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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1896
Page
6
Monterey Tenn special column notes Col James E. Jones secretary and treasurer of Cumberland Mountain Coal Co. ceased long tobacco use after using No-To-Bac gaining seven pounds in under two weeks. He reports the craving vanished within three days and urges others to try the treatment.
The rich Russian nobleman Prince Khilkov reportedly parceled his vast domain into small farms for his tenants while reserving a personal plot he cultivates himself. He spends his leisure teaching the peasants.
Comfort to California and economy are promoted for the Burlington Route. Personally Conducted weekly excursions depart Omaha each Thursday morning with through tourist sleepers to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Second class tickets accepted. See a local agent or write J Francis G P and T A Omaha Neb for tickets and berths.
English statesmen push a bicycle tax modeled on France and Belgium, set at two dollars per year, claiming it could yield about $2,500,000 annually for the English treasury. The plan aims to fund public needs and curb bicycle use.
The advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pleasant tasting remedy that quickly cleanses the kidneys and bowels, dispels colds headaches and fevers, and cures habitual constipation. It claims popularity, healthful ingredients, and that 50 cent bottles are sold by leading druggists with substitutes discouraged.
INO Teward R100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn there is at least one dreaded disease science has cured in all stages, catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh is constitutional and requires constitutional treatment. The proprietors back its powers with a One Hundred Dollar pledge for any case it fails to cure. Send for testimonials. Address F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists 75c Hall's Family Pills 25c.
A German railway official exposed a peculation after being promised a fine watch by the emperor but given a trinket pin instead. The emperor uncovered that an official diverted the watch for himself. A parallel theft in Russia involved a high ranking official and family member exiled to Siberia.
A verse opens with Bryant on melancholy days and shifts to a man bilious and ailing. The note praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to regulate the liver bowels stomach kidneys and to relieve malaria rheumatism and nervousness.
A Sunday school procession of over 30 000 children marched in Lucknow. Most children were from Hindu or Muslim families. The piece notes India has eight Christian colleges 26 000 schools and 3 000 000 pupils.
Reprint describes the Grand Valley as a New California oasis in the Rocky Mountains with a dry climate, abundant fruits and crops, and healthy conditions. It extols grain, hay, and vegetables, plus good society, schools, and churches, inviting ideal homes.
A square ice block is filled with loose cracked ice in a bowl. Smilax pieces are fastened in the interstices to trail over the block. The glittering ice and delicate green tracery create a charming centerpiece.
French fishermen off the Newfoundland banks will receive medical and spiritual support. A vessel from St. Malo will sail next spring with a doctor and a priest aboard to tour the fleet and provide needed care.
In Paris there are over seventy fencing halls each presided over by a master who is at least locally famous. The bustling scene attracts students seeking instruction and prestige within the martial art.
A Macon correspondent recalls a Georgia meeting house on Big Lick where parishioners sent a half century ago a colorful array of gifts to Brother Ducker. The service features ham, bacon, poultry, pumpkin, cider and a lamb as offerings while dogs disrupt the sermon and the preacher dashes for the door pursued by a bobtail dog.
In the Gila Valley camels released years ago now roam in large herds of 100 or more. Territory hunters find great sport in chasing them and a camel hunt looms as a long way ahead of traditional deer drives.
The John A. Salter Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin unveils a $1,000 seed car touring Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota and beyond. Experts guide visitors through lavish displays of grasses fodder crops and heavy cropping potatoes while praising northern grown seeds and offering a mail order catalogue for 5 cents postage.
An instructional note on bonnet fashion criticizes improper wear. It urges careful placement so hairstyles remain visible and veils match the bonnet without concealing trimming. It warns against veils that hide flowers and suggests single width veils when used.
Henri Rochefort opens memoirs recounting his grandmother at the Place de la Concorde during Marie Antoinette’s execution, describing the queen as stupefied and limp. His father witnessed troops swear fidelity to Napoleon on June 1 1815, the emperor in a troubador costume with a crimson mantle and a comically fat frame.
A traveler notes Japanese women face no feet binding or veils and rarely face wife beating, yet hold little voice over their destinies. They are taught to be mild and useful from birth to burial, summed up by the word obedience. The three obediences bind them to father, husband, and son, with a widow's memory fading.
On December 21 the Monon Route offers a round trip ticket to Atlanta for $15.15. Tickets are valid ten days. For details contact Sidney B. Jones City Passenger Agent 232 Clark St Chicago or ILEB Sessions Traveling Passenger Agent Minneapolis MN.
A 500 pound woman died recently at New Middleton Indiana. She was described as the largest woman in the state.
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