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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1896
Page
3
An early 20th century notice discusses injuries from study and lists symptoms like headaches dizziness and insomnia. A letter to Mrs Pinkham from Mary P reports recovery after using Vegetable Compound. The piece promotes the remedy as a safe cure for women’s ailments and suggests many students use it.
Practical advice on preventing milk curdling with carbonate of soda, removing fruit juice stains with ammonia, cork removal with a stringed screw, cleaning stained oak with hot beer, warming bedclothes using newspapers, making waterproof blacking, using fly paper as a mouse trap, handling hard water in laundry, polishing a kitchen range with black lead and lager beer, and refreshing sponges with permanganate of potassa and acids.
In a brief exchange Mrs. Fodder asks about profession and Booze replies he is a linguist. He says he can request bread and meet in ten different languages.
A dialogue fragment questions Lusk’s emotion toward Johnson as a reflection of a first love. The inquiry asks how she reminded him, suggesting it was through her refusal of him.
Immigrants can settle on nearly 2,000,000 acres of first class government lands in northern Arkansas. For full information, write to E. V. M. Powell, Immigration Agent, Harrison, Arkansas, enclosing 10 cents. See display ad in another part of the 2018 paper.
A historical note records that in the year 1700 more than half of the city of Edinburg was destroyed by fire, leaving vast areas burned and impacting residents and structures across the urban area.
The piece promotes health through outdoor exercise and a gentle laxative remedy Syrup of Figs by the Ornia Fig Syrup Company. It claims the product cures fits and offers a free trial bottle with address in Philadelphia.
A vintage advertisement touts Benson By judicious Cee's Cough Eaton as the oldest best remedy for colds and teething. It promotes a universal cure, notes Bismark derives an annual income of 98 750 from various industries, and claims Mia Low's soothing syrup for children costs about 25 dollars a week.
The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston has educated over 60 000 since 1853 and grows in popularity. It offers Oratory and Modern Languages with top instructors and a piano tuning department. Tuition is low compared with other schools and prospectus is mailed free on request.
A London sale featured a 46 3-4 Burman ruby as the largest cut to fetch 40000 dollars. In Nebraska a man sold an 850 pound pet pig. A Stockton England company produced a steel plate 76 feet 3 inches long and 5 feet wide. The dome piers of Rome’s St Peter’s church have floor areas rivaling a New York church. Tacoma Land uses 100 to 105 foot piles cut from Washington firs, with some timbers reaching 120 feet and two feet square at the butt.
The National Education Association will hold its next annual meeting in Buffalo. The Michigan Central offers a one fare round trip plus 2.00 for association membership. Send stamps for Notes for Teachers and a 10 cent summer notebook on northern and eastern resorts. City ticket office 119 Adams Street. In 1862 Troy, New York, was nearly destroyed by fire.
A preacher urges accepting God’s providence in daily life. He cites sparrows and hairs, notes God guides occupation and dwelling, arranges friendships, limits prosperity, and rubs out plans to begin again. He warns against procrastination and urges contentment under divine direction.
The Rev. Wm. L. Worcester states that the Lord cannot lead us into temptation or desire our exposure to evil. He emphasizes divine protection and salvation from danger and suffering, arguing that even the notion of permitting evil stems from imperfect human thought.
Advert shows social banter with names Tom Topnot and Jack Plunger and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy. Claims include relief from biliousness constipation malaria rheumatism kidney complaints and nervousness. Also notes world births exceed deaths by over 1,500,000 annually.
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