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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1896
Page
3
A reader from Oregon Wisconsin describes severe backache leucorrhea and painful periods after childbirth. After four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her symptoms eased, energy returned, and she recovered full mobility. The letter urges use before and after birth to strengthen the system.
A collection of domestic hints on cooking moist meats, making jelly cheaply, safe lemonade, cough relief with glycerine and whisky, cleaning porcelain sinks with soda and sand, properly salting table salt, washing cane chairs, choosing a large deep pan in copper, removing rust from tin and steel, and an inexpensive homemade toothwash with borax tincture of myrrh and camphor for whitening teeth.
Sweet Phyllis is described as a sportive summer girl adept at outdoor arts. She quickly displays grace in wheel, row, ride, tennis, and golf with flawless costumes. Her eyes are noted as fire in darts as her game is always hearts. S. M. Ky
A couple discusses Orlando's military routine and his improved rifle accuracy. His wife brags that he can hit the bull's eye at 200 yards, and she plans to witness his skill at home by testing his aim on a carpet tack head with a hammer.
A quarrelsome exchange features two natives debating how England should uplift others. One asserts benevolent aims while the other warns the quickest method would be to blow us up, reflecting xenophobic tones and radical opinion.
Olive says she prefers winter to summer in a playful exchange with Viole. Viole counters while Olive argues snowmen as a winter charm. The dialogue hints at contrasting seasons and light, humorous banter.
A boil drawn from a 526 foot depth in a Belgian mine is reported to have grown weeds never seen before. The finding raises questions about mineral deposits and biological activity in confined subterranean environments.
A puzzled farmer in Haymarket square is asked to move as a trolley slows for him. He proclaims victory after counting to two hundred under a wager, seeking a red faced man with a white mustache who allegedly bet him five dollars. The incident ends with a bell ringing.
In a Washington Times excerpt a wife confronts her husband about seeing him leave a saloon. He asserts he always avoids saloons and asks if anyone accompanied him, she replies no. The exchange centers on truth and temper in a troubled marriage.
In a linguistic snapshot, Mr Ladenmeister jokes about locals naming twins with a German accent. O Grady recalls the Minnehans calling one Kate and the other Duplicate, while the other man is told to call them Pete and Repeat.
A Washington Times item notes a humorous anecdote where a man chokes on Marys bloomers amid playful verses about a goat. The brief reflects a lighthearted domestic incident and local humor.
A Wave reporter visits Odell to verify a couple's claim of cure from muscular rheumatism using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. Mr and Mrs I O Brace recount years of pain, then rapid improvement after three to ten boxes, sworn affidavit by Mrs Brace, and sale details.
A murky vignette recalls a character named Old Guzzler who dies yesterday. The text hints at divine irony and self awareness, suggesting the death may be linked to his own excess. The fragment preserves a noir tone and unresolved fate.
A member of a women's association asks why reports are called minutes and another ponders the term. They remark that the notes feel more like hours than brief records, reflecting on the pace and cadence of their meeting summaries.
A quirky exchange reimagines a theft case. The accused denies stealing Colonel Julep's chickens and dismisses the need for witnesses, while Uncle Moses offers that he will not help. The dialog frames a courtroom style confrontation with a humorous twist on evidence.
Advertising prospectus invites 1000 farmers to settle on 1000 farms along the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul line in Dakota. Lands spread across twenty counties, priced 7 to 15 dollars per acre, with predicted rapid value rise. Promotes Dakota as premier farming and stock-raising region with abundant schools, churches, and markets. Contact W. E. Powell, General Immigration Agent, 410 Old Colony Building, Chicago.
In 1865 a major blaze swept Constantino ple destroying 2800 structures including shops and bazaars. The disaster left extensive property damage across the area and prompted emergency responses at the time.
One fare to Washington D C and return from all points north and west of Chicago July 3 4 5 and 6 for the International Convention Young People’s Society Christian Endeavor Tickets via the Big Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio Bay Route The line promises mountain scenery Virginia battlefields electric trains dining car service and precise track The return may be extended to July 31 For details request the illustrated pamphlet and sleeping car reservations from U L Truitt N W P A C and O Big Four Route 234 Clark Street Chicago
Johnny recalls a family Fourth of July missed due to his grandmother forbidding him to go out with the neighborhood boys. While his mother later relents with treats, Johnny’s celebration shifts to July 13, a day he pledges to remember forever and to whom he assigns the joy of a shared memory with his father’s letter, lemonade, and fireworks.
Watermelon grown in Africa since ancient Egypt. Iceland volcanoes advertised for sale in Copenhagen. Eye exams show colored children less nearsighted than whites. Smokeless powder heat softens gun steel. Egypt’s frogs follow floods. storks migrate there. Egyptian railway to Girgeh 226 miles from Cairo, aims for first cataract 710 miles away. Cork based paving material praised for cost, durability, and grip for horses.
Water plants at night to reduce evaporation and use dish water around bedding plants and shrubs. Nipping tops on seedlings encourages bushier growth and more blooms. label new shrubs and plants at planting to ensure correct variety names for future care.
A Back Yard Show presented by local youths drew a large audience in an open air grape arbor setting. A makeshift stage with foot-lights and a sliding curtain used colored lights for tableaux, with clothes-line dressing rooms and audience along the arbor.
The Burlington Route passenger department offers a free booklet about bicycling through Yellowstone Park. It includes a park map, trip costs, road conditions, and packing tips. Request a copy from J. Francis, General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Nebraska. The first telephone wire linked Boston and Somerville in 1877.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad announces half-rate round trips to southern points on the first and third Tuesdays from January to October. Inquiries should be made with agents or write to P. Atmore in Louisville or Geo. B. Horner in St. Louis for excursion tickets.
A fragmented ad style passage notes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It references Num words and languages, camphor products, and a Chicago post office sale for 15000, along with an oblique note about London fire 1212 and Napoleon I.'s death room becoming a stable.
The ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a premier remedy for attention, constipation, biliousness and claims safe aid in malaria, rheumatism and kidney inactivity. A joke exchange contrasts clerks, recalling a 1877 fire in St Johns New Brunswick causing 12.5 million dollars in property losses.
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