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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
8
The ad urges readers to embrace a spring wellness boost with Mountain Tea as a time to refresh health. It emphasizes a universal benefit and positions the product as a reliable medicine to support well being during the season.
Winter tourists can take advantage of low round trip rates to California and Pacific coast points now in effect via the Iowa Central route. A four day trip from St Paul and several Iowa towns via the Southern route is highlighted. The Pullman Tourist Car service has been inaugurated, enhancing comfort for travelers this season. For details contact Iowa Central agents or Geo. G. Batty G. P. & T. A. Marshalltown Iowa.
Loughran and Bauer advertise Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a quick cure for piles avoiding dangerous operations. The ad claims effectiveness for scalds cuts wounds bruises sores and skin diseases and warns against counterfeit products.
Dr W E Harriman is listed as a physician and surgeon offering special attention to surgical cases. He provides eye glasses and has an office over Thorton's Hardware Store in Ames Iowa with a residence block west of Story County Bank and both office and residence telephone numbers.
Local auctioneer EE FF Posegate offers first class auctioneering services and farm sales in Ames Iowa. He advertises selling by day or small commission and guarantees satisfaction, with box contact at Box532.
The Farmers' Cooperative Association operates a farmer's exchange and general real estate business, negotiates farm loans and writes insurance. It handles grain, farm produce, coal, farm supplies, Chautauquan literature, chemical fire extinguishers, and places electrical conductors on buildings.
The article explains how authentic diamonds are detectable by their permanent brilliance and precise light reflection, while imitations can scratch glass but not quartz. It details the Bourguignon workshop, where pulverized quartz and fish-scale lined pearls are used to mass produce false gems including diamonds, pearls, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires, with many workers involved.
A husband frets over a postponed wedding anniversary gift from a jeweler while his wife misremembers the date. She sobs in disappointment as he storms away, blaming women for their trouble in a Chicago Herald excerpt.
A British anthropological address notes dogs and barn doors emit multiple distinct tones and gestures. It suggests remote human speech may have evolved from similar lowly signals and that facial expressions and vocal sounds remain eloquent beyond words.
An English tourist, visiting France, carried a two sided card with How much written on one side and I will give you half on the other. He reportedly found negotiation straightforward and avoided language barriers in every shop.
The article recalls Mrs Kendal’s debut on stage at age five as a blind child. She admits the act was not a success due to excitement over a new pair of shoes that kept her eyes open, preventing her from refraining to glance at her shiny footwear.
An Irish teamster reports seeing a ghost on a church wall at night. The parish priest calms him noting it was only his own shadow, describing the figure as a big ass.
Water runs in all Salt Lake City streets with many yards fed by rivulets and creeks. Fountains line nearly every street corner as the city’s supply cascades from snow capped mountains into crystal clear streams.
A Sanitarian column argues distilled water is the purest and safest for consumption and food prep. It claims boiling city water concentrates impurities, while distilled water remains nearly pure after long storage, unlike boiled or untreated samples. It likens distillation to nature’s rainwater purity in ideal conditions.
The passage cites Locke spending six years on On the Human Understanding Lamartine’s wife aiding his labors Dante’s exile and family life Wolfe composing The Burial of Sir John Moore in a single evening Besant’s desk note of characters Andersen shaping his style by storytelling Dickens spending two years on David Copperfield with many works completed quickly.
The London Mail notes that small quantities of salt aid digestion in dogs and other animals, but feeding broth or liquor boiled with salt pork is nearly poison for dogs. It endorses salt use for horses, cattle, and sheep, while pigs are highly salt sensitive with fatal outcomes in some experiments. All animals habitually consume some salt in food.
Samuel J. Tilden bought an immense Great Dane at an early dog show. When asked the dog's name, Tilden said to ask him, and the dog, named Askim, only performed tricks when fed. Tilden quipped he’d make a good politician as he handed a bone.
A Chicago Tribune snippet captures a justice of the peace asking a hesitant woman if she takes a man as her husband. She cites that he has taken her license money yet expresses doubt about marrying a man she deems unworthy and worries over wasting $2.
A comic exchange reports De Style claims Gunbusta pulled fifteen teeth from him though not a dentist. De Style says Gunbusta pried open the dog’s mouth and yanked him off. New York Telegraph.
The Pompeii museum displays plaster casts of victims from the last days of the city including a famous mother and daughter group. Early 1863 reveals casts showing faces and expressions in preserved form. The notice also advertises the Iowa Central and Santa Fe Route for winter travel to California via the Ormia Limited and related fares.
A single sentence notice offers a pile treatment cure with a positive guarantee. L M Bosworth advertises piles remedy packages priced at 50 cents with free samples and a no pay if not cured policy.
The writer notes sharing a table with someone who casts a shy glance and likens her to an angel. The cue ends with a request to order Mountain Tea from Charley. The piece reads as a brief, intimate moment labeled by L. M. Bosworth.
An advertisement extols DeWitt’s Little Risers as the cure for biliousness and constipation claiming they keep the bowels open and impurities from the body from causing eruptions. An Albany, Georgia reader testifies they work without gripe or distress and leave one feeling better.
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