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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
4
A comic tale from Count Haines era describes Joe Haines tricking two bailiffs by appealing to a bishop cousin. He plucks a promise from his lordship to settle the £20 debt and fees, and the bishop instructs the payer to come next day. The bishop honors the pledge and pays in full.
A portrayal of Bulgaria highlighting its peasant class, language, and lifestyle, noting Turks remaining in Sofia after independence. The piece observes Turkish deputies in the sobranje, earning 15 francs daily paid in silver, and describes the parliament’s lighthearted handling of their wages while hinting at evolving governance.
The Medicine Brief outlines fruit uses for various body conditions. It lists laxatives such as oranges figs tama rinds prunes mulberries dates nectarines plums. astringents include pomegranates cranberries blackberries sumac berries dewberries raspberries barberries quince pears wild cherries medlars. diuretics cover grapes peaches strawberries whortleberries prickly pears black currants melon seeds. refrigerants encompass goose berries red and white currants pumpkins melons. stomachics sedatives include lemons limes and apples.
A Philadelphia Record note on the rest cure praising warmth and quiet as healing for dogs and humans. It contrasts humane rest with modern overmedication and constant stimulation, urging patience for natural recovery.
Dialogue sketch highlights Mrs Hifly and Mrs Swagger with a servant note about going out. The exchange hints at a social visit and mutual fortune in a Boston Post item.
A reader notes the exchange about returning gifts after an expressage charge exceeding the gifts' value. The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune reports the quip about costs eclipsing the items.
Grasse France hosts more than a hundred factories that distill fragrant essences from orange jasmine rose violet cassia tuberose and other plant oils using classic distillation methods to produce perfumes and scents.
A brief aphorism from the Chicago Hera noting that no person can consistently fool future generations, reflecting a skeptical view of lasting deception.
A Saturday Review piece debates self conversation revealing that talking to oneself is feared as madness but may reflect ordinary expression under stress. It cites Hamlet and modern speech to question the link between soliloquy and insanity, suggesting Hamlet is an unreliable authority.
The article recounts famed unions where prominent men wed their domestic workers. It mentions Sir Henry Parkes and a servant who became Lady Parkes, Peter the Great marrying a former servant named Martha, and William Cobbett who waited years before marrying a buxom servant girl he met as a youth.
Harold Scott notes Southey’s 1808 remarks about Wordsworth praising The White Doe of Rilston Hall and The Fate of the Nortons. Southey comments on Wordsworth’s vanity and self regard while expressing mixed amusement and respect for his overall qualities. Ben Jonson is referenced as a hypothetical contemporary judge of Wordsworth.
A New York stock scene has brokers calling a number to reach Mr. Fish. The receptionist asks which one and reveals there are several hundred. When asked for the head of the firm the response identifies Colonel Jones, prompting the realization the caller sought Mr. Fish, leading to the punchline My Aquarium.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip imagines a future legless race sparked by a medical claim. The cartoonish dialogue links a legless race to politics with the pun on "stump" speeches.
A dialogue on woman suffrage where Belcher cites broad female distrust of men, claiming many women think all men are alike. Symonds challenges the premise and questions if such views justify denying women the vote.
A montage of quips on evolution taxation and social mores includes a Chicago News To Be Considered line about men arising from mice, a Washington Star joke about bachelors taxed for caramels and theater, and a note on Lake Baikal as the largest freshwater lake in Asia and Europe, 400 miles long and 16 to 65 miles wide.
An editorial note cites the proverb that forethought precedes fate. It urges readers to prepare and reflect before events unfold, framing inevitability as a prompt for prudent planning and clear decision making.
Church directory lists Sunday and evening services with Sunday school and prayer service details. Pastor and schedule follow the standard weekly pattern for March, including morning and evening worship times and associated prayer gatherings.
A visiting girl notes a neighbor's horse has watery eyes, a cough, and a drooping head like her father's horse last summer. When asked what her father did, she replies simply that he sold him. Source: Pearson's Weekly.
A wealthy country gentleman nearly lost his wife when she fell into a river on his estate. He announced the near miss to friends who congratulated him. An old bachelor friend quipped that he always warned the river was too shallow.
A reflective exchange on whether experience truly educates. The speakers debate if learning comes too late as age erodes the appetite for lessons once valued in youth.
A compact report describes how a man named Dick was struck by a vehicle while attempting to pick up a boree shee for luck. The item notes the mishap and the surrounding, though limited, circumstances observed.
J J Kegley of Waukee Iowa agent for J Wragg & Sons Co will on or about December 15 call on old customers to replace free all dead stock. Customers are asked to hold their orders for him and receive a free replacement. 31 tf
On the first and third Tuesdays of January and February 1902 the Iowa Central will sell homeseekers excursion tickets to points in Iowa Minnesota Montana Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas and elsewhere at one fare plus two dollars for the round trip with a twenty one day final return limit. Geo 8 Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa invites readers to contact ticket agents for full particulars.
An ad promotes the California Limited relaxing trips from Iowa to California via the Santa Fe and Iowa Central routes. It claims savings of a day and comforts of a luxury train with a booklet titled Land of Flowers available from Geo. B. Batty in Marshalltown Iowa.
E Demick of Somerville Indiana spent about $1000 over seven years on stomach trouble with no relief until trying Dyspepsia Cure. After a few bottles he is entirely well. The ad claims Kodol Cure aids digestion by doing the stomach's work and promises cure for stomach troubles. Loughran Bauer.
For sale notices advertise a Home Building Co contract option with no interest. Additional items include Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels, Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, and old furniture repair by John E. Butler. Jacos Englehardt near 144 miles south of College.
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