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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1897
Page
1
Endorsements Stir Candidacy For Anamosa Penitentiary Warden
A fragmentary column notes Curt Wood gaining endorsements as he runs for warden of the Anamosa penitentiary. The text also references a Vermont incident, a marriage joke about Mr Frost and Miss Winter, a Nebraska theft claim, Iowa feeding Nebraska, a quote praising Iowa, and Miss Lincoln of Chicago seeking a husband in Iowa.
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Curt Wood
The
Anamosa Penitentiary
Master of Agriculture Awarded to Jas Wilson at IAC Commencement
At the annual IAC commencement last week Hon. Jas Wilson secretary of agriculture received the degree of Master of Agriculture.
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Jas. Wilson
Ohio's Narrow Repeat GOP Lean After Presidential Year
In a rare pattern Ohio has swung Republican only twice in thirty years after a presidential year. The record recalls William Jennings Bryan delivering several speeches in Ohio this year as the memory falters.
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Ohio
William Jennings Bran
Curt Wood Seeks Anamosa Penitentiary Wardenship
The clipping notes Curt Wood former Story County AS sheriff will run this winter for the penitentiary warden at Anamosa. Described as a hustler, his selection would assure the legislature made no mistake if successful.
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Curt Wood
Story County
Anamosa
Curt
Farmer and traveling man over apples in Des Moines
A farmer tries to sell apples on Des Moines streets and asks seventy five cents a bushel. A traveling man suggests Klondike would fetch seventy five dollars a bushel, prompting the farmer to quip about selling water in a bucket for seventy five dollars a glass. The traveler vanishes.
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Des Moines
Klondike
Farrow McKinley Starts Free Silver Paper at Anita Iowa
A wire farmer from Kansas City region Kansas shot and killed two Black men last week, days after an election. The second trial of the Chicago sausage maker is to begin next Monday, described as a farce and drawing card likely to fail.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Chicago
Representative Funk Seen as Leading House Speaker Candidate
Funk leads as possible speaker with rivals noted as stronger than him. A new law makes safety brakes on all railway cars compulsory by January first, 1898, ending the dangerous link and pin system. Webster City Daily Freeman marks three years of publication amid harsh times and frost.
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Funk
Hardin
House
Bro. Funk
Webster City
Freeman
Europe
America
Times
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Dufferin
Speaker Reed
the Duke of Argyll
Senator Hoar
Senator Lodge
Justin McCarthy
Professor Shaler
John Burroughs
Percival Lowell
Rudyard Kipling
W. D. Howells
Mary E. Wilkins
Captain Mahan
Lieutenant Peary
Companion
Tar Youth
Boston
Mass
Des Moines Banker Hired by Tur Continental Bank
Tur Continental National Bank of Chicago recruited in Iowa for a cashier post and engaged Geo. M. Reynolds, president of the Des Moines National Bank, to fill the role. The choice reflects well on Des Moines and on Reynolds, noted as one of the best.
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Tur Continental National Bank of Chicago
Iowa
Geo. M. Reynolds
Des Moines National Bank
Des Moines
Reynolds
Methodist preacher charged with assault after Hartford game
A Hartford football game saw a Methodist preacher who played left guard attack the opposing right guard with a vicious, profane barrage. The Times notes no clear motive from his Sunday sermon but suggests temper control and moral duties. The preacher should know his place and keep it.
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Hartford
Conn
the Times
Weekly Herald shifts from twice weekly to weekly edition
The Tue Boone Herald quits its twice a week schedule and becomes a good weekly paper. Barnum and Bailey's big show sails to England, needing six large freight steamers to transport the outfit. Boise City Sentinel attacks free silver at 16 to 1 as an unlikely policy.
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Tue Boone Herald
Barnum & Bailey
England
Boise City
Idaho
Sentinel
Free silver paper at Anita from two Jacks
C Jack Goodpasture and C Jack McKinley have started a new paper at Anita Iowa advocating free silver. They may soon realize other matters are preferable to two Jacks.
Boston Seeks Funds to Fortify and Plant Defensive Beans
The report notes Boston requesting millions in federal aid to fortify defenses. It suggests a precautionary measure of planting bean fields as explosive barriers to deter an enemy advance.
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Tur
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Boston
Uncle Sam
Rats Infestation Haunts Webster City Streets After Curfew
The Webster City Freeman notes rats are infesting the city to alarming levels with the night hours yielding large gatherings on public streets. The piece compares Ames where curfew keeps streets quieter after ten and jokes about a similar whistle here.
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Webster City
Ames
Quippy Hog Tale From Mud Ball Prank
A Boone Standard note quotes a Southern Kansas myth about hogs gathering mud balls on their tails. An Oklahoma owner reportedly mutilated a hog by tail amputation to relieve a mud ball affliction, leaving the carcass skin for use as a beehive and selling it at a profit.
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Walt. Hellen
Williams Wasp
Kansas
Oklahoma
Winter politics and local notes mingle in Iowa and Midwest
A mix of satirical quips and brief notices covers a light season: Finland's cold snap and travel annoyances contrast with labor strikes and politics. Ohio Republicans gain a legislative edge, and Iowa figures like Novak spotlight a Walford town fact.
Wood for wardenship at Anamosa praised by caucus supporters
Curtis A. Wood of Nevada seeks Republican nomination for the Anamosa penitentiary wardenship before the General Assembly caucus. An ex sheriff of Story county, Wood is described as a capable, energetic businessman with wide acquaintances and strong party backing. Supporters predict a tough Open field and commend his fit for the office.
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Curtis A. Wood
Nevada
General Assembly
Anamosa
Wood
Story County
Century Magazine Opens New Year With Art and Adventure
The Century Magazine enters its twenty seventh year promising continued leadership in entertainment art and thought. It features Weir Mitchell new story François Foundling Adventurer Juggler and Fencing Master set against the French Revolution.
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Century Magazine
Century
Europe
Weir Mitchell
Hugh Wynne
Francois
Burton Harrison
New York
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