07 Sep 1893
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1893
Page
1
In Story County items discuss prohibition support among Republicans, court term dates and jurors, and local politics. Editor comments on party lines, newspaper economics, and local campaigns as Webster City and Madrid News report. CHauncey A. Weaver runs as independent for state senator.
The Colfax clipping recounts Saum near Kellogg joking about voting Democratic while sheep shearing. Ames urged relocation checks amid a prospering town. A boy burns from a stove, then Chamberlain’s Balm aids recovery. Bug antics at Boone feature a moth larva. Tom Carlton’s barn fire devastates his household with insurance covering losses amid ongoing distress.
A Chicago Tribune account tells of an elderly woman who stood at the door of a popular eating house, giving away bags of silver coins to hungry evacuees and weeping for lack of more to give. She vows to return, her tears likened to jewels in a royal crown.
Painie D Armour the prominent Chicago financier says funds flow freely again after a period of scarcity. He notes banks and savings institutions received offers of cash from eight sources including $250000 from New York and credits sentiment as the driver of this shift.
The Rev. RE C Moulton, former Congregational pastor, declares in Iowa that he has consistently opposed saloons and will vote against them again this fall. He supports local option as a pragmatic temperance measure and plans to back the Republican ticket, citing failures of statutory prohibition in parts of the state.
The Polk County prohibitionist Republicans held their county convention on Saturday. The roster includes Henry Stivers editor of the Des Moines Leader, Judge Harvey a longtime third party prohibitionist, Ed Hunter a Democratic leader, Leonard Brown, Jim Weaver, B O Aylesworth dean of Drake University, and John J. Hamilton of the Des Moines News. The piece criticizes the group as a shockingly unserious movement that has not voted the Republican ticket since Adam.
The text praises the Republican party in Iowa and its popular candidate. It notes good weather as beneficial and compares to Grover Cleveland's political actions, suggesting positive public sentiment toward the party this year.
A call urges people to retrieve hidden gold and silver from their yards and bring it back to the bank where it can benefit someone. The message frames the action as restoring value to secure funds and communal good.
Gene Roberts of the Ft. Dodge Messenger defends the temporary suspension of the Hamilton county bank. He argues it would be socially criminal to bankrupt borrowers to fund deposits and warns widespread bank runs would hurt lenders and borrowers alike. He insists farmers and businesses will repay and the bank remains sound.
The Iowa Central Railway advertises summer excursion tickets at low rates to Clear Lake Spirit Lake Lake Minnetonka Okoboji White Bear Detroit Devil’s Lake Moose Lake Spring Park celsior Springs Duluth Ashland West Superior St Paul Minneapolis and Colorado resorts. For tickets rates and information contact local agents or the Traffic Manager General Passenger Agent.
Wa H Farris of Wilton Wisconsin testifies that after doctors deemed his wife near death from asthma a bottle of Dr Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup gave near immediate relief and two bottles fully cured her, worth fifty dollars per bottle in his view.
Reduced fares apply to travel to Chicago with a round trip fare and a two dollar single fare. Tickets valid returning within a set number of days from purchase. One way rates also reduced to Chicago. For details on times and agents contact Iowa Central Railway via A F Banks or Thomas P Barry, Traffic Manager.
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