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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
3
Advertisers claim Q Ban Hair Restorer can turn gray hair back to natural youth color. Testimonials from John Birkholz and Tucela Mason cite stopped hair loss and dandruff relief after using Q Ban products. A six bottle guarantee offers a refund if no improvement, urging both men and women to ask their druggist.
The ad claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea regulates the bowels purifies the blood aids digestion and improves overall health from head to feet. Available as tea or tablets at 35 cents from L M Bosworth and Bange & Alm advertise a $2.50 work shoe sale for 2 21.
A Labrador account details swarming mosquitoes ruining travel and camping with biting, buzzing, and suffocating heat. Nets fail, candles die, tents admit pests, and stars are sacrificed to longitude work. Chamberlains Liniment offered as remedy, price listed, sold by J. K. Cagwin.
The ad warns of river dangers from careless boaters and urges quick heed to backache as a sign of kidney trouble. It credits Electric Bitters with curing kidney weakness and back pain, citing J R Blankenship of Belk Tennessee as a testimonial. A bottle costs 50 cents at druggists.
The Boston Post recounts a 400 year old starching tradition beginning with a Dutch court insider Mrs Guilheem and Queen Elizabeth. It describes blue starch addition, blue laws, and ascent of starching experts like Dinghep van der Plasse amid fashion mania and royal favor.
A New York Post tale recounts a fraternity pin lost after college that resurfaced years later. An elder brother found the emblem on a Virginia washerwoman’s bandanna, learned its owner via engraving, and, after persuasion, recovered the trophy from her.
A countryman visiting London asked for seat prices at a concert hall. Front seats cost 2 shillings, back 1 shilling, programs a penny. He replies, I’ll take a program seat, turning the prices into humorous wordplay.
The article states that over nine tenths of rheumatism cases are muscular rheumatism caused by cold damp weather or chronic rheumatism. It notes those cases require no internal treatment.
Jasmin the Gascon poet and barber visited the mayor of a French town promising an informal reading for townspeople. The mayor delayed until lathered, then Jasmin offered a finishing touch with his velvet hand and shaved him before entering the hall to applause.
The article recalls Oliver Goldsmith as an underpaid writer from start to finish. He received 250 dollars for The Vicar of Wakefield and 100 plus 25 dollars for The Traveler, while The Deserted Village was offered 500 dollars, which he refused as excessive. He died with debts around 10 000 pounds and Dr. Johnson asked if any poet was ever trusted more.
A Springfield North Carolina merchant recounts doctors declaring his son hopeless before trying Dr King's New Discovery. After three weeks the boy recovered fully, praised as a safe and sure cure for coughs colds and lung diseases. 50 cents and 1.00 at druggists with trial bottle free.
A patient tells a doctor about a frequent hissing in the ears and asks for guidance. When the doctor learns the patient is an actor, he casually suggests pursuing a different vocation.
In a comic exchange a hairdresser asks a customer if she will have any hair left after a vigorous shampoo. She replies she hopes there will be enough to pin her hat to, revealing a humorous wartime era banter style.
A prospective tenant is told the house is practically placed near a music hall, a pub, and a pawnbroker’s shop. The caretaker stresses convenience in a London Tit-Bits style note.
A fragment quotes Colbert noting that royal offices prompt Providence to forge a tool for purchase. The line links monarchy with state power and economic manipulation.
N H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont asserts Dr King’s New Life Pills are a trusted family medicine. He says they effectively treat chills constipation biliousness and sick headache and are sold at druggists for 25 cents.
A witty exchange in the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Professor Lung ley catching a cold yet still managing to perform. The mock dialogue highlights fear of singing blocked by illness and the professor's resilience.
A Midland man named Burst drew attention after naming his children Annie May and Ernest Will, a quirk noted in London Scraps.
A dialogue line from the Philadelphia Record recounts Mr Buggins claiming a black cat brought good luck after an earlier, unsuccessful shot. The clipping also advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic with health claims and a 35 cent price.
Cracked or marked furniture can be hidden by softening beeswax into putty, pressing into cracks, and smoothing. Sand the area to blend with the wood and dust, then varnish. Beeswax adheres better than putty, not drying out or crumbling.
A London Standard item recounts a country clergyman unaware of current events asking if Parliament sits that Sunday. The sexton replies that they should be prayed for as “a precious bad lot,” framing a humorous contrast between outdated knowledge and political scrutiny.
A dialogue snippet contrasts resolve and mercy as a man urges a woman to phrase refusal differently. The line hints at ethical tension between honesty and kindness in a terse exchange, reflecting enduring themes from Longfellow.
Advertises Grace complexion remedy claiming pimples and blotches stem from blood and stomach with a simple, never failing cure. Promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea in tea or tablets for 35 cents by L. M. Bosworth.
A brief note mentions Bange and Alm providing footwear for the entire family, suggesting a family shopping or promotion context.
Citizens urged to clear dirt rubbish from alleys by Friday April 30 1909 under order of City Council and Board of Health. Civic Improvement Society to provide teams and wagons. city street department to assist. noncompliance may incur charges to property owner. Signed A B Maxwell Hullibarger 512 City Clerk acting for.
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