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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1898
Page
2
The Ames Iowa newspaper note markets weekly issues published Thursdays by Hudson Bros. Subscriptions cost $1.00 per year paid in advance.
Editorials argue about state board control, Cuba policy, tariff effects, and mental health care. They urge stronger shipbuilding, home investments, and a revival era while noting the need for specialized governance and timely treatment for mental illness.
The Waterloo Reporter recalls a pioneer case where Squire Joseph Robinson of Nevada township sentenced Barnabas Lowell to hang for murder near Indian Creek. Lowell later appealed to Polk County and received a twenty year penitentiary term. Local settlers doubted the sentence but praised the judge’s merits.
The Nickel Plate Route stays ahead of rivals by meeting public demands with low rates and courteous service. It offers safe tracks, fine trains, luxurious equipment, fast time, and close connections, making it the peoples route for both East and West travel. Hood's Sarsaparilla claims health benefits and Hood's Pills accompany it for various ailments.
Excursion tickets to Des Moines via the North-Western Line offered at reduced rates from Iowa stations. Tickets on sale January 10 through 13, extended to January 15, to celebrate the Governor's Inaugural and public meetings. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
At the start of the year the Agriculture Department shows progress since McKinley’s inauguration. Secretary Wilson promoted sugar beet trials to cut imports, expanding beet sugar production at home. Beets tested across regions indicate strong soil and climate, with beet sugar factories rising and a new crop forming next year. Foreign markets for meat dairy and horses are growing, with better packaging and exports. European demand favors high quality horses, cattle and sheep bolster U.S. stock breeding.
The House Ways and Means Committee will not interfere with tariff policy, promising industrial peace for two years. Businessmen expect tariff legislation to disrupt plans during this period.
The Boston Journal notes that reciprocity seems magical in name as Canada, once vocal about hostile discrimination against American goods, now asks if it can join the next reciprocal agreement with the United States, attracting not only Southern neighbors but Canada itself seeking terms.
The Chesire amendment seeks to push his bill into the senate taxing railroad telephone express and telegraph companies in a lump by using total value total miles in the nation and Iowa mileage to determine assessment with several flexible features.
The text discusses a new law allowing the Board of Supervisors to require officers to furnish bonds from guarantee companies or private individuals. It notes bonds may be chosen by boards and that officers pay premiums. It suggests bonds ensure duties are fulfilled without hindrance and reflects on companies profiting from issuing bonds.
In November 1896 there were chartered factoring companies with aggregate capital of 608 dollars. During the same month in 1895, incorporations showed an aggregate capital of 3,653,000 dollars, a rise of over 1,000,000 dollars. Indebtedness also increased to 16,000 dollars, while capitalization rose by 15,500,000 dollars, about 2 percent. American Manufacturer.
The piece argues state taxes are minor while local boards raise home taxes without public votes. It warns that school boards hike taxes but face little resistance, while wider reform hinges on public ballots and political maneuvering from Washington.
An advertisement asserts that starting One Minute Cough Cure early cures coughs colds bronchitis pneumonia and all throat and lung troubles. It promises a pleasant safe and certain cure.
The Vinton Eagle notes Secretary Wilson champions diversification of farm crops and estimates the U S spends about 100000 annually on foreign farm products. He aims to shift production to domestically grown goods, with the department energized and staff actively pursuing multiple initiatives.
If the Board of Control plan is adopted it would form the most powerful office holding body in the state. A member could wield more power than the governor, reshaping state governance and executive balance.
On last Wednesday Judge Hindman stated he would send Char Nugen to the Story county jail rather than Boone jail, calling Boone a disgrace to the county and advocating its suppression, per the Boone Republican report.
Court proceedings in Boone revealed a further near twelve hundred five thousand dollar discrepancy in county funds. The 1916 defalcation had already totaled twelve thousand with Moor’s bondsman payment and Moore’s prison sentence. W B Hantly became treasurer and has since accounted for all receipts. The latest shortage concerns sewer tax as a special assessment not reconciled when the office changed hands.
A fragmented country scene shows Mandy, a city doctor, and a struggling couple facing misfortune. A mistaken bundle theft leads to harsh consequences, while Jake brashly pursues quick riches and ends up stopped by the police. A vivid snapshot of small town trouble and slang.
A New York Sunday World report recalls a dramatic incident where a druggist admits giving morphine instead of quinine. The drug's higher street value heightens tension as the pharmacist and wife react to the costly mistake.
A fragment reports a terse exchange where one speaker insists on a money moving plan and the other relays a papa’s silence. The wording is clipped and stylistically odd, resembling a diary or dialogue excerpt from a London gossip column.
J L Bupp announces final distribution of native plum varieties for home and market use in spring 1898. Wyant leads, with blocks of Harts De Sota Bixby Wolf Comfort De Sota Cheney Studdard Rollingstone Rockford Surprise Miles Pooles Pride Pottawatomie Maquoketa Charles Downing and others. Sold in lots of 100 or more at 10 dollars per hundred plus 25 cents packing.
A grocery store advertises a new beverage called Grain-O made from pure grains. It claims to be gentle on the stomach and nearly indistinguishable from coffee while costing 16 and 26 cents per package. Children may drink it with benefit.
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