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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
5
The Ames Times reports brief city items and council proceedings including a discussion of a recent claim of lying by McVickar and a referenced sermon by Rev Munhinji to the K P s. The text notes the council adjournment and hints at upcoming political events in Des Moines.
The ring was cleared and the ropes stretched a week ago last Monday when this so called congress convened, signaling the start of formal sessions and public attention to legislative activity.
Postmaster General Hitchcock faces removal as a public report shows a large surplus in the department, while Mary Garden will play Santa Claus in Chicago. The piece jokes about insurgents copying La Follette rhetoric from democratic papers and ridicules Congress as a political arena for fights.
Attorney Darrow for the McNamars of Los Angeles received $170000 of the $190000 sent by unions for defending the defendants. He saved their necks, but the fact they acknowledged their guilt is noted.
James H. Wilson of Adair county announces his bid for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor next spring. He previously ran for railroad commissioner and energized opposition. The era of a postal surplus is noted with Hitchcock proposing penny postage based on a two hundred nineteen thousand dollar surplus.
The Polk county grand jury probes the printers trust with witness Miss Ei la Kling defying questioning and remaining silent during testimony.
Residents of Jewell complain about rising juice charges as the new electric light plant opens. The piece notes the high cost of living and uses a humorous aside about needing luxuries versus necessities, reflecting local sentiment.
The Polk county grand jury indicted Editor R. E. Morris of the Rummels Telegram this week for ejecting a fellow from his office. Citizens condemn the act as a case of overzealous punishment by a country editor.
A Sterling Illinois special uses a quirky line about cats common to push a whimsical note about toms supplying something unclear. The piece hints at a literary or joke angle rather than a substantive report.
A quirky tale from a 1910 Chicago affair notes Dr Samuel Kennel of Moline hosting a possum dinner. Guests discover the meat only after nuts are served, prompting some to flee as debate grows about cat meat to ease living costs.
A.C. Brice of Bedford Iowa alleges he knew twenty four hours before the Maine was blown up and reported it to Fitz Hugh Lee in Havana harbor but was ignored. He says President McKinley asked him to keep quiet until last week when experts confirmed the blast came from outside the vessel.
The Des Moines case concludes with a manslaughter verdict paired with a finding of insanity for Dr. Kelly of Counsell Bluffs who killed a deputy sheriff and bartender in broad daylight. The verdict may delay punishment for a long time or indefinitely. Pilkington addressed the imple ment dealers convention, criticizing farm journals and urging honest advertising practices.
A visitor, a lady book agent, asks the un-dressed mother about her children in a curious exchange. The daughter seeks conversation and learns the mother has no children. The girl replies in a playful punch line about everyone having children.
A child in a Sunday school class blurts out that he has nothing to be thankful for because a party nearly ruined him. Other children list traits like blue eyes and wavy hair, reflecting a simple moral moment from a spring morning.
The New York correspondent in the Cincinnati Times Star reports H A Du Souchel author of The Man From Mexico is a candidate for justice of the peace in a New Jersey hamlet where he pays taxes. Old timers recall he served as a justice of the peace on the New Mexico line in 1878 amid tales of tarantulas and Indians.
Mrs. Ducas of New York seeks a divorce citing repeated verbal abuses and humiliations by her husband. She testified he belittled her as unfit, insulted her and child, refused money, threatened punishment, and suggested extreme acts, prompting her filing.
A humorous exchange recalls Bret Harte famed for Little Breeches and a critic who praised the dialect verse. Harte replies that the reviewer has misattributed the breeches to the wrong man in a witty retort.
N H Nelsen and wife transfer lot and blocks in McCallsburg Jung Jacobson's addition. E D Reynolds to James Reynolds et al. for 8000 dollars with multiple lots in 83 21. H 8 Kaness to George and Mary Kaness for 175 dollars in Ames Kingsbury addition. Ira C Welty to E G Rich and L W Wimner for 1530 dollars for parts of block 23 Nevada. Bernard Huston to Laura Knep one dollar for block 3 Armstrong's Collins. Aaron Pearson to N H Pearson for 5 percent acre west of lot 2 in nw sw 35 82 22. John L Osness to Carrie Osness one dollar for east half of lots 6 and 7 in Cambridge block 25. S O Hegland and wife to Thor Onelius Hegland for 9600 dollars south half of sw 26 85 22. Onelius Hegland to Lydia K Tweet for one dollar southeast 9 85 22. S O Hegland and wife to Lydia Tweet for one dollar southwest 33 85 22.
Miss Prior of the college will tell Christmas stories at the library Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p m. A shelf of travel books is on display behind the loan desk for reading aloud. Titles include Carland The Trail of the Gold Seekers Horanady The Man Campfires and the Canadian Rockies Whitney Jungle Trails and Jungle People Whiting The Land of Merchantment John Pax Jr Blue Grass and Roeodendron Johnson Highways and Byways of the South.
A new shipment of hand embroidered Chinese linens and laces has arrived with many small articles suitable for Christmas gifts. Also doilies and laces sold by the yard. Mrs. H. C. Scofield, 217 Sixth St. phone 65X, 34-21.
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