William J Bryan Defends Platform Rule Over Man
William J Bryan asserts the party platform should guide policy, not the candidate, in a forthcoming Kansas City convention. He says the vice presidential nominee will align with the platform and warns against a ticket committing to incompatible positions. He notes trusts, imperialism, and Boers sympathy as key planks likely to appear.
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Neb
William An
Ake
Kansas City
Bryan
Alwady
Bryin
Senate
of Oe
David A. DeArmond
Missouri
New York
Jude DeArmonds
New York State
Butte
Roosevelt
McKkinsey
Dryas
Empire State
Miraculous Escape and Fatal Mine Accident
A Manchester man credits Dr King s New Discovery with curing respiratory and long term illness after exposure to measles and consumption fears. Price 50 cents to 1. Trial bottles free at H L Tucker druggist. In Webb City a mine explosion at Big Circle mine Ironage kills Smart of Eldorado Springs instantly, injures John Condon who aided him. Smart leaves a wife and two children.
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W. A. Hines
Manchester
Webb City
Big Circle Mine
Here
Bur Smart
ElDorado Springs
John Condon
Thirty-Five Dead in Railroad Wreck Near McDonough
A passenger train on the Macon line of the Southern Railway derailed and burned after a washout near McDonough Georgia. Thirty-five people perished, all but the Pullman sleeper passengers. Rescue efforts faced heavy rain, floods, and continuing flames as bodies were recovered along the riverbank. Flagman Quinlan alerted McDonough, and doctors ministers and officials rushed to the scene as dawn revealed the scale of the disaster.
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Atlanta
Maron
Southern Railway
McDonough
Macon
Monough
Columbes
Columbus
Camps Creek
Oqcmulgee
Cnulvert
Flagman
Flagman Quinlan
Georgia
Troop M Sixth Cavalry Deploys for Manila Voyage
In St Louis on June 21 Captain Cabell’s Troop M of the Sixth Cavalry left Jefferson Barracks by special Missouri Pacific train for San Francisco to sail for Manila once transports are secured. Some 234 horses from the troop were loaded onto a stock train and sent to Portland, bound for a Manila transport. An officer and 27 men rode the stock train. The unit will meet at San Francisco with Troops A B D R and L of the Sixth.
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St. Louis
Sixth Cavalry
Cabell
Jefferson Barracks
San Francisco
Manila
Portland
Nation will need wheat worst crop failure on record
The Times Herald reports crop expert Snow predicts a national calamity from the drought with the worst wheat failure ever known. He cites Dakota yields near 20,000,000 bushels and Minnesota around 35,000,000, totaling about 75,000,000 bushels, far below last year’s 200,000,000 and 225,000,000 in 1898.
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Chicago
Times Herald
Snow
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Dakotas
Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Ad
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a stomach tonic that can restore appetite and aid digestion. It claims food nourishes hungry people after taking the tonic and promotes Hood's Pills as the best family laxative.
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Hood
One price shoes lure shoppers in hot weather sale
An ad touts ready merchandise and low, fixed prices during summer. It promises plain figures and one price to all, selling shoes at 1.97 from a $2.50 tag, while claiming customers take the lion’s share of profits. It hints at broader goods and a playful nudge about China division.
Modern Shoe Sale Promises High Quality for Low Price
Ad touts Kid Button or Lace shoes as excellent fitters with no shoddy work and long wear. Declares them best value for money, claiming style and durability rivaling a five dollar shoe, offered at two fifty a pair.
Spring Wheat a Failure in North Dakota Output
Dalath Minnesota June 22 Oliver Dalrymple, noted North Dakota wheat grower, reports that ten days ago one third of the spring crop was destroyed by drought. He now states two thirds is beyond redemption as Grandin farm runs sixty plows in the wheat fields and expects most farmers to begin plowing next week unless heavy rains arrive.
