23 Feb 1893
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1893
Page
1
Ames readers are treated to a mix of light notes and political chatter. The column cites a Wisconsin shoemaker’s windfall, bicycle and crinoline romance, and farm outlook. It notes upcoming city elections under the Australian system, party maneuvering, prohibition debates, and local editorial views on cabinet appointments and patronage.
Iowa traveler longs for home as Georgia endures a genuine Iowa winter over three months. Eldora Herald prints a lavish souvenir edition, praised by central Iowa readers. Iowa College student gambling confession leads to revival stories and disciplinary attention in Grinnell.
Serrano Clinton Hastings died in San Francisco last Sunday. A prominent early Iowa figure, he was among the state's first two congressmen elected in 1846. He served as chief justice in 1848, joined California emigrants in 1849, became California chief justice and attorney general, and founded a San Francisco law school becoming wealthy.
A man named Hasting committed suicide in Underwood Iowa by disemboweling himself and burning part of his liver, described as an extreme display of nerve. The Times cites the act as evidence that suicide often signals insanity. The piece also comments on cabinet picks, praising Carlisle and Morton and criticizing Gresham’s appointment as Secretary of State.
The Times notes the prize bout between MiTrcHEeLL and Corbett is controversial but justifiable if Corbett defeats the English challenger. It recalls Sullivan’s intent to exterminate the foe on American soil and hints at past clashes between eras of heavyweight boxing.
The piece compares a young country paper editor to a writer who rushed weather items into a spring issue only to be swept by a northwest blizzard. The author notes the frustration of last minute changes and defends omitting the weather section this week.
The assessed valuation Gould listed for taxation was 500000 dollars while executors estimate the estate at 70000000 dollars. Observers note the executor was taxed at only one one hundred fortieth of the true value, a discrepancy likely to bring trouble as authorities investigate the figures.
Joan M. Tuvurston, Nebraska defeated candidate for U S Senate, declares she is a Republican and extols the party’s glorious history and enduring principles, describing its origin as divine justice and human hope and its battles as shaping liberty and civilization.
The Missouri legislature passed a law requiring oleo margarine to be colored pink. Critics question the purpose, suggesting the coloring could enable ornamental shaping for banquets and parties, while wider notes discuss political changes and urban development during election season.
The passage mocks efforts to split and twist the names Hawaii and the deposed queen into many humorous forms, noting how wit and impatience drive such wordplay despite the seriousness of the subjects.
The Kansas populist House chaplain opened the session with a brief prayer asking mercy on the treason infected state. He has been active in the heated fight for the past month.
The phrase The wages of sin is death would be changed in New York City to The wages of sin is money. At a French ball in the city six thousand guests paid six dollars each, totaling thirty six thousand dollars for one night’s event.
John Y. Bishop of Portland Mills Indiana asserts the locality prefers Chamberlain's Cough Remedy over all others for colds and croup. 50 cent bottles sold by Westerman & Arnold.
Old line Democrats who toiled for Grover Cleveland now feel ignored as he wins the nomination. The appointment of William H. Gresham as Secretary of State strikes a direct blow to Jeffersonian democracy, leaving the era of favors and spoils in question.
Assistant Superintendent Boynton of the Northern Iowa Division C N W died at his Eagle Grove home Saturday at 2 09 pm following an operation for appendicitis per his obituary. He was a highly regarded railroad man with many friends left to mourn his sudden loss.
Mrs. Frank Ellis, wife of a painter, left her husband with George Gray, a Northwestern shops machinist, after growing tired of dual duties. The pair fled, seeking happiness and consolation, hoping to find balm for Ellis’s wounded feelings.
The text describes Walter Q. Gresham shifting from populist leanings to the Democrat party last spring. It claims he chose a decisive jump into the Democratic fold and landed in a large office with ample pay and prestige, implying a strategic political move.
District Judge N. B. Hyatt sued the editor of a local paper after being accused of drunken conduct in Stanhope Hamilton county. Webster City trial resulted in a $250 fine for criminal libel, a turnaround in editorial attacks on private citizens.
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