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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
1
Fire in Davenport caused a million dollars in damage during hot dry weather. The South Carolina Democratic Committee ousted Senator McLauren by a 25 to 5 vote over a party resolution. A separate caution urged locking away valuables to deter potential theft by rivals.
The Boone News alleges John Burk of Ames faced drunken disorderly conduct with residence listed as Ames. Ames city directory omits his name. Next Wednesday the Republican governor nomination appears likely to settle on A. B. Cummins of Des Moines after a heated campaign.
A preacher warns that editors tell no truth or risk failure. The editor agrees and says ministers who expose members will vanish from the pulpit. They claim the press and pulpit ally to praise virtues. The minister leaves while the editor works on a beautified bride story.
Ex Governor Larrabee leaves a twenty five thousand dollar bequest to Upper Iowa University at Fayette. The Fort Dodge correspondent relocates to LeMars and other Iowa items include political notes, weather, and journalistic quips reflecting a bustling era.
A writer reflects on changing dance manners and the ban on the hugging hold by the dancing master association. He recalls how men once spun partners by the calico and drew them close, but aging frees him from such past joys as the social whirl at old fashioned country dances fades.
A July visit to Quebec describes the walled city from the St Lawrence deck to the citadel and Grand Allee. Travelers ride a calache past Notre Dame de Victories and the English and French cathedrals, exploring Pointe Levis, the Wolfe monument, and the Golden Dog site amid bursts of history and modern life.
The Des Moines Leader and Cedar Rapids Republican clashed over a nomination in the Oklahoma strip drawing. The Leader backed Cummins in its Sunday issue, while the Cedar Rapids paper defeated him, prompting a sharp question of response.
The great trotting stallion Creseus, owned in Cleveland, Ohio, lowered the world mark last Friday with a mile in 2.02% minutes, the fastest ever by any horse of either sex.
Carter of the Boone Daily News quips about hot mornings revealing people in hammocks under trees and on porches as they try to stay cool. He jokes about the honesty of a newsman claiming to rise at 4 30.
An advertisement notes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin kept in plain view and guaranteed to cure dyspepsia and stomach troubles, sold by M. Bosworth.
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