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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
8
The Iowa Mutual Tornado Association issues its seventh assessment in seventeen years. Story County shows $1,541,823 in association funds. Apply to undersigned to pay dues or obtain a policy. 88-3 A. J. Graves, Agent.
A Great Family Newspaper declares The Des Moines Leader leads Iowa papers with advanced editing, extensive news service, and absolute independence in politics, aiming for record circulation.
Dr W Harriman physician and surgeon advertises eye fitting services with glasses. Office in Hamilton Block over Thors ton s hardware store Ames Iowa. Residence in 3rd block west of Story County Bank. Telephone in office and residence.
Local auctioneer Ee. FF. Posegate advertises services for livestock sales by day or small commission. Also lists farms for sale with satisfaction guaranteed and contact via Box 532.
The Des Moines Daily News promotes daily postpaid subscriptions at $1 a year or 75 cents for six months and 50 cents for three months. It promises condensed news for the busy reader with daily telegraph markets and family literature.
A collection of advertisements touts DeWitts Little Risers pills for liver and bowel relief and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles sores and skin diseases. It warns against counterfeit salves and promotes One Minute Cough Care for pneumonia risk and digestion aids like Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It ends with a quip on virtue versus vice and a note on digestion.
The notice extols One Minute Cough Cure as instant relief for children’s croup and lung troubles and claims adults can also rely on it for throat and lung issues. It praises its pleasant taste and cites Tilden & Loughran as sellers. It warns of indigestion’s dangers and promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure to digest food and restore digestion.
An ad offers a “Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tab” by L. M. Bosworth priced at 25 cents with a cheerful refund promise if it fails to cure a cold. The tag line emphasizes customer satisfaction and a return of purchase price.
A poultry buyer declares that from Monday November 19 he will purchase all kinds of poultry at the highest market price, promising prompt payments and wide cash availability to sellers.
A crooked major negotiates with a chiropodist over a $1 debt while touting the Veal Outlet Tablet company. The major claims hard times and rapid wealth, offering stock and a secretary post, as the creditor demands payment and a confrontation looms.
An advertisement for the Farmers Cooperative Association outlines its diverse services. It promotes real estate, farm loans, insurance, grain and farm produce handling, coal, farm supplies, literature, fire extinguishers, and electrical work. It also endorses One Minute Cough Cure by L. M. Bosworth as a household remedy.
A Philadelphia Ledger reflection compares quick wins with worthy ambitions. It argues that high purposes and generous effort may not yield immediate results, yet true success endures beyond sight and time, trusting that harvests will appear later.
The term wickedest sea described by Shipping World is not in the Dover strait or Mediterranean routes but in rounding the Cape of Good Hope for the eastern parts of Cape Colony. It counters common traveler claims about rough waters and highlights the true peril lies at the Cape of Good Hope.
A humorous exchange from a Pennsylvania Punch Bowl joke about sleeping after taking a med and a Dallas News aphorism on trouble urging restraint. The snippets reference Old Med and New Med products and a nightly routine. The tone is witty, column-like, with dated newspaper flavor.
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