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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
2
Advertising rates include 5 cents per line for notices of entertainments concerts lectures bars and similar items with monetary interests. Cards of thanks and condolences 25 cents. Church and club announcements publish once free then 5 cents per line. Rates available on request. All changes due by Tuesday evening. One dollar per year.
The Des Moines Des Moines Ministerial Association denounces Sunday theaters and A J Kramer orchestra leader dies suddenly in Des Moines on Sunday. Express companies consider ending free shipments. Bryan elected a Datto in a foreign country and hopes for similar status in 1908.
The Chicago magnate Marshall Field died in New York on Tuesday afternoon. He was among the nation's wealthiest merchants and his Chicago store is described as the largest in the world.
The reports say Secretary Shaw has been invited to remain in the cabinet for another year, a position he has reportedly held many times. The Nevada Journal’s hazing story drew strong reactions, with critics arguing it harmed the college more than the hazing did. W H Penn, a 35 year rail mail veteran and assistant chief clerk for the sixth district, died suddenly in Nebraska. Geo D Perkins is named the railroad candidate for governor by the Register and Leader, while President Harper of the University of Chicago died poor in wealth but rich in educational impact.
A critic denounces H. H. Rogers as defiant toward the courts and a disruptive presence on the witness stand. The remark condemns his conduct as a sign of a broader anarchist sentiment.
Investigations reveal that inspectors handed stencil tools to oil trust men allowing stamps to be altered to the inspectors’ preference. The finding raises questions about the integrity of the oil quality program.
The Mutual Telephone Company reported at Boone on the 10th that the Ames exchange saw the largest rise in phones among local exchanges with Boone gaining 91, Ames 126, Ogden 10, and Colo 2.
Story County Representative Capt. Greeley introduced two bills on Tuesday. One makes hazing a misdemeanor with fines from ten to one hundred dollars or up to thirty days in jail. The other reduces wagon road width from sixty six to fifty feet.
Story County Newslets covers local figures such as Blythe and Beardshear while noting editorial critiques of Iowa State College. It reports deaths of Mrs. D. C. Wood and Anfin Larson, a Drake football fullback’s marriage, Gilbert and Story City grain coop plans, bank director elections, a divorce case, a school consolidation ruling, Dr. C. G. Dickey’s practice purchase, and Farmers Mutual Insurance officers. Government mentions praise of Ames College and Mardi Gras excursion offers via the North Western Line.
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