11 Aug 1892
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1892
Page
1
The Nevada county convention will be held next Saturday. The editor notes slow campaign activity on street corners this fall and Grover Cleveland's cautious fundraising. The piece also discusses public gatherings in Denver, a Watson corruption claim in Congress, and a critique of gossip and hypocrisy.
Various notes say a better roads convention will be held in Des Moines next Tuesday. Other items mention the Flax Palace Festival at Forest City opening Sept 13 for a week, and political comment on the Democratic campaign and national issues.
The New York Press editorial argues the recent congress session produced unanswerable reasons why the Democratic Party should not be returned to power, claiming the country gains from such critique despite costs.
A London dispatch notes the Cobden club’s annual report centers on Lord Salisbury’s Hastings speech. The report laments the speech’s protective tariff language, predicting harm to European free trade and signaling distress as Salisbury raises the protection flag, with potential negative impact on U.S. free trade.
The piece condemns gerrymandering as a wrong practice spread by both major parties. It cites a Michigan Supreme Court ruling invalidating a gerrymander and a New York court nullifying Hill’s district plan, arguing honest government requires ending partisan district manipulation. It notes Iowa’s odd third district and warns that repeated practice cannot justify the injustice.
The article lists NYC millionaires, paper mills, obelisks in Rome Paris London and Central Park, daily hat production, and attorney fees in New Orleans. It also cites a dwarf teacher in Japan, bank deposits in NYC, a public arrest for nude exposure at Asbury Park, per capita circulation, and real estate transfers from Nevada Iowa in 1892 with numerous property deeds.
Some of the young republicans in Ames discuss organizing a young men’s republican club. The text highlights enthusiasm for Harrison and Reid and urges organization to form a lively local group.
The passage notes that men with free time, especially Sundays, complain about the weather. Busy workers have little to grumble, while idle men continually find reasons to kick about conditions, showing a habit of idle critique.
The Ames Opera presents the Andrews Opera Company staging The Pirates of Penzance tonight. Cast and direction highlight a notable operetta evening in Ames.
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