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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
2
The Ames Times recalls Roosevelt’s absence yet lingering influence with notes on local election calmness and shifting attitudes. It comments on Missouri court actions striking the two cent fare law and on social topics from postal laws to generational pace and modern youth.
The Iowa Corn Growers Association debates locating its annual convention next year in a city such as Sioux City Waterloo Cedar Rapids or another suitable town to demonstrate Des Moines should consider the choice.
Des Moines Mayor Tilden, Friday, investigated twenty thousand dollars in city bills held for two years. He aims to obtain an enabling act from the legislature to authorize paying these debts incurred before a new law barred municipalities from contracting debts in anticipation of revenue.
J W Blythe general solicitor for the C B & Q Ry died Saturday morning from heart trouble. The town loses a foremost citizen who was known as a fair fighter and honest in politics. Iowa has lost a good citizen.
The Whipple board of control bill giving a three member board authority over Iowa educational institutions, passed the senate and is expected to pass the house this week. A regents residence controversy in Iowa City shifted opinion, making passage likely. The Boone News calls J. W. Blythe a political boss, noting the term’s context in Iowa politics.
A Des Moines controversy rages over a black murderer and rapist named Junken who killed Clara Rosen in Ottumwa after release from prison. Critics condemn praising him with flowers, citing a Carroll Herald call to reexamine temperance politics and past statewide prohibition imagery.
P A Smith in Scranton Journal and The Times condemn Junken the Ottumwa murderer forfeit of all rights to circulate any publication or free humanity. The editorials argue he has no right to participate in society or publish.
Waterloo leads a 1600-name petition to the legislature against proposed anti Sunday amusements. A Batchtown bachelor Flagge aged sixty five married a widow recently and others gossip about courts. Miss American Independence Bell born July 4 1892 asked the Navy about serving. Weather and politics notes close the column.
A Des Moines city employee has resigned amid questions about his health. The Capital notes no prior instances of such a scenario in Des Moines records and urges consideration of a formal examination.
A harsh editorial voice condemns a scene in which women carry fruits and flowers to an incarcerated black man accused of rape and murder, contrasting it with a imagined Salome dance in bare feet. The statement frames the act as demeaning and troubling within a charged moral context.
John Downie criticizes Des Moines newspapers for publishing accounts of Des Moines women delivering flowers and fruit to Jun ken the jailed suspect. He notes Des Moines residents are defined by action, not style.
The Ogden Reporter laments a partial post law as a safer alternative to parcels post. It warns that strong catalogue houses could devastate prosperous towns if they gain funding, urging support for a limited measure.
The report notes Senator Cummins blocking a bank examiner appointment in northwestern Iowa while Congressman Haugen pushes for a Mason City candidate. Haugen claimed to favor a Mason City man, described as a standpatters ally, and he appointed his nephew to the post.
A Iowa live stock report contrasts Des Moines receipts with those of Sioux City and St Joseph. Des Moines shows 110 cattle and 400 hogs, while Sioux City reports 1500 cattle and 24 500 hogs and St Joseph 2500 cattle and 6000 hogs, highlighting freight concerns.
Roads committee rejects the Bonwell bill proposed by the highway commission to offer premiums to townships for the best gravel dirt or crushed rock roads. Brandes leads the opposition arguing there is no demand, while Des Moines politics and Iowa State College are cited in the broader debate. The piece also covers a local property transfer list and notes on an advertisement for a kidney and liver cure by Dr. Nott.
A substitute mail carrier and clerk plan to attend a variety show at Des Moines Empire theater next Sunday evening. Other items note a new stone smoke house contract for a meat market firm and updates on local transport and odd happenings around town.
Merchants Drug Store in Omaha reports unprecedented crowds all day as customers buy Nott Melon Seed Compound. An elderly woman, after purchasing three packages, demanded a refund minutes later claiming she would not be convinced otherwise if it failed.
Multiple property transfers recorded, detailing grantors and grantees, amounts from $500 to $2369.76, and parcel descriptions by section township and range. Notable entries include John Kenworthy to Charle Gray for 15500, Lars J. Sunde to Levert Sydnes for 7000, and J Q Burgess to C H Markland for 138600, among others.
Watertown Wisconsin resident J A Swenson credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing ten years of eczema after 15 doctors failed. The ad touts the salve as infallible for skin eruptions boils sores burns cuts and piles, priced at 25 cents at all druggists.
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