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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
7
A sensational claim promises a Swedish Essence of Life remedy proven to prolong life by removing disease germs from blood. The ad touts a root and herb cure for fever malaria digestion and vitality and offers a free trial bottle from M R Zaegel & Co 160 Main Street Sheboygan Wisconsin to any reader sending name and address.
In Fiji Islands the native economy uses whale teeth as coins. Teeth are painted white and red, with red teeth valued twenty times higher than white. Wealth is carried in necklaces made from the teeth.
A rural Indiana paper recaps a town hall performance of Hamlet by Mr Soandso and his company. The critic jokes about the Shakespeare Bacon authorship dispute, claiming the one who turned over last night would settle the authorship.
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh and promotes its internal use and blood and mucous effect. It offers a one hundred dollar reward for any failure to cure and invites readers to request circulars and testimonials from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. It also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In a cynical age a man may seek fame through a bizarre patent as a defining moment. The line between ingenuity and folly remains thin as ambition drives invention.
Large 202nd? package Red Cross Ball Blue scent product listed by The Russ Company of South Bend Indiana.
The line distinguishes concepts not inherently linked, noting that a person named Alonzo does not automatically equate to a barber shop or a back stand.
Advertorial style notice claims Garfield Tea purifies blood and cures headaches. It also notes a wife’s complaint about her busy husband and lack of affection.
A testimonial from Robert Schoenhauer of Newburg New York dated August 21 1905 describes severe foot and ankle wounds with blood poisoning after months of illness. He credits Cuticura Remedies including Soap Ointment and Resolvent for rapid healing after two weeks treatment.
A concise remark notes that a man who blushes for his religion wastes his emotions, urging restraint in public displays of piety.
A major incident left the central city area in ruins as responders secured the scene. Fire crews battled flames while rescuers searched for victims and assessed structural damage across multiple blocks. Authorities urged residents to avoid the area as investigations began.
A fierce wind toppled walls in Frisco causing danger to crowds viewing ruins. Relic hunters dig through Chinese and Japanese bazar ruins, finding satsuma vases cloisonne and bronze pieces. Nurse Mrs Kane and Policeman John McLean rescue six insane patients kept in locked cells at city hall ruins.
A reporter reports major quake damage across San Mateo County with no deaths. South San Francisco railroad tracks sink up to six feet near Holy Cross cemetery. Gravestones damaged. San Mateo Southern Pacific depot wrecked cutting telegraph and telephone poles and wires.
Chinese in Oakland form the majority of the community with Celestials still in two or three camps around the city. Across the bay, countrymen provide care and support to those displaced.
The ad section highlights Allen's Foot-Ease powder promising relief for painful feet and growing nails with a trial offer. Garfield Tea laxative is pitched as a mild healthful option curing constipation. Also noted is Nicaragua concessions granting Dr Lenox S Anderson timber and turpentine rights in Mosspoint Mississippi with a $500000 installment plan over fifty years.
An assortment of small items from an old page includes Red Cross Ball Blue at five cents, The Kuss Company South Bend advertisement, a note on klepto mania in women, Mrs Winston’s Soothing Syrup for teething, and a jest about an after dinner speech. It also mentions a Kansas cook thinning stove polish with gasoline and her recovery chances.
The Sydenham an apartment house on Madison Avenue and Fifty eighth Street New York City is occupied exclusively by physicians. Seventy doctors have offices under its roof.
Canadian rail construction booms strain local steel mills and push large orders to the United States. Grand Trunk Pacific petitions the government to remit the duty on steel rails arguing the duty is protective and local mills cannot meet demand.
Dr Brigham of Fitchburg Mass endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a reliable remedy for female ills. He cites using it in practice and praises its restorative effects on menstrual disorders bloating and weakness. Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass offers free guidance for twenty five years to sick women seeking advice.
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