26 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1893
Page
1
An unsigned poem mocks a factional push for town development while a separate note reports the US population totals 32,067,880 males and 30,554,380 females. A Story City resident reports eleven quails found frozen, cited to prove a cold spell.
A Dakota voice mocks East rage over gatherings labeled taffy pulls and a Kansas legislative surge. The speaker derides scientists who warn of contagion in greenbacks, pledging to accept subscriptions with honest coin and daring rivals to test them.
The January Board of Supervisors approved the bond of Harry Haziett as Justice of the Peace in Collins township and Billie Payne’s bond for the same office in Nevada township. The piece notes oddities and humor about local governance and laundry lists a revived interest in old time spelling schools, praising equal footing for all social ranks and lasting impressions from spelling lessons.
A collection of snappy newspaper voices sharing political tidbits. Mentions Ex-President Hayes death and reforms era chatter from the Humboldt Independent and Times, with notes on Quay, DeNiver, Dickinson, Weaver, and a cabinet talk. Includes wit about judges, divorce laws, and aging leaders.
The Tur New York Press proposes to transport fifty U.S. school teachers to the World’s Fair at no cost, covering all expenses. Each Sunday issue includes a ticket to cut out and vote for a favorite teacher.
The notice extols the benefit of advertising in the Times and jokes about a January thaw. It emphasizes that it pays to advertise and repeats the Times as the preferred outlet.
A fragment notes a muzzle factory at Carroll but omits its use. The author muses Carroll, one of the towns where prohibition has not been enforced, may soon need muzzles.
Chicago saloon owners urging city action to close the World’s Fair on Sundays to keep visitors from spending money downtown. They accuse ring leaders of pushing a white apron and diamond image for influence.
The article prescribes treating early throat diphtheria in a child by sealing the room and burning a tar and turpentine mixture in a tin cup to fill the room with fumes. It claims the fumes loosen and expel membranous matter, providing relief beyond physicians' skill.
The new Hot Springs Arkansas paper Tur ' Thomas Cat' shares an audacious salutatory outlining aims to tell truth, be for the people, Orthodox religion, a sharp policy toward enemies, and a bold motto. It proclaims support for one country one flag and one wife at a time with a tone of pomp and splendor.
The column lashed back at the Watchman editor criticizing the attack as personal abuse. It denies prior allegations and claims it offered a single argument about publishing proceedings for one price and charging another. It vows to stop the personal comments unless needed to defend taxpayers in Story county.
The editor urges readers to share tips on politics and local sway. Rumors name Carlisle as treasury secretary under Cleveland and Dan Lamont as possible postmaster general or secretary of war. The piece notes local vetoes and the push for prohibition or local option in Marshalltown and Dubuque.
E. E. Brainard and his father join John M. Brainard & Son to operate the Boone Standard. The Times bets the paper retains its old popularity with Red's name added to the masthead.
A Times paragraph linked ex secretary Frank D Jackson to the Iowa Republican nomination for governor. Jackson says he cannot be a candidate due to personal and business reasons. Cedar Rapids Republican notes strong party support and sees him as best suited to lead Iowa if he should run.
A fragmentary note says Burr in Kossouth county will soon publish a local newspaper as March 4 approaches. The item jokes about vowels and bliss, mentions place names in New York, and references a wreck settlement, politics, famine fears in St. Louis, and an old Tama county hermit sent to the poorhouse after a bath.
Hon D C Coase of Webster argues the prohibition issue should be decided by a public vote. If the measure is too controversial, he says it should be repealed in the same manner as adoption.
Joseph V. Dory of Warsaw Illinois reports relief from rheumatism after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. He urges others afflicted to try the remedy. the product is sold by Westerman Arnold. plus an advertisement note about the Delineator March issue and Butterick publishing details.
For sale a 310 acre farm located one half mile south of Iowa Agricultural College and five minutes from Iowa State Dairy School U S Experiment Station and Iowa Veterinary College. Fifteen minutes from Ames depot. Well watered with timber ornamental trees groves tiled and improved. Sell all or 160 or 200 acres with buildings or take part in other property. Address J L Stevens Ames Ia.
The notice states a combined subscription and delivery offer of the Times and the Des Moines Weekly Leader at a price of $1.65. It highlights a joint promotional rate for readers and local vendors, indicating a bundled newspaper deal.
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