31 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1899
Page
1
The city of Glasgow, Scotland, has purchased electrical supply engines from a Milwaukee house for its street railways. A jumble of Iowa political notes, humor items, and editorials follow, mentioning H. O. Weaver, C. T. Hancock, and other figures, plus jokes about a boy and a pie.
The Ames Times questions the Union Veterans Union claiming the town lacks honorable discharged soldiers among its membership and accuses the group of political rhetoric and empty meetings. It likens the organization's talk to that of disappointed office seekers and compares some members to a stray dog in bad company.
A Chicago dispatch dated Aug 16 lists new stations on the Des Moines division of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Panral line. North of Fonda: Varina and Manthorp. North of Marathon: Glenora and Hesperia. West of Rockwell City: Lavinia and Lytton. North of Sac City: Nemaha and Northam. On the Minneapolis and St Louis line between Storm Lake and New Ulm: Storm Lake Truesdale Rembrandt Sioux Rapids Cornell Dinsmore Spencer Langdon Terris Raleigh Estherville Huntington De Soto Sherburne Monte rey Ormsby Echols St James La Salle Hanska Searles New Ulm.
The writer complains about corn rising a cent a bushel and oats up half a cent on a large crop year. Public discontent calls for a change in administration to curb prices and restore levels seen three or four years ago.
An opinion piece urges harsh measures against roaming train beggars and touts strong railroad policing. It notes a Des Moines Veterans Union session criticizing Gen Lincoln’s Civil War role and Secretary Wilson, while urging loyalty to the United States and cautious government critique.
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