Revivalist Sam Jones under fire for crude slang in sermons
A dispatch from St. Louis criticizes Sam Jones for using vulgar slang like Willipus Wallopus in his revival sermons at Plattsburg camp meetings. The Missouri Republican notes southern industry gains and calls for refined language in religious discourse. Austin reports the Texas tax suit in Greer county moves to the attorney general after a Dallas federal injunction.
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Cooper
St. Louis
Willipus
Austin
Dallas
Pardee
Greer County
Monster ray captured off gulf shore draws crowds at Beach hotel
Fishermen hauled a nine to ten foot wide, broad-bodied ray to the Beach hotel after entangling it in a net and pulling it to shore by horseback. Colonel Sinclair bought the specimen for preservation as researchers eye the mysterious behemoth amid a Friday night crowd of two thousand along the beach.
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Gulf
Sinclair
Galveston News
Leather Shoe-Buttons and Bank Fraud Notions
A Rhode Island firm builds a leather button making machine capable of 60 to 100 buttons per minute with automatic stitching and waterproofing. A bank fraud attempt by J. E. Jones is foiled by cashier T. H. Emerson. The Stewart Cathedral organ in Garden City New York is described as the world’s largest, with five organs and 43 couplers. The piece notes American “Gush” at Gen Grant’s burial site and reflects on where great statesmen rest.
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Rhode Island
J. E. Jones
T. H. Emerson
First National
J. B
Tar Heel) Jones
Cho
Greenville
Texas
J. Kk. Jones
Hood County
McKinney Mercury
Stewart Cathedral
Garden City
N. Y
Gen
Grant
Washington
Mount Vernon
Jefferson
Monticello
Kansas Governor Proclaims Cattle Quarantine on Texas Trail
The Gazette notes Gov. Martin of Kansas orders sheriffs to seize cattle entering the state violating quarantine laws, effectively closing the Texas trail. It adds the federal government has ordered the trail opened and kept open, with potential new proclamations anticipated to inform the public.
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Gov. Martin
Kansas
Texas
Democrats Aim for Senate Tie in Three States and More
Report notes probable Democratic wins in Indiana Virginia and New Jersey could tie the Senate in the Fiftieth Congress with Vice President Hendricks deciding. Possible pickups also seen in Ohio and New York. The obituary style figures show Americans and Germans leading death by own action statistics with farmers and merchants as major groups.
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Indiana
Virginia
New Jersey
Senate
Hendricks
Ohio
New York
Jvevns
Partridge Requests Spark a Congressional Quip
In a witty clash over logistics, Hon. Thomas Porterhouse Ochiltree, long a seed hunter turned congressman, dismisses seeds as lacking appeal to his constituents while joking they love partridges. A Georgia man’s harsh discipline tale is noted as unfit for heavenly harps. In Baltimore heavy rain causes floods. Jones Falls and Carroll Creek flood streets and cellars, displacing residents.
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Thomas Porterhouse Ochiltree
Ochiltree
Cologne
Jerusalem
Georgia
Heavenly City
Baltimore
Jones
Harrison Streets
Center Market
Frederick City
Carroll Creek
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Missouri Republican
New York Sun
Empire State
J. M. Howett
Joan H. Syine
Dallas Nurseries
GEM Drug
Stor
Ryus
W.C. Beckham & Son
Graham
BOOTS
Ha‘s, Ky
Northwest Corner Public Sq
Jeff
Saloo
Billiard Hall
S. R. Jeffery
Ed. Huggins
Kanzler & Jowell
G. W. Parker
4Th Street
Commercial Square
Daily Mail
Weatherford
Graham and
Jacksboro
J. J. Gallaher
G. H. Crozier
H. B. Dorsey
W. Eastin
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