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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1885
Page
3
A Washington dispatch reports excitement over a plot to dynamite the Capitol. The discovery occurred days ago but details remain secret to ferret out the instigators. A few more days are expected to reveal facts in the case.
The special grand jury in Chicago indicts Mackin for perjury and a wider gang. They reportedly find that a $100,000 appropriation was carried by officers but defeated by illegal business, and they return over 200 indictments against judges of election. Chicago needs a purging.
The Dynamiters attempted Saturday to blow up Parliament the house of Commons and the London Tower. Terrific explosions caused great damage and personal injury, possibly loss of life, including innocent children. The act sparked the greatest sensation in London in years and is condemned as despicable.
Iona takes the first prize of a gold medal and $200 for best Northern district apple collection and $75 for the best name accurate display. Des Moines debts, new saloons, and upcoming church in Algona are noted alongside local crime, cholera fears, and public notices.
Over 500 delegates braved bad weather to attend the State Temperance Convention. Senator Clark of Clarinda chaired and urged citizens to enforce the Prohibitory law beyond party lines. He called for a fair trial of the law, akin to its license predecessor, before repeal.
A persuasive early 20th century ad extols Parker's Tonic as a cure for worn-out watches and failing organs, claiming it restores energy and health for stomach liver and kidney ailments, urging readers to try it to regain vigor.
A Des Moines man mails a fish story about a Skunk river monster to his brother in Baltimore. The reply jokily mocks local Baltimore County politics noting a tree grown tall enough for two men and a boy to see, a door painted oak with leaves and acorns, and unusually quiet post election days ending with a 30 day note quip.
A Mechanicsburg man credits Dr. King's New Discovery for curing lung fever and abscesses after three bottles. Henry Westerman's Drug Store offers free trials and $1 large bottles. In Boston, a widow inherits 1161 troy ounces of gold plus $10,000 annually per weight-based provisions in her late husband George Gardner's will.
The article praises Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup as an unusually quick relief for coughs and chest soreness, noting it is mild and safe for infants and offering sample bottles at H WesTerman. It also previews a Harper's feature by J C Beard on Guardian Birds.
customers line up at J. H. Pickett & Co Drug Store for Dr. Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup samples. The remedy, touted for coughs colds consumption and bronchitis, is offered in regular sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
The ad copy claims Hop Bitters can fortify ministers mothers businessmen laborers and writers worn by duties and midnight toil. It suggests relief from over eating drinking indiscretions or rapid growth common in youth as well.
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