Happenings in Missouri Poll Tax Suits and Prohibition Note
Prosecuting Attorney James Simrall filed multiple suits before Justice Richard Bruce at Liberty to test the new poll tax law. Road overseers face responsibility for taxes, Clay county intends strict enforcement, with many suits for 50 cents and others for the full 2 dollars. A new liquor type is described as produced in silos, avoiding taxation. Drought effects report slower corn growth but prospects of a good crop pending rain. farmers report strong wheat oats and hay, with several hundred cars of wheat shipped from wheat districts.
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James 8. Simrall
Richard Bruce
Liberty
Clay County
Missouri
Canada
Frog Buried Twenty Years Found in Old Well
Workmen excavating for Springfield's new convention hall uncovered a large bull frog at eight feet depth. The frog was found in an old well filled twenty years ago, hidden under a rock opening. It appears lively and will be kept as a curiosity.
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Springfield
Institute Drew Five Hundred at Limestone Valley Farm
A farmers institute near Sedalia drew about 500 attendees at Limestone Valley farm northeast of Sedalia. J. Kelly Wright of the Missouri University school of agriculture spoke in the morning while S. M. Jordan Pettis county bureau of agriculture spoke in the afternoon. The event was part of a farm based series replacing in town meetings, deemed more advantageous.
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Farmers’ Institute
Limestone Valley Farm
Sedalia
J. Kelly Wright
School of Agriculture
Missouri University
S. M. Jordan
Bureau of Agriculture
Pettis County
Editors in rift over politics duel injures three
Pearl Gunn, shot during a rival editors fight at Huntsville, is expected to recover after a bullet pierced just above the heart. John Hamilton sustained a hand wound and Van Davis a hip wound. none was seriously hurt.
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Pearl Gunn
John Hamilton
van Davis
Huntsville
Hamilton
Davis
Refugees from Mexico recount mine dynamiting near border
S. M. White and L. Thompson of Nevada arrived home from San Luis Potosi after eight years operating a gold mine. They tell of its destruction by Mexican rebels a month ago, about 600 miles south of the border.
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Nevada
S. M. White and
L. Thompson
Mexico
San _ Luis Potosi
Boy Kills Sister in Tragic Gentry Accident
Roy Cox 15 accidentally shoots his sister Melba 9 at Gentry while playing with a loaded life. The bullet strikes her heart and she dies. The incident involves a railroad worker family and highlights a dangerous unknown loaded firearm.
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Roy Cox
Melba
Gentry
Death in Sleeper's Walk at Crooked River
Erick Johnson a 45 year old Swede drowned in Crooked river at Lexington while with a camping party. He fell in the river during sleep walking and his hat and snuff box were seen floating.
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Erick Johnson
Crooked River
Lexington
Woman Fatally Struck by Fast Mail at Kingsville
Mrs Emma Williams, 60, was killed near the Kansas City Kingsville railroad when crossing the track she stumbled and fell in front of the Missouri Pacific fast mail. The engineer attempted to stop but the train, moving at high speed, could not be halted.
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Emma Williams
Kingsville
Missouri Pacific Fast Mail
Santa Fe Country Club Opens in Marceline
The Santa Fe Country club opens in Marceline with a $10 000 investment. The Santa Fe Railroad company awarded a $50 500 round house contract at Marceline and has allotted $30 000 for a new station and office buildings there.
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Santa Fe Country Club
Marceline
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Liberty Mayor Resigns Over Parkway Veto
Liberty mayor Webster Withers resigns after council overruns his veto to vacate part of a street for a college parkway around William Jewell grounds. Withers, a Jewell alumnus, leaves office amid the dispute.
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Liberty
Webster Withers
William Jewell College
Sedalia Robbery Targets Mrs Frye After Station Stop
Mrs Augusta Frye wife of Dr William Frye of Kansas City was held up in Sedalia and robbed of a handbag containing five dollars while walking from the Missouri Pacific station to her mother Mrs Peter Latsch’s home.
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Sedalia
Augusta Frye
William Frye
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Peter Latsch
Bryan Drew 3,000 at Pleasant Hill Chautauqua
William J. Bryan headlined the Pleasant Hill Chautauqua closing lecture drawing about 3,000 attendees. Organizers report strong turnout and hint at plans for next year.
Strike Shuts Prosperity Zinc Mills Amid Wage Battle
Three large concentrating plants of the American Zinc and Smelting company at Prosperity close due to a strike by shovelers demanding higher pay. Shovelers had just gained eight and one half cents an hour with small raises and labor on $25 to $40 weekly. Workers walked out after the firm refused a nine cent straight wage increase, about 300 men participating.
