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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1906
Page
5
A dated article extols women as the key to winning and holding men's admiration and affection. It argues that respect and love are women’s greatest gifts and that health beauty attracts men more than mere regular features.
The letter extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for painful irregular periods backache and other female complaints. Mrs Chas F Brown of Hot Springs Arkansas claims three months of use renewed her health husband’s love and energy. The advertisement urges troubled women to try the product to restore strength and happiness.
Charlies King of East Liberty, a Pittsburg suburb, keeps tax receipts dating 41 years and may have older ones in his strong box. At 78, born 1828 in Baltimore, he moved to East Liberty in 1857 and has voted since Fremont to Roosevelt, remaining a staunch Republican and long-time contractor and brick manufacturer.
Smugglers use double bottomed bottles and hollow horse collars to hide alcohol but officers no longer fall for these ruses. The carer in charge declares the beverage carried, exposing the contraband.
Five Bialystok orphans are placed in the Ahlem agricultural school by the Alliance Israelite Universelle. An initial grant of 16,000 marks funds their maintenance and education as the first installment.
A 70-year-old North Dakota man recounts 40 years of coffee use and how quitting abruptly to switch to Postum improved his nerves, strength, and health within two months. He notes better stamina for writing and long calculations and urges others to boil Postum long enough for a clear, convincing result. He cites The Road to Wellville.
A fragmented notice recalls Ohio’s stance on Standard Oil and a witty quote about footprints in time. It mentions Defiance Starch as a durable finish product and advertises roasted snakes from Australia as a delicacy rivaling stewed eels. A traveler notes the steam from roasting reptiles is not unpleasant.
In Findlay Ohio the trial of Standard Oil Company of Ohio for alleged trade conspiracy nears completion. The state admitted it could not prove the company authorized its agents to offer rebates, a key element of the case. The judge ruled agent authority must be established, and witnesses for the defense will be called as the session winds down.
Houston Mo reports farmer Barney Parsons, his wife, and three children were killed Friday near Lickin after quarrel over farm sale terms. Parsons body found shot. wife and all five killed by clubbing. John Hamilton, alleged murderer, jailed in Houston under guard amid reports of a full confession.
The crop estimating board of the department of agriculture Wednesday issued a bulletin showing the condition of corn on October 1, 1906, to be 90.1 compared with 90.2 last month.
A Cincinnati fire gutted the John P. Decamp company furniture factory at 232 East Front Street early Monday morning. The steamboat furniture makers’ building was entirely destroyed with losses estimated at $50,000, partly insured.
Mrs Isabella A Spurlock founder of the Mothers Jewells home at York Nebraska and an institution of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church died here Sunday.
The state case Canton Bridge company et al against Valentine anti-trust law was heard by Judge Owen in Ottawa Ohio. Lacking evidence, the court found the constituent companies guilty with each agent fined 500 dollars plus costs and the corporations 50 dollars plus costs. Fined individuals include Harry Hammons J H Swigart Simon N Frazier and Willis Cleveland. Corporations fined were Canton Bridge Mount Vernon Massillon Bellefontaine and Champion Bridge companies. Fines were paid immediately.
A consignment of several thousand revolvers bought by the Russian government in Berlin recently fell into the hands of Polish revolutionists, according to circulating reports.
Judge Kanamaker imposes life sentence on Leo Derbel who confessed to killing his sweetheart Minnie Berndt last January. He shot the girl with a rifle and concealed her body.
San Bernardino California fire Saturday night destroyed the Brookings Lumber and Box Company yards on San Bernardino mountain. Lumber totaling 3,500,000 feet burned in the blaze.
A scientist reports that only polar bears naturally enjoy the sea and are cheerful on ships. Most animals dislike water, with the tiger suffering most. Horses make poor sailors and often perish at sea. Elephants also dislike the ocean.
The Travelers' Gazette notes new Louvre acquisitions including a life size chalk bust of Akhoumalon or Amenophis IV, a strikingly preserved relic from the eighteenth dynasty. Also in the collection are four blue porcelain sepulchral urns from Rameses II's tomb containing funeral linen and organic matter undergoing chemical analysis.
Mrs Morrison of 1922 Carson Street Pittsburgh narrates four years of grip aftermath including nerve and stomach issues, backache and low appetite. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for quick relief restoring health and strength, claiming the medicine treats blood and nerves and citing cures for various nervous disorders. Dr Williams Pink Pills available from druggists or by mail for cents per box.
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