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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
3
The Ames Times reports political discourse on Roosevelt and Wilson, with readers weighing party loyalties. It notes observers in Iowa discuss Taft’s fate, endorsements by Judge Stevens, and calls for progressives to back reform while criticizing party figures.
The author argues auto advertisers waste money on magazines and small ads in magazines miss readers farmers buy cars reading home papers. Lucius French of Henderson Motor Company endorses newspapers as essential, citing strong cooperation and many agency applications from newspaper advertising within local markets.
James A West notes Chicago and Baltimore conventions diverged on presidential nomination. Labor vote dynamics swirl around Wilson and Bryan antics, with references to Taft Roosevelt and party lines. The piece highlights drunken crowd scenes, city hall venues, and jokes about Kentucky delegates amid a tense Democratic platform debate. Wilson emerges as central to the dialogue and effort.
Fragmentary OCR text references political advocacy but lacks coherent facts or identifiable entities to summarize into a news item with actors places or events. No verifiable details present to produce a proper title and summary.
Fragmentary OCR note describes a countryside ride and a wood scene tied to Iowa crops. The text is garbled but implies travel through rural areas and agricultural references. No clear persons or organizations are identifiable.
Kansas reports a rise of thirty one million bushels of hard winter wheat this year. The surge comes as analysts weigh its potential impact on the high cost of living amid political discourse and economic uncertainty. A Roanoke Virginia grape vine ages to wine with long tradition.
In Iowa reports predicting Roosevelt support, the Nevada Representative is noted in the list. The article jokes about Brother Payne being detached from the Roosevelt camp and reluctantly drawn into the scheme.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes the marriage last evening at 7 20 to Miss Green and Dr Blue to their parents. A separate note mentions a 15 year old's death in Rowe Iowa after reading dime novels and a bank robbery attempt. Roosevelt party convention set for August 6 in Chicago with strong support for Roosevelt.
The text notes William Jennings Bryan appearing stronger than Theodore Roosevelt, arguing Bryan fights for principle while Roosevelt fights for self. It concludes Bryan won and Roosevelt lost.
The Upper Des Moines Editorial Association will hold a mid summer meeting at the Savery hotel in Des Moines next Thursday and Friday. A good program has been arranged for the event.
A Dutchman quotes praise for Taft as Kenyon declares for him and urges proceedings to verify if Taft was fairly nominated at Chicago. Supporters call the move asinine while conditions are unchanged from Kenyon’s declaration favoring Taft this fall.
The line lists several individuals with occupations across cities: Mr Grubb a leading potato grower, Mr Navigato selling steamship tickets on Milwaukee Ave, Rk W Thrift in loan business in Lima, A Manger runs a livery stable in Milwaukee, O Walte an agent for Grand Trunk at Cedar Springs Mich, and A Cloud a colored expressman in Lawrence Kas.
A young colored couple faced a Des Moines court on charges of being found in a disorderly house. In court the man explained they had lived together for three years and saved marriage costs, saying everyone is doing it and they wanted to save money.
Ben Edwards of Ames fourth ward pressured the county central committee at Nevada to consider endorsing the Roosevelt movement. He said if he could not endorse the Chicago convention action as a Republican committee member, he would resign from the committee.
The excerpt recalls a past independent movement in Story county and mentions Judge Stevens of Boone who opposed independence, arguing it was not the proper path. It frames the era as a caution about forgetting history and misjudging regional movements.
In a Kansas City Journal piece, Metropolitan Street Railway solicitor John AW Lucas recalls a youth who praised his handling of a past case. Lucas notes it is hard to say if a lawyer loses often, while the youth jokes about not complaining though clearly upset by defeat.
Underhill of Doland South Dakota recalls a deep seated cough once deemed consumption by doctors. A friend advised White Wine of Tar. after two bottles, the patient recovered fully.
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