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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
8
A Georgia man G. F. Carter of Atlanta credits DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve with curing a severe case of piles after a physician advised its use. He says the salve provides instant relief and also quickly heals cuts burns and bruises. Beware of counterfeit versions sold by Loughran & Bauer.
A vintage advertisement urges winter cough relief for children and families with One Minute Cough Cure. It touts prompt action, pleasant taste, and harmless ingredients, citing a Winchester Kentucky testimonial about a child with croup who slept after a few doses. The ad closes with a proverb about divine pay.
Dr W E Harriman announces eye examinations and fitting of glasses. Office located in Iron Block over Thurston's hardware store Ames Iowa with a residence near Story County Bank and a telephone available at both office and home.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a reliable purely vegetable pill. It claims the remedy cleanses and assists bowel action without forcing, promising strength and easy administration.
County physician Geo W Scroggs of Hall county Georgia testifies he used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and it gave him the best results. He says it digests what you eat and prevents undigested food from decaying in the stomach, offering relief from dyspepsia without starvation.
A small office sits in the Budd block over Millers Store three blocks north of the post office. It lists telephone numbers for both office and residence and serves as a local contact point.
The Farmers' Cooperative Association operates a farmer's exchange and general real estate business. It negotiates farm loans and writes insurance. It handles grain, farm produce, coal, farm supplies, Chautauquan literature, chemical fire extinguishers, and places electrical conductors on buildings.
A nervy man enters an uptown college club café area, cunningly asks the steward for ten cents, a free luncheon, and whisky, then exits praising the steward’s generosity. The doorkey overhears him concluding the steward would have let him stay if asked, revealing his grafting scheme.
The Hermitage displays ten rules titled Our Ten Commandments. They urge humility in rank, banish precedence, be merry without spoiling, sit and move freely, speak softly, argue calmly, avoid sighs, invite all to play innocent games, enjoy sweets moderately, and keep confidences. Offenders lose access.
A native belief links terrapin anatomy to chest and rib illnesses. An Indian patient recalls tying strings to a terrapin’s tail as a boy, a shaman cites the terrapin’s revenge as cause, and prescribes a forgotten remedy to treat the perceived terrapin sickness.
A man arriving at an Alabama town post office is told by a sweeping colored janitor that if he stays out of the street for half an hour he will be made to feel at home. The exchange highlights friendly community warmth.
A French king lauded gentle speech as a path to happiness. The text compares kindness to lighting another’s candle, noting one’s light is not diminished by helping others.
A Baltimore Jewish Comment cartoon portrays a magistrate questioning a Chinaman about a complaint against a young man named John. The exchange highlights language and social stereotypes of the era.
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