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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
1
A compilation of opinion excerpts discusses political salaries, election tactics, and fiscal policy. References to Roosevelt McKinley and Democratic campaigns appear alongside notes on Iowa agriculture, the apple crop, and a proposed county supervisor reorganization in Story County.
The court decides property owners owe the state a proportion of delinquent taxes once discovered. It warns against exploiting technicalities to avoid obligations. For concealed property, taxpayers waive certain rights, reinforcing the state’s collection authority.
A trend among affluent carriage enthusiasts in the East aims to revive the postilion. The front-seat coachman would be replaced by a rider on horseback ahead to gain privacy and a stylish, colonial look. The idea may spread nationwide as fashionable society embraces this reimagined tradition.
An ex change notes a traveling newspaper man who, in town, tires the light at a hotel, buys an almanac, pays a nickel at the post office, and scorns a 3 o'clock bank closing, yet still subscribes to more papers than he can read. The anecdote highlights the enduring newspaper habit.
At a St Louis meeting of leading American breeders seventy six national associations agreed to raise 500000 and seek equal funds from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company to total 1 million dollars in prizes for the livestock department of the Louisiana Purchase World's Fair. The competition will be world wide and exhibitors are expected to surpass all prior shows. Committees were formed to mobilize interest nationwide and the president and secretary were asked to issue a circular.
The Iowa Dairy School announces a special course on starters flavors and the acid test in butter making starting January 2 1902 for ten days. Experienced creameries managers only admitted. Fees 15 dollars per term. A second four week course starting January 13 1902 covers practical butter cheese making dairy bacteriology chemistry and dairy bookkeeping with tuition free and laboratory fees about 10 to 12 dollars. Butter from last winter’s course won highest score at the National Butter makers Convention in St Paul. Apply to C F Curtiss or G L McKay Ames Iowa.
Large tracts of land along the North-Western Line in Northern Wisconsin are offered at low prices with simple payment terms. Nearby markets include Minneapolis St Paul Duluth Superior Milwaukee Chicago. Land is well timbered fertile soil and abundant pure water. For illustrated folder contact Geo W Bell Land Commissioner 51 Saint Paul Minnesota.
Women's fast black stockings with silky fleece lining and mocca yarn, featuring spliced heels and toes and full seamless design. All wool tights offered at a one week sale price two cents.
One week sale prices on velvetine binding for skirts five cents and brash braid binding six cents. Best American brand pins four cents a paper. Cotton eating flannels and shaker flannel from five cents. China lamps glassware and graniteware tinsware kitchen items with fifteen percent off. Pans pails coffee pots tea pots frying pans basins and more.
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