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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1902
Page
2
A reflective verse from Adelbert F. Caldwell in Ladies' World, New York, praising humble, steadfast characters who bow to truth and kindness. It contrasts brisk crowds with weathered cottages and slow walkers, asserting deeper virtue beyond fashion and haste.
Mystery tale by Guy Boothby concerns a curious legal and eerie pursuit across exotic settings. A narrator details odd clues, obscure rituals, and a daring chase involving enigmatic figures and shifting loyalties.
In Naples a weary Miss Kitwater joins Fairfax and Leglosse as they pursue Hayle by proxy across the Mediterranean. They trace a steamer to Colombo, encounter false leads, and learn Hayle has taken a villa on Sicily’s coast, with two suspects closing in.
A Centerville corner storekeeper, Abel Judkins, boasts of meeting customer needs with pay, offering substitutions for unavailable items and praising progress over old comforts. When pressed by a summer resident about bellows, he defends modernity then pivots to recommending onion stalks as replacements.
A Hyde Park preacher's child voices a wish to avoid marrying a minister or a doctor. The comparison notes doctors save lives now and preachers save souls later, while a doctor’s wife admits fear of medicines. The girl observes a preacher only preaches weekly, making marriage to a preacher seem luckier.
A shy young minister at his first marriage ceremony accidentally inverted the order of vows. The bridegroom vowed to love and obey his blushing bride, a mistake unnoticed at the moment. The father of the bride later joked that it won’t matter much since it usually ends that way. Stray Stories.
A terse note notes rival voices inflaming tensions as feuds persist. The fragment highlights public bravado and heated rhetoric aimed at provoking stronger backlash.
A man with a red nose visits a family and a curious boy wants to tell the truth about it. The boy asks if it is wrong to tell a story and learns a moral about sparing feelings. The mother hints honesty may be excused if it spares someone’s feelings.
In a card of thanks a Miami county widow thanks many, praises the band for its can music and Mrs Avering the milliner for mourning. Her husband’s farm will be sold at a bargain once legal steps are taken. She laments death’s terror.
Chicago and Alton railway introduces a novel chair car between Chicago and Kansas City. The forepart houses a 10 by 8 foot kitchen and a small dining room styled after an American bistro. Mahogany decor, six-seat tables, and a steward-cook enable meals from sandwiches to hot suppers at any hour.
A schoolboy notes that when his teacher tries to “show him what is what” the cat discovers which is switch, in a London Tit-Bits item.
Advert says everybody suffers itching piles from rich to poor and all ages and claims Dean’s ointment is the only sure cure and completely safe.
A fragment notes a proverb about stinginess linking a ten dollar malar to greater stinginess on a million. The source presents a terse, quip like observation attributed to Ram’s orn.
An 1900 era advertisement excerpt praises Dr Thom's Electric Oil and Piso’s Cure for consumption as remedies for coughs and colds. The note includes a quotation about safety and politeness from Mme de Lambert and a dated letter from J F Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana.
The brief note from Chicago Daily hints at a proverb like sentiment about attempting to improve a flaw by complaint. The fragment reflects the period voice and concise editorial style of the era.
A short newspaper item notes Putnam Fadeless Dyes can color silk wool and cotton in one boiling, offering a simple dyeing method for fabrics.
In a street scene a portly artist’s model is described as once earning money posing as heroes and demigods but now limited to occasional poses as a rich caricature for a cartoonist. A second remark ponders a boy’s future, noting that strict upbringing may still fail to guarantee success.
A quoted dialogue from the Boston Transcript presents a tension where a woman insists she did not throw her partner over for selfish reasons but for the sake of another man. The exchange highlights motives and moral considerations amid a troubled romance.
George P. Penfold supervisor of Lockport First Ward writes a public letter praising Dodds Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble. He says six boxes gave a permanent cure two years ago and he has had no back pain or related issues since.
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