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Fragmentary OCR text suggests no visible movement or activity by military units. Details are unclear due to garbled words and missing context.
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1888
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text suggests no visible movement or activity by military units. Details are unclear due to garbled words and missing context.
A court suit alleges misrepresentation by a general grants firm and seeks damages from an individual tied to a men’s claim. The defendant, identified as Mrs, faces claims of gross negligence and discharge from a leadership role in a related case. The record is incomplete and details are unclear.
A damaged clipping notes a deal involving fifty thousand fish valued at three dollars each. The report lacks clear dates or names but indicates a financial transaction linked to a theater setting.
The text recalls tariff impacts on salt prices rising from 24 cents to 2.50 per barrel in Michigan and wool mill outputs in 1880s America. It notes wage scales, production figures, and shifts in commerce, hinting at broader debates on reform and economic policy in the era.
A Detroit Tribune style portrait surveys cadaver handling in a medical college dissecting room. Mechanics of moving bodies, cadaver allocation, and student fees are described with grim detail, including disposal of flesh and bones and abiding by unknown dead burial laws.
An incomprehensible OCR fragment references places and dates including West Virginia Wisconsin Cleveland and multiple cryptic notes. It shows disjointed names and numbers with no clear event or narrative to summarize into a coherent item.
A transcription of weekly real estate transfers from the Land Office listing several lot trades and abutting parcels. Transactions include Baldwin & Maxwell, C G Nernas, Mary J Hoege, John Severtson, and others with prices ranging from 40 to 720 dollars. Locations cited include Blair's addition, Nevada, and Maxwell.
Mr. Kennan and illustrator G A Frost will publish illustrated accounts of Asiatic Russia in the Century. The May number will start the series with a preface by Kennan answering how he began the perilous expedition and why Russian authorities granted access. The April Century will feature The Russian Penal Code.
The account describes a rough late evening trek toward Union Square and the Stew, with Conkling noting darkness, fatigue, and the challenge of navigating a snowbound cityscape after six o clock. He recalls attempts to view the surroundings and the sense of being adrift in a quiet, wintry street.
An elderly subscriber reproves the Shenandoah Post for not denouncing a revived skating rink. The rink proprietor then orders the paper stopped for the same omission. The tale highlights why country editors endure daily pressure, keeping peace and cheer while serving the public.
Georgia editor writes in his paper that after a date he will prosecute anyone selling him intoxicating liquor. He says the move aims to curb drinking, not to harm whisky dealers, and hopes editors statewide will follow suit for common sense in Georgia papers.
A fragmentary exchange imagines a mythic war of old moons versus new. The speaker questions the fate of ancient celestial cycles, while the other explains the old moons die as new ones arise, implying renewal through cosmic conflict.
Guaranteed to cure piles and has stood the test for twenty years. It relieves itching, absorbs tumors, and offers instant relief. Sold for $1 per box by druggists or mailed by Williams M fr Co Cleveland Ohio.
Ad touts a salve claimed to cure cuts ulcers sores burns and rashes with guaranteed satisfaction or money back at 25 cents per box. Sold by Pickett & Co Palace Drug Store.
An old advertisement touts Shiloh’s Vitalizer as a remedy for indigestion constipation dizziness loss of appetite and skin issues. Sold by J. H. Pieket & Co.
A deformed animal described as a calf without eyes tail or ears is slated for display at Barnum's show, described as a fat woman's leg. The item provokes controversy over sensational exhibits and medical curiosity in public venues.
Mr C W Battell a traveling rep for Messrs Collins Son & Co reports severe shoulder and back lameness lasting days. After two applications of Chamberlain's Pain Balm he was completely cured. The balm cures lameness and rheumatism when other treatments fail. Guaranteed and sold by all druggists.
An offer invites any attendee of Pierce’s Bus iness College Keokuk Iowa to save five pounds by buying a ten dollar coupon at the office. Also advertised are Ishibard’s Rheumatic Plasters promoted for weak lungs and stomach available from L M Bosworth and J H Pickett & Co. The Rev Geo H Thayer of Bourbon Indiana testifies to Shiloh’s Consumption Cure and says both he and his wife owe their lives to it, sold by J H Pickett & Co.
An advertised deal offers a one year subscription to The Intelligencer and Weekly State Register for 1.15 dollars cash in advance.
An advertisement touts St Patrick's Pills as the best spring medicine and blood purifier. It promises to cost 2 cents a box and provide more benefit than all other medicines combined, guaranteed to souls by merchants.
In brief, the ad argues indigestion harms digestion and links lifestyle to dyspepsia. It promotes Green's August Flower as a reformative remedy, claiming it improves health and happiness and asks readers to buy three bottles for seventy five cents.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Bigs as a delightful liquid fruit remedy. It claims to ease habitual constipation indigestion and piles with a pleasing taste and harmless gentle cleansing effects. Suitable for all ages and a favored family remedy especially for ladies and children.
Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy barbs a cure claim for catarrh diphtheria and canker mouth sold as a Vickett & Co. solo. The note adds a proverb about a woman’s folly elevating her bustle in modern times.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a natural laxative and remedy to cleanse the system. It credits the California Fig Syrup Company of San Francisco and lists Westerman & Co. as sellers.
A provocative line imagines a world devoid of women as a blank sheet, using metaphor to critique gender absence. It presents a stark, poetic observation on the value and presence of women in society.
Advertises Papillon Skirt Cure as the top remedy for skin diseases including eczema pimples and rashes with claims of immediate relief. Also promotes Shiloh's Vitalizer for dyspepsia and liver issues and Hibbard's Troat and Sun for sore throat, with L. M. Bosworth and J. L. Pickett & Co. as sellers.
A. S. White famed for White's Phonography won international essay prizes in London Edinburgh Paris and Berlin. He nearly faced disability from rheumatism but recovered after using a remarkable remedy. a Chicago letter dated June 20 1887 details his cure and praise. A second testimonial from Benton Arkansas August 25 1887 claims erysipelas relief after five bottles.
The piece mocks a Washington society fad called a paper hunt led by Secretary Whitney and Secretary Fairchild. It describes Deputies chasing torn scraps across the country with Alexander Gregor as the hare, starting ahead of the others as riders race to the vanishing trail.
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