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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
2
The piece reflects on old fashion kitchens with wood fires and copper cauldrons and contrasts them with modern, clean, affordable improvements. It credits blue and white decor, light ranges, aluminum utensils, and a vast array of inexpensive gadgets that ease cooking and boost housekeeper reputation.
Dick Willoughby narrates a Juneau report of powder theft by a raven at a tunnel site near his cabin. He hides to catch the thief. the raven plunders a stick of giant powder and is fatally shot after the powder explodes on impact dropping bits of raven meat. Only the bill claws and feathers remain.
The text traces three ancient republics: the Israelites around 1425 to 1284 BC as a kingless system, the Thebans around 1140 BC who replaced monarchy with a proctor, and Athens around 1052 BC after King Codrus’ death, establishing a republican form of government.
A man recalls giving his wife a doctor’s draught during an illness. He recovered, but his wife died after he gave her the same remedy. He questions whether it was mercy that he did not take it himself. The account appears as a confessional anecdote from Pearson’s Weekly.
A renowned physician named Professor Zacharia is portrayed as the czar's physician. His eccentric methods require special house arrangements, keeping dogs away, stopping all clocks, and opening doors. He answers patient questions with a single word: yea or nay.
A celebrated portrait painter recalls a week at a New England farm where the host praised his painting but urged realism. The farmer later visits the studio and, in compassionate tone, encourages the young artist to pursue greatness despite doubts. CALLED DOWN. The Woman Tried to Have Her Daughter's Engagement Ring Appraised. In Philadelphia a jeweler faces a socialite and her daughter seeking a replacement ring. The salesman reveals the price by a cash value trick and suggests pawn shop pricing, angering the mother and upsetting the daughter.
A wind and a thunder cloud quarrel over power. The wind wrecks a chicken coop and shutters while the cloud scorches a schoolhouse, leaving it ruined. The cloud's fire proves stronger, winning the contest as the wind concedes. Moral warns against boasting.
Forty years ago the cheapest English divorce cost 4500. Motion on electric wires spanned 120 miles. World trips average 22 000 miles. Greenland burials include a live dog as guide. Most swan down for U S decoration comes from France. A new washing machine cleans and dries in one or two passes. Cable to London or Paris costs 31 cents per word. Windmills may spread to India for pumping drainage. Glacial action reportedly moved Union Pacific track cliffs 400 feet high. Captain Brewster from Eastport disobeyed his wife and shipped lobsters to New York, ending with an offal dock disposal.
Entomologists note two Japanese cidaria species with underwings housing a pit connected to a sound organ. The structure concentrates and reflects sound, similar to human instruments. A Khari hills species shows a comparable arrangement, suggesting insects may rely on internal sounding boards for their noises.
Prof. Trowbridge studied energy use in eight rowers during a four mile college race. They completed 21 minutes at about 1000 feet per minute while the boat faced 75 pounds resisted drag. The eight men produced 75 000 foot pounds per minute equal to 0.28 horsepower per man, seven times a typical daily laborer’s rate. Brooklyn Eagle.
A schoolroom dialogue recalls Achilles battles and mistaken answers until the pupil concedes the correct guess was one of the three dogs, Hector, Nero or Pluto, hinting at humor in memory tricks.
A Detroit Tribune记 fragment recalls a tense night as a woman clutches her husband and cries out in terror about an empty par egoric bottle. The eerie atmosphere deepens with fog and a shriek, ending with a cautious pacing of worry.
An old advertisement page touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a digestive tonic and liver booster, alongside claims of iron production in Cincinnati and Walter Baker & Co. winning honors for cocoas. It promotes home-seekers excursions by the Chicago Great Western railway with discounted round trips and sleeping car info.
The piece promotes health through outdoor exercise and sun, praising a rosy complexion and using Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative. It notes evangelist Rev. John McNeal's success in South Africa, and mentions the Omaha Business College starting its twenty third year. It cites home ownership reaching eight million and includes various product endorsements. It ends with a claim about colored Catholics in the United States.
Antique ad asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure is a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The text adds social commentary on beggars and teething guidance, promoting Mrs Wixstow's Soothing Syrup for Teething Babies and mentioning a substitute for glass made from collo dion wood that is flexible.
Mr. Savi led an expedition that purportedly hunted 220 elephants near Jalpaiguri in eight honks, along with three tigers and a tigress. He claimed an elephant at ten feet five inches, six sambars, five leopards, and rhinoceros to nine feet seven inches, with most elephants sold before leaving Jalpaiguri.
Round trip tickets sold from all stations on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad on Sept 4 Oct 2 Nov 6 and Dec 4 1894 at one fare to Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina and Florida. Tickets good to return for twenty days from date of sale with stop over allowed on going or returning journey. Inquiries at G E IRR agent Chicago city ticket office 230 Clark Street or G P and T A Charles L Stone 355 Dearborn Street Chicago NL. The horse thief keeps a running account of his doings.
The Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse promotes sowing Sal zer extra grass mixtures this fall for a meadow producing 3 to 5 tons of hay per acre. They claim to be the world’s largest farm and vegetable seed growers and offer a new wheat and rye catalog for 4 cents postage. Purity phrase appears as editoral aside.
On September 11 and 25 and October 9 1894 the North Western Line offers home seekers tickets to towns across Iowa Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah Idaho Montana at very low round trip rates. Tickets are valid for return within twenty days of sale with stopover on the outward trip in the sold region. For details contact Chicago and North Western Railway agents. Worry and the grave digger are good friends.
The Wabash railroad will sell excursion tickets September 11 25 and October 9 to points south west and north at one fare for the round trip plus two dollars. Good returning twenty days from date of sale. For information contact Horace Seely Commercial Agent 220 Fourth Street Des Moines Ia. The average man can do the most work at two p m and the least at nine a m.
Go to Texas for a home or investment, with a cheap Wabash railroad excursion on September 11 and 25 and October or later. For details contact Horace Seely, Commercial Agent, 220 Fourth Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
Open air venues host drama performances across India showcasing local troupes and stagecraft. Audiences gather in public squares and parks to watch contemporary plays and classic repertoires under the night sky.
H. and H. of Des Moines Iowa advertise cleaning services for silks woolens ribbons curtains and carpets with moth and grease stain removal. They offer 1c per cake or 2 cakes for 2c and claim wide sale. Separately experiments report paving blocks made from compressed hay.
An exchange in a barbershop turns on talkativeness and politeness. One man jokes about barbers and boasting while another defends respectful display of knowledge and the boundaries of conversation.
A dialogue centers on whether women's thoughts fix on dress. She argues it is a gross libel to claim so, while he concedes an instance when dress is emphasized, noting it occurs when a woman goes bathing.
A dialogue captures a deacon and Keziah discussing a deceitful green goods circular. The exchange centers on caution and skepticism toward sharp schemes and the tempering of risk in a rural setting.
Testimonial letter praising Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for burning itching scaly skin diseases and blood disorders. The writer claims old leg sores healed after three bottles, noting prior doctors failed to cure, and expressing gratitude to Alexander N and Kuykendall for the treatment.
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