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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
2
J J Grove of Ames argues advertising pays when treated as an investment not an expense. He urges fresh, targeted local newspaper ads, quality service, attractive stores, and proper follow up to convert readers into customers, warning against costly but ineffective society program notices.
The piece criticizes common medicines for digestive illness and promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a permanent cure. It asserts high success in 98 of 100 cases and notes Pierce spent $25,000 to distribute Common Sense Medical Adviser, a 1008 page book, free upon payment of mailing costs.
An old advertisement claims itsuaranteed relief for cuts wounds sores piles and all skin diseases from Titpen and Loughran banners.
An advertisement touts De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve by L. M. Boswortu of Chauncey Ga. claiming it cured twenty years of piles and treated skin diseases. It warns against dangerous counterfeits and highlights the product as a speedy remedy.
The Charlotte Medical Journal explains that holding the nose and tilting the head back during gargling allows medicaments to reach all surfaces of the pharynx, unlike standard gargling which affects only the anterior uvula and soft palate. A methylene blue test shows the difference in coverage.
The Pheenix hotel in Lexington Kentucky claims oldest status in the western country, hosting figures from Aaron Burr in 1866 to Lafayette and Santa Anna, with ties to Jefferson era politics and Civil War events. It notes guests including Generals Bragg Kirby Smith and President Arthur, marking a storied hospitality history.
A collage of comic lines and wit from early papers includes jokes about rent rumors marriage and family rows. Snippets reference Miss Mucheash renting a rat a rumored marriage to Downes and a joke about a man loving two wives.
Local editor endorses Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, noting twenty years of family use and belief that early dosing can ease attacks and reduce need for a physician. Warns against relying on cures alone while urging access through local druggists.
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