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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
5
Edward Penfield describes Rotterdam quay life with crowded wooden boats, clean lace curtains, drying brass pots, colorful family laundry, chubby children, gossiping women, and lounging men, all under a windy sky. The scene captures orderly coastal daily life with maritime charm.
A reader recalls a stubborn farmer who plans to hide strychnine at home for rat control. The note warns of household danger and trashy routines, then an ad touts Dr. King's New Life Pills for stomach and liver troubles. The piece also offers a brief science note on why a coin sinks in the sea due to density and water incompressibility.
Frederick Palmner describes Pest’s bustling cleaning culture where street sweepers, hose teams, and diligent postmen keep the city spotless and on schedule. The piece contrasts Hungarian efficiency with a Turkish fondness for centralizing tasks, and closes with a reflection on how water pressure does not affect a sinking coin.
An anecdote from MacMahon's presidency shows him admitting to a tied vote he could have broken, yet he claimed no desire to assert his own will. The cynics misread his candor as conformity while he insisted he remained in agreement with the opposition.
The article traces early card origins in China and India, noting the Soun Ho era cards with thirty cards per pack and three suits, the round Indian cards, and early face cards. It highlights the queen as a later addition and credits Italians with introducing the lady to the pack.
Russia observes multiple fasting periods beyond the forty eight day Lent. Three shorter fasts of nineteen days in June, fourteen days in August, and thirty three days in November and December plus three single fasting days reduce demand for fish milk and eggs. Dairy farming suffers as markets for those products contract for about a third of the year due to strict observance of fasts.
Geo F Benedict of Decatur Illinois testifies that four years ago doctors diagnosed Bright's Disease but after using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin he recovered. He credits one bottle with settling his stomach and eradicating the rumor of Bright's Disease and says he now recommends the product widely. Sold by L M Bosworth.
Edmund Clarence Stedman recalled a New England dinner when asked to give grace. He chose a grace remembered from Charles Lamb asking if a clergyman was present and praying for thanks for all mercies. The anecdote ends with a light moral on gratitude.
A reflection on how wit best serves society when guided by sense benevolence restraint and strong principles. Sydney Smith argues that wit becomes a noble force when used for honor justice decency and morality rather than mere cleverness.
The croup cough is well known to mothers and should be treated without delay. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has universal approval and should be given as directed to quickly relieve all croup symptoms. For sale by all druggists.
Wonderful Nerve is displayed by many a man enduring pains of accidental cuts wounds bruises burns scalds sore feet nor stiff joints. Bucklen's Arnica Salve will kill the pain and cure the trouble. It's the best salve on earth for Piles too. 25c at L. M. Bosworths druggist.
Mrs M Li Bobbitt of Bargerton Tennessee was saved from death as consumption slowly claimed her. Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption brought immediate relief and the cure. The product promises a certain remedy for throat and lung troubles with guaranteed bottles 50 cents and 1 60. Trial bottles free at L M Bosworth s Drug Store.
An English steamer off St. Helena carried dozen sea turtles to Liverpool. A sick turtle was thrown overboard branded with the ship name. The next year the same steamer met the same tortoise on St. Helena’s coast, over 4,000 miles from the original dumping.
A prominent local businessman declares Berg's Sweet Laxative Chips essential at home. The ad touts gentle action on the bowels for constipation and bowel complaints, with prices of 10 and 25 cents and the maker listed as LovewRan & BAUER.
The Javanese use bamboo for most instruments. A three foot pipe sounded like a lion roar, a bundle of tubes varied in length carried by a boy, a log with two strings served as a drum, a sixteen string zither and a two string mandolin formed a small outdoor band, plus indoor gongs added pure tones.
C W Bellamy, a Burlington Iowa locomotive fireman, suffers pain and weakness from overwork. After taking Electric Bitters he recovers fully, claiming renewed life strength and vigor. The ad promises satisfaction guaranteed by L M Bosworth at 50 cents.
A humorous exchange in which Practical muses on why fires seem to start suddenly and spread rapidly noting spontaneous combustion as a curious concept. Housekeep counters with a quip imagining keeping such a phenomenon confined to lighting a kitchen blaze for effect.
A collection of light quotes about parenting and aging contrasts a joke on speed and wagon wheels with a wry remark about keeping wit sharp. The item also promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with a customer testimonial and druggist availability.
The excerpt presents a playful classroom exchange with phrases like Have you seen an elephant and a playful belittling remark. Names Hamish Norman Donald and John Bull appear as speakers amid a casual rhymed banter.
A short exchange portrays Brother Williams and another speaker debating the afterlife. The dialogue features dialect spelling and humor about loving milk and encountering digestion issues, reflecting light regional color in a historical Atlanta Constitution snippet.
The piece comments on cautious action, noting that under certain circumstances one cannot easily let go without trouble. A Boston Republic ad promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure, priced at 25 cents, and sold by all druggists.
Advertises Man-Er-Vine Tablets as a cure for all forms of nervous and general debility. Promises to restore energy ambition vigor and a bright cheerful feeling with the tagline 1-2-3 LOUGHRAN & BAUER.
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