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Dalath
Minn
Oliver Dalrymple
North Dakota
Dreuth
Sam
Grandin
Local Footwear Deals Highlight Everyday Pairs
A sale listing showcases MEN'S TOP NOTCH and Lace or Congress shoes along with Globe Opera or Granger styles. Each pair is guaranteed and priced at only $1.50, offering a notable cost cut for buyers seeking durable fashion footwear.
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Congress
Globe
Opera
Granger
Well named am I for my exclusive daintiness
The item boasts refined calf leather imported from Germany with English black cloth uppers and silk eyelets. Described as light, dressy, and buoyant with an opera heel and very light soles, the shoes are priced at 3.50 dollars, with an estimated city value of 5.14 dollars.
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Germany
Sam
City
Model grocery department offers pure food products at close prices
If you have trouble in finding good things to eat why not come to our model grocery department. It is stocked with a varied assortment of pure food products at close prices. Our policy focuses on large sales for profits and we gain a big volume of business by our close one cash price. Your produce wanted.
Fourth of July Prep and Local Happenings
Farmers report good gooseberries and ripe se ispberries with corn ready to lay dry and wheat ready for cutting. Mesdames Smith Craven Weston and Miss Tessa Smith visited Mrs Woodfin Thursday. Bert Woodfin and wife visited relatives in Butter Saturday. Minnie Brocher called on Mary Woodfin Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs McCleary went to Butler Thursday. Mrs Buckhart’s back is slow to improve. Several young people plan to go west in a few days. BLeebearp.
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Butler
Mesdames Smith
Craven
Weston
Tessa Smith
Mrs. Woodfin
Bert Woodfin
Minnie Brocher
Mary Woodfin
McCleary
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Clearer Skin
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for pimples eczema tetter erysipelas salt rheum and other skin eruptions. It also claims to heal cuts bruises burns boils felons ulcers and similar conditions. Sold by H. L. Tucker for 25 cents a box with a cure guaranteed.
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Bucklen
H. L. Tucker
Summit Itews and Local Happenings in Summit
Summit Itews notes Ernest Greer sports a new brew and many Summitites attended Dr Elw’s monument unveiling in uly Hill cemetery on Sunday. M w Pierce will start with a thresher soon. Laura Bolin enjoyed a trip to Virginia last Monday. Roads are being worked this week. Letha Drads visited Summit friends last week. Wilburn Gibson and wife visited home folks at Pleasant Gap Sunday. Mrs Evans and daughter Mrs Mac Greer attended Baptist Liverting at Spruce Trust Saturday. John Franklin of Carthage visited W B Tyler and family for a few days. Billy Powell hauled hogs to market Tuesday. James Shubert family and others spent last Saturday evening at G B Parker’s with ice cream and cake. Willannoy went to Kansas City last week. Harvest time has commenced in full blast. Jost An.
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Ernest Greer
Mac Greer
Spruce Lrust
John Franklin
Carthage
W. B. Tyler
Billy Powell
James Shubert
Boge Fisk
G. B. Parker
Willannoy
Kansas City
Jost An
Spruce Items Chronicle Local Happenings
Spruce area notes report harvest plans in the section and unusually clean corn in Bates county. Obituary records Mr. Benton Lutzenhiver dies at his Spruce home after two years’ illness, leaving a wife and three children, with burial in Dickerson cemetery. Local social items mention ice cream suppers at Mrs. Lita Beard and Mr. Wigge, a trip to Appleton City, and meals with friends. A Pleasant Home church basket dinner and children’s day are planned for the fourth Sunday in July. the Spruce grist mill is nearing completion.
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Bates County
Spruce
Turner Benton Lutzenhiver
Dickerson
Earl Shillinger
I. M
F. A. Kretzinger
Appleton City
A. L. Filmore
Harry French
Claud Stephenson
Henry County
Mr. Wigger
George Fry
Pleasant Home Church
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Vinton
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Oxfords
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Smith & Son
North Side Square
Butler, Missouri
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Farmes Bank
Butler Cash Department Store
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