27 Feb 1896
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1896
Page
1
The piece lauds hustling and modern improvements, urging Ames residents to approve a 5 percent bond to fund lighting and water works. It argues that private lighting profits, sinking funds, and debt refinancing will lower long term costs while expanding streets, pumps, and city services. It notes Ames 1896 valuation around 380000 dollars and minimal tax impact.
To the Republican electors of Story county Iowa a delegate convention will be held at the Court House Nevada on Saturday March 7 1896 at 11 a.m. The purpose is to select fourteen delegates for the State Convention in Des Moines March 11 1896 and for the seventh congressional district convention. Returns list of precinct delegations with county officers J F Renp and C McCall as organizers.
Scientists warn of a comet approaching Earth at 2,000,000 miles daily. Nebraska Republicans rally for McKinley with Allison as a second choice. Dave Brandt nominated to succeed the late Dr. McClelland in the legislature. Democratic committee sets dates for state conventions in Des Moines and Ottumwa with Chicago delegates to be chosen in Dubuque on March 12.
The Times notes Judge Rothrock will not seek re election and that Judge Weaver is the most viable successor for the district seat. the next general election will decide the replacement. It also reports women eligible to vote on a city bond measure next Monday with separate ballots under the Australian system.
The record lists Iowa delegates at large to the Republican National Conventions across years 1876 1880 1884 1888 and 1892. Named figures include James F Wilson Hiram Price Geo D Perkins John Y Stone J B Clarkson D B Henderson J S Clarkson W G Donnan N M Hubbard John H Gear E E Mack and D C Chase.
A Chicago judge orders the husband to receive twenty dollars a month alimony in a divorce where the wife owns rental property paying sixty dollars monthly. The ruling frames support for a healthy wealthy wife toward a poor ill husband as equally obligation between spouses, deemed reasonable. The piece also notes a district judge lecturing three youths sentenced to three years in penitentiary with moralizing remarks aimed to deter crime. It mentions German practice of public executions as a comparably strict discipline reference.
A Times editorial advocates mob violence against Pizer, recently freed from prison for rape, who then attacked a farmer's wife. The piece decries lenient treatment, urges necks stretched for such "man-devils" and praises extralegal punishment as justified.
The article clarifies that Iowa's 25th General Assembly act grants women the right to vote in city elections for bonds, taxes, or school district borrowing. It urges women to exercise enfranchisement next Monday, noting no denial based on sex and equal qualifications.
The Times weighs in on municipal ownership versus private operation of an electric plant. After reviewing city owned systems, editors concede a city plant could be viable with tax impacts kept in check. Bond proceeds would fund a modern plant and aid water works expansion.
The piece notes France facing another crisis stirred by its senators while reporting on a local Ames school election. One week from next Monday, March 9, two directors will be elected to replace Mrs. Tilden and Mr. Underwood in the independent district.
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