Theodore Roosevelt Jr Rides Balloon First Time
Theodore Roosevelt Jr took his first balloon ride last week. Teddy Jr. is expected to ride again in November as part of family plans. Ferdinand Shumaker founder of a breakfast food business in the country is dead under the circumstances. DeWitts Carbonized Witch Hazel Salvers praised for piles sold by Clay's drug store. A Joplin woman awarded flowers for whiling a man beating an overloaded team with a scoop shovel. A man with an arm off at the shoulder chosen treasurer of Alton township per the Republican. Missouri dry counties reduce beer inspection revenue by over $9,000 in March. The Sheldon Enterprise wagers a year’s subscription that the lightning strike on Dr. Taylor at Hume was the worse of the two.
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Sheldon
Taylor
Hume
Fragmented midwestern news items and oddities mix
A string of short notes covers diverse topics from a comic gag banter to a jailbreak with a spoon, legal actions against theater work on Sundays, political remarks about Attorney General Hadley, and local incidents in Missouri with a church scare and a reported horse theft.
Movement to install a pipe organ in Congress
A national movement seeks a pipe organ for Congress while other quips prefer a calliope or can-can band. Admiral Robly Evans to surrender Pacific fleet command to Rear Admiral Thomas in May. Various notices, ads, and local quirks color the page with political mentions, theater anecdotes, and medical product pitches.
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Congress
Robly D. Evans
Pacific Fleet
Chas. M. Thomas
Death Was On His Heels Mor ris of Skippere Va
Jease P Morris recalls a 1906 pneumonia scare that left him weak with a fearful cough. He credits Dr King s New Discovery with immediate help. After two and a half bottles he recovered, declaring it best for cat and lung disease worldwide. Sold with guarantee at Frank T Clay s drug store. 50c and 1.00 trial bottle free.
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Jease P. Morris
Skippere
Dr. King
Frank T. Clay
Dent County Democrats Denounce St Louis Dispatch Attack
The Dent County Democrats adopted a resolution scoring the St Louis Dispatch for its goscrupulous and scurrilous attack on leader William Jennings Bryan. They denounced the paper for false pretenses of Democracy and war on Democratic leaders and its alliance with the Republican party to defeat Democrats.
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Dent County
St. Louie
William Jennings Bryan
Republican Party
Muckraker Tarbell and a Kansan by Leap Year Tale
The passage recalls Ida Tarbell addressing the Kansas Editorial Association and joking about naturalization as a Kansan via marriage in 1908, a barber shop anecdote about a shaved patron and water spit, letters praising Cor nell and a Missouri drug store, plus a Telegraph item from Fulton about a sow found in a horse skeleton on the Hyten farm with a starving piglet.
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Milas Ida M. Tarbell
McClure
Kansas Editorial Association
Abe
Marriane
Misa Tarbell
Kansan
A Twenty Year Sentence From Bucklen's Arnica Salve
An 0.38 Woolver of LeRayeville N Y recalls a twenty year cure claim from Bucklen's Arnica Salve for bleeding piles. Ad notes the salve heals sores boils burns wounds and cuts, 25c at Frank T Clay's drug store. The Adrian Street Fair dates set for Sept 9 11 1908 and officers listed.
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Bucklen
Woolver
LeRayeville
N.Y
Frank T. Clay
Weather and local farm notes in a rainy Friday
Unieh Herait reports a rainy Good Friday. Mrs Georgia Hendricks progresses with her Bryan school. F Crust lost a yearling colt last week. Mrs Shirts ill near Freeze Out. Mr Lacocka ill with pneumonia for a week. W J Middleton, farmer near Mayesburg, sold hogs at Creighton last week. Mrs Tom Burris stayed with daughter Mrs Montie Hart to care for a sick baby. Reports mention wolves chased in bad weather and widespread chicken cholera among poultry causing farm losses.
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Georgia Hendricks
Bryan
F. Crust
Shirts
Lacocka
W. J. Middleton
Mayesburg
Creighton
Tom Burris
Montie Hart
Alek
Garress
Amsterdam Birth in Barron County and Local Movements
Amsterdam reports a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Barney. Thurman Armentrout and Lloyd Blake departed for western Kansas. Mrs W S Williame summoned to Cherryvale due to the illness of a daughter. Rev A C Lewin returned home from Butler. Mrs W A McBurney called to Kansasity for her daughter ill. Mrs W A Weatover and daughter visiting relatives in Towner. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup aids bowels and relieves inflammation. sold by Clay's.
