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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1880
Page
4
The speaker brings home a portrait of their mother, noting her plain dress and simple hair. The poem recalls childhood kneeling at her knee and reciting verse, praising a life of care, work, and Christian grace without complaint. It contrasts ambition with humility and devotion at home.
A lengthy tribute traces General Garfield from an 1847 orphan boy and canal boat work through teaching, college, and political rises to U S Senator and 1880 nominee. It praises his self made life, courage, and leadership in Congress and battlefield loyalty, portraying him as ideal American character and strong GOP candidate.
A reminiscence recalls a crowd in New York after Lincoln’s assassination and the moment General Garfield spoke on the balcony. Officers, judges, editors and clergy watched as Butler entered, a cryptic scene of mourning, outrage, and a nation teetering on crisis.
In Boston at Faneuil Hall Senator Hoar attacks the Democratic platform noting inconsistencies with steel interests the party and its candidates. He urges supporters to reconsider alliances and emphasizes party unity and policy alignment.
The article discusses infant and adult pulse rates across ages with figures 130–140 per minute in newborns and declines with age, noting sex and exertion effects. It warns that pulse alone is an unreliable diagnostic sign and cites conflicting expert opinions, then shifts to critique religious and temperance journals for advertising Hop Bitters and praising its health value.
The advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and related symptoms. It claims improved appearance, restored appetite, enhanced digestion, and renewed energy, noting benefits for nervous and rheumatic tendencies and fever prevention.
A Tarrier sends a store-boy to fetch a furcape. The boy returns with the cape neatly folded and quips that he did double the cape, prompting the merchant to remark on the long trip from South America.
At the end of a course of lectures in Burlington Professor Tice became suddenly ill with chest pain and a dangerously low pulse. St Jacob's Oil was applied to his chest and within an hour he was relieved, allowing him to return home to St Louis.
An Irish nobleman asks a fat boy for directions to Macroom. The boy lazily points with his toe and offers a sleeping quip. Impressed, the nobleman dismounts and awards the half-crown after the boy says to put it in his pocket.
Mrs Oaoe Bi proprietor credits Hamburg preparation with curing six years of salt rheum on her face as redness and itching vanish. Buffalo Aurora notes the claim. Jeanne’s mother tries to deter her from marrying a soldier, fearing war and widowhood at sixteen.
Israel Jones of Franklin station Ohio reports his son, once doomed by diabetes, improved after using Day's inNEW Pap, and is now able to work. The tale is framed with a humorous dialogue about bread and a nod to J Monroe Taylor's Gold Medal Soda or Saberatus.
An advertisement touts Dr J Kramer’s German remedy as a safe and immediate cure for weak and diseased eyes. It offers a 25 cent postage-paid sample and a free box upon request, with orders handled by Smith & Co. Dayton Ohio and Dr McGregor Iowa.
Free booklet on liver complaints and treatment offered by Dr. Sanford. Includes treatises on torpid liver jaundice headaches constipation dyspepsia malaria and related issues. Address 162 Broadway New York City N Y.
An old advertisement extols a cure named Wine of Tar for weak stomachs throat and lung troubles. It claims all will benefit and presents it as a protective shield, urging readers to try one bottle as a leading remedy.
An early 20th century ad notes editors endure extreme nervous exhaustion from heavy workload. It claims Warner's Safe Neuraline strengthens nerves, offers soothing relief, and provides refreshment to the fatigued writer. It presents a health tonics pitch with strong promotional language.
The Rochester firm notes its policy against alcohol in bitters advertisements and confirms satisfaction with Bitters being alcohol free. The paper expresses responsibility for effects on families of subscribers and hopes for continued approval and favorable rates. Tus Livine Cavren.
Temperance Times of Brockport New York promotes Hop Bitters for temperance men lawyers ladies and doctors claiming it avoids intoxication and restores brain and nerve waste with a tonic claim according to the ad copy.
A Rochester based Hop Bitters promotion notes the product’s curative claims and wide newspaper exposure among religious and temperance journals including the Evening Express and many Christian papers. A testimonial from Mrs. J. W. Tuller, secretary of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, endorses its benefits.
A letter to a distributor cites Col W H W of Baltimore and a Rochester drinking circle praising Hop Bitters as a cure for drunkenness. The writer urges certifying the remedy and advertising it to sober up thousands in multiple cities, claiming vast value.
A collection of testimonials from parents pastors and physicians praising Hop Bitters as a cure for various ailments. Letters claim long suffering relief improved health and eventual recovery after using Hop Bitters with mentions of temperance motives and medical authority.
A supporter claims Hop Bitters cured a young man’s insatiable thirst and prostration, stopped burning thirst, reduced liquor appetite, and steadied nerves, keeping him sober for over two years. He cites other cases from a leading Chicago railroad official.
A Methodist clergyman in Mexico and various patients tout Hop Bitters for relief from kidney and gravel issues. The testimonial notes improved health for the wife and daughter and urges trust in the remedy, despite initial skepticism about bitters.
An offbeat ad feature lists various remedies and tonics including Hunt’s Bitters and Hopkins products. Prominent claims tout swift cures for kidney and urinary issues, throat and lung affections, and a 30 day trial of Electro-Voltaic Belts. Local shops like Hale’s and Lyon’s gear are promoted alongside a St John sewing machine.
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