19 Feb 1903
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
1
Tuesday Ames Times announces free publication of non revenue church lodge society and club meetings with additional papers costing five cents per line for extra insertions. Display ad rates available on request with changes due by Tuesday evening.
Multiple candidates announce for county offices in Story County Iowa with dates in January 1903 and January 1908. Seek positions including superintendent of schools and sheriff subject to Republican primaries. Names include C Welty F E Hansen W A Rickett D L Lang F C Warrick and J B Hoggatt.
County supervisor candidate D. K. Bunce announces candidacy in Story county primaries from Gilbert Station dated February 5 1903. County treasurer candidate Edgar A. Fawortt from Nevada Iowa states candidacy in the Republican primary on February 4 1903.
The Ames community is urged to focus on infrastructure with sewer and water system upgrades while honoring Lincoln's birthday. Nearby notes cover visitors, a moved business headquarters in Des Moines, a Michigan cat scratch death, and March weather hints for six weeks.
A restaurant window showcased fresh strawberries as a sign of warming weather this week. Mercury dipped to near zero, an encouraging hint that spring may be near.
A woman who misplaced a five dollar bill in the Ames post office lobby found it an hour later and noted the country’s honesty. The story ends with a caution that darkness can blur the difference between a five dollar bill and a sale bill on the floor.
A concise reflection extols Iowa as a land of steady travel and familiar rewards urging readers to stay and appreciate local life without venturing far beyond state borders.
Kansas reports Blanche Boise of Topeka smashing saloon looking glasses as a pastime. Observers say she should be quenched while in her incipiency.
The piece recalls a mild weather stretch and fond memories of 1970s Iowa winters. It reports a Dallas crime tragedy with a husband accidentally killing his wife during a staged burglary. It notes Valentine excess, politics with Armstrong’s confirmation, clam corruption talk, and local officials Greeley and a Story district member facing renomination.
Lincoln and Hoboken report W. J. Bryan will not run in 1904 triggering a calmer national mood. A traveling liquor salesman in Prairie du Chien killed himself with carbolic acid after poor sales. Valentines flood the season as celebrations continue. The wine room crackdown dies bornin.
Railroads plan to run trains on Sunday only when absolutely necessary. The move follows acknowledgement that train crews are human and should rest. The opinion supports the proposed restriction as a sensible measure.
A timid sounding fire alarm Thursday morning near the electric light plant was barely audible five blocks away, suggesting the whistle had a bad cold as it rang at dawn.
The county campaign swings into high gear with four weeks left until March 21. Debate sharpens as Governor Cummins appoints a fresh committee of good roads delegates. Voters crave tangible action on roads over more delegates in the ongoing good roads drama.
In Charleston West Virginia a son of Senator Hanna and a son of Senator Clark prominent rail these men dragged a legislative member from a hack and beat him for declining to yield the vehicle The Timms notes this as a social observation not news stating that privilege does not imply immunity from proper punishment for unlawful acts.
Go B Cortelyou private secretary to Roosevelt and McKinley has been appointed secretary of commerce head of the new cabinet office. Cortelyou will be a wise counsellor in the cabinet. Loeb succeeds him as private secretary. The new post will have direct work with commerce and industry surpassing other nations.
The city of Ames highlights a ten thousand dollar library, a complete sewer system, water works extension, free city mail delivery, and additional summer projects. These steps promise a prosperous year ending with the city entering winter quarters confident and prepared.
A boy killed his drunken father while protecting his mother from repeated assaults. The piece argues against blaming the boy, praising a father's duty to restrain violence and a son's duty to defend his mother, emphasizing a mother’s enduring love and loyalty.
The post office department urges farmers to improve rural road conditions as a condition for mail delivery. It warns patrons who take mail service for granted that rural routes may be cut if roads are not kept in proper shape. Citizens should act as a one person committee to ensure timely road repairs, before ground hardens again.
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