Ames Times Satirical Notes on Poles and Politics
The Ames Times comments on the fair weather, Labor Day, and then jokes about Cook and Peary racing for the north pole. It notes Sen Cummins backing L H Kurtz for Des Moines postmaster, mentions Will Rehkopf in beans, and mocks Taft's suffrage stance with too many ifs. The column also recalls Gov. Steunenberg's murder and Harry Orchard’s conversion.
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Walt
Welleman
North Pole
Cook
Cummins
L. H. Kurtz
Des Moines
Joe Myrely
Tales From The Times A Roundup Of Quips And Local Notes
A collage of items from Chicago to Ames includes jokes about sawdust alcohol, dress codes at ports, school first days, a Des Moines divorce suit, and WWI era humor. The piece blends urban oddities, literary quips, and social witticisms with local booster tone and nostalgic Boone Independent flavor.
Richard W Sears Retires After Selling Sears Shares
Richard W. Sears of Sears Roebuck & Co. sold his stake for 25 million dollars and retired at forty five. Critics say mail order houses offer low prices while others note large profits from the sale and business downsizing.
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Richard W. Sears
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Plant a Walnut Tree for Timber and Forest Restoration
Farmers should plant walnuts as the seed is easy to obtain and requires little care. Walnut timber is becoming scarce, so dropping a nut in the ground can grow a tree and help forests recover.
Private drinking cup plan to cut disease risk on C N W line
J C Davis attorney for the Northwestern line says the C and N W Ry will be first west line to adopt private drinking cup system. Travelers can buy a paper mache cup for a penny at stations. Old fountains remain but cups offer a disease risk reduction over germ infested tin cups.
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J. C. Davis
New Transfer Co Acquires Wakefield Line in Ames
The New Transfer Co announces the purchase of Wakefield Transfer Co’s line serving Ames and the college. They offer all transfer services with neatness and dispatch and advertise Haverly Transfer line with both phones available.
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Ames
College
Wakefield Transfer Co
Haverly
Hall of Shame and Odd Tales From the West
Web ster City man set fire while smoking in bed but the house was saved. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw won money at roulette in Moana Springs Nevada. A Minsk tailor received four months for twenty six wives. A Yonkers girl survived a fifth suicide attempt by train after a railroad official intervened. A Dutch dairy worker in Des Moines was knocked down by a scoop shovel after approaching an Italian doorway girl.
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Charley Evans
Webster City
Yonkers
N. Y
Red Light
Des Moines
Pointed Paragraphs On Merits And Mishaps In Daily Life
A collection of pithy maxims on expectations honesty and practical wisdom. Juxtapositions include a prohibitions lecturer a chiropodist in a corn field and the busy bee versus hindrance and the mosquito signaling bars. It muses on money health perception and merit with a wry tone.
Iowa Game Law Snapshot for Fall and Winter Seasons
The text outlines hunting and fishery prohibitions and license costs. Prohibitions include use of traps, hunting after sunset, killing certain species, disturbing nests, and using explosives. Season dates apply to various birds and fish sizes. License fees listed: residents 1.00 and non residents 10.00 per year. Hunters must carry licenses afield.
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Iowa
A True Fish Story From a Ledge Adventure
The narrator recalls fishermen as cheerful liars until a trip with George Brunton to a ledge yields proof of the big catch. They haul a massive fish so large it needs tools to divide it, with George himself cooking the meal after the haul.
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George
Brunton
Steve
Savery
Isaac Walton
George Brunton
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Ames Times
Post Office
Peary
Sioux City
Taft
W. EB. Bomberger
Will Rehkopf
Gowrie News
Harry Orchard
States
Idaho
Gov. Steunenberg
Chicago
Wilson
Loeb
Baird
Des Moines Humane Society
Record-Herald
Texas
Massachusetts
Clyde Fitch
America
France
Fitch
Doyen
Paris
Joe
Timbue
Nome
Edmund Vance
Lyceumite
Gates Harpers
Harry Frampton
Rob Lynch
James Ford
Henry Steele
Hugh Golden
Welin
Bingstrom
Boone Independent
TIMES
NEW Transfer CO
the Hall OF Shame
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Moana Springs
Nev
Evelyn
Minsk
Russia
John’s
C. E. Holmes
Beulah
Straw
Geo. E. Burton & Company
the Clothes Shop
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