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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1904
Page
4
A description notes a diminutive horse eleven to fourteen inches tall with a fox terrier like coat and short leg limbs. It ranges from Mexico north through Wyoming and across continental Europe and Great Britain. The text likens its appearance to sunbeams through leaves and mentions a four-toed hoof with a fifth toe dangling.
The Mendip hills in England house vast limestone caves including swallet holes and stalactite caverns. Wookey Hole marks the Axe river emergence, Swildon’s Hole features white stalactites, Lamb’s Lair is a premier cavern, and a Wookey area chamber holds 1,200 white stalactite pendants. The Wells spring is thought to originate from hidden Mendip caverns.
The text discusses early Eocene horses likely tracing back to Eohippus or dawn horse lineages. It notes the emergence of small browsing ancestors and habitats that supported initial horse evolution, shaping later horse diversification.
A crowd fills Henry Ward Beecher's church yet Beecher is out of town. A beardless youth takes the pulpit and watchers depart until five minutes pass with his composed smile. He finally breaks the silence by saying we will not begin this public worship until the chaff blows off.
Natives along Scotland's northeast coast observe a funerary custom where after the burial service the coffin rests on two chairs at the doorway. As pallbearers begin the procession the chairs are flipped onto their backs and kept there until after the interment, with relatives blocking any attempt to reposition them.
An editorial urges slowing meals to improve health and sleep. It argues rapid eating harms digestion, reduces saliva flow, and increases liquid intake. It notes a half hour to eat and seven to eight hours sleep boost usefulness and mood, claiming better digestion and appetite control with thorough chewing.
John Ross a famed Scotch minister in the early seventeenth century travels a three mile course to visit a farmer who refuses to lend a fishing rod. After a brief mock fight the minister wins the rod by force but converts the farmer through a spiritual ruse. The farmer promises to attend church and later becomes a leading elder.
Youth's Companion explains that iceberg drift can diverge from surface pan ice due to submerged bergs following deep ocean currents. It notes large bergs may move against the wind, and sealers sometimes moor ships to bergs to stop leeward drift.
Durban reader Arthur Chapman testifies that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy cured a two month old’s cough when given via a dummy teat. He says the remedy is for sale by all druggists.
A London Spectator judgment on Russia under Elizabeth and Catherine II portrays a society torn between savagery and civilization. The capital is described as a mixed world of blood and lust, atheism and superstition, filth and splendor, with stark contrasts in its palaces and life.
B F Bass of Fremont North Carolina credits Electric Bitters with curing a severe kidney illness after other medicines failed. He reports rapid relief and complete recovery and notes neighbors were also helped by the tonic. Available for 50 cents at L M Bosworth, druggist.
A note cites Professor Packard observing sixty five contractions per minute in a locust held for ten minutes. It asks how that rate compares to human breaths per minute and states insects of swiftest flight breathe most rapidly.
A doctor tells a young man the trouble is heart related and names the condition angina pectoris. The patient retorts that this is not his companion’s name.
Lord Effingham apologized for ceremonial mishaps at the crowning of King George III. He pledged no such blunders at the next coronation, and the king responded with a light laugh, showing good humor at the royal ceremony.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Tiger Tablets are described as a favorite remedy for stomach troubles and constipation and are offered for sale by all druggists.
A man relates a bizarre method from Scribner's for making a bronze morning glory in a tomato can. He describes inserting a fresh blossom into a water filled can, burying it with sand, baking to ash, shaking out the ash, and finally pouring metal to create a permanent flower, insisting repeated trials yield the prettiest bronze bloom.
Carelessness causes many wrecks and throat and lung sufferers suffer. Mrs Lois Cragg of Dorchester Massachusetts credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing her throat and lung troubles. The remedy guards against all throat and lung diseases with guarantees from L M Bosworth. Price 50 cents and 1.00. Trial bottles free.
The article urges belief in personal health and enduring strength. It warns against dwelling on bodily weakness as it can worsen through nervous reaction, noting many people remain invalids due to lack of willpower and character.
Wantep Bright seeks steady employment by distributing sample magazines and compiling an official census of subscribed magazines. Starts at $15 per week. Experience not required, but references preferred. Address Sprague Wholesale Co Magazine Dept 270 Wabash Ave Chicago. 24-8.
Merchant, banker, blacksmith and manufacturer targets in 300 Iowa Illinois Minnesota and Missouri towns are invited to request maps and maple leaflets outlining opportunities. Contact W J Reed Industrial Agent 604 Endicott Building St Paul Minnesota for specifics.
A runaway bicycle caused an injury to J. R. Orner of Franklin Grove IM with a leg ulcer that resisted medical care for four years until Bucklen's Amica Salve cured it. The ad claims the salve also treats burns scalds skin eruptions and piles and is sold for 25 cents at L. M. Bosworth's drug store.
The Des Moines Daily News announces a special November offer for all subscribers renewing or joining directly with payment. The Daily and Sunday bundle is $1.50 per year, a rate unmatched by any other Iowa Daily. Readers are urged to subscribe during November.
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