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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
3
A home fashion note describes a lavender house dress with wisteria motifs and leaves, full skirt, and tuck detailing at the waist forming a vest. An adaptable lace yoke with purple velvet revers completes the look, intended for indoor wear on dreary days.
The piece describes new silver novelties including a duster with a fox tail mounted on a silver handle, designed as an ornament when idle. It notes eight inch wide cut glass powder boxes with silver tops and pink or blue puff decorations, and an opera vinaigrette of cut glass with a midline division for separate salts, often topped with a silver monogram.
A New England girl designs a satin portfolio containing twelve monthly envelopes. Each month bears a decorative label and a personal message with events for that month. Inside, a thoughtful fill appears—necktie veil gloves or photos—creating a lasting keepsake for a friend abroad. The article praises the idea for invalid or elderly friends and notes the holder’s continued use after all months pass.
The taste for rhinestones and French brilliants grows as merchants show a wide dress trimming selection glinting with mock gems. Milliners offer pins brooches and ornaments set with stones to decorate hats bonnets and flowers. Slides with pebble rows and single stones mounted for sewing on velvet spark arabesques.
A country clergyman nails a creeper to a trellis when a boy watches intently. The boy asks if he will share gardening hints, but the youth says he is waiting to see what a parson does when he hammers his thumbs.
Amy E. Hull argues that clear skin stems from good digestion and liver health, daily warm baths, thorough cleansing with soap, cold water rinses, and regular life. She emphasizes temperate living, regular meals, and simple routines as key to beauty and youthfulness.
A traditional floor polish combines one pint linseed oil with one pint strong cold tea two ounces spirits of salts and the whites of two eggs. Mix pour into a bottle shake before use apply half a teaspoon on a silk pad rub with the grain and finish with a silk handkerchief for a gleaming surface.
A boy asks a chemist for more pills for his father. The chemist asks if they help, the boy replies they help him by fitting his air gun, implying unintended use. The anecdote captures a humorous misdirection from Collier's Weekly.
Dialogue from Yonkers Statesman notes Jeannette considering starting a business. Jennie confirms broad ambition with the remark Everybody's. The exchange reflects local interest in personal ventures.
The article portrays Lady Salisbury as a cultivated, intelligent partner who stood by her husband, the Marquis of Salisbury, through poverty and political ascent. She influenced and supported the leader of the Tory party while managing Hatfield House and sharing a long, steady marriage despite health decline.
The Kensal Green tomb of William Makepeace Thackeray has been cleaned and ivy trimmed after public concern over its inscription. His simple stone reads his name and dates, with Anne Carmichael Smyth noted as his mother by first marriage, and John Leech's nearby grave praised for its understated epitaph.
A Boston importer faced steep duties on mineral water from abroad. Following a customs attorney’s advice, he returned the casks, froze the water overseas, and reimported it free of duty, a method likely to be used again.
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a grain based beverage to replace coffee for children and adults. It claims rich mocha like color and easy digestion with prices 5 and 25 cents per package, sold by grocers.
A Detroit Journal clipping recalls a preacher and an exhorter discussing a dramatic description of the day of judgment. The ex horter boasts of portraying world destruction so vividly that a man sought kinetoscope rights afterward.
Thousands of adventurous Americans head toward the Klondike despite warned hardships. The text urges use of Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a medicinal safeguard to warm the system and aid rheumatism kidney trouble liver complaint and dyspepsia.
A clipped exchange at an arrival scene shows a claimant insisting on entry. The clerk responds with a calm line about a full house as the confrontation unfolds.
John A. Salzer Seed Co. promotes its Great Free Exhibition car touring Wisconsin Northern Illinois and Iowa for a third annual trip. The seed growers stop at principal rural stations giving farmers a chance to see what handsome crops can be grown with quality seeds. Visit the car when it reaches your neighborhood.
A fragment notes a group of boys from a country town heading to a larger city for a game. It highlights local talent and competition against bigger programs, suggesting pride in the visitors and a challenging test ahead.
Frank J. Cheney of I. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay $100 for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, dated December 6, 1886, outlines internal remedy use, distribution from Toledo Ohio, and the seller Hall's Pills as a companion product.
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway lists Homeseeker's Excursion dates and details for tourist sleeper arrangements. Information is available from H. A. Cherrier N Pass I 316 Marquette Building Chicago for inquiries.
Quoted proverb from Farm Journal stresses marital duty and care. The text mentions not snapping in two and advises limbering up. It promotes St Jacobs Oil as a cure for lumbago.
A Washington Democrat editorial mocks a writing teacher as a nonentity beyond writing skill. The brief commentary questions the educator’s broader value and impact in civic or practical matters.
A courtroom exchange questions the meaning of intoxication with a witness unsure how to define it. The lawyer presses for a clearer standard while the witness offers a tentative explanation about degrees of drunkenness.
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway introduces Tourist Sleepers on excursion dates between St. Louis Kansas City and southern points. For details contact A Bidghi N Pass Agt 316 a hago. The Washington Democrat notes if women were as trifling as some men there would be more divorces.
An advertisement claims Kemp's Balsam stops coughing immediately and offers free sample bottles from druggists. It markets larger bottles at 50 cents and 1.00, urging prompt purchase to avoid danger from delays.
A Washington Democrat note asserts alimony decrees spur faster divorces by highlighting how such payments reduce spousal dissatisfaction and temptations to reconcile. The comment frames alimony as a practical weapon in marital dissolution.
Advertising notice claims a cold cure with Laxative Brome Quinine tablets priced at 25 cents. It promises money back if ineffective and notes the claim was from Chicago News.
A collage of brief, dated observations and quips from multiple newspapers. Mentions cures like St Jacobs Oil and Hale’s Honey of Horehound, jokes about fashion and politics, and light cultural commentary. Several lines reference violence, travel, and daily life with minimal context.
Railroads race to serve a spring Klondike rush with long distance tourist cars. The Baltimore and Ohio runs an all‑rail NYC to San Francisco car via Philadelphia Washington Parkersburg Cincinnati reaching St Louis Texarkana Paso San Francisco. Pittsburgh car to New Orleans via Cincinnati Illinois Central and Southern Pacific also operates weekly.
An exchange cites a Philadelphia North American report where a worker claims to have been fired for smoking, asserting the office prohibited smoking and declaring the incident as proof of enforcement. The remark underscores workplace strictures on smoking and disciplinary action.
A fragment from a newspaper shows a trader named Mrs. Broke-Some money promising a cut if a letter is completed. The note mentions paying promptly and obtaining money, though the writer says they do not see the funds yet. The language is garbled and incomplete.
A historical advertisement for Lane's Family Medicine claims daily bowel movement aids health. It states the remedy acts gently on the liver and kidneys and cures sick headaches, priced at 25 and 50 cents.
A brief note on plant types labeled widow's weeds and mourning glory. The mention points to ornamental or mourning-themed varieties and their cultural naming, without further specifics on species or cultivation details.
Fits stopped with first day use and permanent cure claimed by Dr. Kline of 933 Arch st Philadelphia. Free S2 trial offered to battle nerves and treatise customers through mail order promotion.
An Atchison question asks how some claim to save malaria through money saved, challenging the basis of such statements and the practical value of prospective savings in health campaigns.
McVicker's Theater in Chicago announces January engagement featuring Kellar the Wonderful. The notice notes strong audience turnout as crowds flocked to the leading attractions.
Farm Journal notes a saying about legacy and giving away possessions as the true measure of what remains after death.
A reader notes relief from sciatica using St Jacobs Oil as a cure claim. The item mentions crutches and persistent pain and frames the oil as an effective remedy.
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