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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1895
Page
1
Announcement by J A McKee announces candidacy for Story County Sheriff subject to Republican convention. The column surveys political rumors, local elections in Ames, light franchise debates, and notes on an impeachment case in Des Moines with commentary on officials and public administration.
The Ames community weighs whether to grant a franchise for electric lighting or build a city plant. Businessmen from Geo OBrien to local merchants argue for various methods and express concerns about cost, taxation, and timing while noting Ames’s darker streets after sundown and the potential of both private and municipal ventures.
In district court Friday the defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to 300 dollars plus costs. The Malch Tax case on appeal will be argued on law questions later this term. The plea does not admit liquor selling since last April, and Mulch Tax remains contested. Dr. Beardshear returned from a southern tour and gave a powerful Vicksburg speech lauded as electrifying and patriotic. The crowd packed the opera house with scores standing, singing America at eleven.
Sunday evening a religious gathering featured Mr. Hebdon giving a practical talk on the Good Samaritan applied to saloon issues. Mr. Lee led singing and the audience received five nights of moral, uplifting speeches and songs praised as pure Christianity.
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