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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
8
Huxley residents debate school consolidation while Slater invents a patent ladder. Collins girl survives a bonfire scare. Story City man loses a thumb. Zearing shop burns for about 500 dollars. County towns boast bands, nursery inquiries, and cautions on absinth dangers and its ruinous effects on mind and body.
The piece describes absinth preparation from wormwood and other botanicals steeped in alcohol, then distilled and scented with essential oil. It warns that producers often cut corners using poisonous wood alcohol and inferior herbs, risking hazardous results and impure greenish coloration.
A list of New York’s early figures and milestones including Peter Minuit’s 1626 governor appointment, Jean Vigne and Sarah Rapalla as the first European-born children, Dr. Johannes La Montague as the first physician, and Kryn Frederick authorized to supervise Fort Manhattan construction in 1626. It notes a 1626 religious meeting loft on South William street and the era’s first warehouse with a village store and Indigenous access to spirits.
A quip-filled note from the New York Press on Dutch superstition about gifts. It recalls a friend given a sharp tool, a kitten gifted to a washwoman, and the belief that thanking a friend for a present brings bad luck. The piece ends with a wry remark on modern gratitude.
Any mother who has had experience with this distressing ailment will be affected by applying Chamberlain's Salve as soon as the child is done nursing. Wipe it off with a soft cloth before allowing the babe to nurse. Many trained nurses use this salve with best results. For sale by Judisch Bros.
A discussion on bullet impact contrasts brittle bone with soft brain tissue, noting minimal bone displacement but wide brain disruption. Kocher's experiments show fluid content magnifies damage in closed vessels, with water filled skulls bursting under bullet impact.
Judisch Bros announce Fol ey’s Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affected by the national pure food and drug law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults.
In western Tibet tigers, once common, grow rare amid population growth. A man-eater near Chipla prompts a hundred armed villagers to corner and stone the sleeping tiger. After a fierce pursuit and brutal assault, the beast is killed by axes as stones rain down.
The London News notes Sheridan in the previous year in the house of commons where the Oude charge was moved as an impeachment article. Sheridan spoke five hours forty minutes. the audience applauded wildly, a breach of decorum Pitt cited when adjourning for agitation. No full report exists. the London Chronicle and Macauley offer limited accounts.
A doctor probes a patient about a lingering stomach disorder. The patient admits eating leftover pork from last week perhaps not fresh. The physician jokes that spoiled pork cannot be cured, while the patient quips a diseased stomach can be treated but spoiled pork cannot.
In a Glasgow church sermon the pastor condemns slothfulness and climaxes with a quip about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden having hands in their pockets. The remark appears in Harper's Weekly.
The snippet from London Punch shows a grimy exchange about thirst aboard a boat. The Boatman, disappointed with refreshment, offers a crude alternative to soothe dryness and a sailor asks for a match.
A Greek proverb notes shame in repeating mistakes, urging caution after repeated missteps.
J. B. Rowland made a business trip on Thursday. W. M. Randall has added a new extension to his house. Bill Munden, once of Ames and now in Stanley, North Dakota, visits his sister Mrs. Frank Evans. About thirty young people held a surprise party for Miss Josie Whitiger, enjoying a delightful evening.
Alvin H. Stimpson of Williamantic Conn. nearly gave up hope after failing remedies but after using Foley's Kidney Cure four bottles cured him completely and he is now entirely well. Cagwin Druggist.
A fifteenth century precursor to modern telegraphs, Amontons developed a signal system sending messages from Paris to Rome in about three hours. Posts along the Alps displayed coded signals to guides at distant stations, with the Paris sender and distant recipient alone knowing the key. He faced discouragement from authorities and abandoned the project.
A comic fragment shows a man called Johnnie pleading for help as a mother faints. The papa places a ten dollar bill in her hand and Johnnie wants ten more, in a staged exchange with Flegende Blatter.
A concise reflection cites Adam Smith asserting resentment arises naturally as a safeguard of justice and protection of innocence, framing it as a defense mechanism rather than a vice. The quote underscores morality and social order through natural emotion.
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