08 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1903
Page
1
A jumble of notes from Beowawe Neb to Indianola Iowa mentions an election looming in one month, a railroad wreck, and a high stakes warning about public officials. Reports include Richard Olney’s Massachusetts nomination and a stray assassination threat against President Roosevelt.
The piece notes Ames high school football as needing a match closer to its size amid weekend storms that caused crop damage in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. It mentions E. C. Jonpan of Boone, nominated for state senator by Democrats in Boone Story, and Ed Chassell of Lemars as a Republican candidate for Plymouth County legislature, praising his past service.
The Tur Cuiiaco Record Herald boasts a unique position among U S newspapers with its own independent coverage and a complete news service from the New York Herald the New York World and the Associated Press. It supplements its columns with popular special features enjoyed by thousands of readers.
Classified ad offering a ten room house for rent with contact for George White at 902 Clark Street. Listing terse and dated tone suggests mid century urban housing ad.
Weather and crop notes highlight a warmer week with cloudiness and rainfall across the state. Corn maturity progresses with potential dry periods allowing cribbing by midOctober and an output range from below average to record yields. Local items report deaths, a fossil-like stone discovery, cotton plant blooms, a new law partnership in Des Moines, a fatal railroad accident, Maxwell oil venture, a marriage in Maxwell, a large barn fire near town, and insured losses with rebuilding planned.
Clarion county record er Miss Jennie Keith who once edited the Cambridge Dispatch stopped a man who made an insulting remark. She and another woman walked the street as she struck him, earning two black eyes and sparing no mercy.
Sixty eight head of good grade Short horn steers three years old, average 1200 pounds. Address FROELICH & DEITER, Blue Earth Minnesota. 23-24.
Very low round trip rates to Kansas City Missouri via the North Western Line offered October 16 to 21 for the American Royal Live Stock Exhibition. Tickets available through Chicago and North Western Roy agents.
Hon J F Lacey, member of Congress from Iowa's Sixth District, will address a gathering at the Ames Opera House on Friday October 15 at eight o'clock p m Major Lacey is noted for his oratory within Iowa's congressional delegation and is urged to be heard by all.
A student directory at Iowa State College Ames lists numerous unusual names such as Barker Bechtelheimer Bell Bonebright Budge and others. The writer notes the humorous and peculiar nature of these names amid a large student body of about fifteen hundred.
One fare plus two dollars round trip via Chicago Great Western Railway to Canadian Northwest Old Mexico New Mexico Minnesota North Dakota Manitoba Idaho Texas Georgia Florida and North Carolina. Ample return limits. Tickets on sale October 6 20 November 3 17. For information contact any Great Western Agent or J P Elmer G P A Chicago Illinois.
excursion tickets will be sold Oct. 18 19 and 20 with return validity to Oct. 24 exclusive under I C C F Grand Lodge. apply to agents Chicago North Western Ry.
North-Western Line offers daily excursion tickets from Ames to St Paul and Minneapolis at 11.40 round trip. Tickets are valid for return until December 15 1903 and on sale until November 30 1903. Apply through Chicago and North-Western Railway agents.
Announcement to sell a home at the corner of Kellogg and Pears in Ames Iowa as the owner plans to move to California. Describes a bargain sale and urges quicker purchase from interested buyers. Signed H Bayxs.
Iowa researchers test cold storage on early apple varieties in 1902 to protect winter stocks, with Bulletin 72 noting preliminary but valuable findings. A letter from Elwood Mead praises Ames farm mechanics and irrigation work, predicting strong cooperative ties with the college and station.
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