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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1892
Page
2
A local jeweler extols a broad collection including pony chains ladies vest chains rolled plate and solid chains pearl inlaid and Victoria chains silk and eye glass chains white metal chains. The dealer notes this extensive jewelry line would magnetize the finest watches in the city of Ames and invites customers to see silverware spectacles and more.
The Ames Times argues next Tuesday closes a quiet campaign in Iowa with strong Prohibition bids in Washington township and Congress hopeful Haggard. It touts Republican strengths on tariffs and warns Democrats to vote their party line while praising the 1896 football on campus and urging early vote counting.
The piece argues the People’s Party touts workingman support while criticizing Idle John Idle as a presidential elector. It notes Jerry Simpson’s likely defeat and warns that if Prohibitionists split votes enough to let Democrats win Iowa, prohibition will end. It urges fighting for the cause to the finish.
The author argues that an informed voter can use the Australian ballot and mocks illiteracy. He notes the law has been widely advertised and urges readers to subscribe to their county paper or ask others to read the law and guide voting on election day.
The piece mocks San Domingo's offer to exhibit Columbus bones for 100000, arguing bones are far more valuable, suggesting a price of at least 100 million, and noting the United States will not engage in bone buying while ridiculing the maneuver. It names San Domingo as the alleged mover behind the scheme.
The article urges voters to cast Xes in the Democrat Republican or Prohibition columns next Tuesday. It notes the Times six month voyage from a rash venture to a profitable business and announces a $1.00 per year subscription now open.
Dave Hirt condemns the shift of Wayne McVeagh and others who abandon longtime party service for a so called new light. He accuses them of feigned zeal and contempt for former associates who supported them in their rise.
A letter from Rev. B. F. W. Crozier criticizes Gen. Sickles and the Democratic stance in New York, denounces a prohibition party document attacking President Harrison, and defends consistent anti third party positions amid national political tensions.
The column sketches speed comparisons of ships and trains, royal Sovereign lights, Dead Sea evaporation, top stamp collectors, a Meridan toy knife, a hair thread cutter, the Red Star ship Rhyland's 11 day voyage, and then shifts to Story county elections with endorsements for auditor A P King recorder H C Duea and C Morse. The Times urges voting for Republican candidates and securing the party’s slate. TAKE the Times for a $.
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