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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
8
A new timetable for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway takes effect Sunday January 17 1904. The schedule lists departures and arrivals at key stations, reflecting service changes announced by the railway company.
A visiting Londoner, ex-assistant in a large English shop, exposes tricks used to cheat buyers. He describes weight fraud at butter and cheese counters, with water and wrappers faking pounds and prices, noting swift dismissals for honesty. Also mentions Huguenot naturalizations and Irish-Hibernis names in local history.
The text notes Welsh colonists in Forth and Bargy, Wexford, who kept their customs and language for centuries, illustrating extensive Welsh settlement and its lingering presence in Ireland despite Cornwallish and Walsh names being less common.
A clergyman extols patience as essential to effort and success. A young man, praised for his patience, tells a girl she has kept him waiting, claiming he has waited since last evening, in a quiet comic exchange that underlines the virtue in everyday life.
A Cumberland Maryland baby girl, 11 months old, was given up by two physicians due to throat trouble. After trying Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds, four bottles cured her, leaving her in perfect health. The medicine is sold at L M Bosworth's drug store with a guaranteed trial bottle free.
Professor Thomas R. Lounsbury cites Sterne as the most incorrigible grammarian’s offender among authors. He notes Sterne’s “Such English” usage persisted despite critics and editor edits, with contemporary reviews deriding it as vulgar city news writing.
For sale by Judisch Bros. this liniment relieves excruciating rheumatic pains and helps sleep and rest.
A Philadelphia Record quotation contrasts a fool who cannot see value with a lazy person who does not seize it.
A Boston Transcript quip notes many newspaper men avoid writer's cramp by preferring scissors to the pen. The remark playfully highlights newsroom habits and the craft of writing.
Advertisement by L. M. Bosworth touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy for the mother in law issue. Claims it makes her healthy happy and compliant. Package available as Tea or Tablets for 35 cents.
London Standard argues fish share curiosity and irritation with other animals. It notes young creatures play with appealing objects, and hungry fish may lash out when pursued. The piece compares fish to mammals, suggesting temper and curiosity in salmon and trout are plausible.
Maggie Hickox of Midland Michigan reports her two year old son suffered a severe bowel complaint but recovered using Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad promises reliable help even for cholera infantum and urges following directions for a certain cure, sold by Judisch Bros.
A short promotional verse extols a wash that will not rub off and claims the complexion will be envied. The narrator invites readers to try Rocky Mountain Tea, presenting it as a proven secret.
A secretary bird stalks, chases, and defends against snakes in a dramatic display. It shields with a wing, strikes with a foot, and delivers repeated blows with powerful claws. The snake sinks fangs into the wing but is killed by beak thrusts and is swallowed mid flight.
Mr. Chas Baldwin of Edwardsville Illinois reports chronic constipation and stomach troubles improved after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. The ad urges readers to buy a package to get well and stay well with a 25 cent price, sold by Judisch Bros.
Interest in improving highways grows after the Good Roads Special campaign on the North Western Line. The railroad distributes a bulletin by Henry Wallace of Wallace's Farmer describing the road drag and its work to readers who provide their names to station agents.
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