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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
4
Iowa Central Railway offers cheap Home Visitors Excursions to Indiana and Ohio on Sept 19 and 27. Round trip fares are under one fare. Tickets on sale Sept 18 19 26 27 1900 and valid to return within thirty days. Inquiries to Geo S Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa.
In iron, billiousness, blood poisoned with urea and uric acid due to kidney failure, rheumatic pains in nerves and joints irritate the kidneys and back. The note urges prompt use of Foley's Kidney Cure to restore kidney function, signed Tilden & Loughran.
L. M. Bosworth endorses a purifying pill product described as palatable and powerful. The short notice presents the pill as easy to take and aimed at cleansing.
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a fast remedy to prevent consumption and treat lung troubles. It urges use for quick relief and health protection.
Home seekers excursions run on the first and third Tuesdays each month. Tickets to points in the west northwest and southeast cost one fare plus two dollars for round trips. Inquiries directed to any Iowa Central ticket agent or Geo. Batty G P T A Marshalltown Ia.
The ad extols DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as the most dainty and effective pills for all liver and bowel troubles, claiming they are unequaled and never gripe.
Great Western Railway offers one fare and a third for several annual conventions. American Bankers Association meets in Richmond Oct 2 to 4 1900 with tickets on sale Sept 28 and Oct 4 valid to Oct 8. Fire Engineers meet in Charlestown Oct 9 to 12 with tickets Oct 5 to 11 valid to Oct 16. National Spiritualists Association meets in Cleveland Oct 16 to 19 with tickets Oct 12 to 18 valid to Oct 23. For details contact a Great Western Agent or F H Lord in Chicago.
E Hough writes of four Western ranchmen attempting to run off a herd of several hundred horses in Montana. They keep the horses moving and the animals die along the trail, ending with foot soreness and the need for nursing until recovery. Illustrations are by H R Poor.
National Association of Democratic Clubs announces Great Western R. R. excursion tickets for Oct 1 and 2 to Indianapolis with return by Oct 5. Fare is one fare plus 32 dollars round trip. Inquiries to Great Western Agent or F H Lera, G P 7, A 118 Adams St, Chicago.
An old advertisement claims Banner Salve quickly cures ulcers open and obstinate sores scalds and piles, offered by Tilden and Loughran as a highly healing medicine.
Week ending Sept 22 1900 reports several real estate deeds including Marie Lill to OJ Vold for 470 dollars Lot 5 Block 19 ER Larson Story City Erick J Peterson and wife to OJ Vold for 1300 dollars Lot 2 Block 5 Story City. Luis O Heggen to Ole O Heggen 100 dollars Lot 7 Block 8 Huxley. C E Hoag and wife to Wm O Ambrose 2675 dollars Lot 1 and 4 Block 41 Nevada. Oscar Thompson to John and Tena Halverson 1 dollar Lot 11 Block B Thompsons Ad Roland. Robert E Bigelow to Cassie P Bigelow 175 dollars and 16 lots 12789 10 11 12 Block 2 A Richmond’s Ad Ames.
A Cleveland Ohio based National Paint and Varnish Co. produces Graphite Elastic Paint praised as the best roof coating on earth. Distribution is handled by 23 tf Titpen and LOUGHRAN.
A Detroit Free Press thought piece uses an ink bottle marksmanship tale to argue that real success comes from effort and learning from mistakes. The narrator contrasts first try luck with persistent practice and improvement.
A humorous quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a Baltimore woman’s elaborate funeral for her pet monkey, suggesting she was deeply attached and phrases the event as “a regular monkey wrench to part with it.”
According to ancient Chinese writers, the country's chronology extends back 2,267,000 years. The assertion reflects historical myth rather than verifiable scientific timelines.
An elder tale from 1900 describes Zeb White and his wife feeding whisky to a bear, drawing revenue agents into a chaotic chase. The bears later help him avoid a trap, then cause mischief at the still before wandering back into the woods.
A humorous 1900 humor piece by C B Lewis with dialect ramblings from Carl Dunder. It parodies everyday misers and thieves, recounting fish weights, pickpockets, a fox, a midnight henhouse alarm, and a jail joke about honest Deutchmans while musing on human folly and generosity.
A Kansas man recalls Lieutenant Jones of the marines at Harpers Ferry when John Brown's raid ended. He describes Jones stepping forward to read the riot act as Brown and his men sheltered, while gunfire continued and Jones remained calm.
A Washington Star quote features a youth declaring the young woman hails from Boston. The reflection notes an unexpected heavy downturn of intellectual ice, signaling a pointed appraisal in concise dialogue.
Blobbs questions whether consulting a doctor is wise due to existing debt. He argues that seeing a physician would increase bills, worsening sleep problems.
A Chicago News clipping quotes a saying about a man at a career peak losing purpose and usefulness on earth, reflecting on self satisfaction signaling the end of his productive life.
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