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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
2
A community event offers a grand free outdoor moving picture exhibition at night. Organizers invite residents to enjoy classic films under the stars in a public park with amenities and seating available.
A close reading of a tribute praising Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott for personal magnitude democratic qualities industry and devotion to duty as a statesman traveler. The piece laments earth’s sad places while praising Abbott’s unfailing good nature and remarkable record.
A profile extols William H. Taft's formidable personal magnetism, fairness, and humor. It cites his leadership as secretary of war, his decisive handling of canal workers, and his globe trotter status, plus close family life with Mrs. Taft, Helen, Robert, and Charlie.
Report from Chariton markets lists grain seeds and live stock with prices. Cattle per cwt quoted around 8 50 and hogs at 22 4 per cwt with other commodities including oats and wheat also shown. Prices are presented for McElveen and Eikenberry trading cows heifers hogs cattle oats rye wheat Timothy clover seed and hay at various per bushel or per cwt rates.
A Manchester Guardian excerpt mocks ornate rhetoric in house debates. It cites Bishop Knox on MecKenna’s sword and ridicules mixed metaphors about irreligion and intemperance, educational acts, and tobacco moisture as a thorny debated topic.
A Bordeaux murder trial features a deaf mute inn helper whose gestures reveal the crime. He describes entering the locked inn, finding the victim dead, a bloodied hammer, and the landlord and landlady implicated as they attempt to dispose of the body while witnesses translate his signs. The scene includes dramatic confrontation as the landlord objects that the deaf witness lies.
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