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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
8
Democratic state convention nears and names Dennison of Dubuque Wade of Johnson and Seils of Benton as leading governor prospects. Doctor Stiffler reports passing Idaho dental board with creditable mark, possibly around two forty.
The Elks national convention in Denver featured a parade hailed as the greatest ever seen on the city streets, with residents praising the display and organizers highlighting its scale and pageantry last week.
A restless man fishing at Lake Michigan toppled into the water after a bite and drowned. Separately, Tur First National of Sioux City secured 50,000 Panama canal bonds selling at 10.50, the only Iowa bank to take part.
A young St Louis woman died instantly after a water drink following excessive vinegar consumption, a bizarre cautionary tale amid a column of political mutterings. The piece also critiqued Russians, Iowa politics, tariff protection, and local press mischief.
An editor recalls spotting a storefront bulletin that read B40 Buy Pants Come in and See Ours. Entering the shop he found no clerk and purchased a fan before leaving.
Wesster City weighs a curfew ordinance while Ames already has a functional curfew law. The city may also adopt a dog ordinance and a house numbering rule, potentially from Ames, to apply on the Boone River banks.
The Register and Leader hints at two conventions and assumes both will happen. It argues the Cummins faction aims to control or disrupt the convention and accuses the paper of acting as the machine’s mouthpiece.
Russert Sage, famed financier, dies at his New York residence on Sunday evening aged ninety. He was known for opposing vacations for clerks under him, arguing he never took one. now he is said to be due for a vacation.
A preacher named Best in Marion Indiana conducted a revival when a disruptive congregant was booed from the pulpit. The offender received a thrashing before the preacher resumed the sermon. The piece notes growing public interest in scandals like Hartje and the ongoing Thaw case.
In Charles City a long forecast predicts stormy openings in Polk County and western Iowa with a mild spell mid month and a final period of clear skies. The page also essays tariff politics, Des Moines nightlife issues, and praise for rural progress and public road spending.
Music composers push new tunes as the public latches onto fresh lyrics. The latest popular piece by Cole and Johnson mocks the house’s delay in securing work for the father with a catchy chorus about Mother Sister Ann and the family finally seeing him employed. The piece follows the earlier Everybody Works But Father and hints at continued novelty in songwriter salvos.
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