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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1893
Page
2
Story County sheep breeders are urged to attend the state convention in Ames next Wednesday to gain profitable insights. A new paper, the Ghost Dancer, starts in Miles City Montana. The piece discusses politics, suffrage, and local civic notes with multiple named people and places.
An Algona Upper Des Moines note recalls a telegraph office joke about a Iowa woman who sought to send a motto for a Sunday school. She asked how long before her husband could obtain details to relay by telegraph, and common sense yielded a startling inscription: Dear Frank, Booge Hotel, Sioux City. Unto us a child is born, eight feet long and two feet wide.
A column questions patronizing peddlers versus storekeepers, arguing buyers receive better terms from honest shopkeepers. It lists items and prices at the New Drug Store to contrast against peddler practices.
On March 12 the Sunday Press in New York begins a new Art Cover practice. When folded to quarter size the paper is encased and promises unprecedented appeal to readers. Next Sunday’s front page will reproduce the German masterpiece St Celia with April offering original water color designs and reproductions of famous paintings. Inside pages will showcase half tone portraits and illustrations of current week topics. Each Art Cover copy would command at least $1 in art stores.
Reports from Honaker Bros in Lorain Ohio and Dr. Moses Price credit Chamberlains Pain Balm with curing rheumatism and providing reliable relief. Advertisements note the product’s supposed superiority and list Westerman and Arnold as sellers with additional remedies for cramps and stomach issues.
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