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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
3
In Washington the superintendent of the money order system cites evidence of strong demand in the West for a government savings facility. The piece notes the money order system’s establishment and argues for a public savings institution to protect and collect the people’s deposits.
United support from Chicago labor and clergy for postal savings banks signals strong push for reform. Clergy letters cited, highlighting harmony between workers and church leaders while urging congressional action on a system to protect small savings.>The passage also notes broad public notices and disparate local anecdotes surrounding economic and social issues of the era.
The Chicago Record discusses not yet accessible banks and the use of money orders as a savings vehicle. It notes many buyers use orders to stash cash securely, with voids and renewals handled by Washington officials. Clergymen and labor leaders support postal savings banks as a societal improvement.
In a broad push for thrift the proposal envisions a national postal savings system backed by government credit. Clergy endorse accessible certificates of deposit and low minimums, arguing saving fosters prosperity, morality, and stabilization of finances amid failing private banks.
Under Sept 17 Jas Thomas writes from Lordsburg California to F N Fowler describing a busy fruit season. Neighbors dried over two tons of prunes and likely more than that of apricots while peaches are now being dried. A man with a seventy acre fruit ranch shipped three carloads last year. Towns feature large packing and drying houses and a mile east there are more facilities.
Travel offer from the Upper Iowa Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church for October 5 to 12. Round trip tickets at one third off on certificate plan available for sale three days before or during the meeting and valid for return within three days after. Inquire Maple Leaf Agents.
The certificate plan on the Maple Leaf Route via Chicago Great Western Bay provides one third fare for attendees of the National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers annual convention on October 5 and 6. Maple Leaf Agents can provide full details to interested travelers.
Tuesday October 5 marks another Homeseekers Excursion on the Maple Leaf Route via Chicago Great Western Bay with low rates splended service liberal stopovers and three weeks return. Tickets available to nearly thirty states encouraging trips to the Northwest West Southwest and the South with a fallback on October 19 if unavailable. Maple Leaf Agent offers detailed information.
Forty acre tracts in good state of cultivation with a well and windmill. Large house barn and tanks. 120 acres located four miles north of Ames and three miles south of Gilbert. Offers invited at reasonable terms. Willing to trade some town property in Ames at a fair price. Call or address within two months.
A Republican electors caucus will be held at Ames city hall on Saturday October 2 1897 at 2 oclock p m to nominate a trustee for the full term a justice of the peace a constable and a road supervisor to fill vacancies and to transact other business. H ChristMan.
Parties knowing themselves indebted to Bingham & Co must make immediate settlement by cash or note. Responds L. H. Binenam. Farmers urged to inspect the new shoveling boards at the Fence Factory touted as the best. Children’s suits ages 5 to 13 closing at 75 cents at Soper.
The lender announces readiness to loan money on solid real estate security with favorable terms and liberal payment options, signaling Strory County Bank confidence.
The Belgian mercenary and former Russian army commander Duke Charles de Croy, buried in Revel near the Gulf of Finland after mummification due to unpaid debts, has been reburied in a new coffin in the Lutheran church vaults amid official ceremony. The event closes a curious chapter in sepulture history.
In Ber Rien county Michigan farmers in Weesaw township celebrate Mathew Paddock’s discovery of Spanish and Mexican coins unearthed during plowing. The find fuels an old legend of a buried treasure dating to 1700 and draws many locals away from work to search for more riches.
Shake Into Your Shoes. Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves painful swollen smarting feet and bunions. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy and cures sweating callouses and hot tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores. mail order 25c stamps. Trial package and address in Le Roy New York.
A dialogue from a New York World cartoon shows Mrs. Kostic chiding her husband over an introduction to a young man, labeling him half-witted, while Mr. Kostic retorts that the estimate is high and suggests quarter-witted would be closer.
Short dialogue excerpt from Indianapolis Journal showing Wickwire and Yabsley discussing dress and manners, hinting at a social context and domestic advice between the two parties.
The Luck family became stranded in St Louis and received aid from the Provident Association to secure meals and shelter, ending their difficulties with community assistance.
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