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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1880
Page
2
W V Lucas of Cerro Gordo County and E M Conger of Pallas County named as state auditors.
Weather prophets and scientists attribute the recent severe storm to celestial influences and the election cycle. Theories link perihelion and political events to anomalous atmospheric conditions.
The Tax New York Sun notes that Indians are not needed for a Democratic win next month. It argues the solid South is absent, and only Indiana remains a Democratic state among the others.
A fragment notes a claim that a president participated in the Gettysburg battle. The remark suggests confidence Hancock could refute the assertion by presenting evidence. The terse text centers on a disputed historical assertion and its implications.
The writer criticizes the Democratic platform free trade plank in a sharp letter. The piece mocks political defenses and hints at ongoing party tensions while using satirical humor about corsets and a camel metaphor.
The Carcace railroad scene is unsettled as a rate war grows. The Wabash opened a through west and southwest line but failed to join the pool on satisfactory terms. On Tuesday it sold tickets to Peoria for 15 cents, to Omaha for 16 dollars round trip, and to St. Louis for 1 dollar, with other lines quickly joining the price contest.
A severe storm from Montana to Maine caused wrecks and deaths on land and water. Lake Michigan saw multiple shipwrecks including the Alpena of the Goodrich line between Grand Haven and Chicago. The total lives lost are not yet known.
A newspaper review notes the Democratic Party groupthink predicts Bancock’s November victory, offering consolation but unlikely to comfort Garfield supporters. The piece argues the October results reveal little handwriting on the wall for Garfield and suggests voters remain skeptical.
The article urges General Hancock to continue sending letters to party members and publishing them in newspapers until the election. It argues party principles, not individuals, are the key to voters this time and suggests Hancock and Jerry Black are capable of setting their party’s record straight.
A speaker warns against overemphasizing patriotism at the expense of religion in public education. A Sunday School superintendent corrects a youth who claims Washington as the first man, prompting a lesson that foundational figures may be viewed through a religious lens rather than secular history.
The southern claims letter may have eased fears among many who wanted change and could have secured him votes he might not have gained otherwise. The gain was small.
The piece recounts Republican victories in Indiana Ohio and the South North split over Hancock's veto promises and Southern claims while Republicans boast decisive gains. It notes Gar fields electors and Democratic divisions with Barnum English rifts and Virginia tensions amid a national campaign atmosfer.
The Herald argues General Hancock dodges the tariff issue while Democrats push for a revenue only tariff reform. It questions whether Hancock would veto a reform bill and urges a clearer public stance to avoid alienating voters. N. F. Herald.
Gar field known as Big Majority. Eglish vows to take care of Indians. Bids for Hancock cabinet seats fade. After Maine election Democratic hopes trigger rebel flags at the front. They fall before the Union. Bornam and his claquers clash in public.
The Atlantic opens with five chapters of The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James Jr and includes essays by Col Higginson and others. The piece on Republican success outlines ten aims from preserving banking and currency to protecting civil rights and suffrage.
State proclamation to electors of Story County on the first Tuesday of November 1880. Offices: Clerk of the Courts, Recorder, and Supervisor to be filled at a general election. Issued by A. K. Banks Sheriff on October 4 1880.
The passage from the N. F. Tribune notes the Electoral Commission as the peer of any presidential candidate, regardless of party, by virtue of nature culture and education since government founding.
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