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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1896
Page
3
A wooden hen 10x15x8 inches hatchs twenty eight eggs and acts as an incubator. It is priced at 36.00 and made by George H. Stahl of Quincy Illinois. Readers may request Catalogue V7 from Mr. Stahl for full description by writing and mentioning this paper.
A brief exchange reveals mutual but imperfect harmony between a wife and husband. One character notes general agreement while the other admits exceptions when the husband is in a bad mood or distracted.
A humor column sketches past schoolmates including Johnny Fiske Nellie Fry Freddie Low and Sammy Small while joking about a peppered life story. It contrasts boyhood friendships with present misadventures and a quip about the author’s own life. An aside recounts a tale of a shopper pressuring a grocer with imagined costs of opening an account.
A humorous exchange features a man asking for a five dollar loan and the other replying with a playful constraint, suggesting a one week obligation instead. The banter highlights a lighthearted negotiation within a casual conversation.
A cryptic dialogue fragment shows a warning about green goods and a caution to keep a valise closed until it is safe. A muffled voice urges secrecy with the line Sssh and mentions a policeman nearby.
A witty exchange contrasts art and science, with a clever woman challenging the speaker. He would answer that sewing doilies is art while fixing socks is science, highlighting the fine line between craft and technical skill.
The granger sits in a quiet rural home in the dark of night and, after drawing the blinds, peers at a small mysterious box. He proclaims that the man who toils for bread is a fool and then opens the box losing his joyous light.
In the Transvaal episode the doughty doctor Jameson surveys his weapons and praises the Maxim gun. He fears the approaching Dom Paul soldiers as Boers advance, and the ensuing fight proves his dread justified.
The speaker notes that the walls look bare without pictures and urges getting a couple of living pictures for the parlor. A traveling husband remarks the walls aren’t any barer than the pictures would make, muttering in a lighthearted exchange about home decor.
In a talk with neighbors, a noted community figure is praised for generosity to the poor. She reportedly plans to brighten the season with a snow ball event to amuse and uplift the needy, highlighting her charitable spirit this winter.
Cartoon caption humor shows a husband advising his wife to shop for outdoor exercise. The family doctor suggests the wife needs outdoor activity, and the husband jokes that giving her money to shop with will motivate her to go out.
A New York financier recounts a trip through Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. He praises the region’s resources, rail access, and mineral wealth, notes crop prospects and potential emigration, and contrasts sensational outlaw tales with observed fertility and development. He highlights rail lines, cattle and grain exports, coal fields, and land cheapness.
The Ladies' Aid Society hosted a tea to compare German Coffeeberry with Rio Salzer seeds. About forty attendees found the coffee seed promising and eligible for a free sample with 15 cents in stamps. A Virginia resident was noted to have found a large gold nugget nearby, valued around eight thousand dollars.
A French governor and admiral in New Caledonia questioned a native chief amid insurrection rumors. The chief claimed no war would occur until the yams are ripe, noting baked yams pair with captives.
A humorous note from Somerville Mass appears as Hazel writes eight pages and laments the unfinished letter. Grace chides the length, while Hazel explains the postscript remains unwritten, hinting at domestic letters and everyday city life.
Brownkins says Van sock would not pay that typewriter his. She claims she knows nothing. Smithson counters that Vansock pays high wages to suppress information she knows.
Wool says he sent a quarter to a man who advertised lessons for a handspring. Van Pelt confirms the man claimed to teach the move and Wool recalls being told to dismount a cable car backward.
Medical claim states deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and catarrh. It promises US investors a cure via Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for uncured cases and notes Hall's Family Pills. Also mentions a Toboggan slide in St Moritz, Switzerland, three quarters of a mile long taking seventy one seconds.
In a Maine town orchard and graveyard join as apple trees are planted in the graveyard. Proceeds from fruit sales will fund fence repairs and weed cutting.
Jim Cash-Cash a wealthy Uma tilla leader filed for divorce in Pendleton alleging his wife paints her face as the ground. The move comes from the influential Oregon figure in a recent court action.
A survey of technological and industrial developments across countries and industries. Topics include electric roads in Britain, redwood pencil trade to Germany, Paris clocks run by compressed air, triple expansion engines on the All er liner, large steel wire fly wheels in Germany, Brooklyn mail cars, a salt glycerin mixture, copper production costs, and British naval experiments with electric fans for ships.
A playful exchange ponders burning candles abroad with a punchline urging Romans to “burn Roman candles” in a humorous line set in May.
In a domestic exchange a wife laments no outfit for an opera night. The husband responds urging her to attend and outshine others at the event.
An advertisement touts the Rock Island Route as the direct path from Chicago to Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek promising significant travel time savings. Includes contact by JOHN SEBASTIAN, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, urging readers to send for full information.
By the kidneys impurities pass off harm lessly. Inactivity of the organs causes impurities to remain and poison the system, leading to degeneration of the organs themselves. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claims to prevent Bright's disease diabetes dropsy gravel and other kidney and bladder ailments while also aiding malarial bilious nervous and rheumatic complaints.
A church choir faces internal strife as rumors spread that the contralto plans to marry the tenor, igniting tensions among members. The pair’s engagement prompts discussions on choir harmony and future performances.
Advertisement offers Pure Old California Wine for eight dollars and fifty cents to a Los Angeles address in prepaid shipments. Includes assurances of quality and lists for orders. Mentions a British dictionary noting long discussion of the word devil.
An advertisement promotes Hlegeman's Camphor Ice with glycerine from Curesses Hands and Fave, marketed by O. G. Clark Co. of New Haven, Connecticut, claiming its use for cold sores and related ailments.
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