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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1898
Page
8
The Times serves Story County with local news and notices. It remains a historical record of community events, public affairs, and society items in a compact, period-voiced format.
The Agricultural College dormitory plan should be dropped. Tare funds eight million dollars for bicycle tire production, employing three thousand and yielding four million tires yearly. At a St Louis populist conference, free coinage and pure paper money were urged, with a 1900 presidential bid centered on those issues.
The New York Journal abandons Bryan and free silver in 1896 while Curt Wood loses the Anamosa Wardenship after a spirited, honorable campaign. The piece notes Hanna’s wealth and claims no improper spending in Ohio, with populists defending his lawful votes.
Readable notes recount winter mildness with little storms and political chatter around Union Pacific, Iowa C N W exchanges, and Governor Shaw. Contain remarks on state officials, a Nevada county printing pact, a local editor change, and opinions on seed distribution and Democratic bluffing in Ohio politics.
Ianatus Donnelly attracts notice as it is announced he will soon wed his type writer girl. The statement notes he has a right to pursue the match if he wishes.
President Je an of Stanford University cautions that efforts to save sinners must not be a pretext for self righteousness. He warns that chronic religious excitement harms higher life and questions sensational displays among self styled saints.
The Sigourney News announces Hon John Morrison of Hedrick as a Republican state convention candidate for railroad commissioner. Morrison is well known in Ames and at the college where most of his children have graduated, and he once served as a trustee of the I. A. C. If nominated and elected he would be an ideal member of the railway commissioners board.
A New York designer creates a skirt supporter with two straps around the shoulders and down the back ending in two securing devices. The author criticizes heavy skirts weighing on a woman's hips and urges suspender style support for health.
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