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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1904
Page
8
In Russia the brother acts as guardian and protector for the bride, often blocking the groom with a stave if needed. Bridegroom pays a price in a playful barter with the brother. At the wedding the girl asks her parents for pardon, they kiss her, offer bread and salt, and the door stays open to signify she may return home.
John Burroughs warns that accurate wildlife reporting requires a scientific habit of mind. He argues common observers misread facts due to preconceptions and sentimentality, noting urban visitors often anthropomorphize animals and blur true nature.
A health ad promotes Scott's Emulsion as the right daily food to treat rickets in children. It asserts proper nutrition strengthens bones and joints, claims thousands of cures, and offers a free sample with a price of one dollar at druggists.
Burns wrote many songs to fit popular tunes and sought the tune repeatedly to gain inspiration. He refused to write for unfamiliar airs until mastering the tune and was a practical musician familiar with hundreds of Scottish national airs, with letters to publishers detailing musical specifics.
The Scottish Review notes camel names like gamal meaning beast with the hump, with no true Semitic origin. ab or hab for elephant appears in Tamil Sanskrit Egyptian and Semitic speech but likely from India. Horse names derive from roots meaning to run, with taming occurring in early civilization after Asiatic stock separation.
In Harper's Magazine H. McCook argues ants exhibit extreme self sacrifice for the public welfare yet lack individual benevolence or inclusive hospitality. Ants post sentinel ants at gateways to warn of danger and subordinate personal interests to the colony, though racial strictness and limited social bonds persist among workers and slaves.
Professor Jesse B. Carter lauds Mommsen's Roman History as a human document of enduring value. He notes its naked narrative style without footnotes made its statements seem like faith, inviting scholars to test them in Mommsen’s other writings or by others.
Harper's Magazine writer H. C. Mc Cook notes ants maintain personal cleanliness and communal hygiene. Ants regularly wash, comb, and groom themselves and collectively keep nest streets and foraging routes free of filth. The formicory exhibits coordinated sanitation as a natural art.
The piece extols smiling as the finest art, noting its warmth surpasses other arts. It argues children naturally master smiles, but many lose it with age, and a true smile must come from the heart and reflect genuine happiness with small and large things.
A brief explainer states sea water contains four salts sodium chloride magnesium potassium and calcium washed from earth by streams. Evaporation leaves salt behind while freshwater rivers continually add more, potentially forming a salt layer deep enough to cover North America if all sea salt were removed.
Scientists claim Bright's disease diabetes cystitis and kidney and urinary troubles do not exist in the great pine forests. The air is said to carry healing breath from pines. Pineules offered as a universal cure for these ailments and rheumatism sold by A. Gamble.
Advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic that cleanses and purifies the system and absorbs poisons. Claims it keeps the married man busy diving in and shelling out, with tea or tablets at 85 cents from L. M. Bosworth.
An advertisement touts Bee's Honey and Tar as a cure for pneumonia and all lung inflammation. It claims to destroy germs, restore exhausted glands, build muscular tissue, and cure coughs and colds in one night, sold by O. A. Gamble. Some social climbers are mocked for feeling puffed up.
The Des Moines Daily and Sunday News offers annual subscriptions at 150 dollars with postage paid, 1.50 per year and 100 for eight months, 80 cents for seven months, and 50 cents for three months. It claims to be the most complete Iowa newspaper and notes it stops when the time runs out. Address The News Des Moines Iowa.
An old advertisement touts King's Dyspepsia Tablets for immediate relief and cure of stomach troubles, sold by O. A. Gamble, alongside Bee's Honey and Tar claimed to cure coughs and respiratory illnesses and sold by A. Gamble. It notes an actress remark and references multiple remedies.
Motto-like remark notes that a person who acts foolishly prevents others from dealing with the embarrassment or consequences of his behavior. It frames folly as a social shortcut avoiding burden on bystanders.
Lincoln Ills Volksblatt-Randschau assistant editor Anton Gehre praises Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup as a splendid remedy for chronic constipation. The product is a pleasant liquid medicine claimed to cure constipation biliousness indigestion and dyspepsia. Sold by GC A Gamble druggist in 250 500 and 1000 cent sizes.
An advertisement touts Pineules as a cure for Bright's disease calculus rheumatism lumbago and all urinary disturbances. It claims the medicine condenses the health and strength of great pine forests in a new form and lists O A. Gamble as the seller.
A satirical exchange asks if Adam existed noting the line about his origin as a humorous query. Dennis questions Mike's certainty while implying the Adam tale is a myth referenced in a New York Telegram item.
An old advertisement claims ManZan cures piles with external applications. It describes a collapsible tube with a nozzle for targeted use and asserts immediate soothing cooling and healing effects by O. A. Gamble.
A concise line probes a girl feeling anxious about another’s possible suspicions. The meta question hints at social doubt and interpersonal curiosity within a small group.
Pinesalve contains healing properties for all skin issues and is described as a universal cure for sores boils and burns. Marketed as a family salve it is sold by C A Gamble and praised as the best salve in the world.
The notice reports the death of A Tep P a Ta Ta, identified as Geronimo's fifth and last wife. It promotes Homeseekers' Excursion and Colonist Low Rates via the Northwestern line, with reduced excursion ticket prices to the Northwest West and Southwest territories. Station agents of Chicago and North Western Railway handle sale dates and details.
A dated rail promotional note touts very low fares via the Chicago and North Western Line to St. Louis with excellent service and liberal return limits. The ad mirrors early 20th century advertising tone and includes a quip about business rising above its owner.
An ad claims married men do not live longer, instead suggesting they live to an old age only if they use Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup for biliousness or constipation. Sold in 265c, hoc and $1 bottles by C. A. Gamble, druggist.
A London report shows the city maintains one licensed drinking place for every 436 residents. The metric highlights density of pubs used by locals and visitors amid urban regulation.
Excursion tickets sold at one fare for round trip May 23 and 24 with return limit May 27. Applies via Chicago and North-Western Line. Obtain from agents of the Chicago and North Western Railway. May 1.
A tongue in the drag is praised for its sharp wit and honesty. The piece hints that harsh domestic critique spurs writers to craft steamy broadsides without spreading gossip.
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