28 Jul 1892
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1892
Page
1
A reader endorses Baker the jeweler for watch repairs and movement upgrades. He claims Baker uses factory-grade cleaning methods and offers replacements in silver, silverine, or gold cases at competitive prices. The note promotes Baker as the only Main Street jewelry store with a complete stock of standard movements.
The fragmentary line from Amos Laws notes Lon G. Hardin as editor and promotes a yearly price of one dollar. The readable text implies a periodical with a low subscription rate.
A New York Press piece observes a diverse group of writers and editors aboard ships in calm contentment as they forecast the next president. The poem contrasts ambition and cynicism among literary and press figures while predicting election outcomes.
A mosaic of gossip and observations on politics labor strikes and public figures from Grover Cleveland and David Hill to the Homestead upheaval. The column touches on local officials such as Boone County Iowa’s female sheriff Mrs Ames and a Cheyenne reader arrested for desecrating the Declaration of Independence. It notes a meteorite near North Bend Wisconsin and hints at forthcoming horse racing and party dynamics.
Tur Webster City Herald reports Hon. G. B. Pray of this city to be secretary of the Republican state central committee. Gib, a worker from upcountry and slough water districts, is praised as tireless campaigner. The Times corrects that he was elected to the finance committee, not secretary, of the state central committee.
Sam Clark of the Keokuk Gate City urges readers to reject syndicates and combine powers. He argues the American must preserve individual independence and resist binding to any organization or labor union, viewing such adherence as a path to slavery and despotism.
A set of vintage summer similes from the Indianapolis News includes phrases such as a man with a boil on his neck, a drum major dropping his baton, and a small boy distressed outside a ball park fence.
Tur Sioux City police force have been cut down and King Gambrinus rules the city. Beer pours from pavement cracks as saloons run freely after Mayor Maris Peirce ended the wide open policy. Prohibition enforcement or repeal urged.
The piece argues Weaver travels west to boost his chances in several silver states and improve his time. It predicts he will cut into both major parties' vote in states like Iowa where Democrats owe favors and Republicans hold no obligation.
A Nebraska store owner mortgaged his shop for a thousand dollars then bought twenty five thousand dollars in supposed greenbacks in New York. The bills were worthless paper hidden in the package. He was arrested by a U S marshal for attempting to buy counterfeit money and faces serious charges.
In the New York Press summary of the current Congress session the Bland free silver bills divide Democrats for and against free silver, while Republicans mostly oppose. The March vote in the House blocked the Stewart bill which threatened business interests, and Dolliver’s river land indemnity bill was killed on partisan grounds by McMillen of Tennessee, jeopardizing settlers who trusted the Supreme Court and congressional action.
Mr. T V Powderly argues in the Journal of the Knights of Labor that partisan papers politicize Homestead violence and urges Democrats to back a bill to abolish Pinkerton guards. He contends tariff foes miscast blame for industrial strife and notes congressional inaction on Pinkerton reform despite Democratic majorities.
The Des Moines job printers walked out Friday over apprentice hiring levels. The piece argues unions should not trigger strikes on minor issues and favors arbitration to avoid unprofitable disruption for both workers and employers.
The article argues tariffs shield farmers by limiting foreign competition and lists duties on barley butter corn oats milk eggs beans peas onions and more. It cites domestic consumption and farm product pricing to claim protection benefits both farmers and manufacturers.
A man was killed near Carroll recently after a collision with a passing train. The incident involved the C N W road line and occurred on a day marked by fog and limited visibility. Authorities investigated as reports listed the victim’s potential use of a gasoline stove prior to the event.
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