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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
8
A speaker asserts his wife improved from pulmonary consumption after using White Wine of Tar. He says she began taking it and experienced immediate relief, now using the fourth bottle with better health than in years. He urges others to try it via Rev. J. N Fiy.
Wanted trustworthy man or woman to manage business in this county and adjoining territory for a well established house of solid financial standing. $20 weekly salary plus expenses paid by check. Money advanced for expenses. Permanent position. Enclose self addressed envelope to Manager 810 Como Block Chicago Illinois. No investment required. Previous experience not essential.
An 19th century style advertisement urges Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs colds croup and whooping cough sold by C A Gamble. It also markets Pineulets for backache kidney relief neuralgia rheumatism and bladder health.
The clipping promotes Pinesalve as a remedy for skin ailments and mentions sales by O A Gamble. It also advertises land for sale in Howell County Missouri with 160 acres in Howell, and 65 acres cultivated, plus a family orchard and improvements, offering sacrifice due to circumstances and directing inquiries to E L Gilmore in Freeborn Minnesota.
The Intelligencer publishers announce a special offer to subscribe to both papers for 1.25. The Iowa State Register and Farmer is a farm and home magazine with reliable family content. Free samples available in Des Moines upon request. Subscriptions can be brought to or mailed to the office before the offer ends.
Excursion tickets offered at greatly reduced rates on the North Western Line with standard and tourist sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars. The sale dates and full details are available through Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Open Sundays. Mutual phone 385 tf.
Dr. J. W. Hamilton of San Francisco declares Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup the best cough remedy he has seen and unrivaled for asthma, available from Lovanman and Baver.
A short note from Ames Iowa mentions Edwinson and McDavid conducting boring and pump repairs at IV Springs implement house with one mold issue noted.
Be sure and see Edwinson and McDaniel for pump and wind mill repairs All work strictly guaranteed Mutual phone 889 38 lmo pd
A Surinam toad female bears offspring by placing eggs into honeycomb like cells on her mate's back. After about eighty two days the eggs hatch as fully formed toads rather than tadpoles. The young emerge as 80 to 100 tiny toads after the protective cells open.
In early debate over how to address the new president the nation weighed titles from his excellency to high mightiness. Congress split, newspapers debated, and a dinner remark by Speaker Muhlenberg favored plain “president of the United States” as Washington’s eventual designation.
The sea cucumber houses small er forms within its body serving as messmates while feeding on digested morsels. Sea anemones trap and release small fishes through a cycle of grasping tentacles that form a temporary tomb then let prey escape. Fish have also been observed moving about inside tropical starfish arms.
A historic oath from Manx courts swore by the Bible and God’s works, pledging to execute the island’s laws impartially without bias or favoritism, likened to the herring’s backbone in the fish. The phrasing reflects era customs and religious framing used to bind judges to objective justice.
The passage reflects on knowing strength and weakness through trials. It suggests pride in memories of overcoming injuries temptations and difficulties by endurance, while acknowledging shameful memories that one would rather forget whenever occasion reveals them.
The text argues that closeness increases the need for fact and courtesy. It warns against airing disagreeable truths to friends, except when necessary, and suggests letting enemies reveal unpleasant facts instead. It emphasizes restraint and tact in intimate relations.
In the performance of Pygmalion and Galatea Miss Mary Anderson (Mme Navarro) faced the audience with outstretched arms and cried The gods will help me The gods cried We will in unison from the gallery causing a burst of applause and laughter from the crowd.
The article recounts Alois Sennefelder in Munich observing inked letters print on damp paper after a water spill. He used a whetstone and a stamp to test printing from a stone, leading to the discovery of lithography and the spread of printed art from stone.
The article details a ritual used to execute spies in the English army. A condemned man digs his own grave with a pick and shovel as a chaplain reads burial passages. Twelve soldiers are chosen at random to fire. six rifles are loaded with blanks, making the outcome uncertain. The volley falls, and the spy dies in the grave.
In Lord Granville era Mr. Gladstone arrives with Mrs. Gladstone and Lord and Lady Sydney for a Deal fair. He resists a merry go round after lunch but explores every booth from the giant woman to the eight legged calf, savoring the sights with schoolboy delight.
The London Fishing Gazette recalls how Preston Lancashire fishermen once fished on Sundays despite clergy preaching against it. A clownish ritual involved burning a ragged effigy of the parson in their chimney while the clergyman’s prayers supposedly failed to stop the daily catch.
The piece warns that constant nagging and pessimism embitter individuals and ruin the spirit of those who endure incessant complaining and contemptible talking. It cautions against habitual fault finding as a corrosive trait.
A brief quip from Fliegende Blatter recalls a travel joke about going to Africa in 130 degree heat. The remark plays on extreme temperatures and stubborn resolve.
In a light exchange Mabel declaims face as fortune while Ethel reassures that a husband will not be blamed for marrying for riches, highlighting social wit and personal vanity.
A brief note highlights a proverb about those who wield harsh words opting for swift footwork in response, reflecting a local sentiment on restraint and retribution in Se Widney.
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