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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
2
A scattered Ames Times page recounts political fray chatter about Taft Rosevelt and third party hopes, plus Marshall County fair previews and a long list of states. It hints at local editor changes and stray notes on incidents and journalism.
Swick of the Independent charges that local ministers quit preaching duties as some preachers cut out bell fre. He says the old man would not tolerate their bluff and that they have abandoned the work.
A Chicago man argued for the beauty of the family tree in a dispute. He told a friend that his baby boy was the best looking on earth. The other man called him a liar and the case moved to court, with penalties and fines involved to settle the matter.
The passage notes Roosevelt’s role in numerous contests at the Chicago convention, about one hundred sixty four by his count, started without established grounds and decided by an unwritten tradition that has guided conventions for years.
An ex county treasurer in Danville Illinois was fined 76000 dollars for defaulting 47000 while in office. The penalty is to be paid in 40 dollars monthly, taking 156 years and 3 months to complete. At age 50, he would be 206 years and 3 months old at payoff. The note adds a grim joke about his final summer destination.
The Nevada representative says Senator Beveridge of Indiana will serve as temporary chairman at the Chicago Bull Moose convention on August 5. He notes Beveridge is among progressives who believe the Republican Party is dead and buried, and asks if Hepburn’s remark should guide further actions.
The piece recalls a rough epitaph carved for a fallen Confederate on a Louisiana battlefield. It recounts how Federal troops approached a narrow lane near Wattle Field, with local women and children aiding Confederate defenses. The article quotes a Louisiana journal fragment about Yankee invaders and southern resilience.
On a Sunday night a Brookyln avenue Owl Car line hosts young riders who tease the conductor Old St. and poke fun at his worn shirtfront. A youth asks for a cleaner shirt, he replies that the mother sent washing since he was not at home, sparking laughter as the crowd disperses at Troost Avenue.
A Cantankerous Order of Pool Mooses rite mocks politics with a mock initiation where a speaker decks the lodge with absurd vows and a bull moose persona. The piece shifts to Taxi Jim spoofing college millinery trends with a mock license for hats and jokes about a Bachelor of Bonnets degree.
A Rhode Island hospital ward patient awaited surgery for appendicitis when a doctor prepared to anesthetize her. He realized he forgot to check for false teeth, asked if anything else remained in her mouth, and the woman pleaded not to remove her tongue.
Meo WS. Chmsaius of Flowing, Pa. testifies his family has used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for fourteen years with excellent results and recommends it. For sale by T. J. Laugbran and L. M. Bosworth, lm.
A comic court scene follows a man dragged from a Roosevelt torchlight parade. The prisoner mumbles in malapropisms about being a Bull Moose booster while cops and judge try to decipher his intent. The gag ends with a promotional line for Chamberlain’s remedy and local druggists.
A list of numerous property transfers and deeds in Ames and environs with buyers and amounts. Notable entries include Peterson to C Clark wa 32150 lot L in se 30 82 24 and multiple transfers to Frank B Mor rin and Daisy Theis. Other deeds involve Glee, Mann, Graham, Ballard, Arrasmith Erbe, Stephenson, Keagle, Marsh, and R R R rights of way.
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