City of Ames Finance Schedule Public Revenue and Expenditures
City clerk Maxwell certifies the schedule’s completeness. It itemizes payments by department and account, taxes, fines, receipts, and bonds at fiscal year end, noting grand totals and cash on hand across general and special funds.
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Ames
Iowa
Sescescuvees
County Road Fund
County Supervisors
Police Department
W. H. Hamilton
S. Penrrth
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Edward G. Pratt
Election Ground
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Engineer's Office
Ee of Life and Property
Fire Department
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General Administration
Municipal Industrie Eee Uvse
Electric
Weep for the Fallen and the Rains
The Ames Times notes a Thursday issue with editorial asides about a novelist quote and a political race. It remarks on Byers’ ninth inning win, calls the seventh district progressive, and critiques free trade and capital seeking profits amid a skeptical real estate stance.
Times Page Weighs In On Editors And Diet Trends
A snippet from the Times mocks the paper’s weak page today and jokes about the editor who supposedly survived three days on thin air and soup, now nearing the poached egg stage in the game.
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the Times
Railroad Trio Fatalities Spur Old Superstition
From Saturday to Tuesday three people were accidentally killed on the Northwestern main line by being run over. One victim died at Marshalltown, another at Boone, and the third at Arton. The incidents feed the belief among railroad men that where one accident occurs, two more follow in short order.
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Northwestern
Marshalltown
Boone
Arton
Editor Cranks Car and Breaks Wrist in Weekend Mishap
Boone News-Republican editor Steve Goldthwaite fractured his wrist while starting his car. The Webster City Journal editor Mont Hunter would risk injury if he attempted the same task.
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Steve Goldthwaite
Boone News-Republican
Mont Hunter
Webster City Journal
Primary law condemned as impractical and costly to voters
A writer condemns state primaries as bungled and burdensome arguing they deter the poor from running and voting. He says primary requirements force costly nomination efforts and long canvassing, making participation nearly impossible in many areas. He calls for reforms suited to larger cities while deeming Ames and local townships unsuited for strict laws.
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Ames
Richland Township
United States
The Jellyfish of Naples Bay Enlarge Sea Veil
The Naples bay hosts large jellyfish or medusae weighing up to fifty to sixty pounds and two feet across. Some glow green at night called noctiluca by locals. They migrate in great dense shoals that hinder navigation and resist explanation, occurring irregularly without seasonal pattern.
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Bay of Naples
Sargasso Sea
Tropics
Medusae
The Record of Raindrops And Ancient Weather Clues
The article notes how small marks on rock surfaces reveal ancient rain events. It describes raindrop impressions and suggests wind direction inferred from asymmetric pits, leading to inferences about remote epoch weather.
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England
Weather patterns noted in Harper's Weekly description
A Harper's Weekly note states that most storms in western England originated from the west, aligning with modern observations. The line links historical weather commentary to current meteorological understanding.
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England
West
Harper’s Weekly
A Tree In a Thunderstorm and Roman Archage Claims
The article notes the safety of tree upper boughs during storms and explains lightning damage to trunks. It discusses arch invention attribution to Romans, Archimedes, and Ptrurians, then details the 588 B C Clonca Maxima sewer in Rome, built by Tarquin I, still in use after twenty five centuries.
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Archimedes
Sicily
Rome
New York American
Word slave origin tied to Slavic noble root
The article traces the term slave to the Slavi on the Dneiper who called themselves Slav meaning noble. It explains how Romans captured many Slavs as captives and servants, twisting the tribe name into a term for servitude.
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Dneiper
Insect Class Jibe Flees Across London Tit Bits
A blustering man taunts a religious opponent asking his sect. The reply humorously argues the speaker resembles an insect in form, judging by his build. The exchange appears in London Tit-Bits as a witty aside.
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London
What kind of man is Withering ton
Description from the Chicago Record Herald notes that he is “one of those fellows who depend upon their whiskers to lend them distinction.”
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Chicago Record-Herald
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Thirty-First General Assembly
City Electric Light Works
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Sences
Square Miles Corporation
Seeweene
Marshall
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Ames Times
L. G. Hardin
Congress
Smith
Parley Sheidon
B. J. Sheiden
S. A. Keenan
Story Co
National Bank of Commerce
New York
Knanutie, Kachod & Kahne
First National Bank
Chicago
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Bosworth
Iowa State College
City
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Adams Furniture
Nelson & Moore
Bellhone
Kelley
Golden Gate
Benson's Cash Grocery
Ames, Iowa
H. M. Duckworth Undertaker
Peerless
H. L. Munn Lumber Co
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