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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1904
Page
1
Ret Clarkson predicts Roosevelt remains distant as sun, while fall weather disrupts paper production. The state fair exceeded fears and attendance at the World’s Fair rose by 125000 week over week. Iowa populists nominate a state ticket with Calamity Weller as elector at large amid Growing tar headlines. butter price debate echoes in local papers.
At the rural mail carriers convention last week Bert Childs of Nevada was chosen as alternate delegate to the national convention. The report mixes local notes about figures like Sam Jones at Ames Chautauqua and college enrollment trends at Iowa State College opening day.
A pair of men assaulted a policeman in St Joe amid bravado, one man buried at the following Sunday service and the other remains in precarious condition. The event mirrors the era's volatile street clashes and political chatter surrounding Democratic figures.
The opposition blames Roosevelt for missteps but his handling of administration affairs is praised. Chicago packers win a strike after boycotting a conference, signaling a stance against further talks. Champ Clark cancels Iowa speaking engagements citing safety concerns.
Champ Clark is seen as the logical successor to Ben Tillman who has lost public favor in the south. Tillman remains farther south than Clark but shares the role of a fire eater. Clark advocates severe, aggressive rhetoric including talk of cutting throats.
Postmaster General Henry C. Payne was summoned to testify in a Chicago justice court but ignored the writ and narrowly avoided a contempt fine. He asserted compliance with law regardless of his official role.
Public figure Jim Brenton once mayor and county superintendent now a bartender faced a wrestling match at the Mirror theatre. He scored one fall while his opponent won two, weighing about three hundred ten pounds in bright pink tights. Des Moines residents may recall his mayoral days.
A Chicago Tribune straw poll of 10 988 voters shows Roosevelt with 6504 votes Parker 3789 Debs 548 and Swallow 147. Roosevelt and Debs gain at Parker’s expense. The piece also surveys license rulings and local political commentary across several issues and figures.
Report notes many attendees expected a polished, logical address but found Jones’s lecture stringing generalities with humor. While the minister’s delivery provokes laughs, critics say his rhetoric borders on vulgar and lacks sustained argument, cautioning audiences to adjust expectations.
The week offered six warm dry days followed by showers. moisture adequate for immature crops. Corn is progressing with ears filling though late. most is in roasting ear stage. Farmers expect one third well matured by September 20 with warmth needed into October. Fall plowing and potato harvests advanced. wild hay and millet yields strong. pastures improved.
80 acre farm three miles southeast of Ames offered for sale or exchange for town property. Address E. J. Hoagland Gilbert Station Iowa 15 4.
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