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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1899
Page
5
A Nevada high school boys team played Ames High nine Saturday, delivering a lively finish. The article mixes sports notes with reflective lines about farm life and local industry, ending with a quote about printers and rest.
A Sioux county teacher tries to help a dull pupil spell feet by asking what a cow has four of while she has two. The response causes smiles on several idling boys in the class as the lesson ends.
A Des Moines dentist faces criticism for unpaid extractions and misused anesthesia claims. The Cambridge Dispatch mocks the piece while urging patrons to support reliable local dentists. A Phillipine dispatch condemns annexationists, endorsing autocratic rule to stabilize governance.
A Marysville Tex resident credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing consumption after years of suffering. He praises the remedy as more valuable than gold and would pay any price. Trial bottles are free at L M Boss Drug Store with regular sizes 50c and 1 00 guaranteed to cure. Also notes travel excursion fares and a North Western line schedule.
A teacher's arithmetic joke about a dollar given by father and tomorrow ends with a lad's hint he may become president. The ad promotes Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure, priced 25, 50, and 100 cents, with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure, sold by H. D. Miller for over fifty years.
Advertises Karl's Clover Root Tea as a cure for headaches caused by overwork. Claims blood purification and tissue building with a money back guarantee. Priced at 25 and 50 cents. Sold by H. D. Miller.
A notice invites inquiries about various small fruits for sale and requests customers to send for a price list. The listing names Eugene Smith of Ames Iowa as the contact for details.
An advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root Tea as purifying breath by its action on the bowels. Sold for years on absolute guarantee. Price 25 and 50 cents. For sale by H. D. Miller.
An old world remedy for coughs colds and consumption claims to cure incipient and advanced cases. If unsatisfied money refunded. Prices 25 50 cents and 1.00. Sold by H D Miller. Shilohs cough and consumption cure marketed as effective for croup with immediate relief and no known failure.
North side residence lots three blocks from Main Street offer dry ground natural drainage and quiet surroundings free from car smoke and noise. Also a south side eight room house and lot on Boone Street in an appealing location offered as a bargain to be claimed soon. G. A. Underwood.
An advertisement touts a salve claimed to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or a full refund and notes L. M. Bosworth as the seller.
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin claiming it prevents rheumatism and other ailments from a torpid bowel liver and kidney condition. Trial size 10c, other sizes 50c and 1.00 sold by L. M. Bosworth.
One thoroughbred Jersey cow 5 years old fresh. F. N. Fower. Exceptionally Low Rates to Denver. Excursion tickets sold at greatly reduced rates from all stations May 15 and 1, limited to June 15, for Cumberland Presbyterian Church Annual Meeting. Apply to Chicago & North-Western B'y agents. Excursion Tickets to Decatur Illinois via North-Western Line sold at reduced rates from Illinois stations May 15 16 17 limited to May 19 inclusive for State S. S. Convention. Apply to Chicago & North-Western Railway agents.
One way Colonist tickets are on sale daily at all stations of the Chicago Great Western Ry at extremely low rates to points in British Columbia Idaho Manitoba Minnesota Montana North Dakota Oregon South Dakota and Washington. For full information as to rates routes etc call on any agent Maple Leaf Route or address F A Lord General Pass Ticket Agent 113 Adams St Chicago.
After March 14 the through tourist car to Los Angeles via the Chicago Great Western Ry in connection with the A T S F Ry will run every second week instead of weekly. This best route to California points. travelers can obtain rates, times, and departure dates from any agent, Maple Leaf Route, or KF H. Lord, general passenger and ticket agent, Chicago. May 23
A letter from St James Missouri dated January 28 1898 requests a 40 ounce bottle of Syrup Pepsin noting it is the best laxative the writer has used. The matron Mrs W D Crandall signs the note. Separate ad copy promotes The Emporium millinery with Chicago styles and low prices inviting patrons to view offerings from Dr and L Hamilton.
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