15 May 1902
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
1
The article recalls a New York waif now in Nevada found to be engaging in theft including a knife and revolver. It also highlights postmaster Lon G. Harden's Ames salary raise and town progress, with colorful remarks on travel, baseball, ads, and community life.
May 5 election defeated the proposal to bond the district for a dry closet system in public schools and heating in the south side building. Other commentary notes propriety and safeguards as towns reflect on local issues and crime shifts in Angus.
The piece notes Knox gaining prominence amid postwar meat disputes. It recalls his youthful pride earning a college diploma and his father, a country banker, quipping that if he knows half as much at fifty as he thinks now he will be the brainiest man.
Writers praise cooking as a unifying task for calming irate citizens. They claim a good wholesome dinner elevates a woman's work and yields self satisfaction at the end of a sumptuous repast, while noting many journalists think best after meals.
S. G. Provury announces he cannot renew his campaign for Congress in the Seventh District. He explains ballot burning accusations and external pressure led him to withdraw, aiming to improve party unity and address past wrongs in coming years. He will not run independently, remains a Republican, and thanks supporters across counties.
A man once described by Dickens as Squirs in Nicholas Nickleby died of a broken heart at age 80. He was depicted so distinctly that his identity was unmistakable, leaving him friendless and ruined by disgrace, ending in morbid melancholy.
A vehement plea contrasts male behavior with that of women urging girls to expect the same purity of character from suitors as men demand from women. The writer laments drunkenness cigar smoking and tobacco juice on sidewalks and urges moral refinement as a national reform.
The laundry business demands cash due to rising costs and small accounts. Payment on delivery is required for all buyers not purchasing advance coupon books. The shop states no time payments and notes discounts for coupon prepay options. (8-41 Wine's Mover Laugery, All kinds of paint materials at Lough ren & Bauer's.)
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