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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1899
Page
7
The fragment from a local newspaper notes Story County coverage with emphasis on a special cheap annual price. No further readable details available about events or dates.
Ep Times-Please lists two candidates for county sheriff race subject to republican primaries. J F Gillespie of Nevada and J A McKee of Cambridge Iowa announce their sheriff candidacies with dates in January 1899.
A set of 1898 1899 notices by W E Gossarp Meyer Branding and W D Riener announcing candidacies for county superintendent of schools in Story County Iowa subject to Republican primaries. The items include dates January 21 23 and 31 1898 1809.
Congressman Hall's army reorganization bill cleared the House on Tuesday by a strong vote. The item notes candidacy prospects for county office and remarks on fast-paced political developments.
Chicago will deliver 10,000 coach and bus horses to Europe sourced from Illinois and Iowa. The horses will be shipped at a rate of 200 head per week.
In Des Moines the court house site proposition is settled and defeated supporters clash with auditorium backers. If the auditorium is not built in Des Moines, the state convention should be held elsewhere.
A reflective piece notes Eagan 8 beef echoing Macbeths sunlike glare and a Iowa winter mood with extra snow teased. It questions the prominence of Bryan as candidates debate county office, suggesting a fading magnetic draw and fleeting public attention.
A wholesale grocery house in Webster City used as a flour depot burned on Saturday. The piece notes weather relief is delayed, a mention of W. O. Payne of Nevada as temporary state convention chair, and cites a Dubuque Telegraph remark on lack of general prosperity but improving times. It also reports Iowa friends’ disillusion with Billy Mason’s conduct after his Springfield visit.
Rumor suggests Ret Clark Jr plans to move back to Des Moines and could pursue politics. Details of his activities are not confirmed, but speculation centers on political work in the area.
Geo H Van Houten holds key secretarial posts in the state horticultural and agricultural societies and contemplates running for state senator from the Adams Taylor district. He favors asking for what is in sight.
Wilson D. Rich of this city announces in today's Times his candidacy for Story county superintendent of schools, subject to Republican primaries. He was born in Story county, graduated from Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and has ten years teaching in local schools.
W. K. Boarpman of Nevada ex dairy commissioner of Iowa was elected president of the National Buttermakers' Association at Sioux Falls. Iowa won first in the separator class by A. W. McCall of Creston with 97, Minnesota won exhibit, Iowa ranked third. The text notes Iowa dairy progress and prosperity.
The Shriners plan a large gathering in Des Moines on the 15th of the month. Ed Addison of Maxwell is the sole Story county member listed for a banquet response and is noted as a noble representative of the county group.
The issue opens with Mrs. Ballington Booth touring prisons and noting bleak life for released inmates. Mrs. Lew Wallace protests overeducation in The Murder of the Modern Innocents. The Story of New York's Social Life reveals Gotham society, while The Largest Ranch in the World surveys Texas pasturage. Serials include The Girls of Camp Arecady and The Jamesons in the Country. The editorial recalls Texas politics and national debates, urging calm as American unity is discussed.
The Times reports on Texas secession hints, a major freight house fire at Boone causing heavy losses, and a navy of political notes. It notes Eagan’s army dismissal, Hull's reorganization vote split, and coverage of California weather from a Los Angeles Times copy. It discusses primaries timing and Meyer Brandvig’s Republican bid for Story county superintendent, plus London brokers rethinking American securities under protection.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for grip and related coughs. It claims to soothe throat, help sleep, and prevent pneumonia or consumption, offering money back if not cured and trial bottles at L M Bosworth’s drug store.
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