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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1894
Page
2
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal safeguard against chills fever and malaria in temperate and tropical regions. It claims eradication of malarial symptoms and broad benefits for rheumatism kidney and bladder inactivity constipation biliousness and nerve quietude with medical endorsements and urging continual use.
A French doctor created a detailed acting heart model with visible blood flow. Artificial arteries show blood moving to and from the organ, illustrating cardiac circulation.
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 for any case it fails to cure and urge sending for testimonials from F J Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Advertises warm electric lighted steam heated vestibule trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. Travel between Chicago St Paul Minneapolis or Chicago Omaha Sioux City described as supreme satisfaction with tickets available via coupon agents. Contact Geo H Heatford for details. A closing adage contrasts desire and ability.
A daily fast train from Omaha via the Burlington's New Short Line serves Helena Bute Anaconda Spokane Seattle Tacoma and Portland with lands at Montana or Pacific Coast locations hours ahead of rivals. It advocates westbound travel by the Burlington Route and invites readers to write for information.
The Banner Route offers round trip excursion tickets to Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Indian Territory for two dollars with return by twenty days from sale on select November and December dates. Tickets available at Des Moines Illinois offices with Horace Seely contact and lands climate info. Chicago Great Western Railway also sells harvest excursion tickets to similar western destinations on November 20 December 4 and December 18. A. W. Noyes and C. J. Brooks provide full details and tickets. Chicago hosts 298 labor unions with about 100000 members.
A UK society note reports Irish actress Miss Jeffreys aligning with the Howe family’s line through marriage to the future Viscount Curzon. The article traces court possibilities, prior royal attitudes, and other notable aristocratic matches involving stage actresses across Europe.
A visitor to New Mexico describes Mexican households employing men in women’s roles under the label squaw man. He notes a steady pattern of males dressing as women to avoid hard cattle work and to perform domestic duties in wealthy households across the Spanish American regions.
A New Yorker’s impression of the lazaroni in Naples describes their begging, street life, and poverty. The writer recalls being approached for services, a stolen revolver repurchased from a gendarme, and the sight of a cook-lined street where macaroni is sold. He notes their open-air living and cheerful idleness.
The Emperor William, usually austere, relaxes aboard the imperial yacht Hohenzollern. The San Francisco Argonaut notes an evening of eccentric performances by ambassadors ministers and professors among the emperor’s guests, including singing caricature drawing impromptu verse.
Two statues in Boston modeled on the average man and the average woman from Harvard data. The woman statue by Dr Sargent shows a hollow back and weak waist with oval chest fullness not seen in art. Yet vigorous young women increasingly pursue outdoor life and physical development.
The death roll from western forest fires grows long with Hinckley heavily hit where about 1,200 residents lived before the calamity. Observers fear the final death toll may reach a thousand as fires burn across over twenty counties and destroy sixteen towns.
A Buffalo Express excerpt shows a barber recounting how local politics turned personal in a small farming town. He faced Republican support but Democratic aggression over his bid for inspector of election, provoking boycotts and social shunning until he retaliated by affecting Democratic voters' meat supply through the family butcher shop.
Scientists debate the cause of erect plant growth. Dr Maxwell Masters of England reports that sprouts on green posts deep underground in mines still grow upright, challenging light-based explanations.
A humorous exchange contrasts Japanese and Chinese customs with a Japanese Attache claiming his country permits fully grown feet while the Chinese practice is different. The witty back and forth ends with a curt remark about truth.
A fragment shows two speakers discussing Slimlet’s mental weakness and comparing their own suffering with his. The terse exchange hints at social mockery and strained empathy in a dated tone.
A New York man pays 400 fine for kissing his stenographer. Three-fourths of bookbinding inventions are American. Pellett, a student at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, is named. Atlanta fire department adds a life saving gun for ropes to reach burning buildings. The Theban kings’ tombs in Egypt are among the world’s oldest. In Jewish weddings the bride stands to her right. elsewhere to her left. Germany restricts baby names to biblical and royal heroes. George Washington’s nose is missing from the Capitol statue, blamed on a relic hunter.
Mrs. Up to date enjoys autumn and the seasonal surprise of discovering a forgotten handkerchief tucked inside a winter cloak. She notes feeling ahead when she unpacks.
An editor weighs whether to publish or discard Kinkin’s poem fearing displeasing the author or provoking ridicule from his friends. The dilemma frames editorial judgment and potential reputational impact.
The Youth's Companion offers 18 percent value with a yearlong subscription for $1.75. New subscribers receive free delivery until January 1, 18 percent, with Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year numbers included. Boston, Massachusetts serves as the publisher location.
A reflective opinion notes that contemporary life surpasses past eras, emphasizing progress, change, and the appeal of current times over nostalgia. The piece frames modern conveniences and social shifts as the era’s defining strengths.
Banner notice promotes Wabash home-seekers trips to Texas Indian Territory Oklahoma and New Mexico on Nov 6 20 and Dec 4 18 with return within twenty days Tickets on sale on those dates at 220 Fourth Street Des Moines or by Horace Seely and W Flint city ticket agents offering a chance to visit the Lone Star state and surroundings.
A fragmentary page notes claims about lawn mowers failing, a barbed wire fence catching something, Piso's Remedy for Catarrh offering relief and healing, mentions many varieties of Chinese tea with best types not exported. No coherent event or people identifiable.
An old remedy for teething is urged again for babies with mention of MR. Wixstow's Sootnixe Synvup for Children Teething. The National Toothpick Association reports an annual output of fifty two carloads of toothpicks.
The ad promotes Hegeman’s Campuor Ice with Glycerine claimed to cure chapped hands and face tender or sore feet chilblains piles and more. The New Haven company C. G. Clark Co. is listed. The note says New York reporters and newspaper writers have affiliated with the printers’ union.
The text notes: Hanson’s Magic Corn Salve offered with a money back guarantee. A St. Louis bakers union plans a bakery venture against the American biscuit company. A novelty tea promotes bowel movement in the morning. Pennsylvania forms a Blue Label league of thirty cigar maker unions. Chicago building trades push for a Saturday half holiday.
A Clyde New York dealer recently drove a street horse purchased from a New York railroad crew home when a traction engine appeared on the road. The horse shuddered at the unfamiliar object and collapsed dead on the spot.
A reader reports a cryptic ecard left by Mrs Hasdust That Mrs Uppers crust with P P C on the cover. The note seems to hint at travel in a Pullman palace car and prompts curiosity about its meaning.
A playful exchange shows the couple joking about rushing into marriage. The husband admits no leisure time since the ceremony, while the wife questions repentance and the daily routine. The dialogue captures light domestic humor andstrained pace of life.
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