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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
2
A dense listing of discounted items including collars belts embroidery handkerchiefs under skirts satine feather pillows 60c white dinner ware and cups and saucers sets white chambers and matches crepe paper and sunbonnets with prices ranging from 5c to 98c suggesting a late 19th or early 20th century retailer sale.
Bargain sale offering Tin Milk Pans Tin Dippers Tin Kettles Tin Graters Tin Rinsing Pans Tin Funnels Tin Coffee Pots Tin Pans with cover Granite Kettles Granite Stew Pans Pudding Pans and Granite Colander all at low prices with many items priced around 19 to 35 cents. Local shoppers urged to stock up on kitchenware at discounted rates.
$75.00 round trip to the Pacific Coast from Chicago with daily services June 1 to Sept. 30. Low rates to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle Tacoma Helena Butte Spokane Ogden Salt Lake City. Pullman sleeping cars excursions to western cities. Double berth $7.00 from Chicago $5.75 from Omaha. Tickets via Chicago North Western agents.
Regional water quality research by the US Geological Survey examines groundwater in Iowa southern Minnesota and northern Missouri to locate high quality bore water for manufacturing. The interstate artesian basin requires cross state coordination and the project will produce a free report and data for cities finally easing boiler and process water needs. Trials show good waters exist but must be properly identified for each locality. Judisch Bros. offers Champlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
In Manchester Vermont five crows regularly visited an apple orchard. They pecked at apples with closed beaks, then carried the fruit to a tall pine tree to eat. Remarkably, crows reportedly carry turkey and hen eggs from nests as well.
A description compares a leak in a North Sea dyke caused by a watchman’s neglect to a near fatal cold in Maine. Kenneth Melver of Vanceboro recalls doctors giving up on him before Dr King’s New Discovery saved his life. Guaranteed cough and cold remedy at L M Bosworth drug store with trial bottle free.
A traveling shoe manufacturer notes windows showing many samples mislead buyers. He recalls a striking window with one shoe per display mounted on a stand with sunburst ribbons and a small sign. Cham Remedy is recommended for bowel disorders in children and adults, sold by Judisch Bros.
The article recalls Daniel Webster's fondness for music at Willard's hotel in Washington. He applauded Jenny Lind loudly and, after the singer's performance, gave a graceful bow toward the wife of a congressman, drawing laughter from the crowd. Also mentions Chamberlain's Salve as a remedy for chronic sores offered by Judisch Bros.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat excerpt notes Professor Oscar Schmidt from Syria pioneered sponge farming by planting fragments in the sea bed. The method produced valuable sponges at modest cost, signaling future farming of corals whales and other sea products, as drugs and a warning about constipation promote Dr King’s New Life Pills at 25 cents.
Description of a Zakopane wooden house with heavy spruce logs and a steep shingle roof. Highlights include triangular gables, a heavy arched door frame, carved pegs, and ceiling ornaments. Notes the regional style’s persistence amid modernization and its unique European character.
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