Ames Day At Story County Fair and Political Rally
The piece mentions Ames day at the Story County Fair and a Republican convention in Nevada to pick delegates for a Hampton district court nomination. It criticizes Governor Shaw and discusses Cummins and Blythe, praising loyal Republicans who thwarted an attempted override of the people in the senatorial matter.
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Ames
Story County Fair
Story County
Nevada
Hampton
Evans
Webster City
Freeman-Tribune
Shaw
Senator Gear
Cummins
Blythe
United States Senate
United States
The Outcast
Poet Walt Mason humorously laments his misery as women canned fruit dominate his home scene. He complains of smells, mess, and discomfort from jam making while describing peaches, apples, plums, and pears filling the space.
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Walt Mason
Grain and stock market updates via A J Clark broker
Chicago grain and stock market report carried by A J Clark broker notes sample prices for corn oats rye and timothy with closing and future delivery values. Prices show minor increases for corn and oats with various grades cited and futures for September and October surveyed.
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Chicago
A. J. Clark
Chicago Live Stock Market Report: Hogs Cattle Sheep
December wheat at 100 3 8 and corn 65 percent lead futures with oats at 48 7 8. May wheat 103 percent, corn 64 5 8, oats 51 3 8. Hogs receipts 14 000 left over 6 698 estimated 18 000 tomorrow. Market closed steady. Top 7 55, bulk 6 60 to 7 50. Light 6 60 to 7 30, heavy 6 60 to 7 55, mix 6 60 to 7 50, pigs 4 50 to 6 30. Cattle receipts 14 000 up 10c. Sheep receipts 30 000 steady.
Ames Churches Church of Christ Service Times
H D Williams pastor leads Bible school at 9 45 a m with preaching by the pastor at 11 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m at the Ames Church of Christ.
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Church OF Christ
Stiverson Sets Last Service of Conference Year
Pastor J. W. Stiverson conducts morning worship at eleven with the Lord's supper. A 7:30 Union Temperance Rally meets at the Armory. Preaching at Evergreen at 3 p m. This concludes the conference year on September 30.
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Union
Armory
Evergreen
Congregational Sermons and Union Rally Schedule
Pastor W J Minchin preaches in the morning at Kelley. A 2 30 p m service follows with a 7 30 p m Union Temperance Rally at the Armory.
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W. J. Minchin
Methodist Episcopal Church Services Announced
Andrew M. Shea pastorizes services at the rink with a 9 45 p m Sunday school and an 11 a m sermon. Epworth League at 6 30 p m followed by a 7 30 p m Union Temperance Rally at the Armory.
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Methodist Episcopal
Andrew M. Shea
Epworth League
Union Temperance
Armory
Barber Shop Ad Highlights Quality Service
An old classified style note promotes O. K. Barber Shop offering first-class ten sorial work by G. F. Kintsley. The fragment mentions contact or listing details with a date code 22-11.
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O. K
G. F. Kintsley
Traveling Man Recalls Rescue on Oregon Train
Sam A. Garber recounts aiding a feverish woman aboard an east bound O R N train from Pendleton to Le Grande Oregon. He used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to steady her, administering two doses with help from other passengers until she recovered before arrival. For sale by J B Cagwin.
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Pendleton
LeGrande
Ore
Sam A. Garber
le Grange
le Grande
J. B. Cagwin
Real Estate Transfers Reported Across Iowa Towns
A series of property deeds show transfers: Huntley to Gertrude Bradford for 1000 dollars, lot 10 block 7 in Ames. Read to W J and M E Zenor for 375 dollars, lot 4 block 5 Reads. Willie Scott to J H Spurling for 600 dollars, lot 3 block 7 Woods in Nevada. Tillie Donohue to Peter O Anderson for 1600 dollars, lots 6 and tik 50 S L Larson’s in Story City. J A Fitchpatrick to J E Brooks for 300 dollars, lot 6 bik A Scotts in Nevada. Ralph BE Huston to Mrs. Margaret Watson for 1000 dollars, lot 4 bik 3 Beard shears in Ames. O B Alderman and wife to Orrin Lash for 500 dollars, 120 by 129 feet, corner lot 6 w% nw fr 7 83 22. Walter Canady and wife to Joseph F Brnd for 3200 dollars, w 25 feet lot 4 bik 18 Ames. O H Cesna and wife to Arthur Mac Murray for 1700 dollars, lots 6 and 7 Gray & Cessnas sub div lot 4 Parker in Ames.
