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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1904
Page
4
Advertisement notes a cure claim for diseases and a 320 acre pasture near Ames, described as well watered and two and a half miles from the city. Inquiries directed to J R Munden.
The article notes queen bee varieties with the Italian strain as most valuable. Prices for a single queen range from 50 to 200 dollars, and bees are shipped worldwide. A Ottawa area beekeeper travels to Europe yearly, importing bees worth thousands of dollars and insures the top queens through an Italian firm.
A New York Tribune feature describes Florence’s Saturday Easter ritual around Raniero Pazzi’s lamp lighted from the sacred fire. The procession, car, fireworks, and dove mechanism culminate in the Pazzi family’s celebration and a hopeful harvest.
Dan Wilson refutes Greenleaf on Evidence by showing the author counted the work as a germ of a better treatise not a binding authority. The Missouri justice of the peace rules the book out and decides for J. son and client. From Durban South Africa a note extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on a two month old with a cough. Emerson on the sea praises nature and urges exploration and renewal.
Traveler asks for the next train. Station Master replies it is at twelve o'clock and that no earlier train is available. The brief exchange highlights a rigid schedule.
A humorous quote from the Boston Globe notes progress comes from action not contemplation. An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy for stomach troubles and constipation and states they are sold by all druggists.
Country Life In America hails racing pigeons as swift reliable birds able to hit 100 miles in an hour and travel 700 miles between sunrise and sunset. The piece notes their gentleness yet endurance and cites a hawk attack on a homing pigeon at home. Also included is a testimonial about Electric Bitters curing kidney trouble and other ailments, with a 50 cent price at L. M. Bosworth, druggist.
Describes wrecks from carelessness and how Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds saves lives. Mrs Lois Crage of Dorchester Mass is cited as a life saved by the remedy guaranteed for throat and lung diseases. Price 50 cents and 1.00 with trial bottles free.
A worm about an inch and a half long with a flattened body and dull brown skin. When touched it curls gracefully, then reveals a segmented upper surface made of many round flat shields arranged in two rows overlapping. The shields move with the body, edges lifting to show the live structure sliding against each other.
The ad argues constipation comes from dehydration and criticizes drastic pills. It promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a gentle, natural remedy and recommends a 25 cent bottle, available at all druggists.
In Girvan Scotland a fading fishing and weaving town keeps a custom where families present certificates granting burial rights in the old churchyard to elderly parents. The practice, widespread among aging residents, brings pride and gratitude and traces its roots to traditional respect for elders.
An old time ad promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as effective against dyspepsia jaundice fever and constipation regardless of age. The product is sold for 25 cents at L M Bosworth's drug store.
Ruskin argues women use intellect for order and decision rather than invention. The quote frames female power as guiding, arranging, and prioritizing, not creating new ideas or leading combat.
Town Topics notes the newly wealthy family has moved into a grand home and decorated it with portraits of many ancestors. A few ancestors remain missing from the wall due to their earthly fate.
In a Philadelphia Ledger exchange, Miss Kremey asks for Moore books in a bookstore while the clerk offers Moore poems and a story titled Just One Kiss. The scene highlights a literary preference conflict between reader and staff.
An old classified notice from Sprague Wholesale Co invites cheerful businesswomen to distribute sample magazines and compile a census of magazine subscriptions. The position offers steady work and a $15 weekly starting salary. experience is not required but references are preferred. Address 270 Wabash Ave Chicago.
A crude testimonial notes a runaway bicycle causing a stubborn ulcer healed after Bucklen’s Arnica. Doctors and remedies are mentioned, and the cure is attributed to Bucklen’s Arnica now sold at L. M. Bosworth’s drug store.
The Des Moines Daily News announces a special bargain for new readers during November. New or old subscribers can get Daily and Sunday papers at $1.50 per year, a liberal rate not previously offered.
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