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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
3
A garbled local note mentions garden tasks and restraining poultry with wickerwork and eyes peeled. It reflects informal humor or advice from a Jefferson Bee style source about keeping roosters and hens contained and avoiding trouble.
The rail strike ends with a mid ground settlement. Northwestern Rock Island and Q plan to end trains and reduce passenger service on June amid the two cent fare law. Iowa Falls short line extension to Hampton tops new railway projects. Legislature approves funding for State College Ames University Iowa City and Cedar Falls Normal.
The legislature adjourned Tuesday evening after a lively winter session. Two hundred fifty bills became laws including the two cent fare, anti pass, freight rate regulation, and primary election measures. Laws largely followed the governor’s recommendations.
The text asserts a five million dollar corporate fund to defeat Roosevelt has surfaced, arguing his nomination is now forced despite his repeated statements that he would not run. The piece frames Roosevelt as the certain Republican nominee for president in 1908.
Congressman Hull has arrived in Des Moines from Washington and will stay about three weeks. He says he is not scared by candidates threatening to defeat him, noting his long record as a fighter and his readiness to face challenges.
The Des Moines Daily Tribune debuted on Friday as a sixteen page issue with plans to become an eight page regular edition. The paper enters the field strong in all departments and founder Charley Hellen earns praise for the ambitious start and expected ongoing success.
The house passed the Gilli land C O D liquor bill and the senate accepted the amendments. The act imposes a $600 annual mule tax on express firms handling C O D liquor packages at each state office. It aims to curb such sales, pleasing prohibition strongholds in Iowa.
The Dows Advocate reports protests over a proposed two cent fare with July first looming. The Northwestern plans to cut four trains through Eagle Grove and run two mixed trains, reducing passenger service by about forty percent. Other roads may follow, ending half fares and shifting travel economics.
Local papers critique anti pass legislation describing it as misguided and easily evaded. The Boone News Republic anoints reform as puritanical while noting the reform movement may misread the practical value of passes.
The new Iowa law requires a leading candidate to win 35 percent to secure the nomination. If no one reaches 35 percent, the nomination goes to the convention. Critics say the provision enables the opposition to split the vote among many candidates to defeat Senator Allison.
L D Teter of Marion county introduced a sweeping bill requiring actresses on stage to wear skirts twelve inches below the knee. The measure sparked derision as the legislature nears adjournment with other states also seen as overreaching. Senator Saunders praised adjournment while critics deride the freakish proposal.
In Georgetown Tennessee Mrs Fannie Conner describes severe pneumonia symptoms and constant coughing until her husband brought home Dr King s New Discovery. She credits it as the only real cough cure and lung restorer and notes guarantee by druggists with trial bottle offer.
The notice records multiple real estate transfers including DMIF and NLT to J M Robinson for two lots, J A Zerwas to Lena Zerwas for three lots, and several other deeds for parcels in Fernald Ames and Maxwell areas. Amounts range from 1 to 31,000 dollars, with several adjoinments and lot descriptions.
The Story and Boone county boards met in Ames on March 29 1907 with Silliman Holcomb Howe Keigley and others present. They approved the 1906 E R Silliman report and set hearings for the Boone Story Drainage District No 1 while listing damages claims and preliminary actions for bridges roads and public works.
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