27 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
1
Joe Trigg of the Rockford Register comments on appearances noting the difference in a girl’s hair from morning bed to evening party at a discussion on tax winter school in stock judging. He says there is much difference in appearance.
A fierce Christmas weekend blizzard hit Iowa with heavy snowfall and strong winds, delaying travel and forcing shoppers to bundle up as they persevered through the storm.
A teacher asks an 8 year old to use hic facet in a sentence. The boy replies with a sentence about hired girl telling ghost stories and everyone gathering to hic jacet.
AKD Cudahy Jr. a fifteen year old ward is involved in a ransom offer. The senior Cudahy pays 25 000 dollars and offers a pound of gold for the boy's return weighing ninety five yards. Opinions differ on whether such a payment is wise or encourages kidnapping. The father defends the plan as securing his son and bringing him home, while noting the incident occurred in the evening.
A long mix of local lore and opinion ponders Hadley records about cows and milk substitutes, a late 19th century political jab, and a forward look to the next century. It blends Christmas reflections from Cedar Rapids and Montezuma with musings on religion science and civilization’s evolution.
The Chicago Sunday Chronicle unveils a winter series presenting progress in various fields of the nineteenth century. The first essay Evolution by Alfred Russell Wallace appeared last Sunday, followed by Chemistry by William Ramsey. A new music supplement debuts with the latest issue, reflecting the paper’s acclaimed initiative and quality.
T. J. Minter & Son and Dr. Hesses stock food feature on poultry products and apparent panacea and waste killer items in a compact Minnesota trade notice.
A promotional testimonial claims Electric Bitters relieve backache headache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizzy spells. Mrs Phebe Cherley of Peterson Iowa says the remedy cured years of kidney trouble and aging 73 she can now manage all housework. The ad touts benefits and a 50 cent price at L M Bosworth's drug store.
Six bulls and a few female Shorthorn cattle offered for sale by A. J. Graves and Son. The listing notes a lot number 34-31 and identifies the seller.
The fragment notes a coy remark about a Boston birth and a folded joke about silk hosiery. It cites a Denver Post line about someone arriving and exposing a limp Aspension, capturing a vivid but unclear quoted moment.
Prof Roxa Tyler of Chicago and Lilinois Woman's Alliance vice president credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with curing a severe cold that threatened pneumonia. She says it relieved stomach upset, saved doctor bills, and plans to never be without it again. Also note early January range sale prices and holiday bargains from T W Hauser at Druggists.
A suburban train encounter prompts a man to boast of giving his wife gifts for birthdays and Christmas ending with a crime crossfire. The tale, from TitBits, recalls a husband’s failed gift history and a later robbery mishap resolved by a selfeffacing confession.
A man returning home on a lit street route is accosted by attackers who order him to walk away and threaten assassination if he calls for help. He suspects a neighbor’s voice and quietly returns, catching the robbers in the act with his revolver drawn.
A New York woman, certain a found canary was hers, identified the bird by a clever show of ownership. She released the bird from its cage, it picked up a pin and stuck it upright in the carpet, then sang. The household, convinced, let her take the bird home.
A young boy in Idlewild fell from his bed and cried as family teased him. His mother and relatives then offered sympathy asking how he fell out of bed. He replied he did not know how he got in or out, saying he might have slept where he woke.
A benefit performance for Jon Brough ter featured a tense incident as a performer mocked an audience member. The man on stage reacted grimly, calling for accountability and repentance while the crowd watched.
Local note claims Dr King New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds cured editor Chris Reuter and his family after trying three bottles. Advertised price 50 cents and 1.00. Free bottles offered. Also a classified for two Shorthorn cattle.
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