Senators From the Middle West To Elect Budgets and Battles
Illinois heads a rush of Middle Western legislatures as the 1913 General Assembly convenes. Deadlock looms over Senate elections amid party splits. Wisconsin pursues broad social measures including rural credits and a minimum wage. Other states weigh possible Republican, Democrat, and Progressive picks, with Kansas and Minnesota leaning toward Democratic and Republican successors.
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Chicago
Illinois
United States
General Assembly
Batien
Springfield
Imnois
Wisconsin
Middle West
Iinois
Michigan
Iwa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
Kansas
Indiana
Missouri
United States Senate
William Lorimer
William Alden Smith
Iowa
Washington
William S. Kenyon
George W. Norris
Thomas Sterling
Robert J. Gamble
Kuute Nelson
W. H. Thompson
Charles Curtis
Ohio
James M. Cox
Acta
Indiame
Taggart
Tee
Railroad into Wayne County Gains Ground at Swaynesboro
Iron City branch lines of the L and N Railroad to the McGlam Stand are advancing with seventy teams grading and many laborers clearing right of way. Waynesboro hopes the extension will soon reach its borders.
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Swaynesboro
Tenn
Iron City
McGlam
Waynesboro
Three Courts At Jackson On Same Day In 1931
Three Jackson courts meet Monday Jan 6 the Court of Civil Appeals the Criminal Court and the County Court. Civil Appeals will hear about two hundred cases including the contested will of Mrs Carope Cloth estate worth about a million dollars. The Criminal Court led by Judge Barham has a large docket but fewer extended trials than usual. The County Court sits two days with key elections for county superintendent of schools health officer and roads engineer.
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Jackson
Tenn
Dee
Court of Civil Appeals
Criminal Court
West Tennessee
Caropee Cloth
Memphis
Barham
Disappointment Drives Man to Suicide in Illinois
Meritt Tisdale formerly of Somerset Kentucky ends his life after a letter from his sweetheart revealed she wed another man. The Bloomington Illinois item notes the act and a contrasting ad by W H Chapman of Winnebago touts saving a doctor bill with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for a child's cough.
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Erritt Tisdale
Somerset
Klum
Illinois
Bloomington, IL
Merritt Tisdale
Muhd
McLead
Hin Spother
W. H. Chapman
Winnebago
Foley
Winchester to try Calahan assassination defendants separately
Fifteen men charged with killing former Breathitt county sheriff Edward Calahan will face separate trials in Winchester. Calahan was shot at Crockettville last May amid Smith-Denton and Calahan feud tensions. D. F. Deaton went on trial today and pleaded not guilty as the court adjourned for tomorrow's hearings and witness testimony.
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Winchester
Edward Calahan
Breathitt County
Calahan
Crockettville
Feudista
Andrew Johnson
Dock” Smith
John Clare
Ben
Smith-Denton
Lillian Grose
Calaban
D. F. Deaton
Deaton
Horror claims as father tied fire deaths in Arkansas
In Fort Smith Arkansas Rev Marion Capps father of five children is charged with murder after a fatal house fire that killed two children and left three injured. An oil lamp explosion is cited by Capps, with a grand jury bound over awaiting formal murder charges.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Capps
Marion Capps
Northern Pacific display showcases regional farm products
A traveling Northern Pacific Railway exhibit car visited Columbia all day featuring samples from Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and more. The display highlighted grain varieties apples pears peaches grapes and vegetables with notable yields and prize items.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Yon
Columbia
H. A. Begg
Carl J. Windauer
Em Orchard
Zillah
Wash
M. R. Rowland
Alberts
Brooks for Governor Candidate from Goodloe’s Place
Capt John M. Brooks of Noxville Tennessee announces as an independent Democrat allied with Gov. Hooper. He plans to press for state reform before the legislature, leveraging veteran status and prior mayoral service in Roaxville in 1909 and 1910.
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Noxville
Tenn
John M. Brooks
Capt. Brooks
Nashville
Dem
Hooper
Roaxville
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Maury County Farms
Maury County
Coke County
Texas
Jersey
Coolidge
Apache
Okla
St. Louis
Temn
T. N. Figuers, Jr
Phoenix National Bank
INO Party
Deadiolk
Tennessee
Wayne County
M’glamery
Caroline Cloth Will Case
Great
Acy Can Coun
Uncle Sam
Ki New Jery
Tor
America
J. F
Davis
Corner
Sh Woldridgr, CO
Advt
J. M. Brooks
Goodloe’s Place
Knoxville
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