 dollars, musk and sandalwood prices, a note on shoemaker posture, a fatal wrestling accident in Northwood Iowa, the Prince of Wales as a dog collector, Canadian seal fisheries output, Senator Jones villa at Santa Monica with 30000 acre ranch, and Mrs Jones remaining devoted to her home.
A Cincinnati jeweler refunds fifty dollars to a man after he discovers his watch runs one half minute fast and insists on returning the timepiece. The jeweler says the watch’s value, if kept within a year, is worth more than the price. The story appears in the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Mr Prieu a long time Brazilian trader sues France for 560000 pounds claiming a French consul mishandled papers and overcharged imports at Itaque. The court rules the foreign minister not responsible for papers entrusted to a subordinate, prompting a possible appeal.
A Stratford on Avon church sells crosses carved from the old gallery timber and offers visitors a photo of Shakespeare birth and marriage entries in the parish register. The vicar, while praising God’s house, makes use of Shakespearean memory for profit.
The governor proclaims Sierra Leone unsuitable for faith cure believers and mandates missionaries employ a doctor. The note, cited by the Lewiston Journal, targets Maine and other mission efforts amid climate concerns.
A clandestine meeting of Western and Northern Pennsylvania oil producers took place in Pittsburg on the 11th to form a producers alliance likely designed to challenge the Standard Oil Company.
Dr. Miles presents a revolutionary New Heart Cure claim with astonishing demand and numerous reported reliefs. The advertisement promises Dr Miles book free and notes Bosworth offering the cure and Restorative Service for headaches fits and other issues.
A Kansas City Times excerpt recalls a cowboy returning from western plains to Ohio. He laments changes from buffalo and cattle to boomers and settlers who squatted west of the Missouri. He fears future years will erase true cowboys from the range.
City tax office in Brooklyn draws about 1000 poor residents to pay levies and rebates. An elderly woman named Cunningham pays taxes on tenement properties valued over 100000 while wearing tattered clothes. Clerks note the crowd brings many small coins causing long counting times and lost interest for those waiting.
Warren Howard of Americus Georgia vanished from a jail cell after morning lock up only to reappear hours later in his old quarters claiming he never left. The incident perplexes local authorities who note a possible escape by squeezing through a narrow space twelve feet above ground. The Webster elm Cut Down in Exeter Yard Ends Historic Landmark Era.
Ada E Hurd of Gorton writes of a bad cold that turned to consumption but finds salvation in faith and Dr Kings New Discovery. After eight bottles she claims a cure and urges trial bottles at L M Bosworths Drugstore with regular sizes priced 50 and 1.00.
Story County Iowa Treasurer held a land sale for delinquent taxes where purchaser Lot 3 Block 2 Kelley Town Story County is named. The buyer must pay the amount due within ninety days to avoid loss of property as of December.
Harper's Weekly outlines its mission as a family journal dedicated to artistic and literary excellence. It pledges strict quality and public usefulness while covering all important facets of the past for every home reader.
An advertisement from Harper and Brothers New York lists Harper's Weekly Harper's Magazine Harper's Bazar and Harper's Young People with prices for annual subscriptions and bound volumes. It details current numbers and renewal options with mail delivery and cloth binding, including per-volume prices and mail postage.
The notice outlines Harper's Bazar Illustrated as a journal offering the latest fashion information numerous illustrations and pattern sheets. It highlights essays on homes living art and history serials and notable contributors including Agnes B and Juliet Corson with brief mentions of fictional works and prominent authors.
Harper Brothers announces subscriptions for Harper's Magazine Harper's Bazar Harper's Weekly and Harper's Young People with annual prices and options. Free to subscribers in the United States Canada and Mexico. Binding and back issues available by mail with postpaid prices and payment instructions.
The twelfth volume of Harper's Young People begins in November featuring new serials by Munkittrick Hjorth Beyeser Lassetter Spofford and Perry and stories by Annie Seam and others. Short tales science travel and sports aim to entertain and educate youthful readers with high character content and engaging adventures.
Postage prepaid two dollars per year. Volume XII begins. Subscriptions and payments by money order or draft to avoid risk. Single copies sent on receipt of two cent stamp. Address Harper and Brot for copies and remittances.
The Mexican Gulf Coast is pitched as an ideal winter home near New Orleans with mild winters, hunting and fishing grounds, oyster beds, and recreation. Prospective buyers are urged to request a pamphlet from J. F. Merry, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Manchester, Iowa, to learn more about winter resort opportunities.
Thousands spend secretly hoping for a life changing boon but Electric Bitters claim to offer real help for digestion dyspepsia and liver stomach issues. L. M. Worth Drugstore advertises bottles at 50 cents and $1.00 with directions for use.
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