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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1904
Page
6
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Analyzes stimulants as ambushes to health, arguing nature curbs rapid growth and that whiskey tobacco and coffee suppress strength. Promotes Postum as caffeine free alternative and urges personal resolve to break habit for health, wealth, and spiritual balance.
William Bunting of Elmer New Jersey sought throat treatment in Philadelphia for a severe cold. Doctors found a dangerous swelling required removing his tongue to save his life. After surgery his first words Are it all over reveal success and clear speech despite loss of tongue.
Iowa voters will face two constitutional amendments on the ballot. One would shift to biennial general elections and extend terms by one year, affecting state offices and legislative timing. The other redraws Senate and House districts, allowing up to 108 House members with adjusted apportionment. Both require two legislatures and popular approval to become law.
A physician cites medical specialization while a poor mother seeks help for her son's smashed finger. She is told to go to the eye and ear department, prompting her simple question about where to treat the damaged finger. The anecdote underscores the limits of rigid specialization.
A plain lady asks her minister if feeling vanity when a man calls her handsome is a sin. The minister replies not a sin for the woman but a grave responsibility rests on the gentleman who offers the compliment.
A brief quip notes a widow's right to a third of the estate under state law, with a lawyer remarking that the second share must be resolved first. The line captures a legal joke about inheritance and spousal rights.
Appraisers finish work and file report on Monona Harrison ditch damages. They set allowed sums near prior commission levels with modest increases for Chicago and Northwestern. Judge Addison Oliver’s claim reduced from 40 000 to 140.
Edwin Prichard, a Monona county pioneer, died aged 82 at his home. The Burlington route pushes to finish its double track project between Red Oak and Pacific Junction before cold weather sets in.
In Belleville Pennsylvania Mirth found a turtle on his grandfather’s farm bearing initials and the date 1851 on its underside. The grandfather, now 85, recalls the moment over 53 years later and says the turtle was found within 200 yards of where it was left. A club is a place where men meett discuss other men's business.
Senator Cockrell recalls a young man who failed in jurisprudence and other law areas before a Missouri bar exam commission. West asks if fine points remain and the applicant requests statutes questions. West warns even mastery of statutes may not ensure success in the law.
In Clyde Fitch's smoke room an oddly worded three foot square dissolution notice in red ink on yellow paper dissolves a partnership between two colored barbers, Betwix Me and Jones, with demands to pay to the subscriber and calls on Jones as the firm is insolvent.
South Bend resident J O Landeman reports relief and cure after three years of kidney disease and six doctors. He took two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and regained general health, with others in the area citing similar results. The piece claims Dodd's Kidney Pills cure Bright's Disease and other kidney ailments.
Three through express trains daily on the Nickel Plate Road promise a comfortable trip to Ft. Wayne Cleveland Erie Buffalo New York Boston and intermediate stations. Dining and sleeping cars with a la carte service. meals 35 cents to 1.00. No excess fares. Stopovers at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua Lake allowed. La Salle Street station Chicago arrival and departure details provided by Gen. Agent J Y Calabay.
An 1900 advertisement from J. W. O'Brien of Third Ave North Minneapolis touts Piso's Cure as a cough remedy. The note adds a proverb about self-help, using a corkscrew metaphor.
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