14 Apr 1904
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1904
Page
1
Ep McCall declares run for County Attorney subject to Republican primaries on April 28 1904 in a party slate effort aimed at winning the county legal post.
A striking surge in support for Tus Parker appears to push him ahead in Willie Hearst's campaign fund drive. Donors rally as Parker gains early financial momentum.
Weather observations from last week hint at sympathy for coal miners strike. Kansas moves toward civil norms as the state Supreme Court rules that reading the Bible in public schools is not illegal.
The fragment notes Brother Ballou continuing to push an imagined war scenario in Congress against Hall. It suggests he may emerge from the dispute by fall if winter does not persist into summer, reflecting partisan rhetoric and stalemate.
In its victory on appropriations the university expresses strong support for keeping the university intact and praises the Iowa State College as a sincere friend and well wisher in ensuring the university is not dismembered.
The text critiques Polk county machine politics and a local farm scandal while noting Hearst versus Parker and a Lake Okoboji water sample. It mentions a 108 pound visit from the lake and a four ounce fish caught in Arkansas, reflecting Iowa pride.
Bourke Cochran, successor to Mayor McClellan in New York’s national house, argued that the senate already overshadows the lower chamber and will erase recognition. He delivered an impassioned Saturday speech but did not win supporters.
The Vinton Eagle laments a $125,000 state pension house for a jailed man in Knoxville with baths, nurses, lounges, and magazines. It notes biannual treasury visits and further appropriations while his wife stays home to wash.
Merchants should abandon free letter heads from fruit firms and envelope stock, and stop publicizing with baking powder notes, sidewalk ads, and rubber stamps. They are advised to patronize home printing offices for their notices and promotions.
The General Federation of Woman's Clubs will hold its biennial meeting in St Louis the week of May 17. The program promises much of interest to club women across the United States and covers topics about the nation and the home.
An exchange at a revival meeting features a man confessing he has been bad but fears confessing while the grand jury is in session. The preacher urges forgiveness and the penitent quips that forgiveness may come but the grand jury is not present to judge.
Seedsmen fail to fill government contracts due to wet weather last year creating a seed shortage. They claim inability to supply, and critics say the government should not rely on distribution or excuses, calling the practice foolish.
The Iowa legislature adjourned at high noon after two hours of delay. The 93 day session produced about two hundred laws with a mix of major and minor measures, reflecting a winter’s work by Des Moines lawmakers.
Obituary notes Mrs. Amelia Hanson dies at 82 at her daughter’s home near town. Funeral held Tuesday. Also reports on Klove & Klove hardware sale to Cole Bros Maxwell, mastodon bone exhibition, a post office burglary at Cambridge with safes and stamps stolen, Prof Holden’s corn breeding station proposal, Independent congressional candidate E B Howard in Ames, and prep for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis including Iowa’s building and site details.
The tale recalls Dr South before Charles II who rebuked him for reading a manuscript. The doctor retorts with a question about the king reading his speeches to Parliament for money. The exchange showcases wit and the king’s own admission.
In a Cincinnati Times-Star anecdote a nearsighted man refuses to yield his seat to a woman yet offers to hold her bundle. She then places her six month old infant in his lap to the amusement of other riders.
The era shows monopolies common in England before the Stuart era. James I enacted an act voiding monopolies for sole buying and selling for fourteen years except patents for new processes. The Tudors expanded monopolies, with Elizabeth I as a major developer.
A terse exchange hints at a man unable to swim and a company built on water stock. The line implies a failure tied to liquidity and risky assets, with the automobile context suggesting a metaphorical business collapse.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger shows a punning exchange about lost heart and head with lines attributed to Miss Roxley Mr Poorman and Mr Roxley highlighting comic misunderstanding and parental clearance.
A brief quotation appears in the Detroit Free Press highlighting a backhanded remark about discussing oneself to avoid commenting on others. The exchange shows a sharp, witty exchange between speakers.
A fragmented line quotes Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes praising mirth as medicine. It mentions John Allan offering rubber tires for buggies and rubber shoes for horses at a reasonable price with an invitation to call.
The overland limited electric lighted throughout makes less than three days on the route from Chicago to California. Two solid fast trains through to California daily. Leaves Chicago at 11 35 p m. Apply to agents Chicago Northwestern Ry. 43 71.
The state reports a very cold winter with frozen ground delaying field work. A late start for seeding is noted due to recent storms on the 7th to 9th. Farmers expect large acreage of oats spring barley and corn if weather clears. Fall wheat damaged by winter, grass starting fair, fruit prospects favorable and livestock in good condition.
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