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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1895
Page
2
The Pennsylvania company will boost main line steel rails from 85 to 1000 pounds, effective next year between Jersey City and Pittsburg. Rails will lengthen to 60 feet to cut joints, improving ride, while street railways commonly use 90 pound rails with many bolts.
The piece argues that electricity can kill with the right current and duration, noting no executions with purpose built devices yet. it cites commercial arc machines delivering 2000 to 8000 volts and 150 to 175 amp circuits, claiming a human in their path could not be resuscitated regardless of morals or skin.
The article notes quiet yet extensive upgrades in telephone exchanges including removing overhead wires, adopting multiple switchboards, faster long distance transmitters, badging bell systems, and central battery control. It highlights reduced need for battery testing by inspectors and predicts overall cost savings and greater efficiency for subscribers.
The article notes France maintains canals in high efficiency with 7 747 miles open to navigation and 15 925 canal boats 8 460 operated by their owners. Since 1879 canal tonnage rose 67 percent while rail grew 16 percent. It mentions cable haulage and early electricity use, and estimates Canal Union of New York cost to deepen to 9 feet at 18 million dollars with small appropriation already made.
Jones visits Brown in his studio and examines a wall piece. He questions its origin and Brown replies he drew it from his head. Jones then quips that it’s fortunate Brown had ideas to spare from his head.
The text notes that candidates who faced no opposition performed best, suggesting a walkover advantage in the race. It highlights how uncontested runs correlate with stronger showing for those fronting the field.
The remark argues that audiences may enjoy humor at a performer s expense and cites the appeal of a low comedian as an example. It reflects on crowd reaction and entertainment dynamics.
A period advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a speedy remedy for chronic liver complaints and bile in the blood. It claims relief from right side discomfort, furred tongue, nausea, headaches, and poor sleep, plus prevention of chills, fever, rheumatism, nervousness, and aging infirmities.
The average European woman has a shorter life expectancy than men, yet women account for more than two thirds of those who reach age 100. This highlights a gender disparity in lifespan and extreme longevity.
An advertisement from John A. Salzer Seed Company proclaims Salter's Northern Grown seeds yield radishes in fourteen days lettuce in twenty potatoes in forty peas in forty six and cabbage in fifty five days from sowing. It offers thirty five free seed packages and a seed catalogue for one dollar or six cents postage for a fourteen day Paris radish seed package and catalogue.
Climate and crops are just right with thousands of acres of premier farming land available in Oklahoma. Farms will cost more next year, so inquire now for a free Oklahoma folder from M. Osgood at Santa Fe Route Des Moines Iowa.
A collage of 19th century clippings includes subscribe offers for a Des Moines paper, medical cures and teething remedies, social quips about New York women, and humorous sketches about masquerades and town life. The tone mirrors period small-town newspapers with ad copy and light anecdotes.
A legal matter cites a third person in an ejectment case. The usual procedure needs a lawyer, but the text notes a forgotten third party involved alongside Adam and Eve.
A grammarian recalls a boy telling of an incident with dialect filled mispronunciations. The father scolds the child for improper speech while noting his own harsh opinions on education and language. The piece closes with a proverb: a man is not valued until after death.
Don’t stay poor cities. Secure homestead lands of the United States government free of cost along the Lake Superior division of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan offer land or low price purchases on easy terms. Address C. E. Rollins in Chicago for details.
An advertising notice promotes 35 Gent patterns at 10 cents each with postpaid 1 cent extra. It lists pattern details, sizes, and descriptions, including Pattern No. 6108 Lapres' House Gown in lavender wool challie with olive satin, and notes patterns come with cut and fit instructions and a garment picture.
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