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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
2
Eviza R Parker explains proper blanket washing to avoid shrinking and yellowing. Use plenty of soft water and pure soap like Ivory, wash gently by hand, rinse, blue with the last water, air dry, then weight and box for storage.
A dialogue fragment recounts a fatal blast that disintegrates a man, with a bystander saying the accident’s impact was deep while a query about relation reveals the speaker is an undertaker. The exchange hints at a tragic event and the mortuary aftermath without graphic detail.
An claim that Grain-O made from pure grains substitutes coffee without distress for delicate stomachs. It markets as cheaper than coffee with two package sizes 15 and 25 cents and invites children to drink it for benefit.
A bystander recalls an incident where a caregiver claimed the infant had to be watched for bounce potential. Authorities investigated the remark as a statement about the child’s behavior rather than a physical event. No injuries were reported.
An old advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a tobacco cure claiming it makes men powerful and energetic. It offers a free cure booklet and samples, with ordering from Kennedy Co. based in Chicago or New York.
A St. Louis woman sues for divorce on her wedding night claiming fifty years of marriage was enough. The piece notes the unusual timing and portrays a dramatic domestic dispute in concise terms.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure is a constitutional remedy. A separate statistic notes London has about 548 300 inhabited houses.
An ad promises a tobacco cure while a Bowling Green Kentucky woman with a twenty one child family sues her husband for divorce. The fragment ties an old circulation pitch to a domestic dispute record.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething infants classed as gum soothing, inflammation reduction, pain relief, wind colic cure, in a 25 cent bottle. The piece also cites Dr Kay’s Renovator and a remark on flattered sensibilities and a fashion note about Handkerchiefs linked to Empress Josephine.
A ballad by Will Carleton contrasts a thief caught with flour against a famine driven theft to feed hungry children. The speaker argues the true guilt lies with wealth and neglect, pleading prison but with his family paid wages and work.
A natural history note describes the crowned crane, four feet tall with pale gray coloring and a yellow crest of bristles sought by natives for head adornment. It nests on marshy mounds and rarely floats nests, while the blue Stanley crane shows long trailing tail feathers and a habit of knee deep roosting in water.
A shy bird, frozen into ice in winter, shows no increase in intelligence. It remains wary, yet becomes easily tamed if removed from its nest.
The essay contrasts immigrant foods by region noting Germans prefer rye bread and sauerkraut French shops sell French foods in French Hebrew quarters stock foods favored by Hebrews Chinamen markets feature Chinese items including duck eggs with pink yolks and jelly rice. It claims cultural differences shape diets and attire, ending with a prejudiced remark about "hideous little monsters."
Historical records describe two sieges where bees were used as weapons. Romans under Lucullus and attackers at Themiscyra used bees cast from above to sting laborers. In Chester, Saxons and allies warded off Norse assaults by pouring boiling liquids and dropping bee hives to trap besiegers.
A fifty four foot tall image of Hachiman the war god rises in Tokyo. The colossal wood and plaster statue features a twenty seven foot sword blade and a twelve foot ball in the other hand. A stairway leads to a head chamber with space for twenty visitors and a view through an eye. Internal anatomy displays brain regions. Entry costs about one penny.
In Ceylon the Virginian horned owl roams at night making eerie cries like Waugh O Waugh O. The Kandyans fear its nocturnal song, viewing it as a death omen unless a charm is used to avert the misfortune.
Physicians employ a small electric lamp named the pea lamp to light interior body parts. The delicate bulb measures about one quarter of an inch in diameter and features a carbon filament system roughly one eighth inch long and two thousandths of an inch wide.
Washington inventor Benjamin C Pole unveils a differential fly wheel claimed to convert five horsepower into far greater output by moving leverage outward on the fly wheel. The device links gear trains to the fly wheel and suggests unlimited power under ideal conditions, pending engineering validation.
Black Hawk, 90, famed Winnebago chief and nephew of the original Black Hawk, may attend this summer if health allows. Once a fierce leader and hunter, he ruled a large band with an iron hand and fought at Bad Ax. His son died in an encounter with Jim Swallow. if able, he will headline at the fair.
A 1833 accident where a farmer with eggs and butter was struck by a train led Ashland Baxter to seek a warning device. George Stephenson devised a steam powered whistle after meeting in Alton Grange, and rail directors soon adopted the shrill warning on engines.
Prof Elmer Gates of Washington reports making a near perfect vacuum using a two glass technique. He fills a test tube with high melting glass then withdraws inner glass while exhausting outer air and cooling, leaving no air space. The result is believed to be a true vacuum.
Prince Bismarck left his residence for the first time since January 2, driving for an hour and a quarter in the Sachsen Wald. He reportedly had little trouble entering and leaving his carriage and later walked briefly in his garden before returning indoors.
Miss Eugenie Sellers is awarded an honorary LL.D. by St Andrew's University, the first time a woman has earned the honor. She is noted for translating Pliny's Letters on Art and for her work as a lecturer in archaeology and art.
A collage of short items notes editors avoiding conflict, a cure-all tonic claim from Dr. Kline, grasshopper worry near Oakdale Washington, camphor ice benefits, a joke about governance, a bowel educate by Cascarets, and Mrs. Sherman's keen interest in current events.
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