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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1895
Page
5
An advertisement claims Hhostet ters Stomach Hitters restore digestion and boost vitality. It says the tonic improves food assimilation and combines a medicinal stimulant with a sovereign preventive remedy to cure dyspepsia constipation and liver issues.
A stranger in Boston orders whisky and presses for it with a meal. The waiter informs no liquor is served except with food, prompting the stranger to request a plate of sugar one lemon and whisky.
A notice promotes investing in wheat through Thomas & Co. Rialto Ridg. Chicago offering a manual on success and a Daily Market Report. It cites historical price of 1.44 and promises a small margin for buyers ready to act.
In a playful exchange Sammy presents a new cart to Tommy who insists on calling it “she.” Bammy corrects him that it’s “it,” while Dick weighs in and declares it’s “he.” The gag centers on pronoun usage for the nail cart.
Jinks remarks on being well off before marriage and Blinks answers that he did not know it. The exchange captures a social joke about money and awareness in a domestic setting.
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a comfortable remedy offering relief from constipation, colds, headaches, and fevers. It claims benefits to the kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and notes the product is sold in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
A Jacksonville Florida child died after being thrown into fits by a piano rhythm. The report notes rapid death linked to the shock, with no further medical details given.
The Zoological Society welcomes a new giraffe from South Africa, a tall, darkly blotched year old adding to the giraffe house in the Zoological Gardens. Moving the tall box under railway bridges proved difficult, but the animal is settled and watched by spectators as attendants plan grooming.
Assist ant Counseller Phil Turpin of the sub treasury recovered a jostled ten dollar note found inside a birds nest blown from a tree by a May wind. The nest debris yielded the currency and the bill, badly damaged, was redeemed at the treasury.
A proposal by engineer J Chester Wilson to make the William Penn statue on Philadelphia City Hall tower revolve once every twenty four hours with cog wheels electric power and a central shaft. The plan includes time marks on the base and illuminated night viewing to please all city views.
The article lists famous women who were childless or had few children, naming Mme. George Sand with two children, Mme. de Stael with three, Elizabeth Barrett Browning with one son, Mrs. Somerville with three, and noting George Eliot, Mrs. Craik, and Mrs. Barbauld as childless.
Aug M Merrike of Laporte Indiana pursued a 20 year old woman for decades. She refused, then consent was won recently. She is now 50 and he is 91.
The advertisement promotes W H Harvey Coin's Financial School and related works with prices for cloth and paper editions. It lists six titles including A Tale of Two Nations and Chapters on Silver, plus rates, postage prepaid, and a bulk offer for one dollar. Address George Currier in Chicago Illinois for ordering.
Special low rates for hotel and cave fees offered to Epworth League ticket holders on the Louisville and Nashville line through Nashville and Chattanooga. Maps and rate details available from agents in Louisville and St Louis. Also notes historic use of horse meat in Oregon.
A Fast Train for Yellowstone Park leaves Omaha via the Burlington at 4 35 P M daily arriving at the Park in under 40 hours. Full information about the Park costs sights and how to get there is in our Yellowstone Park book. Send for a copy from J Francis P T A Burlington Route Omaha web.
A collage of vintage remedies and quips appears, promoting Mrs Wixlows 860THING Syrup for teething children and Clemens folk cures. Mentions Camphorice with Glycerine for chapped skin, Parker's Ginger Tonic for ills, and various coins and promises.
A London bankers firm profited when a jailed fraudster offered to reveal information for better teeth. The prisoner submitted a tip enabling the bank to recover 1500 pounds of theft, while the state set artificial teeth cost at four pounds. The episode ends with the firm receiving a remittance of one pound from prison authorities.
An essay extols the hen as the nation’s most valuable bird for wealth, noting eggs yearly valued at 135 million dollars and contrasting England’s egg trade. It argues the hen merits serious study by economists and laments the hypothetical extermination of hens.
A man and a woman met when she dropped a coin at Grand Central. He returned it and they soon talked on the Troy bound train. That evening they were married in Troy. New York Weekly.
Grace Broomhead served as bridesmaid to Clara Gregory at a Chicago wedding where Clara married Alfred Broomhead. The clergyman noted the shared surname and Grace revealed she is Alfred's divorced wife.
A historic volume in Gainesville records Georgia's first marriage license dated December 7, 1754 in the 28th year of George II. It authorized the marriage of Thomas Bassett to Elizabeth Mills.
George Pecero of Shamokin Pa accepted a $50 wager to drink a quart of whisky in an hour and a half. He won the bet but died, and his friends used the prize to cover his funeral expenses.
A dusty man in a hat pauses before a hand organ as the tune repeats There's no place like home. He recalls bare wet floors and cold potato meals on a sewing machine amid quiet house cleaning times.
An anti smoking ad warns that tobacco drives nerves to tingle and happiness away. It claims Bac will end tobacco cravings and restore vigor, offering a free book from Sterling Remedy Co. in New York City or Chicago.
The saying asserts a value on integrity and faith guiding business life, warns that neglecting God in work harms worship, and claims sin is costly. It contrasts parental worldliness with devilish influence on children, insisting true worth lies in service to one’s race and warns whitewashing a rascal harms him inside.
A rugged note compares profits from 10 to 2 acres in the Grand Valley climate with lavish claims of irrigation work. The writer mentions hot and cold weather and asks what gains farmers might expect if agricultural prices rise, citing eucalyptus trees in Gippsland, Australia at 450 feet as a distant boast.
A collection of vintage testimonial snippets and product pitches including Hall’s Catarrh Cure ads promising cures and a 75 cent drugstore price, diamond weighing quips about eyelash sensitivity, Piso’s Cure for Whooping Cough, and a harsh old line about the devil in a praying mother’s home.
Advertises Manson's Magic Corn Salve with a guaranteed cure or money back. Wording urges purchase through druggists and lists a price of 15 coats.
A couple enters a restaurant after a theatre outing. She claims she never eats enough to keep a bird alive, and he pays seven dollars and eighty five cents. He reflects that her “bird” is an ostrich, not a real appetite.
The coroner Dr Slade described as enterprising by Colonel Handy Polk. The anecdote recalls Slade seizing an Egyptian mummy during a circus visit, convening a jury, returning a verdict of Dead from unknown causes, and billing the county with compound interest from Moses.
A proverb-like saying warns that danger hides in the apparent kindness of a sheep. It compares the devil to a lion in disguise, highlighting deceitful appearances and hidden threat.
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