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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
3
Albany resident Mr James H Watkins recounts being cured after six boxes of Williams' Pink Pills. He describes initial symptoms stiffness in knees, unsteady walking, loss of control, bladder issues and weight loss. He says after seven to eight months all troubles disappeared and he works normally now.
A brief wry quip notes overload of bills can cause discomfort or irritation. The line treats fiscal fatigue with humor, implying daily financial strain may provoke a sour mood or indigestion in the reader.
An analysis compares rail rate setting to checkers and chess with communities and shippers as pieces. It notes railroads seek balanced gains for all and often let shippers influence rates to attract business, creating mutual concessions that yield the world’s lowest transport costs versus government systems in Europe and Australia.
Eight thousand trained carrier pigeons are kept in service by the German army for communications and reconnaissance roles. The birds are integral to field operations, delivering messages when other lines fail.
The Garfield report on packers' business methods faced severe criticism but its figures remain largely unchallenged after eight months of inquiry. Critics' sensational claims, including a magazine assertion that forty Iowa banks failed in 1903-04 due to Reef Trust cattle price manipulation, were debunked by Chief Clerk Cox. He credits bank failures to speculation and reckless banking, urging caution until charges are proven.
A short observational note highlights that financial responsibility can fall on non heads of households. The piece suggests broader duty for adults in managing expenses and supporting dependents in a family unit.
In a Pinch. Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and in growing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists. 25c. Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Ys.
A brief aphoristic note cites moral vice and virtue in human conduct. The author Bailey contemplates how both men and women falter when not governed by kindness, offering a reflective stance on social behavior.
The passage contrasts common beliefs about proposals with Helen Rowland’s view. A persistent woman, described as laboring from morning to midnight to achieve a home, carriage, husband, and child, challenges the idea that proposals appear effortlessly.
Manager Musgrove begins supplying patrons in the circle and front stalls with complimentary refreshments. Another manager may adopt the practice. The note warns it could become a burden to managers similar to counter lunches for publicans.
The piece notes that before tea was affordable as a beverage it was commonly used medicinally. An advertisement in the Tatler touts a famed chymical quint essence of Bohea tea and coconuts claiming the volatile salt oil and spirit of both as the highest restorative offered by food or medicine.
A Referee argues that agnosticism cannot claim moral superiority while countless believers have achieved a higher life by earnestly following a faith, noting the long history of devotion as evidence.
The British Museum in London plans to collect gramophone voice records of leading singers and public figures for posterity. Master records will be nickel and nearly indestructible, capable of stamping copies as needed.
The Chickamauga Park military post in Georgia uses acetylene lighting across six and a half miles of mains with sixty five street lamps. The system, developed from a 1903 Fort Meyer test, covers most principal buildings and has spurred similar installations in Indian schools and other government sites. Acetylene is presented as safe, economical, and suitable for homes, stores, halls, and churches, reflecting national pride in modern illumination.
Estelle Harper of Carroll Co Illinois discusses why chicks die in the shell. She suggests weak chicks, shell strength, moisture, and flock feeding influence hatching outcomes and emphasizes further study of poultry nutrition. Also a collection of humorous and anecdotal clippings follows.
The piece argues that sunshine adds real value to homes and should be common with a solarium or sun room in every house. It notes that ancient Romans recognized this value by attaching solaria to their houses.
Two Wesleyan deaconesses have begun service in West Africa, expanding church missions and focusing on local communities. Their arrival marks a new phase in denominational outreach and humanitarian aid in the region.
Dealers say once a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell any other starch. It can be used cold or warm and is presented as a superior product in local trade.
A wry saying notes that even well connected people may be unaware of the cost of basic comforts like pajamas, suggesting a humorously detached view of social status and material value.
A London court awarded damages to Mansfield, an engineer’s sitter, who suffered a sudden muscular strain that caused an affection of the heart to emit a musical murmur audible at a distance.
A promotional blurb extols a mother's care for sick children and promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsi as a quick pain and fever relief. It claims effectiveness and urges readers to try the product.
