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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1895
Page
1
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A series of candidate announcements for Story County offices including Treasurer Sheriff and Board of Supervisors subject to Republican County Convention decisions. Also notices of caucuses in Ames and surrounding townships with dates in June 1895 to choose delegates for the county convention in Nevada.
Lam a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the action of the Republican County Convention of Story county. Henry Wilson.
A declaration of candidacy announces a 4 percent dictate for the office of County Superintendent subject to the decision of E. L. Meek. The note specifies the formal submission and the involved authority in a concise political notice.
Warm growing weather prevailed last week with temperatures about two degrees above normal. Light rainfall most days, with heavy showers Sunday delivering ample rain for present needs across much of the state. Crops show good stands, corn in clean condition, oats barley spring wheat potatoes and flax in good condition. pastures improving. small fruits doing better than expected.
A compilation of real estate transfers listing multiple buyers and sellers across Ames Nevada and surrounding areas. Entries include Robert Colwell to Chas E Hoag for $250 lot 1 bik 30 Nevada and Elizabeth Robinson to Otis Briggs Jr for $750 lots 6 and 7 bik 1 Woods ad Nevada plus several other parcels and sums.
The Fourth Ward Republicans meet in Welch room Agricultural Hall at 5 p m Thursday June 20 to select four delegates for the Republican County Convention at Nevada on June 29 and to transact other business that may arise. W H Hermeman Committee June 12 1895.
The Republicans of Franklin township will meet in caucus at the Ray school house on Saturday June 22 at 2 o'clock p m to choose five delegates to the County Convention at Nevada on June 29 and to transact such other business. A M Bingman Com.
For sale notice offers plots north of the school house at prices from aee to two hundred dollars. ker B.
Major Moses P Handy cites a firm with 160000 capital only 30000 paid in that earned 720000 in a year after salaries of 50000 and 2000 taken by two partners. One partner was a western drug clerk ten years ago. He credits advertising for his wealth and notes that another venture grew from 10000 yearly ad spending to a 1,000,000 annual outlay this year.
In connection with the National Educational Association meeting in Denver Colorado the North Western Line offers round trip excursion tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Manitou and Pueblo at a fare not exceeding the single fare plus a 2 membership fee Tickets are valid until September 1 1895 Tickets available to the general public for an economical Rockies Yellowstone Salt Lake and Western resorts trip For tickets contact Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
The piece argues railroads promote practical temperance through employment rules and abstinence. It cites Saint Louis Bank of Commerce forbidding staff from horse races under threat of dismissal, framing such measures as protecting public funds from gambling influence.
The State Register extols business as a reforming force guiding men toward moral uprightness. It argues corporations and business houses influence behavior more than laws or churches, and that business drives moral evolution in modern life.
A city report describes early tests of a barb wire fence telephone linking Highview and Williams, noting four mile and fifteen mile connections and the need for insulation for longer runs. The experiments, though halted by railroad opposition, showcase potential rural communication gains and a grid ironed Iowa in coming years.
The Honest Money League of Illinois endorses Geo E Roberts book Coin at School in Finance published by W B Conkey Co Chicago The executive committee recommends auxiliary leagues in the state circulate the work as a highly convincing exhaustive reply to Coin's Financial School written in a pleasant popular style.
Des Moines notes a May printing of a feature packed issue with over 50 portraits of prominent club women, two club articles on Wisconsin and Iowa federations, and strong fiction including Belle's Roses and On the Island. It also showcases Mary J. Reid, Julia C. R. Dorr, and Rev. Dr. May adventures, Lake Minnetonka summer scenes, and Frank Russell's Mackenzie River journey across Arctic regions.
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