Local Des Moines politics and a Belle Plaine wreck
Leading Democrats convened in Des Moines while the Republican state committee plans its convention. News covers Jim Blytoe not seeking governor, a Des Moines consul appointment, a fatal C N W wreck at Belle Plaine, and Farm and Dairy notes on skim cheese value and new preservatives for composite samples.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Jim Blytoe
Times
Jim
Edward Atkinson
Atkinson
Party Policy Now and Then in Finance and Tariff
The Detroit Tribune argues the Republican party acts with fixed finance and tariff policy based on ante election pledges, while the Democratic party lacks unity or faith to honor promises. It contends this difference breeds distrust, factory closures, slowed development, and urban unemployment, harming national prosperity.
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Detroit Tribune
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Census dispute and bicycle sale in Ames
The letter defends the Ames census effort for city class status, refuting claims of inflated counts and asserting the enumerator's honesty. It notes the census includes college students and staff while denying past counts or double counting. The piece ends with an invitation to view bicycles for sale.
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Ames
Nevada
Giant Canadian Cheese Attracts World’s Fair Visitors
At the Canadian section of the World’s Fair Cultural Building a cheese weighing about twenty six thousand pounds draws attention. It serves as a curiosity and a study aid for cheese makers seeking to understand curing, water content, and regional differences within a single massive cheese.
Summer Feeding of the Dairy Herd in Ontario 1892
A bulletin from Ontario Agricultural College outlines summer dairy feeding. Cows on pasture are milked at night and morning and given a daily one pound of bran. Salt near each manger and water troughs are provided for all animals.
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Ontario Agricultural College
Milk fat content pricing change noted in report
The composite sample reduces labor in dairy operations by enabling payment based on milk fat percentage. The report explains the method's impact on processing and pricing, outlining how fat content drives compensation for producers and affects creamery workflows.
Remarkable Women Figures in Suffrage and Western Life
A survey of women’s work spaces and suffrage efforts notes Della Morris voting in Ames and outlines the Federal Suffrage Association with M. B. Castle and Jane A. McKinney. It highlights Susan B. Anthony’s influence and features Mrs. Barber of White Oaks New Mexico as a remarkable self made woman.
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Federal Suffrage Association
Isabella Building
Sixty-third St
Chicago
Federal Association
M. B. Castle
Jane A. McKinney
National American Suffrage Association
Washington
West
Susan B. Anthony
White Oaks
N. M
Barber
Money to Loan and World Fair Travel Ads
An Iowa mutual loan association offers home loans with no membership fee and 20 percent vested interest. Also promotes Chicago World Fair excursions via the Northwestern Line with discounted round trips through Oct 31 to Nov 15 1893. Various local ads list home improvements and real estate bargains on Onondaga and On streets.
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Mattie Turner
Iowa Mutual © and Loan Association of
Dub
Dubuque Assoc
A. Turner
Ames
Iowa
W. Duncan
Dubuque County Bank
Griffin
Spencer National
Dubuque Association
Chicago & North-Western
North-Western
Chicago
J H Quinan Co Offers Lumber Sale Move to Downs Lots
Having concluded to move our entire stock of lumber from the old site to the lots vacated by E S Downs we offer special in ducements for cash on all grades for thirty days This is a benefit for buyers and the company invites prompt cash purchases.
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E.S. Downs
Oak and Poplar Lumber at Munns and Adams Bros Glassware
Oak and Poplar lumber offered at Munns shop alongside colored glassware display at Adams Brothers. Local vendors highlight home furnishings with wood stock and decorative glass items.
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Oak and Poplar
Munn’s
Adams Bros
Local Furnishings Advertises Mattresses and Supplies
An old ad touts Tue Cellulose mattress as equal to finest feather beds and better than hair mattresses at half price. It also mentions binding twine, a car of Joiner Gold’s Maquoketa lime, described as white and pure, with other assorted goods from Bryenam & Fresu.
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Gero. D
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Geo. E. Baker
Dave
DELL
Maxwell & Son
Cash Grocers
Jersey
Paxton
C. W. Dudgeon
P. O. Jeweler
L “and Patent Medicine
Westerman
Arnold
Bort
Cs SS
Thurston, Swan & Co
Mes Flourino Mill
Piioiair
Minnesota
Graham
Armers’ Grist
Rmrenand Patrick Proprietor
LHE Times
Lon G. Hardin
N. B. Asupy
Cedar Rapids
Dublin
Cleveland
N. B
Boies
Belle Plaine
B. P
Geo. Baker
Tymes
Ringling Bros
Webster City
Mohs Dilo
Ringlings
Ned Worthington
Norfolk
Nebraska
Shutt
Canada
W. S.A. Department
THE
Woman Suffrage Association of
Della Jones Morris
M. J. Spawn
Mason
Allk Cement
Man & Arnold's
Odontunder
Dory x
Onondaga Street
N. Fowner
J. H. Qunan & Co
Bryenam
Main Street
Depot
Puck’s Mechanics Soap
Puck
Puck’s Soap Company
Columbus Junction
L. M. Bosworth, Sill
Were
McGiness Building
Oscar Whitmer
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