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Ames
Willie Scott
J. H. Spurling
Woods
Nevada
Tillie Donohue
Husb
Peter O. Anderson
S. L. Larsons
Story City
J. A. Fitchpatrick
J. E. Brooks
A. Scotts
Ralph BE. Huston
Margaret Watson
Beardshears
Ams
O. B. Alderman
Orrin Lash
Cor
Walter Canady
Joseph F
Notice of Will Probate in Story County Iowa
In District Court Notice is given there is an instrument purporting to be the last will of M. Gretten deceased on file in Story County. A hearing for probate is set for Tuesday September 29, 1908, during the September term. All interested persons may appear and show cause.
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State of
Iowa
Story County
District Court
Said County
M. Gretten
Notarized District Court Seal On Last Will In Nevada
A filed last will and testament faces objection in district court. The document bears the date September 1 1908 and includes signatures of clerk C M Soper and deputy B M Soper. The record notes a challenge to the will and references the Nevada county district court.
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Nevada
A. D
C. M. Soper
B. M. Soper
Taft and Foraker Meet in Toledo Over Republican Unity
At a G A R reunion in Toledo Ohio Taft and Senator Foraker publicly pledged party unity. They spoke of mutual respect and Taft’s fitness for the Presidency citing his wartime role and Panama Canal work. Foraker praised Taft’s experience and said electing him is essential.
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Taft
Foraker
United States
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Superior Court of
Cincinnati
Republican Party
Mr. Taft
Chicago
Tie
Tishon Fallows
Philippines
Panama Canal
Paite
Teft
Where Sherman Stands in Accepting Taft Endorsement
The speech defends the Republican record on labor with acts like the Eight Hour law Employers' Liability and child labor protections. It endorses Taft's Cincinnati declaration on injunctions and asserts equal rights before the law for all workers.
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Republican Party
District of Columbia
Mr. Taft
Beaten but Hopeful Bryan Charts Next Campaign
The poem imagines William Jennings Bryan and Jacob Kern aboard an old ship with Taft in the lead. It mocks Bryan’s repeated losses yet cast him as an enduring optimist ready to wait another four years to run again. The quip labels Bryan a lasting Democrat undeterred by defeat.
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Taft
Sherman
Bryan
Kern
Juiap
Equality of Opportunity for Wage Earners in Taft Speech
Taft argues the Republican program secures wage earners equal opportunity with employers. He cites employers liability acts, eight hour rules for government workers, and safety measures, plus a shift toward compensation and negligence-based rights, urging unions to amplify worker power while protecting unorganized labor.
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Republican Party
Taft Overrules Monument Rule To Aid Blind Visitors
The Washington Monument regulation was overridden to allow sale of souvenir postcards by the Columbia Polytechnic Institute. The institute, aiding blind adults to achieve independence, placed cards on sale atop the monument, sparking debate among sentimental observers about dignity.
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Washington Monument
Mr. Taft
Columbia Polytechnic Institute
United States
Blind auction cards restored under Taft aid
F B Cleaveland, principal, appealed to Secretary of War Taft to restore sale of the charitable cards. The secretary granted relief enabling the blind to benefit again. Cleaveland said Taft deserves gratitude from progressive blind aiding others. In Georgia electors must have a majority amid Bryanite retreat.
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F. B. Cleaveland
Institute
Taft
Cleaveland
Taft Promises Tariff Revision Versus Bryan Pledges
The Omaha Bee notes Taft can redeem his tariff pledge if elected while Bryan would be powerless with a Republican Senate opposing tariff reform and free trade.
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Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Senate
Union labor and politics in early 1900s New York
William H. Buchanan a leading western New York union man and 1907 Chau tauqua county Democratic assembly candidate responds to Mr. Gompers and endorses labor support for the Republicans. He argues union men fear Democratic disruption and wage uncertainty if Bryan is elected.
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William H. Buchanan
New York
Chautauqua
Gompers
Bryan
Republican Party
Minimalist Exchange Sparks Playful Purse String Debate
A humorous exchange between two boys features one mocking long words like hippopotamus and parallelogram. The other, leading a dog by rope, replies that his advantage is not needing to spell such terms.
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Emory English
H. D. Williams
United Brethren Church
J. W. Stiverson
Kelley
J. BE. Huntley
Gertrude Bradford
C. P. Ad Ames
M. Read
W. J
M. E. Zenor
O. H. Cesna
Arthur MacMurray
Gray & Cessnas
Parker Ad Ames
The
New York Sun
Republican Party and Labor
William H. Taft
Ance
of Labor
Georgia
Watson
Hisgen
Chefin
Bryanites
Ames Savings Bank
Iweiek Te
Asee Osc
Lalso
Inc
W.A. Perry
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