26 May 1904
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1904
Page
1
A rejected lover from Illinois recently died by suicide in a case noted as a grave mistake. The item reflects on spring weather returning and mentions several scattered notes from dispatches including diamonds found in North Carolina and civic chatter in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
The column notes a wide mix of local items including Chicago street cleanup plans, Iowa corn planting progress, and Ames maple shade debate. It mentions Ames sewer repairs improving alleys, Cambridge awakening with two new railroads and efforts to attract canning factories, and a broad push for regional growth and infrastructure.
The piece notes Polk county Republican efforts at the Chicago convention and praises gains by the Tax Grafton group in Cambridge Phoenix now Leader. It reports Illinois convention adjournments, hotel shocks, and a judge ruling on spankings, then contrasts Wisconsin party splits and comments on Vice Presidential prospects for Hitt with age comparisons.
Story County notes favorable weather will advance the exposition toward completion in months. Wenster City leads Fort Dodge. a school board clash at Wenster City harms the city superintendent. Cortelyou likely to head Roosevelts national campaign. Armstrong named as potential successor. Local court case involving Western Union results in verdict for Totten and Bank of Gilbert. Stories from Mary Edwards in Rose Park and injuries in Elmer Harleen incident. Safe robbing in Elkhart and historic Lincoln news copy found in Nevada. Also university politics at State University and a life sized row at the university.
The Rosebud Reservation lands will be opened in July with registration dates drawings and final entry details in a pamphlet New Homes in the West issued by the Passenger Department of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. It explains homestead requirements maps and how to obtain information via ticket agents or by mail for two cents postage.
Travel to the World’s Fair in St Louis via the Northwestern Line with very low round trip rates from all points. Enjoy excellent train service and liberal return limits. See Chicago Northwestern Railway ticket agents for full particulars.
The week featured cloudy spells with light rain then clear warm days, lifting average conditions to normal. Corn planting is widespread with some delays in the southern areas due to wet soils. Replanting due to faulty seed or deep planting is noted, while small grains and grass flourish and potatoes are widely planted. Fruit prospects are mostly encouraging.
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