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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1896
Page
8
The Republican party endorses the gold standard and opposes silver or paper currency expansions. It pledges parity with gold for all money and supports measures to maintain the United States credit and currency under the current standard, aligning with leading commercial nations.
Up-to-date towns will be illuminated with electricity as Ames plans to turn on the lights within sixty days. The piece attacks Prohibition era tactics and commentary on politics, noting concerns about liquor, tobacco, and campaign funding while quoting John McCarthy who opposes a third party and endorses the Republican ticket to oppose silver policy.
Tur Rienbeck Standard endorses the Bryan-Sewell ticket, noting the paper's long tenure under Plankinton payroll and its drift into Democratic populism after four years of salary under President Arthur. The piece argues the editor cannot retreat from the shift and now aligns with free silver and populist ideas.
Park Rapids Minnesota July 15 1896 A reader letter disputes Minnesota Republican support for Towne calling him a renegade and demagogue. The writer claims Minnesota is solid for McKinley and opposes populism noting labor leaders and Democrats align with the St Louis platform while vowing reform and prosperity through McKinley-Hollock.
John Hornstein reports Boone county politics dividing the Democratic party over Bryan’s Chicago platform. W D Hodge S R Dyer T J Skidmore J Hornstein and others refuse to vote for free silver while some back McKinley or a non silver Democrat. greenback and populist factions align with Bryan. Also note Jewell Record praises Mrs Kent as a pioneering farming woman planting millet in Lake Cairo lake bed after floods.
County papers praise Ames for lavish hospitality to the Republican convention delegates. Businessmen funded a free dinner by the Methodist Mite Society, a motorline ride to the college, and open tours at the Agricultural College. Local bands and a glee club supplied entertainment as delegates returned home.
A convention organized by Ames draws praise from residents across the county as a lively display of hospitality and entertainment reflecting the town’s famed hosting spirit. Citizens from various areas express satisfaction with the event and its reception.
Rev H W Bolton extols the Henry C Shepard Company edition as a leading scholarly work with accurate chronology and fine illustrations. The introduction by William E Gladstone and a vast array of notable contributors mark it a landmark in literary history. Subscription sales and two editions touted. Excursion tickets offered by Chicago and North Western for Salt Lake City trip. Testimonials claim King’s New Discovery cures coughs and colds with free trial at L M Bosworth Drug Store.
Editor Morrison of Worthington Indiana recommends Electric Bitters for constipation and sick headache and as a general tonic. Mrs Annie Stehle of Chicago, exhausted and unable to eat, regained health after six bottles. Sold at Bosworth's Drug store with prices 50 cents and 1.00.
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