Dry vote in Higginaville spurs local option election
Higginaville Missouri voters chose dry by 188 last Friday. Platte county court calls Local Option election for Saturday March T. Reports note 148 vote majority in Warrensburg and a landslide in Ray county opposing saloons. Local humor and ads mix with markets and health products from Clay's drug store.
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Higginaville
County Court of
Platte County
Warrensburg
Ray County
Richmond
Sour Stomach and Old-Time Washington Editor Tales
A garbled column surveys curiosities and local notes from Missouri and beyond. It mentions an editor dictating to his wife during illness, saloon licensing shifts at El Dorado Springs, a Quantrell band member in Metz, and reflections on Missouri newspapers' honesty and credit practices.
A Room For J. P. Morgan Nomination
F. Carroll Brewster of Pennsylvania nominates J. P. Morgan for President. Wall Street bankers back the idea as a source of confidence and industrial revival, though some doubt public acceptance. Brewster cites Morgan as a leading labor employer and finance giant.
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New York
D. P. Morgan
United States
F. Carroll Brewster
Pennsylvania
Wall Street
Morgan
Brewster
New York Stock Exchange
F.C. Brewster
Benjamin Harrison Brewster
Washington
Where'd This Duck Come From
A K C Times reader quotes a Missouri game law puzzle about a wild mallard on sale in a produce store window. The speakers debate whether the duck was killed in Jackson County last fall or flew north and died recently, noting the law limits sale to the county of killing.
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Missouri
Eays
Jackson County
K. C
Confederate General’s son near death after theater stroke
Capt Forrest of Memphis Tennessee lies critically ill with a paralytic stroke after watching a Lyceum Theatre production of The Clansman where a character impersonates his father, Confederate cavalry General Forrest. He has been unconscious most of the time with brief recognition of his wife, who traveled from St Louis.
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Memphis
Tenn
William M. Forrest
Lyceum Theater
St. Louis
Oleh
Landmark Texas rail verdict tops personal damage awards
In Belton Texas in February the District Court awarded Dixon 237,500 against the Santa Fe Railway Company. The plaintiff was maimed while working on a switch engine, losing a leg an arm and three fingers, yielding the largest personal damages verdict against a railroad in Texas to date.
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Belton
Tex
Texas
Dixon
Santa Fe Railway Company
Death mystery inquest cited as accidental by priest
Rev J H Miller who had probed his son Frank’s death believes new findings suggest it was not suicide but an accidental killing. No further inquiry will be made. Also Lowry City Independent reports a Clinton line train dog incident ends with the dog waiting at Lowry City depot after a humorous chase with the engineer and passengers.
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J. H. Miller
Frank
Thas
Lre
Lowry City Independent
Clinton Line
Clinton
Lowry City
Sam Pattison
Sam
Corrected Missouri Pacific Time Table at Butler Station
The corrected timetable lists Missouri Pacific trains including 200th bound, Kansas City and Nevada mail and express, local freight, Kansas City stock ops, and Sunday passenger arrivals. It notes an Interstate Division service, a Home Seekers Excursion, and various first third Tuesday fare details to western and southern destinations with sale dates in March 1908.
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Butler Station
Lin & Southweet
Frita Joplin
K.C & Nevada Mail & Expressed
Alatame
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Tivornia
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisians
Mexico
San Francisco
Santiago
California
Portland
Oregon
Tacolima
Seattle
City of Mexico
KE. C
Vaspravoorr
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Jaques Manufacturing Company
Chicago
DeWitt's
Clay’s
DeWitt
Clay
Atore
W. P. Rice
Harrisonville
Iilinoie
U.S
ElDorado Springs
East Bath House
Ladies of
Montrose, Mo
Montrose
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Roosevelt
Abilene
J. Ralph Burton
Illinois
Wyandotte
Casa County
John Houghendougler
Clay's Drug Store
William Waugh
University of Chicago
New York City
Scott
G Funsmuach
Hobart
Oklahoma
Park
Sun
Jim Cummings
Quantrell
Metz
Metz Times
Eaye
Jim
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska Statesman
A. 8. Grant
George B. McClellan
Roscoe Conklin
America
K. C. Star
Zemo
J. P. Morgan
Capt. Forrest
South Nooxd
Kaness City
Kanens
Mall
Kansas City Limited
Kansas City
Wast Poced
Bast Sound
Lowe Pe K
Vaspantoomt
John F. Herrel & Son
Court House
Butler, MO
DR. J. Ms
Christy
Calidron & Specialty
Over Butler Cash Department Store
Hotler, Mo
Omoe Telephone Ai
Monee Telephoneld
E. N. Chastain
Nemetis Wheeler Met
Heardence High Street
H. M. Cannon
Butler, Missouri
Adrian
B. F. Jeter
Law and Justice
H. H W. Niehole
East Side Square
Hubler, Wh
J. T. Holl
Megedorn’s
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North Side Square
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Boulware
Buckeye
DRT
Risdaboggy Med
Vittel
Frank T. Clay
Butler
Mussouri
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