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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1898
Page
5
The county attorney nomination in Tama sets a contest under Republican party guidance. A candidate from Nevada, Iowa faces action within the party structure as of March 7, 1898.
Ep times announces candidacy for Clerk of the Courts in Ames Iowa subject to Republican primaries dated March 19 1808 and March 21 1808. Candidate C M Super Averly maries. contains garbled text but conveys a political nomination notice from Ames Iowa in 1808.
A series of political notices announces candidate status for Recorder and County Recorder, all subject to Republican primaries. Names include Ole Langland Evada Iowa and Edwin Rex, with dates in 1898 and locations Slater Hemstock and Nevada.
The Creston Gazette questions whether a new Spanish ministry is a cabinet or a commode. The Des Moines Leader libel suit by the Cherry sisters comes up next week. A pension rule change will affect widows marrying veterans after July 1, 1898, ending automatic support while the veteran is alive.
A colorful retelling covers Union forces in Civil War era Kansas with a boast about the second Nebraska regiment under Col Bills, a wild cat encounter, and fierce loyalty to the U.S. war effort. The piece blends political notes from Des Moines to Des Moines with comments on Spain and primaries.
The Times-Herald notes a German astronomer’s claim of a second moon, jokes about politics and slot machines, mentions Pipward Bellamy’s death in Chicopee Falls, and surveys Iowa’s solid Republican political dominance across counties and offices.
The Republican county committee selected judges to serve at the June 4 primary, listing local wards and precincts with three judges per unit, including names such as S. G. Hamilton, C. M. Soper, F. N. Fowler, A. A. Bennett, J. B. Hanson, E. P. Gilbert, J. C. Mather, E. F. Bell, E. H. Addison, S. R. Corneliusen, C. A. Burkhart, J. I. Hostetter, O. J. Kalsem, J. Page, Geo. Danskin and others across Ames Nevada New Albany Palestine Richland Sherman Union Washington Warren and more precincts.
Excursion tickets offered for ten days from sale date to finance annual Travelers Protective Association convention to be held May 31 to June 3. For sale dates and details, contact Chicago and North Western agents.
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