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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1907
Page
3
The Ames Times notes Senator Spooner seeks tariff revision and predicts a clash as rail and political forces respond. It cites Roosevelt's step to curb Thaw trial details in mails and reports Chicago’s streetcar franchise vote overriding Mayor Dunne’s veto.
The Arnold family estate at Arnold's Park is to be sold next Tuesday at public auction. W. B. Arnold owned the resort since before the Spirit Lake massacre era, willed it to his wife and three daughters with a clause it stay in the family, but dispute over the will provisions prompted the sale.
The excerpt argues that barring women from the Thaw trial deprives them of access to salacious details. It claims women can read about the case at home in the daily paper for a fraction of a cent and questions the need for women to endure courtroom conditions, urging equal access for female reporters.
Ole Langland, Cambridge Leader sports editor, objects to accepting pay for advertising in "hot air" while looking ahead to a prosperous baseball season.
Dispatch from Montpelier Vermont reports a short spruce gum crop while residents debate offloading denatured alcohol as a retail product at 75 cents a gallon with weak demand. A slippery sidewalk warning notes salt may damage cement walks and keep people sliding. A Detroit man shoots himself after a neighbor supposedly played the accordion. the coroner’s verdict is uncertain but the jury may agree the wrong man was shot.
Supt Whalen of the Iowa division of the Northwestern was struck by a freight train in Boone yards and seriously injured. The incident prompts calls for cautious, deliberate railway legislation as the legislature nears adjournment.
The piece predicts passage of a two cent fare bill with rapid effect, possibly by March. It notes reform papers fear railroads face aggressive legislative action and urges caution not to cripple transportation firms. It also mentions Nebraska’s governor suing to test his own mansion funding, alleging $100 rent to himself.
A reader endorses buying the Iowa daily for fresher reporting printed within forty eight hours. The note satirizes Sunday papers arriving Friday night and urges supporting home industry with the Iowa product.
The Iowa delegation in Washington secured control of federal patronage distribution but failed to act, meeting Saturday and adjourning without decisions. They are billed to reconvene, likely to pursue the same program. The piece contrasts their focus with hog prices at a recent sale, noting prosperity in a crowd of farmers bidding high on livestock.
The piece urges a busier Iowa legislature to finish work quickly to save state costs on salaries and freight. It notes the session has lasted over a month with no major bills reported, especially the maximum passenger fare measure. It also recounts a Northern Lights sighting over Ames and a church surprise for Grandma Quackenbush with a hymn about praise.
In Stark County Indiana Mrs Eva Uncaper recounts a severe coughing illness that left her bedbound until she used four one dollar bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery. The remedy allegedly cured her cough and restored health and is sold by druggists with a 50 cent to one dollar price and trial bottle free.
A man brought a load of dry cord wood to Ames to sell to the failed Ames Home Bakery. He found the bakery shut and a constable’s attachment on the door, so he could not unload. He loaded the wood back up and left, muttering about his luck.
A list of real estate transfers records deeds for numerous parcels in Ames and surrounding areas including Van Gundy Worland Ballard Cambridge Maxwell Blair's Ames and others. A lengthy February 14 Valentine’s Day essay at the Methodist Church outlines origins of valentines and notes Roman festival ties and saintly legend.
Special announcement that Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy is not affected by the Pure Food and Drug Law because it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs. Druggist Cag Win recommends it as a safe remedy for children and adults.
An advertisement claims chronic constipation risks serious ailments and promotes Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a pleasant, non nauseating remedy that aids digestion and stimulates liver and bowels. It urges starting today and warns to refuse substitutes, from Cagwin, Druggist.
Classified advertisement seeking a man with a large rig willing to travel away from home part time. Offers steady work paying 300 to 500 dollars monthly. No experience needed. Outfit furnished free. References from First National Bank. Apply National Land Company Box 45 Algona Iowa. 38-tf
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