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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1902
Page
6
Inquiries invited for day or small commission auctions by Posegate. Farms also offered for sale with satisfaction guaranteed. Contact Ea Ee Posegate at Box 532.
A long running health tonic description touts an elderly figure carrying a fish on his back as a symbol for Scott's Emulsion. It claims benefits for consumptives, weak children, and pale adults, with endorsements and a listing for escort & Bowne chemists in New York.
N Jackson of Danville Illinois describes a terrible cough that settled on her daughter's lungs. He notes many remedies failed until Foley's Honey and Tar provided a cure, urging readers to refuse substitutes.
During September and October via Iowa Central Railway to California Washington Idaho Utah and British Columbia stopovers allowed see local ticket agent or address A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis.
A Detroit Free Press description compares how elevated railroad ticket sellers and circus ticket sellers operate with rapid, practiced handwork. It explains the storage and dispensing of exact change, the tearing of tickets from a long strip, and constant replenishment of coins so customers get swift service without counting.
An aged laborer with a heavy tool bag halted several speeding cars by signaling motormen to stop. He stayed calm, allowed a car to pass, then retrieved his tools as the train halted within a yard. He grinned and thanked the accommodating motorman.
The article recounts ancient writer Pliny’s claims about toads and frogs possessing remarkable body parts. It cites a right side bone of toads said to calm crowds and a bone that could cool boiling water when placed in it.
A traveler describes the balsas of Lake Titicaca built from aquatic lake plants by Aymara Indians. They float by the grass used in construction to control displacement and carry eight to ten people, sometimes with a mast and sail. The lake lies high, near the Jungfrau region in the Alps comparison.
The article catalogs famous Shakespeare errors such as cannon before their invention, printing under Henry II, clocks in Caesar's era, Hector quoting Aristotle, Coriolanus citing Cato, Cleopatra with a billiard table, Delphos shown as an island, and Bohemia given a seacoast.
A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Ind relates a three month severe cold case. After no relief from druggist and physician remedies, Foley's Honey and Tar cured him in eight doses. Refuse substitutes. Loughran & Bauer.
An advert claims Foley's Kidney Cure restores kidney and bladder function with no injuries. It emphasizes natural healing and mentions it as a remedy.
A judge chides a lengthy lawyer with a proverb on wisdom. The judge remarks that a word to the wise is sufficient as the attorney begins a long winded argument. The exchange underscores courtroom impatience with overlong rhetoric.
A man at a phone demands the gas office and the operator warns that bad language is not tolerated over the wire. The brief exchange captures a domestic humor vignette as part of Spare Moments.
A dramatic line from a Detroit Free Press piece recalls Viola recounting a marriage proposal from a man she declined by saying she hadn’t time. Olivia questions if she ever had a proposal, and Viola reflection notes the past moment.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a product or name Man Er Vine described as a nerve and blood purifier. It alludes to revitalizing worn out men and references Loughran لكنها unclear. The text reads as a promotional or medical hype line from an old periodical.
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