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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1899
Page
3
Columns on weather, farming tips, and rural humor. The author mocks hardship, rails against rain delays, notes grass binding twine from marsh grass in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and shares farm sage advice about perseverance and adversity.
The writer discusses practical farm feeding, mosquito protection for crops, and the value of embracing mistakes as teachers. He warns against overindulgence, emphasizes selective feeding for melons, and notes Institute week and the spread of American wheat to Spain. War news costs and the contrast between military and civilian food ships are observed.
A parade of oddities includes W W Smith of Florence claiming the longest whiskers, a Plymouth sexton struck dead by lightning, and a London auction record $1750 for a silver fox skin. Also noted: a Georgia pig on a locomotive cowcatcher, a Skippack girl cut nose on a teakettle, a Georgia man paralyzed after a bone strike, a Georgia boy dies choking on bone, Elkton will revokes a disinheriting will, a Chester woman helps a tramp now paying, a Council Bluffs banker finds $4000, a mule addicted to tobacco, Kansas lawmakers guarding furniture, Wa bash sheep disease revealed as porcupine grass, and a trolley firm paying £1200 after electricity shocks a climber.
Olga Nethersole admits smoking with Julia Marlowe Blanche Walsh also lighting up. Mme Modjeska and Verona Jarbeau are noted smokers while Lillian Russell and May Mannering avoid tobacco. Johnstone Bennett, Annie Russell, Georgia Cayvan and Bessie Tyree are pictured smoking in various roles.
Weather and crop report from Ames Times notes a slightly warmer week with cool nights and four to five clear days aiding field work. Heavy rainfall occurred on the 26th in She County and some northwestern counties, while much of the state saw little hindrance from wet weather. Southern areas faced drying soil though timely showers on July 2 3 aided crops. Oats grew well with risk of lodging. spring wheat and barley good. corn advancing with many fields ready for early harvest first week of July. June meteorological summary: high 96 July 18. low 46 July 10. mean 70. precipitation 6.44 inches over 15 days. 10 fair cloudy days, 4 fair, 1 clear. lightning damage. hail on the 20th. winds SE and NW.
Advertisement promoting Shiloh's cough and consumption cure by H. D. Miller claims prevention of consumption and cure for worst cold or cough with a fifty year guarantee and positive assurance.
An old advertisement claims Karl's Clover Root Tea cures constipation indigestion and sick headache. It notes a fifty year history and price of 25 or 50 cents with money back if unsatisfactory. Sold by H. D. Miller.
An old listing touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as an absolute cure for constipation with a fifty year guarantee, priced at 25ets and 50 cts, sold by H. D. Miller. Shiloh's Consumption Cure carries a guarantee promising a refund if two thirds are used and no benefit is seen, priced 25c 50c and $1, available from H. D. Miller.
An item touts a “beautiful complex ion” as possible only with pure blood and good digestion. It promotes Karl's Clover Root Tea for liver bowel and kidney health, priced 25 ets and 50 css, sold by H. D. Miller. Also advertises Miller & Kooser chocolate and special excursion rates to Portland via the North-Western Line with tickets sold through July 8 and valid to September 4, 1899.
For sale by L. M. Bosworth a salve advertised to treat cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and to cure piles with guaranteed satisfaction or refund.
A testimonial from M A Hogarty of Lexington Kentucky credits Electric Bitters with curing six months of yellow jaundice after doctors failed. The notice endorses the remedy and invites others to try it, with local voucher and pharmacist contact. Also promotes Grove's fancy mackerel and low Denver to Salt Lake City rail fares, plus stone quarry orders and lumber office pickup.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers low excursion tickets for select summer meetings and to Denver. Fares include one fare plus two dollars for the round trip to events in Detroit, Los Angeles, and Richmond, with sale from August through July. Tickets available at all stations and via Maple Leaf Route agents.
A brief notice notes Kennedy’s Coral and Long Branch waters being offered or discussed at Miller and Kooser’s location. The item hints at a sale or listing event with local names and place names in a compact public notice style.
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