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American Zinc and Smelting Company
Prosperity
Missouri-Kansas-Oklahoma
Kellner Widow Reasserts Bid for Christian County Recorder
Mrs. Della Kellner, 18 year old widow of former recorder Chris Kellner, backed by four Springfield attorneys, renews her campaign for the Republican nomination to the Christian County recorder post she holds by gubernatorial appointment from Gov. Hadley. A circulating report questioned her eligibility if elected.
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Springfield
Della Kellner
Chris Kellner
Christian County
Hadley
Cole Younger Robbed at Chautauqua Lecture
Cole Younger was pickpocketed of 95 dollars while attending Bryan’s lecture at the Pleasant Hill Chautauqua. He notes it is his first experience of such theft and says he was chaperoning a Lee’s Summit party and was vigilant for their welfare. He cares more about being a victim than the loss itself.
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Cole Younger
Bryan
Pleasant Hill Chautauqua
Younger
Body Found in Field Ends Search for John Lewis
A week long search for John Lewis aged 60 of Gamma ended with discovery of his body in a field. A coroner's jury ruled death by own action with a bullet wound and a revolver nearby. Domestic troubles are blamed for the act.
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John Lewis
Gamma
Fowler Flew at Brookfield Airshow Flight
Aviator Fowler performed at the Brookfield fair with a special Kansas City train priority to rush the aeroplane. He stayed aloft for ten minutes reaching about 500 feet in height amid difficulties.
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Fowler
Brookfield
Brookfield Fair
Kansas City
Ex Senator Proctor Dies at Home in Sturgeon
James M. Proctor a former state senator and legislator, noted farmer and businessman of Sturgeon, died suddenly at his residence from apoplexy. He was born in Macon county in 1842.
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Proctor
James M. Proctor
Sturgeon
Macon County
State university allocates 1100 for Sedalia fair exhibit
The state university board of curators appropriated 1100 dollars for the university exhibit at the state fair in Sedalia in October. Fourteen professors and instructors were elected to fill vacancies.
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Board of Curators
the State University
Sedalia
Motorcycle Honeymoon Heads Toward Kansas City
A Fulton businessman Harry Backer and his bride Miss Ruby Thomas embark on a motorcycle honeymoon. They speed across the state toward Kansas City with their baggage sent ahead by express and plan multiple stops along the route.
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Harry Backer
Fulton
Ruby Thomas
Kansas City
Express
Poisonings Reported Near St. Joseph Farm
A farmer J. R. Giddens near St. Joseph reports a series of mysterious poisonings at his home. In the last month 19 persons were poisoned with one death, that of Laura Leavitt, the elderly mother of Giddens, prompting authorities to order an investigation.
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St. Joseph
J. R. Giddens
Giddens
Laura Leavitt
Giddons
Former Centralia Marshal Harrison Brown Dies at 73
Harrison Brown, 73, longtime Centralia town stable of the township and former city marshal for 16 years, died at his home. A Confederate veteran, he is remembered for his service to the town and state.
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Harrison Brown
Centralia
Five Hurt in Savannah Cordwood Crash
Five persons were injured when a car traveling from Maryville to St Joseph struck a cordwood pile in the road near Savannah and overturned. Two of the injured were thought fatally hurt.
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Maryville
St. Joseph
Savannah
Toured State Highway Party Heads East from Columbia
A party led by Curtis Hill and including Walter Williams Frank L. Martin and P B Venable left Columbia in Venable’s car to tour the eastern part of the state highway.
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Curtis Hill
Walter Williams
Frank L. Martin
P. B. Venable
Columbia
Mr. Venable
Canada Poised for Vast Grain and Coal Wealth Says Report
A Dominion Mines Department report outlines Canada's coal reserves at 73 billion tons bituminous 461 million tons anthracite and over 100 billion tons other grades implying a 6 166 year supply for good coal and 14 575 years including inferior grades. It notes growing immigration and bold agricultural expansion across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia aided by railroads and market growth.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Mines
Department
United States
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Prairie
Boarding house woman notes meat price rise in dining room
A Chicago boarding house keeper of twelve years warns boarders of higher meat prices in a neatly posted dining room notice. She explains beef mutton and veal costs have risen to Civil War era levels and anticipates complaints from boarders worried by the increases.
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Chicago
Good Time Coming Hopes Amid Reduced Rations
Quote from boarders about awaiting a better era as rations shrink and belts tighten. They express patience and a sense of endurance while waiting for relief. The remark conveys morale and shared hardship during a scarcity period.
Text interpretation prompting proverb lesson
A teacher asks Johnnie to explain the biblical phrase Unto him that hath shall be given while from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. Johnnie replies Uncle Bill says it means fat.
