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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1894
Page
8
A Philadelphia Times description explains how eagles adjust eye focus to view distant and near objects with equal clarity. It details the sclerotic bone ring around the eye, its expansion and compression to shift shape, and notes humans rely on spectacles for focus.
Broad ad style listing multiple patent medicines and cures with testimonials. Mentions Park's Cure and Mystic Cure, De Witt's Sarsaparilla, Cod liver products, Castoria, and Park's Tea. Includes prices, sellers L. M. Bosworth Ames and promise city Iowa. Describes baths, telephony note, and general health claims.
A Philadelphia Ledger correspondent describes Greek women in Athens wearing loose skirts and tunics, braids decorated with coins, and notes on children’s appearance. He portrays women as lazy, Greek food as a mix of German and Greek, and breakfasts as simple with green tea and Hymettus honey.
A pithy anecdote from Youth's Companion recounts Mrs Home, wife of the author of The Tragedy of Douglas, who chews nutmegs on a sofa. A visiting admirer boasts of a forthcoming peace, she asks if it will affect the price of nutmegs, provoking a quiet, sharp response.
A St Louis Globe Democrat note traces auction history from Rome spoils sales to English candle bidding. It describes spear markers for sale sites and the bid timing tradition of burning a candle to limit offers, noting bidders often delayed until the flame neared its end.
A Chicago Inter Ocean item notes a man taken home after a fatal accident. A silk sample remained in his pocket, suggesting a possible clue or cause.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune notes a boarder refusing to eat, torn between affection and political concerns as he courts the landlady’s daughter, while his roommate ponders the cause.
Veracious editor reports a family horse with a voracious appetite that has damaged property over two weeks. They seek to exchange the horse for a good dog or a reasonable amount of fish bait to avoid losing their home.
One hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case. F J Cheney Co Toledo sells Hall's Catarrh Cure, taken internally. Endorsers West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin attest to Cheney's trustworthiness. Price 75 cents per bottle. Testimonials free. ad date 11-4.
An old advertisement touts Dimity invented at Damietta and Mystic Cure for rheumatism and neuralgia. It claims immediate disease disappearance after the first dose and lists a 75 cent price. Also notes Britain’s battleships cost and a returned angler’s tale with fish.
Jinks and Blinks discuss a lighthearted scheme as one agrees to fetch his wife from the church fair amid casual banter at Clothier and Furnisher.
A naturalist argues that hawks owls and other birds do more good than harm, protecting crops by reducing pests. He cites wrens bluebirds robins and woodpeckers as vital allies, while noting a farmer’s mistaken fear of owls and hawks.
A mysterious man beast with long white hair and a sheepskin skirt terrorizes the area. Farmers chase, shoot at, and follow the creature to a cave near Deep Creek, finding bones, feathers, and skins, but entering parties retreat after a chilling yell. Witnesses report swift, bearlike movement with claws. The tale ends without capture.
A brief exchange notes a visitor's trip to the Washington House of Representatives and the doorkeeper's restrained reply, reflecting ceremonial interest in the capital.
A reader quote from the Detroit Tribune lyricizes family affection with playful word choice about addressing a spouse and parents in a light verse.
Boston Journal advises to avoid unsterilized milk and describes a simple home method. Heat milk for 20 minutes using a double boiler with absorbent cotton to prevent steam return, costing about three dollars for a basic sterilizer. This quick method promises safer milk and reduces disease risk.
London Truth condemns Manchester ship canal as an engineering triumph that mirrors an open sewer. It argues the rivers supplying the canal have long served as municipal sewers, a state intentionally continued through the project.
In a Bits column exchange Miss Rex responds to Adolphus Hunt regarding using his wealth to establish a home for the feeble minded. The remark is noted as sudden and informal in the dialogue.
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