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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1904
Page
3
English traveler and beauty Lady Constance Mackenzie tours Texas visiting a ranch. A wealthy owner invites her and, misled by a telegram, his manager prepares royal treatment for a supposed race horse guest arriving with a party. The guest finds a ready welcome, a clean box stall and fresh hay.
The Women’s Christian Association of Ames calls a union meeting at 3 PM next Sunday at the M E church to discuss forming a Travelers Aid. Women from all churches urged to join to protect young girls, with officers elected: Finell president Cox vice president Miller secretary Baker treasurer.
A Greenville District of Columbia law student, H P Burbage, suffered four to five years of a persistent cough and feared consumption. After trying Chamberlains Cough Remedy he reports a rapid improvement and says two bottles of the twenty five cent size permanently cured him. Sold by all druggists.
The ad notes two refrigerators for sale at low price. One large holds 100 lbs of ice and one small holds 24 lbs. Contact Mrs Duncan for details.
The column lists shelling corn at 40 cents per bushel and per ear. Oats 84 cents, wheat 64 cents, barley rising, rye 48 cents, timothy 1.75 per 100 pounds. Butter 20 cents, creamery 25 26 cents. Eggs 15 cents, potatoes 1.25, seed potatoes 1.50. Lard 11 12 and a half cents, hogs 4.15 to 4.50, sheep 0.50 to 4.00, chickens 8 cents, geese 6 cents, turkeys 10 to 11 cents, ducks 7 cents, veal 4.00.
The two year old child of Mr P L McPherson of Harrisburg slept through the night after his mother gave half a Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet for stomach trouble. Two boxes of these tablets cured the ailment and the child is now well. For sale by all druggists. Also advertisement for John Allan offering rubber tires, rubber shoes and first‑class work at reasonable prices.
R. W. Wood argues in Harper's Weekly that solar heat travels as radiant waves similar to heat from a stove. He explains conduction convection and radiation, notes radiation can pass a vacuum, and observes atmospheric absorption removes certain heat wavelengths, linking solar and stove energy.
A collection of traditional sayings warning about pride and vanity in women while praising restraint and motherhood. It extols silent strength, self respect, and the value of a wife and mother viewed as virtuous, linking public esteem to inner conduct.
A harsh Indian officer habitually beat his servants. He lured a khansaniah to a summer house with a horsewhip and boasted of thrashing him unseen. The servant questioned the plan and then vowed to fight back. He beat the officer so severely that the master vanished from sight for a week.
A quoted speech by Max Nordau extols Suabians as the most humorous people after Americans. A light anecdote follows about a Suabian maiden Gretchen and her mother calling from upstairs to close the front door from outside, highlighting cultural quirks.
The conjurer invites a volunteer to enter a cabinet on stage and vanish as spectators watch. He calls on Matilda to step forward, asking his wife to participate in the disappearing act during the London Telegraph report.
A detective questions a deserted wife about identifying her missing spouse. She confirms he bears a distinctive hangdog look born with him, providing a personal detail as the method of recognition.
A witty exchange in New York World Weakly jokes about the continent sinking and Miss De Style replying with a yacht as a quip. The snippet showcases satire and social chatter typical of early 20th century columns.
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