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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1891
Page
2
In a Cedar Rapids Republican letter Isaac Gates urges cottages at the Soldier's Home instead of a monument or hall memorial. The public sentiment hints the next U.S. House may turn dangerously democratic and favors cautious inactivity.
The Iowa Citizen notes election figures since 71 and urges a continued campaign of education by the Republican party. The piece invites readers to Story County to view the outcomes of these educational campaigns and expresses support for perseverance.
The piece argues prohibition remains unresolved in Iowa amid Governor Boies and Democratic officers. It urges action in the Democrat Senate to pass a thoroughly enforced license law, urging Republicans to support it. It frames the liquor issue as a political question and calls for public input on prohibition.
An unsigned Scribner article on Mr Lowell reveals a rare portrait of the poet through a pupil written about his classroom charm and student ties. The magazine also features Alfred Deakin on Australian federation, Ney on the trans Saharan railway, ocean travel features by Ocean Steam Ship, and Lang on Adventures among Books.
The piece surveys The Atlantic’s November issue and its rich content including Michelangelo studies, American art, Lowell biographies, and Bill Nye’s autobiography. It highlights reviews, essays on Tolstoy, legal status of Indians, Oxford studies, and prominent articles by Mil ler, Woodberry, James, and Stead, noting growing readership.
The journals promise plain French styles without cheap fashion plates and cuts. They aim to provide American ladies genuine French fashion in monthly issues and note travelers will also find authentic styles abroad.
The notices promote La Mode de Paris Al bum des Modes and La Mode the Family Fashion Journal with pricing of 35 cents per copy or 3 50 a year and 15 cents per copy or 1 50 a year. Readers urged to buy directly from A McDowell & Co 4 West 14th Street New York if their News Agent does not stock them.
The final literary effort of the late P. T. Barnum titled Talks to Boys will appear in two installments. Harper’s Young People has secured the pieces and will print them in the Thanksgiving and Christmas numbers.
The era of reports spans outbreaks and disasters from Independence scarlet fever to fires in Centerville and Belle Plaine. Other items note Sioux City losses, a fatal shotgun accident in Kesaqua, a freight wreck near Farley, and tributes to public figures.
A collage of claims for De Witt's Little Early Risers constipation relief and liver benefits, medical testimonials, and notices about baseball wars, political commentary, and drug sales. It also cites Houtzdale Observer endorsements and mentions Cleveland's usage of the word consecration with calls for acceptance.
A careful report notes how a trial convinces the most skeptical. In Caracas Venezuela capital streets are so narrow that imported street cars had to be sawed in two to make corners.
A man asks an old acquaintance about aging and the reply jokes that continued life comes from purifying blood with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. The exchange reveals a popular quip rooted in the patent medicine era.
A new unpublished poem by James Russell Lowell titled His Ship will be printed in Harper's Magazine December issue. The piece is paired with a full page illustration.
A Mt Carmel Connecticut farmer offered to deliver fifty bushels of good apples free during October to deserving poor families who do not use alcohol tobacco or keep a dog. Nine families received their apples.
When digestive and secretory organs fall out of order, Ayer's Cathartic Pills stimulate healthy action. They are prescribed by physicians and sold at all drug stores.
The Brennus, the flagship of the French fleet, cost 5 500 000 dollars. She carries three 585 pounder guns and several smaller cannons.
More than seventy illustrations, many full page, will appear in the Christmas number of Harper's Magazine. The issue is advertised as unrivaled in beauty and interest.
Good looks depend on a healthy body with active liver stomach and kidneys. Electric Bitters is touted as a tonic that acts on these organs to cure pimples blotches boils and improve the complexion. Sold at L M Sworth’s drugstore for 50 cents per bottle.
Dr Canter offers the only statized medicated lenses in the country and fits them when others fail to give comfort. He provides medicine for ingrowing hairs in the eyes, and can insert artificial eyes without pain that move and look natural. His medicated senses suit weak watery eyes inflamed lids and nervous headache.
A long public notice promotes Dr Canter Medicated Spectacles and ear phones claiming to restore vision to youth. It lists testimonials from numerous Iowa towns, urges visits at the West Hotel on November 30 and December 1 1891 with office hours stated.
An ad touts CaseB COUUGH CURE as a rapid remedy for bronchitis and throat and lung choking. L. M. Bosworth, a druggist, endorses the product. The piece adds a quip about justice and self made men when intoxicated.
Harper's Magazine will serialize another episode of Mr. Van Bibber in Richard Harding Davis's story Her First Appearance. The tale continues the adventures of the character Mr. Davis has vividly immortalized.
Ada E Hard of Groton writes of a fatal lung illness that progressed to consumption. She credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing her after eight bottles, now she is healthy. Trial bottles are offered at L M Bosworth s Drugstore, regular sizes 50 cents and a dollar.
Hot Springs Skin Salve, a fatty petroletum preparation with evaporated salts from Hot Springs Arkansas, is advertised for all skin troubles. It claims to treat pimples eczema sore nipples itch itching piles tetter barber’s itch scalp irritation and scalp itching. L. M. Bosworth, druggist, sells the preparation.
Louise de Beaulieu once famed for bravery with her regiment since eight battles is selling matches in Paris. Her heroism includes saving a child from a sixth floor window in Rue St Honore and losing an arm at Champigny while carrying a wounded soldier to safety.
Harper's Magazine announces December with short stories by Thomas Bailey Aldrich Richard Harding Davis M E M Davis and William McLennan. All tales will be richly and appropriately illustrated.
A historical echo argues that without steady employment people turn to vain mischief or aimless vanity. The piece links moral order to labor, warning that leisure invites corrupting impulses and social decay.
Our paper offers to mail the illustrated American Farmer free to subscribers who settle all back dues and buy one year in advance, and to new subscribers paying for one year. The 16 page national agricultural journal, valued at $1.00 yearly, promises education and practical ideas. Also claims steamship travel last year carried 500,000,000 passengers with only sixty-five deaths.
A sales pitch notes De Witt’s Little Early Risers offer an enormous sale due to their pleasant taking and happy results. The text presents them as a pill for the mult itude.
Lobsters display strong fear to thunder causing them to shed claws. New claws begin to grow immediately after shedding, indicating rapid regeneration as a defense response.
English Spavin Liniment promises to remove lumps and blemishes from horses with claims of curing splints sweeney ring bone and more. Also notes a saving claim of 50 dollars per bottle and references a lecture at Johns Hopkins predicting slum clearance in London. Mentions De Witt's Little Early Risers and Valley Forge property transfer to a patriotic association led by Wanamaker.
A 25 cent remedy sold by L. M. Bosworth Druggist promises a money back guarantee if not perfect. An anecdote from P M Boston Missouri claims Chamberlain’s Pain Balm cured a three year side pain and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is also praised as the best.
A jumble of patent medicine pitches and stray notes fills the page. Claims include hazardous tonics, a cancer cure, and a cough remedy all pushed by local druggists. Other items mention Henry M. Stanley rescuing enslaved boys and a jab about Edwin Arnold’s son Julien at the London Telegraph.
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