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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
4
The piece links consumption to torments and touts Dr King's New Discovery as a prompt relief and certain cure for coughs and bronchitis. It notes a trial bottle free and lists Bosworth drugstore pricing at 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle. Also includes a humor gag about a father and newspaper upside down.
A Cairo audience with Empress Eugenie yields a dire prophecy from a dervish. He warns of her future loss of throne, husband, and son, wandering in sorrow with torn jewels, a forecast later tied to vast earthquakes and London’s imagined fate.
A Boston Cultivator excerpt explains a turkey farmer's method. He operates a mill driven petroleum engine to grind feed for 2000 turkeys and employs six men to feed them five times daily. Cocks fetch higher prices but require more care and a half pint of vinegar before slaughter.
The article describes London's quake fears and seismographic worries, noting every sixth or seventh day Japan experiences two earthquakes and cataclysmic tremors affect the world away from populated centers as observed by scientists. It conveys a cautious, period-voice tone about tremors and unseen global seismic activity.
An article from Country Life In America outlines several broncho breaking methods including the patient, gradual approach using halter blanket and saddle, versus harsher Indian methods that choke and ride the pony, and the controversial starvation technique used to subdue and train a beast temporarily.
Patient C F Collier of Cherokee Ta. suffers severe kidney disease and back pain. He credits Electric Bitters with restoring health and urges others with weak kidneys liver or stomach to use the tonic. Guaranteed by L M Bosworth druggists at 50 cents.
Little Irma returns from an excursion to her father’s downtown office and tells her mother she saw a typewriter and a sewing machine that sewed ABCs, a humorous observation captured in Lippincott’s Magazine.
A Lavater quote warns against listening to secret talk that harms others. It contrasts the dangers of receiving words with their sting whether kept or repeated, describing how rumors rebound to wound both reporter and recipient.
A humorous dialogue shows candid self admiration. One character claims superior looks. the other labels it distorted vision, sparking a quick witty exchange about ego and perception.
An advertisement by UL. M. Bosworth markets Rocky Mountain Tea as a path to beauty and a wedding trip across the sea. It touts a pretty face, rosy cheeks, delightful air, and lovely hair as outcomes of using the product.
A London An swers review recalls the life of The Rev Mr Mattison who served as curate of Patterdale England for nearly six decades. His income ranged from £12 to £18 yearly. He married four times and fathered four children, burying his mother and father. He educated his son for college, died at ninety six, and left £1000.
A New York Herald piece depicts a man who earns about ten dollars weekly from commissions by steering strangers to a physician. He coins the scheme as aiding the sick while pocketing five dollars per patient brought to Dr Blank, a competent but impecunious doctor.
No secret about it. Bucklen's Arnica Salve is touted as highly effective for cuts burns ulcers fever sores sore eyes boils and related injuries. D. L. Gregory of Hope Texas reports a quick cure for a bad sore and sore eyes with this salve. 25 cents at L. M. Bosworth's drug store.
The Rosa centifolia or Prov ence rose yields rose water when harvested at dawn. Petals are processed in a tin still to produce quart quantities. The plant is hardy and a rose water hedge could mature in a few years. Also an ad for Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea claims to restore nerves and blood.
A witty exchange contrasts the pessimistic view of inevitable struggle with an optimistic vow to outlast adversity. The Optimist declares that when facing Waterloo, their name will be Wellington, signaling resolve and confidence.
A dialogue on animal thought prompts a Yonkers Statesman exchange about thinking beasts. An ad for Dr. King’s New Life Pills promotes bowel and stomach relief at L. M. Bosworth’s drug store for 25 cents.
A shoemaker tests a pair of boots by a customer who notes the soles are thick. Crispin replies that wearing them will gradually erode the objection away, suggesting comfort will improve with use.
Ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claims a tonic effect improving digestion and health. It emphasizes benefits for the sick and weak and promotes 35 cent tea or tablets sold by L. M. Bosworth.
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