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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
3
The article argues that natural death is usually painless and a relief from suffering, while painful deaths vary by cause. It discusses heart failure and syncope as sudden and often painless, hanging as a potentially pleasant shock, and poisons ranging from dreamlike opiates to torturing metals. it cites Socrates and notes prussic acid and cyanide cause rapid pain.
A young town man visits a suburban livery to hire a two seat rig for the afternoon. The obliging clerk lists many options from trap to spider to rubber tired hansom while the patronokes asks for a short tailed horse, prompting a blunt request to produce one if available.
The passage explains that doctors can examine the eye brain and internal organs with light and instruments, but the ear remains inaccessible and cannot be dissected after death because its parts collapse when life ends. It notes the ear's internal structure is elusive to physicians.
A head master describing the Alps to his class says he stood with one foot on the ice of a glacier while with the other he picked flowers, a humorous mixed metaphor from his vacation talk.
A Sheffield coroner's inquiry revealed a man who drank laudanum for ten years. Beginning with a pennyworth daily, he escalated to an ounce per day, illustrating how tolerance to narcotics can grow to dangerous levels.
A San Francisco chemist asserts one world refinery makes absolutely pure sugar. The factory in Germany supplies chemists and druggists with a sugar used in solutions that must not be cloudy. It appears dirty grayish white, unsuitable for table use, and dissolves to a clear solution with no coloring matter in suspension.
Mrs Selldom-Holme jokes that her husband grows ten times more obstinate after drinking water from an iron spring. Mrs Nexdore speculates the water might be tinctured with pig iron, a lighthearted quip in Chicago Tribune.
The Exchange cartoon lampoons a minister’s fee for performing nuptials proposing six months as a possible punishment for ignorance of the couple.
Dr Potter and staff from the Boston Electrical Medical Institute tour the state offering free consultations and examinations for chronic diseases and deformities. They claim new electrical medicine can cure deafness, catarrh, weak lungs, paralysis, and other conditions with no charge for tests or treatment. emphasize rapid cures and patient responsibility.
The article argues that poverty traps workers who lack prudent saving habits. It notes four hundred laborers will work hard for every six who save a portion of earnings. Living hand to mouth leads to ruin when mills shut and capital softens, leaving workers worse than enslaved.
A nurse in a hospital accident ward faced a sharp rebuke after a 10 year old patient, who had shot himself with a cartridge pistol, told her the bullet was not stuck because it was a blank cartridge. The incident ended with the nurse exposed to ridicule and the staff laughing at her mistake.
A discussion of Napoleons habits in debate and thought. He organized regular discussions on war government religion and even metaphysical questions during campaigns and voyages. He questioned hell and confessed sins while favoring Mohammedanism for its global reach.
Parties of five or more can take an outing at Bodalingye bound resort near Clear Lake offered by the Iowa Central Railway. A booklet and fall particulars are available from the ticket agent or by writing Geo. S. Batty G. P. & T. A. Marshalltown Iowa.
The Banker's Accident Insurance Co. touts its Iowa claim payments and recommends securing accident coverage. For reference inquire of L. Merepira, Agent, at 48 F. Merepira, Agent.
An old newspaper ad promotes a pile cure with a money back guarantee and 50 cent samples. It also lists discounted Milwaukee Exposition excursion tickets via the North-Western Line on select days and an agent offering native herb remedies with a refund if not cured.
A brief reflection extols laughter as a healthful force improving breathing circulation and brain activity while easing superstition. It humorously notes that a hearty laugh can dislocate the jaw and cautions discretion, asserting laughter inspires and protects against despair.
Train schedule fragment notes Westbound service with Overland Limited and Pacific Carroll connections. Mentions Sioux OC and Omaha Ex details with times around 12:50 am.
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