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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1894
Page
9
A thief hid under a low bed during an 8 o'clock theft in a premier Philadelphia district. A homeowner and husband were deceived by a dog trick, allowing the burglar to crawl out after taking valuables and escape unobserved. The scene was later recounted by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Night clerk Vallette of the Coates House vacationed in a small Kansas town. He paid $1 for a year’s subscription, never read the paper, and forgot the editor. A bank draft for $16 was sent, he refused to pay, and a marked copy carried an editorial condemning the reader who never pays after years of receiving the weekly.
In a Lisbon street shop a scientist displayed a pickerel frozen for three weeks after being hooked on a bitter cold day. The fish thawed on a stove, flopped about, and appeared to die, drawing a large onlookers crowd as the experiment progressed.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that oil calms turbulent seas and helps fishermen sight and lance salmon at the Guadar ranque mouth near Algesiras and Gibraltar. Similar tests occurred in a swift Gave de Gloron pool to aid visibility.
Montreal Dispatch reports Mr Seviers a cigar store owner sued Moineau for 200 for alienation of his wife asserting Moineau kissed Mrs Seviers in his shop. Judge Loranger ruled the grounds not serious enough and dismissed the action.
The article asserts that quality roads raise demand for top trotting horses. Trainers favor fast starts and view swift early pace as a sign of speed in a colt.
A 100 dollar reward offer for catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo and several druggists certify Cheney's reliability. The cure is taken internally and claims to act on the blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available free, price 75 cents per bottle.
A collage of medicine claims fills the page including Ripans Tabules Park's Sure Cure and DeWitt's Little Early Risers for digestion coughs and biliousness. Notices tout complexion benefits and promotional cures while local druggists Bosworth and Bales sell remedies and teas amid brief anecdotes and testimonials.
A Newark engineer recounted a wager to kill a 15 foot boa constrictor in Nicaragua. Bound and torpid, the snake struck his knife arm as he cut its remaining binding, then he severed the coil with a backward stroke, winning the bet amid a torn and bruised shoulder and a rapid fight lasting seconds.
The clip cites a string of 19th century editorials mocking Chicago. It notes bankruptcy claims, police wage relief ideas, a murder over eleven dollars, World’s Fair fallout, aldermen’s doodle measures, gambling pressure, and a police suicide attempt, reflecting mixed urban tensions.
A survey notes royal titles and roles across nations. It highlights the czarina of Russia tending her son, the Chinese emperor studying English, and Yemeni and Omani rulers adopting imam titles. It also covers Mohammedan leader Samory and Queen Victoria's formal titulature.
The clipping surveys diverse rail topics from es eri es Sweden water tanks to Japan's beamless brake test and a Canadian land deal that yielded an untravellable station. It also notes Alpheus Felch as a healthy 9 year old ex governor of Michigan, and recalls George W. Childs famed for courteous replies and gifts, plus tenor John Chatterton as Signor Perugini who married Lillian Russell and won Barnum’s baby show prize.
A sharp young man asks for his late brother's Sunday suit at a house. The housekeeper questions his health and presence. The caller confesses the shock that the man he saw may not be the one who left, revealing a mistaken identity with his own brother.
A generous woman hears of a poor Laurebill family and delivers aid after finding the mother-in-law in need. Lincoln stature quip notes his height and a joke about leg length.
A bill before Congress proposes amending the interstate commerce law to grant commercial travelers a 5000 mile interchangeable ticket with extra baggage privileges.
Senator Perkins of California once fished for whales before his political rise. Wayne MacVeagh, ambassador to Italy, carries a new George Washington bust to the Rome legation. Sherman rests his head with his arm draped during senate debate. Ex-Governor Russell of Massachusetts keeps only horses eight years or older, the youngest at 14. Admiral Benham, son of Commodore Benham, born on Staten Island, has a navy lieutenant son Harry. John W. Roelker of Evansville Indiana claims the first ten dollar greenback, series A, number 1.
The passage argues against using cobwebs to stop bleeding and notes dust webs carry bacteria. It describes systematic tongue traction as a life saving technique. The movement involves rhythmic actions beyond finger pressure with a cloth.
Beginning one year hence students entering the medical college must take a four years course. Leland Stanford University, though only in its third year, has already nearly 900 students, about 300 are ody'
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