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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1895
Page
6
An advertisement touts Dr. Rudolph Schiffmanns Asthma Cure as a proven remedy for asthma hay fever phthisi and bronchitis claiming it has cured thousands and offers a free trial package to every sufferer who sends name and address before October 10. The notice directs interested readers to Dr R Schiffmann 325 Rosabel street St Paul Minnesota.
A miscellany covers Signor Fabozzi the Neapolitan pianist, Canada’s 400th Cabot anniversary in 1897, Seventh Day believer in Georgia chain gang, Minneapolis race meeting plans, Lowell room building history, Father Calendoli’s 50 000 cms hour typesetting machine, Russian bicycle laws, Admiral Meade’s retired life on a bicycle, a Portsmouth liveryman’s $12 000 loss, Arthur Gardiner’s fast racing, Blanche Cox jailed thirty days in Colorado Springs, Springfield’s fall professional races with $1600 for four events, and a push for a colored wheelmen league after LA W exclusion.
The column extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative, praising its gentle kidney and liver action. It then discusses dairy herd optimization, arguing against keeping unprofitable cows and highlighting net profits from selective culling. A long poultry note, sheep pasture, and hoof growth are touched, stressing weight distribution and shoeing implications for horn growth.
A miscellany notes Pueblo Indians moral, Lane county Kansas grain insured, historic feather beds, U.S. horse values 1890 and 1895, UMich medical top students Meiyu Shie Ida Khan, Sault Ste. Marie canal tonnage, Scotland England university students, a match cutting machine, metal wheels for farming wagons, Empire Manufacturing Co. catalog offer, and a quip about Mrs Hodgson Burnett ungrateful re fame penalties.
A collection of short jokes and comic lines from various papers. The jokes touch on marriage, mothers, money, courage, politicians, and everyday situations with a humorous punchline or quip. Public notices and dramatic stage stunts are referenced through playful dialogue and captions.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps argues that watering-place life trains wives to be happy without husbands, urging a new crusade of reform in social expectations and marital roles. The remark reflects attitudes on marriage and gender roles in leisure resort culture.
A farming bulletin discusses dairy economy and livestock care, noting flawed profit math from dairy cows and contrasting with real estate returns. It surveys Brahma and Cochin fowl, their size, habits, winter laying, and egg production, plus tips on feathering, coloring, and feeding. Also notes hoof growth in horses and general hoof health factors.
Manly Miles notes Cochins drew unprecedented attention and high prices after their 1847 introduction from China, sparking a mania and hen fever. He says England paid up to a hundred guineas a cock and the breed’s heyday waned as Brahmas rose, yet Cochins possessed real merit and helped awaken broader interest.
Texas likely spends two million dollars yearly on oleo margarine not produced in state. Most consumers think it is butter, revealing a need for stronger protection of buyers. The piece highlights fraudulent labeling and praises legal efforts to curb deception while noting progress remains uneven.
Mayor Pingree and the city agricultural commission toured east side potato patches in Detroit. Despite drought, crops looked comparatively prosperous with yields estimated at 100 to 150 bushels per acre across 500 acres, totaling nearly 40 000 bushels, as about 150 workerslabored in the fields.
The imprint invites readers tired of Bélva winters to move to the Grand Valley for a gentler climate. Zeph. Chas. Felt of Denver offers to share profiles of people met there and extends a personal correspondence invitation.
A testimonial promotes Piso's Cure for Consumption claiming relief from lung hemorrhage. Anonymized reader notes the remedy’s benefits, while an unrelated line touts Dr. Kline's nerve restorer with a free trial offer.
A fifty year old bachelor is noted for his frequent advice on how children should be brought up, reflecting a perceptive, humorous stance on parenting.
A miscellany of patent medicines and odd facts appears, including Zanson's Magic Corn Salve priced at 15 cents and claims of guaranteed cures, Hlegeman's Camphor with Glycerine for chapped skin, and C. G. Clark Co. contact details. Notable snippets include Silas Forman collecting rattlesnakes, Frank Clifford with a 9000+ button collection, and a Warsaw pianist winning a Rubinstein prize. Berlin’s oldest shoemaker Brenzel is 101, and a Pole named M. Stanislas Meiker wins a prize for piano concerts in Berlin. The Duke of Norfolk’s income is noted, and a Kansas baby reportedly weighs forty-five pounds.
A sharp exchange questions whether a husband should support a wife amid divorce tensions. The dialogue probes financial expectations and marital obligations as opinions clash over alimony funding.
The Esquimes give the doctor his fee as soon as he comes. If the patient recovers, he keeps it. otherwise he returns. The dialogue questions bloomers and bifurcated externals in a light, satirical tone.
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