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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1896
Page
3
The Intelligencer issued Thursdays at Ames Story County Iowa by Hudson Bros. Terms of Subscription one dollar per year payable in advance.
Report notes Berry of Indianola will address Story City attendees this evening. The piece highlights campaign dynamics, speaker quality not always decisive, and references past campaign appearances by the senator.
The quote attributes to Hamilton a rule for legal tender linking metal content to stamp value. It asserts every coin should hold metal value equal to its face value so that melting the coin yields its market worth equal to the money value. The bullion value should match the legal value.
Discussion traces trust troubles in Iowa and rising wholesale prices while a Carroll firm seeks aid to form a cooperative mill. W H Harvey, author of Coin's Financial School, will speak at Boone next Monday. Hatchet magazine features Caples Thomas McKinley tie. rallies by Republicans and sound money Democrats plan in Des Moines with ex Governor Larrabee Major Mahan and Burke Cochran to speak. Carlisle to tour Iowa before election. comments on lynch law amid court delays.
Frank W. Evans, Democrat candidate for congress, spoke for about two hours on the money question to a tent crowd on Main Street last Friday. Supporters and opponents from both parties attended as Evans faced fair, steady scrutiny, with Rev. Evans delivering a fluent address that held close listener attention until its end.
Postmaster General Wilson is testing free rural delivery near his Charleston home. Three carriers cover a four mile radius from town. If successful, the experiment could expand nationwide, benefiting rural inhabitants.
A 12 member committee in Ames reorganizes an upcoming lecture series removing Gen Gordon due to Boone support issues. Lecturers include Robert Nourse I Stuart Blackton Geo A Gates Fred Emerson Brooks and Father Nugent with an emergency list of alternates. The plan aims to deliver notable talks at a value exceeding the $1.52 price to patrons.
John Hornstein was appointed Boone postmaster after a defalcation scandal involving J H Herman and Boone silver men. Hornstein fled to Chicago then Indianapolis and secured Iowa sound money Democrat backing. The $2100 two year salary draws strong opposition from local silver factions amid hard times.
The Des Moines priest, once praised for his eloquence, now favors silver as he travels from Montana to Oregon. The Capitol laments and pledges to send him toward gold‑bug regions in the east after exposure to western states.
Ex governor Boies argued that the gold standard lowers prices, while critics recall oats cost two years ago under the same standard. The item also notes Ed Wood inspecting town chimneys, hog cholera inquiry in Des Moines, and Prohibition ticket nominations in Nevada Iowa.
In Blackhawk county the fall sale at Ben White's in Eagle township attracted a large crowd with lively bidding. About $2500 was realized with prices ranging from corn at 17.5 cents to hogs and cattle, including a three year old unbroken colt at 40 dollars and a broken four year old colt at 42.50. Rural Life notes the unusually strong market.
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