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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1905
Page
4
An engaged couple share a dinner as observers note manners. The woman corrects her fiancé on knife and fork placement, side by side for a woman and crossed for a man, prompting humor and a lesson on tact and control.
The cough is a symptom of disease and should be treated by removing its cause. Colds are the common source of coughing and while anodynes and preparations with chloroform or opium suppress the cough, they do not cure the cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieves by clearing mucus from the throat and lungs and is claimed to permanently cure the cold and cough. For sale by all druggists.
George Eliot reflects on guiding forces from childhood that draw people from danger toward a calm future. The imagery contrasts older angels with present gentle guidance, suggesting innocence as a saving influence.
A reader from Oaklandon Ind reports his wife cured of consumption after doctors gave up. Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds is praised for killing germs and relief in one dose. Available at L M Bosworth druggist with trial bottle free.
Immense public fascination with Jack Sheppard is noted from his Tyburn execution on November 18, 1724, witnessed by about 200000. The piece highlights a peculiar tribute a London church sermon offered praising his notoriety.
The passage lists famous figures and the ages at which they began significant endeavors. It mentions Sir Walter Scott at forty writing novels, Milton starting Paradise Lost at fifty, Mrs Henry Wood at forty five creating East Lynne, Cromwell at forty one beginning public career, Marlborough at the same age achieving independent command, and prophets and biblical leaders such as Abraham at seventy five and Moses at eighty forming pivotal moments.
Purporting to relieve ague and malaria, Electric Bitters is praised as a pure tonic with curative influence, better than quinine due to lack of after effects. An endorsement from E. S. Munday of Henrietta Texas claims a brother with malaria and jaundice was saved after taking the medicine, sold by L. M. Bosworth’s drug store at 50 cents.
A barber notes that less hair prompts more care among customers and recalls an extreme case of a man who trims the neck and ears while barely showing any fringe. The piece includes a chiropractor style anecdote and a claim about hair-related habits. It concludes with a testimonial: Mr. Wm. B. Crane of California Maryland found Chamberlain's Pain Balm cured years of rheumatism and lumbago.
A Victorian druggist reports a customer bought nine bottles in two weeks and sent them to friends across the state for relief from colds and croup. The remark endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective for children. For sale by all druggists.
The piece explains cockades once worn only by soldiers and the phrase to mount the cockade. It notes the black cockade on officers' servants hats came from George I and asserts the right to use it extends to certain crown offices such as privy councilors cabinet ministers and judges, though many wear them without formal claim.
The article describes tribal duel rituals where a challenged man faces a guaranteed death trial. The aggressor uses a rifle or shotgun. the unarmed victim must endure the shot without flinching as the weapon is fired. After the victim dies, the slayer hands the gun to kin and endures a similar test.
A man with failing sight wears new glasses but finds vision weak after a month. He revisits his oculist who briefly banishes the first pair and offers a cleaned set. After cleaning both lenses with soap and water, the patient sees as well as at first, learning a trade secret.
Harriet Howard of 209 West 34th Street New York recalls years of salt rheum and eczema until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed her skin. The salve also treats cuts burns and sores and is sold for 25 cents at L M Bosworth’s drug store.
A inventor explains his success as hereditary or derived from his wife. He recalls how she cross questioned him about late nights at the club, prompting him to invent fresh excuses. This habit evolved into a profitable business approach.
The text quotes G H Lorimer noting that worry causes more deaths than overwork and that people harm themselves through overindulgence and accidents more than by hunger or ascent. It presents a morbid reflection on modern dangers.
Husband accuses loud talkers of ignorance while wife retorts. An advertising line promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a quick remedy for disorders. For sale by all druggists.
A botanical friend recalls a tropical orchard where an oriental crab apple, a third of an inch across, was bitterly sour. He notes Eden’s wild fruits and ponders if mankind’s fall might have quickened if the tempting tree bore today’s golden or crimson varieties.
A Rhodes scholar from Germany begins rowing lessons at Oxford. The coach explains the term back water and instructs the student to use the oar in the opposite way. The learner follows the guidance, lifting the oar and placing the handle into the water as directed.
A passenger wearing a skullcap and a long linen ulster identifies as a map maker while another remarks on being a publisher, and the response clarifies the speaker is a soldier. The dialogue frames a small, period feel vignette from the Chicago Tribune.
Nell declares devotion to you and Belle notes the bond. Nell asks about marriage and Belle admits she enjoys being the focus of his devotion.
A concise aphorism attributed to George Sand noting oblivion flourishes atop graves as a stark meditation on memory and absence. The line frames oblivion as a natural, even resilient, bloom arising from mortality and loss.
A 51 year old man from Roe Mills Alabama reports stamina improvement after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion. He claims he can eat almost anything now and says the remedy outperforms others he tried. For sale by all druggists.
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