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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1898
Page
5
A short item notes a six and a half inch educational atlas globe offered free for 200 wrappers of Diamond C Soap. The prose also includes fragments of a dialogue about a man, a woman, and a diamond engagement ring.
A compact ad style item touts Dr Seth Arnold’s cough cure with low price and free sample offers. It mentions buyer perks, a Diamond C wrapper pull, and grocer details while praising the remedy to stop coughing and prevent consumption with urgent, promotional language.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure a cold. The label asserts the genuine product contains 1.1% quinine per tablet.
In 1807 the United States issued 23 729 patents while asides promote Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething gums and wind colic. An ex Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin, age 82, remains politically active. Piso's Cure for consumption and Laugh the tramp joke appear amid daily British books and soap laundry notes.
A reflective piece questions chaperones at golf outings as a social craze. It contrasts modern manners with human nature, praising golf’s autumn appeal while depicting chaperones' divided attention and clubhouse camaraderie.
The article discusses Italy's cavalry improving through the Tor di Quinto equitation school for officers. It notes select riders, a year of service as riding masters, and training that includes steep cliff climbs and controlled slides. Akin to a dangerous display, the practice is repeatedly performed without injury to horse or rider.
The piece contrasts lone modern chaperons with past supervision as country life shifts. It recalls a golf outing where dispersed groups test the chaperon’s guidance, ending with tea toast jam and a brisk drive home through frost and returning appetites.
The excerpt recalls a newspaper item claiming fifteen million in annual paper collar production, prompting commentary on continuing vulgarity. It reflects humor and social observation in a bygone era.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt notes a patient named Ethel spent three days in hospital before returning home to prepare her trousseau after a proposal by the chief surgeon. The dialogue underscores rapid discharge and wedding preparations.
A roundup of new books and magazine features with Riley's Child Rhymes illustrated for children, Mahan’s naval writings for Century Magazine, Harper’s serials The Princess Nenia and The Adventurers, James Creelman’s Santiago dispatches, and notable articles in Harper’s Round Table Delineator McClure’s Appletons and North American Review.
Reads like a light digest of curios including a 91 year old man in Reading Virginia cutting a third set of teeth, halos signaling storms, a witty restaurant sign, a new flower found near Tehuantepec, and Belgium adopting the twenty four hour day for rail, telegraph and postal work.
Justice Rufus W. Peckham reads the decision declaring the Joint Traffic association illegal. The ruling dissolves rate setting groups, preserves stable rates, and pressures railroads to seek permissive pooling through Congress. Railroad managers largely approve, noting the old plan faced opposition.
An Irishman loses a nickel in a sidewalk crack and swears. The next day a friend watches him deliberately drop a dollar down the same crack to make it worth his while. He explains he would not pull up the sidewalk for a nickel but now a dollar is worth the effort.
The War Department lists casualties from May 1 to September 30: 280 officers and men killed in battle, 65 died of wounds, 2,565 died of disease, total mortality 2,910 out of 274,717 troops. The Navy reports 17 sailors killed and 67 wounded.
Mrs Ipeley boasts of her husband as one of the town’s best golf players. Mrs Wanston agrees he is a master of the game and can “talk the language in his steps.”
Against His Principles Why did that Kentucky capitalist withdraw from the company just as it began to pay big dividends The directors decided to water the stock and he couldn't stand it.
The text notes a campaign to raise 3,000,000 for a battleship and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for stomach liver and bowel issues. It also mentions General Wheeler as the youngest Confederate lieutenant general at age 26.
A promotional note invites readers to visit Virginia for a mild climate and affordable farmland, advertising a descriptive book, farm lists, excursion rates, and time schedules via the Big Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Promoter J. C. Tucker of Chicago urges interest with educational and industrial advantages implied.
An advertisement promotes Grain-O a grain-based coffee substitute offered in 5 and 25 cent packages. It claims to ease stomach distress and be affordable, suitable for children, and indistinguishable from coffee to most drinkers. Sold in grocery stores nationwide seeks trial.
A playful forecast hints at Della’s spring wedding based on a remark about wearing her old cloak all winter. The snippet uses a light, gossiping tone as a local item.
Westbound travelers are urged to use the Rio Grande Western railway the Great Salt Lake Route. The line passes Salt Lake City through the Utah Valley with three mountain routes and famed scenery. Pacific Coast tickets offer Denver Colorado Springs Manitou Leadville Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden stop overs. Through Pullman cars between Denver and San Francisco and Los Angeles. For pamphlets contact E Copeland Chicago or F A Wadleigh Salt Lake City.
A minister seeks evidence against gamblers, arguing they recognize a good opportunity when seen. The remark frames gambling as a risky, know-it-when-seen endeavor.
A period ad discusses timid women delaying medical exams and seeks to reassure confessional intake with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It cites a Baltimore testimonial of seven bottles curing ovarian trouble and notes Mrs. Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Strange as it may appear a big family paper the Illustrated Weekly Sentinel of Denver Colorado founded 1890 will be sent ten weeks on trial for six clubs 50c 12 for 1 Special offer to introduce the paper Gold rings with Rocky mountain gems premiums Latest mining news and scenery true love adventure Address as above and mention this paper Write today postage stamps taken It’s just as easy to buy Diamond Soap as inferior kinds Your grocer sells it The first expedition to the south pole took place in 1567
A fragment from a society section notes the engagement of Etta with Mr. Smith was broken off at her request. The report hints the name pairing would not harmonize, leaving readers curious about the social implications.
Short notice asking readers to mention the Des Moines paper when answering advertisements. No further details or names provided.
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