Women as Moral Power to Reform Society Sermon
Rev J H Thompson preached on The Evils of Society in Springfield Missouri last Sunday noting women's influence can erase social ills. The sermon urged mothers and young women to begin moral training in infancy and to demand purity from beaux and suitors to reduce drunkenness casual sex and tobacco use.
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Springfeld
J. H. Thompson
Evening Record
Borcott
Old Maida
Bex
Wowan
Temperance Drive Gathers for Nashville Conference
Temperance advocates in the state press for legislation and plan a Nashville conference next week. A local discussion at the First Presbyterian church drew about 40, urging a dispensary law and appointing committees to present resolutions in Nashville. A call goes out for volunteers to write legislators and mobilize funds, stressing urgency before the legislature adjourns.
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Nashville
Colombia
First Presbyterian Church
Capt. Fassel
Capt
Fussell
A. P. McFerrin
John Trotwood Moore
F. D. Lander
Alwys
Friends of
Temperance
Pleasant
Maury
Waterloo
L. N. plan to skip new depot at Columbia sparks ire
The Maury Democrat accuses the L. N. Railroad Co. of refusing to build a new depot in Columbia, planning only minor upgrades. It argues protests may force legal action while urging courts to hold corporations to law, not small-town patience. Judge Holding’s presence is noted as a counterpoint to reform.
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Oun
Maury Democrat
L. & N. Railroad Co
Columbia
Phe Mathette
L. & N. Railroad Company
Holding
Inaugural Unity Praised Yet McKinley Stance Noted
A historical critique contrasts the inaugural address praising reunion with specific congressional actions. It highlights the St Louis World Fair funding bill, a Charleston aid measure, pension bills, and a rejected claim to compensate ex Confederate soldiers for horses. The piece argues McKinley’s sincerity is tested by these choices.
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South
United States
St. Louis
Charleston
Wen
William McKinley
McKENNON ANDERSON FOSTER Shoe Sale Notice
Four hundred yards of taffeta fabric and assorted shoe items listed in a sale notice. Includes blue material and multicolor leather pieces, calf shoes in sizes 3 to 7, satin salt shoes in sizes 3 to 4, all reduced to sale price.
All-wool Black Surge Fabric at Discount Yard
Cloth department advertises goos All-wool Black Surge at 20 a yard with five pieces, 46 inch width and 0s quality. additional items include men’s wear and assorted sizes except two, with prices around 200 per yard and 225 per pair for specific items.
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Dezen
Fragmented textile price list with assorted goods
OCR reads a shop list detailing Penanus and Pepange fabrics in light and dark shades, quantities 25 and 12 pieces, Saturday and Monday pricing per yard, including Eiderdown Outing, Outings, Bleached and Brown Domestic fabrics, and Ladies Bella items carried from last season with various per yard prices.
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Bella
Shoes Sale Notice with Deep Reductions
A retail advertisement lists ladies and children footwear discounts. Thirty pair ladies button and lace shoes, sizes 6 to 9, reduced from 3.50 to 2.25. Forty pair misses Kangaroo calf shoes sizes 11 to 2, cut from 1.35 to 0.50. Children’s heavy grain shoes, sizes 8 to 12, cut from 0.75 to 0.60. Additional Kangaroo line mentioned.
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Hamburg
Monopoly must be prevented in politics and press
The Commoner urges action against monopolies and calls for federal licensing of interstate commerce to curb trusts. It cites the Kansas City platform, critiques Republican power, and argues licenses should prohibit water in stock and crossing state lines without approval. A Memphis dispatch notes McMillin’s third-term bid and other political tidbits.
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Bryan
Steel Trust
Kansas City
Congress
New Jersey
Senate
House
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Rie
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Main St
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Thoremsbt Jain
Oley
Othare
Tesla
Mars
Guticura
Beth
Express
MLS
McKennon, Anderson & Foster
China
Ireenlaw
Jam
Chica
Maury County Abstract Co. Incorporated
Drs, Ammerman
Osthopaths
South High Street
Ninth
Memphis
Louisville Vourier Journal
McMillin
West End
Carnegie
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