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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.
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1893
Page
3
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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