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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1904
Page
7
A garbled OCR fragment reflects a mix of proverbs and ad-like language. It mentions life as a leaf in a story and notes that there is nothing to equal some product quality, with redacted content suggesting a sale or craft reference.
This item markets Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for fever bad stomach teething disorders and bowels with a 25 cent price. An anecdote from Iola Kansas describes a sick girl and her dog sharing a humorous moment as the dog longs to comfort her.
An Erie Railroad Co brochure from 656 Railway Exchange Chicago advertises summer tours and a trip to the Bean Chautauqua Lake Region and Ridge Springs with free booklets. The note references furnace heat and starchy brands as comparisons, plus a proverb about wisdom and concealment.
A historic line expresses the peril of gazing into a woman’s eyes, likening it to drowning in liquid depths. The quip reflects social attitudes and metaphorical language of its era.
The Japanese promote real pearl production by inserting a grain of sand into oysters and cultivating them until a pearl forms around the irritant, with shell lining material contributing to the deposit.
A Michigan philanthropist markets a kerosene oil preparation claimed to regrow hair. A Detroit man tested it by striking a gaslight burner with his head and produced a sudden flare. The result left him completely bald, illustrating a dangerous prank.
A Japanese actor named Kawakami in St Petersburg impressed the czar who gave him a gold watch bearing the imperial portrait. The watch was stolen by a Japanese pickpocket who returned it after seeing the engraving. A Japanese journalist notes even a pickpocket avoids Russian goods.
An old inhabitant recalls crop failures and rationing, claiming people once ate all farm stock and fodder stored for cattle. A second elder counters with a harsher tale of scarcity, alleging starving farmers killed a local sportsman and cooked him using wood from a No Trespass sign.
Rev Dogood recalls a line about a man with angels left in him while Robson notes Spilkins as a saint. The exchange pivots on Spilkins, rumored harsh, whose widow later becomes the speaker’s wife in a surprising twist.
A testimonial states lifelong digestive issues improved after switching to Grape-Nuts and cream. The author credits a physician with recommending the cereal, noting rapid health gains, increased flesh, and lasting well being after three years of daily use. The ad cites Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan and promotes The Road to Wellsville booklet.
The Democratic national platform calls for strict enforcement against trusts, a businesslike tariff revision, and restrained government spending. It endorses civil service reform, supports a strong navy and interstate regulation, and backs statehood for Oklahoma, the Indian Territory, Arizona, New Mexico, and a territorial Porto Rico, with direct senatorial elections.
Defiance Starch Co offers 25 round trip tickets to the St Louis Exposition. Five winners from Illinois Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri will be chosen for sending the most Defiance 16 ounce starch package trade marks. Mail by September 1 1904 to Omaha Nebraska. tickets mailed September 6 by registered mail.
Dealers report customers switch to Defiance Starch once tried, usable cold or boiled. The robe of progress includes a magnet train at sixty miles an hour and the broomstick train no longer a novelty. The Rhine is described as a picturesque ancient river with 725 venerable castles along its banks.
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