13 May 1897
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1897
Page
1
The Story County publication promotes its annual subscription rate of one dollar per year. It signals a local newspaper offering, with emphasis on affordability for readers in the county.
An Iowa item cites Boone planning a Des Moines Northern railroad extension to the northwest while noting U S Senate delays on the tariff bill. It laments slow business progress and urges action. An Iowa governor signs a manufacturing liquor bill amid pressure, with local gossip and a humorous anecdote about a Rockwell City store display figure coming to life.
Local column blends state politics with cheerful spring updates from Ames. Mentions a proposed airship tax by Arkansas legislature, building activity in Ames, weather praise, a Webster City man’s insanity linked to Bryan defeat, a Boston dyer advertising with red horses, and a Norwegian 4th of July tied to May 17. Also notes Cedar Rapids Republican convention on the 18th and heightens rural consumption claims and dietary musings.
A report notes that attempts to train Indians as regular army soldiers failed. The piece also lists state government retrenchment, including clerk and staff salary cuts totaling about twenty two thousand dollars. It mentions a prohibition party ticket in Necross New Hampshire and praises Adrian Anson of Iowa for a Chicago ovation and silver gift marking his twenty third year with the team.
A reader note recalls prices during Cleveland's 1880s presidency and urges a price comparison four years ahead at his departure. The piece adds a Supreme Court ruling favoring Bell Telephone in Iowa, threatening mutuals by asserting Bell patent control over transmitters.
A Dakota editor argues Congress costs the country millions per year and wastes time with extra sessions. He recalls 1893 efforts to repeal the Sherman silver act, notes high salaries and pork-barrel practices, and urges electing honest reformers. The piece also touches on agriculture, state politics, and distant war updates.
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A sales note highlights syrup at 20 cents per gallon from Miller and Kooser. Soper's department store offers a line of colored bosom shirts for 59 cents each.
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