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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1880
Page
4
A chaotic episode unfolds as conspirators allegedly corrupt a Democratic march in Bascom’s town with liquor, a torchbearing lineup, and a mule rider pushing a staged disruption. The scene ends with a wrecked procession, broken lines, and voters diverted toward secessionist ties and alcohol plunder.
A critical list arguing Democratic failures and imagined policies. The piece condemns states’ sovereignty claims, Buchanan era theories, and a future party platform subverting national power, finances, labor, and civil rights. It contends elections govern debt, inflation, and supreme court power with Southern race coercion.
The speaker defends the Republican Party as national and protective of life, property, debt payment, and equal rights. He contrasts it with Democrats, critiques their internal splits, and argues for breaking the Solid South to end Ku Kluxism, predicting a shift with party defeats.
Lieut Schwatka recounts the Franklin expedition’s end and crew fate. He notes cannibalism suspicions, survivors reaching King William Land, and the ship drift to Grant Point before sinking. He describes Eskimo interactions, ice and snow conditions, frostbite, and Inuit assistance, praising their honesty and information.
Remarkable athletic feats of ancient Greece are recounted with Milo and Skanderburg noted for power and skill. The piece shifts to 19th century economic stability, comparing wealth, income and permanence of fortune in America, France, and England, urging moderation and a secure middle class.
Dr Foote reviews common misconceptions about pulse as health indicators. He cites age based ranges from newborns to adults, notes gender and activity effects, and warns that some diseases can mask true pulse health signals, making diagnosis unreliable.
A fragment notes that truth emerges eventually and humorously cites a man named Amy who is said to be found out about three hours later than expected, illustrating delayed discovery with a light tone.
A recipe for Little Saucer Puddings uses flour sugar eggs milk and butter with a boat of preserve between halves. A man named Axman visits a fortune teller who predicts a rival wins the love in three months provoking him to try to win the heart by any means.
A. Heilman & Son, prominent local druggists, state they have sold thousands of bottles of Hamburg Drops and claim every bottle has cured. They offer to provide extensive cure statements to prove its effectiveness.
Dialog hints at family customs and a playful teasing tone. The scene mentions Gerty resisting a kiss and a joke about St Jacobs Oil aiding for a Fourth of July foot race. Uncle Sameel Hall notes readiness for the race and thanks for advance notice.
A recipe for Apple Souffle blends simmered apples with custard and fluffy egg whites, baked in a moderate oven. The page also promotes the State Insurance Co of Des Moines, urging farmers to read policies, trust fewer conditions, and claim fair treatment after losses.
A sensational claim states an absolute cure for all kidney diseases has been discovered and is published in Day's Kinpry Pap. The note presents a bold medical breakthrough alleged to be printed in the periodical.
The landlady asks if the young woman and her mother want the same rooms as last year, then learns the woman is now married and accompanied by her husband. The exchange ends with a curious, uneasy note from Miss Spriggins about past harm.
The text promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as protection against malaria and fever and ague. It claims to boost vital stamina and constitutional resistance while regulating liver stomach and bowels to reduce miasma danger. It cites proven cures in malarious regions domestically and abroad against competing tonics.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Perce's Compound Extract of Smartweed and Water Pepper as superior for cramps colic and stomach pains. It claims relief from diarrhrea dysentery bloody flux and cholera morbus and praises its warming astringent properties. Sold by druggists at fifty cents.
Advertisements tout Halliday's medicines and other cures. Abigail Coles of Accorestown NJ credits Hunt's Remedy with relief from dropsy around the heart. Other products like Piso's Cure, Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver, E F Thompson's Barasma, and Rough on Rats are promoted with testimonials and druggist notes.
A promotional offer advertises a free book on the liver diseases and their treatment. It lists topics such as jaundice constipation dyspepsia and liver sanitation and provides the address Dr Sanford 163 Broadway New York City for requests.
A Rochester Oh mail order sponsor offers 600 dollars in prizes to the youngest child who says Hop Bitters plainly in any language between May 1 1580 and July 4 1881. Proposers urge sending a two cent stamp for circulars detailing how to participate and begin teaching children to say Hop Bitters.
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