13 Dec 1894
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1894
Page
1
A local message extends thanks to the people of Ames and vicinity for their patronage during the past year. The note wishes a prosperous New Year and a happy Christmas, inviting continued support in the future.
A historic engineering milestone linked to Ferdinand de Lesseps closes in Paris amid a broader political scene. Story County searches for a governor candidate as politicians chase a representative plum. The Catholic Church nears victory over secret orders with Archbishop granting Catholics permission to join any fraternal organization including the Masons.
Secretary Carlisle estimates it would cost about a quarter million dollars to collect one year’s income tax, a figure cited as the cost of administration and enforcement in the tax system.
Ames residents and business leaders consider a municipal lighting plan with outside firms seeking a twenty year franchise. The INTELLIGENCER invites pro and con articles as a field survey of feasibility and voter acceptance before next city election.
The Ames Times reports on clothing ads targeting both genders and the latest Paris and Chicago fashions. Farmers enjoy reduced feed costs and milder winter, while readers critique winter churchwear and urban lighting in Ames. Des Moines hosts Thanksgiving services with Catholic and Methodist leaders. Itinerants club sessions continue. Dr. Jesse Bowman Young highlighted.
A roundup covers religious figures Dr Emory Miller Neeley and Dr J M Buckley with Bishop John H Vincent presiding. It notes a Massachusetts law upheld by the Supreme Court, Armenia Turkey Monroe Doctrine context, and local civic matters including the Winter Dairy school opening January 2 and a Des Moines Horticultural Society event. District court divorces granted Martha v Breeze and Anna v Mussieman, liquor permit issued, fines for nuisance, burglary conviction, and a request for railroad crossing lighting or flagman at the Northwestern tracks. The INTELLIGENCER urges action on a petition for crossing safety already filed with the council months ago.
B Sibly, a Northwestern brake man, waived examination on charges of stealing twenty one boxes of cigars. He admitted taking cigars from a car en route and implicated the conductor and fellow brakemen. Additional cigars were found in his room. the conductor was later arrested at Belle Plaine and another brakeman remains at large.
Hon. S. M. Clark editor of the Gate City and congressman elect from the first district will deliver the principal address at the upper Des Moines Editorial Association meeting in Nevada late January. Iowa lacks many speakers as eloquent as Sam Clark. the speech will be worth hearing.
Local merchants assure ample holiday stock and prompt service as shown by advertising in this paper.
The passage argues that advertising educates the public to think highly of goods, requiring a skill to arouse sustain and direct attention beyond teaching. It asserts the public can learn under the energetic efforts of a persistent advertiser.
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