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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
2
A jumble of notes covers political talk, investigations, and social happenings. Mentions Steophensen and Lorimer inquiries, a Wisconsin chase, and a Chicago meeting. Also notes a Push toward territorial duties, a Woodmen convention, and funding for a grand northwest enterprise from St Paul Minneapolis and Chicago.
A garbled dialogue centers on election funding and inquiries about fixed incomes. Washington faces probing questions from a councilman about money or appurtenances tied to elections, with a biting quip about a two dollar ham per cycle as recounted by the New York Press.
A fragmentary, typographically mangled text discusses a dugong with long hair imagined as a sea woman. It describes features such as eyes, head, mouth, and a “feather” on the mane, noting endangered status and potential sightings in a distant region.
An article argues that houseplants in bedrooms release carbonic acids and reduce oxygen after dark. It cites plant physiology to claim plants consume oxygen at night, so removing them outdoors at night improves air quality for sleepers.
A fragment mentions a private secretary role and events at an unidentified venue. The text references a post and a discussion of public venues with marked success, plus notes about service and fish metesnny. Limited legible names and places are present.
The ad claims electric bitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys and expel poisons from blood. It says white corpuscles attack germs like tigers but can be overwhelmed leading to pimples eczema and loss of strength. Dr Budahn of Tracy California endorses the product as the best blood purifier and health builder.
Corbin, formerly of the Acme printing office in Marshalltown, purchases the West Braneck Times and will manage the office starting September. He is well known from previous work and has three years’ experience as a manager. Former colleagues wish him success in his new venture.
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A Westminster Gazette note reveals that in 1790 the future writer sold stockings on commission to settle a debt of 200 pounds. He appealed to La Morandais of Switzerland, who sent 169 dozen pairs and offered a commission.
Col R J Snelly of Lincoln Ned this week arranging a sale for next Saturday the 8th. He offers a variety of items and is noted as a strong advocate for the Rio Grande Home Company.
An OCR fragment shows Mrs Greeley lecturing on a cure sold at the Araes News Stand in St Paul and Minneapolis. It promotes Warner’s White Wine of Tar and claims asthma relief. J W Cagwin quotes a customer praising the remedy for throat and lung troubles.
A Brahman observer recalls remarkable local minds performing complex tasks. He notes a chess aficionado solving four games at once, a man solving a long arithmetic problem while others discuss him, and a triple acrostic in Sanskrit created under simultaneous critique.
A garbled passage notes a tenant facing debts and a sale of personal items. It mentions a foundation, a promotional misquote about Youths, and a landlord readings about rent. The piece hints at economic strain and social quips from a Washington scene.
In a Chicago Ledger Herald note the phrase misspoken jokes about aging prompts a debate on respect for the aged. The item echoes a village quarrel over decried humor toward the elderly.
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