05 Dec 1901
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
1
The Times reports on local affairs in Story County with official notices, community briefs, and regional updates. Readers see brief items on governance, public services, and civic events shaping the county.
The piece laments Pat Crowe and notes the arrival of rabbit shooting season alongside the post football rush for physicians. It praises Col. D. B. Henderson as speaker from Iowa and admires Dave Henderson’s leadership. It argues baseball as safer and more popular than football.
An exchange argues the board of control largely caused the state treasury surplus, stating the board had little to do with the surplus compared to the Hoopole township school board in Posey county Indiana.
David Nation is granted a divorce from his wife Carrie Nation. The text notes Nation’s gratitude and hints at potential suitors for Carrie, describing Nation as slow for the lively reformer.
Galusha A Grow, congressman at large from Pennsylvania, marked his fiftieth entrance into congress on Monday last, completing fifty years in public life. The state is noted for long-tenured members and has supplied the father of the house, reflecting durable public service by leaders like Grow and others such as the Camerons and Sam Randall.
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes Congress began a new week at its usual pace while football season ends and parents with college and high school attending sons can rest for now. It criticizes the state university lobbying with $18 over two years as a pathetic sight.
The report says Croker and Hill have resolved their feud but Croker remains deeply involved, carrying the cleaver and staying in the fight as deeply as the ox.
Congressman Hepburn of Iowa failed to sway the Republican caucus on modifying House rules and Read rules will remain in place. Observers say the existing setup appears adequate from an outside view.
The writer notes newspapers are fewer now as the tariff modifying machine reaches readiness and suggests little modification will be needed under current national conditions.
Congressman Bob Cousins of Iowa addressed the St Andrews Society of New York at Delmonico's on a Burns theme. He captivated the Scots of New York as the society commends his eloquence and declares him a fitting representative from Iowa’s fifth district.
Announcement details the National Educational Association annual meeting with Dr. Beardshear elected president. The event will run July 7 to 11 in Minneapolis at a central Mississippi valley site, promising favorable weather and a large convention as Detroit previously set the pace.
Editorial snippets from Richwood Gazette and Clinton Herald reflect community jokes about fashion and propriety. mentions of board of control, an Iowa State College dispute, and cross-town critiques of educational institutions.
A Boone Independent writer crafts a humorous poem about Thomas Cathie in a back yard scene. The verses describe the gent singing in G while a sleepy man reacts with wrath, firing a gun that disturbs the garden and cat, ending with the man back on the fence continuing the song.
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader notes a fading populist wave and says the legislature will meet in five weeks. Governor-elect Cummins will end his law practice on January first to dedicate himself wholly to governing Iowa, a move seen as a loss for the bar and a gain for the state.
A farmer sighs while feeding fifty cent corn to hogs in his pen. He notes market reports show five to twenty five hogs, equating to twenty five cent corn for three dollar hogs in value, illustrating the feed economics.
The item recounts Thomas Jefferson Phillips, Ottumwa Iowa manager for White Breast Fuel Co and former Iowa gubernatorial hopeful, publicly scolding Moore of the Ottumwa Herald on a city street. The piece lauds Phillips as a "great man" despite clashes over governance and media.
Several Iowa papers urge amending the multi law by striking the petition clause and placing the liquor question before voters while keeping the remainder intact. They warn past election turmoil when liquor questions loomed and say changes that upset workable laws will not be popular.
A skeptical column rebukes the board of control for Iowa education spending remarks. It mocks their use of lobbying claims, praises exhibition expenses for college excursions, and questions the board’s judgment while defending President Roosevelt’s address and other political notes. The piece notes public praise for Roosevelt and reports on other items including a Colorado governor’s death and a railway debt warning.
President Roosevelt ousted territorial Governor Jenkins over an improper connection with a contract with the Oklahoma Sanitarium Company and named Thomas B. Ferguson of Watonga to replace him. The President warns against stock jobbing among federal office holders, vowing zero tolerance for such business during his administration.
The Chicago Tribune Sunday quotes Iowa editors favoring no tariff tinkering by Congress starting Monday. The writer agrees, arguing that tariffs helped current prosperity and warns against hurting the economy by stirring legislation now. Buckwheat pen advertised by T. J. Miller & Son.
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