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Johnnie
Bill
Stubbs Wins Republican Nomination For U S Senator
Topeka Kansas report shows Gov Stubbs claimed the Republican nomination for United States senator despite Senator Curtis leading in popular vote by about four thousand to five thousand. Stubbs held about 81 of 165 districts contested while Curtis held 72. It requires 83 districts to nominate. Sedgwick County returns at midnight supported Stubbs granting him two districts to Curtis one.
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Topeka
Kansas
Curtis
Stubbs
United States
Sedgwick
Expose on Alien Contract Labor Law Probed in Boston
Arthur Saville of Bradford England faces a hearing on charges of importing mill operatives to replace strikers at New England mills. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and other strike leaders predict sensational developments as immigration officials were alerted. Twenty-five mill operatives bound for Barre from England were detained as witnesses.
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Boston
Mass
New England
Arthur Saville
Bradford
England
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Barre
Saville
Suffragist May Hutton Seeks State House Nomination
Spokane leader Mrs. May Ark wright Hutton announced her candidacy for state representative on the Democratic ticket. She pledges to refuse pay if elected, saying 60 days of service at the capital would cost no more than living at home and that she can afford to serve as an American citizen.
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Spokane
Wash
May Arkwright Hutton
Washington
Hutton
Flames Destroy Haitian Palace Kills President Leconte
In Port au Prince fire and an exploding powder magazine at the national palace claim the life of Gen Cin cinnatus Leconte president of Haiti. The president died while his family and many palace attendants perished or were injured in the disaster.
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Haiti
Port Au Prince
Cincinnatus Leconte
Republic of Haiti
Leconte
Britain Plans Exclusion From Panama Expo Over Toll Dispute
London sources say Britain may refuse to join the Panama-Pacific exposition if the United States does not settle Panama canal tolls. The issue hinges on whether the U S will favor American shipping, influencing Britain’s official participation decision.
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England
London
Eng
Great Britain
United States
Frontiersman Chalk Beeson Injured in Horse Accident
Noted Kansas frontiersman Chalk M Beeson thrown from a horse in Dodge City and may die from injuries. Beeson served as Ford County sheriff 1893 to 1896 and helped追追 pursue outlaws from the territory after the 1894 Spearville bank robbery. The confrontation near Ingalls Oklahoma led to the killing of Oliver Yantes, marking the Doolan gang's decline.
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Dodge City
Kan
Chalk M. Beeson
Kansas
Beeson
Ford County
Spearville
Chalk
Ingalls
Bill Doolan
Oliver Yantes
Doolan
Grand jury probes police blackmail case widens
In New York City cumulative evidence before the grand jury grows to four or five high police officials. Indictments are expected to be drawn soon.
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New York, N. Y
Two Die In Derailment Near Crescendo Junction
Two people are confirmed dead and about 20 were injured after a New York New Haven Hartford line freight train derailed near Cres- in Boston Massachusetts. Emergency crews assisted victims as investigators inspected the wreckage and recovered bodies. Investigators traced the derailment to a broken rail and slow-moving traffic surrounding the crash site.
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Boston
Mass
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Cres
Beyond Patience With a Telephone Caller
A man, after repeated busy signals and wrong exits, finally reaches Mr X. only to be told by a cold caller that he had rung to hand him a cigar. The humorous miscommunication ends with a sharp reveal.
Quaker Oath Shown in Family Dispute Tale
A Youth's Companion anecdote recounts two Quaker brothers quarrelling until the elder, angered, shook his sibling and exclaimed thee little you thee, then whispered don’t tell mother I swore as remorse followed.
The New Sport Turkey Trot Joke from Harper's Weekly
Uncle Silas quips about New Yorkers abandoning boss racing and embracing the turkey trot as the new sport. The boarder questions the excitement of the change, reflecting a humorous early discussion of popular dances or races.
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Uncle Silas
Harper’s Weekly
Foot Sleep Complaint Seeks Insomnia Solution
Patient reports frequent foot numbness or sleepiness and asks for help to relieve insomnia symptoms. Doctor suggests evaluation of sleep patterns and possible treatment options.
A Bad Break in the Slashes-Been Encounter
A brief clash recounted as a failed attempt at flirting by a Masher with a pretty suffragette JUDGE, leaving the event marked as a tense but nonviolent interlude.
Family Aunt Kansas Man Credits Postum For Health
A Kansas man tells how switching from coffee to Postum improved his health after years of stomach trouble headaches and fatigue. He notes his weight gain and better strength after the change and cites his cousin who also benefited. The letter, sponsored by Postum Co. Battle Creek Mich, ends with the slogan There’s a reason.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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