06 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
1
The Times announces a yearly subscription price of one dollar for Story County readers. The notice highlights affordable access to local news from the official paper.
The tax legislature opens on the tenth and Gov. Shaw is to be inaugurated on the thirteenth of this month. Weekend editions claimed Prince Bismark’s death, but Sunday papers denied it, saying he is alive and well.
The consolidation exercises completed to form greater New York leave the United States with the second city by population and first in push and energy. Senator Pettigrew, from South Dakota, foresees a Republican successor and hints he must return to the Republican fold after leaving the reform path for free silver.
The Homestead issue for the county offers practical farm counsel with an index of over 3,000 titles and a one dollar subscription. The January Special Farmers Institute edition includes farmer views on buying farms, government seed distribution and current farming conditions. Sample copies are free with subscriptions available from Homestead Co Des Moines Iowa.
The Chicago Times-Herald urges reusing last January’s resolutions as effective again. The Marshalltown Times-Republican profile praises its bold, well run daily, noting pressed pages, type-setting machines, and strong business as a westward example.
The Turnoone Republican published a likeness of murderer Geo Stanley in the penitentiary. The paper argues a fair look confirms that the pardon should not be granted, noting Stanley bi-annually seeks clemency.
A call to action exhorts Ames residents to boost the town in 1898 by shopping locally, supporting small factories, and promoting church and school facilities. It urges everyone to join the bandwagon early, work for collective civic growth, and recognize that individual efforts aid the whole community.
The Chicago Chronicle cites Mark Hanna as far ahead in the Ohio Senate race with an election due next Wednesday. Meanwhile Uncle Sam stays out of the carving of the Chinese Empire as European powers seek to divide the country.
Frank J. Stillman of the Jefferson Bee shares a Washington society anecdote about a seven ty year old widow at a merchant’s party and a vivid gown scene. The piece also covers the congressional military committee’s visit to Vicksburg for the national cemetery and park, with Hull and Lafe Young delivering speeches.
A Christmas souvenir from the Chicago and Northwestern Railway tells of two lovers separated in London and reunited in San Francisco on Christmas Eve. The girl, after jilting her lover in England, sails to New York then follows a flaxen haired sign to California in three days, arrives in Chicago, and reaches San Francisco to join her lover on Christmas Eve. Girls are urged to take the Northwestern Route.
A 1898 Hood's Coupon Calendar features a child's head in a gold frame and blue coupon pad. It promotes Hood's Practical Cook's Book of 350 pages and offers access to many valued books and articles via coupons. Send 6 cents in stamps to I Hood & Co Lowell Mass or ask your druggist for the calendar.
An advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best treatment for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and promises a cure for piles or money refunded sold by L M Bosworth.
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