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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
6
Treasury rules shield passes used to board arriving liners from European ports and keep customs control tight. A pass holder recently exposed a scheme when a stranger attempted to smuggle a jewelry package ashore, which was seized by surveyors after boarding.
A concise aphorism from the Saturday Evening Post emphasizes that failure teaches, experience equips, and equipment translates into wealth, linking education and practical outcomes in a succinct moral.
An old pilot on the Maid of the Mist steamer asks visitors the same conundrum each trip. He surveys the pilothouse, hints at a woodwork joke, and finally declares the boat is made of Maid of the Mist, then accepts his morning cigar.
An amusing London Standard tale describes a charitable bazaar with a refreshment stall funded by donors to boost profits. A wealthy gentleman sent a sirloin of beef and two ox tongues, while the stall butcher notes he had already supplied Mr X with a sirloin and three ox tongues as a private charity gesture. Net gain to Mr X was one ox tongue and a cheap reputation for charity.
The Western Union telegraph cable under Lake Champlain from Ticonderoga to Larrabees Point has a storied past. Made in Europe, it first linked shores of the Red Sea, then Hilton Head to Tybee Island near Beaufort, was moved after the Civil War to New York City, and later placed at its current site.
The author cites his wife as the muse. When muse falters and he feels lazy, her requests for a new gown or more household funds push him to renewed effort and lift his creativity, like Pegasus in flight.
In a tense exchange a crafty politician denies talking to the committee about his intentions saying his wife did not speak. The spokesman reports the wife refused to talk and the politician insists he met someone else, not his wife.
A humorous warning line about domestic life appears as a wife cautions her husband that his faults could be fatal like Abel’s. The quip suggests failure to come home may bring dire consequences, delivered in a newspaper voice.
An advertisement promotes Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets made with Quinine Ipecac and Cascara in chocolate coated tablets. It claims to cure a cold while you sleep and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by L. M. Worth as sole agent with price 259. The message ends with a slogan about forgetting how to worry.
The piece extols Southern California as the Land of Fruits and Flowers and promotes the Iowa Central Short Line. A new sixteen section Pullman Tourist car departs Wednesdays from Minneapolis Saint Paul Mason City Marshalltown Grinnell Oskaloosa Albia and arrives in Los Angeles Sunday morning and San Francisco Sunday evening in four days. Rates compare favorably. for details contact Geo. S. Barry G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa.
A reader notes New York state lists 9 321 officials on regular pay rolls. A letter from W J Baxter of North Brook NC claims relief after fifteen years with DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve and warns against counterfeiter L M Bosworts.
The ad touts FoL y's Honey and TAR as the best remedy after an agripes attack and a heavy cold. It promises to strengthen the lungs and restore sound health, claiming nothing else is as good.
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