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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1906
Page
1
The Times-Republican augurs a busy fall local race scene as Story County offices await filling. Boone News lauds Marshalltown paper growth while Spirit Lake Beacon editor Abe Funk signals Cummins seeking a third term. Ogden Messenger editor John Thompson marries. local wit notes age and folly.
A longtime Iowa politician argues that railroad influence would not make Geo D Perkins a railroad candidate. The Colfax Clipper notes social and dairy developments, while Bernard Murphy cites Perkins as a non factional figure who respects party policies and uses The Sioux City Journal to voice his views.
A California trip becomes doubly pleasant with a daylight ride over the Rockies offered by the Colorado Midland. Rates in effect daily February 15 to April 7. For full information write F. L. L. Feakins, Traveling Passenger Agent, 508 First National Bank Building, Omaha, Neb., or C. H. Speers, S. 2, Denver, Colo.
A 26 by 40 inch steel engraving of Hagerman Pass, famed Colorado route, issued by Colorado Midland Railway. Framing ready, sent for 15 cents in stamps to F. L. Feakins in Omaha or C. H. Speers in Denver. 406¢
Roland resident Mrs. Christian Fosen broke her leg after a fall. Josiah Tweet married Daisy Olson in Roland while Milton Deal died at University Hospital Iowa City after hernia surgery. P. W. Fincham wed Laurana Ward near Gilbert on January 24. Coal prospecting rights near Maxwell and Farrar were purchased. Roland Farmers Creamery reports a profitable year with over 5.25 million pounds of milk and butter sales above $55,000. Story County Improved Breeders Association held its annual meeting at the court house. over 50 memberships, debt-free, with emphasis on pure bred stock and collaboration with the Agricultural Society. Orin Lash’s replevin case in Maxwell ended with Tally jailed on $1000 bond after a failed preliminary hearing. The Iowa Good Roads Association seeks delegates for its Des Moines convention February 7, 1906, endorsed by Gov. Cummins.
The speaker notes lengthy study on highways shows costly state and county expenditures are unnecessary. A plain surface of common lawn soil, properly drained and graded, plus correct use of the King Drag, can serve traffic well.
A London Tit-BIts tale recalls a contributor’s wife who spoils her younger daughter while neglecting the elder. The younger, nicknamed Sweet, receives constant care, while the elder faces quiet neglect until a shift in the family pattern emerges.
The piece notes English spelling and pronunciation quirks where towns and counties use alias names. Hull equals Kingston on Hull. New Sarum is Salisbury. Windsor is New Windsor. Hampshire is actually Southampton. Bradford by the Sea is Morecambe, Poulton le Sandes is Poulton le Sands, Bridlington is Burlington known as Wakefield by the Sea.
A cigar factory owner laments nervous diseases among workers and linking illness to the trade. A stonecutting foreman notes smoke and dust causing consumption and quick illness, warning of the harsh effects of industrial labor reported in Technical World.
A wry observation on troublemakers. borrowing trouble endlessly fuels misfortune and gloom. The speaker suggests trying to lend out trouble as a humorous caution against creating unnecessary worry.
Brief quote attribution explores patience as support of weakness and impatience as ruin of strength, reflecting Colton’s perspective on personal temperament and resilience.
The article praises purely Chinese stone art in tomb monuments and grand bridges. It notes enormous stone blocks moved from distant quarries for Ming and present dynasty tombs, and 60 foot slabs weighing about 120 tons on Fukien coast bridges, with risks of arches failing over time. It cites Colonel Gordon's campaign as a notable instance of a bridge collapse after allowing passage of steamers.
The author muses on moral shades in people, noting most fall between good and bad. Through examples of generosity and selfishness, duty to parents, compassion for misery, and occasional hypocrisy, the piece argues that by common standards few are wholly good or bad. It cites Nelson and Augustine Birrell as reflective anchors.
A returned traveler extols Budapest calling it among Europe’s greatest cities with over 750000 residents. He notes a university of about 5000 students and 230 professors, a notable Jewish synagogue in Buda, the Danube dividing Buda and Pest, and Europe’s largest electrical works. The trolley originated in Budapest. The population is mainly Magyar.
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