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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1895
Page
3
A New York Sun analysis cites maritime disasters to press for better life saving gear on iron and steel ships. It notes overboard davits hinder launches, and argues for more lifeboats, a life raft, and safer rigging to reduce total loss of passengers and crew.
Des Moines based Younger Bros offers mail order service for dress goods with samples of the latest styles. They claim 5 000 customers outside Des Moines and promise prompt replies the day letters arrive. They urge readers to write for goods and emphasize fair pricing and guidance on purchases without shopping locally.
A northern couple on their wedding tour rides a Woodward Avenue car in Detroit. A grumpy spectator mocks public displays of affection, prompting the groom to defend their love and vow to hug and kiss as long as their $17 holds out.
England increases pay for native Indian soldiers by 0.64 dollars per month amid a broader catalog of unusual world notes. Boston residents wear bas relief Holmes medallions while Saco Maine trumpets a 2005 pound cow as the world’s largest. Japanese dwarf trees reach 18 inches after two centuries. A Jay Gould memorial scholarship is founded at the University of New York. Forest lifespans are listed with pine 700 years, red beach 245, oak 410, and ash 145.
Kate Field writes from Denver appreciating the Chicago Burlington & Quincy railroad. She lauds the employer civility, roadbed quality, punctual arrival, and notes the Burlington Route as best to St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and Kansas City.
An aphoristic line notes that men obsessed with mechanical speed or machinery show a propensity for upheaval and change. The remark uses metaphor to link engineering mindset with political or social revolutions.
A vintage advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any incurable catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It contains endorsements from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and Walding Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists, asserting Cheney's reliability. The cure is described as an internal remedy acting on blood surfaces, with testimonials available and price listed as 75 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are also advertised at 25 cents.
A fragment notes provocative remarks and scandal by a speaker, describing reactions as shockingly profane and surprising. It mentions a woman expressing sentiments, a mischievous boy scene at the door, and a gas man visiting at month’s start.
The Burlington announces a new short line to Montana highlighting faster travel to Helena Butte Seattle and Tacoma. The ad notes time savings and urges readers to contact G P TA Omaha Nebraska for full information via Faxes.
A downtown wholesale dealer displays South American cattle horns measuring nine feet from tip to tip, likely the country's largest pair. The dealer has received offers of 75 dollars for the great horns, with other noble pairs in the same office. Horns are used for combs, knife scales, buttons, and pipe stems, with mounting costing up to three dollars.
The article notes Warsaw's 500,000 population houses 30,726 hereditary nobles and 9,257 personal nobles. It claims Poland and Russia have many princes, with Russia counting nearly 1,000 Princes and Princesses Galitzin, causing confusion among names and titles.
The Central committee of the National Society for Promoting Woman's Suffrage has compiled a list of Parliament members favorable to women’s suffrage. Of 670 Westminster members, 222 appear on the list, per the London Queen.
A Newark woman tells how Dr Williams Pink Pills relieved severe head and hip pain after two months of illness. She saw the ad in the Evening News, bought pills for 50 cents, and soon regained strength gaining about thirty pounds. The Pills claim to restore blood and nerves and aid female and male ailments.
A historical note discusses two tests to confirm death. It cites a French prize method using candlelight and capillary color where touching fingers show a glow. It also mentions muscle response to electricity lasting about an hour and a half after death, asserting that true death ends all contractile response.
An Alaska Mining Record description portrays Betallock near Cape Cornwall as a sheer cliff where miners cling to the face with steam engines stamp mills and heavy gear. Ore carriages move between sea and rock as workers separate copper and tin with factory like routine amid red ore stained scenery and perilous passages.
J Henniker Heaton relates a sequel to a famed Australian ghost story linked to a dam murder case. A dying man claimed to invent the ghost to reveal the crime, prompting others to see the apparition and trigger a police search that uncovered the victim and led to the killers’ arrest.
The prince is described as a moderate eater who demands dinner end within an hour and restricts to three toasts. He brings two bottles of his own champagne and rarely tastes the host wine, and special dishes are prepared for him. The Prince of Wales similarly brings his own cigars crafted from premier tobacco for private use.
A survey notes ninety five wage workers own under ten thousand dollars each yet generate national wealth. Plans include steel cars, electric rail between Washington and Baltimore, and a Rhode Island mill. British and German emigration shifts and rail freight car demand loom large. Glasgow torpedo boat builders win a British contract for fast destroyers.
A witty exchange portrays a young artist who refuses marriage yet elopes with a man deemed an old master. The dialogue jokes about finding such a master in the country and notes a value of $0, 000 a year.
Dialogue excerpt shows tension over estate funds and legal control. Lawyers poised to gain the Coldplanks estate and heirs are to be examined, suggesting a contested probate scenario and potential manipulation of outcomes.
The Burlington Route offers a three by four foot wall map printed in seven colors. It shows states counties towns and railroads and costs over fifteen cents each plus stamps. Limited supply mailed on receipt of payment from J Francis G P and T A Omaha Neb. Some comment that dust is used to mislead rivals.
Attractive book on fruit raising in South Missouri with views of Howell county’s Olden fruit farm of 3000 acres. Describes the Ozarks fruit belt and offers value to fruit growers and homeseekers. Mailed free by J E Lockwoop Kansas City Mo.
The white of an egg applied immediately to a burn or scald provides prompt relief, offering a simple home remedy noted for fast soothing effects.
A garbled promotional clipping urges readers to contact F. J. Whitney in Saint Paul for Northwest settlement prospects and printed matter. It also cites Theodore Parker and a medical testimonial, mentioning Dr. Kime and Piso’s Cure, with scattered place names including Baltimore and Rome.
An assortment of old time patent medicines and tonics advertised for children teething coughs and colds. Brands include Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve, Cee’s Cough Balsam, Parks’ Tea, and Parker’s Ginger Tonic. Claims promise relief, refunds, and quick cures. Maine and Michigan crop notes accompany the ads.
A backwoods jury case describes an eleven jurors sworn with one man left. A lean, uncouth juror is chosen despite misgivings. After a ritual gaze, he declares the prisoner guilty in a firm verdict.
A reader notes Mrs. K entering a Monday auction with remarks implying extreme eagerness for bargains. The overheard exchange imagines a morbid scene as a darkly humorous take on sale fever.
A curious adage links explorers to rewards as a playful saying about discovering the North Pole and receiving a persimmon. The phrase frames exploration as a quest yielding a fruit prize.
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