Bridge near Cape Girardeau urged for new railroad link
A plan to authorize the Southern Missouri and Illinois Railroad and Bridge Co to build a river bridge within five miles of Cape Girardeau is urged. The Democrat calls on city leaders and Southeast Missouri lawmakers to push for Cape Girardeau as the bridge site, arguing location benefits county and region and warning against delayed action. It stresses unity, progress, and memorials to Washington to influence Senators Cockrell and West and Rep. Vandiver to secure the location.
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Congress
Cape Girardeau
Southern Missouri &Llinois Railroad and Bridge Company
Board of
Board of Trade
To &B
Washington
Missouri
Cape
Chicago
Tax ruling sets stamp rate on loans secured by collateral
Internal Revenue Collector Grenier of St. Louis issues guidance on stamp tax for promissory notes and collateral pledges. Notes subject to 2 cents per dollar of face value, renewals stamped similarly, and pledges of stock or bonds taxed at 25 percent per $500 beyond $1,000, with exemptions for mere delivery of stock without a written pledge or mortgage.
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Internal Revenue
Grenier
St. Louis
Enterprising Drugist and Colorful Chickens Stir City Debate
J G Wischer Brooklyn druggist reveals a process to color eggs and hatch colored chickens via an incubator. He claims two years of work with Dr George Everson, colors fade as feathers shed. Separate items note the April 14 1900 Republican County Convention in Jackson with committee appointments and delegate lists.
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New York
J. G. Wischer
Brooklyn
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Wischert
George Everson
Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad stockholders meeting
The annual stockholders meeting will be held at the company office at the northeast corner of Independence and Spanish streets in Cape Girardeau Missouri on Tuesday May 8 1900 at 9 oclock in the forenoon. Directors will be elected for the ensuing year and other business may be transacted. E F Blomeyer Newman Ext Secretary President.
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The
Southern Missouri & Arkansas Railroad Company
Independence and
Spanish Streets
Cape Girardeau
Missouri
E. F. Blomeyer
Newman
Houck
Missouri & Arkansas Railroad Company
E. JF. Blom Meyett
L. B. Houck
Branch House Shipments Boost Profit
Branch House expands deliveries to new clients, aiming to raise revenue. Executives state improved logistics and pricing enabled by scale. The moves could widen market reach and increase quarterly earnings.
Our Candidate For Sheriff In Cape Girardeau County
Bernhard Gockel seeks re election as sheriff praised for honesty, intelligence and business ability. The article notes his approachable demeanor, prompt execution of duties, including carrying out a condemned criminal in a first county execution in fifty years, and urges voters to reelect him for another term.
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Carpe Girardeau County
Bernhard Gockel
Ben
Cape Girardeau County
Sherif
Gockel
Ben Gockel
Retirement Resolution Honors Regenhardt for Long Service
Jackson Missouri April 14 1960 the Republican County Central Committee of Cape Girardeau county Missouri notes William Regenhardt’s voluntary retirement after forty years as a member and thirty six years as chairman of the committee. The resolution lauds his prudent conservative leadership and directs full record of the resolution to be published in county newspapers.
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Court House
Jackson
EW P. m
William Regenhardt
H. Haupt
Cobb
Haspt
John A. Saider
Committee On
McKinley
Dingley
Puerto Rico
Committee On Delegates
Kansas City
John A. Snider
F. J. Tacke
F. Regenhardt
G. C. Thilenius
M. E. Leming
J. M. Randol
J. H. C. Kerstner
G. W. Schack
E. W. Flentge
J. S. Cobb
Fred EB. Kies
E. H. Englemann
Joseph Koehler
James F. Brooks
GB. H. Adams
Blucher Sperling
R. M. Tirmenstein
Walter Bradley
Mick. Leming
H. C. Phelps
Jackson, Mo
Republican County Central Committee
Cape Chardeau County
Supreme Court rules on stamp tax for express packages
Justice White writes for the court in favor of the express companies in the American Express Co. versus Attorney General Maynard of Michigan case. The decision overturns the Michigan high court ruling which had been adverse to the express company.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Justice White
American Express Company
Maynard
Michigan
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Michigan
Farm for sale near Cape Girardeau with orchard and buildings
A 69 acre cultivated farm two miles west of Cape Girardeau on Gordonville road offers a good house and outbuildings, a 72 by 27 foot barn, two cisterns, and a splendid orchard. For details contact Louis Oswald, Cape Girardeau. June.
