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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
8
An old ad offers 15.00 per week to introduce a poultry mixture and hog cholera remedy. It mentions a tormented exchange about giving up and notes a salve promising healing for piles burns ulcers and skin diseases. The address given is Perfection Mra Co Parsons Kansas.
A collection of medical advertisements and testimonials touts Fairy’s Honey and Tar DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Writers claim cures for laryngitis dyspepsia and colds with endorsements by Eugene J Hall Rev W E Sitter L M Worth and others. An independent man epitomizes self reliance.
The item advertises a Nome district map folder from the Northern Pacific Railway detailing routes, sailing dates, and diagrams of Alaska steamers to spur passenger business. It urges readers to obtain the folder via G W Jones in Des Moines or Charles Fee in St Paul. Also includes brief medical and medicine ads and endorsements.
A concise adage notes that sympathy fades quickly while envy retains lasting recollection, contrasting fleeting kindness with persistent resentment. The line emphasizes how human feelings linger differently, shaping judgments and behavior over time.
In Chicago G Vacher praises Ferry's Honey and Tak for his wife's lagrippe induced cough relief after a 50 cent bottle. Advertisers tout cure claims for Kodol Dyspepsia Care and Kidney Cure with personal testimonials and general wellness promises.
The Illinois Central Railway passenger department has issued an illustrated folder promoting Hammon Louisiana as an ideal health and winter resort. It invites families especially those with asthma catarrhal or bronchial troubles to request a free copy mailed from Dubuque Iowa to J F Merry Assistant General Passenger Agent Ill Cent R R.
A saying notes that a person eager to complain often finds others to share the burden. The proverb suggests trouble follows the ready griper as they seek out those to hear their grievances.
M. B. Smith of Butternut Michigan calls Little Early Risers the very best pills for costiveness liver and bowel trouble. L. M. Bosworth.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat copy describes San Jose’s National Theater as a three remaining world marvel with white marble and Mexican onyx. It cost 3 million dollars and took years to build, its design echoing Parisian Grand Opera House. Central American capitals prize fine theaters funded by governments to amuse citizens.
A known burglar told a reporter that a tiny dog is more terrifying to criminals than alarms or detectives. He warned that a small barking “purps” forces fugitives to flee. Separately, Colonel Jack Chinn’s former slave valet Sam, in Houston, asked to borrow Chinn’s ivory handled six shooter to attend a society event, vowing to appear armed and feared if he failed.
In a Cornhill Magazine anecdote the Comte de Brienne recalls disciplining a valet for a grave fault and nearly losing his life when the servant brandished a razor. After shaving him the next morning the master calmly defused the danger, paid 100 louis, and dismissed the man. The tale ends with a warning not to beat servants as masters’ lives lie in their hands.
The London children’s hospital asked every child named Dorothy in England to donate a shilling for a bed named Dorothy. The response funded a dozen beds, suggesting thousands of Dorothys live in England.
A deacon recalls Brother Jerkins in a church sermon, asking about the grounds of concern. The exchange notes the pastor’s apparent distraction during the collection as it passed him while he slept.
A brief exchange about tracing lineage ends with a man blinking as if stunned, raising questions about his location and distance fallen. The fragment, from the Chicago Times Herald, hints at an introspective moment amid dialogue.
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