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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1904
Page
7
Capt S D Hunter of Pittsburg Fire Department says Dean's Kidney Pills cured a three year kidney trouble with backache. He would use them again and recommends buying from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Price 50 cents. For sale by all dealers.
A quirky collection notes Munich beer servers earn only tips from extra pours. Spain counts 190 227 professional beggars with 51 948 women, licensed cities taxing alms. A Dublin tailor’s suit for William O’Brien in jail cost 750 dollars. marquis of Donegal’s life policy paid 12 500 for a 655 dollar premium after 41 years and a late wife and son. An English estate features a stone globe map with Scriptural decor and sea views.
An ad touts Grape-Nuts as ideal post illness nourishment, claiming typhoid fever weakens digestion but Grape-Nuts provides all digestion free nourishment. It cites a woman who recovered strength after using the cereal morning and night, noting bowel relief and renewed energy. The Postum Co. of Battle Creek endorses the product and cites a 10 day trial.
Des Moines reports a rising bank clearings total with nine month gains over 1903, led by strong crop prospects and higher small Grain prices. The article notes per capita deposits around 110 dollars and predicts continued winter growth aided by healthier farm outputs and regional activity.
A Brooklyn woman’s quip about age illustrates the playful wit of social exchanges, while a rail map discussion extols the virtue of detailed railway maps. Quoting the Brooklyn Eagle, the piece highlights Stevenson on maps and railway publicity, praising maps as essential travel companions across the West and Northwest.
A. P. Huggard, a laborer paralyzed after a falling iron bar at the Davenport glucose works last winter, won 27500 damages against American Refining Company of Chicago, suit filed for 75900.
The ninety fifth annual meeting of the American Board of Foreign Missions was held at the Grinnell First Congregational Church.
George Webb a well known farmer near Dexter was fatally injured in Atlantic by two robbers who beat him and robbed him of about 60 dollars then left him in a barn. Webb is reported to have been intoxicated at the time of the attack.
Two young children of farmer Fred Avery near Moville perished in a barn fire believed set by the children with matches. Sheriff and fire crews investigated the blaze and ruled accidental arson.
A Chicago Daily News vignette shows two boarders debating meaning of a phrase there is humor as one asks whether the reference is people hens or teeth. The exchange captures social dating tones and a playful clash over slang.
Three thru express trains daily offer modern coaches dining sleeping cars to Ft Wayne Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York Boston and intermediate stations with a la carte dining and meals from 35 cents to 1.00 per person. Stopovers at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua Lake allowed all trains to La Salle Street Chicago. Rates routes and contact details via J Y Calahan Chicago Ill.
Dr W Marshall Watts compares a water drop enlarged to earth size with molecules resembling a heap of 9 556 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 tennis balls. He argues such sporting metaphors could boost public grasp of nature's wonders according to the Boston Transcript.
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