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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1898
Page
20
Poem by Sidney Dyer printed in Chicago Standard praising weakness over pride. It uses maritime imagery of a nation and navy battered by storm to argue that strength proves hollow and that reliance on divine care makes the soul secure and strong. The verse frames faith as a powerful arm revealed in weakness.
Minard Hendricks returns from Boston to find an unsigned letter directing him to Palace hotel apartments. He seeks the remains of Weldon Caruthers, missing for two weeks, and links the note to a prior attack on himself. He teams with Dr. Lampkin to probe the clues.
Detectives Hendricks and Lampkin inspect Weldon Caruthers’ hotel suite seeking his whereabouts. They uncover a cremated hand preserved in a Japanese vase and deduce a careful, staged crime with possible embalming and nail marks revealing a meticulous killer.
In a tense scene, a detective confirms a murder occurred with a body possibly removed in a trunk. A severed hand in a vase alarms a clerk as power plays and rumors swirl about a row with Arthur Gielow and Dorothy Huntington. The event ends with a tease for continuation.
A dinner tale recalls a defaulter once loved, his debt and a brutal chase led by a bloodhound deputy sheriff. The robber’s trail ends at the bank president’s suburban home, a secret that emerges after the president’s fatal brain fever years later.
Purist at Large quotes a professor who concedes women’s right to form clubs but argues that many club women he knows pronounce it progr’m. The remark satirically contrasts formal aims with slang usage.
A brief dialogue notes bicycles ubiquitous in cities across the country and Europe. Dick posits Venice as the one great city where bicycles are notably common, while Tom agrees. The line captures a playful travel observation.
A historical note highlights that only one in a thousand married couples reach their golden wedding anniversary, illustrating the rarity of such a milestone and implying broad social changes affecting longevity and marriage duration.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote describes a neighbor’s rough outing filled with constant exercise and battles with insects. He boasts muscles that feel stronger, recounting encounters with moths, mosquitoes, flies, beetles, bees and a buzzing crowd, ending with a hasty return home after a bee attack.
Opinion piece praises the harsh treatment of Spanish captives as unprecedented and cites Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a miraculous cure for debility and digestive ailments, claiming universal benefit and praise across nations.
Fragmentary text references faults and leaking actions related to a Chicago Daily News item, with limited readable details on individuals, dates, or the exact incident.
Grain-O is marketed as a delicious nourishing replacement for coffee that tastes like coffee but lacks its drawbacks. It aids digestion and strengthens nerves, suitable for children and adults. Sold in cases, priced about the same as coffee at 15 and 25 cents.
A St. Louis Republic note accuses a wartime error in judging Lieut. Sc and questions the outcome of his approach. The terse remark highlights a miscalculation in military decision making.
An old notice seeks solicitors and canvassers in cities and adjoining counties to contact the American Woolen Mills Co in Chicago for good positions in their own and nearby counties. The editors remark that advice is not always intended to be acted upon.
An advertisement claims Kemp's Balsam stops coughing immediately and urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle. It promotes large bottle sizes at 25 and 50 cents and warns that delays are dangerous.
This item presents a quotation exchange about dreams and weather predictions attributed to Puck. It frames a playful, literary note in a compact dialogue. The snippet suggests a whimsical contrast between imagination and forecast within a fairy tale context.
A reader from Huntington Indiana reports a three year throat and lung ailment cured by Piso's Cure. Dated November 12, 1894.
A Washington la Democrat column reflects on how some call principle a way to enforce views, noting it will vanish. The piece mentions St Jacobs Oil for neuralgia and remarks on men who are so dignified they are never.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet notes a humorous exchange about a bruise remedy and a husband’s laughter. The brief quip contrasts a cured bump with a muted humor, highlighting light domestic banter.
The New York Central announces mileage books valid for 500 and 1000 miles at $10 and $20. These tickets cover the main line and Adirondack divisions, issued in a family or firm name, usable by any member. They honor on all trains up to the conductor's run, with mileage exchange tickets for longer trips or night trains. August 21, 1898.
The Chicago Sun quotes a shopkeeper and Parvenoo exchanging lines about odd food tastes. A humorous discussion centers on preferences from pechageal cat to pink tea, with remarks about Irish identity and proper society eating habits.
About 1,000,000 acres of government land in Northwest Florida are open for homestead entry with additional railroad lands for sale at low rates. Lands lie near the Louisville and Nashville line. Contact General Land Commissioner R. J. Wemyss in Pensacola for details. The L and N Railroad runs monthly excursions on the first and third Tuesdays at $2 over one fare for round trips. Write General Passenger Agent C P Atmore in Louisville for particulars.
A clipped quotation from the Washington Star reflects on marital wisdom and self restraint. Uncle Eben notes that a man faces many questions he cannot answer but a smart man avoids admitting uncertainty.
An advertisement offers an illustrated booklet from the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. It claims a direct cross continental route to New Trans-Pacific possessions and offices for Geo H Heafford in Chicago. The note also references Hale’s geetoseckane and a humorous Brooklyn Life quote about amateurs turning pro.
Fragmentary quotation touts St Jacobs Oil as a cure for back pain and arthritis. A speaker dismisses doubt with claim that ten years of deformity vanished, noting cost as barrier to broader use.
Letters from mothers praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from debility nervousness and postnatal recovery. Mrs Sinerr reports a three month old baby after three bottles and continued use. Mrs Duncan notes painless recovery and no after pains. Mrs Pruett and Mrs Lone recount swift improvements and successful pregnancies.
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