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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1902
Page
2
Doctor D H Agnew to Visit For Free Electro Therapy Consults
Eminent Chicago physician Dr. D. H. AGNEW will tour the state with free visits offering consultation examinations and medicines to complete a cure. The method, Electro Therapy, promises rapid permanent results for deafness catarrh and chronic diseases with letters of endorsement from prominent figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Agnew
Chicago Electrical Medical Institute
Curing a balky horse and other cures advertised
An article notes balky horses respond to patient handling and humorous guidance rather than whips. It urges watching risk spots, saying whoa and changing harness, tapping a shoe, and offering treats to elicit cooperation. It also promotes electric massage and baths for various ailments with free trial and guaranteed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Chicago Chronicle
Mike O Hagan Lands In Fire Brigade Then Rejoins Jobhunt
Mike O Hagan fails at every prior job from bus service to tram service to a carriage collision. He joins the fire brigade but soon seeks new work after a month. A retold Dublin accent joke describes him rescuing a man from a blazing building by throwing him a rope and pulling him down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike O'Hagan
Fire Brigade
Tim
Mike
Pat
London
Good Points of a Moule in Kind Hands and Usefulness
The mule proves kind, patient, and intelligent when properly cared for, showing devotion to a benevolent master. Unlike the horse, its affection is less demonstrative, yet it remains a useful, long enduring riding beast whose good traits are often overlooked despite its poor reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Travers Wit Sparks A Clubman's Proud Dinner Tale
A New York clubman famed as a bore tries to boast of hospitality. He claims Blank and his wife forced him to stay for dinner. Travers quips that after he finally left they blocked the hall door, prompting a sharp retort about his exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travers
William R. Travers
New York
Blank
A Witty Pauper Finds German Verses in Purse
A man in Stuttgart found a purse on an old street. He hurried home and opened it to discover four German lines on a slip of paper. The verses urge restraint and self reliance, noting the finder had no cent to put in the purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
Unreliable nurse prompts concern for children
Mrs Wadsleigh laments losing her old nurse and complains the new one is unreliable, saying she must see the children two or three times a week to feel at ease. Mrs Gadsum reacts to the distress as a vexing issue reported by the Chicago Record Herald.
Engagement notice misfiled as business opportunity
Isabel laments an editor for misplacing her engagement announcement under the heading Business Opportunities. Judith asks why, and Isabel explains the embarrassment of the mislabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel
Judith
Young Stoppington
Bargain Sale Footage Sparks Quiet Scene
Report from Philadelphia Ledger notes Nell and Belle visiting a bargain sale. Nell reports several men waiting for their wives, underscoring a mild, everyday scene with no major incidents or notable events.
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Nell
Belle
Philadelphia Ledger
A Want of Sympathy and Ignorance of Mind and Heart
A reflective statement argues that lack of sympathy breeds human ignorance both in intellect and in emotion, stressing the moral and ethical consequences of cold social withdrawal.
Rules on Carrying Items Into Capitol and Treasury
The Treasury allows any item inside but requires explanations for bulky items at exit. The Capitol bans bundles entering, fearing bombs. Rules tightened during the Sherman repeal debate and in later Spanish war era, then relaxed afterward with varying enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Capitol
Senate
New York Mail and Express
Snowball Water Story From Uncle’s Farm
A group of men recalls the winter when a heavy snow filled a sixty foot well on a farm. Snowballs packed into the dry well yielded pure, soft, cool water that lasted into summer. The well has since produced a plentiful supply, though not equal to the snowwater. Chicago Inter Ocean cites the anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Gall and Heart in Chinese History
The Shanghai Mercury notes Chinese emphasis on gall over heart. It recounts Hou King of Henan who executed a rebel by maiming and disemboweling, yet Li Cheh’s gall allegedly remained intact. It also cites Wu Han Chao’s gall length of three inches after defeat by Manchao forces in Anhui in 1645.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shanghai Mercury
Hou King
Henan
Li Cheh
Wu Han Chao
Anhui
Nighttime Meeting at the Locked Door
A man returns home to a bolted door and a stern voice from above asks his purpose. He explains he was at a club discussing the strike while weather questions linger. The exchange ends with a prompt to resume discussions on the lockout.
