17 Feb 1898
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1898
Page
1
The column critiques annual budgets and proposed reforms in Iowa and Story County. It notes a tax and salary debate, bicycle and road advocacy, and a failed woman suffrage vote. It also comments on local editors, a school book bill, and a retiring journalist’s future.
The Carroll Herald argues for biennial elections as morally and financially beneficial. It notes a brutal Burlington murder confession, questions innocence, and contemplates a judge’s potential sentence. Editorials cover a state board of control proposal, rail travel progress, and Homer Miller’s withdrawal from the Iowa state auditor race due to his daughter’s illness.
The piece mocks a ground hog as a fake while noting plans for a twine factory from lawa grass. It lists forty five beet sugar factories in the U S and hints at growth within a year regardless of Cuba's status. It covers the Upper Des Moines Editorial Association meeting at Humboldt, ministerial activities, a Hamilton county legal action over county funds, and Des Moines union depot prospects with rail line implications and wage costs for Northwestern employees on Iowa division.
The item notes Mark Hanna’s eldest son facing a divorce suit, sparring with Free Silverites over punishment. It also mentions W. J. Brown of Webster City being reappointed deputy revenue collector, and discusses the Dingley tariff, Sioux City papers, county recorder candidates, a Des Moines Poultry Farmer paper, and valentines history with a Victorian view.
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