12 Mar 1903
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1903
Page
1
A series of political notices from Iowa dated January and February 1903 announces candidates for the office of county sheriff. Names include W A Rickett s F C Warrick John B Hoggatt George D Boyp each noting eligibility and primary election context.
Tam a candidate for treasurer of Story county in the republican primaries. Edgar A. Fawcett of Nevada Iowa announces his candidacy on February 4 1903. Also note an accompanying panel from Larson Cambridge Ia dated February 25 1903 announcing another treasurer candidacy.
I am a candidate for county supervisor in Story county subject to the action of the county primaries. D. K. Bunce. Gilbert Station, February 5, 1903.
Voters in Story County will cast ballots at standard precincts on Saturday March 21 1963 from 3 PM to 6 PM to choose Republican nominees for sheriff county treasurer clerk of court county supervisor surveyor superintendent coroner and to elect delegates to the Story County Republican convention in Nevada on March 28 1903. Delegates will canvass primary results and nominate county officers for the state convention and 31st senatorial district. Delegation sizes are based on past Republican votes for W B Martin.
Ames voters prepare for county primaries next Saturday with six sheriff candidates on the slate. Polls will be open from 3 to 6 pm as the month of March is described as unusually mild and springlike. A Webster City man spent a night in a furnace fire box after a coal fueled spree, narrowly surviving.
Maryland's Gorman set to succeed Jones as Democratic leader in the Senate. Jones retires from the Senate and power, capping a long career. The recent congressional session ends with Iowa's Dave Henderson stepping down as speaker, mourned by colleagues.
The piece laments the decline of the old line Democrats over six to seven years as populist factions gain power and threaten to derail the party, with the Jeffersonian democracy now proposing intervention.
The column surveys local politics in Polk county and Ames with remarks on McLe John Herriott for lieutenant governor, Dave Mercer as census head, and Prouty’s county committee win. It notes street paving, alcohol policy shifts in Washington, medical curiosities, and a McKinley Memorial appeal plus editor portraits and varied cultural trivia.
The Sioux City Journal reports that in Vermont municipal elections more towns backed saloons than the local option law at a special election. It suggests blind pig operators influenced votes, but many chose the legal saloon over no saloon at all.
The weighing of the mails on the trains began the 4th of this month and will continue for thirty days. It occurs every four years nationwide. A weighman accompanied each car where heavy mail is handled while railroad staff monitor the process. Weighing informs mail contracts and value of the work, with both mail and equipment measured.
The tale recalls a young woman who rushed to a store with what she thought was a clean pillow slip. She paid for a scoop of flour, but the sack tore through exposing a two outlet fringe. She fled, leaving the scene, and has not returned.
Columns mock each other over publishing salacious items while dodging post office rules. The Boone News warns readers about insinuations against its paper as tempers flare from a Texas visit and threats of personal confrontation.
Old party leaders Whit ney Hill and Grover Cleveland back a revival as Bryan and Bryanites rally for the fray. The clash promises to tilt the 1904 race toward a Republican president, with party turmoil viewed as ensuring the outcome.
Maxwell County remarks praise Captain W. M. Greeley from Ames Story county as a worthy representative. He is described as an able legislator, respected by peers and likely assured of re nomination without opposition for another term. Story county voters are confident in his continued strong representation.
Homeseekers excursion to the northwest west and southwest with colonist low rates via the Northwestern line. Excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates on sale to the territory indicated. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Chair cars and the best of everything. For full particulars apply to agents Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
Seed oats for sale labeled Good Silver Mine seed oats. Contact J. C. Wilcox at 41 8p for details.
Excursion tickets to Marshfield Wisconsin for the State Farmers Institute and Mid Winter Fair will be sold at reduced rates March 16 17 and 18 with return until March 20 inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago Northwestern Railway.
The article compares frog glottises to the upper larynx of birds and kettledrums to steam whistles. Hyla tree frogs of South America produce songlike sounds ranging from flutelike to shrill rattle. Darwin noted evenings near Rio de Janeiro listening to small frogs on grass blades singing in harmony.
A guide from Popular Mechanics explains bin capacity using cubic feet. It states solid anthracite weighs 93 pounds per cubic foot, usable broken coal 54 pounds, and bituminous coal 50 pounds. Multiply length by height by breadth by 54 for anthracite or by 50 for bituminous, then divide by 2000 to get tons.
The history notes that after baptism an Indian chief named Mante became a peer in 1587 with the title Lord of Roanoke. In 1609 James I. granted Lord Delaware to Virginia’s new governor. In 1633 Charles I conferred Viscount Canada on Sir William Alexander during coronation honors.
A brief domestic quip as a child and mother discuss a dispute over an emptied candy box. The child asserts there is nothing to quarrel about while the mother questions the cause of the missing sweets. The exchange centers on the box once containing candy now found empty.
Dialogue excerpt shows a strained exchange with a witty defense from a male speaker and a melodramatic question about romance. The line hints at a plot tension between casual banter and deeper commitment.
A brief exchange notes poverty is not a disgrace, while adding a harsh caveat about drinking and borrowing money. The Cleveland Plain Dealer quote frames social judgment and personal responsibility in blunt terms.
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