Ryan Booms Cockrell in Democratic presidential talk
In Lincolns Worthy to be Considered Among Those Eligible to Demo cratic Nomination William J Bryan urges Francis Marion Cockrell of Missouri as a presidential candidate. Cockrell reportedly not a candidate, while Bryan praises his character, experience, and integrity and argues he would unite party factions.
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Linewin
Neb
Commoner
William J. Bryan
Senator Cockrell
Missouri
Francis Marion Cockrell
Kansas City Platform
Becauce
Cockrell
Remedy for Constipation Promises Daily Bowel Movement
A reader from Wiehlta Kansas endorses Hirschman or a similar laxative to keep the body healthy, claiming daily bowel movements purge poisons. The letter cites ten years of use and notes availability for 50 cents at H L Tucker's Drug Store.
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G. 1 Edwards
Main St
Wiehilta
Kansas
H. L. Tucker
Corporations Hit Hard on 1903 Tax Assessments
Jefferson City August 15 1903 state board of equalization raised the tax assessment of major rail and telegraph properties in Missouri Kaneas City Metropolitan Street Railway 500000 Missouri and Kaneas Telephone 500000 Missouri Pacific led increases totaling 1045000 Frisco system about 600000 Burlington 280000 Kansas City Southern 4 million Watash 200000 St Paul 375000 St. Joseph street railways 150000 Bell Telephone 100000 Rock Island slight decrease only telegraph and Rock Island railroad left unchanged Grand totals show real estate 85 545451 personal property 258575234 and combined telegraph railroad and telephone property 125495485 sum 1222715510.47
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Jefferson City
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Kaneas City
State Board of Equalization
Missouri and
Burlington
Kansas City Southern
Watash
St. Paul
St. Joseph Street Railways
Bell Telephone
Telegraph
Rock Island Railroad
Prisco
Heal
Water For a Coil and Malaria Remedy Ad
Alight at this time of year and in this climate malaria is a concern. A yawn fatigue and chill precede symptoms. Herbine stimulates the liver to drive malarial germs from the system, purify the blood, and restore energy. 50c at H L Tucker's Drug Store.
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H. L. Tucker
Fourteen Masked Men Slay Sheep Herdsman in Montana
Dupyer Montana reports four dozen men seized a herder from Joe Sturgeon's sheep camp last night. They rode him ten miles into the mountains and whipped him to death, shot many of his sheep, and drove the rest away. Sheriff Taylor and a posse pursue the masked attackers.
Crazy Twigg Massacre Strikes Winfield Crowd
In Winfield Kansas on August 14 Gilbert Twigg a 30 year old miller went on a rampage during a weekly band concert killing four and wounding twenty or more. He fired from alleys at the crowd then shot himself after being shot by Officer Nichols. Twigg had a troubled history and recent trouble with Baden mills.
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Winfield
Kan
Caman
Gilbert Twigg
Twigg
Oliver
Nichols
Baden Mills
New Mexico
Philippines
Montana
Old family feud ends in killing near Ozark Missouri
In Springfield Missouri on August 13 Jim McCoy shot and killed John Hancock his brother in law following a long family feud. The two fought before with knives and Hancock survived a severe prior injury. The latest confrontation occurred near Vaughan farm on the Ozark Forsyth road with Constable Jake Kessinger present. McCoy fled behind a tree then fired, Hancock died almost instantly. McCoy was arrested and a murder in the first degree information filed with bond set at 24000. Hancock was son of Matt Hancock veteran and linked to Civil War era raids. McCoy is son of Captain John McCoy, a noted ante bellum Missouri politician.
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Springfield
Jim MccCoy
John Hancock
Ozark
Hancock
McCoy
Vaughan Farm
Ozark and Forsyth Road
Jake Kessinger
MeCoy
Haye
Matt Hancock
Missouri
John St. Kelso
John McCoy
A Rural Life Joke That Ended In Disaster
A humorous ballad recounts a farm family misreading a father’s blunt talk about work and survival. The narrator recalls childhood chores in a harsh farming setting, a mother’s paring critique, and a punchline about the father’s blunt “word paintings” that only later make sense. C. L. Epson.
