One Regiment Remains in Springfield After Mob Rule
Springfield, Aug 21. Military rule ends as militia is reduced to one regiment and civil authorities take over. First cavalry broke camp at daybreak. Seventh infantry patrols withdrawn. Sheriff Werner boosts deputies. city police reinforced. Early Friday mild incidents with one shooting report in the northeast. Kate Howard indicted for malicious mischief and robbery, bail set at 10,000 amid restaurant cases.
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Springfield
Ill
First Cavalry
Seventh Infantry
Werner
Kate Howard
Parker Speaks on Tariffs and Corporations in Seattle Meeting
Hon Alton B Parker spoke at the Coliseum in Seattle in a joint King County Democratic club and Bryan Volunteers event attended by about 1 000 people. He attacked big corporations and the tariff system, urged lowering tariffs, opposed federal corporate control, and proposed jail terms for officers who fund campaigns. Delaney Nicol of New York followed with a brief address.
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Seattle
Wash
Alton B. Parker
King County Democratic Club
Bryan Volunteers
Judge Parker
Delaney Nicol
New York
Sherman backs Hughes for governor in Roosevelt talk
James S Sherman announced after a Sagamore Hill conference with President Roosevelt that consensus favored nominating Governor Hughes to succeed himself. He said the view did not reflect any individual but rested on Hughes being the stronger choice amid New York state political questions.
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New York
James S. Sherman
Jt—de Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Hughes
New York State
Taft critiques Democratic tariff shifts and money reform
In an August speech in Hot Springs Virginia Judge Taft traces Democratic tariff policy from 1893 to 1896. He argues repeal of the McKinley tariff and the Gorman-Wilson plan led to industrial decline and that the silver standard would worsen debts. He credits the 1897 switch to the Dingley tariff and honest money with renewed prosperity and criticizes financial greed. Nearby, in Warner Junction, three bodies wrapped in blankets were found, two adults and a child, likely murdered, with burial presumed.
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Virginia
Taft
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Warner Junction
Denison
Aus
J W Batts Real Estate Agent Listing
J W Batts real estate agent offers office opposite Brazos Court House with the only abstract set of Brazos County land titles. Properties include a corner lot brick house with cistern and six-room blocks, priced at 1050 dollars, and a one-quarter block with a one-family house on the east side, price 1000 dollars. Terms: one-quarter cash and two to three years on balance, with reasonable interest.
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Taliaferro
Court House
Iave
Brazos County
J. W. Battsrew
Chicago riot on Milton Avenue disrupts traffic
Several persons were slightly hurt as whites and negroes clashed at the corner of Chicago on Milton avenues using bricks and stones. A patrol wagon with police responded to a riot call. combatants dispersed when the officers arrived. Also, in Fine Coal Vein Texas a coal vein was discovered twelve miles northwest of Graham.
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Milton Avenues
Graham, Tex
Graham
Just a Change
A brief humorous exchange from the Lewisville Courier Journal where Tired Tiffins explains he was once lame but now claims there is not enough in it to change. The dialogue plays on dialect and perception.
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Lewisville Courier-Journal
Honest Americans and a German Visitor Perception
A German manufacturer visiting New York witnessed shop lifters at a newsstand and a weekly payment habit. He then observed a restaurant cashier accepting an unpaid lunch on credit, and the couple settled the bill with a later check, prompting the German to exclaim Grossartig.
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Germany
United States
New York
Chicago News
When He Would Keep a Silver Salver
Francois Coppee shared with Theodore de Banville the wish to join the academy. Banville declined to canvass and said if offered the nomination he would keep the silver salver rather than seek the seat. The brief anecdote reflects the contrasting attitudes toward literary honor.
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Francois Coppee
Academy
Theodore de Banville
Banville
Man Warns Against Storing Money in Banks
An old citizen warns of bank risks. He recalls a man who lost $5,000 kept there and advises his son Bill to bury money and guard it with a shotgun for life, echoing a cautionary tale from the Atlanta Constitution.
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Flere
Bill
Atlanta Constitution
Verbal Bracer From Clubmen Joke
A light anecdote notes one clubman says his wife makes a cocktail when he returns frazzled while another quips he only gets a chin fizz at home. The item reflects social club humor in a St. Louis Republic caption.
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St. Louis Republic
Wart superstition in England deceives youths
In the west of England boys squeeze a mole to death and touch affected parts with its blood hoping warts disappear. They believe subterranean creatures feel pain, justifying the act as not cruelty.
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England
Scarcity of English Humor Commentary
A London Saturday Review critique laments the lack of wit noting there would be weeks with no wit if a weekly humor corner existed. It argues a feeble imitation passes as the saving sense of humor and describes current tastes as stale.
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London Saturday Review
Lane San Antonio Visitor Tall Brazos Leader Eyes Congress
J Felton Lane of Hearne district attorney for Robertson Brazos Milam counties visited San Antonio during the Democratic State convention with his wife and daughter. Known as The Tall Sycamore of the Brazos he stands over six feet and 200 pounds praised for legal talent and eloquence. Lane has long led Hearne politics and was renominated for district attorney, with talk of a congressional bid in two years if he chooses to run.
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Lane
San Antonio
J. Felton Lane
Hearne
Robertson
Brazos
Milam
Texas
Robertson County
Bailey
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