08 Sep 1904
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1904
Page
1
Story County notes good crops in Calhoun county and a calm goat season in Collins. County fair affected by rain but still a success with 4000 attendance on day two. Local deaths, theft, and legal actions noted alongside updates on schools, livery business, and new rural routes.
A Paris fellow died from a fatal poisoning after kissing his sweetheart. The incident highlights danger surrounding affection and the temperament of Parisian girls, described with local color and a dash of satire.
A candidate named Praiswater runs for the legislature on the prohibition ticket in Holt County Missouri. The local race could test the value of a name after the election results become known.
In Chicago a man hugged his sweetheart with such devotion that she suffered a broken arm and rib. Vermont's state election swung Republican by about thirty thousand, a result cited by party leaders as a predictor for November. Editorial note from Ames Times humorously clarifies the writers are a couple who use the collective term we, though one spouse was ill.
East party leaders backed Tom Taggart as campaign committee chair for Parker but he proves hard to manage and a committee auction is anticipated at any time, signaling mounting tensions within the drive.
Jon Trigg will move to Des Moines to edit the Weekly Register for the Register and Leader. Joe is a widely known editor and agricultural writer in the west, filling a long standing need of the old Weekly Register.
A fellow from Omaha sues a saloon keeper after a drunken altercation left him with a broken nose and shaken looks. The item weaves in jokes about Richard Harding Davis and Sioux City, notes mayoral bans on belly dancing at an interstate fair, and cites a Kansas Gazette piece on calm politics, plus 1904 political jibes and a North Western Line excursion to St. Louis for the World's Fair with low round trip fares from Ames.
The article paints Kansas as idle yet content, noting paid debts, bank reserves, and a clear conscience. It likens the state to a placid, well-ordered scene with a "tone" in the parlor, suggesting a stable, harmonious condition.
Real estate transfers include F M Darner to E G Gould for 12 block 16 Barnes Ames and multiple other lot sales in Ames with prices ranging from 100 to 3380 dollars. The week reports cooler weather, enough moisture for fall pasture and plowing, some wind damage, corn crop progress, and abundant apples and potatoes. fall plowing and hay cutting are under way.
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