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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
5
A collage of editorials and notices discussing Cuba trade fears, barbering as a profession, wheat and corn prices, Van Houten's bill, international trade shifts, bank clearings, Germany's agricultural attache, municipal ownership, and racial tensions including postmaster Baker case and Southern white supremacy threats.
The Latimer strike trial ends with Sheriff Martin acquitted on one count after a single ballot by the jury. the felonious wounding charge remains. Chicago public school teachers will receive wage increases: primary and grade teachers gain 75 dollars in year one and 20 dollars annually thereafter toward a 1000 dollar ceiling.
The April Century will feature Pennsylvania coal mining coverage including Jay Hambidge’s impressions from Lattimer where strikes recently occurred. Hambidge offers sketches of colliery people and groups foreigners as Hikes and Hunks as observed in the mines.
F M Wagoner appeared for a sanity hearing, claiming potential lack of accountability. He voiced fears of intermittent insanity, despite speaking coherently on many topics. He previously headed county schools and was sent to Mt Pleasant for evaluation. The rest discusses Cuba policy and calls for decisive US action against Spain.
The New York Sun urges Iowa lawmakers to pursue The Farmers Cooperative Society of Rockwell as a trust. it claims the group has handled over half a million bushels of grain and controls coal flour machinery and essential titles. The piece alleges higher prices and crushed competition, urging action against the cooperative.
Farm notes discuss a larger wheat acreage this county and encourage sowing on fresh, suitable ground. A farmer reports 200 sheep as highly profitable, while senate Ways and Means debates raising farm valuation from one fourth to one third and tax reforms to aid assessors. A road levy plan favors township control with mills set between one and four.
The case of Frank C Putnam from Aurora Nebraska illustrates farm wealth building. He arrived in 1387 with modest means and now owns 560 improved acres and a home, testifying every dollar came from farming. The Nebraska Book shares many similar farmer success stories and promotes farming as a reliable path to independence.
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