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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1895
Page
5
Baker The Jeweler advertises watch cleaning by a personal system guaranteed to improve performance. The note emphasizes rain interruption and the need for cleaning to restore accuracy with a reputation for fine work and customer satisfaction.
Readers are urged to save small change at the East End store which features a broad stock of dress goods including woolens satins and chiffons plus laces embroideries veils and related items. The shop advertises pants overalls shirts silk umbrellas flour in trade and a selection of sugar coffees teas spices and eggs.
A July record covers a Cleveland birth, 4th of July expenses, Prof Wilson delivering a Nevada oration, and local political whispers. It notes wreck disruption near State Center, the Chicago & Northwestern train-spacing order, HIAzuery’s campaign kickoff in Nevada, a payout to a Prof, and the Story County Republican convention nominating H. T. Henryson for County Treasurer. It closes urging honesty and warning against dishonor in youth.
The Ames area will see a new railroad depot built this fall after years of talk. The Times notes Ames needs a modern station and hopes the summer prediction comes true, while rail men and others acknowledge the town’s demand for improved facilities.
The Boone Democrat notes the dour mood around governor candidates Arthur Martin and others, jokes about law and advertising, and mentions Farmer Thompson's critique. It highlights an expected business revival with five new Northwestern crews and about 30 workers, signaling optimism as crops move.
Mayor Hillis of Des Moines confronted Dick Clarkson of the Register after accusations of saloon enforcement. In a Walnut Street drug store they entered behind the prescription case, found beer being sold openly, and prompted the joint to be pulled. The veteran editoresponds with a warn-off wager on future bluffing.
The mulet law in Des Moines is described as an improvement over the old prohibitory system. Des Moines saloons were closed for two weeks due to a weak petition, a new petition gathered 4500 signatures with 5000 secured easily. The church federation opposed the petition but failed to stop its success, indicating broad public support.
The Nevada Cemetery Association women produced a twelve page Woman's Edition of the Journal last week. The group actively sold the paper on the 4th in a crowded park and street scene, demonstrating persistence and success.
The Boone Standard accuses Jack Hornstein of bringing his Boone Democrats into the Republican fold after the defeat of Phil Livingstone for State Senator. Hornstein celebrated Erickson’s victory with a send off, while the city’s politics hint at past alignments and retributions from last spring’s election.
A man named Johnson operating in Boone lured two ten year old girls to his gallery and partially assaulted them. A mother soon attacked him, dragging him home and delivering a beating with another woman. The father of the other girl warned Johnson to flee Boone within sixty minutes or face lethal violence. Johnson escaped.
The Intelligencer relocated to new offices on Saturday improving space and light for the staff. It notes a fresh installment of Coin's Financial School was written about a week ago and remarks that the silver craze is subsiding quickly. County conventions spawn talk of independent movements, but such efforts typically fade before elections.
It has been two or three days since any new lawsuits were started in the Homestead case at Des Moines. Life appears dull around the Homestead office as legal action stalls and interest wanes.
A May tax strike by south Chicago steel workers cost laborers tied to it forty thousand dollars, described as a small affair beside other strikes. The piece notes public sentiment on strikes and critiques the Story County Republicans convention for adopting the primary system to nominate candidates, arguing Boone needs it to curb boss rule and likening primaries to the Australian ballot in revealing majority will.
McKee denies sulking after defeat and claims resilience. Bill Armstrong reports from the Roland Record that Howard area supporters back the ticket. Hazlett notes Collins township sore, but Collins county editors expect unity and readiness when the time arrives.
The Des Moines Leader reports Ames will gain a fine new depot by the Northwestern Railroad, located a third mile west near the water tank, with a budding suburb planned. The note urges prudent farming and debt avoidance during prosperous times, warning of hard days to come. It ends with an ad for Canter Bros. and Herman's ladies oxford shoes.
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