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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1895
Page
6
In a lighthearted checkout exchange Brown and Scott react to news that customer Spudkins is married. Characters discuss gossip about a club inquiry and a quirky encounter with an "intelligence office" remark while the New Women express fashion curiosity and a joke about neckties.
A historical ad claims malaria is common in some places and presents Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a safe antidote. It is described as a great anti malaria specific and a remedy for biliousness constipation dyspepsia rheumatic and kidney trouble nervousness and debility.
Incomplete lines show a husband and wife discussing a trip to town and a prior exchange. The garbled text hints at a nearby domestic moment with mentions of Mary and a planned visit or errand.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers a first class fare plus $2 round trip for the National Educational Association meeting in Denver. Tickets valid July 4 to 6 and July 7 for trains into St. Joseph or Kansas City, with return until Sept 1, 1895. Through cars and modern travel features available. inquire at agents for berths and reservations.
The piece praises irrigated farming in Yakima Valley showing joy in managing fruit orchards berry patches and alfalfa fields. It notes a pamphlet offer via stamps to Chass Fee Northern Pacific in St Paul Minnesota and mentions a new Italian rifle by Captain Cel firing twenty shots in two seconds.
The Vacationist s offers free resort information from Burlington Route publications. Names include Hot Springs South Dakota Summer Tours in the Black Hills The Yellowstone National Park Estes Park Colorado. Choose your destination. J Francis G P T A Burlington Route Omaha Neb.
The author Anthony Trollope reportedly kept a strict schedule writing three hours daily and produced about one thousand words each hour, illustrating disciplined, prolific craft practices.
A note on Mammoth Cave usage by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company introduces a brief science feature by Dr. Ellsworth Call with photographic illustrations. Copies cost ten cents in silver stamps sent to P. Atmore, Louisville, Ky.
Knowledge Brings comfort and improvement as Syrup of Figs aids digestion and cleanses the system. It promotes kidney, liver, and bowel health without weakening them and is praised by doctors for its pleasant taste and reliable action. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold in 50¢ and $1 bottles.
A boy Ray laments his new suit and the pressure to appear grown up while preferring his old patched gray clothes, arguing that boys dislike waste and that play invites wear. His mother believes the new suit is improper for a boy, and the poem contrasts childhood whimsy with social expectations.
Two engineers at a depot share a brisk scene. one merry and laughing while running a freight engine, the other neatly burnishing his engine with cotton, noted as well educated.
An excerpt from John Greenleaf Whittier’s Life and Letters reflects on the outward beauty of nature and the inner appeal of Bible tales. It expresses a longing for a higher moral and spiritual state and acknowledges personal shortfalls.
An Ab dal Kader tale recounts a child vow to never lie after his mother’s donation and oath. A caravan raid reveals his forty dinars sewn in his garments, prompting the robber to marvel at his honesty and seek repentance.
A frail youth seeks a harsh rail job, endures rough work, and advances from brakeman to train man. He learns to keep engines in top order and aims to drive to the throttle, then to leadership by rising to superintendent. His followers vow reform and restitution after his guidance.
The excerpt recalls poet John Whittier as a child in New England who misread a farm sale, searched for Monroe’s footprints in Haverhill, and later reflected on security, learning, and family love in his youth.
A Sunday school missionary witnesses a girl in distress. Eleven year old anon lends care to a barefoot stranger child, bathe tears, and comfort her by a brook. The helper explains compassion needs no kinship, only need, proving neighborly mercy.
A singer finishes Home Sweet Home and tears fill the audience. A girl remarks on the beauty of sentiment and its link to daily living. She realizes her own temper harms her home and wonders how many people truly strive to make home happy.
A summary of royal heirs famed for study and duty. The late Siamese crown prince is described as energetic and intelligent, aiming to be a scholar statesman. The Naples prince reportedly studies hard and questions ministers on military and economic matters. Dom Pedro of Brazil impressed 1876 Philadelphia and Bethlehem visitors with early rising and keen governance insight. An American-born monarch is warned against neglecting duties and privileges.
