22 Nov 1900
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1900
Page
1
A caustic critique rails at the Cherry Sisters once popular across the nation, noting waning crowds and financial ruin as they return to a rural life. The piece mocks American tastes, voters, and civic errors, while lampooning recent events in Des Moines and Ames.
Maxwell becomes the second town in the county with a rural free delivery route begun on the 15th. Rumor says the Northwestern may extend toward Kansas City via Belle Plaine. A self-confessed negro ravisher and murderer was burned at the stake in Limon, Colorado. Horace M. Rebok has published The Last Days of the Musquakies recounting the tribe he led. In Marshalltown Iowa the Soldier's Home houses 748 veterans with care costs and rations listed.
A reflective, satirical note argues a business man abusing rubber stamps to fake printer use would be better off salted. It envisions stamping obituaries births marriages and political ambitions, sealing a comical chain of labels on clothing and doors, highlighting opportunistic self promotion.
A sharp critique of Richard Croker and Tammany crowd follows a European departure, while local figures James Jones and Charley Walsh resist party reorganization. The piece mocks graft, sums of power, and the Democratic machine's spending spree, hinting at impending job losses for the duo.
The Algona Upper Des Moines reports a revival of the mail car race between Northwestern and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy from Chicago to Omaha to decide which line handles most federal mail. Last year’s race was a highlight of the year with big stakes.
R Barrett state superintendent promotes township graded schools as the way to improve grading, staffing, and facilities. He cites savings, broader curricula, and stronger districts, urging closing small schools, transporting pupils, establishing township high schools, and expanding teaching quality. He notes legal options to run districts at large and reduce subdistricts.
A Chicago dispatch dated Nov 12 reports wage increases for engineers and firemen on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul system after weeks of negotiations. Locomotive department hours will be reduced. Ten wheel engine engineers rise to 4.00 per 100 miles. compound passenger engineers to 3.85 per 100 miles. switch engineers see hours cut from eleven to ten. freight engine firemen on ten wheel compounds gain to 2.50 per 100 miles, while eight wheel firemen receive no increase.
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