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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
4
Ames citizens are advised to secure seats for the Beggar Prince Opera Co. on Tuesday January 13 in The Pretty Persian with reserved seats 75c and 50c and general admission 35c. Local notices include various community updates and event schedules.
A brief notice announces a fine lot of ewes offered in the United States Spring sale. Details are limited but indicate available stock and auction terms for buyers and sellers.
W Williamson of Amherst Virginia credits Cham berlains Pain Balm with lasting relief after more than a year of lumbago. He reports all other remedies failed and the product was sold by all druggists.
A traveler describes the balsas used by Aymara Indians on Titicaca formed from aquatic lake plants. They float by displaced grass bundles and can carry eight to ten people, with masts and sails for long inland crossings on a lake level with the Jungfrau.
A critique highlights Shakespeare’s anachronisms such as cannons before their invention, printing in Henry II’s era, clocks in Caesar’s time, Hector citing Aristotle, Coriolanus naming Cato, Cleopatra with a billiard table, Deiphos as an island, and Bohemia with a seacoast, illustrating historical inaccuracies.
A judge interjects with a wry line about wisdom as the lawyer begins a lengthy argument. The exchange highlights courtroom humor and the judge’s impatience with long winded cases.
A comic exchange shows a caller asking for the gas office and the operator warning against bad language, illustrating telephone etiquette in Spare Moments.
In a Detroit Free Press item Viola recalls a marriage proposal she declined due to not having time. Olivia asks if she ever received a proposal and Viola confirms a man once asked but she brushed it off.
The article details Persian punishment by bastinado, where high ranking individuals are not spared. The victim lies face down with feet bound in cords attached to a pole raised by two executioners who tighten the ropes. Switches from the pomegranate tree, soaked in water, strike the soles alternately for about an hour or until fainting.
An advertisement proclaims Rocky Mountain Tea can cure many ailments of women. It claims the product improves blood quality digestion and overall health, attributed to L. M. Bosworts.
J C Lewis and a merit company present the Yankee drama Si Plunkard at the Ames opera house on Friday night. The show features a clever comedian in a lively local entertainment.
A short verse from L M Bosworts and T J Miller & Son speaks of love and nocturnal visions, mentioning a Rocky Mountain Tea and a seal of Minnesota with flour named Never Faileth. The lines evoke personal sentiment and brand-like phrases.
An advertisement from LouGhran & Bauer touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a permanent cure for piles and skin diseases. H A Tisdale of Washington, D C claims twenty years of piles cured by the product.
Oil meal price line shows $27.00 per ton and $1.50 per hundred. Listed by B. A. Lockwoop Gra Oo in a compact market notice.
An old advertisement credits beauty to Rocky Mountain Tea priced at 35 cents by L. M. Bosworth. The copy promotes the product as a source of loveliness for rare and beautiful women.
Si Plunkard and his famous farmers perform at the Ames opera house on Friday January 9 with his country band. The parade begins around noon in the main street rain or shine as the band marches and whistles the mocking bird.
A scientific discovery claims Kodol assists digestion by supplying natural stomach juices and relaxing stressed nerves. It supposedly helps transform food into rich red blood while the stomach rests during healing, marketed by LOUGHRAN & Baver.
A visitor notes that $40.00 per acre is a low price for land with Iowa-like productive capacity near a world market. Carl Little can provide details about these farms and their value.
A San Antonio reader praises DeWitt's Little Early Risers stating they cure constipation sick headache torpid liver jaundice malaria and all liver troubles. The letter supports widespread use and recommends the pills to families.
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