Lenox College to Celebrate Golden Jubilee Next Week
The Ames Times notes Lenox College Hopkinton Iowa plans a golden jubilee event at commencement next week. The item highlights the college's long history as one of Iowa’s oldest institutions and notes frost events in 1907. It also mentions concerns about overtraining and a pair of high school students displaying excessive muscle. A remark about San Francisco and Japan hints at looming tensions.
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Lenox College
Hopkinton
Iowa
Ames
Des Moines Weighs Change To City Government
Des Moines pushes proposed shift in municipal structure amid ongoing public debate. Voters and officials weigh potential benefits and risks as discussions intensify across the city.
College Athletics Need Honest Play Not Jockeying
A reader argues that modern college athletics are plagued by jockeying and questionable practices that distort competition. The writer calls for fair play and rejects antics that undermine true athletic ability in college sports.
The Register and Leader Opposes Senator Allison Back Door Critique
The Register and Leader avoids a direct stand against Senator Allison re election and instead trims squibs from other papers that mock the venerable senator, using a back door approach to attack.
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Register and
Allison
Cummins Files Candidacy for U S Senator Seat
Governor Cummins formally announces in the Register and Leader his bid to replace Alison as U S Senator. Iowa Republicans are not believed to endorse his candidacy amid waning protections. Theo Tilton, linked to the Beecher-Tilton scandal, died in Paris last Saturday, removing the last major figure from the famed drama.
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Cummins
Register
United States
Allison
Iowa
Theo Tilton
Paris
France
Tilton
Injury reported for Marshalltown consul in Switzerland
C McFarland of Marshalltown, consul to Switzerland, reportedly injured at his St Gall headquarters in a possible serious accident. The note recalls a prior fall that left him on crutches. The piece then pivots to Des Moines where cock fighting arrests prompt comments on local morals.
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C. McFarland
Marshalltown
Switzerland
St. Gall
Des Moines
Bankers National Bank
Chicago
National City Bank
New York
N. Y
Valley National Bank
Citizen's National Bank
Toledo Chronicle Praises Times-Republican Paper
The Toledo Chronicle notes that while it disagrees with the Times-Republican politically it regards it as a great daily for Iowa readers. It highlights the Iowa news service, Des Moines reporters, market reports, and international news boiled down for busy readers.
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Toledo Chronicle
Times-Republican
Iowa
Des Moines
Mrs McKinley Dies at Canton Ohio Home
Mrs. McKinley widow of the late President McKinley died at her Canton Ohio home Sunday. Congressman Walter I Smith of the Council Bluffs district criticized the new primary election law saying it will bar some candidates from both houses and noting Iowa’s waning influence in Washington as well as the aging figures of leaders like Hepburn and Allison.
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McKinley
President McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Walter I. Smith
Council Bluffs
National
House of Representatives
Senate
Iowa
House
Congress
Washington
House Committee On Public Lands
Allison
Hepburn
Foley Kidney Cure Praised By A Stimpson of Williamantic
A Williamantic Connecticut man, Alvin H. Stimpson, credits Foley's Kidney Cure with curing his nearly hopeless kidney trouble after many remedies failed. He reports complete recovery after using four bottles and being free from suffering. Cagwin Druggist.
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New England
Foley
Alvin H. Stimpson
Williamantic
Conn
Cagwin
Lost purse on the train yields small reward
A woman from the east on train 5 Thursday night reported a purse loss between here and Nevada. Trainmen searched and found the purse outside a car window. it contained a $400 diamond ring a steamship ticket and about 150 in bills. The ticket remained. no thief apprehended.
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Here
Nevada
Keep Bowels Regular with Dr King’s New Life Pills
Modern humorous promotion claims the pill brand prevents alimony and divorce from the appendix by gentle action. It assures doctors and druggists guarantee and lists a 25 cent price, urging readers to try them.
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Dr. King
A Few Kind Words Thank Ames for Benefit Play
The Ames community is thanked for generous patronage of the fire department benefit play held last Friday. The Ames Volunteer Fire Department expresses gratitude to the cast for a successful event. Proceeds of 85.59 will fund equipment for the new fire wagon ordered by the city council.
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Ames
Fire Department
Ames Volunteer Fire Department
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Endorsed by Bosworth
L. M. Bosworth extols Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea among all fruits grown on bush or tree and offers it as the choicest remedy. This historical endorsement frames the product as superior and desirable within a period advertising voice.
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Hollister
L. M. Bosworth
Grinnell Wins State Meet In Des Moines Showdown
Grinnell College tops the state track meet by one point at Des Moines with Drake close behind. Ames finishes third, Iowa fourth. Huff of Grinnell dominant with 15 points. Davis of Ames shines in the mile. Hubbard of Ames crowded from the 440.
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Grinnell College
Des Moines
Ames
Grinnell
Drake
Iowa
McCord
Conway
Huff
Davis
Chapman
Morningside
Hubbard
Miller
Turner
McClure's Magazine June issue preview
The June issue of McClure's Magazine promises more important and entertaining reading than one might expect, offering a mix of literary features, essays, and narratives that reflect the period's culture and tastes.
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McClure
Wetter New York by Ellis Parker Butler in American Magazine
The June American Magazine presents Ellis Parker Butler's Wetter New York set in 1913 New York with startling photographs. The Flatiron Building street leveled by water shows an excursion steamer, yachts, launches, Madison Square with a steam yacht, and Wall Street where the hero Marbnight in a diver’s suit is seen with a police tug, gathering money others dropped.
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Ellis Parker Butler
New York
Flatiron
Twenty Third Street
Broadway
Madison Square
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
Marbnight
Cure for Eczema Told by Pennsylvania Father
“Our little boy had eczema for five years” writes N A Adams of Henrietta Pennsylvania. After two home doctors deemed it hopeless and other doctors gave no benefit the family tried Electric Bitters. One bottle led to improvement and several bottles cured the boy. Best of all blood medicines and body building health tonics guaranteed by all druggists 50c.
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N. A. Adams
Henrietta
Inherited Fortune Tests Personal Expenditure
A young heir plans to spend his fortune on luxury, arguing he will get good from it. An elderly adviser recalls his uncle’s example that living on less than 61 000 a year proves frugality. The tale ends with the question of continuing the experiment amid health tonic advertising.
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Harry
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