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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
10
Dialogue-style fragment shows a mother advising a child not to worry about guiding dia guides and to expect nothing from a good husband. The exchange hints at family pressure and marital expectations.
The United States receiving ship Vermont, over fifty years old, has trained more than 1,000,000 sailors. The description likens its enduring age and achievements to Hostetter’s Bitters, famed for twenty years for malaria and digestive ailments. Notes on currency rates for several nations follow.
Mrs. M. C. Cooper of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, famed sculptor, is in Washington producing busts of distinguished Americans. She recently completed Mrs. Bel- Lockwood’s bust at the Corcoran Art Gallery and praises Peruna in a January letter. An appeal for a free health book on catarrh titled Health and Beauty is included.
A young clerk in a refined city grocery is hired on his appearance and polish. Rumors of drinking follow, a doctor visit fake is uncovered, and the lie costs the man his job and reputation, leaving him to wander the streets without character.
F H Browning reports from Dawson that Carl Joel of New York died in a bear attack on the Indian river. Joel fired repeatedly as a large Yukon bear closed in, the final shot hitting near the heart but too late. Miners later found Joel in the bear's grip after a deadly struggle.
Public notice promotes a free booklet by the F A Stuart Co of Marshall Michigan explaining causes of indigestion and how to cure it with diet. It urges readers to mail a postal card with name and address for delivery. Also notes an unrelated humorous bar joke and a local farm article.
A vivid note on how a plain girl can look striking in a photograph. The comment also hints that learning a language takes time and mistakes accompany progress.
An old advertisement touts Coe’s Cough Balsam as the oldest and best remedy that will break up a cold quicker than anything else. The blurb promotes pliability of the product and urges readers to try it to save money.
A quirky editorial notes the tension between honesty and pursuit of limits on regulation. It then recounts a Hawaii feature on skilled female riders and swimmers. A tragic farm accident near Bellaire Michigan reports Carl Hosmer crushed by a falling hollow tree while sawing.
Letters from women like Edna E. Brenner of East Rochester Ohio praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from backache nervous fatigue and female troubles. The notices urge others to seek free counsel and emphasize the product as a safe root-cause solution.
A reader reflects on relief upon waking from a frightening dream that proved not real. The author notes the contrast between fear during sleep and safety after waking.
The Gaekwar of Baroda possesses the world’s most valuable sword of honor valued at £220,000 with a diamond studded hilt and scabbard. Other princes own swords worth over half that, while the Shah of Persia, czar of Russia, and sultan of Turkey have gem set swords worth thousands. Lord Wolseley’s sword given by the Egyptians is valued at £2,000.
A dialogue scenes a boy challenging a servant about the master’s whereabouts. The servant denies the master is home, insists the master will come down to confirm, and suggests the boy will then believe him. The exchange hinges on testimony vs. appearance.
Interviewer asks who pays the war tax and a druggist answers that his customers feel the impact. The exchange reflects public sentiment on wartime taxation as reported in Tit-Bits.
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