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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
5
A fragmented dialogue hints at a mother urging a girl not to fear diabetes and to seek a good husband, while the girl pushes back about the husband. The exchange suggests social pressures on marriage and remedy expectations.
A scrambled ad-like passage mentions the United States receiving ship Vermont over 50 years old and notes its role as a schoolhouse for over 1,000,000 sailors. It likens age and accomplishment to Hostetter’s Bitters and touches on malaria, dyspepsia, and values of silver in various countries.
Mrs. M. C. Cooper of the Royal Academy of Arts London is hailed as a leading sculptor. She praises Peruna for catarrh and grippe relief in a January letter from Washington. Cooper notes a bust of Mrs. Bell Lockwood and a gallery in her name, while Ruskin names her among the century’s great artists.
A young clerk Sidney Stanton in a premier city grocery falsifies claims of injury to hide drinking. Manager Mr P tests the tale by verifying doctors. Stanton’s web of lies collapses. Stanton leaves job and street life, lamenting the harm of deceit and vowing to tell the truth henceforth.
F H Browning reports Carl Joel of New York slain by a Yukon cinnamon bear on the Indian river bank. Joel fired all rounds from a heavy 44 Colt as the bear closed in, dying in a death grip after a fierce struggle witnessed by nearby miners who found his body in the bear’s grasp.
A carved sword of honor owned by the Gaekwar of Baroda India is the most valuable in the world. Its hilt and scabbard are encrusted with rare diamonds rubies and emeralds and the total value reaches £220000. Other rulers including Indian princes the Shah of Persia the czar of Russia and the sultan of Turkey own swords set with precious stones worth thousands. The sword presented to Lord Wolseley by the Egyptians is valued at £2000.
Conversation shows a servant questioning the master's presence and uncertainty about his return. The exchange suggests disbelief and anticipation of the master speaking for himself.
In a Tit-Bits style exchange an interviewer asks Druggist if customers feel the war tax impact. The Druggist replies that his customers do feel the effect.
A promotional notice offers a free book on stomach diseases and digestion from F A Stuart Co. Readers are urged to send name and address to Marshall Michigan for the booklet. The article also mentions a farm near Odebolt, a New York bank registering machine, and a Sicily highway robber spared with a 189 year sentence.
Grain-O the new grain coffee substitute claims to imitate coffee with no distress to delicate stomachs and low cost. The ad promotes Grain-O at 15 and 25 cents per package and urges trial in grocery stores alongside multiple medical and household products including Kemp's Balsam and Laxative Bromo Quinine. A brief set of ad blurbs cover misprints and sensational health claims, with a frightened narrative about fire safety and a cartoonish line about a homely girl in a picture.
The letter from Exha FE Brenner of East Rochester Ohio praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for backache, headaches, nervous fatigue, and menstrual troubles. It cites four bottles, one Liver Pills box, and Sanative Wash as effective. A Gibson City woman endorses the remedy for female weakness and pain.
The speaker notes that over four billion human lives have been sacrificed in wars since the Christian era, underscoring the urgent need for a lasting peace initiative. The remark frames war as a costly, repeated tragedy across centuries.
An 1890s style resort blurb touts Eureka Springs Arkansas with February openings, scenic Ozark mountains and medicinal waters. It lists travel via Frisco line with room contact at Century Building St Louis and Frisco offices, plus a quirky inset dialogue about a barber and dream.
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