28 Apr 1904
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1904
Page
1
A report claiming Port Arthur fell to Tar appears to be false as sources confirm the city still stands and remains intact. The hoax sparked confusion among residents and officials who urged caution until verified.
The county party will hold a democratic convention in Nevada next Saturday to choose delegates to the state convention. In nearby Raymond Iowa a stock food swindler is suspected and warned to beware.
Prof Holden draws large crowds with seed corn tours as seasonal interest grows. The Wall Street Journal notes the decline of Hearst journalism and predicts a broader decay of yellow press, urging timely cleanup of yards and alleys as summer nears.
Bryan delivers a fierce critique of the New York democracy platform. The speech signals a rift within the party more pronounced between eastern and western factions, echoing tensions from the 1906 campaign.
Six feet of dead sparrows were found in the bottom of the stand pipe at the Waterloo waterworks during cleaning. The town recently endured a typhoid outbreak with a mystery cause, now apparently resolved by this discovery.
In Saturdays primaries the Story county Republicans endorsed Dr. Hostetter of Cole for district delegate to the national convention. The upcoming convention will confirm the endorsement and instruct delegates to support Gov. Cummins for at large delegate and Hostetter for district delegate.
The Burlington Hawkeye laments youths moving toward crime citing parental neglect as a heavy burden. It argues that neglectful parents bear responsibility for youths who run the streets late at night and skip schooling, risking severe penalties.
The county convention will assemble in the Nevada courthouse next Saturday. The Iowa State Editorial association plans to spend the week of May 18 23 at the St Louis exposition and is expected to be well represented there.
The report suggests wartime dispatches are stretched by a correspondent’s imagination to fill the page, producing repetitive or boilerplate notes rather than fresh frontline details.
The Ogden Messenger columnist warns a married man to behave as he would in his wife’s presence or inviting gossip. The piece implies Editor John Thompson of the Messenger has been behaving lightly in old age.
The post office department will prosecute any farmer who uses rural mail boxes to advertise sales or as a communication repository without proper stamps affixed. The warning targets distribution of sale bills and similar notices via rural boxes along country routes.
A string of quips from Bro Ballou's Watchman highlights social topics and consumer rights. The piece humorously touches on equal protection for consumers, neat yards, and housing, then pivots to a weather weary admonition about wrapping money deposits in paper to avoid cold.
Mrs. L A Klein of Fort Worth notes the death of her grandfather Capt A W Scobel late head of the city water works and electric system. The funeral featured a full Confederate guard, city officials, and a simple ritual at St Andrews church. Uncle Bill Avery drove the old buggy in the procession while the service remained brief and solemn.
Waltre Wellman of the Record Herald reports each Hearst delegate costs ten thousand dollars. He projects at most 132 delegates, a total that would demand a large sum of money even if his estimate holds.
Bro Ballou of the Watchman accuses the Times editor of snarl ing. The editor denies the charges and states no cam paign history. The piece defends the Times and mocks the Watchman’s “local.”
Two good front rooms above the Sorenson meat market offered for rent. Inquiries directed to Sorenson & Gamrath.
Poe loved Richmond as he loved no other place on earth. He found his foster father John Allan and the only mother who remained kind. He found childhood friends and the Helen of his early poems. He married Virginia Clemm there after a Baltimore ceremony and enjoyed the happiest year of marriage. He produced much of his work as editor of the Southern Literary Messenger.
The camel appears across Arabia Persia Asia Minor Afghanistan Baluchistan Mongolia western China northern India Syria Turkey north Africa and Spain. Its root word is similar in most lands and the creature is named in thousands of ways in Arabic and related languages. Scripture is quiet because Holy Land topography limits camel use in many areas.
The exchange advises accepting a letter of introduction for friends but urges using it only if both parties find the connection congenial. It warns such introductions can cause embarrassment and should be pursued only when mutual interest is evident.
The text notes that high altitude races show weaker higher pitched voices due to low oxygen. It claims Indians on the Andean plateau at 10 000 to 14 000 feet have men with female like voices and women with child like voices and their singing is a shrill monotone.
The passage extols broad opportunities in books libraries newspapers schools and lectures as essential for self improvement. It asserts education is available to all classes and that ignorance is avoidable through will and sustained study.
Orison Swett Marden argues in Success that people waste more vitality after work than on vacations through mental strain and worry. He notes even morally upright individuals dissipate energy via wrong thinking and carrying work home, needing rest instead.
A short, nostalgic note describes rebanadas a Moorish influenced dish eaten by Portuguese and Americans alike. It explains the bread soaked in milk fried in olive oil then honeyed and eaten hot. It closes with a boast of expert horse shoeing in Story county by John Allan.
Clarksville Iowa resident Henry G Kephart dies at age 100. The writer argues modern life’s hurry fuels heart trouble and sudden deaths, urging readers to consider the toll of fast living on health. He notes frequent heart failure notices in daily papers and questions the value of a relentless pace.
An Iowa perspective argues Governor Cummins has divided Republican support by presuming to dictate party belief, unlike Senator Allison who leads without forcing party positions. The writer contrasts three decades of Allison’s loyalty with Cummins’ corrective missteps, praising prudent, nondivisive leadership.
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