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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1898
Page
6
Henderson Dale, a Carmi druggist, touts Mother's Friend as a valuable aid for pregnancy. The product claims to shorten labor, reduce pain, and lower maternal and infant risk, with the line offered at $1.00 and a free booklet "Before Baby is Born" from The Bradfield Regulator Co of Atlanta.
A New York physician recalls a charity case from early practice about a starving baby and a mother who sacrificed for her son Joe. The tale ends with Joe, now the killer in a Bowery saloon murder, leaving the doctor to ponder what the girl might have become.
Trains leave Marshalltown daily at 4 46 a m for Des Moines and Kansas routes, 9 15 a m for St Louis and Leavenworth, 6 05 p m for Leavensworth, 4 16 a m for Southwest, 8 for Cedar Rapids, 10 55 a m for Waterloo, and 10 40 p m for St Paul Minneapolis via Dubuque and Chicago. Fast trains offer free chair cars, Pullman sleeping cars, and dining cars on European plan. For rates contact agent J A Evixs in Marshalltown Iowa.
An OCR style listing shows multiple train names and times for routes east and west including Chicago Express Overland Limited Atlantic Ex and Fast Mail. Notes mention baggage handling guidance and that some trains do not carry passengers on certain legs.
The North Western Line offers home seekers excursion tickets on October 18 November 1 15 December 6 and 20 with favorable time limits to many West and South points at exceptionally low rates. Tickets and full information available from Chicago and North Western Ry agents.
A 264 page pamphlet highlights northern farmers prospering along the Illinois Central line in Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. It includes city town and country notes and offers home seekers reliable information on accessible and prosperous farming in the South. Free copies available from J F Merry A P A Manchester Iowa.
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