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Newspaper
Chariton Democrat
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1903
Page
2
The article portrays Menrow as rough and brutal yet loyal to comrades. He once helped a jailed ranch employee by posting cash bond, providing a horse, and guiding him south. Monrow then led a cattle herd across to Mexico to secure bail, after which he resumed open criminal activity.
Journal excerpt urges voters to support the county ticket and governor candidate J.B. Sullivan a Bryan stalwart who backed Bryan in 1896 and 1900. It hints at a Hearst democratic daily in Des Moines and condemns Republicanism as self harm while stressing turnout on election day.
W H Robb, editor of the Creston American, chaired the resolutions committee and presented the minority report with a dignified and able manner. The report favored reaffirmation of the last national platform.
A political column argues for Democratic unity and principle in Iowa. It opposes Republican shifts, defends Jerry Sullivan, and urges farmers in Lucas and Wayne counties to back Democrats while criticizing the party’s stance on tariffs and trusts.
All for 9600.00 to settle estate. Includes twenty miles of two wire fence a four room sod house stable two wells and windmills 200 acres in cultivation and six miles from railroad.
The Nebraska senator Stanton Van Wyck delivered a rapid fiery address in the chamber moving from side to side as he spoke. His spray and spluttering drew laughter when Ingalls urged an umbrella for Spooner and a rubber overcoat for himself.
The piece clarifies the term terne plate, describing it as a sheet of iron and steel coated with tin and lead in a two thirds lead and one third tin alloy. It notes the name terne derives from three metals, not dullness, and explains why terne plate appears duller than bright tin plate.
A London suburb tale reports a museum owner’s fire god statue from an Indian temple. A party mock-ritual led to two women avoiding the act. within two months one house burned down and the other woman was severely burned after falling into the fire.
Moritz Gottlieb Saphir, famed journalist, was ordered to quit Munich within twenty four hours after criticizing King Ludwig's verses. The court chamberlain delivered the royal command and asked if he could depart in time, to which Saphir replied that he would go by his own legs or borrow the king's extra feet from his last volume of verse.
The text describes a Japanese method of stabling horses where animals are backed into stalls with a head door and grain rack, then the door is closed to secure the horse. When needed, the door opens and the horse is led out, minimizing kicking and mess and showing a practical stall design.
A county convention at Davisburg hears Sam Walker declare his bid for the legislator from the district. He rails against reading and writing requirements, nominates himself for registrar, and warns that any voter opposing him will not live five minutes after election day.
A woman battles indecision while trying on hats. She finds a promising style and asks help from a friend who judges it dowdy. Another passerby eyes the hat with sharp humor, finally declaring her wish to wear it herself.
In early Hayes administration a cabinet discussion revealed the president had filled several posts without official consultation. All appointments were within the state department and secretary Byarts joked to John Sherman that he had never seen the Western Reserve of Ohio despite hearing much about it.
A medical man in Egypt offers a method to sterilize butter during outbreaks of cholera and typhoid. Place the butter in a covered jar, submerge in boiling water for two hours, then cool on ice and beat with an egg whisk until solid again.
The tarantula name stems from Taranto Italy and inspired tarantism a disease cured by music or dance The tarantella is the dance said to cure the condition Peasants now dance tarantella without spider bites or waiting for a bite.
A teacher asks students to observe Tommy's clean hands and to imitate his habit. Tommy explains his mother washes the breakfast dishes every morning, showing a household example of cleanliness.
A Youth’s Companion quotation extols delaying snap judgments in art and life. A young sergeant at Donelson faces a military board and fails to answer, prompting Lincoln to endorse his captain’s certificate and acknowledge his lack of battlefield science.
The carnation travels from ancient uses in wine to its England home around 1200. Chaucer mentions its cultivation in 1386, Henry Lyte names it carnation in 1578, and it is labeled a pink by 1600. Spenser calls it coronation while Shakespeare nods to carnations in plays.
A colonel recalls a Gordon setter that acts maternally and even raises another species’ chick. Listeners note such cases and remark a chicken later learns to bark, presenting a curious, if not uncommon, anecdote about canine compassion.
A London Standard item recalls a clerical guest at a shooting party who, after being prodded from behind, asks how to "let down these beastly things" as the host holds a loaded hammer. The moment blends humor and caution in field sport.
In a Washington Star snippet, a man questions demanding large campaign purses. Senator Sorghum replies that if he could fund his own campaign he might abstain from politics rather than seek public money.
The Philadelphia Press reports a household incident where a boy named Johnny is accused by his mother of taking a large piece of gin ger cake from the pantry. Johnny admits part is hidden with Elsie, revealing a minor family misdeed and a blush of guilt.
A works manager demonstrates tile production to ladies and explains texts of Scripture used as ornament. Mrs. Fungle remarks she has heard of textile manufactures but never seen them.
A Yale Record quip recalls a student proudly describing his role with the scrub team at Yale. He clarifies he did not play football but was connected with the Commons laundry, a lighthearted campus anecdote.
A garbled clipping cites a Cleveland Plain Dealer line about New York spending for meat and a lay speaker comment. It also mentions foreign born residents and mortality data, with multiple OCR errors and missing context.
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