Questioning a vendor and substitute remedies
A reader laments a grocer selling sand as sugar and a druggist offering a Madison Medicine Co Rocky Mountain Tea substitute, voiced by L. M. Bosworth.
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
4
A reader laments a grocer selling sand as sugar and a druggist offering a Madison Medicine Co Rocky Mountain Tea substitute, voiced by L. M. Bosworth.
An advertisement features L. M. Bosworth promoting Rectol as a guaranteed remedy for piles. It pledges no cure no pay, a free pile pipe with each package, and refunds the full purchase price if it fails to cure, with samples offered free.
Board of Supervisors of Story County Iowa certifies Geo A Klove treasurer report correct with money and vouchers on hand per balance sheet. Report dated January 15 1902 signed by E R Silliman Miles Pearson and John Twedt.
A notice discusses John Strange Winter's book The Price of a Wife, noting unqualified authority and mocking grammatical disputes. It then shifts to a public policy argument about the Frye ship subsidy bill, urging Western representation and voter accountability.
The Minneapolis Journal warns the tariff on Dutch bulbs harms Dutch sentiment and could trigger flour retaliation hurting American millers. It notes Representative Towney faces opposition in Congress and suggests funding a Minneapolis public building as a easier remedy.
The article reports a merger plan among Cunard White Star American and Leyland lines under American Line management. It suggests freight rate regulation across US products, noting steel industry pricing advantages, while Morgan interests fear insufficient dividends. It also recounts a Boston observer’s war anecdote from South America.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a railway timetable entry labeled Phone No 821. No clear dates destinations or times readable. The item reads as a transit schedule snippet with no identifiable events or actions.
Furnished rooms with optional board advertised with inquiries at 1300 Kellogg Street or at the residence of K. W. Brown, soon, 404 S. Mirne.
A reflection on Charles Lynch, once praised as a brave pioneer sailor and statesman, now reproached as Judge Lynch. The essay notes how his name has become linked with organized savagery, while records reveal him as an upright leader in Virginia during pivotal American moments.
A stray testimonial from users and agents praises Foley products, noting insurance claims comparisons and personal health recoveries. A Winchester agent reference, a father crediting Honey and Tar for his son, and a kidney cure story from Loughran & Chas. are included.
The manufacturers discuss whether a remedy named Banner Save can cure ulcers sores eczema or piles, noting they have never heard of a dente or medicine curing such conditions and suggesting they may publish any cases they find.
An advertisement by B. Cowdrey promotes native herbs as a treatment for rheumatism and blood diseases. It claims personal testimony on efficacy, offers a two hundred day bottle, and promises a money refund if directions are not followed or results not achieved.
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