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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
2
In Seattle a new Alaska- Yukon-Pacific exhibition branch assay office will showcase how gold is refined from ore to purified metal with furnaces and complete apparatus. The exhibit will illustrate the Seattle office’s decades of gold handling and its cubic-foot display of precious metal quantities.
R N Farrar of Cat Island Louisiana recalls a 1902 diarrhoea attack and credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with prompt relief in 1907. He says using it earlier would have saved a hundred dollar doctors bill. Sold by C A Gamble.
In Paris the night laborers emerge as rolling cabs grow rarer and the city settles into rest around two. The streets host those for whom night becomes a workshop, among them several celebrated figures in the lingering hours.
In a vivid portrait from Marie Van Vorst in Harper's Magazine, ragged ramasseurs de tabac and other homeless figures prowl cafes and city corners in Paris. Police enforcement pushes them from parks and squares while foreboding shadows linger through Belleville and St Antoine backstreets.
A parent from Carbon Hill Alabama recalls a four year old boy saved from a severe dysentery attack after two doctors gave up. He credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, used with castor oil, for the cure and urges others to use it as directed. available from all druggists.
Leaves Chicago daily at 10:00 a m for Denver with nonstop overnight run. Pullman sleeping cars free reclining chairs and observation parlor cars available. Dining cars offer a la carte meals. Round trip fares from Chicago to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo are 30 dollars, valid daily until September 30 via Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line. Two trains daily. Contact any North Western Line agent for details.
A brief medical advertisement proclaims Rings Little Liver Pills relieve sickness and biliousness instantly. It promises a rosy complexion and clear eyes without gersion or griping, suitable for the whole family, and notes sale by C. A. Gamble.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt notes remarkable fatherhood ages. It mentions a statesman’s son at seventy with young children, Sir Stephen Fox having a daughter at ninety nine, Joel Vaughan of Cincinnati with twenty seven children, the Earl of Leicester at seventy one for a last son, and the Earl of Essex at sixty seven for a daughter Lady Beatrice.
A country clergyman asks a youngster about Bible stories and parables. The boy, wary of his mother’s frowns, finally selects the best loved tale as the one about loafing and fishes. The exchange appears in the Argonaut.
A passage describes gods gifting humans laughter as the most valuable boon. They gather to judge the gift and marvel at how humor sustains human life, suggesting laughter provides essential comfort and meaning through existence.
The article notes life size dolls burned to accompany corpses as servants to the next world, a relic of past practices when humans were burned as companions for the deceased. It also mentions the grapevine’s ancient spread around the Caspian region to Armenia and Crimea, with grape cultivation in antiquity. Printed and engraved cards.
A dialogue from the Washington Star features a student asking if hard times cause people to go broke or if widespread bankruptcy causes hard times, highlighting a classic causal confusion in political economy.
A servant mixed champagne into a stone cup already half filled with dark beer by mistake. The blend pleased Bismarck, making the error his favored drink and earning the servant a reward. New York report.
A mother accuses Johnny of stealing a large piece of cake from the pantry. Johnny admits fault and claims part of the cake is with Elsie, revealing a shared misdeed.
Mr Crumrox asks about inviting Mr Bliggins to a house party. Mrs Cumrox replies that he finds house parties stupid, sending regrets. Crumrox comments that Bliggins shows sense and contemplates congratulating him.
A playful exchange quotes Miss May Flowerstock recalling ancestors driven from England for religious reasons and Miss Jones retorting that two of hers were expelled from Eden for the same cause, sourced to the Philadelphia Press.
Crassus Pallas Lentulus Seneca and Isidorus are cited with vast modern values for their wealth. Croesus is listed with a smaller fortune. Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin reports DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills greatly improving his condition after four doses and continuing use. Sold by C A Gamble.
The Ames Iowa city council adopts a resolution to build concrete curbing on both sides of Onondaga street Douglass Avenue and Kellogg Avenue with eight inch top, batter design, paid by special assessments. Public hearing set for July 390 1908 with property owners invited to object. Attest City Clerk Maxwell Mayor Tilden. The notice includes commercial ads and references to local products and Harvester Company banking notes and remedies.
Mrs Malaprop boasts her son excels in class and sport, praised as a first-class sculler and top in gastronomy. She notes his ambition to become an undertaker and jokes about language skills, quoting a humorous exchange with the confessor about dead languages.
Season tickets for the Chautauqua are on sale at drug stores banks and grocery stores. Price two dollars with an advance price of one dollar fifty through August eighth. Innes Band single admission fifty cents both concerts seventy five cents. Regular single admission twenty five cents and tickets are valid for one session only. Campbell named for quality in photos.
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