Mormon Power in the U S Senate
Aurora Illinois August 15 Senator Du Bois of Idaho spoke to about 3000 people on Mormon political power spreading across the United States. He urged influencing Congress to end plural marriages and said Mormons now politically control Utah and will balance power in Oregon Nevada and the Senate nationwide if unchecked.
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Aurora
Dubois
Idaho
United
Congress
Utah
United States
Wyoming
Oregon
Nevada
Senate
A Letter From the Isle of Pines Reveals Mission Work
Rev J T Redman, a Methodist preacher trained at Howard College, describes mission efforts on the Isle of Pines Cuba. He notes American settlers seeking citrus land, Cuban governance, and the establishment of a church and parsonage funded by Michigan M P Frazer backers. He ministers to five congregations with growing Sunday Schools while collaborating with other denominations.
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J. T. Redman
Howard College
Mt Pleasant
Cullooka
Cuba
T. A. Kerley
Florida
Isle of Pines
Spain
Congress
Mr Frazer
Michigan
M. Shareh
Tropics
Baptists
Prayer and Support From Columbia District At Home Field
A letter expresses gratitude for Columbia District as sponsor in prayer and funding. The author notes modest wages and rising transportation efficiency will enable growth, predicting more workers as industry expands. Frequent writing is planned as the writer feels at home in the field and asks supporters to continue prayers and offerings for soul-saving outcomes.
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Cherret
Plouver
Columbia District
Demand for pencil wood enormous in Washington
United States Forest Service reviews the red cedar industry and eyes profitable planting in the South. Red cedar, slow-growing but durable, yields pencil wood and posts, with economics showing long-term profits if cedars are kept to 60 years for pencil wood rather than harvested earlier for posts.
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Washington, D. C
United States Forest Service
South
United States
Ohio River
Angelo's Family Portrait of an Artist as a Wife
Michael Angelo preferred painting to marriage, calling his works his children and noting that painting was a jealous lady that would not share his affections. He valued solitude, forming supreme conceptions in sculpture and painting.
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Michael Angelo
Policies May Be Canceled In Tobacco District Tenn
Nashville dispatch reports insurers plan to cancel all fire and life coverage in Tennessee tobacco counties unless rewards reduce nighttime hazards. Gov. Patterson seeks help from Kentucky Gov. Beckham to pursue night riders who assaulted Joby Lockert in Guthrie. The piece also recounts a dramatic telegraph office incident where a worker faced hostile refusals to relay messages, prompting calls for accountability.
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Nashville
Tenn
Patterson
Beckham
Kentucky
Joby Lockert
Guthrie
Lockert
Tennessee
Porter’s School at Porter's opens with orderly, promising start
Aug 17 Porter's school on Scott's Creek in Maury County reports a fairly good first week enrollment. EB W McAnally praises pupils for courtesy and order, emphasizes teaching by example, and stresses that politeness and daily behavior shape future success in life.
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Porter's
Scott's Creek
Maury County
Anbnel
EB. W. McAnally
Boer opposition blocks gift of Cullinan diamond to King Edward
Johannesburg August 18 The Tennessean's correspondent reports Premier Botha's plan to present the Cullinan diamond to King Edward faces strong Boer resistance They refuse to tax themselves to buy a gem from the diamond trust and say the trust should gift it The opposition party leaders warn the country cannot bear the cost and will oppose the proposal vigorously The king may be informally informed the gift is unacceptable.
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Johannesburg
the Tennessean
Botha
Edward
Diamond Trust
Transvaal
Deceived by Voice in New York Globe
A man tempers romance with a central station tale from Dey Street. He recalls a long distance phone encounter with a girl who had a lovely voice but discovers the operator is a middle aged mother with many children. He abandons the plan and candy after the surprise.
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New York Globe
Dey Street
Long Island
Central
Valees
Let Her Die and Imported Workmen Spark Alarm
The telegraphers strike in the United States spurs a grim note as an operator recounts a message urging a Georgia mother to hurry home. In Mexico City a labor shortage threatens industry and prompts capitalists to seek imported workers to satisfy expanding construction and hacienda needs.
