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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1904
Page
7
The author notes the close bond between Russian brothers and sisters where a brother acts as guardian and protector. Brides barter with brothers for price of veil and beauty, while the wedding rite includes forgiveness kneeling before parents and the bread and salt blessing. The open door on departure signals possible return to girlhood home.
John Burroughs argues that accurate wildlife observation requires a scientific habit of mind. He warns that all observers distort reality through preconceptions and anthropomorphism, urging readers to report facts as they are rather than humanizing wild creatures.
The article notes Robert Burns wrote many songs to fit popular tunes and praised repeating a melody to gain inspiration. It cites his insistence on mastery of a tune before composing and cites a writer who shows Burns was a practical musician, familiar with hundreds of Scottish airs and giving precise musical instructions in letters.
The article surveys camel names like gamal and ab hab with Semitic roots uncertain, suggesting Semitic derivation is unlikely. It notes horse names derive from roots meaning to run and that horse taming arose after early civilization began, separate from Asiatic stock divisions.
H C McCook argues ants exhibit fierce devotion to the colony, sacrificing personal ease and even life for the public welfare. Ants show alarm at danger and act as vigilant city watchmen while remaining racially exclusive and lacking individual benevolence or friendship beyond the caste of their social insect world.
Scott's Emulsion touted as essential for men women and children, providing flesh strength and restoration for wasting diseases and growth. It claims to sustain pale girls and thin boys, with a free sample offer and pricing 60c and 1.00 at New York chemists Scott and Bowne 409-415 Pearl Street.
Professor Jesse B. Carter lauds Theodor Mommsen’s Roman History as a landmark German work from the mid nineteenth century. He praises its naked narrative clarity, a faith that invites scrutiny, and its enduring value as both history and spiritual document.
Harper's Magazine notes ants maintain personal hygiene and communal cleanliness. Nurse ants bathe and comb larvae while foraging paths and city streets stay free of filth. All ants participate in keeping their formicory clean, a practiced art under natural conditions.
The passage praises smiling as a powerful art that warms hearts more than any other. It notes children naturally master smiles but may lose them with age, and that true smiles come from the heart and reflect a genuine readiness to enjoy both small and large pleasures.
Discussion explains why sea water stays salty while rivers remain fresh. It lists sodium chloride, magnesium, potassium, and calcium as the main salts entering the sea from rocks via streams. Evaporation concentrates salt as streams continuously add minerals, slowly increasing sea salinity.
Brights disease diabetes cystitis kidney troubles rheumatism and lumbago claimed not to exist in great pine forests. Pineules and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea marketed as cures with claims of healing refreshing breath from pines and cleansing poisons from the system. Sold by A Gamble and L M Bosworth.
Advertises Bee s Honey and Tar as a universal remedy claiming it prevents or cures pneumonia and destroys disease germs. The note touts its efficacy for long inflammation, gland strength, and muscular tissue while promising to cure coughs, croup, whooping cough, and expel colds in one night. Sold by O A Gamble.
A saying notes that a trifling man never attends to great trifles. The remark emphasizes misplaced priorities and distractions from important duties. It contrasts small concerns with weightier duties and urges focus on substantial tasks.
An Iowa newspaper offers annual home delivery at 150 dollars per year or 1.50 per six weeks, with eight months for 100 dollars and three months for 50 cents. It proclaims itself the most complete Iowa paper and notes service stops when time ends. Address The News Des Moines Iowa.
Claiming to permanently cure dyspepsia indigestion and all stomach and bowel troubles the advertisement states immediate relief. Sold by A Gamble.
A reflective line notes that both owls and many men gauge wisdom by appearance. The saying implies superficial judgment often underpins perceived insight and character.
Bee's Honey and Tar offers a cough and cold remedy claimed to treat lagrippe croup whooping cough pneumonia and consumption. Promoted as mildly laxative tonic and strengthening with a note that children like it and it cures best cough cure sold by CO A Gamle without further assurances.
Mr. G. Anton Gehre of Volksblatt Rundschau Lincoln Ill praises Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup as a splendid remedy for chronic constipation. The pleasant liquid medicine also aids biliousness indigestion and dyspepsia. Sold by O A Gamble druggist in 25c 50c and 100c sizes.
A concise motivational note urging resilience after setbacks highlights that feeling disappointed does not justify giving up. It emphasizes perseverance and steady effort in the face of challenges.
An advertisement touts Pinenles as a new discovery blending health and fragrance from pine forests. It claims cures for Brights disease calculus rheumatism lumbago and all urinary disturbances, sold by OC A Gamble.
Excursion tickets to Gr oove Iowa via the North Western line available at reduced rates on May 2 and 13. Return travel permitted through May 14. Tickets apply through agents and the North Western Railway for the Annual Field Meet of the Northwestern Iowa High School Athletic Association.
In this humorous exchange the New York Telegram quips that no Adam existed while Dennis and Mike debate origins of the Adam's apple, highlighting playful skepticism about biblical lineage.
An advertisement touts ManZan in a collapsible tube with nozzle for easy application. It claims to cure piles by external application, soothing and cooling the painful area. The product is attributed to O. A. Gamble.
A saying notes that a man adept at feigning affection can be more convincing than one who loves sincerely yet acts with timidity. The contrast highlights deception versus earnest hesitation in romance.
The advertisement proclaims Pinesalve as a universal skin cure for sores boils and abrasions. It asserts fast healing and states it is sold by OC A Gamble as a family favorite salve.
A reflective line asserts that every correct deed and genuine virtue leaves a visible mark of beauty on the countenance and character. It emphasizes integrity shaping outward demeanor and inner worth.
Excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates will go on sale May 16 to 18 from Des Moines Iowa via the Northwestern Line to the Northwest West and Southwest. Return valid through May 19 for Republican State Convention travelers. Also notes holiday specials on standards and tourist sleeping cars with free reclining chair cars and other amenities. Inquiries to Chicago and Northwestern agents.
North Western Line offers very low round trip rates to St Louis from all points with excellent service and liberal return limits. Inquiries and full particulars available from ticket agents at Chicago and North Western Railway.
The text notes that many affluent patients undergo appendicitis surgery that poorer patients might avoid, implying inequality in medical treatment based on wealth.
An advertisement claims married men do not live longer than single men. it argues longevity is a matter of appearance and promotes Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup as a cure for dyspepsia biliousness and constipation. The product is sold by C. A. druggist in 25c 50c and $1.00 bottles.
A terse maxim reflecting self-contradiction in virtue. The line suggests that without opposition one cannot properly judge or value oneself, implying the presence of challenges shapes character and self-knowledge.
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