Overcoat, Fur Coats, and Flanneal Waists in House Ad
Classified notice lists fur coats and overcoats with flanneled waists available in stock. Includes vague references to house items and sale terms. No clear dates or prices provided.
19 Dec 1901
Page 1
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
1
Classified notice lists fur coats and overcoats with flanneled waists available in stock. Includes vague references to house items and sale terms. No clear dates or prices provided.
The Times presents local notices and briefs for Story County readers. One-dollar yearly price marks the era of the paper as a community source for events, notices, and updates.
A noisy week of chatter includes a Morgan move on coal output and Governor-elect Cummins set to announce appointments this week. The writer notes recent attempts to reach Cummins and reflects on the busy pace of the past two weeks without seeking office.
The piece notes Iowa Democrats discuss nominating Thomas Jefferson Phillips of Ottumwa for governor and then U S senator. It claims little chance of victory for a Democrat and predicts legislative and senatorial redistricting in northwest Iowa due to population growth, with a rival push for congressional redistricting. A lively struggle is anticipated before the session ends.
Wireless telegraphy has moved from theory to fact with a message sent last week from Cornwall England to St Johns New Foundland. Senator Allison is poised for unanimous re election by the legislature this winter, likely securing his sixth straight term and a total of thirty six years in the senate in vigorous health.
Mrs. Carrie M Ogilvie has purchased the Mail and Times Des Moines society paper and assumed active management. She is described as a literary woman of much talent and the Times expects her to secure great success for the paper.
A citizen asks Congress to abolish the war tax now that wartime expenses are paid and a treasury surplus exists. The public chorus across the nation calls for ending the wartime levy and redirecting funds to other needs.
Northwestern may abandon its new overland timetable and revert to the old Chicago to Omaha schedule. The shift would restore a nineteen or thirteen hour difference, extending travel time by about fifty minutes between the two cities.
The Iowa State Agricultural Society elected James C. Simson of Knoxville as secretary over Geo H VanHouten after years of Times opposition. The paper that once opposed Simson’s rival faced defection by some board members who had censured its editor earlier. The author, unfamiliar with Simson, supports the change.
D A Kent, once a noted Iowa State College agriculture professor, eyes the dairy commissioner post as cadre debates redrawing Iowa's congressional map. The discussion centers on moving Story County from Polk to the Fifth District and shifting other counties, with Payne's Nevada Representative plan outlining new Seventh and Fifth districts and political majorities.
Congressman Conner of the tenth district is placed on the committee on public buildings. Boone residents celebrate the move, believing it will aid Boone in securing a public building, a fight they expect this winter.
Gov. Van Sant's push for western railroad consolidation has popularized the word merger as the new term for a consolidation driven effort. The language shift reflects a broader use of merger beyond business to describe such combinations.
Dave Brant has severed ties with the Clinton Herald and bought an interest in the Iowa City Republican. He seems content to stay in a politically stalemated county rather than move away from Iowa democracy.
Harry Hazlett of Baxter New Era criticizes the Times for opposing his views on the Iowa Agricultural College while praising home industry. He argues funds for the college are not wasted and that merchants should support local producers instead of eastern manufacturers. The notice ends with an aside about Buckwheat Ben from T. J. Miller & Son.
A Sibley reader proposes moving Davis Keokuk from district six to one and Marion Marshall Boone Hardin Hamilton to other districts, reshaping the eleven districts with minor changes while preserving some districts. The plan aims to reduce congestion and balance populations though unlikely to pass this winter.
Excursion tickets will be sold at low rates to points on the North Western System within 200 miles of the selling station. Valid December 24 25 31 and January 1 with return until January 2 inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago North Western Railway.
Heating stoves and ranges stove pipe stove boards coal hods and fire shovels offered at lower prices than any other place in Story county. Before buying call on Geo. Roberson.
A local Ames note proclaims a twelfth Christmas sale with a fine cash stock offered at pleasing prices. The speaker emphasizes past good conduct and announces the current year’s favorable deals for shoppers.
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