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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1901
Page
4
In a comic turn a boy misreads a marriage notice during morning paper reading. The cler gyman and wedding march set the scene as two parties move, with a sibling correcting a spelling slip and the boy predicting future contradicting parties.
A brief humor column notes chatter that cabdrivers may strike for shorter shifts, while a rider jokes their hours already run about 40 minutes. The exchange in a New York Weekly clipping mocks perceptions of haste and propriety, ending with a witty banter about stamp sized footwear.
An Irishman in a London shop finds a man at a table selling Asses' heads. He asks what is being said, and the seller replies with the phrase. Pat quips that they must be in great demand since the seller has only his own left.
A fragment from Detroit Free Press records a humorous courtroom exchange involving Mrs. Jopps addressing a judge about her husband. The dialogue hints at financial strain and a troublesome spouse, capturing a satirical scene from a local courtroom.
In a New York Sun extract T Willie Rockingham recalls a visit from Brown Jones who, amid talk of ownership and “his place,” pressures Willie to assist Mrs Brown Jones while hinting at financial leverage. The scene unfolds with horsedrawn drives and tense implications of control and money.
A small New York firm used credit checks to fleece women who bought ill fitting silk and cotton waist garments. When waists failed to arrive or fit, customers demanded refunds but the firm refused, fled insolvent, and left many shoppers seeking compensation.
William Perrine recalls Mme James and Margaret Moncrieff describing Aaron Burr as a magnetic figure who enthralled women from his early days as a captain to his later exile. The piece notes his universal charm, the adulation of Paris and American society, and a later unhappy marriage to Mme James as Burr aged toward eighty and she near sixty.
The article describes medieval penalties for apothecaries including whipping for improper sale of poisons, unrecorded doctor prescriptions, and drug shortages. It notes prohibitions on poisoning fish, selling inferior drugs, and self prescribing unless no doctor was available, with must see prescriptions made in the doctor’s or another apothecary’s presence. Barber surgeons limited to exterior applications.
A London Chronicle anecdote recalls an American hostess attempting French with distinguished guests. The foreign guest, in kind humor, offers relief by saying he can understand her if she speaks English, sparing her embarrassment.
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a doctor and a professor quarreling over a club name. The doctor insists the group is called the Thimble Club while the professor jokes the real clue was at the finger’s end.
A weary visitor asks for a chemist shop in a provincial Scottish town. The locals reply they have no medicine shop, offering only whisky for people and tar for sheep, revealing a humorous misunderstanding of medical care.
A character description notes she has a strictly up to date education with many theories on parliamentary law, lacking practical household knowledge. The Chicago Post quotes dialogue praising her clubroom shine and intellect over experience.
A Washington Star cartoon caption recalls Mike and Pete debating college. Mike says college rarely helps, recounting a tale of earning only two dictionaries on a football suit and noting the swag isn’t worth the risk.
A brief note states that a dozen Portu guese oysters contain about six grains of phosphoric acid while French oysters have about four trains per dozen.
A quote from Chicago News notes the tendency to deride what one cannot possess and to disult what is not understood, reflecting a social bias in human behavior.
Dr W E Harriman advertises special attention to surgical cases and готов to fit glasses. Office in Hamilton Block over Thure on's hardware store Ames Iowa. Residence in 8rd block west of Story County Bank. Telephone numbers listed for office and residence.
Dentists located on the second door north of the post office.
An advertisement promotes Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets claiming to break up a bad cold while you sleep with a no cure no pay offer. It also lists Farms for sale through the Farmers Cooperative Association with page codes 29-27 and 23-11.
An advertisement offers a pile cure with a free pipe and samples, priced at 50 cents. It promises a positive written guarantee and “No Cure No Pay,” signed by L. M. Bosworth at 29-27.
An old advertisement touts Rector the great pile remedy promising a cure for piles with a free pile pipe and a positive written guarantee. The dealer L. M. Bosworth offers samples and a no cure no pay policy at 50 cents per package.
On the Chicago Great Western Ry line across Illinois Iowa Minnesota and Missouri first class openings in growing towns for all kinds of business and manufacturing. Listings include Blacksmiths Doctors Dressmakers Furniture Grain and Live Stock Buyers General Merchandise Hardware Harness Tailors Cold Storage Creameries and Canning Factories. Address W. J. Reed Industrial Agent O. G. W. Ry 601 Endicott Building St. Paul Minn.
The Iowa Central Railway will sell excursion tickets at one and one third fare for round trips to all points within 206 miles. Sale dates include December 21 22 24 25 28 and January 1 1901. Return valid through January 2 1901. Inquiries to ticket agents or Geo Batty G P T A Marshalltown.
Homeseekers excursion offers one fare plus $2 for a round trip with return within one day. Tickets available first Tuesdays of October November December at all Great Western Ry ticket offices. For details contact F H Lord G P T Adams St Chicago.
A note suggests a choice of mandolin guitar violin or similar stringed instrument as a nice Christmas present, inviting readers to consider Titpen & Lovers for offerings.
Excursion tickets will be sold at low points along the North Western east of the Missouri River and port Rock Island North Western within 200 miles of selling stations on December 24 25 81 and January 1 reto until January 2 inclusive. Apply to Chicago North Western Ry.
Advertises a practitioner named B. drey as agent for a native remedy for rheum and blood diseases. Claims online testimony and a two day bottle treatment. If directions fail to cure, money back.
A reader-friendly note suggests a set from T. J. Miller and Sons as a Christmas present. Game boards by Tilden and Loughran are highlighted as descripts.
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