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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
7
A Clay County man recounted a hunting trip with a preacher in which the minister kept a loaded gun and mocked the man by asking how to lower it. The incident ended with the man swearing off hunting with preachers.
Quote captures a Princeton Tigers remark about romance as a jilted man explains that his beloved returned his love and asked him to give it to someone else. The line reflects campus gossip and social tensions among students.
Mrs Fatilda M Boucher of Valley City North Dakota recounts a two year kidney ailment cure after taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. She details an January sciatic attack that improved in three weeks with no recurrence, and she urges others to use the remedy.
An exchange in the Iladelphia Press features Tess and Jess bantering about a morning mood and a pun involving two sticks, reflecting light gossip and humorous dialogue in the page.
Family circular notes that ladies can wear smaller shoe sizes after using Allen's Foot Ease. Promotes a cure for swollen sweating or aching feet. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents, Act no substitute. Trial package free. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A Washington Star quote notes a humorous complaint about men bragging of their superior goodness, describing it as one of the worst bits. The remark uses colloquial dialect to illustrate skepticism toward self-praise.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents claim to stop coughs and relieve colds. The ad markets a small medicated well known remedy with a simple over the counter claim.
A young lawyer calls a draft of a will a rough draft while the older lawyer bluntly suggests it needs proper fitting. The exchange reflects legal scrutiny over estate documents as the draft undergoes doubt and refinement.
An 1900 advertisement from N W Fuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey promotes Piso's Cure for consumption and colds claiming it a universal remedy with testimonials dated February 17 1900.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes a shift from the phrase to the last click of the typewriter in a quotation adapting the famous line. This reflects a cultural move toward mechanized writing in journalism and literature regions.
Three through trains run from Chicago to California on the Union Pacific and North-Western Line. The service emphasizes convenience and speed for passengers traveling westward.
A woman reportedly accelerated weight loss by resting on her husband’s lap. The report notes the action as a method referenced in a brief health note.
Chicago to California Oregon and Washington trains on the Pacific and North Western Line shown in filings. Details indicate a daily schedule serving major cities with connections and historic route coverage.
A Chicago Tribune brief notes a cultural aside as observers remark that women with short hair show less tolerance for men with long hair. The column frames fashion as a social signal and public persona influence.
Iowa Farms rows claim payment terms four percent per acre cash with balance on completion in a note from Mulhall Sioux City Iowa. The item cites a proverb from the New Orleans Times Democrat about public perception of a good example.
B M Woolley M D Atlanta Ga offers free book on opium and liquor habits. Fielding states guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
Special Correspondence from Des Moines notes Iowa faced a $10,599,755 rise in personal property assessments while real estate values surged and proposes a primaries law modelled on Minnesota Massachusetts and Kentucky. It covers an extradition case in which Iowa refused to send a Davenport defendant to Mexico and sketches various state topics from insane asylums to militia maneuvers and Sunday school assembly plans.
In Charles City a bank war unfolds as the Ellises launch a savings bank offering four percent on deposits. Others match with four and may raise to five percent. One bank reports deposits of 109,999 dollars as the competitive moves continue.
Col. Charles Kahlo of Indianapolis has toured Des Moines and other Iowa cities gathering members for the National Manufacturers' Association. The group aims to urge Congress to open foreign markets for American machinery through reciprocity treaties and links with employers' associations forming to counter labor movements.
Special correspondence reports unrest in Salonica Turkey with Turks and Bulgarians preparing for conflict. Dr E B Haskell and family reside there. Mrs Haskell died after childbirth due to street violence and dynamiting nearby, followed by her son’s undermined school and her terror.
C W Stewart long time Polk county representative says he has solved the apple preservation problem. He claims to have stored apples in an earthen cave and kept them in perfect condition for years. Agricultural college authorities plan to test the method next winter after reviewing his results.
Adaline S. Littlejohn, who died at Humboldt, was a longtime co worker with Marcus Whitman and helped save Oregon. She traveled to Oregon in 1839 and kept Whitman’s house during his cross continent ride, knitting the cap he wore. She lived in Oregon seven years before settling in Illinois and then returning to the state. Her husband, Mr. Littlejohn, served in the Greybeard regiment during the war.
Iowa livestock growers respond to Senator Harriman's announcement that 260000 dollars will be set aside for prizes at next year's exposition in St. Louis. Prizes total by category include horses and equines 92640, cattle 64030, sheep goats 42809, swine 32186, poultry 11786, pigeons and pets 4214, dogs 7500.
Relatives of slain policemen Frith and Talcott vow to strongarm a public protest against a pardon for Haley, the life-convicted killer sent from Dubuque to Anamosa with Rochbard. They plan a broad remonstrance and expect widespread local signatures.
Fishermen in the bayous and Nishnabotany river near Harlan report a newly identified aquatic salamander named Dremictylus viridescens. The specimen appears fishlike at first with fern like frills on the neck and four legs, then loses the frills and resembles a lizard. This newt has not been seen in the area before this year.
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