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Cape Girardeau
Gordonville Road
Callon Louis Oswald
Cape Girardea
Man Offers His Body for Sale in Peculiar Cash Scheme
New York report details Walter Wentworth, a 70 year old contortionist known as a freak, who has previously sold his body twice for dissection. He seeks another buyer, citing prior deals with doctors Crowe of Detroit and H L Wilder of Kings County Hospital, and wonders if he is thereby owned.
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New York
Walter Wentworth
Walter
Wentworth
Dr. Crowe
Detroit
H. L. Wilder
Kings County Hospital
Wilder
Plentge seeks re election as Cape Girardeau County collector
The Democrat announces BE W Plentge as a candidate for a second term as collector of Cape Girardeau County. The respected local business man has filled the post for two years, praised for careful tax collection and financial stewardship, and now asks voters for another term.
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BE. W. Plentge
Cape Girardeau County
Flentge
Cape
Ists
Fientge
Notice to Contractors for Grand Stand Bid Cape County
Sealed bids will be received by Cape Girardeau County Fair and Park Association at E H Engelman secretary’s office for construction of the Grand Stand in accordance with plans and specifications with bids opened on May 1 1900.
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Cape Girardeau County Fair & Park Association
E. H. Engelman
Mozley Named Republican Candidate for Congress in Fourteenth District
At the Poplar Bluff convention the Republicans selected Norman A. Mozley to oppose Vander Vandiver for Congress in the Fourteenth District. The Democrats have not yet named a nominee, but Vandiver is generally expected to run. Mozley, praised as a capable speaker, faces a district with a Democratic majority around sixty percent, and the convention asserts Mozley is the right choice to challenge Vandiver.
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Poplar Bluff
Fourteenth
N. A. Mozley
Vandiver
Congress
Morley
Arnold
N. A. Morley
Norman A. Mozeley
Get rich quick schemes warned against by Globe-Democrat
The Globe-Democrat urges caution about get rich quick schemes in New York. It notes thousands swept into traps over the last year and warns that promising 10 percent weekly returns or multipliers far above safe rates reveal clear fraud. High interest equals poor security and many are duped by obvious swindles.
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New York
Globe-Democrat
United States
Corn tall tales drift through Kansas travel tale
A Pennsylvania traveler in Kansas weaves tall corn yarns into a humorous letters home. The piece includes odd sketches of corn used as cobblestones and hollowed cobs as sewer pipes, with playful notes on husks and stalks. It ends noting an annual stockholders meeting for Houck's Missouri & Arkansas Railroad in Cape Girardeau on April 16.
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Greenville
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Jackson
Croug and Whoooping Cough Remedy Ad
Ballard's Horehound Syrup promises relief for croup and whooping cough and claims to cure the worst cold or cough. It asserts never to disappoint and presents itself as an effective early medical remedy.
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Ballard
Houck to Extend Missouri & Arkansas Rail Line
Louis Houck, Southeast Missouri railroad pioneer, closes deal for about seventy five miles of rails to extend his Missouri & Arkansas road from Morehouse New Madrid County to Kennett Danklin County and to push the north end from Commerce Scott County to Cape Girardeau. The project will open up new country and provide direct rail to Kennett New Madrid Caruthersville and other hard to reach points. Construction will begin soon.
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Louis Houck
Pioneer
Missouri
See Rails
Democrat
Houck
Morehouse
New Madrid
Kennett
Danklin County
Commerce
Scott County
Cape Girardeau
Cape
Caruthersville
Snally
Cattle theft report guards neighborhood vigilance
Local residents report a cow theft attempt near Rock Levee and Cape. A man driving a cow offered it for 22 dollars to Joseph Sittner, who paid 20 after fetching cash. The seller vanished with the animal. another offer failed in Haarig. Community urged to watch livestock.
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Joseph Sittner
the Rock Levee
Sittner
Sitter
Cape
Mr. Sitter
Anderson
Haarig
Cairo Nears Independent C&E Line Entry
Cairo Bulletin notes strong likelihood the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad may enter Cairo independently. Officials including President Carpenter have visited the city, inspecting areas along the west and lower city. Thebes operations lag, and Cairo Bird's Point offers year-round connection. a north eastern route could win city support for right of way.
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Cairo
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
Carpenter
Thebes
Carpentr
Old P. m
Citivens
Bird's Point
Al Col ds Are Tainted Amid Grip Outbreak
A likely local health warning notes tainted colds and grip affecting residents as seasonal illness spreads. The report references medical concerns and druggists advising remedies while containment measures are discussed.
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Republica's County
Stockholders’ Meeting
Western Poultry and Game Co
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Juni
Suman Frean
Mozley
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Arkansas
Hutch
Caing
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