Political bosses play hard in a Missouri letter
Reuben Hardscrabble laments machine politics in Washington and state races. He rails at Senators Gore and Sullivan, Tom Taggart, and Bryan figures, arguing how promises and jobs buy votes. The letter condemns political scheming and the blunt street talk cites Chicago influence and a hotel room scandal.
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Tom Taggart
Indiana
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Oklahoma
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Elusive penny puzzle and high cost of living notes
Local items discuss the mystery of the penny in a cartoon-like calculation with 60 apples and 5 for 2 cents. The piece cites the New York Press cabbage tale and outlines escalating living costs. It notes postal fraud losses at 129 million dollars and calls for tougher mail regulations, with scattered local references.
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Burwell Sayers Dairy Price Ad Scribbles
An old classified ad fragment lists cream pricing, cash for poultry and eggs, Peters Produce Go, C J Porter offering timothy seed at $2.00 per bushel, and several bushels for sale at $7 per bushel. Also mentions Cassity calling Monday and ordering home goods or perhaps repairs.
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