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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1904
Page
2
A long-winded local page notes a major sale at The Fair for muslin underwear. The piece also covers political chatter about Senator Hughes and anti pass bills, Nevada city council spitting ordinance, Japan’s war stance, Iowa telephone exchange protests, and oblique tributes to local figures amid fires and deaths.
Announcement schedules state one time free publication for non revenue church and lodge meetings and all public gatherings. Additional display lines cost 6 cents each. Display ad rates available on application. Changes for display advertisements due by Tuesday evening.
The Des Moines Editorial Association plans its mid winter meeting at Clarion next Thursday and Friday. Sioux City grocers sold ten pounds of granulated sugar for a nickel last week. February 17 marks Ash Wednesday and Easter falls on April 3.
The piece notes Republican delegates, opposition to a primary elections law, and a hardin county murder verdict with calls for the death penalty. It also reports a five o'clock robbery where a farmer was bound and robbed of fifteen hundred dollars, left in a cold barn.
The Story county agricultural society may sell the grounds to square its finances amid mounting debt. The item mentions other regional issues from imperial conflict to local politics and a new Des Moines paper project.
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