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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1895
Page
5
A fragment of a humor page presents brisk quips about time, money, dogs, books, and age. Jokes touch on a trolley conductor called Time and a thief stealing classical works, plus a girl claiming age while her sister keeps a myth about twins.
Knowledge extols the remedy as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers without weakening organs. It claims medical approval and widespread satisfaction, noting it is manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold in 50c and 1 bottles.
A royal exile, Louis Philippe Albert, Duke of Orleans, served as a captain in Gen McClellan's staff with the Army of the Potomac for about a year. He fought at Yorktown and Richmond and later wrote a major history of the Civil War based on his observations.
A tired girl in Eighth Avenue carries a baby in a carriage with ice wrapped in newspaper. The ice shatters. she sobs and repairs the scene, while bystanders hesitate. A truckman offers a cynical remedy, claiming money can fix anything, prompting a reversal of the girl’s mood.
Mrs. Mary E Harris of Roxbury Massachusetts has collected buttons for thirty years reaching 12 000 distinct kinds. She once wagered they would exceed 999 and hit the thousand mark within a year. Her diverse trove includes a button worn by a Napoleon era soldier and others from Washingtons era and various European armies.
Miss Mary E. Cutler of Holliston Massachusetts runs Winthrop Gardens an estate of sixty eight acres as sole manager since her father's death ten years ago. She faced advice that a woman cannot succeed in farming yet has grown the business by focusing on fruit and vegetable production sold to consumers with surplus to canneries. The orchard includes fourteen hundred bearing peach trees and she has had seven straight years without a crop failure.
Dialogue reveals jokes about Jonah and the whale and a people’s gossip of lovers and marriage plans. Anxious travelers share fears about a baby and a hat, while a wife mocks a husband’s wrinkles. A medical advertisement touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for nerves and insomnia. Remnants note a Santa Cruz hospital bequest, big game fish, a diverse Kings Daughters circle, and anecdotes of daring between criminals and guardians.
A concise line notes the fall as the season that ends summer’s hold, inviting readers to reflect on changing weather and the shift in daily routine as autumn arrives.
A fragment shows a woman telling George she will marry him to please him but cannot love him as she did her dead husband. She hints at another late husband and rejects the idea of loving John. A separate line notes teaching children by example. A quip about a hobbyist rider pays for travel.
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