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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1911
Page
3
A local column reviews current events and gossip with humor about war scares, baseball, street sweeping bids, Congressman Prouty, Harvey Ingham, Judge Prouty, and Cambridge social scene. It notes Des Moines want ads, Ames bee jokes, and fresh fraternity stories from Monday.
The Times recalls a misprint in a recent for sale ad claiming White Orpington cockerels eggs for setting. The piece notes a failed delivery and reflects on workers in Des Moines and other places who built roads last winter amid deep frost and heavy snow.
Fragment discusses officials appearing out of commission as attention turns to road quality and the need for better roads, hinting at governance challenges and public works. No specific people, dates, or places are readable in the fragment.
The piece portrays Judge Prouty as a fearless Nevada political striker who feared returning home in darkness after a showdown. It notes his vote against Canadian reciprocity as campaign thunder and highlights the difficulty of aligning with free trade even when posing as a Republican.
W. W. Marsh of Waterloo told the commercial club last Thursday that the rise in value of twenty blocks of Waterloo real estate exceeds factory costs. He urged starting factories in Ames. The writer condemns pranks against engaged couples as barbarism and insists marriage ceremonies are sacred.
A Times Want column ad to sell a team of colts ran an extra week after the buyer paid and ordered removal. The seller faced ongoing inquiries as the ad’s persistence greeted him despite the sale. This incident follows a local notice about Clifford Thorne, railroad commissioner, whose antirailroad rhetoric during his election was criticized as hyperbolic and unfulfilled.
The Times notes Ames has excess churches with similar creeds and missions. A minister saw only 21 attendees, underscoring weak local support. The piece urges consolidation into three or four strong churches and calls residents to boost town projects and improve community life. Foley Kidney Pills ad ends the snippet.
Public notice announces a May 12 1911 election in Ames Story County Iowa to decide issuing bonds between 80000 and 100000 dollars for a ward 3 school building and a high school with site. election at city hall 1 to 6 pm with Yes No ballot. C H Pasley secretary. Floyd MacGregor offering vacuum cleaning quotes at 716J. 51-4t-pd.
Senator Brown criticizes idle rich youths at a Washington dinner. He says too many think rights include the right to wrong, comparing them to bang up aristocrats where three kinds of wine, smoked ladies, and swearing men fill the scene.
Champ Clark asserts his party did not wish to take risks in the last election. He recalls a grim anecdote about two men to be hanged for horse stealing on a trestle bridge. The first rope slipped, the man fell and swam to shore, prompting a warning to tie the knot tight for the second.
A Presbyterian clergyman candidating in a Scotch Middle West community recalls a remark from a congregant. The man said the candidate reminded him of Thomas Chalmers when the nose was blown, sparking a humorous exchange about identity and first impressions.
The schedule lists trains and arrivals between Des Moines and Boone with segments including D M Ft Ds and R C, showing depart times from 7 45 am to 9 45 pm and late evening routes. It notes half hour streetcar service from Duff Avenue to Ames College and back with afternoon and evening frequencies and daily corrections as of December 28 1910 by W L Park Agent.
Transfers show numerous parcels sold or quitclaimed in 1924 1923 districts. Buyers include B Alderman L A Moon R Johnson W Paulson J Ball Isaac Ellis Anne Gislason Milwaukee Land Co C Be Markland and others with sums from 1 to 8500 dollars across blocks additions and subdivisions in Story City Ames and surrounding towns.
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