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Newspaper

Ames Times

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1893

Page

3

R E Times Long Hardin Editor One Dollar Per Year

The newspaper page notes a low annual subscription rate of one dollar per year under editor Hardin. It lists the publication title and price with minimal additional context.

Local ads and notices from Ames area papers

A survey of local ads lists Baker's jeweler, J. P. Watson's mittens, Caniel Bros. & Herman's boots, Ames Steam Laundry, and agents for Boston Rubber Shoe Co. A doctor extols Chamberlain products for pain and cough, with testimonials from J. J. LaGrange and A. E. Bending. Also notes on advertising, a pardon debate for Stanley in Story County, and praise for Veath's Companion as a juvenile reading classic.

Baker's the Jeweler J. P. Watson’s Caniel Bros. & Herman’s Ames Steam Laundry Wine & Allen P. A. Skinner Texarkana Arkansas Chamberlain Westerman Chicago Hopkins J. J. LaGrange Avoca Neb Westerman & Arnold A. E. Bending Halsey Oregon Manson Democrat Storm Lake Boone Republican Stanley Story County Patterson Boles I “Vy Ames Stenley The Standard Gallup Nevada Stavley Boone Standard Companion Perry Mason & Co Boston Mass

Folly's Wake and A Patchwork of Punchlines

A jagged collection of humorous vignettes and dialogues features mistaken loyalties and quick quips. Scenes include a servant quitting over wages, a doctor advising morning walks, a jovial couple bantering about heaven and engagement, and a salesman boasting dresses that lead to marriages. Each snippet preserves a lively old time newspaper tone.

Goldby Bev Haven Bridget Higgins Iuster

Odd Bits From a Distant Era of News and Wits

A collage of short items spans health fads vaccination debates and a 4000-strong New York police force proposal. It cites Vassar prize tales, transcontinental routes, French public instruction shifts, an albino quail, and a fast torpedo boat. It blends anecdotes, jokes, and quips from daily life and public figures.

Vassar Union Pacific Black Hills France Atlanta Gia Jeremiah ‘Ies Thornycroft Lighthouse Board Wick Harbor No4 Jones Brown Tere Ireland Sorr Tommy Figg Tommy Police Daryl Howes Dublin Bray Troth Ornson Oliver Crom

Origin of common names from their places and inventors

A compact historical note traces how common words arose from queens and towns. Marigold from Queen Mary Stuart, broadcloth from its width, Topaz from Topasos, Cognac from Cognac, coffee from Caffa, tobacco from Tobago, tulip from Persian for turban, dimity from Damietta, Blankets from Thomas Blanket of Bristol, Calicut from Wie, Musin from Moussul, Lagerbeer from a cellar, Money from Moneta, and Bock beer from its strong nature.

Dimity Damietta Thomas Blanket Bristol Calicut Moussul

First envelope making machine credited to Eon Hill

A quirky mix of notes: early envelope machinery by Eon Hill and De La Rue patents from 1845. a 70th wedding anniversary for Pinvre Coulombe and spouse. a Hollidaysburg robbery thwarted by Mrs Bossier. a stray epitaph. a missionary shot after 20 years of service. a fever spread by a recovering owner's pet. diseases from cats. Loyal Legion in Washington resolves to stand and uncover during the Star Spangled Banner when played.

Eon Hill Rowell Hill de la Rue Pinvre Coulombe Whe St. Norvert Qiebes Coulombe George Bossier Hollidaysburg Kitmayer Washington State Military Order of Loyal Legion Washington Commandery

Whimsical Reminiscences and Odd Rail Tales

A collage of brief notes spans elderly printers, a royal African man, a theater offer of free bicycle care, Miss Lucy Cotton’s lineage and burial, a Schoharie county railroad run by brothers, and Cornelius Vrooman’s self administered rail operation. It sketches quirky, local histories and eccentric enterprise in compact notices.

John Barstow Horace Greeley Norwich Alexander Beelwell Virginia New Oviewns Pars Lucy Cotton Beaton New England John Cotton King’s Chapel Schoharie New York Vrooman Cornelius Vrooman

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Canter Bros. & Merman Boston Rubber Shoe Co Crimsonbeak Kutshaw Jimpsey Bosworth M. Bosworth Sale Stable John McAll Ff. Baker Allen Propri Tors Wing & Allen DR. G. Ferguson Paxton's Jewelry Store H. Kelso D. D Goble Ames, Lowe G. A. Underwood Councellor U. S District of Idgeheon, the P. O. Jeweler Haminton & CO Hamilton & CO Fardware Thurston, Swan & Co
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