A visitor near McCormick Reaper works watched a saloon man with a missing arm, then saw two other men both missing arms and a one armed boatman. The scene on Mudlake bridge led the solicitor to fear he was in a dangerous strip of the city.
A collage of aphorisms and quips from various papers. Observations on poets, justice, barbed wire, heart and head, market editors, and a joke about Kosciusko and a Pole illustrate sharp, humorous commentary from the era.
A Chicago Spec and a syndicate offered a large sum to buy No-To-Bac, the tobacco habit cure. General offices say No-To-Bac is not for sale to the trust. The product boasts wide pharmacy support with guaranteed cures or money refunds.
Catterson claims prolonged rail travel through Texas keeps him energized by posing with pictures. Hatterson counters questions about fatigue as the two discuss the arc of their journey.
A new settler claims the major will run for Congress on the silver ticket. The old inhabitant counters that the major is finished after an alleged close range assault and a leg injury from yesterday.
A local quarrel arises as a new woman complains about a neighbor who kisses her husband goodbye each morning. The other woman calls the act refined and gentlemanly, sparking a sharp exchange about manners.
Investors urged to buy wheat now as prices rise to 1.44 dollars per bushel amid a 15 percent gain. Thomas & Co. of Rialto Ridge Chicago markets the opportunity with small margins and offers a manual on successful speculation and a Daily Market Report.
A blushing girl pleads for recognition from Harold as he slips a diamond ring on her finger. She asks if he can tell her apart from her twin, and he assures her he will know her by the ring, expressing ecstasy and trust.
The article describes Yellowstone Park covering about 3,350 square miles atop an irregular volcanic plateau at around 8,000 feet. It notes 100 geysers 3 600 hot springs and pools plus lakes canyons and other features. A tourist book offer is promoted via Oscar Vanderbilt Northern Pacific R R Des Moines Iowa for six cents in stamps.
An old proverb notes a Tartar guides a guest by the ear when inviting him to drink, illustrating a stern hospitality custom. The vivid image contrasts hospitality with rough conduct.
A collage of patent medicines and household remedies fills columns, with mentions of Kline’s Nerve Restorer, Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Hall's Catarah Cure, Piso's Cure, and Hindercorns for corns. Miscellaneous notes claim diet facts, swan sightings near Alpena, and quirks about asparagus and city chimneys.
A shy New York man, not fond of theater visits, has for twenty five years collected weekly programs from every playhouse and saved every Tuesday criticism clipping. He began to exercise to improve health and now walks to theaters daily, extending routes as new venues opened across the city.
Edouard and Jean de Reszke hire Chicago architect J Sidney Villiere to design and oversee a princely lodge in Poland. The contract requires all carvings woodwork interior fittings and construction materials to be produced in Chicago. The lodge will be named Cottage Americain to honor the country.
Mrs. Clara Platt found a $100 bill in the picking room at the Plainsville paper mill in Michigan. The bill appeared genuine and has been sent to Washington for examination.
Emperor William will skip a Norway visit this year and cruise the Baltic before visiting Sweden with time in Stockholm. Prince Bismarck gifts a young oak from SachSenwald to Berlin’s Gray Friar’s school. Archaeologist Dr. Hirschfeld, who led Olympia digs, dies at 48 in Wiesbaden. John W. Foster stays at the Chinese capital, possibly weeks longer. Achmed Wotelegel, aiding Slatin Pasha’s escape, is hanged at Omdurman. Red Thunder, linked to Turtle Mountain unrest, is 88. Maj. von Borcke, died in Berlin, served with J. E. B. Stuart.
A young woman is asked to be a mascot by two men in a playful scene. A boy declines a nickel for the favor, saying they want her as their mascot for a budding partnership. A stray fact notes a rosebush in Stuttgart covers 230 square feet.
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