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13 Oct 1904
Page 1
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1904
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment shows garbled text including random letters and question marks. The readable portion offers no clear names dates events or places.
The column reflects seasonal gloom and fatigue with leaf fall and frost while commenting on political ennui in the year. It mentions a Sioux City breach of promise suit and praises Jor Trigg’s editorial leadership at the weekly Register. Des Moines fines and a tobacco stamp dispute are touched on as well.
Headlines report football players injured and nose broken amid early season fever. Des Moines weather finds frost spared corn, keeping crop safe if frost delays till the ninth. Ties to Iowa politics note Dawson contest in the second district and Ben Parker church fundraising dispute. Dolliver to speak in Ames on October 31 as county chairmen push county events.
A man in Des Moines fell asleep leaning on a city post and woke from a dream of being killed. The Southern Democracy attacks the President’s administration as treasonous. The president named Robert J. Wynne as temporary Postmaster General after Payne’s death, with Geo. B. Cortelyou expected to take the role permanently on January 1.
Story County notes recount a Treynor bank hold up by a farmer who stole two thousand dollars but was captured and much of the money recovered. The piece also praises President Roosevelt for probing post office frauds and commends Boone Daily News turning seventeenth year. It details Women’s Press Club events in Des Moines Cedar Falls and a slate of local incidents across Story County including marriages accidents and a hospital arrest.
Louis F. Payne of the Brooklyn Eagle argues Democrats back Roosevelt nationwide but focus on winning the governorship. He predicts Parker winning NYC by 100000 would yield a New York state margin strong enough to give Roosevelt a 75000 plurality. Payne notes shifts from the Bryan wing toward Roosevelt and rates him a top New York political figure.
A storefront list promotes flour, creamery butter, syrups, cereals, canned goods, pickles, coffee, tea, toilet soaps, laundry soaps and fresh produce with prices such as flour at 1.75 and 1.70, sugar and cereals near 0.85, and soaps at 0.25 to 0.50 per bar or package. Local brands highlighted include Sleepy Eye Cream flour, Hazelwood butter, Heinz pickles, and Pure maple syrup.
Marion Harland edition feature details the Sun day page in the Chicago Record Herald offering housewife queries and answers with child care and home improvement advice. It notes her real name Mary Virginia Terhune born December 21 1831 in Virginia and lists her literary career and Sunnybrook home, now in New York City.
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