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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1896
Page
11
A reflective aphorism piece extols lasting life through character and personal exertion. It contrasts mind and poverty, uses metaphor of straightening a crooked oak, and praises the grateful prayer. The tone is moralistic and advisory with brief maxims.
Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Iowa and Dakota lake region resorts described as easily reachable by rail. Lists principal resorts and summer hotels, with invitation to obtain a free description by mailing to Geo. H. Heafford in Chicago. Also notes Paris population increase and a diabetic sales pitch for Syrup of Figs with global trade mention.
An illustrated monthly from Chicago area talks up farm lands in the west. Readers are invited to subscribe for one year by sending 5 cents in postage stamps to Corn Belt at 20 Adams St Chicago.
A concise quip about renewal and change appears as a playful line. It notes no birds in last year's nests and everyone on this year's hats, signaling fresh starts and new starts.
A summer resort book is offered by the Wabash Railroad to highlight the lake region accessible from St. Louis. The ad cites a slogan about trust in business and includes a testimonial from Mrs. J Nichols of Princeton Indiana dated March 26 1895 about Piso s Cure for Consumption. It ends with broken text about a wheel and finding a doctor.
A voyage from Atlantic cities to Omaha covers 1,400 miles in 2 days and hours. The itinerary continues Omaha to San Francisco 1,914 miles in 4 days 6 hours, then to Yokohama 4,700 miles in 22 days and on to Hong Kong 1,600 miles in 6 days. From Hong Kong to Calcutta 3,500 miles in 14 days, Calcutta to Bombay 1,450 miles in 3 days, Bombay to Suez 3,600 miles in 14 days, Suez to Alexandria 225 miles in 10 hours, Alexandria to Brindisi 850 miles in 3 days, Brindisi to London 1,200 miles in 3 days, London to Liverpool 200 miles in hours, and Liverpool to Atlantic cities 3,000 miles in 10 days. Total 23,639 miles in 82 days. Fare about 1100 dollars plus 4 dollars a day for meals, total cost around 1500 dollars.
The piece notes Mrs. Cochrane will handle Unitarian duties in Bar Harbor during her husband’s three month absence. It reports on multiple new books about Joan of Arc and mentions Mrs Oliphant writing a maid history, Miss Gladstone leading Cambridge Women’s Liberal club, and Mrs Trollope publishing her mother in law’s life and letters. It also highlights a Missouri woman admitted to the bar, Kingstown’s first woman school superintendent, and a woman elected superintendent nearby. It mentions a New York German born woman dentist gaining popularity among singers.
A collage of ad blurbs and stray notes mentions Pure California Wines and casual product lines. References include shipments, cures, teething remedies, and a social line about national trades unions, with assorted fragmented phrases and postal addresses.
The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston offers top class instruction in music and languages with practical teacher training and Oratory study. Prospectus sent free upon application.
A collection of quick social maxims on love loss etiquette and presenting gifts. Observations include timing for wedding gifts two months before the ceremony and proper introductions between men and women. Advice covers visiting wear gloves with brief calls and couples on wedding tours dressing inconspicuously. Footnotes mention the Prince of Wales and a remark about horse racing.
A breezy column argues that an unmarried, good looking milkman can inspire tidy kitchens more effectively than extensive advice, suggesting charm and appearance motivate better domestic habits among women.
An invitation urges all women with sex specific illnesses to contact Mrs. Lydia E Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Women can speak freely to a woman advisor and more than 100000 women have written for help recently. The letter promises sympathetic guidance and truthful recommendations even when medicine may not fit the case.
The station reports three-year corn trials identifying Golden Beauty and Leaming as top yields, manure practices boosting output, and deep tillage versus shallow culture effects. Findings cover manure types, planting density, and drainage, with guidance for Bulletin 32 from H. J. Waters at the Missouri station.
Practical remedies and homemaking advice cover facial tonics with benzoin, safe handling of cooks and pans, garment care, skin care for illness, mouth canker remedies, preservation methods, and a hair curling method using borax gum arabic camphor.
Notes of the Day reports London's common council received 1892 applications from cricket clubs seeking use of 227 grounds. It also notes plans for a London play with parts by criminals, Rome’s Pope Leo anniversary on June 21, and various scientific and geographic curiosities including timber under pressure, Coolgardie rainfall, and a long bore hole in Prussia.
In a muted exchange the dialogue recalls Pilkerton and a pretty girl living in adjacent flats. They had observed each other through morning windows, hinting at an early morning encounter.
In a playful exchange two characters Ivers and Waggles share humorous wishes about eating and sleeping. Ivers laments having nothing to do but eat and sleep while Waggles dreams of eating and sleeping simultaneously.
A clipped exchange notes Victoria’s reign and large population figures in the Statesman’s Year Book of 1896. Philologists discuss English word usage in a fragment about hair and speech among speakers.
The Ohio Farmer reader D B J of Constantia seeks plain guidance on growing pole lima beans and drying them for winter. The article notes pole types yield big crops on small plots and describes growing rings, heat effects, and bee swarm factors unrelated to the bean topic.
The text defines an epoch as a period previously covering ages, but now described as lasting from a week to ten days, showing a shifting sense of historical time. It references papa as framing the concept in familial dialogue.
In a humorous exchange, Mrs Smith complains about the height of her household staff. Mrs Jones, noting her own medium stature, responds she refuses staff whose height might fit her clothes, highlighting social quips about appearance and economy.
An 19th century style recites digestion as the stomach’s role in feeding brain nerves and muscles and promotes Ostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion malaria bilious and kidney complaints nervousness and constipation. The text also cites Dr Brinton on human origins and ends with a proverb about lies being covered by lies.
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