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Louisville
United States
Louisville Herald
W. J. Slater
Postal Telegraph Company
Mexico City
Mexico
E W Jones Gasoline Engine Expert
E W Jones Gasoline Engine Expert offers prompt service for trouble cases and specializes in installing engines at B High street Columbia Tennessee.
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E. W. Jones
B. High Street
Columbia, Tenn
Geyser of soda water at Wendling astonishes region
A Wendling artesian well near the Mendocino Sonoma border erupted into a mighty geyser of soda water after a bore reached granite. Fifty four sticks of dynamite unleashed the flow, which shoots twenty feet high and flows into a long flume to carry logs to mills. The supply remains copious and unending, inviting possible bottling.
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Scientific American
Wendling
Mendocino County
Sonoma
Cal
Seenale
Road work for vagrants sparks strong city debate
A provocative clash of editorials from Columbia Herald and Lincoln County News argues that vagrants are routinely arrested and fined, with fines funding road gangs. The letters claim roads benefit from the force, while critics say bias targets minorities and question policing.
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Columbia
Columbia Herald
Bryan's Growing Strength in the Nation
The News Scimitar notes that large money interests are easing opposition to Bryan as his influence spreads. They respect his honesty and believe government control could come more readily under his leadership, given his long experience and trusted good faith. The Memphis paper hints at changing political dynamics and urges subscription.
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Mr. Bryan
Conta
Memphis News Scimitar
Local Markets Wholesale Produce Price List
Wholesale market prices for cabbages at 2.25 per crate Irish potatoes 1.75 per bag bananas 1.65 per buned lemons 6.00 to 7.00 per unit. Seed and grain dealers list Clover Red Clover 7.50 734.50 oats new 0.48 millet 0.75 per bushel Hungarian Grass 1.25 per bushel cane 1.00 per bushel.
Flour and grain prices from Volumbia Mills ad
Prices listed by Volumbia Mills show flour Best Patent four dollars seventy five cents per barrel and patent two five, bran per ton twenty dollars, meal at mill bulk seventy five cents per bushel eight cents sacked, corn per barrel three dollars and per bushel sixty cents, wheat eighty five to ninety cents.
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Volumbla Mills
Milla
Local wholesale meat prices listed for traders buyers
Prices formatted by local wholesale meat dealers include ham at 15c, shoulders at 11c, lard at 12 1/2c, fresh meat at 1c to 12 1/2c, and steaks at 10c to 12 1/2c. The note references catchers and cattle buyers and uses terms like side-lie.
Market Prices For Produce And Poultry from Local Dealers
Prices furnished by local dealers show eggs at 13c per dozen, hens eight months old, spring chickens lic per lb, ducks at 60c per lb, butter country choice 12c, hides green 60c, cured 74c, feathers various values, goose and duck feathers priced, wool tubwashed 34c per lb, spring free of burrs 24c, honey 10c per lb, beeswax 25c per lb, ginseng dry 5.75, yellow root 1.00.
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So Ce Hee
Wholesale Groceries Prices From A Historic Ledger
Wholesale grocery prices include Sugar Best Boston granulated at 6 ler per 100 lbs and $2.20 per hundred in bulk. Brown Sugar wholesale at $5.15 per hundred. Lard Leaf at 10 percent, barrel bails. Compound at 9 and 9.5 cents per barrel. Coffee bulk roast 11 and 27 cents. green coffee 9 to 14 cents.
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Boston
Blest Be the Tie Hymn Linked to Lockshire Church
Church Eclectus credits Rev John Faves with writing Blest Be the Tie in the late 18th century amid a London call. His meager $4 weekly salary, farewell to a poor Lockshire Ear land church, and tearful family departure preceded the creation of the hymn to commemorate his choice to stay.
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John Faves
Lockshire Earland
London
Don
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