30 May 1901
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1901
Page
1
The Brief notes a publication offering an annual subscription for one dollar. It emphasizes value for Story County readers and invites further inquiry from potential subscribers.
The paper ridicules the legislature claiming it does nothing while noting various political items. It cites Cummins delegates in a gubernatorial bid and comments on a Kentucky horror party and a Cedar Rapids strike resolution.
Senators McLaurien and Tillman resign to test public will and run again. McLaurien leads the sound money wing while Tillman champions free silver. Primary elections will determine the choices, with the legislature merely ratifying. The move promises a lively political contest.
The Presbyterian General Assembly voted to revise its creed and appointed a commission to draft a new statement. A collision between two electric cars near Albany and New York killed five and injured forty, with both motormen dead. George D. Herron and Miss Rand reportedly married in New York on Saturday. Ex senator Pettigrew may take over as president of the Great Northern railroad. Local editorials mock populist figures while noting Missouri and Nebraska political loyalties and Wingert’s exit from his poultry business amid town paper feuds.
The piece notes Dave Hill s 100goo eyes at the Presidential nomination talk, ex Governor Tanner s death from rheumatic heart disease, Des Moines August 23 state convention, Cummins supporters in Cedar Rapids opposing Hubbard, and rising Iowa land values from five to fifty to seventy five dollars per acre as populism wanes in Iowa and Kansas. It also highlights labor demand for wheat and corn harvest and a widow s club in St Louis.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a quirky verse about a band and pom pom sounds with scattered names including F. G. Howard in Life. The readable bits hint at a street scene and a playful chorus, but most details are unclear.
A collage of writable reflections on grass as enduring nature and symbol, contrasting with war and winter, plus scattered notes on a spring campus picnic, sugar beet acreage, a May day query, and Carroll county commentary reflecting local tone and events.
Winchester Indiana resident M M Austin credits his ailing wife's recovery to Dr King’s New Life Pills. He urges others to try them, noting the pills cured her sickness after doctors struggled. Available for 25 cents at L M Bosworth's drug store.
Try the new remedy for costiveness Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tabs. Every box guaranteed. Price 25 cents. For sale by Tilden and Loughran. Try Club House Oat Wafers for sale by J B Kooser and Co. PouLTRY wanted. B Reap.
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