Butte Political Conventions Unite for Honest City Government
The piece argues that Saturday conventions across parties show Butte citizens seek retrenchment and reform. It criticizes Democratic tactics while noting Silver Republican leaders rejected joining the Democratic feud. Officials move to unite behind good local government and avoid personal battles, urging voter focus on governance over personalities.
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Butte
Seavention
Butts
Silver Republican Party
Democratic fight over Clark miscast in city politics
The piece argues the Clark anti Clark conflict belongs in Washington not in the city campaign. It says local results won’t affect Montana senate seating and urges foes to present their evidence on the senate merits, not public bravado or alleged criminality.
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Senate
Thun
Montana
Sty
Washington
Getting Together in Butte Republican Ticket Victory
The two republican wings unite to back a strong reform ticket in Butte and call for a clean government. Democrats and populists are urged to support the unified slate to defeat ring rule and boost the city’s growth. Enthusiasm runs high for a decisive election victory.
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Butte
Talk of the Day and Sober Reforms in Wichita Mayors Race
A Wichita mayoral candidate James W. Tapp the Salvation Army man promises ten dollar fines for bloomers on the street swearing by policemen to be discharged daily Bible carry required twice daily services free Sunday streetcar for churchgoers bans on Sunday theaters and ball games and fines for sidewalk spitting. The talk touches dramatic critics log and mixed notes on Americanization Cuban signs and a Minnesota sect demanding strict kingdom life with no ornaments or non-members.
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Wichita
Kan
Francis Nichols
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Liver Bow County
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Lectures to modernize trades and urban crematory plan
Hanover plans a program of lectures and demonstrations to train artisans and apprentices across trades with model workshops and tool exhibitions plus instruction in bookkeeping and estimates. Boston Mayor proposes a municipal crematory to replace potter's field, estimating burial costs at $1 versus $3 for digging, as about five hundred burials yearly rise.
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Woman Writer Tells of Cooking Yet Admits Failures
A Boston Congregationalist piece laments a female columnist who advised on dressmaking and cooking without ever attempting either. The poem scalds the author for dispensing recipes, chair-making tips, and childrearing guidance she never practiced, calling out the gap between advice and action.
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Tut
Boston
Honest Charity Test Of A Michigan Lady
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a stern charity scene near Grand River where a well dressed man sought aid. The lady tested him with pointed questions about hardship and pensions before inviting him in to eat and clothe him, then noted she would help only honest in distress. The encounter ends with the man walking away in a nap‑bright suit, boasting of his treatment.
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Detroit Free
Grand River Avenue
Ike
Fragments Hint at Local Figures and Odd Town Tales
A garbled excerpt hints at guarantors of an opera season and a not yet prominent citizen named T. It notes T may skip feats and worry the city, mentions an offee run for no gain, and recalls a Boston teacher recounting creation of olive from Adam.
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Olive
Adam
Compliment Debate Sparks Hazy Age Claim By Scientists
A fragment notes critics mock scientists who claim humanity exceeds 100000 years. The text references a speaker and listener, hinting at a lively, possibly dismissive, exchange about human origins and credibility.
Poisoned butter in a letter shocks Detroit reader
A Detroit Journal fragment describes a woman tearing open a missive from a supposed lover and finding poisoned butter inside. She panics over the grave mistake and warns that young people should not act hastily in matters of the heart.
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Detroit
Prominent Citizen Once More Than Half A Man
In the Chicago Evening Post tale a stranger asks a local official if he is a prominent citizen. The man replies he is only half a citizen in spirit, noting he occasionally sits on the platform at public meetings and contributes to funds.
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