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Newspaper

Ames Times

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1909

Page

2

Interstate Live Stock and Horse Show to feature broad exhibits

The Interstate Live Stock and Horse Show in St. Joseph Mo will run the week of September 25 to 29. It will showcase cattle hogs sheep and horses from the fall season with a large farm machinery exhibit. Local notes mention Kansas prohibition and Wichita beer consumption alongside references to regional politics and a Sioux City boarding house.

Interstate St. Joseph Roosevel Jaicille Mulhall Miss Muthall

Controversy Flare Over Cannon Fight and Political Sniping

Washington correspondent John Saure describes a heated start to the Cannon fight while others rally for old allies and fresh candidates. Jaicille Mulhall headlines broncho exhibitions in St Joseph during September 2025 Inter state show. A Chicago fan dies after cheering a homer as the national game remains central to athletics.

John Saure Washington the Register and Leader John

Fall Preference: Light Power Needs Rise

The line notes that for the fall season there is a shift toward needing more light and significantly more power, as opposed to the current low power usage. It highlights seasonal demand changes and sparks discussion on capacity planning.

Subscription offer for Des Moines Register and Leader

Informational notice urging non subscribers to take advantage of a low price for Daily Register and Leader. Promotion highlights a one dollar rate to a date in 1910 and a Daily and Sunday rate of 1.60, noting wide rural distribution ensures same day delivery.

Des Moines Register and Leader Daily Register and Leader Register and Leader Iowa

Adventures With A Cat

A narrator chronicles killing a house cat over two months due to eye disease. He recalls bidding for chloroform from a local druggist to end the cat's life, joking about its many personalities and lack of beauty. The piece blends dark humor with macabre detail.

St. Cecilia

The Jumping Off Place and Humorous Vignettes

A collage of quips and anecdotes from Dr. Cook to North Pole fame to political jests. The author mocks aviation, suffrage ideas, cat cruelty stories, and social foibles with wry humor and satirical asides.

Dr. Cook North Pole Walter Wellman Albert B. Cummins

Prohibitionist Father Coffin Faces Divorce Suit

From late advices it is reported that Father Coffin has a divorce case filed by his wife on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The report notes his prominence as a prohibitionist and suggests a contrast between public stance and personal conduct.

Father Coffin

Urick Declared Not A Republican By Judge Prouty

The text notes A. L. Urick once chosen by Judge Prouty as a delegate to a congressional convention. After Urick declared against Prouty, Prouty asserts Urick is not now nor ever was a Republican.

A. L. Urick Labor Union Judge Prouty Urick Prouty

Some Things You Don’t Know About the Business

The Chicago Tribune spends 65 009 dollars yearly on ink for printing. By thinning column rules two points or one thirty six of an inch a paper like the Register and Leader saves 13 000 dollars annually in paper. A printing press breaks down mostly during peak times. A large job press in this office failed a week ago last Friday and was down for over a week. The electric power plant avoids fires in midsummer when light is unnecessary.

Chicago Tribune Register and Leader

Des Moines Register and Leader A Leader in Iowa News

The Des Moines Register and Leader calls itself Iowa’s best newspaper with the largest news service in the state. It promises early Iowa news and complete market reports and features cartoons by Ding. Subscriptions are $1.06 daily except Sunday through January 1, 1910. Postmasters, newsdealers, or publishers can arrange delivery or mail subscriptions.

Iowa Des Moines Register and Leader Ding Register and Leader Des Moines

Cow Puncher Opens at Armory Opera House

The Cow Puncher opens September 7 at the Armory opera house. It is praised as the best play of the season with the highest salaried company of players in popular priced theatres. Written by Hal Reid and managed by W F Mann.

Armory Opera House Hal Reid W. F. Mann

Interurban Plans New Depot in Ames Questioned

A report says the interurban company will build a new depot in Ames yet skepticism remains. The firm has promised to pay for its franchise with improvements, but observers note only a switch engine and a widened main street, not genuine upgrades.

Interurban Ames Iowa

Hall of Shame and Weather Notes Highlight 19th Century Gazette

A mixed page item details Fanny Mony eloping with Lester Traber before her wedding to a wealthy attorney, plus a weather summary noting mild warmth, Friday frost risk, and uneven rainfall across counties. It also reports a Davenport father beating his daughter, a carbolic acid incident, Johnnie Tyson's divorce suit, a Milwaukee corpse mystery, Boni de Castellane's bachelor pursuits, and a brief note on Marjorie Gould.

Fanny Mony Aurora Lester Traber Boni de Castellane Marjorie Gould Anna Gould Boni H. C.K

Property transfers list including multiple farm and city plots

Edgar John and wife transfer undivided half interests in sections 5 13 82 24 and 30 83 23 with rights of way. C G Lee and Bert B Welty to Shugart for portions of sections and plots. Emma V Snyder sells Burns addition Ames parcel. EK S Proper and wife convey one third in west 52 feet of east 75 feet of lots in Ames block 14 to Lee Doo little and G T Kooser.

The Little Siren in a Newspaper Rhyme

A nostalgic verse portrays a young girl who bravely asks for help after losing a dime while sent for bread. The speaker notes her innocence and wistful gaze as the scene hints at crime or hardship endured by a fair maid.

E. Kiser Record-Herald

Pointed Paragraphs from Chicago Daily News

Short, witty observations on men and women. A hard drinker draws the line at soft drinks and a dentist who cannot make a good impression. the piece uses sharp, humorous lines about appearances and dispositions.

Real estate transfers include to Sylvester Manning and others

T J Wilcox and wife transfer to W W Sylvester and M A Manning for 3509 beginning 16 rods east of Lincoln street Burns Ames adding 1 acre in south half of section 28 24 Clyde R Davis to J J Wilson for 1147 50 13 percent across with description across 30 feet from corner stone of no corner south half section 29 328 following: 54 rods south 40 rods west 54 rods east 40 to beginning Willard John and wife to P E Shugart undivided half in west half of section 30 8323 Elizabeth Livingston to Lars Ritland 1 north half NE section 13 82 24 Ritland heirs to Ritland 9760 south half NE NE ex right of way Newton Northwestern Railway se NE ex said

T. J. Wilcox W. W. Sylvester M. A. Manning Lincoln Street Burns Ames Clyde R. Davis J. J. Wilson Willard John P. E Shugart Elizabeth Livingston Lars O. Ritland Sarah Ritland Newton & Northwestern Railway

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