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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1901
Page
8
Mr. F. D. Arnold of Arnold Iowa reports years of kidney trouble with nightly wakes. After using Foley’s Kidney Cure he experienced a complete improvement and now feels better than before, and he urges friends to try it. Loughran and Bauer.
A Great Family Newspaper: The Des Moines Leader proclaims itself advanced in care, editing, and independent political stance with unmatched local appeal and growing circulation across Iowa. The paper highlights wide readership and robust community service.
Dr W E Harriman offers specialized optical services for surgical cases and glasses fitting. Office location listed as Ames, Iowa with contact telephone and residence information provided.
Ames Iowa based auctioneer Posegate BF advertises first class service for live stock sales by day or by commission. Also has miscellaneous items for sale and guarantees satisfaction. Boxbs2.
The Iowa Central Railway changes its Pullman gas lit tourist car service from Wednesdays to Tuesdays on the Minneapolis to Los Angeles route, starting March 1901. This direct California route offers low one way rates through April 30, 1901, with details from Iowa Central ticket agents or Geo Batty, G P and T A, Marshalltown Iowa.
A mother from Michigan reports her daughter Lily suffered a sudden croup attack. After using three doses of One Minute Cough Cure, the croup subsided and the child recovered. The note accompanies an endorsement from A. L. Safford of Ester, Michigan.
An old advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar as a universal cure for consumption and dyspepsia. It warns against substitutes and mentions Loughran & Bauer and Ko dal Dyspepsia as trusted remedies. The text emphasizes digestive relief and household use.
Letter items report King Victor Emanuel of Italy will visit London in May. A Kentucky reader praises Foley's Honey and Tar for quick relief from a child's severe cold. Dyspepsia Cure credited with long lasting improvement after twenty years of symptoms.
The Farmers Cooperative Association runs a farmer's exchange and general real estate business. It negotiates farm loans and writes insurance. It handles grain and farm produce, coal and farm supplies, Chautauquan literature, chemical fire extinguishers, and places electrical conductors on buildings.
Tickets go on sale each Tuesday through April 30 for travel from Ames to California via Portland Seattle Tacoma and Puget Sound on the North Western Line. The offer highlights shortest travel time and scenic routes with daily personally conducted tourist car excursions. Contact the Chicago and North Western Railway for tickets and details at nearby agents.
Illinois Central offers excursion tickets from all Iowa points to Dubuque for the Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic Department of Iowa. Tickets go on sale June 4 and 5 with round trip fare available, trains arriving before noon on June 6 return limited to June 8.
A woman warns of a burglar in the house as John debates whether to intervene. He refuses to act, arguing the burglar is police property and fearing alleged impropriety. He questions moral duty versus personal risk in a sharp exchange. Chicago Post.
The Cambridge like Boston entry notes on May 22 1722 a committee with town selectmen examined Mr Ames Anger and the Brighting School at the Southerly End of Boston. They judged reading writing ciphering and teaching and voted not to continue him in the post. The record's wording invites questions about fairness.
A wealthy English lad, drawn by Temiscaming railroad expansion, travels to the barren Canadian northwest seeking minerals or land. He returns to Ottawa disillusioned, describing the region as utterly desolate and noting he went a day without wildlife except a lone woodpecker striking a tree.
A writer argues that the garlanded wine bottle broken at ship launches is not champagne from the admiralty cellar. He notes the admiralty pays £40 for the jubilation, which includes 8 shillings for wine, and asserts the wine is not foreign vintage champagne.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a dialogue about deciphering military directional codes as a reporter notes the difficulty in understanding radio or map instructions. The exchange ends with the revelation that the phrase refers to a coded instruction, illustrating jargon and communication barriers.
The doctor advises more exercise and Mary suggests starting with a walk with the baby carriage. Wederly hesitates, worried about overdoing it on the first day.
In colonial Beverly Massachusetts a magistrate who was both accuser and judge sentenced a traveler to an hour in the stocks for a profane word. The magistrate and his son supervised the punishment at the stock place near the meeting house, then resumed hospitality for the night.
A German professor, long a bachelor, falls for a flaxen haired girl. He struggles to propose and finally asks, Would you like to darn my stockings. She answers yes, recognizing the humorous cue from Youth's Companion.
A historical note argues girls throw poorly due to anatomy and practice. It cites a medical view that the feminine collar bone is longer and set lower, causing limited arm mobility compared to boys. The piece attributes throwing skill to practiced use of the shoulder to wrist joints.
A Cassell's Magazine excerpt discusses dream materials and memories linking waking sensations and sleep. Dr Gregory recalls dreams of Etna and Vesuvius warmth, Hudson Bay frost, and how reading about colonies influenced his sleep. The piece reflects on how waking experiences shape dream content.
The piece links Egypt’s holy wars over fish to early culinary and territorial rivalries. It suggests Phoenician alphabet origins from trade needs, as symbols matched sounds for diverse languages amid growing fishery commerce.
A cheeky aside from the Chicago News notes the letter p as a selfish friend, first in pity yet last in help, using a playful linguistic twist to comment on letter order and social behavior.
The 1790 census recorded 10 274 Black or colored residents in Pennsylvania reflecting early demographic totals. The figure highlights the state's early African American population within the United States census data.
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