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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
14
Ames Story County Iowa weekly publication notes Thursday release by F R and M O Donaway with a subscription price of 1.00 per year in advance.
The article rebuts a Representative's claim about Judge Kenyon of Fort Dodge and Governor Cummins. It notes Kenyon’s and Tom Healy’s roles as railroad attorneys, explains general versus local attorneys, and argues the Illinois Central’s legal team backs business aims over politics. It also critiques Harriman, Blythe, and campaign actors opposing Roosevelt rate regulation and Cummins, urging records of responses when questioned.
A scholar argues that dying veterans erase vital Civil War details and urges Iowa to fund reunions and stenographic reports. He cites the recently uncovered official journal of Iowa’s first territorial governor as proof of lost history and calls for state action.
A voiced reproach targets Washington cloak room janitors paid $1 000 to $1 500 annually while rural route mail carriers must furnish their own teams and equipment and earn only $720 yearly. The contrast highlights perceived inequities in government pay.
The Intelligencer critiques wage scales and mail handling, acknowledging the janitor as essential while earlier mail duties are highlighted for higher wage considerations.
The Boston Journal of Education cites a $900,000 lumber deal in Washington that netted $40,000,000 in six years. Governor Cummins denounces such profits as harmful to the people and is labeled a free trader as lumber barons and other trusts unite to counter him.
Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver, brother of Vic Dolliver of Ft. Dodge, is set to speak in Boone next Tuesday evening. The article notes he is as magnetic an orator as his brother and that Story county favors the Dollivers with a strong delegation.
Story county residents dismiss campaign literature that cites state college expenditures as extravagant. They demand defeat of Governor Cummins over the issue and question the material’s accuracy and motives.
The report draws a parallel between the current crusade against the Republican party in Iowa and earlier corporate resistance to reformers in Wisconsin led by La Follette and in Missouri against Folk, framing the lobbying and political clash as a sustained conservative offensive.
Promotes the Roosevelt idea of controlling trusts and corporations. Urges voters to choose the Republican ticket and follow instructions at the polls to avoid spoiled ballots. Advises no circle this year.
A statement links voting against the Republican ticket to supporting corporate dominance in politics, framing the choice as a stand against influence by business interests over public policy.
A ballot update notes that the circle option has been removed from the voting ballot. No further details were provided about alternatives or affected races.
Mr. C. F. Wennestrum, longtime Ames ally of the American Yeomen and former head of the state labor bureau, reports Swedish voters remain loyal Republicans. He traveled the state, finding some disaffection but predicts it will end as election day nears, with Swedes aligning on protectionism versus free trade.
Nebraska loses at home for the first time in six years as Ames defeats them in a highly publicized football game. Ames brought hundreds of students to Lincoln, with a strong team showing and a decisive final score once the second half broke.
The report highlights Ames High School athletic action across multiple events with girls basketball against Boone resulting in a 4-4 draw and forfeiture to Ames 6-4, a tennis win by Edgar Stanton at Des Moines Hyperion club, and local football and public notices. It notes upcoming basketball against Capital Park and East Des Moines, plus Nevada debates on football and university field meet plans amid campus humor and local leadership changes.
A compilation of short items shows residents of Ames engaging in visits to Cambridge Story City Slater Maxwell and other towns. People mentioned include Elmer Parish Glenn Fultz Jennie Finland Archie Peterson Will Thompson Robt Robinson CG Watkins and N W Dickson with ties to the State College and local football activities.
John Peck ships two car loads of cattle and one of sheep from Minneapolis to Cambridge. The Roland Poultry Show is booked for Dec 4 7, with E A Cole as secretary sending out catalogs.
Evan Amlund and Miss Emelie Dale of Story City wed on Thursday. Mrs. H. N. Hanson, formerly Hurley, dies in Des Moines hospital. Maxwell learns Mrs. D. E. Brubaker died October 4 in Mount Morris Illinois. Story County native. Eli Mishler of Polk County dies in Des Moines October 2 at 68. John St. Clair dies at Gilbert. 19 year old from Scottsburg Indiana. Mrs. Guilf Mullen, née Mary Halley, dies near Plankinton South Dakota at 68. 14 month old child of Ed Christianson dies from burns from lamp. Real estate transfers listed in county records.
The Northwestern railway company plans a three block terminal at Chicago praised as the finest railway station in the city. Authority notes a 20 million dollar budget focusing on right of way and modern design, with no limit if costs rise beyond that figure.
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