Congress Campaign News and Local Happenings Summary
In SharKey County a treasury shortage is noted while Texas sells the first cotton bale for 180 dollars. King Edward’s coronation is provisionally set for August 15. Bees occupy the capitol eagle in Jackson. Senator McLaurin spoke at Gloster’s Confederate reunion and may speak at Iowa settlers’ event next month. A Kansas City cotton mill plan envisions 10 million dollars, 4,000 workers, and 2,000 acres, with 3.1 million dollars in stock subscribed.
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A. J. McLaurin
Iowa
Senator McLaurin
United States
Kansas City
Volunteers skin graft for teen saved by workers at American Felt
In Glennville Connecticut two hundred American Felt employees volunteer skin grafts for Mary Affeldt a 19 year old weaver injured when loom gear pulled hair from her temples scalp and part of an ear. Doctors believe grafts can save her with the workers' donated skin. The anecdote about George Washington and a schoolboy underscores honesty and public virtue amid editorials on state dog taxes and a Sunday School Convention program at Johnson Hall with a large crowd and a profit focus.
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American Felt Company
Glennville
Conn
Mary Affeldt
Rankin County Sunday School
Johnson Hall
Programme of Devotion and Meetings Listed
A historical program lists devotional exercises conducted by Rev. H. P. Lewis with welcome by L. McCaskill and responses by D. Maum. Music sections, annual addresses, and discussions on the relation of pastor to Sunday School led by M. E. Melvin and Rev. W. Morse are noted along with committees, officer elections, and lesson guidance. A quoted American paper mentions blue eyes among railroad men and pilots.
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H. P. Lewis
L. McCaskill
D. Maum
Py Cibeeges
G. Music
Fee
M. E. Melvin
W. WM Morse
Een
L. Evans
Julia Walker
E. L. Jones
Usic
Bessie McCaskill
Eas
S. Culpepper
Dr. J. O Ales Namny
Advise on Education and Civic Responsibility Across Counties
A collage of quotes advocates extending the county school term and funding a special county tax for education. Emphasizes rural literacy, practical schooling for country children, and the belief that useful citizens come from the countryside. Includes editorials praising honest payers and scolding idle youth.
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Newton County Reporter Index
Infringing on Woman's Franchise at Jersey City Station
The Baltimore Sun reports the Pennsylvania Railroad has ordered Jersey City station employees to stop all kisses exchanged on arrival or departure. The note calls the move serious, arguing women prize the right to kiss highly and may endure hardship to kiss friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Jersey City
Baltimore Sun
Brigham Young Family Reunion Planned
Descendants of Brigham Young organize a large open air family reunion in Salt Lake City. The Mormon leader had fifty six children, forty survived him, plus 29 grandchildren and 745 great grandchildren, totaling over 1,000 descendants.
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Brigham Young
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Let Her Stretch on Fourth of July Crowd
A July Fourth orator extols America from Atlantic to Pacific and Great Lakes to the Gulf. A drunken man in the crowd interrupts with a loud shout, cry of let her stretch, heard by all.
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America
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Gulf
Granny
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Featured for Piles and Skin Ailments
Advertisements quote 8 R Meredith praising DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles and skin wounds. A. G. Thornton promotes Chamberlains Stomach & Liver Tablets for stomach disorders, priced 23 cents per box. Also touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a pleasant remedy, claimed to cleanse strengthen and regulate the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
R. Meredith
Willow Grove del
A. G. Thornton
Chamberain
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Cures Gasoline Stove Burn
A report from Kirkman Iowa describes a severe burn from a gasoline stove that tormented a woman with a running sore. N. J. Palmer touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as entirely curing her, claiming it heals cuts sores boils bruises and skin diseases faster than doctors. Available for 25 cents at A. G. Thornton A. L. D. Rhodes Pelahatchie and A. G. Norman Cato.
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N. J. Palmer
Kirkman
Bucklen
A. G. Thornton
A. L. D. Rhodes
Pelahatchie
A. G. Norman
Cato
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