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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
5
Collins Clipper reports a dead three headed pig brought to Warren Mitchell for preservation. Maxwell Tribune notes freight receipts exceed Manning. Slater and Cambridge items cover gypsy traders, new kodaks, a baseball plan, and a suspicious barn fire. Nevada and Story City notes include clothing moves, bounty tales, and saddle theft arrest risk.
Gilman Brown of 34 Mill St South Gardener Mass faced a long illness in his son after Typhoid Malaria and spent 375 dollars on doctors who gave up. A few bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery revived him to health and he could work again. Trial bottles available at Bosworth's Drug store.
The text praises Electric Bitters as a vegetable medicine that tones nerve centers in the stomach, stimulates the liver and kidneys, and helps cleanse the blood. It claims improved appetite and digestion and lists the price as 50¢ and 1.00 per bottle at Bosworth's Drug store.
Eight room house in the north side for rent in good repair with modern conveniences. Inquire at the Times office. LovGuran Machine Co. offers a large stock of high grade buggies in the latest styles. tf
An assortment of money and real estate related notices appears, including city and school bonds and mortgages in Story and adjoining counties with very low interest and optional payments. The ad urges readers to call for terms to save money and lists M Hemistreet Ames Iowa and a patronage request. Also features various patent medicine endorsements and local dealer Judisch Bros offerings for Shiloh’s Cure and Karl’s Clover Root Tea.
Dwine at Wright and Co agrees to carry White House M and J coffee in two pound cans, available at Miller and Kooser's.
Train times from Des Moines Marshalltown and Dubuque to destinations including Peru Afton Junction St Joseph Leavenworth for Waterloo Cedar Falls St Paul Minneapolis and the Northwest via Santana and the East. Daily departures at multiple times with evening and morning runs.
A damaged timetable shows multiple westward and southward trains by lines such as Atlantic Express Chicago Express and Overland Limited. It lists destinations Des Moines and Des Moines Accommodations with limited passenger service and notes no other trains will carry passengers except Sunday.
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