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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1904
Page
2
A fragmented note urges housekeepers to try a package named Russ Breaching Blue with a claim of 100 units at grocers. The text advises choosing wisely if possible and hints at a preferred product.
An old advertisement lists a Star Washing Machine at $2.70 and wringer option at $3.90 from John A. Salter Seed Co. in La Crosse Wisconsin. It promotes Defiance Starch 16 ounce package for 10 cents, and includes a Gum Wrappers offer from L. E. West Gum Co. in Rock Island Illinois.
A humorous remark defines a stingy man as one who allows a woman to pay her own car fare after she insists on bearing the cost. The witticism highlights gendered expectations and social norms in financial interactions.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that reaches the disease in the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims not a quack medicine and cites a physician’s prescription, with testimonials, price, and distribution by F. J. Cheney & Co. Also mentions Defiance Starch and other notes on Russia farming, musicians, and Middle East transport.
Manchuria lies on a latitude shared with Manitoba North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska Its area of 362310 square miles nearly matches the combined size of the great grain states The German Kaiser earns admiration from artists writers explorers and scientists but shuns mere titled nobles A Madras coffee planter welcomed twins and eagerly wired his wife’s sister in Calcutta that twins arrive by tomorrow count.
A high school principal in a thriving Calf city attributes long-term digestive and rheumatic ailments to poor eating and inactivity. After 12 years of struggle, an old physician friend prescribed Grape-Nuts with milk and fruit, leading to rapid improvement and renewed vigor. He praises the cereal and urges continued production, citing Dr. Kellogg’s Postum Co. and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
Chicago report details the execution of Peter Neidermeier the leader of the car barn bandits at 10 35 PM after being wheeled to the scaffold His neck broke the same day Gustav Marx and Harvey Van Dine followed in sequence each receiving religious rites and calm last hours Marx and Van Dine recently embraced Catholicism and faced death with prayer and resolve
Feature highlights from the 1904 St Louis World's Fair describe the Philippine exhibits with native villages and replicas, the vast government display valued at about 11 million dollars, a six acre map of the United States, the floral responsive clock, and German pavilions. It notes aerial trials by Santos Dumont, the Pike’s global array, and Japan's top tier group amid lush landscapes and 50 000 horsepower engines.
State board of control chose a single central building costing 175000 to 200000 for the deaf school at Council Bluffs. A connected chapel dining kitchen and serving building and an independent hospital will follow. Liebbe to draw plans with a 250000 state appropriation likely sufficient.
A young Allentown woman recently visited New York and attended a matinee that left a strong impression. Later she enjoyed an evening opera, sharing vivid experiences with friends while comparing it with a matinee. A friend quips about having seen it, prompting a playful exchange.
A lecturer and former Zoar colony member explains that equal division of property and earnings led to lax energy and thrift. He cites petty jealousies and a weakened work ethic after the leader’s death as factors causing theZoar colony to deteriorate.
At a Halifax meeting the royal transportation commission reviewed reports and maps showing the Canadian route between Europe and the East to be 680 miles shorter than routes from United States ports.
A young gunnery lieutenant on a battleship demonstrates torpedo details to a curious girl from a country rectory. She asks how the crew enters the weapon, freezing the officer with her direct maritime question in London Tit-Bits. Center of Lamb-Raising Industry in Greeley, Colorado sees heavy lamb shipments to eastern markets and winter feeding trials using sugar-beet pulp proving successful across northern Colorado towns.
Surveys completed for a proposed Russian ship canal across the country connect the Baltic and Black seas. The route would span 1,468 miles with an estimated cost of 180,009,000 dollars.
California earns wide notice by constructing a pavilion in the agricultural building of the world fair. Its exterior is clad with dried fruit including four tons of apricots peaches and prunes on display.
The Louisiana world fair exhibit will showcase ninety eight varieties of mosquitoes in cases. They are guaranteed not to bite or sting.
An elderly woman aged 74 who married a 72 year old man last December in West Ham died suddenly after being deserted two weeks after the wedding. Her final words were My heart's broken. A coroner's jury ruled death from valvular heart disease.
Dr Maximilian Nitze the inventor of a luminous apparatus for observing the stomach and internal organs still lives in Berlin where he serves as a university instructor.
The United States has over 20 million families and at least 5 million businesses, totaling 25 million opportunities for telephones. About one eighth are currently equipped.
An old newspaper fragment reviews Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative that aids nature without harsh drugs. It touts West's Cream Gum products and Calo Floor Finish, with dealer contact in Davenport, Iowa. Mentions Manchuria population and KC Southern Railway Almanac details. Notes Japanese national hymn age.
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