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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
8
A vivid reminiscence on desert sheep herding and its isolating toll. The piece details 5000 sheep, lonely nights, and mental strain among shepherds in New Mexico, Nevada, and Wyoming, noting how isolation and bleating drive some to madness and even a once-college man ends up bleating with the flock.
J W McKinnon of Talladega Springs Alabama reports severe pneumonia under two doctors with no improvement. After starting Dr Kings New Discovery relief came from the first dose and a bottle cured him. It is advertised as a sure cure for sore throat and colds with a trial bottle free and priced 50 cents and 1.00.
The excerpt comments on money, happiness, honesty, and human folly with wry humor. It muses on why wealth fails to guarantee joy, the allure of lying, and the oddities of gratitude and pride, all framed in a lightly cynical tone.
Vanity Fair contrasts London and American work cultures noting low enthusiasm and limited initiative in London offices and factories. It praises American firms where employees freely suggest improvements and the head of the concern welcomes ideas to achieve results.
If troubled with weak digestion belching or sour stomach use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will get quick relief. For sale by all druggists.
The London Chronicle asserts longer life comes from greater life complexity and expenditure, with intellectual stimulation and sport providing sustaining benefits. It notes luxury worsens disease risk but remains manageable, and suggests sport can sustain effort without fatigue over long distances.
A young man in a clubhouse boasts he gets into more trouble than anyone in the state. A red nosed elder nearby mocks him, asking if he is married, and the exchange ends with the implication of trouble.
She remarks on an excellent performance for a charitable purpose and her husband agrees. They express satisfaction in contributing to charity and gaining value for money. The exchange reflects pride in civic generosity and personal fulfillment.
A humorous dialogue notes a break in congratulating the bride’s father over the groom. The exchange suggests parental costs for daughters and hints at the wedding economy.
A health note urges consulting a physician for pneumonia and explains that it often stems from cold or flu. It discusses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a preventative and treatment used by Dr W J Smith of Sanders Alabama with consistently good results. The advertisement states the product is sold by all druggists.
Ernest Thompson Seton recounts the Currumpaw wolves saga. Lobo, the cunning gray wolf, evades hunters with iron, poison, and wit. A white she wolf’s trap leads to Lobo’s capture and death after years of pursuit.
A Pleasant taste remedy trusted by mothers for infants. It quickly cures coughs colds and helps prevent pneumonia. It also cures croup and, if given at onset, prevents the attack. For sale by all druggists.
A cranky old bachelor sits alone in a silent house with gout, servants and medical aid around him. He longs for compassion and a gentle touch, sighing that marriage might be a failure but this loneliness is worse.
Sunset Magazine notes the native Cherokee called the bird oocoocoo and describes how early settlers misheard its cry as Turk Turk leading to the name turkey. It contrasts the graceful Indian name with the domestic, sunlit roosting flocks by river beaches.
An Irish gentleman sells a hard milker cow at a fair after warning the buyer of her faults. The herdsman assures the master all was told as the buyer pays a large price. The tale ends with a humorous exchange about milking.
In a letter from Honey Grove Texas Colonel John M Fuller says he nearly died from liver and kidney troubles before using Electric Bitters. He credits the remedy with curing his ailments and recommends them as the best medicine on earth. Sold 50c per bottle by L M Bosworth, druggist, with guarantee to cure dyspepsia biliousness and kidney disease.
The Baltimore News recounts a colored man who asked a library assistant for a good law book to defend himself in a neighbor dispute. He read for an hour before asking for the first edition, claiming the fifth edition was too hard to understand.
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