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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1904
Page
3
A discussion cites the sun’s gaseous nucleus far hotter and denser than its outer layers. The photosphere is described as a cloud sheet of condensed vapors, with clouds floating in a permanent gas atmosphere of hydrogen and helium. Professor C A Young is quoted.
320 acres of choice pasture land well watered located about two and a half miles from Ames. Inquiries directed to J R Munden.
A parson questions a boy digging on Sunday about necessity. The boy replies this is a case of necessity and adds a quip about fishermen needing bait, illustrating a humorous exchange from Pearson's Weekly.
A Sunday school joke features a teacher asking how many commandments Moses received. Bobby guesses, then counts the teacher’s ten fingers, declaring two handsful as the answer. The Cincinnati Enquirer humorously captures the child’s clever misdirection.
Motivational quote from Frederick W. Farrar about deeds and goodness. Ad copy promotes Man-Er-Vine Tab with claims to restore youth vigor and energy. Ends with contact line Love HRAN & BAVER.
Salt in the oven under baking tins prevents pastry scorching on the bottom. To keep cakes moist place them in a stone jar, for crisp cakes use a tin receptacle. Wethcing molasses, flour the scale so it slips off easily. Mash potatoes by rubbing through a wire sieve to avoid lumps. Make sandwiches from bread and butter for luncheon or supper, cutting crusts away and shaping in strips or rounds. Slice old potatoes into tiny balls soak, boil in cold salted water, and serve with cream sauce as a substitute for new potatoes.
A Leesville Indiana man, W H Brown, credited with surviving asthma after a 18 mile ride to obtain Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughing and lung troubles. He reports sleeping well now and endorses the medicine as effective for consumption pneumonia bronchitis coughs colds and grip. Guaranteed bottles 50 cents and 1.00 Trial bottles free at L M Bosworth’s drug store.
When food quantity or richness is high and digestion is weak from constipation sour stomach may follow. Eat slowly and thoroughly chew food, allow five hours between meals, and if fullness or weight remains in the stomach after eating take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by all druggists.
A discourse on hygiene warns against sharing drinking glasses after a dog or person. It emphasizes direct contact as the main disease transmission route and urges careful mouth hygiene to prevent contagions.
A cheerful man walks with two umbrellas after explaining to a friend that his wife asked him to bring her repaired umbrella. He adds he brought his own as a reminder and kept a second one in case he forgot the first.
A French artist bought an old helmet and wore it to test its effects. A triggered visor slammed shut trapping him alone in his studio. He escaped only after scrambling into the street and a passerby freed him, drawing amused reactions from onlookers.
An eccentric Englishman decorates his Swanage estate with a stone globe ornament carved with a map of the earth. It overlooks the sea and is visible from afar. Walkways allow visitors to study the plain surfaces bearing Scriptural texts linked to their local sites.
Frank H. Clark of Troy, Iowa reports a 4 to 5 inch forearm cut on a yearling colt healed without scar after applying Berry's Barb Beater from Garrett Bros. Troy. The owner did not wash the wound at any time until it fully cured and notes the remedy was sold by L. M. Bosworth.
Chapter 11 praises a husband as the best in all the work. Chapter 12 wonders how much she wants. Chapter 13 notes he gave it without fussing. The passages hint at surprising behavior and curiosity about the husband’s recent actions.
A Chicago Post item notes a conversation where a man is told his intended marriage to the daughter would require consent from a wealthy father who warns against borrowing money from him. The exchange hints at social tension and financial leverage in arranged matches.
A Field and Stream proverb notes a frugal limit of five dollars when helping a friend in need reflecting practical sporting and outdoor life wisdom. The quip blends humor with caution about charity boundaries and budget limits amid outdoor interests.
Quotation from the Atchison Globe notes that a man of sensibility loses his wits in matters of the heart upon encountering a rival.
An ad promotes Bergs Sweet Laxative Chips as mild and effective for constipation and bowel complaints. Claims include purifying the blood and improving skin. Available in 10 and 25 cent sizes from LouGHRAN & BAUER.
The article explains how hoisting ropes are used to lower and lift miners from deep shafts, noting that rope failures are rare when handled properly. It emphasizes rope makers' skill, rope tapering, and the strict inspections that keep mine hoists safe, with accidents mainly due to overloading or economy cuts by users.
A New York Herald note argues clocks set ahead by a half hour mislead people, causing missed trains and false ease. The piece cites a watchmaker's view that no advantage exists and questions railroad implications, then adds a Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets advertisement.
A passage depicts Herbert Spencer as quick to generalize. He responds to weather praise with a wry note about anticyclones signaling mood shifts from the west. He also links Mrs. Jones’ appearance to irish and highlander ancestry and claims hereditary traits.
The New York Tribune notes Wayne defeated at Stony Point and explains his nickname Mad Anthony as the Original Anglomaniac. He advances with several cannons of latest English manufacture.
Do not delay back ache relief with Kidney-Ettes marketed as a remedy for kidney troubles. The ad promotes a 25 cent price from LOUGHRAN & BAUER and includes a brief location cue.
Story County Bank advertises real estate loans with flexible payment days and no commission. It invites borrowers to transfer existing loans to reduce their rate and offers loans permitting any daily payment amount.
Excursion tickets to Humboldt about Dakota City via the North Western Line go on sale Sept 6 to 9 at reduced rates. Returns valid until Sept 10. Apply to agents Chicago North Western Railway.
The Texas Train departs St Louis at 5 p m offering faster service with through sleepers to Pine Bluff Shreveport Texarkana Dallas Fort Worth Corsicana Waco and other Texas points The Waco car is a new excursion sleeper for the World's Fair New reclin ing chair cars and dining cars are on board Round trip home seekers tickets issued on set dates with special rates to Dallas Fort Worth Waco and more Details available by writing Cotton Belt Route St Louis via W Labeaume G P and T A
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