01 Sep 1892
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1892
Page
1
An advertisement promotes Baker the jeweler as the trusted source for watch repairs using factory methods. It touts extensive stock of watches with standard movements, and the option to upgrade into silver or gold cases at competitive prices. Visitors are urged to call or visit the Main Street shop.
Dr. S. N. Fellows doubts Bidwell will gain two thousand Iowa votes this fall. State Organizer Campbell opened the prohibition convention with prayer condemning legalized saloons. Gov. Borges plans no election proclamation to fill Senator McCall’s vacancy this fall. Carey Nevin sings of women’s influence in society in witty prose.
Hamilton County Republicans select Chalker Buell as candidate for Clerk of the Courts praising his long political involvement. Sioux City Journal notes Chicago & Northwestern Railway's strong year with mileage steady and earnings up, dividends paid, and continued investments in improvements.
Nevada debates city scales amid nationwide friction. Webster City reports family splits and election tensions over scales. Fort Dodge sees a veteran merchant sell at half value to escape city weighing rules. Proponents praise the system while traders clash over its impact on business and daily life.
Local editorials warn of cholera reaching New York port and describe strict precautions. A Blackburn era column recalls crowds, manners, and shell game criticism while outlining voting rules and absentee leave for workers on election day.
A Boston Journal discussion contrasts purchasing power of a working man’s daily wages between 1872 and 1892. It cites rising prices for flour pork sugar lard cheese beans print cotton cloth coal and argues higher wages did not keep pace with tariffs and living costs. A reader counters with coal prices and daily pay from 1857.
A rugged Idaho glacial field is reported thirty five miles southwest of Shoup amid a cascade of curious facts from the New York Press. The item touches on elephant tanning time, crocodile river cleaning schemes, bicycle road rules, and a Kansas pension agency paying millions annually to veterans.
In a 1882 Reichstag speech Prince Bismarck lauded the United States for funding postwar recovery, housing, and employment through indirect taxation. He urged Germany to imitate the US tariff system, linking prosperity to protective laws and economic policy.
A New York Press cartoon critiques congressional appropriations, contrasting the Democratic congress of 1892 with an alleged 51 million budget and the Republican congress of 1891 cited as 462 million in spending.
Fragmentary note claims editors still fixated on a massive Cox figure. It mentions a September change transforming snipe into prairie chickens and hints at editorial shifts.
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