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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1896
Page
2
Fire destroyed two frame buildings in Belle Plaine as looting and relic auctions unfolded in nearby towns. The piece notes a public sale of John Brown relics in Wabash, Indiana, laments glass scarcity affecting prices, and comments on political and social topics of the era with multiple local notes and previews.
BeeriMes proclaims itself the official paper for Story County offering annual subscription for one dollar.
The column notes a scramble among eastern cities to host the national Democratic convention. It also mentions various light items including fashion shifts, poetry volumes, and a hometown story about Homer P. Branch in Rolfe Iowa who wrote and set his own book of poems titled Poems by Homer P Branch.
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