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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1903
Page
3
The report notes four dollars per acre cash and a balance due on crop until paid in Mulhall. Sioux City appears in the fragment as part of the scattered item. A separate London anecdote describes a bold pickpocket seized by a clubman who advises washing hands before pockets.
After his first book Ten months a Captive Among the Filipinos, Albert Sonnichsen began a lecture tour. He spoke in a small New Jersey town to few listeners, a gloomy hall, and a nervous finish. A manager, despondent in the rear, faced an awkward climax as Sonnichsen offered questions. A heckler shouted, How do you feel Bonnichsen.
Mrs. Fred Chalker of Dublin Michigan suffered chronic back pain and fatigue until using Dodd's Kidney Pills. After two boxes she improved and was cured, praising the remedy as a cure for pain in the back. A final note urges kindness to others.
A quirky medical claim says magnets cure piles while noting some people drink beer or eat frog legs. The text blends odd remedies with unrelated food preferences.
An ad offers a bird s eye view print of the St Louis World s Fair of 1904 for ten cents with stamps or silver. An Iowa and Minnesota pharmacist endorsements promote foot comfort cures and a cough remedy. A quip about fault finding rounds out the clippings.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets sold by druggists promise cure in one day with a money back guarantee if it fails. Suel Medicine Co of Des Moines Iowa offers Suel’s Thy Oil with refund if ineffective. Harding's Headache and Neuralgia Powders guaranteed cure by John Harding & Co Davenport Iowa. An Irish philosopher quips about marrying a second wife first.
An old grocery ad promotes Russ Bleaching Blue promising to restore faded clothes to white. The tag line urges shoppers to buy the product at all good grocers.
A vintage advertisement extols Defiance Starch promising bigger quality and money back guarantee. It notes a 16 ounce package for 10 cents and cheekily comments on a woman's vanity, reflecting period ad language and humor.
A 75-cent price is shown for Hall’s Catarrh Cure with an internal use claim. The note also mentions that the smallest hotels often outshine the largest on their stationery.
An assortment of early 20th century advertisements and quips includes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children promising fever and teething relief, Mee Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pains, Kra-Nol head relief, and Lawrence Drug Co. ads with prices and sample offers, alongside marriage jokes about wives and husbands.
A lighthearted Ames Times note contrasts personal vacations with leaves of absence, suggesting some men earn trips while others are handed time off unexpectedly.
A Corning girl aged 12 dies after a toy pistol accident and convulsions. Fire at Shellsburg destroys three businesses, likely incendiary. A farmer, Joe Wise, dies by suicide after family relocation. Ottumwa editor Samuel Evans dies after illness. Davenport burglar robs and Dr Peck’s house looted. Creston man Herman Kruger robbed and killed in a hold up. Cedar Rapids carnival imagines governors and senators days with Grover Cleveland invited. Cedar Falls sees a harmful government officer probe into last year’s beer arrests. Bonaparte dam ruined by floods and to be rebuilt in concrete. East Okoboji lake drowning of George Schuneman at age 9.
Burglars dynamited Ehler & Co hardware in Reinbeck and fled with about 500 dollars. John Page, Roosevelt Rough Rider veteran, arrested at Shannon City and held at Mt Ayr. Gust A Schneider of Ft Madison died suddenly in Albuquerque while on his wedding tour. Two section men Poil and Walker quarrelled west of Murray with Poil striking Walker. Walker’s recovery doubtful. Coroner’s jury blamed misread orders on Illinois Central wreck at Raymond.
A collage of observations and quips covers topics from British meals and London life to tattoo artists and Newport fortunes. It critiques favoritism in city services, labor action, wildlife bravado, and social mores while noting dangers of autos and mosquitos, rising polonium talk, road desires, floods aiding seed cleanout, and aphorisms on flirtations and gains.
Ruling states that age does not prove insanity in a man seeking marriage at ninety. The question arises whether a elderly woman would face the same scrutiny under the same standard.
Russell Sage faces taxes on a 2 million dollar assessment due to delayed payment. Hetty Green would have paid on time. A claim links 10 million to securing Canada’s annexation, with Carnegie hinted to fund. Ellie Erminie Rives plans a temporary retreat from literature, via her press agent.
The Indianapolis News asks how gambling exists if not protected, arguing it persists through mutual attraction between sharp operators and unwary players. The commentary frames gambling as a perpetual industry driven by risk and opportunity.
A reader suggests a crude method to kill mosquitoes by tying a sponge to a stick, dipping it in kerosene, and placing it under the insect to cause it to drop.
A St. Louis judge contends a man should lead the family but notes a wife’s refusal to accept the idea. He states even the full Supreme bench could not sway her view on the matter.
A reflective note states that hot weather tests marriage while a woman seeks society. The speaker admits an unusual insight about waking at five a m to fix the furnace improving harmony, noting the temperature should be around 60 degrees for comfort.
After pressuring an editor, the conspirators offered a choice between death and a cabinet post. He accepted and became the minister of justice, a grim irony in his official role.
New York plans a bank open at night to let saloonkeepers deposit cash after business hours. The move aims to reduce the risks of keeping large sums on hand until 10 o clock the next morning.
Patti announces to a London reporter that her trip to New York on October 4 will be her real farewell to the United States as a public singer, stressing it as a definite statement. The reporter transcribes her words verbatim.
A chaotic street scene erupts as newsboys shout Extra Osvobozdenie reporting on a supposed outrage. The sensational chant mocks a political episode and stirs public reaction amid murky claims and nationalist rhetoric.
A Miss Tarvonsville testimony says Doan's Kidney Pills eased achy backs and kidney symptoms. She reports swelling diminishing, improved urine, and relief from headaches and nervousness after trying the product.
Wise statements circulate about self restraint in social drinking contexts. The saying emphasizes discipline and moderation during gatherings, presenting a cautionary view of overindulgence and its social consequences.
A collage of ads and aphorisms on laundry products, honesty, and thrift. Mentions Russ Bleaching Blue and E. Z. Foot Comfort for feet, shoe dealers, a 2K payment to F R McCarthy in Jefferson Iowa, with musings on poverty and wealth.
A compact promotional snippet touts Defiance Starch with a money back sentiment and bonus offer. It promotes Allen's Foot-Vase for foot care and comfort with claims of easing tight shoes and treating hot feet and corns. It closes with general musings on happiness and youth.
The advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as antiseptic cures for female ailments, claiming relief from ulcerations irritations and disorders. It asserts benefits for anemia chlorosis hysteria nervous debility and general beauty and health in women.
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