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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
2
The Ames Times reports Easter preparations and millinery plans as residents monitor weather forecasts for a clear day. It notes Prohibition debate in Iowa, Beveridge’s past as a Des Moines book agent, and upcoming city electors vote on a gas franchise on the 19th with the ordinance being printed in both papers.
The item claims Roosevelt was attacked on a ship by a madman. the report is described as a complete fake. Expect more such falsehoods as this rumor spreads.
The Slater News cites a city ordinance that if you spit inside Ames you must spit in your pocket, and jokes about spitting outside the city limits. A Chicago man recently attempted suicide in multiple ways but survived, facing uncertain recovery.
Lon Hardin of the Ames Times and Ole Langland of the Cambridge Leader trade ful remarks over a public squabble. Ole is said to be father of several children, while a columnist disputes the claim. The Iowa legislature defeated a bill to create an assistant attorney general post with a large salary. Web Byers, attorney general, maintains his office in Harlan and has ties to a Des Moines law firm.
The Des Moines Capital plans July installation of a large new printing press. Nevada Journal adds a top press and a sixteen page issue. Ames considers gas franchise details, with Pratt’s ordinance authorizing gas works within city limits. A satirical colony of Native figures laments modern hardship and recalls historic conflicts. The piece also references Ben Hur stage production and ticket sales.
Bob Taylor champions open-hearted parenting over wealth hoarding. He favors spending on children's simple joys and condemns predatory greed that harms family happiness and the song of life.
Speech by Chitto Harjo known as Crazy Snake denounces corrupt practices, notes changing plains, dwindling buffalo and traditional life, laments oil derricks and Indigenous people in work attire as he speaks to address their condition.
A collection of sharp one liners and observations on gender satire, social status, ambition, love, and human folly. The quips touch on churchgoing, graft, vanity, patience, and manners with a humor that skewers pretensions and everyday quirks.
The piece notes Steve McCoy loses an express driver post, Burkhalter faces setback, and college friends circulate a quiet paper amid uncertain prospects. It mentions paying the dog tax to the city clerk and a line about ice cream orders.
Last Friday Carl Burkhalter, a wagon driver for Green Cafe, dropped an empty basket near a plate glass window. A gust shattered the glass, leaving Burkhalter to cover about $60 in damages due to no insurance. Buck, a hardworking young man, faces a costly mishap from a minor accident.
A fragmentary line from Sagebrush Philosophy evokes Salome mythos with surreal imagery of shadows and a highball. The verses hint at a wilderness setting and a ritual dance, framing a cryptic literary moment from the collection.
Klaw & Erling presents General Lew Wallace's Ben Hur at the Auditorium Des Moines Iowa with three evening performances and a Saturday matinee on April 15 and 17. The grand biblical romance is praised for pageantry music and epic scope drawing praise from coast to coast.
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