Corks Mayor A Boyish Baronet Of Cork City
Cork mayor lord mayor Fitzgerald is created a baronet by King Edward for hospitality to the royal party in Cork. He is a builder who handles municipal contracts and is nicknamed up with the shaft for payments on completion. He jokes with royals and boasts of a London trip in October.
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Dublin
Fitzgerald
Cork
Edward
New York Bowery Order
Prince Henry
Prussia
Emperor William
Duke of Connaught
Countess of
Bandon
London
Sethe
Calamity Jane dies as frontier legend endures
The obituary notes Calamity Jane's death renews focus on her eccentric frontier persona shared with Gen. Custer and Wild Bill Hickok. It recalls layered lore about her disguises, alleged acts in the Jack McCall case, and later Montana ranch tours that drew paying visitors, highlighting her lasting romanticized role in border history.
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Deadwood
Jane
Custer
Wild bin” Hickok
Jane Cannary
West
Willy
Isto
Jack McCall
Wild Bill
Miles
Terry
Crook
Montana
Debilitating Summer Tonic Promises Appetite Restored
A Bayview advertising notice touts a tonic that acts as a laxative and restorative to combat heat induced weakness. It claims to boost appetite, regulate bowels, and energize the liver, attributed to Dr. Newton and sold by L. Tucker's Drug Store in Newton, Kansas.
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H.j.foe
Areca
Newton
L. Tucker
Missouri Pacific Excursions to ElDorado Springs Tourist Trip
Missouri Pacific offers daily sales for an ElDorado Springs excursion with a return limit of 50 days and a round trip fare of one and one third. Agent H. K. Stranks oversees bookings.
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ElDorado Springs
H. K. Stranks
Agt
Graceful Women and the Desire for Figure Shape
An 1890s era promotional note links feminine beauty to floral imagery and promotes Bradfield's Female Regulator as a cosmetic cure for wrinkles cheeks and nerves. The fragment mentions Atlanta Georgia and market language aimed at women seeking aesthetic improvement through unnamed tonic claims.
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Bradfield
Bradfield Regulato CO
Atlanta, GA
Kansas Wheat Crop Greatest In History
Topeka August 15 the wheat crop of 1903 is the greatest in Kansas history. Output totals 90,270,000 bushels with an average of fifteen and ten tenths bushels per acre. The report by Secretary Coburn of the state board of agriculture cites a new record by a quarter of a million bushels, surpassing 1900's 90,035,000 bushels.
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Topeka
Kansas
Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Derailed Katy Passenger Train Injures Twenty-One Near Nevada
Nevada Mo August 11 A northbound Katy flyer was derailed seventeen miles north of town at 11 30 last night Two cars splintered several derailments affected the train Two operators and six others were reported injured in the wreck as authorities investigated the cause and the line was shut briefly for cleanup and inspection
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Nevada
Lynching Reported Near Hartefield Georgia
Albany reports say a white man named Thompson and a negro named King Wightman were lynched Thursday at Hartefield for assaulting a white woman. Police deny the alleged lynching. two men accused by Mrs Mathias were jailed in Moultrie after officers escaped a mob.
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Albany
Thompson
King Wrightman
Hartefield
King Wightman
Jamaica Storm Swept Damage Across Island
Kingston reports a devastating hurricane causing about 2.5 million dollars in damage yesterday and last night. Suburbs were swept, homes unroofed, and utilities like railway and telephone lines disrupted. Ships in harbor including Rescue and Galatis damaged, with broader shipping losses and a long banana industry recovery ahead.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Halifax
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Missouri Pacific Excursions
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Tintin
Peegoe
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New York
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Vetaua Company
Bates County Investment Co
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