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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
8
An in depth guide advising farmers on preventing swine diseases through clean quarters, sunlight, varied feeds, exercise, and quarantine. It stresses dipping for lice, careful stock introduction, and worm control using remedies like Lewis Lye Turpentine and Sulphate of Iron to reduce losses from worms and hog cholera risks.
The article states life expectancy lags behind potential due to a critical 50 to 60 year period where proper care is vital. It promotes Electric Bitters as Nature's best helper after 50, a tonic believed to revitalize the body, and notes a 50 cent price with pharmacist guarantees.
Story traces how King Bela II named the town Eperies after discovering wild strawberries during a summer journey. A second anecdote recalls President McCrea defending a bank amid false charges and a farmer and wife wedding anniversary mix up in a humorous reminiscence.
In Lanarkshire a country cricket match appoints a farmer's son as scorer. The first innings yields no runs and the crowd finds no marks in the scorebook. He explains he forgot to make the crosses due to being engrossed in the sport, adding the red faced runner is the best.
A Georgia man testifies that Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved him after a measles illness worsened by rain. He credits the product with his recovery and urges others to use it, noting Judish Bros sells the remedy.
A bishop teaching a Sunday school class answers a child’s query with wit asking if the bishop wears pants under his robes. The anecdote captures a humorous moment from a cleric in full office.
Lillian Russell shares a tale about a handsome vain actor. A misdelivered letter from a tailor asks immediate payment of a long overdue bill. The rightful owner discovers it, reads it, and mockingly tells the clubroom of his pay promptness.
The wife notes she first met her husband at a fancy dress party. She recalls him appearing in the garbage of a monk, a telling image from their early interactions.
A teacher asks students what a farmer does with milk after using it for family and crafts. James answers that the farmer pours the excess back into the cow, illustrating a humorous misunderstanding from a Women’s Home Companion article.
Zeke and Azurah have lingered for a year before Zeke's courage grows. Amid a summer circus, they rest in the menagerie, and Zeke confesses a dream to be like the octopus guardian who could hug and shield Azurah with a hundred arms.
A western paper’s editor, known for intimate town comments, faces a backlash after a hot day cartoonish quip about Main Street windows needing washing. Citizens confront the editor with the printed column and demand an explanation for the sharp aside.
A fragment from a historical newspaper quips a remark about Main Street widows needing washing, attributed to Everybody’s. The line reflects a terse, tongue in cheek comment from the era.
Isaac Dolph recalls a vivid sea tale from the Maine blast in Havana Harbor. An Irish crewman on the battleship Maine recounts his awakening to a nurse offering a spoon and a frail joke as the explosion began.
A private asks for two weeks leave. the colonel refuses after a wife’s letter calls him a nuisance. Patrick then reveals he was never married, claiming there are two liars in the room.
A milliner tried selling a last season white picture hat to a colored woman at a low price. She refused, saying she could never wear it and would look like a blueberry in a pan of milk.
A quirky dialogue from Fliegende Blatter depicts a woman Laura waking to a presumed marriage proposal. The mock exchange emphasizes romantic anticipation and a burst of audible consent during a quar ter hour.
A playful exchange from Puck features a proud father and mother describing their infant’s cries for distant celestial bodies. The infant, just weeks old, is imagined to yearn for the moon and milky way as symbols of wonder.
A concise aphorism from Heine suggests that solving the era’s problems propels humanity forward, highlighting a philosophy of progress through challenge.
Auction announced for August 24 at 1 PM at 930 Duff Street Ames involving 13 head of livestock including horses cattle heifers and a colt. Misc items include carriage buggy road wagon harness heaters stove and household goods with ten months bankable notes at 8 percent and cash under 5. We note shoe sellers Daniel Bros. & Herman offering all leather school shoes.
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