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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1904
Page
4
320 acres choice pasture, well watered, about two and a half miles from Ames. Inquire of J R Munden. A correspondent shares a humorous natural history note about a moth found in a dress coat, the coat being far too large for the insect.
The practice of placing churches on bridges was common in earlier centuries. In Europe several such chapels remain, including the Chapel of Our Lady on the Don at Rotterdam. Built in the fifteenth century and restored about a century ago, it has long served as a tobacco shop.
A parent tests a first grade student on geography. The child answers island for land surrounded by water and then, after a pause, puddle for water surrounded by land.
A London Standard account recounts Magellan setting out from Spain in 1519 to seek a western route to the Spice Islands. He navigated the strait now named after him and entered calm western seas named Mar Pacifico. The narrative notes dangers of typhoons and Magellan’s death in the Philippines, with Drake noted as the first Englishman to sail its waters.
Describes Tudor beds. Henry VIII’s bed held straw beneath finery as guards searched the straw with a dagger to prevent harm. The great Bed of Ware is larger, about twelve feet square, as cited in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
A noted lawyer remitted an account to a publisher with a counterfeit two dollar note. The note was returned with a request for another. After two months the lawyer apologized, saying he could not find a replacement counterfeit and questioned the objection to the first note, calling it one of the best counterfeit he ever saw.
The text urges resilience over weakness, advising to endure troubles with nobility and to avoid harming others. It contrasts fame built by self-effort with the ease of harming others, questioning how many celebrities would exist if people pursued their own greatness instead of destroying others' reputations.
Mr John Hamlett of Bagle Pass Texas recounts suffering bowel trouble a week before finding relief with Chamberlain's remedy after a friend's recommendation. He says after one dose relief came and after three doses he was entirely cured. He thanks the makers for the remedy. For sale by all druggists.
In Cowper's letters an English political scene unfolds as Grenville arrives with supporters at a quiet domestic gathering. A chaotic entry disrupts the room, a tame hare escapes, and Grenville moves through the house kissing the ladies and the kitchen maid, leaving an impression of cordial, intimate campaigning.
A floorwalker at a Broadway haberdasher complains about a new salesman who noses about shelves and boxes. The proprietor counters that knowledge of stock by clerks speeds sales and avoids making customers wait, preferring self-reliance over reliance on management. From New York Press.
An old advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills gently and thoroughly re adjust internal organs to relieve irregular living causing constipation headache or liver trouble. Available for 25 cents at L M Bosworths drug store.
The bride and bridegroom exchange witty lines about proposals. The groom admits nervousness over a potential rejection while revealing he owed nearly $5,000, with creditors pressing him.
A Pieveland Plain Dealer brief reports a man named Squeezem accused of harming a blind man by placing a lead quarter in the victim's hat. The claim rests on yesterday’s observation and today’s report of the confrontation.
A playful exchange centers on flattery. He asks if anything bores him. she replies only not to be flattered, delivering a witty aside about vanity and social signaling.
Blades in The Enemies of Books reports real bookworms harming libraries. Anobium perth wax or eruditus and oecophoria chew through wood and pages. Peignot cites a row with 27 volumes pierced end to end, while Blades notes two volumes with 212 holes on one cover.
A W. S. French anecdote recounts the London bishop asking Garrick why actors captivate audiences with fiction while clergy preach real later life. Garrick replies that the bishop treats facts as fiction while he treats fiction as facts.
A trusted liniment named Chamberlain's Pain Balm is recommended for cuts bruises and burns as it reduces pain speeds healing by about one third and acts as an antiseptic preventing blood poisoning. Keeping Pain Balm handy allows early treatment of sprains before inflammation develops and promotes rapid recovery. Sold by all druggists.
When troubled with constipation try Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. They are easy to take and produce no griping or other unpleasant effect. For sale by all druggists.
Admiral tison of the British Navy earned the Victoria Cross at El Teb in 1854 after a gap in the square exposed him to a rushing enemy. Captain Wilson faced intruders alone when his sword broke, then fought with his fists until the square closed and comrades rescued him. Redvers Buller called the act the most courageous he ever witnessed.
The piece recounts Captain Webb as a sturdier human Neptune than mythic figures while noting his death after a rock collision in Niagara rapids. It contrasts Byron's water prowess with Webb and mentions a Chamberlain cough remedy endorsement and a brief humorous exchange about marriage from a Philadelphia Press clipping.
The item notes a judge's sentence to a weather man with a cryptic forecast and references a Buffalo Express ad for Kidney-Ettes. The phrase air followed by clearing and hard labor hints at a punning weather verdict. The ad pitches a kidney remedy with a price and seller names.
The Texas Train leaves St. Louis at 5 p.m. with faster Texas service and improved accommodations. Through sleepers run to Pine Bluff Shreveport Texarkana Dallas Fort Worth Corsicana Waco including the new Waco excursion sleeper for the World's Fair. Clean cool comfortable riding at half standard sleeper rates. New reclining chair cars and dining cars operated by the Cotton Belt Route. Round trip home seeker tickets offered the first and third Tuesdays of each month at one fare plus 2. Special round trip tickets to multiple Texas and southwest Louisiana points available August 9 23 and September 13 27 for 15 with 21 days return limit. Write for fall details timetables and literature. E W LaBraume G P T A Cotton Belt Route St. Louis.
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