08 Jan 1903
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
1
A series of old editorial musings touch on winter weather, women's church role, and youth thrift. It mentions the Chicago & Northwestern buying 5700 freight cars in 1902 then reports a Duluth map returning a $7000 necklace refused by the owner. The piece closes with a quip about the millennium in Duluth.
A Des Moines man named Callahan fired at another man Sunday night but missed. The report notes such misses are unusual for Des Moines where shots usually hit their target.
The Ames P O reports December postal receipts near 1191 dollars, the largest month on record. Schox of the Boone Independent shares a humorous travel note about Timbucktoo inhabitants who rely on luck, style, and simple means to meet needs.
A Paris paper praised Des Moines in a puff that implies the writer has never visited the city. The piece also notes a race war threat in Mississippi and reports a lynching incident in Kansas with lingering tensions.
The piece recalls the historic capital move to Pierre and the lasting cost and bitterness. It notes local politicians already discussing the matter as the sheriff race heats up with multiple declared candidates from Ames Nevada Milford and Howard.
A new road work plan starts January 1 replacing multiple township supervisors with a single township superintendent. The writer welcomes the change as a cost effective improvement and notes the old system of four to eight supervisors per township was expensive for limited results.
Farmers learn that modern magazines like the Twentieth Century Farmer are edited by practical men in touch with farming needs. Contributors include F D Coburn, C F Curtiss, B O Aylesworth, F M Wood, C E Bessey, J Gosling, and F W Taylor. A three month trial costs 25 cents. free samples available upon request.
A Cascade Iowa druggist J H Weber praises Chamberlains Stomach & Liver Tablets as a trusted remedy. He notes repeated use by customers and urges trying them for dullness after meals bad taste bilious feelings loss of appetite or constipation with prompt relief. Available at all druggists.
A Des Moines judge launches a campaign against local wine rooms warning that reform efforts will need strong enforcement before the citywide stamping out process is completed. The strict tone signals a broad crackdown on establishments deemed improper.
The Times celebrated its new Ames location in a brick building erected this fall by Mr. H. F. Jones. The basement houses a Miehle press, with first floor for composing and editorial work, second floor for residence rooms. Contractor Bert Seymour and mason Ben Cole led the project with heating by C. B. Sherman. Also notes winter hardships, a large rail improvement fund by Tar C. B. & Q., and political maneuvering over a Polk County district judge appointment.
The piece weighs rumors that Nate Kendall may retire from the speakership race as Cummins supporters aim to block him to clear Dallas county’s Clark for the post. It praises Kendall’s abilities and predicts he could win the speakership if he remains in the race, while noting pending district contests and political maneuvers.
A new through service to Sault Ste. Marie will start December 29 via Chicago and North Western and Milwaukee road routes. The northbound sleeper leaves Chicago at 8:00 p m daily except Sunday and reaches Sault Ste. Marie at 10:20 a m. southbound departs Sault Ste. Marie around 3:00 p m daily except Sunday and arrives in Chicago next morning at 7:30. Direct Chicago connections link with southern and western lines.
Daily users find Bucklen’s Arnica Salve relieves pain from horns, scalds, cuts, bruises and ulcers. It claims to cure eruptions, rheum, boils, felons, corns and warts and is advertised as the best pile cure on earth for 250 at L. M. Bosworth’s drug store.
Tearing up the Times office last week revealed Vol. 1 Nov 1876 The Producer a monthly from State Agricultural College Ames. It lists trustees C Warden S J Kirkwood and others, notes grasshopper plague articles by E B Bessey, Dan McCarthy Norman horses and Nevada tourism, two pages of ads including Bee Read, and hints at the college’s growth from 17 faculty to a village campus in a quarter century.
Notice asks a woman who left a donation party early to call at L. M. Bosworth's drug store for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to treat indigestion. Available in 50c and $1 bottles.
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