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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
7
Mrs. Mittie Huffaker of Columbia Tennessee credits Peruna with curing her years long dyspepsia after bedridden decline. Her husband bought the remedy and she improved after multiple bottles. Dr S B Hargiman announces a revised Peruna with a mild laxative quality to enhance its beneficial character.
Philadelphia hearing reveals payments to railroad officials amid claims of car distribution bias during the anthracite strike. Frederick Vrooman admits taking small sums from coal operators while denying overall car shortages and favoritism.
A woman, leaving home for the day, locked up and left a sign for the grocer saying All out Dont leave anything. On return her home was ransacked and valuable possessions stolen. A follow up note added Thanks We havent left much.
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes deafness and that most cases stem from catarrh. The ad offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for a case it cannot cure.
A rural visitor asks where to find a bunko steerer. The responding policeman declines. The visitor says, having spent all his money, he would seek a con man only for a dinner if found.
Travel pieces praise comfort on long journeys with fine decorations woodwork color tapestries and electric lights. It touts Union Pacific service as a pleasant ride to California and offers illustrated booklets and rate information via W G Neimyer at 120 Jackson Boulevard.
Quote from the Chicago Herald questions why church hymn books harbor microbes yet saloon doorknobs show no microbial presence. The remark highlights skepticism about disease spread from everyday objects.
Local notices announce Knights of Columbus gathering in New Haven Connecticut with travel options on Nickel Plate Road June 2 3 4 and special return limits to Niagara Falls New York City and Chautauqua Lake New York. Contact J Calahan General Agent 113 Adams Chicago for details. A quote from N Frese appears and ad copy for Lewis Single Binder cigarettes is included.
A political candidate parries a bold slogan while a Brooklyn firm, Sync Corfield Tea Co., markets Garfield Tea as a sample. The item alludes to a theme of strong messages and mild laxative implications in the period ad copy.
A concise critique notes that lightweight men overestimate their mental heft, presenting a sharp social observation about ego and intellect. The remark underscores a trend of overconfidence among those with limited substance.
Washington May 25 an impression spread that rural delivery inspections aim to end service or cut it to triweekly, especially in the South. The fourth assistant postmaster general says the inspections only seek to find and remove causes of adverse conditions and are not a plan to discontinue or reduce service.
A voluntary ten percent wage increase is granted to all cotton mill employees in Danielson and nearby towns. Notices posted in mills in Danielson Moosup Jewett City Waukegan and other Windham and New London county places indicate the action affects about 20 000 workers. The rise is attributed to the mills current strong industry conditions.
Oskaloosa Iowa May 25 Congress man John F Lacy was renominated for a tenth term by the Republican party of the Sixth Iowa congressional district at a meeting Wednesday.
The May 23 quake rattled Clay County towns Flora Clay City and Louisville with chimneys toppling water mains bursting and residents fleeing to the streets. Officials fear a repeat but scientists doubt a calamity like 1811.
One man was killed and nearly 70 veterans were injured when two crowded G A R cars collided at a switch on the Lafayette Battle Ground electric road en route to annual encampment events. Motorman Charles Roudebush died. conductor M O Farner was mildly hurt as doctors treated the wounded at St Elizabeth's hospital.
Seattle authorities report a hidden Chinese colony beneath streets similar to San Francisco’s. By digging under buildings sidewalks and alleys they found passageways to rooms with gambling and opium smoking. Many rooms are lit by electricity and some tunnels run hundreds of feet under subcellars and sidewalks.
The Winnipeg Free Press urges Western Canada as a land of opportunity for settlement. Government agents abroad offer rates and travel info while predicting booming agricultural and civic development driven by ambitious young men attracted to farm prosperity and social advancement.
A New York Press saying claims lasting happiness for a woman comes from a simple potted plant bought locally for ten cents, transported on a long railway journey. The remark satirically contrasts grand gestures with ordinary, affordable gifts.
An 19th century advertisement claims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup eases teething pain by softening gums and curing wind colic. Sold for two cents a bottle.
Quotation style snippet asserting that consensus builds wisdom and that Garfield Tea purifies the blood and digestive organs. It mentions gasoline that makes the world round as Life magazine’s phrase.
The state supreme court affirmed the death penalties for Frank Hottman and Mrs Aggie Myers for murdering Clarence Myers on May 11 1904. The court set June 29 as the execution date for both, noting the couple plotted to remove Myers to marry.
Thomas K Hanna 77 a prominent dry goods merchant and former member of the first Nebraska senate died at his home in Kansas City Missouri on Tuesday. He previously conducted business in St Joseph Missouri and Helena Montana.
Boston on May 24 reports Stephen O'Meara former editor of the Boston Journal was appointed police commissioner by Gov. Guild. The office has been newly created.
A promotional piece urges women to seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for gynecologic troubles before surgery. It cites symptoms such as bearing down, abdominal pain, dizziness, and nervous exhaustion, and includes letters from readers claiming relief and avoidance of operations.
Count Solsky steps down from the presidency of the empire's upper house at his own request due to ill health. He resigns effective immediately in St. Petersburg on May 24.
Washington May 23 An agreement on the statehood bill in a conference report will be reached this week, according to information from the conference room.
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