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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
8
An ad filled column promotes pine tree derived medicines for backache and kidney issues. It lists Pine-tiles, Kodol for dyspepsia, Dade's Little Liver Pills, and other tonics sold by Gamble and Co. alongside proverbial maxims and moral sayings.
An ad describes Pine-ales as soft gelatine capsules easing back pain when taken at bedtime. They contain gums and resins from native pines with other remedies and are sold by A. Gamble. The slogan Every man is the architect of his own fortune is included.
The article explains oyster internal parts including mouth heart liver and stomach. It notes the mouth near the hinge with a connected canal to the stomach and intestines, and the mantle removal reveals the crescent heart. It describes the liver near the heart and stomach as a blood filter.
A Minneapolis man testifies after twenty years of sciatica that Chamberlain's Pain Balm relieved his pain after one application and a half bottle, claiming permanent relief. The ad also promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as remedies, mentioning local sellers.
An advertisement column includes Pine Salve remedies by O. A. Gamble and a large land sale in Howell County Missouri with 160 acres and 65 acres cultivated. Also offers for a trusted manager position in Chicago and Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar remedy details. Ends with a proverb about friendship.
Reverend M Fry and Susan Fry of Brookline Missouri report their wife’s last stage pulmonary consumption improved after starting White Wine of Tar. She has used the fourth bottle and her health is better than in years. They enthusiastically recommend it.
A promotional offer invites readers to subscribe to the Intelligencer and the Chicago Daily Tribune for two for $3.00, discounted from the regular price of $5.00. The ad includes a proverb about feathers and birds to attract attention.
A historic sales blurb asserts that Kodol for Dyspepsia relieves chronic indigestion by aiding digestion and restoring digestive organ efficiency. It claims the stomach acts as a boiler for vitality and that Kodol digests what you eat to improve health, sold by C. A. Gamble.
The office stenographer, with yellow hair in sunlight, confronts bookkeeper Duke about smoking. He replies gruffly to her protest, telling her not to smoke. The exchange ends with his curt refusal to change.
A London Spectator quote recalls an Irish gentleman praising a British officer by noting he resembled a late friend of six years. The officer, amused, says he has heard many comparisons but never to a six year-old corpse.
Homeseekers travel to the Northwest West and Southwest via the North Western Line with sale dates and full details available from Chicago and North Western agents. Also promotion for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve praised for piles sunburns cuts and bruises with the genuine box marked E. C. DeWitt & Co Chicago.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item quotes Mrs Nu wedd in a slangy exchange about housemaids dusting and leaving. The humorous line contrasts dusting frequency with maid reliability in a cheeky moment.
Quotation reflections note that poverty spawns crime and lack of sense serves as its father, implying societal and moral causes behind unlawful acts. The aphorism attributes criminality to material deprivation and cognitive disregard.
If you are fond of a high old time, buy a grandfather's clock as a charming timepiece and conversation piece for any room.
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