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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
8
Hon B F Carroll Republican candidate for Iowa governor will address the College Chapel at 2 PM and Ames Armory at 8 PM on Saturday October 17. Carroll will outline campaign platform and discuss state issues with attendees.
Upon returning to Ames, Mrs. W. A. Will advertises dressmaking from her rooms in Hamilton Block. Prices stated as reasonable with satisfaction guaranteed. No business on Saturdays. Room 14, Hamilton Block, Mutual phone 549. 23 4t
A veteran Wall Street planner critiques stock market tips as mostly guessworks or contrivances. He cites manipulative operators who spread confidential hints to prompt large buys and shares a cautionary tale of a Fifth Avenue magnate exploiting a pastor and his parishioners for gain.
A quip from the Cleveland Leader warns that tips on Wall Street, whether true or not, should be buried in the backyard and forgotten, implying caution about rumors and financial advice.
The London Spectator recounts a Napier reception where local schoolchildren praised by a Tyrone official were told to keep at their work to reach the top. A bystander quips that the speaker meant an axle tree, not a tree, framing the joke as a misheard metaphor.
A Chicago Tribune snippet notes a commanding officer telling a subordinate his voice is rasping after a morning with a file of soldiers. The exchange conveys military discipline and casual humor in a briefing context.
A brief anecdote recalls Gioacchino Rossini’s fond joke about Spain. He once hugged a Spaniard with great show of feeling and explained he loved Spain because without it “we would be the last nation.”
A courtroom quip frames a murder inquiry as a lawyer presses for motive while a witness points to the locomotive as the cause or trigger. The exchange ends with the lawyer dismissing the interrogation.
Cold relief druggists warn of widespread use and promote Preventics tablets. The ad claims Preventics helps at the sneeze stage to head off colds for adults and feverish children. Box of 48 priced at 25 cents. Joel E. Cagwin.
An advertisement on a 25c box of Dr Shoop s Pink Pain Tablets promotes instant relief for head pains womanly pains and pains anywhere. It urges consulting a doctor or druggist if the formula is not complete and names Joel E Cagwin as associated.
In a quip from London Fun a shipwreck is noted as Muggins and Juggins discuss a dog skull, with Muggins declaring another shipwreck and Juggins asking where, as the pair reflect on loss and misfortune in resigned tones.
The article cites clergy and laity from Ohio Illinois and Indiana discussing Taft and Bryan. It highlights Taft as a Christian gentleman with broad religious sympathies and notes support from Bishop Hartzell Reverend Robinson and Bishop Fallows, plus Taft’s view of character and a Christian life guiding a successful career.
L G Powers of the census bureau argues in the American Journal of Sociology that the nation’s wealth is not held by a few. He says adding farm values bank deposits and moderate possessions to estimates of millionaire wealth yields totals that dispute claims of extreme concentration.
William H. Taft pledges, if elected, to devote all his ability to constructive work by proposing to Congress the means to clinch Roosevelt policies, aiming to reassure Roosevelt supporters.
Bryan remains clever and interesting yet superficial in the Milwaukee Wisconsin dispatch. Taft earns praise for measured public remarks as the campaign advances.
A critique notes Democratic leaders loudly denouncing corporations and railroads while taking no legislative steps to curb abuses. It claims hypocrisy as Republicans push reforms while Democrats hesitate to act.
The speech highlights the promises of its platform and claims to practice those principles, emphasizing Taft’s view that Democratic methods are truly covered by a political patent. He speaks at Greensboro, North Carolina, presenting a confident defense of the party’s program.
Hon. Wm. H. Taft asserts in Columbus Ohio that prosperity has not corrupted morals. He praises a quickening public conscience and demand for remedies to abuses, urging a higher standard of business integrity as evidence that society remains sound at its core.
W Bourke Cochran says he will support Bryan but hails Taft as the greatest and best qualified nominee ever offered in any republic. He calls Taft a wonderful administrator and a bigger man than Roosevelt, citing expected leadership under similar conditions.
Knowledge Magazine notes that ships far from land rarely suffer lightning damage due to steel wire rigging acting as conductors. It recalls 1802 East India Company vessels Britannia and Bombay Castile struck near Algoa Bay, fore masts on fire, masts cut away to save ships and cargoes. Reports of P and O Victoria in 1806 show compass deviation likely caused by a blown lightning conductor.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt recounts a Berlin citizen describing patrol rules barring swimming in the river. Schmidt informs Krauss that Muller drowned after his boat capsized, a tragedy framed to illustrate official prohibition on swimming and the danger of enforcing such bans.
The passage notes Xerxes musing on his luck at becoming king as opposed to his older rival. He jokes that a primary election would have yielded the same outcome, but the Greeks later dealt him a double cross at Plataea.
A home magazine excerpt recalls a playful scene where Mrs Wobbles remixes a marriage proposal with sharp wit and affection, capturing humorous social banter between the couple.
Aristotle quote on friendship and justice. No news event, no identifiable persons or organizations. A standalone aphorism as a brief note.
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