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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
6
An Ames Iowa ad promotes a first class auctioneer available by day or small commission. The seller also lists farms for sale and guarantees satisfaction. Contact ER EF Posegate in Ames for details.
The Farmers' Cooperative Association handles general estate business farm loans and insurance. It manages grain and farm produce coal farm supplies Chautauquan literature chemical fire extinguishers and electrical conducts on buildings.
A brief quip shows an uncle and nephew debating a horizon and a sixpence in London Tit Bits. The uncle boasts of his journey near the sky, claiming he has no coin to place between his head and the sky. The boy questions the exaggeration with a comic reply.
Reading a collection of quotes and observations on language and health adages. The piece features a mother praising a stomach remedy Kodol and a New York Times quip about marriage. It then shifts to a St Louis Republic reflection on sea imagery in everyday speech and the ubiquity of nautical terms in common talk.
The Iowa Central Railway offers very low tickets to St Paul and Minneapolis and Minnesota resorts with return allowed to Oct 41. Summer resorts in Minnesota are praised for health and recreation with fishing noted. Consult Iowa Central agents for details. Sep 10.
An advertisement notes Rocky Mountain Tea as great medicine promoted by L. M. Bosworth. The tag line invites morning awakenings and promises relief for a misspent life filled with regrets. The piece emphasizes restorative effects and a personal endorsement.
It states constipation poisons the system causing headaches dullness eruptions and illness. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are advertised to stimulate the liver and bowels gently without gripping or distress, enabling normal bowel action.
An advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar claims to ease coughs colds bronchitis asthma croup hoarseness bronchial trouble pneumonia and influenza symptoms. It markets this remedy as a general respiratory aid.
N Jackson of Danville Illinois says a daughter's terrible cough settled on her lungs and despite many remedies Foley's Honey and Tar cured her. Refuse substitutes.
Vacation time brings children outdoors with few health risks. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is promoted as a quick pain reliever for cuts, burns, and wounds. A testimonial from L. B. Johnson of Swift, Texas endorses its effectiveness, while counterfeits are warned against by Loughran & Bauer.
In Directon parish, after two ministers fell ill within a year, candidates for the vacancy are weighed by parishioners. A woman jokes about voting for none, another replies to vote for the one with the soundest lungs who will not hasten death.
A fragmentary antiquarian note describes mixing boiled bhog lard with milk, thick gruel, fresh cheese, egg yolks and brains. Wrapped in fig leaf then boiled in chicken or kid gravy, later soused in boiling honey. It notes Greek popularity and literary mentions including Aristophanes.
A tale of a girl spotting a cobweb and a spider emerging, prompting her exclamation about the cob running. The piece explains cobweb derives from cob or cop meaning spider, with copweb from attercoppe in old English.
A party of English travelers in France drove beyond the Italian frontier bought a basket of fruit. On return a revenue official demanded tax. The men ordered the driver to halt and then calmly ate the fruit in view of the official, avoiding tax and continuing on their way.
The text explains beetle music produced by a rasping edge rubbed against a striated surface. Variations in pitch arise when the striated edge has mixed finer and coarser markings, allowing different tones through the rubbing action.
In early Hawaii history officials on the Sandwich Islands kept accounts on a 2,400 foot rope divided into district lengths. Loops knots and feathers along the rope acted as memoranda for hogs pigs and sandalwood collected from taxpayers.
Advertisement for Sprina and Son offering Madi son Co's Rocky Mountain Tea at 85 cents. Claims superiority over similarly named products. Ends with recommendation as great medicine from L. M. Bosworth.
The Iowa Central Railway offers special summer excursion rates to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Ogden Hot Springs Deadwood Lead and Custer in the Black Hills. From June 12 to 24 July 1 to 18 August 1 to 14 23 24 30 31 and Sept 1 to 10 reduced round trip fares apply with stop overs allowed and a final ticket limit of Oct 31 1902. For details contact local agents or A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn. Sept 15.
Very low rates to San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Northwestern line. Excursion tickets sold July 29 and August 2 to 10 with final return extended to September 20, 1902 for the K P meeting. Variable routes and Pullman drawing room and tourist sleeping cars offered. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents. France Figs see T J Mituer and Son.
A meditative man notes how a small word can spark an endless chain of thought. The caustic man adds that the word but alters meaning even when a woman says it is none of my business.
A note explains the bread method for locating drowned bodies across Europe. In many countries a loaf suffices while England adds quicksilver to weight it, aiding the search in certain cases.
A quip from the New York Press about marriage as a test of bravery. A daughter voices her demand for a courageous husband while a father jokes that such bravery would show when she marries him.
A dialogue from Chicago News features Tom asked if he will mourn his wealthy uncle and Jack replying only a black pocketbook.
A brief puff extols Rex canned meats from Cudahy as economical palatable wholesome additions to any table. It highlights lunch tongues beef and bean products Vienna sausage beef hash and potted turkey, all shelf ready with easy opening cans to save time labor and fuel for homemakers seeking lighter hot weather meals.
The item notes Foley's Kidney Cure in the press, claiming relief for bladder issues and urging patients to seek containment of harmful effects. Mentions Loughran and Bau in association with the product.
A fragmented notice warns pneumonia can be fatal and weaken lungs making consumption likely. It claims honey and tar stop coughs and strengthen lungs while noting a cold should not be neglected.
An old ad promotes honey and tar as a cure for grippe coughs with lines claiming it is “Just as good” as other remedies from Loughran & Baa. The fragment hints at patent medicine marketing common in that era.
Inquiries invited for farm mortgage loans with borrower payments. F L Meredi Berg s Candy and Loughran and company advertise a headache remedy claiming a safe effective cure. The text mentions a new discovery and a pleasant headache relief.
Fragmentary lines describe hollow places and aging cheeks with imagery of roses. The text mentions Rocky Mountain Tea and references L. M. Bos as the author or source of the fragment. The piece reads as a reflective, poetic snippet with elided context.
An advertisement asserts a product called One Cough Cure acts immediately to stop coughs colds croup and throat troubles. It promises safety and absolutes its effectiveness for summer or winter use after exercise.
The Banker's Dent Insurance Co. has paid more claims in Iowa than any other company doing business here. For reference inquire of 48 F. L. Merepiru, age.
An advertisement claims Dr Geo Leinin Formals de-hyde Kidney Tablets cure kidney disease and prevent toxin buildup. It urges sufferers to try the scientific remedy and offers a free treatment at Coyes Pharmacy with doses priced at 25 and 50 cents.
Sale tickets offered August 10 to September 30 inclusive on B. P. O. Ellis meeting. Scenic Pullman drawing room and first sleeping cars. Apply to agents Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
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