19 Apr 1894
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1894
Page
1
Maxwell Iowa February 10 1894 county attorney candidate B H Addison announces bid subject to Story County Republican convention. The item blends local notices with humorous remarks about spring, sidewalks, newspapers, and politics including Des Moines and Chicago references.
Arbor Day is noted for planting trees as the 27th of this month. Tus Iowa Tribune, a populist state organ, was sold at sheriff's sale last week and now succumbs. The piece urges patronizing home merchants and discusses local politics, saloon counts in Boone, and upcoming Republican prospects. It mentions Gro. W. Dyer for district judge, and Gro. Porter’s escapade with an electric plant. A biting aside comments on fashion trends among women, and a rural joke about ministers’ sons pelting peanuts during a sermon.
A half column editorial denounces Republican protection as a fraud while praising American restraint to prevent riot. The page also reprints an old revival tale of a farmer who seeks preacher license after visions, with a bishop interpreting the vision as Plow Corn, the farmer remaining a farmer.
Tur Breckenridge trial closed and Coxey arrives in Washington as political stalemate looms. Reports jest about Crisp using Reed tactics to count a quorum. Story City Herald praises local adjournment sine die and notes a young ladies seminaries link to Breckenridge. Mary Lease and Mrs Gougar debate teased by Washington Post.
Residents report success with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for rheumatism and a neighbor’s family cure. Westerman & Arnold list 50 cent Cham berlain’s Pain Balm and Colic remedy with notes on lecture courses. Leeds merchants Sims Bros and ApaAms Bros tout Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a trusted child cold and whooping cough cure.
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