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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
6
In a compact roundup, readers glimpse updates from industry and political circles, with short notes on domestic happenings and international events. Names, places, and dates are lightly touched to sketch the broad picture.
Senate passed naval appropriation and free homes bills and took up civil service in new island possessions. House moved on general deficiency and Alaska code bills. Reports on Nicaragua canal and Cuba administration discussed. Fire, strikes, and political shifts reported nationwide with casualties and economic figures.
A package marked quinine was secretly sent to a bright woman who tested it with a druggist revealing arsenic. The incident underscores detectability of false medicines and highlights Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a long trusted remedy for constipation indigestion liver and kidney issues.
A man attempting suicide fails to recall his past in an instant, muttering about cursed memory. He wades ashore in chagrin as spectators laugh, in an incident reported by the Detroit Journal.
Catarrh is described as a blood or constitutional disease requiring internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces. The advertisement credits F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and claims strong testimonials and a 75 cent price with Hall's Family Pills also recommended.
Kansas City Journal notes a dramatic scene in Eureka during Quo Vadis where Vinicius pleads for forgiveness to Petronius. The exchange ends with Petronius declaring Vinicius his sister's dead child, provoking a boisterous audience that was alive enough to laugh.
An old ad notes a remedy named for curing a headache with earthy claims. The pitch offers a 25 cent and 50 cent price point and frames the product as a cheap health aid.
The Mountville Clarion reports Mr. Bill Jones, once famed in Philadelphia as a premier barber at Hotel Blank, has returned to his native town. He now accepts a position in Tom Johnson's ten sorial parlors, adding social and professional prestige to the community.
An advertisement from Dr A H Green Sons of Atlanta claims free treatment for dropsy by world renowned specialists. The note adds a quip from an old bachelor about marrying when a man lacks worries.
Chicago Democrat notes the swift sprinter as a dashing standout, highlighting his speed and presence on the track.
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for disorders of the feminine organs. It invites women to write to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and states the guidance is practical and honest.
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