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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1912
Page
3
A French ministry body of tobacco testers, led by a chairman and five assistants, smoke various tobaccos daily to appraise products for state sales. They endure long hours, drink copious coffee to counter nicotine effects, and rely on refined palate judgment to determine tobacco value.
A cub reporter is dispatched by his city editor to cover a blaze in the Back Bay district but is interrupted before he can file. Emergency crews worked to control the flames as onlookers gathered nearby.
A retailer stops a customer on the street and asks to speak about a long-running bill. The buyer proposes letting the debt stand for a month or two while the seller contemplates action. The exchange cites patience and potential settlement.
In a Boston Record snippet a feverdreaming bachelor recounts telling Toc De Rocks of his love for his daughter. The old champ prescribes quinine for the fever and promises to send the bill later.
A student mispronounces exposure in class and quotes a reform lecturer. The New York Times cites William Watson praising the poet who stands above time’s noise. The quip hints at a husband fleeing a spring cleaning husbandry scene.
The quotation notes that curiosity flourishes where necessity ends and that even with full possessions people seek artificial appetites, linking curiosity to human desire and invention.
A promotional notice for the Ajax Shoe Nailing Machine claims a practical home unit enabling at home shoe repair for half the cost. Made of tool steel, four pounds, lifetime durability, automatic operation, with agents seeking buyers and wholesalers.
Rare medicines meet high praise for curing colic and diarrhea in the neighborhood. The product has built a wide reputation through effective relief. Sold by P. J. Loughran and L. M. Bosworth.
In a London tale from Memorie s of Mark Twain by Katherine Clem ens a cousin recalls a Twain visit to Madame Tussaud’s. The humorist stooped before a waxwork, felt a sudden pain and faced a startled British matron who cried out the figure was alive and fled.
A long community calendar lists clubs and circles meeting on various Wednesdays and Fridays, with details on dates, hosts, and venues. It notes church circles, ladies auxiliaries, and youth groups plus announcements of social gatherings, promotions, and upcoming events in Ames and surrounding areas.
The Housekeepers club gathered yesterday with Mrs Bert Allen O E of Christian Church Ladies Aid. The Ahi Society of the Christian church met in church parlors. The San Souci club set to meet Tuesday at 2 30 pm at Mrs A W Stafford 23 Burnett Ave. The Cemeterys Association prepares for an afternoon meeting with Mrs Kathryn Taylor at Mrs Anna Graves home. Rev and Mrs W J Minchin celebrated eighteenth wedding anniversary yesterday with a house party arranged by Miss Medora Minhin.
The earliest dated inscription from Sippara’s sun temple credits Naraw- Sin son of Sargon. Nabonidus excavated the stone and claims Naram-Sin reigned 3200 years earlier, implying Babylonian chronology starts with Sargon I of Agade around 3800 B C.
Church notices list Sunday and weekday services at multiple denominations. Carnegie Library auditorium hosts morning worship and Sunday school. Epworth League and baptismal rites noted. St Cecilia Catholic Church lists Sunday Mass and catechism, with evening services and special events including General Booth tribute via teleph variation.
A short regional advertisement notes health tips and warns that neglect of digestion and biliousness can cause trouble. It promotes Tr. King's New Life Pills as a quick remedy, priced at 26 cents, available at L. M. Bosworth and T. J. Loughran.
Dispatch from Paul Crowley confined at Eleanor Moore hospital in Blooms. Reports describe ongoing illness with typhoid fever leading to pneumonia after a siege of vomiting. Mentions use of Chamberlains Liniment for back pain and rheumatic pals. Names J Loughran and Boagworth appear in fragment.
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