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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
8
An old advertisement promotes Dyspepsia Cure by L. M. Bosworth claiming it digests food and relieves stomach troubles. The copy touts rapid digestion, no diet needed, and includes a stove wood delivery offer from Judge's at $1.50 per cord. It references digestive tonics and general health claims.
West Prairie resident Halverson notes that large pride often accompanies a lean purse while townsfolk travel ten miles for services. J A Spero of Elmer Indiana calls a medical marvel of the age, reflecting a regional mix of opinion and promotion.
An advertisement warns against poisonous counterfeit toadstools and claims De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve is the genuine, safe treatment for piles and skin diseases. L. M. Bosworth endorses the product as the only true salve for these conditions.
A fragmentary reader letter compares pain and healing with Banner Salve claimed to cure a seven year leg sore for Mrs. Jas. Forest of Falls, Wisconsin. The piece also cites quotes about wives and self regulation, astronomy, heat, and digestion with a short ad for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
Detroit Journal notes that when the poor insist on golf the outcome mirrors past behavior, as our best people drop the game.
The passage touts Foley's Honey Tar as a cure for consumptives and urges readers to recommend it. It notes Mexicans chew chicle to quench thirst. Church society packs emergency bags for Kansas soldiers, listing DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a key item for piles and skin ailments.
A brief item quotes a jeweler and customer debating prices to compare buying versus selling costs for a ring. The exchange reflects shop dialogue and market pricing notions in a community newspaper tone.
A promotion claims Foley's Kidney Cure is a pure medicine with concentrated remedies recognized by skilled physicians as effective for kidney and bladder diseases.
An advertisement promotes a cough remedy called One Minute Cough Cure. It features speech quote lines about silence and spelling cough in various ways and names L. M. Bosworth as the promoter.
Town Topics notes the De Ruyter family sent their daughter abroad for polish and public speculation about her eventual refinement.
An old newspaper note urges readers to treat kidney issues with Foley's Kidney Cure, promising relief from weariness, backache, headaches, and rheumatic pains as the remedy.
Cor. Chicago Record recounts Ben Butler cutting a canal at Dutch Gap to move Union gunboats on the James River, the bend’s shallow water and Confederate batteries prompting the feat. It notes the canal shortened distance to Richmond and drained surrounding plantations, and tells a colonial Dutchman bluff tale about land gains from the trick.
A veteran theatre manager recalls the wolf scene in Davy Crockett and its crude effects that wowed crowds decades ago in New Orleans era notes. He recounts mishaps with backstage staples and a famed fire scene by Joe Murphy and a London tenement blaze showing how staging has evolved.
A Norristown laundryman recalls following a dangerous self imposed water diet from age 18 to 25, drinking one to three quarts then a gallon daily for seven years, gaining and losing weight until unable to stop. The Philadelphia Record notes his fate and claim of being driven to excess by the habit.
An indignant reader complains about the Simeon Stacy serial in The Black Magazine calling the hero utterly detestable and says they have changed their name to avoid being associated with the character. The writer notes readers often seek outcomes and moral directions for villains in ongoing stories.
An ungroomed man accosts Smith on Farnum Street claiming he needs a quarter for various purposes including food for a starving family whisky and hauling his mother-in-law's trunk to the depot. Smith offers only a dime after a brief compromise.
Bangkok is described as an Indo-Chinese Venice with hundreds of royal palaces, vast gardens, and pagodas. The city sits on water with more residents in floating homes on the Menam than in permanent buildings, earning the nickname Nile of Siam.
In a playful exchange Spriggs notes marriage shifts priorities from sports to family life. He recalls once loving base ball football and basketball and now focusing on his baby’s needs, prompting a lighthearted reversal from the crowd.
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