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Thurman Armentrout
Lloyd Blake
Western
Kansas
Williame
Cherryvale
Kas
A. c. Lewin
T. P. Crawford
Butler
W. A. McBurney
Kansasity
B. I. Bunyard
W. A. Weatover
Towner
Wealthy Kansas editor built fortune from tiny start
An exchange notes a Kansas editor who began a business career ten years ago with five cents capital and is now valued at 100 000. The rise is attributed to frugality strict business discipline and a rich uncle's death leaving him 99 900 50. The piece suggests fortunes can grow in the newspaper business.
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Kansas
Centa Ia
Dusiness
Debut of Lee Spicer in Panama Hat Highlighted
The Cass County Democrat notes Lee Spicer, local manager of the St. J Hurley Lumber Yard, makes a spring debut with his panama hat. The piece mentions the annual spring house cleaning and his habit of donning the hat each season.
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Lee Spicer
Panama
Spicer
St. J. Hurley Lumber Yard
Cass County
Stone elevated to Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The Missouri senator, noted for long public service from Congress to governorship, has been named a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The promotion signals recognition by party leaders and enhances influence on treaties and U.S. stance toward world powers.
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Missouri
Committee On Foreign Relations
Sinator Stone
Congress
Washington
St. Louis Times
Electric Bitters Restored His Health After Near Breakdown
Nine years ago in Mill Creek Indian Territory Mr C Farth ing describes a near fatal decline until a bottle of Electric Bitters was recommended. He credits the remedy with restoring his health and notes he has remained well since. Sold with a guarantee at Frank T Clay’s drug store.
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Mr. C. Farthing
Mill Creek
Ind
Eleore
Frank T. Clay
Infant sinks in Rich Hill cistern tragedy
Ieane Engel, 11 months old, son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Engel of Rich Hill, wandered from his mother as she worked. A search found the baby’s body floating in a nearly full cistern. Rescue attempts failed and the child did not revive.
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Ieane
Jacob Engel
Rich Hill
Obituary for Mr J Andrews in Bates County Missouri
Mr J Andrews died Friday April 17 1908 at 1 30 pm at his home south of Ballard Spruce Township Bates County Missouri He was born January 10 1816 in Tennessee and came to Polk County in 1840 He married Amanda Bates at Springfield During the Civil War he moved to Cooper County then Saline and finally Bates County He is survived by eleven children five deceased and five living Will Andrews Nevada Missouri Lizzie Hays Butler Annis Short Jeh Hill Rebecca Murphy Richard Andrews and Mrs Johnson Canada The funeral was held at the home conducted by Brother Shelton and a large crowd attended He was described as a helpful neighbor and devoted father with a Christian faith remembered by family and friends
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Ballard
Spruce Township
Bates County
Mr. Andrews
Polk County
Amanda Bates
Springfield
Polk
Cooper County
Saline County
Johnson
Brother Shelton
Mlllesson
Johnstown
Andrews
Eithien
Ife
Calvery
Missouri Pacific Time Table at Butler Station
Corrected timetable listing Missouri Pacific routes for Butler Station with local freights and limited passenger service. Includes route designations, station notes, and timetable numbers, ending with agent C. Vaypavmour.
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Missouri Pacific
Butler Station
Boce D
Joplin & Thwest Mall
A.camall & Express
Home Seekers Excursion to Many States and Mexico
An advertisement announces excursion routes to Alabama Arizona Arkansas Colorado Georgia Idaho Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Mexico Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming with trips on third Tuesdays at set rates plus 2.00 for round trip. It lists fares to Los Angeles San Francisco Santiago Portland Oregon Tacoma Seattle and other California points 12 0 for some destinations and Mexico City fare 54 90. Sale runs March to April 1908 under K. E. Vaspeaveonr.
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Georgia
Idaho
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Louisiana
Mexico
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Virginia
Washington
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Los Angele
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Cley
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Cash Prizes For Good Fiction In The Bohemian
The Bohemian of Deposit New York announces substantial cash prizes for good fiction. Next month The Cutting Press publications The Bohemian and The Voting Magazine will print particulars of the prize offer to encourage non professional writers. The best story wins regardless of the author’s prior publication, with prizes likely going to new names.
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Bohemian, Deposit
N. Y
The
Bohemian
Governor Falk Plans Large Photo Hangers For Senate Campaign
Preparatory to his bid for the United States Senate Governor Falk has ordered many photographs enlarged to 6 by 10 inches to serve as campaign hangers in prominent places. Previously, sending out portrait tokens was a single day practice only on February 14.
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United States Senate
Falk
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