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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1898
Page
13
A nostalgic ad touts Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute that tastes like coffee without the drawbacks. It claims aid to digestion and nerves, stresses it is a health builder not a stimulant, suitable for children and adults, and priced at 15 and 25 cents, about one fourth the cost of coffee.
Chicago and North Western Railway timetable shows trains listed for Going West Going East Going South and Going North. Includes Overland Limited Pacific Express Dakota Express Atlantic Express Colorado Special Des Moines City Ex and various Chicago Des Moines and Boone service notes.
Announcement that tourist tickets via the Northwestern Line will be sold at very low rates during September. Travelers are advised to consult agents for full particulars about the promotion and how to obtain the bargains.
North-Western line agents offer reduced fares to Omaha from September 22 to 23 for Commercial Traveler's Day events. Tickets valid through September 26.
The article notes the annual butterfly migration across the Panama Isthmus remains mysterious. Early June sightings begin with a few scattered insects and by mid July the sky may be obscured by countless butterflies as they travel toward unknown destinations.
The text cites Charles Kendall Adams accusing wartime officials of peculation and fraud, arguing the Revolutionary era lacked spotless political virtue. It notes Washington repeatedly pressed Congress and state leaders, including a December 1778 appeal to President Reed of Pennsylvania and a later letter to Virginia's Speaker Benjamin Harrison urging states to demand their ablest men for Congress.
A Russian peasant traveling to town for boots is robbed of them by a tramp while he sleeps by the roadside. A wagoner alarms him, prompting the man to claim his legs are not his as they were covered by boots. The incident is recounted with a humorous twist from Paris Figaro.
Mrs. M B W Sherwood quotes Fitz-James O'Brien on New Year reactions after the Civil War. He jokes about a patriotic hostess with flags and roast eagle, Irish appetite for potato salad, and Scotch whisky for cosmopolitan breath. He quips on women inspiring drink and war, and wonders if the universe is part of him.
Cape Times notes that in Kimberly and Diamond City the practice of washing streets yields diamonds. Applicants seek council permission to wash streets with residents’ consent and pay 10 percent of gross funds to the municipality. Last year this produced £960.
In a Stratford on Avon hotel smoking room an Englishman and a Scot argue William Shakespeare versus Robert Burns. A confident commercial traveler steps between them and asks who is Shakespeare Burns to settle the quarrel amicably.
On July 19 August 2 16 September 6 20 October 4 and 18 the North Western Line will sell home seeker excursion tickets at exceptionally low rates to many points in the West and South. For tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
Ad pitches Grain-O as a non stimulating grain based drink that tastes like coffee. Claims it nourishes and cheers without keeping people up, suitable for nervous individuals children and teens. Encourages trying in coffee with 15 and 25 cent packaging.
Intending buyers of carriages or harness can save dollars by sending for the free catalogue from the Elkhart Carriage and Harness Co. of Elkhart Indiana. The advertisement promises doubles the pleasure of driving with a fine carriage.
This 264 page illustrated pamphlet contains letters from northern farmers and a detailed write up of cities towns and country along the line of the Illinois Central Railroad in Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and adjacent areas. Free copies available from J F Merry AGs P A Manchester Iowa.
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