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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1905
Page
2
A jumble of local jabs and questions centers on Mr. Temple of Osceola. The piece notes a short cranberry crop, debates about coal, and a lurid Sunday photo of a suspected hold up man. It laments the Times-Republic and reflects a shift from a newspaper to an organ.
A stream of short local items notes Mr Rockhill of China hindering Taft influences, mail flow stats for Chicago, a Des Moines girl’s religious zeal, postal post office passages, Ames truancy mishap with a leg injury, Webster City baby show judges, and comments on Iowa politics and officials. Roosevelt Thanksgiving proclamation set for November 30. A Des Moines ketchup bottle caused injury to a waiter.
A compilation of local items from Story County area papers. incidents include a young woman’s altercation over a man, deaths of Elsie Williams Hart and Bowen John, a Shipley post office reestablishment, injuries to Harry Abbott, a Casey wreck, mayoral court over drunkenness, a Iowa State College enlistment, jail kitchen addition, editorial notes on papers and politics, and assorted community updates.
Over the past month two Des Moines papers shattered weekly ad inches, with unprecedented running lengths. The record pace signals intense marketing push and rising local competition among publishers.
The Bungtown Bugle ran thirty six cents of advertising last week while The Bungstarter printed in the same town ran nine cents worth of advertising in the same period.
The New Era argues Gov. Cummins should seek a third term rather than Congress in the seventh district. The piece notes interest in the McCurdy Graham clash at the state house and examines how much political weight a man can carry while holding office.
Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal hails Roosevelt's Jackson statue speech as broad in patriotic spirit and statesmanlike foresight. He compares it to Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address, calling it worthy of letters of gold and a confirmed echo of that immortal utterance.
The Tux McGregor News, long a Cummins ally, declares editorially that while it supports the Governor personally and will back him in disputes, it cannot follow into the Democratic camp when he attacks republican citadels, insisting public duty overrides personal loyalty.
The piece cites The Miser Bureau about Ogden Iowa where six five dollar bills circulated via a billy goat and were redeemed after thirteen years. It notes Gertrude Atherton’s story Crowned With One Crest featuring Edith Ingoldsby of Washington and mentions Josiah Flynt’s Tramping With Tramps set near Des Moines.
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