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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1904
Page
1
A Chelsea Independent reprint notes a grafter in Ames described as winning a $10,000 wager to travel in fine weather. The account mocks the graft, laments public encouragement, and recalls a menacing figure with a butcher knife and revolver, likening him to a dime novel Arizona type.
The Democratic Party of Story County will meet at the courthouse in Nevada Iowa on Thursday July 14 1904 at 2 PM to nominate candidates for county auditor clerk recorder attorney and one supervisor member and to select four delegates to the Democratic State Convention at Jews City Iowa on July 19 four delegates to the Seventh Congressional District Convention in Des Moines on July 16 and to conduct other business as needed. Parley Sheldon chairman.
The state board of control receives June figures for institutions reporting on June 30 1944. The list includes populations at Pleasant Inebriates and other facilities with counts such as 679 and 207. The Register-Leader also notes July Fourth casualties with one killed four possibly blinded three seriously burned and five mutilated by fire crackers and toy pistols.
A reader mocks map names like Greenland and the Black Sea, arguing naming lies. Ames Chautauqua Association previews a ten day eve program with Capt Hobson Beauchamp Hendrickson Parkhurst and others, Aug 17–26, featuring lectures music magic Bible study moving pictures and famed speakers.
Orrie Cooper from Wisner Nebraska will run his gasoline launch at Ruskin park and stay after threshing season to handle his father's machine. John D Nelson returned to Kelley Iowa after visiting his son and daughter Mrs Gaston improving the Kelly place with a new barn and buildings. Governor Cummins named L B Ashbaugh Ames surveyor of lake beds to allow draining and sale of beds under a recent law. A Mr Starks planned a July 4 ball game in two towns, Nevada lacks a ball organization this season and some towns regret the mischief. Excursion dates to Colorado Utah and the Black Hills via the North Western Line begin June 1 with trains daily to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Hot Springs Deadwood Lead and Custer good to return until October 31.
Wilkinson traces mirror origins from ancient Egypt through Greek and Roman metal devices to early glass mirrors. He notes Thebes burials revealing lustrous metal polishes and describes oval handles, with later glass backed by metal in the Middle Ages and Murano protections shaping the trade.
A family dispute unfolds in New York after Willie asks to visit a circus, prompting a remark that his mother had called someone a clown. The exchange reveals tensions over rumors and reputations in the household.
A tourist visiting Capri’s Blue Grotto encounters a fisherman who demands 15 cents admission. With no change, the tourist pays a five franc note and receives a heap of coins. The fisherman jokes about the coins then returns Italian money instead of the misfit foreign pieces.
A dialogue fragment shows a couple debating timing after college before they can support each other. He expresses patience and doubt while she urges urgency, against a backdrop of uncertain prospects. Brooklyn Life.
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