Ames Times Review of National and State Politics
A satirical roundup notes Uncle Sam ships in the Pacific and jokes about auto accident groups while critiquing Iowa politics. It mocks Iowa Republicans backing Roosevelt and Democrats backing Bryan, questions governors and candidates, and cites a Kentucky murder case involving Judge Loving. It also references Cummins as not nominating a governor candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone Democrat
Roosevelt
Iowa
Bryan
McOnologue
Mason City
Times-Republican
Ora Williams
Cummins
Political shuffle and county fair move loom in Ames
The Register and Leader hints at moving Lt. Governor Garst to Congress in the tenth district to clear the field for Abe Funk in the governor race. It notes cross country gossip, mentions TAft breakfast costs, and reports Story County plans a July thirtieth special election to decide buying the county fair grounds amid a new state law.
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Register
Garst
Congress
Abe Funk
Abe
Harvey Ingham
Leader
Iowa
Story County
Boards of Supervisors
Marshall County
Marshalltown
Story County Fair Ground
Land adjoining Nevada eyed for county fair purchase
Proposal to buy a 30 acre parcel near Nevada with fairground improvements at four thousand dollars. The land carries a mortgage foreclosing soon and could become a Story county asset if the county opts to extend county fairs, with a board of supervisors appointed directors. There are 30 days to consider before the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Story County
County Supervisors
City grading and poll tax notice from 1907
The town hall will host daily 11 am to noon for grading and sidewalk stake applications, to be numbered in regular order. Poll tax for 1907 is due, with payment or work arrangement urged. Contact Mutual phone 276. Thomas H. MacDonald, city engineer. James Montgomery, street commissioner.
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Town Hall
Mutual ’Phone
Thos. H. MacDonald
James Montgomery
Best Medicine in the World for Colic and Diarrhoea
Mr C L Carter of Skirum Alabama praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best. He recounts severe attacks and says half a bottle of the 25 cent size cured him, leaving him feeling like a new man. Judisch Bros. sells the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
C. L. Carter
Skirum
Ala
Judisch Bros
Two Seasons Hauls and the Log-Trail Debate
Amos Rudd weighs two hard jobs in a rural economy dispute with a Massachusetts visitor. He split between hauling logs in winter and moving city folks in summer, noting both are tiring but undecided which wears him more. His wife and eyewitness status are briefly referenced.
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Amos Rudd
Massachusetts
Mr. Rudd
Testimony on Foley's Kidney Cure from Mansfield resident
Ira W. Kelley reports years of poor health due to kidney and bladder trouble. He spent much on physicians with no cure but was restored after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He urges others to try it, noting his satisfaction with the results and declines substitutes. Cagwin Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira W. Kelley
Mansfield
Foley
Cagwin Druggist
Seneca on Fortitude Among Savage Tribes and Romans
The essay notes Seneca praising northern tribes beyond the Alps as models of endurance. He argues hardship breeds virtue, citing nomadic Germans and Danube raiders who endure cold, scant sustenance, and harsh climates. Strength grows from repeated trials, like wind bending a tree, making calm endurance a virtue.
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Seneca
Alps
Roman Empire
Danube
Misprint bank notes and rare currency errors
A detailed account of misprinted and inverted bank notes, including a $50 $100 dual design from Aetna National Bank of Kansas City discovered in 1890, and other rarities such as inverted fronts and signatures missing notes. It notes collectors’ values and examples from the 1860s to 1880s and a Webster Pocahontas image on a legal tender note.
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United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Chicago
United States Treasury
Aetna National Bank of
Kansas City
Treasury
Second National Bank of
Ravenna
First National Bank of
Fall River
Mass
First National Bank of Indianapolis
Ind
Webster
Rolfe
Washington Post
A Humorous Sermon From a Tree Sermon by Dr Dod
Dr Dod, a Cambridge area clergyman, faced undergraduates who forced a sermon from a hollow tree. He delivered a playful text built from the letters M A L T to mock drunkenness, ending with a biting peroration on the drunkard’s ruin. The students were shamed, and he avoided further interruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Dod
Cambridge
Matt
How Birds Learn to Sing in Tinamou Observation
Observations by W. H. Hudson on Rhynchotus rufescens suggest innate song in a young tinamou raised apart from its parents. The bird sang its own call without imitation, indicating instinctive singing. Yet Davies Barrington’s experiments with other species housed with canaries showed learning by imitation.
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W. H. Hudson
Davies Barrington
London Globe
Pecuniary Love Notes and a Brief Proposal
A college son writes for financial help to his uncle who replies the needful is not ready. Samuel Foote’s mother and he reveal debt imprisonment kindness amid poverty. A nobleman in love slips a ballroom note reading Will you and the reply Won’t If.
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Samuel Foote
Sam
Foote
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Taft
St. Louis
P. de Swick
Boone Independent
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National Bank
Loughran & Bauer
Fowler’s
B. A. Lockwood Grain Co
Frank N. Fowler
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S. A. Keenan
National Bank of Commerce
New York
Knautle, Kachod & Kahne
First National Bank
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Ance
Canier Bros. & Herman
Sorenson & Gamrath
Fish and Game
Union National Bank
Nea Greely
Toaan
W. Stanton
V. Prea
T. A. Dodds
Cash
Bankers National Bank
National City Bank
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