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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
2
The Ames Times reviews labor unrest and national politics in brief, noting the near end of a locomotive engineers strike and gains for Roosevelt’s coalition in New York. It questions Iowa lawmakers' support for William B. Allison’s re election and hints at Bryan preparing a presidential candidacy while musing on reformers and political strategy.
Law and order advocates accuse Davenport saloon keepers of a Sunday opening compromise from 2 to 11 p m despite Iowa law prohibiting Sunday sales. They question authority of the league to grant concessions and call for enforcing or repealing the law.
The Register and Leader rails at Cannon and frets that some Iowa congressmen favor Uncle Joe. It argues the Iowa delegation is not the whole picture and defends members' right to express opinions regardless of Des Moines editorials. It questions who is pushing Taft and whether a congressman lacks the right to dissent.
The piece envisions a 24 hour business day with rapid adoption of all night services. Citing New York examples, it notes all night restaurants, streetcars, courts, barber shops, and post office mail delivery. It predicts practical, profitable outcomes and broader adoption including farming by electric light.
The piece notes Senator Allison announcing his bid for the U S Senate and Ora Williams’s sharp response in the Times Republican. It contrasts with Sunday's Register and Leader which says the governor has not formally announced but will in due time. It recalls a past column about a formal announcement and questions its bluffing purpose.
The post office department shifted the stamped envelope printing contract to a cheaper firm effective July first. Customers now pay more, wait two weeks longer, and receive lower quality envelopes. The critic argues the post office needs a businesslike leadership.
Aims to prevent advertising for Iowa State College student directories without executive club endorsement. The Ames Commercial Club decision sparked dispute over home printing by local shops and timing of bids, with the Times bidding to print and no guarantee of future endorsement shaping prices or access.
An unsolicited endorsement by Sam H. Gwin of Concord Georgia credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with curing a severe measles related stomach illness after a long rain exposure. He praises its life saving effect and notes Judisc Bros. as the selling dealer.
A private aisle sale begins Tuesday September 3 at 923 Duff Street offering household furniture including bedroom sets bedsteads tables chairs carpets desks a coal base burner refrigerator fruit jars and more by JyRoy BRapLey.
Town Topics will publish a serial feature on the Belles Beaux and Brains of the 60s. T. C. De Leon guides a Richmond Civil War era social panorama with chapter headings on White House Folk and Our Foreign Relations. A special introductory offer invites readers to subscribe for weekly issues through January 1, 1908.
R. A. Gray of Oakville Indiana recounts ten years confined to bed by kidney disease. He sought top medical care but found no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended. Cagwin, a local druggist, endorses the remedy as a Godsend.
No one knows the New York East Side as Myra Kelly, whose keen humor and sympathy illuminate Jewish children. Her stories reveal the peculiar life, tastes, and conventions of a distinct class, through bright, comedic portraits.
In the September American Magazine Lindsay Denison profiles Billy Sunday the famed evangelist and former ballplayer who reportedly saved many souls and earned high monthly pay. The issue also features Burns the Secret Service detective story and notes on domestic topics as well as notable fiction and essays.
In Gilbertsville, Otsego County, editor William Dietz declares Dr King’s New Discovery the most popular remedy for coughs colds and lung throat diseases. He notes its infallible cure claims and urges readers to buy, with a guarantee and trial bottle offered free by druggists at 50 cents or 1 dollar.
A Germantown amateur faced with photographing a four month old child in the arms of a dark skinned nurse found it nearly impossible. He tried long exposures to capture the nurse’s features but the baby twisted and turned, spoiling the picture. He now hopes to separate nurse and child to please all involved.
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