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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1904
Page
7
Mrs G W Fooks of Salisbury Maryland wife of the sheriff says eight years of kidney trouble left her weak breathless and bloated. After taking Deans Kidney Pills for three days the back ache vanished and she was cured. For sale by dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Natives on Scotland's northeast coast practice a striking burial ritual after the service. The coffin is moved to two chairs placed inside the house, then the pallbearers lift and the chairs are flipped onto their backs and held there during the graveyard journey, returning indoors after interment. Relatives prevent chairs from being set on their legs or moved early.
A plain man tells Whistler after a portrait sitting that the work is not great. Whistler replies that the man cannot claim to be a great work of nature, implying art and nature are not directly comparable. The exchange appears in the London Mail.
A brief quote from Smith's Weekly features Uncle-Bobby asking if Bobby has been good and Bobby replying he has been comfortable rather than bad. The snippet captures a humorous exchange in a conversational tone.
Parson Brown questions Green's conversion as Deacon Smith notes his lack of self reproach about past sins. The Chicago Daily News frames the exchange as a test of genuine religious experience.
Yonkers Statesman reports a sly turn as a man who adored a girl since infancy hints at an upcoming fortune, tying sentiment to a forthcoming wealth. The dialogue suggests a fateful bet on her financial rise amid a Gotham connection.
Detroit mother recounts relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She cites dizziness fear and weakness cured after taking the pills. The letter endorses the remedy for children and adults and notes price and availability from Dr Williams Medicine Co.
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports Judge Brennan upholds a capitol interior decorating contract with Elmer Garnsey, confirming a high art standard. Iowa University enrollment rises with liberal arts gains and a larger freshman class. Cedar Rapids enforces hopping trains with a seven day jail term to deter dangerous mischief. School consolidation gains and four day Cedar Rapids Thanksgiving vacation noted. The Iowa census will capture extensive farm and livestock statistics, acreage, yields, and literacy data.
A young man recounts a farcical night of losing money at a poker game near the navy yard and attempting to borrow fare, only to return home broke and confronted by his wife who demands the five dollar bet she placed earlier. The tale ends with a blunt admission of his financial ruin.
Sentaro Kitaji, a popular Japanese boy at Oskaloosa public school, leaves school to work at Nicollet hotel in Minneapolis and raise 50 for the war against Russia to equip a soldier for one year. A new John Lewis canton of the Patriarchs Militant is formed in Grinnell.
Francis Suayberger of Molino in Lower Schuylkill county Pa walked 67000 miles from 1860 to 1880 and kept a diary. He is a 66 year old justice of the peace pension attorney and insurance man who continues daily walks and recently covered 30 miles in a day while making 25 business calls.
A London Tatler illustration recounts an Oxford don praised for intellect yet irked by his own recorded speech. After hearing his voice on the phonograph he declares he sounds peculiarly pompous and affected, in a blend of surprise and resentment.
Cordelia I boasts six marriage offers last month while Elvira seizes on the idea, praising a man with bulldog tenacity as worthy of a better fate, per Cincinnati Enquirer dialogue.
A Grocer of Ossian, Indiana recounts six years of frail health from stomach and bowel troubles. After three months on Grape Nuts and cream he regained strength, left bed, now works fifteen hours daily, and relies on Grape Nuts for breakfast and often two meals daily. He cites regular bowel function and increasing weight. The testimonial highlights customer interest and references The Road to Wellville.
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