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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
2
Public notices list entertainment and lecture ads with charges per line. Church services, lodge and club meetings and non revenue events are published free once, with additional insertions at five cents per line. Display ad rates and deadline details are provided for readers and advertisers.
The Register and Leader notes political talk favors Governor Cummins and predicts a freight rate clash in Iowa. It mentions a Des Moines veterans reunion next week where younger veterans plan a spirited showing, contrasting with earlier heated campaign discourse.
An ante election dispute in Memphis Tennessee ends with one judge killed and two others seriously wounded. The incident underscores rising tensions as fall approaches.
A kaleidoscope of small town notes from Story County readers. Reports cover rail and weather impacts on crops, local accidents, reunions, county events, rodeos, and a range of civic and social tidbits from Nevada, Maxwell, Zearing, Ames and beyond.
The Yankee Robinson show promises a child friendly afternoon with cute Shetland ponies and Mexican dwarf donkeys Grace and Maud. After each matinee children receive free rides with no tips allowed and staff must not accept tips. To ride, kids must recall the pony and donkey names Trixie Grace or Maud.
The Texana Sisters promise a bold stunt when the Yankee Robinson show visits this city next Thursday. A man will light a cigar and allow one sister to shoot ashes from the flame, a feat that drew cheers years ago in Des Moines. Private Nelson of Troop L at Fort Des Moines stood and accepted the risk, earning praise for his nerve. The sisters perform remarkable acts including glass ball encirclement and a head apple shot.
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