Big 5c and 10c Sale at The Fair
Unclear damaged OCR text outlines a sale at The Fair offering items priced at five and ten cents. The record preserves the event stance but lacks readable specifics such as dates, locations, or item lists.
05 Jul 1906
Page 1
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
1
Unclear damaged OCR text outlines a sale at The Fair offering items priced at five and ten cents. The record preserves the event stance but lacks readable specifics such as dates, locations, or item lists.
The notice explains rates for notices and entertainments in the Ames Times. It states five cents per line per insertion for notices of entertainment lectures suppers and similar items and twenty five cents for cards of thanks or condolence. Public announcements and meetings not conducted for revenue are published free once, with additional insertions at five cents per line. Display ads require rates on application and changes due by Tuesday evening with subscription at one dollar per year.
A poetic fragment questions moral limits as chorus girls remove garments revealing halves of their bodies. The verse ponders justice and fantasy, signaling a paradoxical play about appetite and ritual sacrifice.
The piece notes ex Mayor Clausen of Clear Lake facing charges for selling liquor contrary to state law in Cerro Gordo County. It also mentions Roosevelt’s 1908 candidacy stance and Iowa’s education like campaign on political geography and district lines.
Hon E H Conger is named president of the new Occidental Fire Insurance Co in Los Angeles. The Iowa governor race looms and prompts discussion of campaign strategies and tariff stances amid a lively political climate.
A Nebraska couple wed in Onawa Iowa with the groom described as a full blooded Sioux Indian. The bride is said to be fortunate to escape with her life as the article notes that all Indians are bad.
Andrew Townsend Hisey of Tama campaigns for governor with a plan to push a wheelbarrow over the state to gain votes. The piece urges quick action as only a few seats remain in Hisey's band wagon.
A Spanish-American War veteran Fitzpatrick from Boone, reported killed, is said to have turned up alive on the Pacific coast. Former Boone residents identified him, and his alleged widow has been drawing a pension since the war, potentially complicating matters.
A composite Story County update reports new papers in Romford Falls Maine and The Argus in Huxley Iowa. It covers Republican party tensions in Iowa including Perkins and Cummins, local condemnations, a Tama governor candidate Hisey, diphtheria in Story City, new stores and depots, an Ames concert, fair dates, and various town notes from Nevada to Cambridge.
In a Times editorial a local Ames shopper travels to Des Moines for a dress skirt, incurring multiple round trips and meals. The piece argues home merchants can offer similar value, noting travel costs total about 10.94 dollars and urging residents to buy locally.
Old Chronic Sores As a dressing for old chronic sores there is nothing so good as Chamberlain's Salve. Special Excursion Rates to Colorado Utah and the Black Hills via the North-Western Line. Beginning June 1st excursion tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Hot Springs Deadwood Lead and Custer good to return until October 31.
A neglected break in a Dutch dyke causes vast flood damage, compared to a man from Vanceboro Maine who nearly died from a lung infection after a cold. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for saving his life, with sales pitched by L M Bosworth drug store and Rocky Mountain Tea.
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