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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1895
Page
7
A young physician described an arresting case where a woman fainted at the edge of stage tears surged from tear ducts due to congested lachrymal tissues. The doctor noted the physiology caused by strong emotion and theatrical strain as the crowd watched.
An old advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach as a cure for rheumatic pain and related ailments. It markets itself as a comprehensive family medicine effective against dyspepsia constipation neuralgia and biliousness and urges keeping it on hand.
A dialogue fragment shows Mrs i-Ohh fearing leaving Fido with children. Visitor notes fear and mercy as a man’s excess leads to inviting a woman into a scenario.
A vintage advertisement extols KNOWLEDGE and comfort from a laxative claiming to improve health by cleansing the kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. It touts relief from headaches fevers and constipation and notes it is made by the California Fig Syrup Co with a $1 bottle available widely and a warning to avoid substitutes.
Practical guidance on rainfall, irrigation storage, and spillways for western Kansas. Tips cover soil prep, shading, seed sowing, sand topdressing, weed control, rabbit and bird protection, and fall hay mulching to yield thousands of saplings per acre readiness for transplant. Includes currant and gooseberry cultivation with spacing, mulching, pruning, and profit notes.
Instructions on selecting fresh evergreen seeds, testing germination, and stratification requirements for Arbor Vite red cedar and juniper. Guidance covers seed storage, preplant soaking, soil quality using a weed-free cornfield standard, and a detailed system of autumn bed preparation with heavy post and wire fencing for hedges.
The South Dakota station describes millet as an erect annual 1.5 to 4 feet high with long broad leaves and nodding spikes. It lists varieties such as German millet and Hungarian grass, notes readiness for hay in 2 to 2.5 months, high hay yield, and early cutting to avoid kidney issues in animals. Ground millet seed fattens hogs and millet helps fight weeds like Russian thistle. A specimen shows low moisture 8.74 percent, ash 10.10, crude protein 11.10, crude fiber 32.14, nitrogen-free extract 34.87, total nitrogen 1.75.
Pears were introduced from the East by the Romans. Capers native to wild Greece and northern Africa spread to nearby regions.
At the Iowa dairy convention A G Lucas argued against cutting forests as a driver of rain. He said soil cultivation increases rainfall and forests do not cause droughts. He cited historical droughts from 1845 and the 1854 great drought, noting rising and falling rainfall varied with nature and weather patterns.
A brief humorous exchange shows Grace and Minnie arguing then claiming friendship again. An advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure extols internal treatment and blood purification as effective, claiming testimonials and a physician-backed prescription.
The Chicago Great Western Railway will sell excursion tickets to western and southwestern points on February 12 March 5 and April 2 1895 at one regular first class fare plus 2 00 for the round trip Tickets are valid returning twenty days from date Further information on stopovers available from ticket agents or F H LORD G P and T A Chicago IL The squirrel monkey has a larger brain in proportion to its size than any animal except man.
Send for it free to Omaha Nebraska. A little book issued by Burlington Route passenger client. Entitled A New Empire 32 pages of information about Sheridan County and the Big Horn Basin Wyoming. Esteem and confidence grow where respect is present.
April the 2nd the Wabash Lane will sell excursion tickets to southern points at one fare for the round trip Liberal stop overs allowed For information call or address Horace Seely Commercial Agent 220 Fourth street Des Moines Iowa A bird is known by its note a man by his talk Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only medicine for Coughs Jennie Pinckard Springfield Ills Oct 1 1894 A Philadelphia lady as a will contest in that city discloses are a desire to be buried in her seal skin lacquer Hegeman's Camphor with Glycerine Cures Chapped Hands and Face Tender or Sore Feet Chafiains Piles etc C G Clark Co New Haven cu A Maine woman recently shot a beron more than five feet in height Wanson's Magic Corn Salve Warranted to cure or money refunded Be sure and use Mrs Wresniwos Soorime Syrup for Children Teething There are but six buildings in the world larger than the Texas state capitol A Cup of Parks Ten at night more the bowels in the morning GA man is known by the money he keeps
A humorous dialogue in which Mrs Jones defends calling her maid Japan, noting the servant is Irish named Mary Ann. The exchange hints at social attitudes and casual nickname use within a household.
A whimsical note from Printer's Inc recalls a clam lamenting sadness and self identity. A French society bans ungloved handshakes under a health penalty, while satire observes the shift from riches to prudence and birds seeking steadiness in their hunts.
An advertisement argues that Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery strengthens blood and tissues to fight consumption. It claims high cure rates in early cases, offers a free book with testimonials from Buffalo New York, and promises a 160 page medical treatise on lung diseases mailed with six cents in stamps.
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