Prohibitionist Carry Nation's Texas Crusade Recalled
A detailed reminiscence of Carry Nation born Carry Amelia Moore tracing her rise as a prohibitionist, her fiery campaigns against saloons from Kansas to Texas, key incidents including the 1901 McKinley remark fallout, and her final years ending with a stroke in 1911 as liquor laws later tightened. The piece notes family trauma, multiple relocations, and the complex public reception of her cause.
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Kentucky
Mary Moore
England
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David A. Nation
Gospel
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Columbia
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Houston
David Nation
Medicine Lodge
Kansas
Jesus Christ
William McKinley
McKinley
University of Texas
Austin
Charlten
San Antonio
Cleburne
Carry Nation
Secession
Outlaws
Lawmen
Revolution & Republic
Bartee Haile, P.O
Friendswood
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Endorsement ethics reshape Clifton Record and Meridain Tribune
A former editor recounts the shift away from political endorsements in local papers. The publisher asked why endorsements were needed, ending a practice that altered advertising and news coverage. The piece explains a policy: free candidate events are news. fundraisers are advertising. Continuous press releases from Bill Flores are described as political ads and biased opinions, not news.
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Texas
Bill Flores
Bosque County
Flores
Clifton Record
Meridian Tribune
Glen Rose
Hamilton
Waco
Hamilton Herald-News
Chet Edwards
Halloween memories on a Texas ranch and overlooked pumpkins
The narrator recalls yearly pumpkin carving traditions with a son who never carved a pumpkin, contrasts adult Halloween parties with childhood focus, and notes the rural decline of trick or treat visits. A foxed farm setting, a cow and horse world, and Stinky the Blue Heeler interrupting with a dog doorbell mark a quiet Halloween turned workaday and lonely.
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Halloween scare turns to FedEx delivery on dark rural night
A Halloween tale ends with a FedEx driver as the sole trick or treater. Zack and friends arm themselves with Smith and Wesson as a van arrives in the ominous night. The driver reveals two more hours of deliveries before the journey ends, prompting musings on safer rural deliveries.
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Zack
Smith and Wesson
Maine
California
Sticks
FedEx
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