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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1895
Page
16
A physician recounts a woman overcome at a matinee, describing an unusual flood of blood to the head. He explains how hypertrophied tissues pressed on tear ducts, causing tear glands to secrete excess water, tears overflowing as the ducts closed. A spectator questions if the tears reflect the hero's emotions.
An old advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a stern family medicine. It promises relief from rheumatic pain and associated symptoms including indigestion constipation neuralgia biliousness and malaria for emergencies.
A brief and humorous scene shows Mrs Highfli hesitating to leave Fido with visiting children as the dog seems too clever and likely to imitate the kids. The exchange highlights a light domestic moment with wit and caution.
A concise aphorism notes that excess leads a man to make a woman welcome to his leftovers, reflecting social expectations about wealth and companionship. The line implies generosity or hospitality born from surplus.
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves headaches and constipation. It claims no harmful substances, emphasizes kidney liver and bowel action, and notes bottles are sold by druggists in 50c and 1 packages from the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The column discusses dry farming requirements with rainfall and temperature notes, irrigation storage, and overflow design. It then covers seed bed preparation with shading, soil pulverization, sand coating, and weed control, plus protection from vermin and birds and fall winter care for 2,000 trees per 4 feet bed after two years. It closes with currant and gooseberry cultivation tips and profit figures per acre.
The article outlines selecting fresh seed, testing germination by winter methods, and proper storage for pines spruces and firs. It details stratification for Arbor Vite and red cedar seeds, soil prep resembling corn cultivation, and constructing a broad bed layout with posts wires and lath fencing for a weed-free planting site.
The article describes millet varieties and their cultivation as a useful dried forage and catch crop, with height ranges, leaf and spike details, and notes on hay harvest timing. It mentions millet’s effect on animal kidneys if heads are fully formed and seeds later fattening hogs. It also includes weather and rainfall observations, and quotes from the Farmers' Review Stenographic Report on rainfall, cultivation, and drought history in the Midwest.
Prans were brought from the East by the Romans. Cavers originally grew wild in Greece and northern Africa.
Grace and Minnie quarrel and feel miserable then make friends and are perfectly happy again. One dialogue fragment shows two girls crying together while debating their reconciliation.
An 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood purifying internal remedy. It argues local applications fail to reach the disease, credits a noted physician, and promotes testimonials and prescriptions from F. J. Cheley & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion tickets to western and south western points on February 12 March 5 and April 2 1895 at a regular first class fare plus 2 00 round trip. Tickets are valid twenty days from date with stopover details available on request through ticket agents or F H Lord G P and T A Chicago. The squirrel monkey has a larger brain in proportion to its size than any animal except man.
A Burlington Route passenger department booklet titled A New Empire promises opportunities in Sheridan County and the Big Horn Basin Wyoming. Readers are invited to write J. Francis, Omaha, Nebraska, for a 32 page information pamphlet aimed at improving prospects and fostering confidence through knowledge.
April the 2nd the Wabash Line will sell excursion tickets to southern points at one fare for the round trip Liberal stop overs allowed For information call Horace Seely Commercial Agent 220 Fourth street Des Moines Iowa A Philadelphia lady in a will contest seeks burial in her seal skin sacque.
Hegeman's Camphor ice with Glycerine promises cures for bands and face ailments while C G Clark Co of New Haven markets the product. A Maine woman reportedly shot a heron over five feet tall. Anson's Magic Corn Salve claims a cure or money back, price 15 cents. Texas capitol rankings note six larger buildings. Parks' four cup remedy allegedly moves bowels at night. A PA ad quips that a man is known by the money he keeps.
A humorous exchange reveals Mrs Jones describing her new maid. The maid, Mary Ann, is Irish, but Mrs Jones prefers calling her Japan due to an imagined affinity or attitude toward china. The brief dialogue showcases light domestic chatter.
A playful French society bans handshakes without gloves under penalty of a timer. The clipping blends irony and whimsy as the clam narrator laments being a stick in the mud. It notes rich men’ s sayings fading into wisdom and birds adjusting to their hunting steadies.
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