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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
2
The Ames Times notes a mixed bag of topics including Taft campaign sentiment in Iowa, a brief on Turkey and Italy’s rivalry, and a report of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley’s death in New York from a brain hemorrhage. It mentions Ike Stevenson’s immigration cost and questions Iowa delegates' influence on Taft’s nomination.
Fragmentary remarks claim fashion skirts influence incidents and that strikes by button tankers union central workers and miners signal improving times. The copy suggests men rarely strike when jobs are tight, implying cautious labor action.
Gen 8 Scholar, described as the biggest man in the United States, died recently in Jersey City. The report notes his weight at about 150 pounds and wryly suggests he could have died outdoors to avoid destruction of a building.
The Cedar Rapids Republican cites Geo. D Perkins as a Sioux City Journal candidate for governor while noting ownership links and free advertising notions by K T Merifeth. The Times comments on the state board of education and wrestles with a map of Rosebud reservation listing notable Indian land holders including Grace Lucy Six Shooters and Molly Iron Blanket.
Story county supervisors pass a resolution establishing that no county bills or claims may be allowed without filing with the county auditor and verification. The board also fixes monthly meetings on the first Monday to consider and allow bills.
A dam at the pulp mills failed near Austin Pennsylvania last Saturday causing a flood in the town. Estimated deaths range from three to four hundred with property losses around six million dollars. Citizens vow not to rebuild there citing safer locations for new towns.
Manufacturing Jeweler reports that top watch plants draw many sightseers as guides escort groups through shops. A factory note asks visitors to leave all wearing apparel in the cloakroom, signaling strict dress control amid high interest in precision work and attractive female operatives.
The Ames Times invites readers to join a voluntary subscriber list as a sample of the paper's value. It promotes a yearly subscription cost of one dollar and frames the paper as a concise weekly digest with brief home news. The appeal emphasizes affordability and timely delivery.
A Philadelphia witness, refined and modest, testifies about a man who visited her home to complain about a dismissed cook and his sweetheart. The magistrate asks what the man said and she blushes before explaining he gave the home address of Mephistopheles in a blunt, humorous turn.
The Davenport Democrat notes Ames will lay creosoted wood block pavement praised as finest and most satisfactory. It claims recognition in London Paris New York and other metropolises and cites durability high cost and easy repair on solid foundations.
A long sequence of transfers records owners and buyers across Ames Nevada Slater Story City Maxwell Cambridge and Roland detailing grants of lots and fractional parcels with prices from 1 to 12 000 dollars and including several spouses in the conveyances. The entries name numerous individuals and properties in multiple towns and subdivisions across the region.
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