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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1905
Page
2
A rambling column jokes about weather and politics as spring arrives. References include Maron’s work, Juper Parker possibly seeking a different role, and Cart Hull’s navy interview drawing attention. Light notes mention seasonal signs like willow catkins and fishworms, with satirical hints at gospel topics and political campaigns.
The Missouri legislature’s two month stalemate ends with Maj. Warner of Kansas City elected U S Senator to replace Cockrell who had held the seat since 1874. Friction in the closing sessions peaked with a riot as heads bumped furniture broke and chaos ruled.
The Salvation Army noted its twenty fifth anniversary in America as eight members eight men and seven women arrived from England to New York to pursue work lifting the fallen caring for the sick and healing souls. Their success stems from personal sacrifice devotion to religion and seeking the lost rather than waiting in church pews. They heed the Savior’s call to go forth and recruit.
Local resident notes that Congressmen Hull of Washington and Senator Thomas G. Harper of Burlington, president of the state good roads association, will accept the invitation and arrive to speak on April 15.
The West Point Battle Monument bears an inscription honoring regular army officers and men who fell in the Civil War. The pedestal lists officers killed in action, while enlisted names appear on bronze girdles around granite spheres. a Victory statue by Frederick MacMonnies surmounts the shaft.
The People's Savings bank purchased two lots on Lynne and Second Avenue North across from the Letts hotel, once owned by E. H. Dewel, to build a new home this summer. The week’s notes also report a serious wagon accident near Slater, a voluntary bankruptcy petition by Christian Muschisk, a breach case in Story City, a hotly contested Nevada mayoral caucus, a near-miss fire at 8. R. Clift's hardware shop, and a consolidation vote in Richland township with bonds approved to fund a new central Fernald school.
Dr Storms argues for a distinct state college role with independent governance. He warns a common board would lack enthusiasm for individual institutions, citing Minnesota's mixed results and urging college authorities to clearly present needs to the legislature and public.
The State Highway commission hires D Ward King of Maitland Missouri as expert instructor for the Good Roads school in Ames from June 12 to 18. King promotes continuous earth road maintenance using tools like a barrow and Missouri drag and will inspect Commission road experiments near Ames.
The North Western Line plans a Good Roads special car from April 10 to 28 touring fourteen Iowa counties. D Ward King of Missouri will present practical, economical advice on road building and maintenance to farmers and businesspeople, to improve ditching grading and drainage for better market access. The program follows prior successful Glad Holden and Corn Gospel train visits and aims to unite farmers in adopting improved road systems.
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