Official Paper of Story County Price Listing
The notice advertises a yearly subscription rate of one dollar for Story County readers in the official publication.
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1898
Page
5
The notice advertises a yearly subscription rate of one dollar for Story County readers in the official publication.
The Tama candidate for county attorney announces their bid, subject to Republican party action. The notice is dated in DeNevada Iowa on March 7, 1898.
County notices from Ames Iowa announce C M Soper and Averly as candidates for Clerk of the Courts, subject to Republican primaries. Dates shown: March 19 1898 for Soper and March 21 1898 for Averly. The notices emphasize party primary action and candidacy.
A set of brief notices from candidates in 1898 announcing their runs for County Recorder, subject to Republican primary action. Includes GmRo Hemstock Grant Township April 12 1898 Slater Iowa Ole Langland and Anfinersland Nevada Iowa.
The Board of Supervisors announces Edwin Rex as a candidate for member of the Board, subject to Republican primaries. Political notice indicates Rex seeks the party nomination and will compete in the upcoming primary election.
Des Moines appeared lively from the 16th to 19th as the Photographers Association of Iowa met in town. The Collins Clipper, six years old, is described as a fine local paper under Mr Burney who runs a strong operation for a town of Collins size.
The Times was criticized for its Cavite pronunciation but is credited with highlighting the correct form after Bro. Brainard guidance. Lippincott’s gazetteer lists Ca-ve-ta with the accent on the last syllable.
The text notes Dewey owning Des Moines real estate and a coal vein found under Clare by drilling contractors. It also recalls the Hawarden Independent turning twenty one and editor D O Stone having direct control for eighteen years, with a toast to eighteen plus twenty one more.
Prof. Richard C. Barrett, head of public instruction, has printed A Loyal Leaflet for Iowa's Patriotic People and is distributing it across the state for use in Memorial Day services among teachers and pupils.
The island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles is noted as the birthplace of Josephine the empress of France born in 1763. Tascher de la Pagerie, her father, governed St. Pierre where she lived until age fifteen. Martinique spans forty miles by twelve and is famed for sugar cane production.
A hand bill draws attention as a local paper promotes advertising as an intimate home audience medium. The narrative extols the newspaper's reach and trust in delivering messages to hundreds of readers in the Jameston Era.
Major Davidson in Des Moines notes more men are disqualified for military duty from physical defects due to bicycle riding than from whisky drinking. He suggests the issue lies beneath the surface, implying cyclists may be better represented among volunteers than drinkers.
An early letter to Abraham Lincoln about a neighbor's finances elicits his reply. He notes the neighbor has a wife and baby worth $50 000, an office with a $1 50 table and three $1 chairs, and a large rat hole in a corner worth looking into.
The death of Bishop William Stevens Perry in Dubuque on Friday follows a stroke of apoplexy and paralysis. Perry, famed in America and England, was to confirm a large class at St John’s Church and had planned further confirmations in Ames. The diocese will be led by Rev. T. E. Green of Cedar Rapids until a successor is elected at a later convention.
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