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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
3
J C Dahlman the cowboy mayor of Omaha won re election Tuesday by an overwhelming majority. The Ames Times recounts a rambunctious column filled with local digs and quirky anecdotes from Des Moines to Mohegan and a grim animal tale about a dog and a train ending in a punchline.
A series of property transactions record transfers in Ames and nearby towns. H J Garlock to Minnie Pring. Mary Oxley to C B French. French to Oxley. J F Kintzley to Emma V Howard. M A Manning to A P Martin. Tom H Milner to A L Dayton. Mary A Meiers to William Meiers. City of Ames to Isaac Ellis. Arthur J Glidden to John Glidden. F A Kinney and Leona E to Eila Kinney. Peter Upland to W F Buche. Day and Hutchins to Chas Morel. Mary Switzer to Samuel Switzer. Switzer to Sarah Vogt. Anna Lee to L H and Sadie Fatland. Paul Thompson to Henry Thompson. Iowa Railroad Land Co to N H Nelson. Charles E Ghrist to Patrick H Judge. A C Cole to Andrew Olson. McConnells addition Maxwell.
A wry note contrasts the cost of gunpowder for a boy versus the lighter price of face powder. The Chicago Record Herald muses on wartime salaries and public sentiment with a sharp line about national morale and spending.
The piece recalls Sam Jones and ex Gov Bob Taylor sharing a platform at a Chautauqua where Taylor roasted Jones. Jones remained cool and delivered his lecture without direct retort, then quipped a closing line linking Taylor to a chasing dog as the crowd laughed at the exchange.
A reflective tribute marks the Times’ seventeenth anniversary in Ames. Editor West recalls early days, presses, and the staff devotion while praising the paper’s growth, typography, and community role. Ex editor West later held a government printing post.
Oak Park Illinois plans a yard cleanliness tour led by Chas White Jr and the village board president Hamilton. A five day notice will toll church bells to mark the start and end of the inspection period as cameras document alleys and yards failing to meet artistic standards.
Judge George D. Alden opened his new lecture before a Boston audience and used a Mark Twain joke about a deaf and dumb asylum to illustrate extemporaneous effort. He recalls hearing the tale as a boy after a vaudeville performer reused it.
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