21 Apr 1898
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
1
A fragmented notice shows candidates announcing for County Clerk and Recorder positions with Republican primaries noted. Other text reflects a political editorial discussing President’s message and the nation’s crisis with cautious rhetoric.
April 12 marks the thirty seventh anniversary of Ft Sumter firing and the civil war start. Cuban Red Cross departure signals worsening conditions. Debates on Cuban resolutions in the U S Senate featured Teller and Allen as free silver advocates seeking party gains. A Portland Oregon county convention opposed free coinage and currency debasement. Ole Langland of Slater News announced as recorder candidate, praised as a diligent, trusted county figure with strong party work.
The report praises Consul General Lee for bravery and devotion during crisis in Cuba. It notes his stay at his post until all Americans could depart and his overall loyal handling of affairs. He says duty would require leading the first division to Havana if war comes and asserts he would know how to take the city.
Birmingham Iowa resident William B Allen announces candidacy for state auditor ahead of the next Republican nomination. The piece also critiques U S Senate delay on the Cuban question and denounces William Jennings Bryan for courting political gain on the issue.
A boy writes of a poor man who loves a rich lady's daughter. A evil man offers $25 to tempt drunkenness but the man refuses. He finds a million in a pocketbook, wins the daughter, marries, has twins, and virtue is rewarded.
A long column mocks Senate moves and war rhetoric including references to the Morgan line ships, armistice talk, Consul Hanna’s recall, and editorials on war planning. It riffs on political hypocrisy, media roles, and public figures while noting local fair plans and Oregon exhibit funding efforts.
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