Ames Times Highlights and Local City News Items
Tom Johnson loses to Cleveland candidate in Tuesday election. Mail registration fee rises from eight to ten cents on November first. Des Moines veteran Edward Watwistle dies at ninety four. Vanderbilt Cup auto race ends with no fatalities. Jeffries and Johnson announce heavyweight title bid before July 3. Des Moines seeks updated street car service amid local squabbles. Gaynor wins New York mayoralty by fifty thousand. board of estimate votes eleven to five on disbursements.
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Edward Watwistle
Des Moines
Tammany
Gaynor
New York
Board of Estimate
Kentucky election chaos prompts call for troops
The Kentucky annual election took place on Tuesday with reports of unrest. On Monday the governor received a telegram warning that Hell's broke loose in Breathitt and Jackson counties, signaling potential violence and the need for military aid.
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Kentucky
Breathitt
Jackson
Hulls Re-election If Not Backed by Prouty Dowell
Webster City Freeman notes that Capt Hull may lose the seventh district race unless Judge Prouty and Senator Dowell support him. The paper suggests Prouty and Dowell recognize a good candidate when they see it and implies their backing could influence the result.
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Capt. Hull
Judge Prouty
Senator Dowell
Webster City
Freeman
Prouty
Dowell
Social snippets and irritable humor from rural press
A column blends homely jests and political notes from Iowa editors. It jokes about grip illness, the National Laundrymen's Association inviting Gov. Carroll, a Story county editor gathering at the Leader office, and local figures like Judge Prouty and Steve Goldthwaite. It closes with rhyme from Old Man Swick about seasonal woes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Langland
Cambridge Leader
Story County
Leader
Ole
The Call for Judge Prouty in Seventh District
An editorial mocks pressure on Judge Prouty to run for Congress. It imagines him resisting by appearing in overalls to avoid the public clamor and preserve his comforts as citizens urge him to go to Washington to save the country.
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Seventh Congressional District
Judge Prouty
Congress
Steve Goldthwaite
Boone News- Republican
Mont Hunter
Webster City Tribune
Cincinnatus
Seventh
Washington
Cook and Peary at Pumpkin Hollow heated store debate
In Thompson's store locals argued over Cook and Peary with Henry Pritchard opposing Cook while Dave Henderson backed Peary. Abner Page attacked Cook, Sim Watson insulted Cas, and Ed Parsons lost his trousers during the clash. The piece ends noting a magazine subscription offer from the Des Moines Capital and Ames Times.
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Tom Eaton
Cook
Henry Pritchard
Peary
Honor
Dave Henderson
Abner Page
Sim Watson
Pickering Doolittle
Joe Humphrey
Fred Cas
Ed Parsons
S. E. Kiser
Record-Herald
Woodmen Ames Camp 458 Holds Friday Meetings
Notice notes regular meetings of Ames Camp No. 458 Modern Woodmen of America held every Friday evening in Red Men’s hall.
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Ames
Modern
Woodmen of America
Red Men’s Hall
The Jumping Off Place And Amusing Newspaper Snips
A collage piece notes writers chasing quick returns and editors returning scripts with little pay. It recalls tales of slips of the tongue and social mishaps, ending with a quip about forming a club for clipping writers from newspapers.
Robertson Players Present The Art of Life in Ames
The Donald Robertson players under Manager Bartholomew announce The Art of Life by Lewis Worthington Smith at the Armory on Thursday night November 11. The cast features Cyril Courtney as lead, Hazel MacKaye as leading woman, with Sybil Hammersley Margaret Moreland Alden Jewell and Fred J. Cowley in supporting roles. The comedy traces Phillip Laughlin and his wife who grow rich after twenty years of poverty and clash over social ascent versus simple values.
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Ames
Donald Robertson
Bartholomew
Lewis Worthington Smith
Armory Opera House
Robertson
Chicago Art Institute
University of Michigan
Phillip Laughlin
Cyril Courtney
Beerbohm Tree
Sir Henry Irving
London
Hazel MacKaye
Percy MacKaye
Sybil Hammersley
Margaret Moreland
Henry Savage
Alden Jewell
Fred J. Cowley
Hog theft near Perry leads to court case
A farmer near Perry stole hogs and hauled them to a Perry market. He was caught and faces a sentence in the pen. The note cites local crime and a nearby market incident. The piece also includes assorted quips and local color about opinions and odd sayings.
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Perry
Slater
Just a Woman's Way presented at Armory for Pacoe play
The Register and Leader promotes Sid ney W Pacoe's Just a Woman's Way at the Armory opera house on November 9. The paper notes its popularity with readers and mentions subscribers in 1909 receiving free issues for a period.
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Register and Leader
Iowa
Associated Press News Service
Ding
Premium contest offers boy and girl trip prize in Story County
Story County youths are invited to submit the best ten ear sample of corn for a chance to win a twenty dollar prize. Walter Perkins of Ames promotes pure bred poultry and corn, with a flock of 300 birds and birds that won honors in major shows. The Ames Poultry Show runs with the college short course, encouraging youth to attend and help with seed selection. Premium lists are available from B. W. Crossley in Ames.
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Walter Perkins
Ames
Story County
Perkins
Chicago
B. W. Crossley
Iowa
Just a Woman's Way at Armory Opera House
A lively clean play by Sidney W. Pascoe presented by skilled artists with ample scenery. Billed for Tuesday November 9 at the Armory opera house and described as clever, entertaining, and free of offense.
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Sidney W. Pascoe
Armory Opera House
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Ames Times
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Pantorium
E. M. Kooker
Story County Bank
National Laundrymen’s Association
Richmond
Boone Independent
Moses
Cook and
Thompson's
Tuck
Fudge
Dansey’s
Mattie Weimer
Rogerville
Reflector
Mr. Blank
Charlie
Kiser
Klouster
Sidney W. Pacoe
Parley Sheidon
J. Sheiden
S. A. Keenan
National Bank of Commerce
Knautle, Kachod & Kahne
First National Bank
Marshalltown
Des Moines Savings Bank
Ance
Ames Savings Bank
Bosworth
Iowa State College
City
Kelley
Golden Gate
Benson’s Cash Grocery
Ames, Iowa
Carload
H. L. Munn Lumber Co
Dias
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