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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
3
Republican ticket announced with William H. Taft of Ohio for president and James S. Sherman of New York for vice president. The slate underscores party leadership in the 1908 campaign context.
Hearst refuses to team with Bill Bryan for the season while the Elks push Waterloo today and the state convention unfolds. Railroads approve a fare of one and a half cents per mile for the state fair as Hearst shapes an independent party. Cummins regains ground, a viewer laments, and a Story County board probe continues. A Clear Lake preacher protests coed swimming and calls for a fence at beaches.
Prouty created trouble but collapsed and quit. Hull led from start to finish, holding the top position at every stage of the contest.
The text argues to accelerate county supervisors and election judges work amid congress nomination, criticizes Cummins for endorsing Prouty’s nomination, and notes state leaders Carroll Morrow Hayward opposing the governor with decisive action.
Charley Hellen sells the Des Moines daily Tribune to a democratic syndicate. The paper adopts a Bryan persuasion policy and becomes a full fledged democratic organ. Hellen, a longtime Iowa press figure of twenty eight years, retires with broad fraternity regret.
Allison Tribune presents a cautionary piece urging girls to guard their innocence and reputation. The column uses metaphorical imagery of a rose petal and butterfly to stress that once lost, these traits cannot be restored.
L R Shepard of the Maxwell Tribune recalls an incident on the way to Colfax when a horse collapsed after a motor carriage approached a buggy. He suggests the horse died from fright, captioning the event as the day the devil wagon spooked him.
The excerpt describes a neighbor aiding after a mishap by taking charge of a buggy and dead horse while loading a woman, a child, eggs, and cream into a loaded wagon and moving toward Mingo for market. It preserves a claim of no blame despite the misfortune.
Prof. Hugo Munsterburg argues that total prohibition would strip recreation and emotional depth from society. He cautions it would replace inhibited behavior with harmful substitutes, dull aesthetics, and a narrow practical mindset, favoring a more inspired yet wine embracing humanity over rigid American sobriety.
The writer questions license applications and police efforts to enforce registration. They argue the ordinance was meant to reduce crime and remains necessary, urging active measures to ensure general adherence and avoid new violent incidents as lessons.
Wallace's Farmer editorial urges farmers to curb nonessential telephone chatter. It argues phone use aids rural work but excessive gossip ties up lines, delaying urgent business and farm tasks. The piece emphasizes limiting conversations to five minutes unless truly necessary, praising phones for rural convenience while warning against abuse.
A chaotic street confrontation unfolds as Pasquale Sil vestro lunges at John L. Sullivano who survives the attack. The assailant laughs and closes in like a bear before a dramatic moment of restraint averts further harm.
The Record Herald reports a plan to dump confiscated revolvers and deadly weapons into the lake to prevent recirculation among criminals. It notes no progress on enforcing firearm registration or licensing under the new ordinance. Also included are agricultural crop conditions and weather service updates for Iowa from 1908 with crop yields and fruit appraisals.
A long list of land conveyances and loans from 1920s era records across Ames, Nevada, Slater, Slater Junction, Story City, and surrounding areas. Transactions involve Olson Hov, Northwestern Land Co, Bickelhaupts, Bell, Bolstad, Sills, Manning, Giddings, Thompson, Kinzley, Hines Green, Newton, Van Patter, Penfield, Silliman, Helland, and others. Properties span lots, blocks, sublots, and riverfront parcels with prices from 25 to 13,600 dollars and notes on references to town fronts and rail lines.
Ellen Hines and others convey 1000 to R S Patrick a 60 foot wide sub lot described as part of lot 2 in block 2 in the northeast quarter of section 7 township 83 range 22 as fixed in the deed recorded in public records.
Mr McKean of Tama praised Innes Band at the Chautauqua in Ames. Directors feared high ticket prices would hurt profits but rain did not deter a magnificent crowd, proving the program worth the cost and showcasing Innes celebrated ability.
The Ames Times urges readers to use want ads for losses found items and desires. Ads promise reliable responses when readers post or search, highlighting frequent results through the newspaper’s classified section.
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