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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
8
An advertisement claims Kodol Pepisia Cure digests what you eat and lets hearty individuals enjoy all foods. It targets those with indigestion heartburn belching or stomach trouble and asserts even the most sensitive stomachs can take it. Tilden & Loughran.
A description extols The Des Moines Leader for its family oriented coverage. It highlights its advanced editorial quality wide news service and strong independence in politics with broad Iowa readership.
Dr W E Harriman lists eye care services with an office over Thurs ton's hardware store Ames Iowa. Office and residence telephones provided. Residence in 3rd block west of Story County Bank.
Local notice advertises EE Posegate as a first class auctioneer in Ames Iowa. Services include livestock sales by day or small commission and farms for sale with satisfaction guaranteed. Box 532 is provided for contact.
Advertisement for Des Moines Daily News offering postpaid delivery in Iowa at $1 a year $0.75 six months and $0.50 three months. Promises condensed news daily markets by telegraph and literary content for the family.
The Iowa Central Railway offers Tuesday excursions to California at lower rates than ever before through April 30 1901 Tickets also sold to Washington Idaho Montana Oregon and British Columbia at unheard of low rates Call Iowa Central ticket agents or write Geo S Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa
Tetter eczema and skin diseases yield to the marvelous healing qualities of Banner Salve made from a skin specialist’s prescription. Sold for 25 cents by Tilden & Loughran.
An ad copy touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pills as a bilious remedy that cleanses the liver and bowels without gripe. The text mentions “Tilden & Loughran” as the source or seller.
A reader collection cites Mrs. Jas. Forest of Chippewa Falls praising Banner Salve for seven years of leg sores and two boxes curing them. Robert R. Watts of Salem reports Foley's Kidney Cure healed five years of kidney disease after other doctors failed. Also mentions De Witt's Little Early Risers for liver and bowel issues and Foley's Honey and Tar for a lung cold cure.
A provocative remark questions a woman's age claim, insisting that no other woman will believe it even if she asserts youth. The statement underscores distrust and gendered scrutiny in discussions of age.
The Farmers Cooperative Association operates a Farmer's Exchange and broad rural services. It handles real estate, farm loans, insurance, grain and farm produce, coal and farm supplies, Chautauquan literature, chemical fire extinguishers, and electrical conductor installation on buildings.
A retro advert promotes travel from Ames to California via the North Western Line with routes to Portland Seattle Tacoma and Puget Sound. Tickets go on sale each Tuesday until April 80th inclusive. It promises the shortest travel time and finest scenery with daily personally conducted tourist car excursions. For tickets and full information contact the nearest ticket agent of Chicago and North Western Railway.
Pneumonia follows lagrippe but never Foley's Honey and Tar the great throat and lung remedy Take no substitute Tilden and Loughran.
In a Texas town Charles B. Hanford is approached by a cowboy who asks if he can hire staff for the upcoming play. The man reveals a reciter with three pieces and proposes touring to gain new pieces in exchange for a purse.
Major Pond recalls Ralph Waldo Emerson's final lecture at Old South Church Boston for the fund to save the building. Emerson loses his place, his granddaughter guides him back, a manuscript is set aside, and the audience is moved to tears as they file out after about fifteen minutes.
A tongue in cheek exchange reports Alderman Swelhed opposing a radical curriculum change after examining local and foreign schooling. The interview recalls Mr. M. T. Swelhed’s cautious stance and a joking remark on his remembered exact words.
A young man jokes about feeling like a counterfeit bill as he and a friend pause before a barroom. The friend reassures him and proceeds along the street, hinting at the scene's ironic humor captured by the Memphis Scimitar.
A Sunday school scene ends in humor when a young pupil confidently defines epistle as the wife of an apostle, eliciting smiles from the class and clergyman.
The Indianapolis Press quotes a gentleman who says the bloodhound is the star of the company because he has something to eat every day, unlike the others. The remark underscores the dog’s favored status within the group.
Twynn says Muggins' face is unpleasing while Triplett notes an auctioneer might like it for being forbidding. The exchange highlights a sharp, humorous judgment of appearance.
A pugilist tells how a staged boxing match in a coastal town offered a $10 prize for staying on your feet five rounds. The plan went awry when a much larger challenger toppled the favorite with a shot from behind, while the staged knockout oddly mirrored their own hit.
Duncan Ross kept a prized bull terrier with him on his daily rides to Manhattan. He admitted to concealing the dog in a wrapped parcel carried up and down town for two years, leaving a tiny air opening so the animal could breathe.
A Practical Poultryman column argues the turkey should replace the eagle as the national bird calling the eagle useless and unworthy. It extols the turkey as tastier and more fitting for holidays and coinage.
A young boy named Willy answers his father with a clever retort. The angry father warns him for impudence, but Willy suggests his grandfather might have deserved the same rebuke. The dad leaves in defeat as Willy escapes punishment.
In a dialogue from a Boston Transcript spoof, Mrs Turtledove laments Harry’s waning love while Mrs Kissimee notes his hunger and plans to escape the chafing dish diet, highlighting changing men and domestic meals.
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes a child asks about web feet and the answer, The spider, ma'am, reflects a playful exchange highlighting animal facts.
A Chicago merchant credits his success to routine discipline. He states that by storing his mind at night and minding his store during the day he maintains focus and efficiency.
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