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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1898
Page
6
An old advertisement offers a hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cure not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and endorsements from local druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and various humorous asides and quotes.
A reflective admonition warns that many eyes monitor conduct and habits, urging restraint. It emphasizes awareness of consequences as public attention tracks behavior closely.
An 25 cent bottle advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething relief. It claims gums are softened, inflammation reduced, pain eased, and wind colic cured, noting a spoon is a small article but causes much stir.
An early 1900s advertisement touts Cee's Cough Balsam as the oldest and best remedy for colds. It claims to break up a cold quicker than any other product and emphasizes reliability and consistent results.
Dialogue captures a rural witticism about Miss May, who was courted by many in town last summer and by soldiers this summer, reflecting local humor on marriage prospects.
An exchange features Ragged Rube eating a moldy bread crust offered by a sympathetic old lady. He explains his gout stems from encountering people who stuff him with luxuries, and he vows to avoid her if she sends him away.
A man tells a woman he feels he knew her before, and she reveals they previously met in two former states New Jersey and another, hinting at a past marriage. He recalls Nel Giddington and confesses to seeking her out in North Dakota.
A brief exchange notes contrasting rail lore with Chicago’s rail limits. The Chicago News quips that Chicago has no limit while a citizen cites railway notes from the morning. The banter reflects how urban prose frames travel constraints.
A scene portrays a surgeon major questioned why he remains with his unit as another officer reflects on the decision and shares a thoughtful hesitation.
A man walked two miles to save a nickel, then spent a dollar chasing a ten cent prize, showing the urge to economize despite the futile bet.
Willard Creech son of Richard Creech of 1062 Second Street Appleton Wisconsin healed from spinal disease after use of Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People The father says the boy who was paralyzed for nine months and on a stretcher for a year regained ability to walk and now attends school in good health two years after beginning the pills.
A collage of short notes covers cemetery charges and social quirks, Bedouin tents from goat hair, Zanzibar and Pemba cloves, molasses used as fuel, Jingo cemetery in Kansas, memory as storytelling, a Brooklyn man bequeathing 10 425 volumes to New York City library, Oberlin students allowed card playing, Ohio Methodists’ alarm, and a 1659 breach loading cannon found in Hamburg.
An advertisement extols good health through wholesome food and promotes GOLD MINE FLOUR made from northern grown wheat. The message urges readers to ask their grocer or flour dealer for the GOLD MINE BRAND, while mentioning Adam and his foibles in a brief aside.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad announces improved Pullman sleeping cars and first class day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans Gulf Coast Thomasville Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other Florida points. Connections with steamer lines to Cuba Puerto Rico Nassau and West Indies ports. Excursion tickets for tourists and home seekers offered at low rates. Write C P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for details.
Eight new Pullman sleepers for the New York St Louis route boast an oversized ladies retiring room with a dresser and full length pier glass. The vermillion finished cars show moquette upholstery, arabesque ceiling decor, oval opalescent glass windows, wide vestibules, anti telescoping devices, air pressure water system and Pintsch gas lighting. General Miles also noted for keeping a clean record with his bath tub.
Author Blackmore near seventy three celebrates a long life of writing Lorna Doone and Daniel. He lives in a garden of trees and glass houses with a view of cedars and birch, while London spreads beyond his village postmistress and vicarage.
Lord de la Warr, a name linked to Hooley scandals, is described as a youth with a varied career from diplomacy to pearl fishing to telegraphy. The piece notes his tall, thin figure and past boyhood play with the dukes of Clarence and York. Hooley himself now appears to be beating him in this dispute.
A Worcester Gazette account quotes a soldier describing burials in battle as the most disheartening task. He recalls digging graves, hearing earth pile on coffins, and the toll on troops tasked with burying dead comrades.
In a quip from Ally Sloper a boy asks the classroom for the term for disease microbes and the experts who study them. The exchange yields a pun on germs and Germans reflecting wit of the era.
An optimistic theatrical manager says many companies tour this fall. A less sanguine friend replies I’ve left two there myself indicating portions still travel plans and lingering commitments.
The notice compares Spain's loss of Cuba to a person losing appetite and facing starvation. It then endorses Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion dyspepsia and constipation.
A curious exchange has a cigar dealer hoping the United States does not annex Manila and Cuba. The customer asks where imported cigars would come from if such annexation occurred, highlighting concerns about supply.
Grain-O is promoted as a new food drink replacing coffee. It is described as stomach friendly, with rich seal brown color like Mocha or Java, but made from pure grains and costing one fourth the price of coffee. Packages sell for 15c and 25c.
The exchange features a playful line about the Latin motto Omnia vincit labor. Napoleon’s proclamation is referenced as the translation I came, I saw, I conquered.
A brief exchange centers on footwear as a symbol of status and practicality. A woman argues that wearing oversized shoes mirrors discomfort with inauthentic choices, while a man questions the need for impractical attire.
A dialogue notes shifts in marriage news as a sister plans to wed an English earl while another sister is engaged to a lieutenant in the United States Navy. The contrast highlights social mobility and transatlantic marriages.
In a heartfelt exchange Mrs. Tanke extols the charity, praising the Home for Inebriates as a humane refuge for troubled men and expressing sorrow at the prospect of their having no place to seek shelter.
In a playful exchange Uncle Grout defines a dyspeptic as someone with an optimistic appetite and a pessimistic digestion. The joke hinges on a paradox between eager eating and sour stomach.
Letters from Mrs. Jonny Williams Englishtown New Jersey and Mrs. Joseph Perrison Warren Pennsylvania describe long lasting womb troubles backache and bladder inflammation relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Both women report dramatic improvement and cure after using multiple bottles and packages.
Arctic icebergs are irregular with pinnacles and domes while Antarctic ones appear flat and solid. Eggine a milk based egg substitute is now marketed as a white powder claiming to mimic egg properties. Rich bachelors learn post marriage how well off they were. Holland stands alone in Europe offering coffee free of duty.
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