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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1898
Page
8
A martial poem laments the 1861 era and current calls to battle. It honors fallen sons, references mothers and fathers grieving, and recalls the Maine sinking while urging devotion to the nation's honor despite sorrow and loss.
A reader cites Samuel Smiles on thrift and narrates a Manchester calico printer couple. On their wedding day his wife persuades a small ale allowance, they save 365 pence plus, invest in a savings bank, build a shop and factory, then a county seat, learning frugality fuels growth and credit.
Drug firm offers over ten million free trial bottles of Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds and consumption. Claims cure for asthma bronchitis hoarseness and lung diseases. Call L M Bosworth druggist for a free trial bottle. Regular sizes 50c and 1.00 with guarantee of refund.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming it cures 98 percent of consumption by purifying the blood. It promotes a 1008 page Common Sense Medical Adviser and offers free mailing details from Buffalo New York. Also notes millet seed and livestock selling services by local firms.
From Soldiers Home St James Missouri January 28 1898 the matron Mrs W D Crandall requests another 49 oz bottle of Syrup Pepsin praising it as the best laxative for chronic constipation. The note is a personal testimonial and order.
The salve is promoted as the best in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and skin eruptions. It also claims to cure piles with no pay if not satisfied. Sold by L. M. Bosworth.
An advertisement for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin by L. M. Bosworth endorses its use to prevent rheumatism and other maladies arising from torpid bowels liver and kidneys. Trial size 10c, other sizes 50c and $1.00 offered.
Excursion tickets sold at one fare for round trip June 27 and 28 to Des Moines via the North Western line. Limited to June 30. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway.
Advertisement extolls Electric Bitters as a universal remedy curing back troubles malaria headaches and insomnia. It claims to purify blood boost liver and kidneys and restore vigor with a mild laxative action. Bottles 50 cents guaranteed at L M Bosworth's Drug Store alongside travel promos for North Western Railway home seekers excursions May and June dates listed.
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