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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
6
Mrs Mary Dowling of San Francisco testifies to the benefits of Electric Bitters for acute indigestion and stomach and liver troubles. The tonic purifies blood and aids female weakness, available at 50 cents per bottle.
The Columbia University observatory houses one of the world’s most accurate clocks. It runs for months with a mean error of 0.015 seconds and a maximum daily error of 0.003 seconds, equating to at most 0.5 seconds per month and six seconds per year. It is an astronomical clock housed in a vacuum case, winded electrically, isolated from vibration, with strict temperature and pressure control to minimize errors.
In the Aegean a rocky Santoria harbor formed after an ancient quake splits Thera and St Nicholas atop cliff towns with windmills for olive crushing. The three Kaumene islets emerged since the quake. Santoria wine is prized in the Levant. Sulphurous harbor waters cleanse ship bottoms, aiding navigation.
A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine says fifteen years of use have cured every sore boil ulcer or burn it touched and saved them doctor bills. The salve sells for 25 cents at all drug stores.
A farm owner returns from the county fair exhausted and asks his wife about the farm chores. She confirms cows in the barn horses fed and unharnessed, chickens locked up, wood chopped, and wagon heel mended. The man sighs and requests supper noting farming is beginning to tell on him.
A dealer compares two coral strings, one dark and dull priced at 50 cents and a pink translucent one at 5090 dollars. He explains coral beads are used worldwide for funerary garlands in India, adorn bodies ready for cremation, and are valued in Africa and Italy for protective beliefs.
A short anecdote about Marlow, age three, warned by his mother not to play with Willie Burr. He defies the warning, declaring to his playmate that he will go in to be spanked and will return. The Delineator presents the child’s defiant phrase and the maternal scolding in a humorous domestic moment.
New York Press suggests using oil of rhodium to lure rats into traps. The article notes the oil is costly at 50 cents per ounce, is derived from bindweed, and used in perfumery, with catnip deemed ineffective by comparison.
In a timber yard two workers carry a large batten when the manager arrives and teases one man for carrying it on the wrong shoulder. The witty reply flips the line, saying it should be on the manager’s shoulder. The exchange comes from London Scraps.
An old notice extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a reliable cure for colds and a preventive against pneumonia. It notes the medicine aids nature, contains no narcotics, and is safe for babies. Sold by J. B. Cagwin.
A liner passenger in Rio de Janeiro photographed the harbor showing a yacht with two men earlier, one later missing. The survivor’s tale led to a death sentence, but the photographer spotted a tiny speck in the print revealing a falling man, prompting authorities to release the condemned man.
The oyster opener sneers at a brownish smear on a Saddle Rock shell and calls the culprit a fool for trying to fatten a batch. The brief scene captures a humorous moment amid trimming and sales of shellfish.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat note mocks the idea that cornmeal or oats fatten oysters. It explains oysters swell only with water via osmosis, as fresh water distends their tissues, producing a dropsy effect. The author dislikes “fattened” oysters.
The white poplar dowry custom grows as a daughter matures. Farmers plant a thousand young trees when a daughter is born, planting a dowry that increases in value with her growth. Trees are typically cut at twenty years old after reaching full growth.
A Kansas City Journal quip reflects a desire for a social balance as characters discuss swapping certificates to avoid attending the Van Squawks' ball. The exchange suggests broader themes of propriety and equal footing in society.
A courtroom witness shouted to counsel Charles Philips, asking why he barked so furiously. The man replied that he thought he saw a thief, eyeing Philips as the accused or involved in the case.
The piece characterizes retribution as a looming force described by a speaker, with emphasis on family lineage and consequences that will affect others. It presents a reflective viewpoint from a Philadelphia newspaper perspective on moral cause and effect.
Dr Shoop urges treating the inside nerves of stomach heart and kidneys rather than surface dosing. He says each organ has an inside nerve and weakening nerves cause organ faltering. Drugstores are stocking Dr Shoop's Restorative with claims of quick test results. Joel E Cagwin sells it.
Dr King’s New Life Pills promise relief from biliousness malaria and jaundice. The advertisement urges readers to take the pills to stay healthy and avoid trouble, noting they cost 25 cents at all drug stores.
A proof reader catalogs humorous type setting slips from printers offices. Examples include "his blushing bride" changed to "his blustering bride" and phrases like "served with destruction" for "destruction in the army" and "The Galley I Love" misread as "The Galley Slave."
Small Eyes, a Blackfoot living with the Arapahoes, told Cheyenne leader Black Kettle that a buffalo bull with only one hind leg had been killed between the Cimarron and Beaver Creek. The animal seemed to have never had a second hind leg, appearing fused at the midbody. A war party followed, the bull hobbling after being shot.
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