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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
7
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop Health Coffee a grain based substitute designed to mimic real coffee with quick preparation. It also promotes Dr Shoops Cough Remedy made from lung healing plants and a Pink Pain Tablet with a printed pain prescription on each box sold by Joel B Cagwin and J J Grove.
In recalling Koniggratz, Bismarck recounts an anxious moment before the crown prince’s arrival in the Austrian rear when Prussian assaults faltered. He notes Moltke’s composure, then tests him with a cigar choice, observing Moltke select the Havana with deliberate care. Mrs. Ada L. Croom cites Dr Kings New Discovery curing a long cough and endorses its use.
Stockholders of the Ames Chautauqua will meet at the Ames Armory on October 5 1908 at 2 30 to elect a new board of directors and to consider permanent grounds and other business. The meeting urges the combined wisdom of Ames residents to address important historical challenges.
A fragment notes a bargain in farm produce offered for 25 cents at all drug stores, implying a promotional sale or ad segment from a local newspaper. The line is brief and lacks context such as vendor name or date.
A Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine resident praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle system cleanser and toning aid used for three years. The message notes the family’s good health and lists the product price as 25 cents at all drug stores.
A city youth boasts of time abroad and labels from Switzerland while his rural uncle humorously counters with a box of cheese as proof. The exchange captures a humorous clash between urban chic and rural bluntness.
In 1863 George M. Felton of South Gibson Pa suffered chronic diarrhoea during his army service. After trying many remedies without lasting relief he followed a recommendation from Mr A W Miles of the same town to try Chamberlains Colic and Cholera Remedy which he credits with relief.
An incomplete passage recalls reactions to a battle, noting the crown prince's guns and visible disorder at Austrian positions before victory. Carl Schurz comments from McClure's, reflecting on the war moment and strategic choices in cigars and attentiveness.
The item warns that ordinary colds can lead to pneumonia chronic catarrh and predispose to diphtheria scarlet fever measles and whooping cough. It claims serious danger from colds and promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the easiest cure with J. E. Cagwin listed as the seller.
The notice urges all stockholders to attend the meeting if possible. Signed by J. J. Grove president and Walter I. Fowle secretary.
David Parker of Fayette New York, a Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg, praises Electric Bitters saying they cured his stomach trouble after costly doctors failed. He calls them worth more than 500 dollars and continues to use them as a tonic. Sold for 60 cents at drug stores.
The text explains how wing beat frequency relates to audible pitch in insects. It cites a house fly vibrating about 21,120 times per minute (835 times per second) to produce F, a bee up to 26,400 times per minute (440 times per second) for A, and a tired bee humming on E with about 380 vibrations per second.
W A Floyd of Rural Route 2 Empire Georgia praises Bucklin's Arnica Salve for healing two severe sores on his hand and leg saying he would mortgage the farm to keep it. He declares the salve invaluable and indispensable.
An advertised Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy claims rapid relief with one bottle, offered for sale by J. B. Cagwin.
Ailment described as rheumatic back muscle pain is quickly cured by applying Chamberlain's Liniment two or three times daily and massaging at each use. For sale by J. B. Cagwin.
A brief ad promotes Preventics for colds and feverish children. It touts taking Preventics at the sneeze stage to head off colds and lists a box of 48 at 25 cents, credited to Joel B. Cagwin.
Des Moines resident Mrs Longshore has moved into Miss Morrows' house and will perform refitting and tailoring work in the suit department at the Tilden store.
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