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Pearson's Weekly
Sponge Fishing by Pole and Glass Bottom Boat
Sponge fishers work from a boat using a long hooked pole. They lie prone at the stern, peering through a glass bottom bucket to survey the seabed while the boatman rows. A nearby schooner anchors. several small boats hunt sponges and return to port when loaded or at night.
Foreman’s Quirky Quarterly Report From Cowboy Tale
In Emerson Hough’s Story of the Cowboy a foreman’s quarterly report to an eastern ranch owner notes branding 800 cattle, a hay crop, and potatoes as fare. He mentions a violent incident where an Englishman in charge at another camp was killed after conflicts and reports little else of note since the owner’s departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Hough
Jim
Charley Torkins Featured as Rising Reformer
In a Washington Star excerpt, Mrs. Torkins reacts with delight to a sketch portraying Charley Torkins as a rising reformer. The biography is praised as flattering and nearly unbelievable.
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Charley
Nipa Tree’s Sap Too Salty for Profitable Use
The palmlike nipa tree of tropical Asia yields sap rich in sugar but excessively salty, hindering profitable use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropical
Asia
It Is Enough Excuse for a Spendthrift Quote
A brief editorial remark notes that a spendthrift excuses his waste by claiming that he is not a miser, reflecting a skeptical view of financial restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Testing Drinking Water for Family Use in Health Magazine
The article advises annual water testing, noting impurities may exist without color or odor. It describes two simple tests: a Meisch sewage test using sugar in a pint bottle and a permanganate test that turns water rose purple. persistence of color indicates safety, while clouding or color fading signals contamination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Magazine
The Hawaiian as a Diver in Lost Depths
James D Hague recalls a Hawaiian diver famed for a daring underwater task. He descended to forty to fifty feet to detach a hawser from a submerged spar buoy without cutting the cable. After a long absence he resurfaced claiming he had unbent the hawser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
James D. Hague
Century
Arm in Arm With a Tigress by Sir Edward Bradford
The story recalls Sir Edward Bradford walking arm in arm with a tigress during a hunt. After a near miss or minor wound, the animal attacked, mauling his left arm. He chose to walk on rather than retreat, allowing a companion to kill the tiger. The injury led to shoulder amputation but saved his life.
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Sir Edward Bradford
Sir Edward
Wild Brook Trout as the Ideal Breakfast Main
Hawthorne praises the wild brook trout as the finest morsel for breakfast noting hot cakes, roast potatoes, eggs and coffee. He contrasts with cultivated trout which he says tastes of liver and recommends simple broiling with oil salt pepper butter and lemon.
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Hawthorne
New York Tribune
Traveling as the Best Form of Recreation
The Boston Globe asserts that travel provides lasting health and longevity benefits. It claims recreation through journeys relieves mental load, improves health, lengthens life, and sharpens mental faculties, supported by many who testify to its value for busy people.
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Boston Globe
The Other One Brothers In Paris Joke
Two brothers in Paris resemble each other closely. A gentleman stops one on the boulevard and asks which brother he is addressing. The reply is crisp and humorous, noting the speaker is indeed speaking to the other brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Westminster Gazette
His Hard Luck and the Boarding House Plot
Jones laments his failed marriage plan to escape a boarding house only to see his wife run it now to support the family. Smith questions the situation as the couple discuss the misfortune and irony of their arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones—Brown
Smith
Jones
Wealthy suitor sparks a sudden romance
In a terse exchange Flirt admits she did not need to learn to love George. The engagement ended, but the wealth of the man proves irresistible and love is described as spontaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xover
George
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