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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
3
Local notices announce Loughran & Bauers stocking wall paper paint kalsomine and white wash brushes. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin touted for constipation sold by L. M. Bosworth. A sermon and lectures, plus various real estate and city council items, fill the weekend notices with community updates.
A rustic sales pitch outlines a clothing store’s promise to supply good clothing at a fair price. The letter emphasizes personal service and invites customers to call and inspect the new line, asserting truth and commitment to business.
A joint meeting of the Post and Corps is set for Saturday evening May 10 at Post hall to organize attendance at the department encampment in Des Moines from May 20 to 22. Members are urged to attend by order of the Post commander and Corps president. Also notes reduced excursion rates to Denver via the Chicago and North Western line with tickets on June 22 to 24 and return by October 1 for the convention.
Tortoise shell described as the dried shell over sea turtles and the shelling method to separate joints with heat. A woman touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for whooping cough and sore throat with testimonials from Essie Hall and Rev D H Groves. Also an ad notes selling 200 bushels of seed corn at $1.50 per bushel.
H R Parellis of Plymouth Oklahoma reports selling five bottles of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to threshers who could not work further yet continued this morning. The ad urges keeping a bottle at home for similar relief.
Classified brief notes two bay road geldings offered for sale. Details are unclear but list includes horses identified as COPESTAKE and lmopd GeO with possible sale terms. Potential buyers are advised to contact the seller for full specifications and price.
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