An excerpt from The Garden Magazine explains that grafting undesirable apple varieties into other sorts delays bearing, and results are not as satisfactory as ungrafted trees, with several years required for full production.
The item notes critique of the gold brick industry and praises Piso's Cure as an effective cough remedy. Quoted by J. W. O'Brien of 322 Third Ave, Minneapolis, dated January 6, 1900.
C D Field in Scientific American suggests placing fresh bread slices about one inch thick in the tin with the cake to keep it from drying. The bread renews as it dries, helping the cake stay fresh longer.
A man wandering in the South Australian bush for four days found a telegraph line and broke a wire to brace himself. He could not move further until repair teams reached him and saved his life on the line.
Women are regularly seen washing and cleaning streets in German cities even during heavy rain, while on the way to the opera. The scene highlights citizen efforts and public hygiene practices in urban life.
A fragment reflecting on purpose, noting that all things including the sun have a bound end. It questions whether human creation exists for pleasure and argues that common sense demands a clear why. The quote ponders intrinsic function and meaning in natural and human activity.
The South African native affairs commission notes that adopting European clothing improves public decency but harms the health of native wearers. The report cites discomfort and health risks from unfamiliar fabrics and tight fits.
Judge Spencer R. Atkinson recalls a Southern client case valued under one hundred dollars. Seven juries failed to agree in a justice of the peace court, and just before the eighth trial the judge warned the parties no more juries could be drawn. The case remains unsettled.
D S Hilton of Piney Flats Tennessee reports curing two years of rheumatism in two days with Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says pain left after the first dose and never returned, praising the pill as the grandest on earth and noting healthy kidneys remove uric acid from the blood.
The article explains historic Chinese incubation practices using heat from horse manure. Eggs are added at about 100 degrees and kept in a carefully turned pile. In Hawaii the climate aids steady temperatures, allowing ducklings to hatch from the manure pile and be reared in warm boxes until fully feathered.
In the Baltimore suburbs a long standing glue works emits a strong odor. An open streetcar last summer carried a Irish laborer and a middle aged woman with smelling salts. The man asked politely to stop the bottle from releasing the odor.
An English group of midshipmen returning from Achilleon at Corfu swam the ferry crossing when the boat proved too small. Emperor William signaled Admiral Sir Compton Domvile about the incident and the admiral replied that the young men had no costumes to begin with.
A guest receives a decorated envelope containing two already shaped chopsticks that form a single tong shaped piece of wood and break apart when used.
A Cleveland Leader item quotes Dobbinson saying he will sell a phonograph for a song on the dead because he is about to be wed. The quirky note captures a humorous, personal tidbit from the era.
A reflective quotation on virtue and influence, noting that modesty gives beauty the authority to wield power. This line frames humility as the key to credible strength and leadership.
The fragment suggests a feature on home decorations outlining how aesthetics elevate living spaces. It hints at styling ideas, furniture, color schemes, and decorative touches, inviting readers to explore design tips and trend suggestions.
Readers reflect on how life delivers cold stares from hardship and quiet snickers from fortune. The line captures common human resilience amid fluctuating fortunes and social reactions.
The article explains gape worms in chick windpipes cause deaths and choking. It notes the worms are small round forked by joined sexes, spread when coughing up worms infects others, and urges separating affected chicks to prevent ground contamination.
A note discusses tuberculosis in birds, noting limited knowledge and a UC professor researching its nature and relation to the human disease. Affected fowls stop laying and lose flesh. no cure is known, and sick birds should be culled. Remove stock from the yard and thoroughly clean pens if multiple birds are ill.
An Oakland woman credits Postum Food Coffee with curing coffee related nerve and stomach troubles after eight years of coffee use. She describes renewed strength, improved digestion, and nerve calm within days of switching, praising the book The Road to Wellville and noting San Francisco events. The ad ends by urging readers to seek The Road to Wellville in the Postum brochure from Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich. There's a reason.
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