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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
6
Nebraskans show strong interest in Dr Nott s Q ban Hair Restorer amid many hair products on the market. The ad claims guaranteed color restoration within three bottles with money-back protection from the seller.
Viennese naturalist K Toldt argues foxes bear scales as well as hair and descend from ancestors with horny skins like armadillos and anteaters. He notes rat tails and wild boar parts show scaly areas and tufted hairs between scales, suggesting a primitive relation to reptiles.
A Houston editor recounts how Governor Charlie Culberson once forced him to accept a colonel’s uniform. He refused the gold lace price and bought his own attire, stating he could wear as fine a uniform as any man in Texas. The exchange ends with the note that he now has for sale a superb southern-made uniform.
A loom boss explains to Will that wives prefer new money because it motivates saving. He notes women are economical, buy less, and accumulate a tidy weekly sum in a stocking or teapot, claiming about a 20 percent effect.
Reminiscences recount Dr Whewell as an exacting master of unsociability at Trinity Cambridge. A friend recalls his “perpendiculars” parties where undergraduates stood, he sat at will, and closeness was scrutinized. A freshman’s casual weather remark drew a rebuke about proper channels.
In a Ladies' Home Journal anecdote a church committee member suggests reproducing the pastor's photograph on pillow tops for a fund raiser. The pastor declines, saying he has been sat on enough as it is, while the other members approve the idea.
The quoted Life excerpt shows a child asking to play in the garden and a mother demanding the child stay indoors to study nature books. It reflects early 20th century attitudes toward formal study and play.
The quote by Paley emphasizes that integrity alone lacks power without knowledge, suggesting virtue gains strength when paired with understanding. It frames wisdom as essential to meaningful moral strength.
The London Chronicle notes that on November 12, 1581 the Order of Fools was founded by Adolphus, count of Cleves. Members wore a mantle with a fool on the left shoulder, symbolizing a benevolent society akin to foresters or odd fellows, meeting at stated intervals.
The origin of playing cards lies in ancient Asia with no records of early designs. Cards and chess spread from the distant orient into southern Europe, notably Spain and Italy. Early cards are lost and no preserved traces remain.
In a courtroom exchange cited by the Kansas City Independent the Peppertpot seller Mr. Litewate is accused of ejecting a customer after dispute over a final bill. The dialogue underscores tensions between buyer and seller.
Quotation from the Baltimore American notes that both nature and scholarship concur that leaves turn in the fall. The playful exchange links seasonal change with intellectual pursuits in a concise, witty line.
A quote by Edgeworth states that a straight line is the shortest in morals as in mathematics, implying moral clarity aligns with geometric simplicity.
A Macon Georgia home for orphans credits nine years of use for Electric Bitters, praising its effects on stomach and liver troubles, digestion, and appetite. The president of the home calls it one of the best family medicines and notes it strengthens weak children and run-down people. 50 cents at drug stores.
Secretary Wilson explains that the federal Pure Food Law seeks to alert buyers to harmful drugs in medicines. It requires disclosure of quantities of chloroform opium morphine and other substances in products.
The label states the medicine contains no habit forming drugs, a claim the manufacturers have long supported. The remedy is praised as safe and effective for coughs and colds with many years of general use. For sale by J. K E Cagwin.
The New York Sun reports on how colleges dislike being labeled by athletic nicknames. Wes leyan is called the Methodists, Naval academy is termed Annapolis or midshipmen, Columbia dislikes Columbians, and Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Michigan and others have favored team names like Maroons, Gophers, Badgers, Cornhuskers, Wolverines.
Sir Alexander Simpson in London Quiver recalls Dante Virgil and Aristotle as the masters seen by aspiring doctors. He notes a significant presence of medical names among ancient sages and emphasizes the Hippocratic oath’s call for purity and service to the sick.
The New York Sun quotes a visitor who has toured world capitals. He says New York is no longer young and unsophisticated, now bearing weariness and vice of Paris London and Rome. He recalls Lord Exe's failed youth and a quip about a two year old egg as a playful warning.
The piece notes Victor Hugo faced widespread vilification after Les Miserables with rivals including Prosper Merimee condemning him. Hugo retorted that Merimee is a man naturally vile after Merimee mocked Hugo's Brussels dinner speech.
Lame Shoulder form of muscular rheumatism treated with Chamberlains Liniment. No internal treatment needed. Apply freely twice daily for fast relief. Liniment proven valuable for muscular and chronic rheumatism with quick relief expected. Chamberlains product advertised.
Lain's oiniment is praised as especially effective for sprains and bruises. Price 25 cents with a large size at 50 cents. Sold by J. B. Cagwin.
A Pittsburg-based real estate firm hires a resourceful man from Ohio. At a merchant’s gathering he sings Home Sweet Home and pitches firm options within twelve miles of the city, calling it the chance of a lifetime for investment.
The New York Sun cites a source claiming Miller is the third most common surname in New York City, behind Smith and Brown, and notes Miller ranks high in Philadelphia and Chicago while Jones sits far lower in New York and Boston.
On the royal yacht Kaiser Wilhelm II a sailor is startled by the emperor’s sudden appearance. The emperor demonstrates a proper salute by pretending to drink a mug of beer and then saluting with military precision. He orders the sailor to tell the crew to refill the mug for himself.
Miss Loane argues more men are tramps and more women miserable housewives or underpaid slaves due to underused brains, while intelligent work grows. A London worker shows mental discipline helps run home and children better than brawny neighbors, who fail by overdoing tasks.
The passage notes a London bylaw banning unloading a beer cask during certain hours, with no reference to other liquors. It also cites Lucerne laws on hat sizes, artificial flowers, imported feathers, and a yearly rib bon license of 75 cents, mostly unenforced.
A countryman toiled at his ground when two riders taunted him that he reaps the fruits of others. He replied that he is sowing hemp, implying the harvest will come from his own labor. Catholic News.
A brief idle note on cab wit drawn from French saying about a man returning home alone in a cab. The Atchison Globe highlights the social quip and its ubiquity beyond France.
A health advisory urges treating a cough or cold promptly to avoid chronic bronchitis or pneumonia. It recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a reliable way to obtain rapid relief and prevent serious complications.
A preparation praised for curing coughs and colds has expanded from a small start to widespread use across the United States and abroad. The product's growing reputation stems from numerous cures, with J. E. Cagwin listed as a seller.
A nostalgic poem contrasts past life with modern changes noting absence of cars, aeroplanes, flats, and suffragettes while hinting at social shifts. The piece ends with an Ames realty ad snippet citing city property and insurance listings.
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