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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
6
A compact review of literary voices from Lamb to Richter on solo travel. It notes Thackeray and Stevenson praising solitude, with reflections on individualism and the dislike of living to please others, and ends with a nod to Edwardes on the value of a free hand for wanderers.
The excerpt recounts Jorevin de Rochefort noting English and French custom of children carrying tobacco in their satchels to school and smoking before lessons. It also recalls a plague era claim that tobacco houses shielded residents from illness and a diary anecdote about Eton boys forced to smoke during the plague, with corporal punishment for noncompliance.
The Milk garden of Frankfort serves children of rich and poor alike. Private and public nurses supervise care to ensure safety, health, and amusement while milk from cows in stalls on site provides all the nourishment.
A playful verse lists scale notes with puns: Dough do, light ay re, deepest sea si, pedal sole sol, frequent mi, mire moisture, sire parent, fare travel funds. The quip format blends musical syllables with homophones.
An advertisement by Dr F H Waters located above Keedick’s Clothing Store offers Foley’s Honey and Tar as a remedy to stop coughing and ease lung irritation. The copy notes the product helps loosen phlegm without strain. Loughran and Bauer are listed in association.
Low round trip winter tourist rates are now in effect via the Iowa Central Route to the south. Desirable winter trips to the Carolinas and Florida are promoted with chair car and Pullman service. For full details and illustrated booklets contact Iowa Central Agents or G. P. & T. A. Geo. Batty in Marshalltown Iowa.
Benj Ingerson of Hutton Indiana says his voice was gone for months and one bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar restored it. He urges readers to get Foley's.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar can prevent pneumonia and other serious outcomes from cold symptoms. It warns that tomorrow may be too late to act.
Ad copy touts Rocky Mountain Tea as transforming listless girls into handsome marriageable women. It cites 85c price and includes attribution to M. Bosworth. The Banker's Accident Insurance Co. is named as reliable with agent F. L. Merepira.
An assorted ad column touts Bankers Accident Insurance claims leadership in Iowa and cites agent 48 F. L. Merepiru for reference. It promotes native herbs for rheumatism or blood diseases via B. Cowdrey with a two hundred days bottle and money back if no cure. Also features a second ad promising pile treatment with a free pipe, guar antee, no cure no pay, priced 50 cents with samples free by L. M. Bosworth.
An advertisement touts Rector as a remedy with a 98 percent cure rate for piles. It promises permanent results and offers free samples. if it fails to cure, it is free.
An old advertisement features Banner Salve promising a free sample and a no cure no pay guarantee for piles. Testimonials claim Banner Salve gives relief. Separate notes praise Foley’s Honey and Tar for hoarseness and coughs with claims of immediate cough relief. Endorsers include A. Bosworth W J Shively and Adolph Bluner among others.
A Lima Ohio engineer, L. E. W.R R., and G H Hansan report backache relief after using Foley's Kidney Cure. The testimonial promotes the remedy to fellow train workers and friends.
Home seekers excursion tickets at reduced rates sold on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through 1901 to the indicated territory. Sleeping cars free reclining chair cars and “The Best of Everything.” For full particulars see agents Chicago North Western Rwy Dec 14.
L L May & Co offers whole root fruit trees and the highest class roses and shrubs. David Hill Evergreens and M K Brumanth, resident agent, claim superior adaptation to this locality and positively guaranteed performance. 28-8 ie)
A fragmented timetable shows routes and times for trains including Overland Limited Pacific Express Dakota Express and St. Paul and Sioux City Ex. The notes indicate directions GOING WEST NORTH and SOUTH with various departure and arrival times such as 12 50 am 10 10 am and 6 3 pm.
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