08 Jun 1905
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
1
Ames boasts rapid growth over five years with poten tial for major gains while the Iowa convention opens June 12 to 17. Chicago strikes threaten labor talks and express firms resist settlement as western land schemes surface. Seventeen year locusts return to eastern Iowa as Roosevelt jokes with the Czar over war talk.
Lafe Young weighs a round the world journey as public pressure grows. Gov. Cummins reacts to speculation while Secretary Shaw denies any official statement naming him a presidential candidate. Shaw hints the honor could be imposed.
Baltimore native Cuares J Bonaparte is announced as the new secretary of the navy. A direct descendant of the Napoleon line, he is described as a strong potential leader with notable family weight.
A powerful quake struck Tokyo causing extensive damage and high casualties. The disaster overwhelmed infrastructure and prompted emergency responses as residents faced widespread destruction.
The Tom Dennison trial in Red Oak concluded Monday night with a verdict that he did not hire Shercliffe to pull off the Pollock diamond robbery. J. J. Thorpe, manager for Montgom Ward & Co., sues President Shea of the Teamsters Union for twenty thousand dollars for slander. The piece notes growing strike tensions and mentions Shea’s arrest and brief jail time as unrest among strikers persists.
Sunday was the hottest first Sunday in June on record with temperatures from 75 to 93 degrees. The paper notes the heat as a record breaker and criticizes a local editor for mocking President Roosevelt’s expressed support for Taft, affirming the president’s right to express preferences.
Tur National Daily Review notes a Chicago piece on the visit of Minister and Mrs. Conger to the Empress Dowager of China. The Iowa connection stands out as Conger is an Iowa man from the seventh district.
The Watchman notes Ames population rise due to new territory and settlers. It questions land values in Iowa, cites Keokuk Gate City on farm prices, and comments on statewide corn land worth, train humor, and a jumble of light anecdotes.
Arlington News cites the Webster City Freeman Tribune to argue government railways would lose money. In 1904 post office earnings were 143 million with 9 million excess costs, a six percent loss. Railroads earned about 2 billion. at six percent loss that would be 120 million, plus interest costs could reach 700 million, totaling 820 million annually.
A mixed column highlights a Caicaco student’s trigonometry joke, Dalrymple’s five cent fare challenge for municipal streetcars, and Mrs. Kuhn’s death by lye while pardon debates swirl in the legislature. Also covered: bakery rooms for rent, a western publisher’s issue, and a Good Roads inspection in Coon Rapids with road work details.
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