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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1903
Page
8
The Popular Mechanics description shows a Connecticut factory turning iron sheets into farm bells. Bells range from three inch sheep bells to seven inch cow bells and gain tone from brass coating and a brass bath in crucibles. Final burnishing polishes the bells in a revolving cylinder.
The New York World compares Europe’s land forces to the United States noting 25,000,000 men on war footing and that even Spain has a larger army. It estimates a continuous line from Calais to Behring Strait, a seven and a half month parade, and 625,000 cars needed to mobilize.
The article prescribes cutting a V from the nail center to reach the quick. It advises pressing yellow soap around the toe, scraping the soap out weeks later, inserting a blade to pare the ingrown part, and padding with soap and cotton. It claims eventual callous healing allows weekly trimming.
A shy artist proposed after a woman recalls the old days of cages in which a couple walked together. He stepped through her hoop, yet both were too timid to untie it. They continued the walk and later married, though history gives no final account of removing the hoop.
Raw oysters contain four fifths water and all food classes in a highly assimilable form. A remote danger is typhoid germs, which lemon juice can obviate. Boiling makes oysters tough and indigestible.
The Boston Transcript notes Burgess and Dolver clash over a piece titled The Epochal Era. Burgess praises the work yet admits ignorance when questioned, prompting Yerrow to advise restraint and advise leaving things alone.
In Midnapur district a wild elephant wounded by a district headman lingers with a younger mate. The injured animal is cared for by its companion as crowds keep distance. After a month the dying elephant dies and the partner vanishes.
Trees with roots of equal length and fiber struggle, while unequal roots seek nutrients at different depths. Oak and pine cannot thrive together due to differing needs. Pines favor light sandy soil with sun and rain, while oaks maples elms hemlocks birches beech require warm, clean soil. Forests mark productive land with suitable soil.
A French lady rewarded a surgeon with a life annuity of 800 francs after a botched bloodletting left her dying. She dictated in her will that the physician must never perform another bleed, or he would lose the annuity. The incident notes satire and gratitude mixed with tragedy.
In a humorous exchange, Mr Henpecque meets the Count de Dieppe and is told he and his family play music. The Count humorously remarks that the speaker plays second fiddle to his wife, sparking a light-hearted jab about musical roles.
Mrs. Meekins recalls a frightening husband, saying her mother fears speaking in his presence. Mr. Meekins wonders how such a man governs his household, noting the terror he projects.
Mrs Gertrude Benner of Marion Indiana suffered a deep seated lung illness that caused pneumonia and weight loss. After trying multiple remedies she used One Minute Cough Cure and was completely cured with four bottles restoring her weight to 148 pounds before illness. This advert claims the remedy rebuilt her lungs and health.
Advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar stops coughs and strengthens lungs preventing pneumonia. Warns against substitutes and credits Loughran and Bauer as sellers.
An advertisement promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a trusted remedy praised for cleansing the system and aiding liver function. The copy emphasizes ease of use and permanent results with a patriotic frame and distributed by LOUGHRAN & BavEr.
Great spring tonic offers to drive out impurities and enrich the blood. The advertisement claims it fills users with warm tingling life as a spring blessing. Price listed as 35 cents. L. M. Bosworths.
The Passenger Department of the Illinois Central Railroad issues monthly circulars on fruit growing vegetable gardening stock raising dairying and related topics in Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. Farmers or homeseekers sending name and address will receive them free circulars Nos 1 2 3 4 5 6 and more as published. J F Merry Assistant General Passenger Agent Dubuque Iowa.
The ad copy extols Foley's Honey and Tar for grippe coughs claiming quick relief and declares nothing better, with a testimonial from Loughran and Bauer.
A Batesville Indiana man describes three months of severe cold and poor response to drugs. After trying medicine prepared by a druggist and a physician's prescription without improvement he used Foley's Honey and Tar and was cured in eight doses.
A historical advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure claiming to restore kidney and bladder health with claims of rapid relief. The text presents no medical disclaimer and emphasizes restorative effects for urinary organs.
A quarrel quoted line shows a wife accusing the husband of marrying for money. The husband retorts that people miss the fact he valued her substantial real estate as well. Chicago News.
A 1900s style health claim describing how a weak stomach drains strength and health. It promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy to cleanse purify and strengthen stomach glands and membranes and cure indigestion dyspepsia and stomach troubles.
The Atch ison Globe notes a belief that families need a method to double the earning capacity of fathers, a concern framed as a maternal or royal recommendation for improving household finances.
A medical note warns that untreated colds can lead to pneumonia and lifelong lung weakness. It advises Foley's Honey and Tar to stop the cough heal the lungs and prevent pneumonia, attributed to Loughran & Bauer.
Loughran and Baner advertise Man-Er-Vine as a powerful nerve tonic and blood purifier. The product claims to build nerves like steel in worn out men and women, presenting testimonials and benefits in a period advertising style.
Fully described and illustrated in a sixty page printed book by the Chicago and North-Western. It highlights state scenery, commerce, industry and transport advantages for travelers to the Pacific Coast. Promotion sent for four cents by W B Kniskern Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago. Also advertises Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic.
An advertisement touts E. O. De Witt & Co of Chicago as makers of a Witch Hazel salve for piles and skin ailments. It warns of counterfeit products and urges asking for DeWitt's genuine salve.
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