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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1904
Page
8
Albert Eldrege of Edgar Printing Co. Chicago claims Hart’s Honey and Horehound cured a bad cold during 1901 02. Readers urged to visit the druggist below for a free sample bottle and purchase 25c 50c or 1.00 sizes sold by C A Gamble druggist.
An advertisement promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy for various ailments. It offers a money back guarantee if it fails to help and lists tea and tablet forms priced at 85 cents.
An advertisement praises DeWitts Little Earl Risers as compact reliable pills for headache biliousness torpid liver and constipation. It claims the pills are pleasant effective and never fail and that a vial in the vest pocket guarantees relief. Sold by Judisch Bros.
The ad promotes De Witt’s Salve from E C De Witt & Co Chicago as a specific for blind bleeding itching and protract ing piles eczema cuts burns bruises and all skin diseases. It warns that many counterfeit versions exist and urges customers to ask for the genuine. Sold by Jadisch ros.
A wartime era motto urges bold work despite poverty. The author L. M. Bosworth frames getting by as a practical challenge, urging practical effort and resilience to persevere. The caption implies self help tone and pragmatic advice for difficult finances.
Excursion tickets to Portland, Oregon and return via the Northwestern line on sale January 6 to 9 with favorable return limits. Applies to agents of Chicago & North Western Railway. Sale tied to the National Live Stock Association convention.
The testimonial from Jennie Stitzer of Omaha claims a gain of thirty five pounds in two months after using Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. L. M. Bosworth endorses it as a blessing to sickly women.
A reader from the Sun recounts a four year-old girl who observes a lame man and grouses on why a man has one short leg. She ponders aloud that God did not give two long legs to the man and two short ones to the girl.
Prague scientist Hans Molisch reports to the Vienna Academy a bacteria powered lamp that emits blue green light for two to three weeks. The device uses a glass jar with a lining of saltpeter and gelatine inoculated with bacteria.
Police guard the Kegon waterfall area in Japan amid rising self harm attempts. Large boards warn against suicide using the site, citing heaven disapproval and priestly authority, with threats of serious consequences in the hereafter.
In Victorian Melbourne a witty exchange unfolds as a chief secretary calls the opposition leader worse than Nero. A butcher interrupts asking who Nero was, and the secretary replies Nero was a celebrated Roman butcher, sparking amused recognition.
A Brooklyn Eagle quote recalls Senator Pettus of Alabama declaring gravy injurious to health yet questions linger about a few years of life compared with present bliss when alone at the table with bread and meat. The passage reflects mid century newspaper whimsy on diet and solitude.
During the Mafeking siege an officer organized a concert to lift troops spirits. He asked a Highlander sergeant, a former performer, to contribute but the man refused citing he had played bones before and had eaten them. The anecdote appears in Youth's Companion referencing V. C. as the source.
Bret Harte recounts a true western tale where a famous desperado confronts a British tenderfoot in a saloon. The Briton’s refusal to drink provokes the lethal warning, illustrating the perilous code of that era and the desperado’s weary plea.
An account notes during Edward II's capture torturers moved him stealthily. They seated him on a bank and shaved his face then washed him with cold ditch water. He protested for warm water for his beard and shed many tears.
In a Philadelphia Press item a youth asks for the father to consent to his daughter's hand. The father retorts that he cannot have her and questions the motive. The youth cites the daughter's actions as the reason, prompting a quick resounding dismissal from the father.
Anxious moments during Fred’s proposal prompt Mildred to consider supplying the exact words she expected him to say. She resisted, noting it would not have been appropriate.
A vintage advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as a natural grown remedy for weak, pale children. It compares the product to a penny in the churn and claims cod liver oil with hypophosphites aids growth with pleasant taste. A 4¢, 1 sample free, and $1.00 offer are listed for druggists.
A. Rutherford writes that after midnight and winter comes spring and light. Hope grows strongest for those who have endured despair, with rest promised to the burdened. The poem contrasts bleak times with a rainbow over heaven.
A collection of humorous mispronunciations and malaprops on ambition luck and money. The piece lampoons foibles of fools workers and the social figure with playful dialect and a running joke about fortune and greed. It blends quips about opening saloons funding churches and chasing wealth with comic misfires and whimsical expressions.
The town of Carrickfergus on Belfast Lough sends forth about one fifth of all salt used in the United Kingdom. Within three miles there are twelve salt mines, though only about half are active at present.
Traveling agents who stay in Roumania for under three months with goods to show and orders to take are exempt from all taxes. If the stay exceeds three months they, like all foreigners, fall under the regular tax regime.
The St James Gazette notes fighting instinct across animals from hares and beavers to seals and squirrels. Rival males and intruders clash in battles over territory and mates, leaving scars and evidence of ferocity observed in Windsor Great Park and beyond.
A whimsical Town Topics column poses questions on science culture marriage happiness and history with playful speculative prompts. It wonders about brain cells celibacy Moon origins and social disturbances while musing on prankish what ifs and curious hypothetical scenarios.
The piece outlines tactful giving as an art requiring genuine kindness and natural manner. It warns against excessive gratitude, noting it can feel insincere and suggesting that the giver should forget the act after giving to avoid pressure.
Homer Alvey a Lincoln pharmacist and manager of West Side Drug Store endorses Hart's Honey Horehound for croup coughs colds and la grippe. He notes it is non narcotic and available in 25 50 and 100 cent bottles sold by O Gamblist, druggist.
A Des Moines newspaper promotion offers the Daily for 150 dollars per year with postage paid to any address for 1.50 per year 100 for eight months 80 cents or 50 cents for three months. It claims to be the most complete Iowa newspaper and notes it is the only daily stopped when time runs out.
Mr H J Keeler of Maiden Rock Wisconsin endorses Harts Honey and Horehound as a remedy for cold cough and related ailments. The advertises it as reliable for coughs croup and whooping cough with sizes 8 25c 50c and 1.00 sold by OC A L Gell ble druggist.
B F Hare superintendent of Miami Cycle and Mfg Co Middletown says after ten years with dyspepsia and many medicines he improved after two doses of Kodol Pain Cure and after two bottles was stronger than in years. He recommends the remedy to friends. Sold by Judisch Bros.
Home seekers excursion to the Northwest West and Southwest offered at greatly reduced rates by the Chicago and North Western Railway. Excursion tickets available to the indicated territory with standard and tourist sleeping cars free reclining chair cars and superior amenities. For sale dates and full details consult local agents of the railroad.
One Minute Cough Cure claims rapid relief by soothing mucous membranes and clearing phlegm. It allegedly heals inflammation and strengthens lungs, preventing pneumonia and curing colds and coughs for all ages. Sold by Judisch Bros.
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