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Newspaper
Canyon City News
Location
Canyon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
1
A Republican authority criticizes President Roosevelt for costly governance and expansion of expenditures. The piece argues the budget shows little economy, warns of tariff revisions and potential funding shortages, and claims the GOP Congress imposes heavier taxes on the public.
Reported funnel cloud seen Saturday by Canyon City residents drew Amarillo attention as a possible tornado. Sightings described two whirls moving north toward the Canadian country with no confirmed damage locally beyond overturned outhouses and a wrecked windmill. The Amarillo Panhandle notes say the storm may have extended toward Amarillo, while The News reports limited effects in surrounding fields and farms.
Publication indicates weekly schedule and that papers dispatched out of county were paused due to time and payment expiration. The brief notice confirms discontinued service pending renewal.
The St Louis Globe Democrat cites a May deficit of over 50 million against last year’s surplus and derides Congress as the most extravagant session. It notes Republican and Democratic voices agree on fiscal danger and urges prompt action for good government.
Monday night at the I. L. Hunt residence in Earle Hunt hosted a children's party for his cousin Elwin Wheelock of Lubbock. The youngsters played games, ate candy, and had a fine time until about ten thirty. Attending were Henry Prichard Lewis Hicks Prudie Prichard George Leath Ada Terrill Kathleen Stewart Osie Mills Katherine Thompson Paul Stewart Mable Gatewood Charlotte Ingham Guy Ballard L L Shotwell Marcellus Hawkins Cecil Tate Prentiss Tate Elwin Wheelock and Earle Hunt.
The article notes Democratic primaries will decide state convention outcomes in San Antonio. It discusses statewide prohibition and local option referendums, proposing broad bans on liquor manufacture and sale with limited medicinal allowances. It argues for a wholesale saloon ban to reduce evils, though state-wide prohibition is deemed unlikely.
The Canyon City Club held a barbecue picnic on its grounds Saturday with about 125 attending including families and guests. The club amended its by laws to bar nonmembers who are men citizens of Randall and Potter counties while guests of members may attend free on the first day and pay one dollar per man per day on subsequent days. Books with cattle bills of sale.
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