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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
4
Local items describe bargain balcony promotions from Loughran & Bauer and Roberson's shop while Ames residents plan social events and church activities. News covers an altercation near Watkins Well, a horse millinery fad, land purchases in South Dakota, and local appointments and injuries.
A news page lists various local items such as a new fire and cleaning establishment at the Nelson House rear, Lipton tea from J B Kooser & Co, and Miss Ethel Hamilton becoming a Marshalltown kindergarten teacher. It also notes farm conditions in Sioux county and a Judish Bros storefront remodel. At the state Republican convention, nominees for Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, and Supreme Court positions are named with counties.
The Lancet reports fresh pineapple juice contains a highly active digestive principle named bromelin. It digests proteins to a remarkable degree, capable of acting on up to a thousand times its weight within a few hours.
A witty Chicago joke outlines a girl who left a poet for a butcher and discovers beefsteak offers more substance than blank verse. The quip likens culinary heft to poetic depth in a playful exchange.
A quote reflecting on civilization measured not by census or cities but by the kind of men a nation produces. It emphasizes moral and civic quality over population or prosperity.
J A Kelly of Henderson North Carolina recalls a dysentery episode last summer. He used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy per directions and achieved quick relief. The notice invites druggists to stock the remedy and advertises poultry purchases by B Read.
An Anglican mission reports a strange adornment in New Guinea a necklace over eleven feet long built from up to 1800 black ants. It includes shell pieces and English beads with a native thread and weighs just 2 drams 2 scruples 18 grains. Native women and girls eat the ants bite off heads and thread the thorax before swallowing the pieces.
In Luxembourg district Belgium during May after Sunday service groups of lads form a line at the church door and seize girls one by one. A boy lifts each girl by the shoulders and another by the heels as a third passes underneath the makeshift bridge while parents look on having endured the same rite in their youth.
A Lansing Iowa Journal note reports a summer cholera and diarrhea remedy, Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, cured a strong case in the writer's family last week. The piece urges households to keep a bottle on hand, especially in summer, and states it is not promotional. For sale by local outlets.
Tailoring department on second floor. TILDEN Bros. & Co and J. B. Kooser & Co promote Our Cream of Wheat flour at 95 cents as a trade winner.
The undersigned Ames barbers close shops at 8 pm except Saturdays. Those planning an exhibit at the State Fair, August 22 to 30, should write Hon. S. B. Packard, Marshalltown, Iowa, to reserve cattle exhibit stalls. The fair expects a large cattle display and urges early reservations.
A notice invites one to six individuals to meet at the speaker's office in Watertown South Dakota on August 5 to form a party for a land investment. The lands are described as first class with excellent crops this year and high prices. Railroad fare will be refunded to purchasers.
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