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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1904
Page
8
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat sketch lauds the Concord coach as a cradle on wheels and a moving residence. It recalls twelve-passenger comfort, summer breezes, winter warmth, and buffalo robes dyed with deer brains by Indian squaws, now rare as historical relics.
A Missouri reminiscence recounts a stagecoach breakfast at Boonville with Kit Carson confronting a rude passenger. The writer recalls Carson’s courage and chivalry, his defense of women, and his later fame as a pioneer and military leader.
Albert Eldrege of Edgar Printing Co. Paris Michigan shares a winter 1901 1902 experience with Harts Honey and Horehound noting a quick cure for a bad cold and la grippe. Readers are invited to visit their druggist Teon to obtain a free sample bottle and purchase bottles priced at 25c 50c and 1.00 from OC A. Gamble druggist.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with claims to cure indigestion constipation headache backache and kidney trouble. It offers tea or tablet form for 35 cents and guarantees money back if it fails.
A promotion for DeWitt's Little Earl Risers describing them as portable, easy to take, and effective for headaches biliousness torpid liver and constipation. Claims include tonic liver support and trouble-free use. Sold by Judisch Bros.
An advertisement touts De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve from E C De Witt Co Chicago as a remedy for blind bleeding itching and protracted piles eczema cuts burns and other skin diseases. It warns of counterfeit products and urges purchasing the genuine DeWitt's from Jadisch Bros. Also notes a Rocky Mountain Tea pitch and a Portland travel offer with Northwestern line excursion tickets during the National Live Stock Association convention.
Jennie Stitzer of Omaha says she gained thirty five pounds in two months after using Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. L. M. Bosworth reports the remedy as a blessing to a sickly woman.
A dialogue quotes a prospective patron asking which modern languages are taught. The president of a college fifty years hence replies that all leading ones are offered except English, citing abandonment of keeping up with the language and dictionaries filled with slang as a reason.
The article recounts notable instances of separate burial of hearts from Richard the Lion Heart to Byron. It describes Rouen’s shrine for Richard’s heart, Baliol’s ivory casket, Napoleon’s heart at St. Helena, Byron’s possible loss in a Greek marsh, and other similar practices reported by London Tit-Bits.
Homer Alvey, a registered pharmacist and West Side Drug Store manager in Lincoln Illinois, testifies Hart’s Honey and Horehound as a meritorious medicine for Croup Coughs Col ds and La Grippe. He notes its suitability for children and that it contains no opium or narcotics. bottles priced 25c 50c and 1.00 are sold by O A Gamblist, druggist.
An advertisement offers a Des Moines Daily and 8a News subscription at 1.50 per year postage paid, 100 for eight months, 80 cents, and 50 cents for the months. It claims to be the most complete Iowa newspaper and notes it is the only daily stopped when the time is out. Address The News Des Moines Iowa.
A Maiden Rock Wisconsin editor endorses Hart's Honey and Horehound as a reliable remedy for colds coughs croup and whooping cough. The publisher notes personal use and repeated recommendations and cites sales from A Gamble druggist with pricing at large bottle two sizes 50c and 1.00.
B F Hare of Miami Cycle Mfg Co Middletown Ohio suffered a decade with dyspepsia. He spent hundreds on medicines and doctors with no lasting relief. After trying Kodol Dyspepsia Cure he felt better after two bottles and now recommends it to friends. Sold by Judisch Bros.
Excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates available to the Northwest West and Southwest via the Northwestern line. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars Free Reclining Chair Cars and The Best of Everything. For sale dates and details contact Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
An advertise text claims One Minute Cough Cure relieves coughs in one minute by killing irritants, clearing mucus, and reducing inflammation. It markets as a safe lung-strengthening remedy for pneumonia and croup, suitable for all ages and sold by Judisch Bros.
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