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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
6
Local notices list multiple candidates declaring run for Story County sheriff subject to Republican primary decisions. Names include J F Gillespie Nevada G A McKee Cambridge W Earl Co W Earl Geo Child Ia Carl Oleson Roland and others from Story City.
Epitor notes lama can te for County Superintendent at the hands dicta of the Republican primaries. Meyer Brand Vic Gilbert Station Jan 23 1899 Roland Ta Feb 24 1899.
Iowa notices show J A Fitchpatrick W M Greeley and H C Boardman listing as State Senator candidates. They pledge to run contingent on Republican primaries in Story County and district conventions with dates in February 1899.
A notice from Nevada Iowa dated February 16, 1899 announces Co A. Woon as a Tama county candidate for the office of treasurer subject to the decision of the Republican primary election.
Tam A supervisor candidate listed under the Republican ticket in Maxwell Iowa on March 6 1899 with LES PEARSON as party organizer. The notice names the candidate and date but lacks additional context about election actions or deadlines.
Ames Independent School District presents an unprecedented single ticket election no contest. Frank Berry of Nevada emerges as a strong sheriff candidate with broad county support, while tax democrats prepare for Des Moines state convention. Ed Sherman, Bancroft relation and Fort Dodge Post editor, rises as a notable journalist in Iowa.
The Fort Dodge Times notes that General J. Rush Lincoln was not discharged for political reasons. He left the service honorably when his brigadier general duties ended as the war concluded, along with others. Local neighbors know him as a Republican, not a demoted officer.
A Chicago stock letter circulated in Iowa papers details money flowing to the 1900 campaign and unveils a new fundraising scheme. A Chicago firm would ship two cigars a five cent and a ten cent, with a portion from each sale donated to the committee until election day. The ten cent cigar would be called the Ways and Means and the five cent the Defense Fund.
The Boone county publishers agree to a uniform annual paper price of $1.50. Commentary attacks a newspaper trust and criticizes charges as a political double standard, noting county papers are valued at $1.50 and contrasting costs of country versus city weekly production.
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes Cato Sells as chairman will deliver the keynote for the 1899 campaign. It suggests he will reference the sick soldier deal and embalmed beef, with populist rhetoric and boilerplate political phrases to shape the platform. Heinz tomato soup is advertised by Miller and Kooser.
The Iowa Sheep Breeders announce a three day festival at Ames College Farm with wool tests and prizes. Events include multiple fleece classes, lamb carcass contests, and prize packages from H T Thompson & Co Silberman Bros Keenan & Sons and others. Lectures cover sheep care farming and market topics. Special prizes include associations from Shropshire Cotswold and Iowa Homestead subscriptions.
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