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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1896
Page
2
The Intelligencer official paper of Story County issued Thursdays in Ames Iowa. Hudson Bros publish with subscription terms at $1.00 per year payable in advance.
A first year tornado in Ohio kills two and damages property while political and legal notes—Hull’s Des Moines visit for re nomination, Kentucky delegates to McKinley, Cuba home rule, court schedules for Story county, and editorials on Spain and Waterloo evangelist Billy Sunday—paint a varied postwar regional snapshot with named places and figures.
The Montezuma Republican praises a general assembly bill by Senator Carroll to tax greenbacks national bank notes and other government money the same as property. It notes possible Supreme Court interference but supports the effort as correct and necessary for a currency backed by the government to bear taxation like gold and silver.
The chancellor of the English Exchequer reports a record surplus in the treasury despite higher expenditures. Savings banks are described as holding vast sums, signaling broad prosperity attributed to free trade and economic policies. The piece likens current English prosperity to the U S era under Benjamin Harrison.
The Iowa debate section argues about early tactics to sway Iowa republicans toward a McKinley delegation and notes opposition from political bosses and Senator Allison. It mentions General Garcia’s neutrality law violations and possible trial, and covers Des Moines municipal campaigning politics involving Congressman Hull and J. G. Berryhill with Berryhill seen as poised for success.
The Boone Democrat argues against wealth built on perceived legal fraud warning such fortunes will face divine retribution. It notes a large shooting tournament set for Burlington in early May with a match between Gilbert of Spirit Lake and John Avery of Burlington being arranged.
The article argues against an extra legislative session, citing cost figures and wasted time in the last session. It recalls Meek Bros woolen mills in Bonaparte and shifts to a South Carolina campaign against lynching, urging swift justice instead of mob violence. It ends with Iowa teachers’ association activities in Nevada and a Denison Review comment on political purity.
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