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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1894
Page
7
A Sure Remedy for Tobacco Cravings
Adams describes stopping tobacco use after suffering the first week and finding relief by taking top again to allay the craving. The account highlights a personal remedy and the difficulty of quitting.
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Adams
Misery After Meals With Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
Misery after meals lifted by Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, praised as a sovereign remedy for dyspepsia. The text claims relief from latulence and gastric oppression, bile inappropriately present, and notes improved appetite and sleep. It urges a wineglass before or after meals as restorative and mentions use for malaria, kidney and rheumatic troubles and for the aged.
Midnight Photographs at Broadway Theatre Show New Artform
An audience portrait captured between eleven and midnight demonstrates a new photographic method by Rockwood, allowing midnight pictures as clear as daytime. The piece notes dawn of night reporting and cautions about self-deception while touching on plants and a fish.
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Broadway Theatre
Rockwood
Syrup of Figs Promises Health Benefits and Comfort
Knowledge and many attest the laxative benefits of Syrup of Figs for cleansing the system and easing constipation. The ad claims pleasant taste, kidney and liver support, and relief from colds headaches and fevers. Sold in 50c and $1 bottles by druggists, manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Matrons and Maids Prep Napery in Humble Chest Tale
A long look at college society rites for freshmen and the deceptive glamour of social acceptance. A St Paul Pioneer Press piece notes a German trained homemaker’s napery program with a pine chest, lavender sachet, and practical tips on napkin care and drawn-work borders for household linen.
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St. Paul
The Height of the Ridiculous by Oliver Wendell Holmes
A humorous poem recounts a writer watching a printer read his verses with escalating laughter. The printer’s reactions grow from a smile to a roar, causing his waistband to split and his clothes to burst as the joke lands. The speaker reflects on his own reluctance to write as funny as possible.
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Oliver Wenslel Holmes
Women behind great men in literature and fashion tips
A discussion on wives aiding famed writers and artists, citing Oliver Wendell Holmes and Thomas Hardy, Rider Haggard, Oscar Wilde, and Amin ta. It highlights wives as amanuenses editors and moral supporters, and ends with an Old Jeweler giving advice on securing a brooch properly.
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Oscar Wilde
Flaked Fish Creole and Dress Sash Styles
Recipe for flake fish creole with milk corn starch onion butter parsley salt pepper and flavorings. Also notes on dress sash placement to enhance a simple toilet and a recipe for raised muffins with yeast eggs butter and warm milk.
Woman Escapes Liability After Dressmaker Harangue
A Pittsburg justice dismissed a suit over a delayed dress as the dressmaker faced a frantic customer who struck out in anger over finishing a gown. The court’s action hints at a possible shift in future cases seeking damages for vexation and delays. The ad also promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a money promise for cured deafness.
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Pittsburg
Best Evening Ties That Keep a Man Home After Dark
A witty maxim on evening attire suggesting that well chosen ties influence where a man spends his evenings. The saying highlights style as a factor in social and domestic habits.
Luxuriously Appointed Rail Cars Offer Warm Travel
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line advertises electric lighted steam heated vestibule apartments for travel between Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha, Sioux City with comfortable service. George H Heaf, general passenger and ticket agent, Chicago, IL, promotes tickets and sleeping car access.
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Chicago
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
C . Omaha
Sioux City
Geo. H. Heaf
Chicago, Il
Invest Now In The Best Reading For 14805
An advertisement touts The Youth's Companion subscription at 1.75 a year for 14805 readers. It promises free added issues to new subscribers through January 1, 1896 and highlights prominent authors and a wide selection of knowledge.
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Queen Victoria
Kipling
Mark Twain
J. T. Trontide
Boston
Mass
Rare News Snippets Show Odd Facts Across Regions
A Georgia public school notes a 43 year old negro woman among pupils. In Oka Ontario a silver Virgin Mary statue given by Louis XIV. North Carolina man Abner Dorsett has a 32 inch head. Persian shah owns a 12 inch Shetland pony. London sells 100 tons of cats tails for fashion. about 1 792 000 cats would be needed. A West In dian island reportedly hosts turtles large enough to threaten houses, delaying human habitation attempts.
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Georgia
Oka
Ottawa River
Louis XIV
Abner Dorsett
Hickory Mountain Township
North Carolina
Burdett- Coutts
London
West India Islands
Scientific Bits From The Era On Materials And Wildlife
Coarse wrapping paper is made from sunflower stalks. A Maine woman shot a heron over five feet tall. Squirrel monkeys have brains large for their size except humans. At sea level a 100 foot object is visible about 13 miles away. 500 feet high about 30 miles. Glassine glass has begun protecting book covers. Aluminum prices have fallen from $16 to about 50 cents a pound in eight years.
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Maine
Women enter the New York state bar on equal terms
A collected set of remarks notes women gain admission to the New York state bar on the same terms as men and to Johns Hopkins medical studies. It also cites a phrenological view on choosing wives, a Vienna loom fortune, ancient Egyptian tomb care, and a Long Island girl whose speech was restored by an electric shock during a storm.
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New York State
Medical Department
Johns Hopkins University
Longsland
They Were Twins and a Travel Conundrum
A mother shows half fare tickets for twin children to a railway collector who questions their ages and births. The mother answers one was born in New York and the other in Paris, provoking a moment of disbelief. The piece also notes a proverb about treasures and the promised land.
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