15 Sep 1892
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1892
Page
1
Remarkable notes mix political jabs with banking data as Iowa waves at 1892 campaigns. Mentions Ames petition for mail on a morning flyer and Nancy Hanks comparisons, plus June 30 1892 bank deposits totaling 42 476 391 69 with strong year over year gains.
The Chicago News notes voters shift from Cobdenism to protection in 1887 style debates as McKinleyism grows. It warns Cleveland’s team must counter Watterson’s free trade plank to avoid a November setback. The Webster City Herald discusses rubber tracks and a mile in two minutes trotting possibility with timed starts and adjustable tension.
A wedding gift of champagne to a city editor backfires as an inky misprint turns the bride and groom into a circus act. Readers note the gag and the paper’s advert becomes a mock spectacle. The Sioux City Journal reports Pullman car taxes paid in Iowa ending seven years of delinquency, easing county penalties and pleasing Attorney General John Y. Stone.
The Tur Chicago Inter Ocean reports Iowa Governor Boies will tour for campaign speeches. It notes he won’t rely on past tactics like the old bottle of No 16 Dutch sugar to sway juries and hints at new strategies to win support.
An exchange notes a writer’s claim that the prime of life is before forty. It argues there are many exceptions with men who rise to fame after forty and prove the later years can surpass earlier ones.
Abraham Lincoln delivered his first political speech in 1832 as a candidate for the Illinois legislature. He announced support for internal improvements and a high protective tariff and pledged gratitude if elected, and equal indifference if not.
A state fair observer reports a milk milking machine that works by suction and could dry a cow quickly. The piece cites broad interest in dairy efficiency and notes other topics from prohibition campaigns to weed control and political commentary.
The piece recalls John L. Sullivan's rise as a national hero and world champion and details his decline into braggadocio. It notes public anger and loss of confidence after his behavior, contrasting with Corbett's upset win and the Times stance that Corbett could not beat Sullivan but was pleased by the outcome.
The item notes a German suggesting phenyldiamine as a hair dye. It adds a quirky aside about a man who would dye himself if very interested, possibly of law. It also mentions Hon. Joan I. Buarr, a lead figure in building the cage and Northwestern railroad from Chicago to Council Bluffs, living in Blairstown New Jersey and having just celebrated his sixth birthday.
The Durham Globe denounces the Democratic ticket and accuses northern politicians of theft and pillage, calling for Democrats in Congress to confront them. The item laments the euphemistic rhetoric of the “new south” while criticizing veterans and anti north rhetoric.
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