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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
8
Spring tonic Rocky Mountain Tea touted for energy and vigor. Distributor L. M. Bosworth offers it for 35 cents, claiming it keeps the WH family well during the season.
Winter tourists may take low round trip rates to California with the Iowa Central route. A four day trip from Sit Paul and other Iowa Central points via the southern route is highlighted. The Pullman Tourist Car service is now available for the season, with agents offering illustrated pamphlets.
Witt's Witch Hazel Salve cures piles and avoids dangerous operations. It heals scalds cuts wounds bruises sores and skin diseases and is said to be unequaled. Beware of counterfeits sold by Kran & Bauer.
Dr W E Harriman advertises special attention to surgical cases and eyeglass fittings. Office location is in Ames Iowa over Thure ton's hardware store with a listed office and residence telephone. Residence described as 3rd block west of Story Ocenty Bank.
Ee FF Posegate conducts a live stock specialty auction in Ames Iowa at Box582. The notice highlights an auctioneer service offered by Posegate.
The Farmers' Cooperative Association runs a farmer's exchange and general real estate business. It negotiates farm loans writes insurance handles grain farm produce coal and farm supplies Chautauquan literature chemical fire extinguishers and places electrical conductors on buildings.
The article explains mica blocks as rough rhombic prisms with perfect base cleavage yielding thin lamina used for stove panes and lamp chimneys. It notes exterior opaque, water-damaged portions, and the need to remove thick plates. It lists defects like color specks and ribbing that ruin value, including A or V ribbed mica and wedge mica, which are often worthless unless blocks are large.
An 19th century guide explains boning a ham as a skilled process. The method starts by standing the ham on end, carving around the bone from both ends, then drawing tight twine to close the cavity. Practice lets a housekeeper bone hams as a professional butcher.
A wealthy western businessman seeks vertigo relief from Dr. Weir Mitchell after Europe consults. An ear check reveals wax removed. symptoms improve, yet the man sours at the ethics and price. He suggests a no cure no pay scheme, but leaves with the paid result and a rebuke on business ethics.
The piece reminisces about old fashioned women and a traditional home life. It ponders where the bygone age has vanished, mentioning lodge attire, gold chains, swift tasks, a favored room, and children at the window as fathers return, with a playful critique of social habits.
An English bishop famed for wordiness addresses the house of lords on a key occasion. He vows to divide his speech into twelve heads, prompting a pause. The Marquis of Salisbury adds a humorous anecdote about a drunk who misreads a clock and is told to say it all at once, causing shared laughter.
A New York Herald note tells of two couples playing whist where under table finger contact occurred between one man and one woman. The pairing seemed to heighten their enjoyment of the game, suggesting the moral that the game's pleasure depends on the hands that are held.
Rivers asks the druggist to fill several prescriptions for a lingering cold. He recalls one remedy cured him before but cannot remember which one, prompting a search for the effective cure.
A Detroit Free Press note summarizes a suitor’s bargain as a daughter will marry if her father provides the funds. The line suggests a contingent engagement tied to financial support in a period story.
A compact Chicago News aphorism notes that many men seek trouble yet hurry away the moment it appears, illustrating a wary streetwise maxim. No specific events, persons, or places are named beyond Chicago.
Chambers' Journal notes maslin a brass like metal in Chaucer's England and Henry VIII acts restricting brass export. It questions if older monumental brasses in churches were made in England or abroad, with some antiquaries suggesting French or Belgian origins.
A doctor answers an urgent late night call after two colleagues request his presence at a club for a quiet game. He tells his wife Emily that the call seems serious as two doctors are already in attendance.
In a tense exchange a boy named Binks warns the intruder to leave the house. The burglar replies with a courteous bluff and explains his method, saying he targets homes through legitimate real estate channels while seeking only the contents inside.
A playful exchange between Mrs Newlywed and Mr Newlywed features a joke about a proposal. The groom admits acting “like a fish out of water” and claims he landed the moment very cleverly.
A historical note recalls Mrs McKinley matching wits in cribbage with shipbuilder Mr Scott during a westward trip with President McKinley. The president boasts his own skill yet concedes he never beat Mrs McKinley, a moment of quiet rivalry amid travel and rail adverts for the California Limited route.
An advertisement by L. M. Bosworth promises cure for piles with a “pile pipe free” offer and a positive guarantee. It states No Cure No Pay and 50 cents, with samples free and a cryptic claim of curing many.
The speaker notes a shy look from a woman she describes as an angel and asks Charley to order Rocky Mountain Tea, attributed to L. M. Bosworth.
A testimonial from BE Hooper of Albany Ga praises DeWitt's Little Early Risers for relieving biliousness and constipation. The pills are described as safe, thorough, gentle, and effective without causing griping.
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