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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1904
Page
4
The Borans are described as a polygamous tribe with elaborate beadwork and ghi cloth dress. They sacrifice children and cattle to Wak to avert calamity, with raba and gudda age stages guiding child return to kin. A Colusa man claims Electric Bitters cured his rheumatism after 15 years of pain.
Excursion tickets at one fare plus 50 cents on July 14 to 18 with favorable return limits for the Triennial Convention. Apply to C. & N. W. Ry. agents.
Mrs Mattie Burge of Martinville Virginia praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for curing chronic diarrhoea after ten years. She recounts two doses relieved her child of cholera morbus and she recovered after using part of a bottle herself. The medicine is sold by all druggists.
An ad invites homeowners with flexible payment loans to have Story County Bank take over and reduce interest. It promises a loan where borrowers can pay any amount on any day, with no commission charged.
A Rochester Indiana druggist reports strong sales of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets after a local lady praised them. She bought a box about a year ago and continually shares their good qualities with neighbors and friends. The tablets are described as pleasant purgatives and popular with women, sold by all druggists.
The advertisement touts Chamberlains Cotic Chotera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for every home before summer ends. It claims it handles severe cases, especially children's summer disorders, is pleasant to take, and provides prompt relief. It urges immediate purchase from all druggists.
The Cotton Belt Route launches The Texas Train from St Louis at 4 52 p m reaching Shreveport next morning 11 50 and Houston by 8 40 pm Beaumont 9 10 pm Lake Charles 8 10 pm Dallas 6 42 pm Ft Worth 7 25 pm and Waco 9 20 pm with through sleepers dining cars and chair cars. Write for folders schedules and rates. E W Lasseaume G P and T A Cotton Belt Route St Louis Mo. Also advertise Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets.
The Mayor and Council of Ames Iowa will receive bids until 8 00 p m Thursday July 21 1904 in the Council Chamber for sanitary sewers and subdrains.
Plans by A Marston on file Ames Iowa require first grade vitrified sewers and subdrains completed by July 1 1905. Bids include a certified check about 5 percent of bid to City Treasurer Ames. Bids must be on city blanks addressed to Mayor Parley Sheldon marked Proposal for Sewers. City may reject any or all bids and pay on completion via assessment certificates.
Round trip tickets at low rates sold by the Chicago Great Western Railway commencing June 28 and continuing on each Tuesday in July and August 1904 to Banff Hot Springs Alberta Laggan Alberta and Field British Columbia. Contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Ill. 8 St
The article compares Japanese blades to Toledo and Damascus, noting greater strength and hardness and a keen edge. It states Japanese steel may surpass Swedish in purity, and describes an elaborate manufacture with ceremonial practices. The sword hardener is the key figure, his name on the hilt enhancing value.
A study notes that a sixty foot elm could cover five acres if its eaves lay flat. Leaves averaging seven million per tree absorb about seven tons of water daily in summer. Without stomatal intake at night, many elms would deplete district water supply.
Mrs. Chas. Applegate of Alexandria Indiana says three $1 bottles cured her consumption after other medicines failed. The product is guaranteed to cure coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. Price 50 cents and 1.00 trial bottles free at L. M. Bosworth's drug store.
Dr Kerr recalls visiting a village school where a lesson about a dog that saved a drowning child led to the word caressed being explained as made of fondled. He tested pupils and found most answered made of fond red, revealing confusion in the teaching method.
Chicago Great Western Railway offers round trip tickets July 22 to 23 for West Baden and French Lick Springs at one fare plus $2.00. Tickets valid for return until August 11. For details contact any Great Western Agent or J. P. Elmer G. P. A. Chicago.
A young Napoleon I won a Lyons Academy prize for a essay on truths and happiness. He shared the tale with Talleyrand who later offered the manuscript. Napoleon burned the paper to avoid ridicule, explaining it was written in youth and could embarrass him as emperor.
Full particulars on dates places for registration drawings and entry under U S homestead laws are in the pamphlet New Homes in the West issued by the Passenger Department Chicago Northwest Railway. Call at any ticket agent or mail two cents to L F Berry Des Moines Iowa for a copy.
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