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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1905
Page
2
The shop touts a complete new line of clothing for the season after selling off last year's stock at wholesale. No shelf worn items, the store promises styles, patterns, quality, and fit unmatched, with The Fair’s best prices.
Story County communities report nearly $2000 pledged for a new Catholic church, with site unsettled but likely in the eastern part of the town. The fund drive reflects local support across multiple towns including Nevada and Maxwell.
The Story City Herald a sixteen page edition produced by Grafton Bros. printery is hailed as a credit to Story City and a boon for the city. The piece notes the leading residents and business houses and reflects local pride in the paper’s quality and impact. James Graham Phelps Stokes a New York millionaire plans to marry a poorer Jewish woman who rolls cigars in New York. Both share charitable aims and have forged a strong union through mutual generosity and ideals.
A resident in Ames picked up a sample box of nostrums left on a porch. He mistook a bronze box for a catarrah cure and used the salve in and around his nose. He发现 no serious harm resulted from the error.
Juper Dunne, newly elected Chicago mayor, compares the city’s street railway plan to Glasgow’s municipal system. He notes Glasgow operates double deck cars, stops every three blocks, pays drivers one dollar daily, runs at five miles per hour, and uses distance fares, unlike Chicago with all day nickels and higher ride speeds.
A fragment recalls Brui Kelley, editor and postmaster, now in Marshall Tro Tribune, described as a versatile figure. The excerpt notes heavy rain gave way to a hopeful morning as birds sang and the earth woke, with frogs croaking in the background.
The Cedar Rapids Republic comments on a proposed board of control for the state's educational institutions. It argues against centralized oversight, praising the current trio of schools and opposing overlaps, rivalry, and reduced growth, claiming the schools are doing good work and should remain distinct.
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