Muddle of Local News And Crimes From The Dublin Post
The Dublin post office was robbed during the night of the 18th with loss of 100 wash registered packages and stamps. De Leon postmaster Bill Carnes has vanished, leaving $1,500 in shortage. Cal Woods in New York faces execution by electricity, likely in the first week of November. The Texas Family Journal in Dallas seeks patrons as funding wanes.
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Dublin
Bill Carnes
de Leon
Cal Woods
New York State
Peck Nominated by Wisconsin Democrats for Governor
Geo W Peck a famed humorist and editor of Peck s Sun is named by Wisconsin Democrats as their candidate for governor. Pensions for the year ending June 30 total 109 357 534 with prior year 87 644 779 11 and year before 80 288 68 77. German army cost this year estimated at 91 726 293 plus our army cost 30 000 000.
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Geo. W. Peck
Sun
Democrats of
Wisconsin
Will of A. T. Stewart contested in New York courts
Gen. B. F. Butler and Wm. H. Secor represent the plaintiffs in the probate challenge to the great merchant prince A. T. Stewart. They argue the will will be declared null and void and millions of dollars in property may transfer if their case succeeds.
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A. T. Stewart
New York
Gen
B. F. Butler
Wm. H
Mississippi General Criticized Over Farm Price Plan
The article attacks Gen. Chalmers of Mississippi as a political straw man proposing government cash support for farm products. It notes a Fort Worth convention favoring a ten year tax exemption for factories and praises local delegates like Ryus for promoting Texas resources. It also mentions a Kansas City servant girl who captures a burglar and turns him over to police.
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Chalmers
Mississippi
Fort Worth
Texas
Ryus
Young
Kansas City
Durance Vile
Poet's jab at city leaders in Wichita Herald verse
A Wichita Herald poem mocks county and city officials over enforcement of ordinances. The speaker praises the county, criticizes the city, and ends with a call for public action and a nod to Rock Island.
Congress Adjourning As Partisan Criticism Rises
Lawmakers prepare to adjourn this week as critics blame partisan rancor for stalled progress. Opponents argue obstruction and inflamed rhetoric hinder bipartisan action and national benefits.
County Seat War Roils Baca County Colorado
A bitter county seat contest in Baca County Colorado has drawn arms as towns dispute the seat. Reports indicate several men killed or wounded in the clashes.
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Baca
Colorado
Sullivan’s Outburst Shocks Hoffman House Inmates
A reporter notes John L. Sullivan created a tumult at the Hoffman House in New York last week as authorities struggled to restrain him. The incident drew quick calls for closer action and oversight.
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John L. Sullivan
Hoffman House
New York
Congress
Rock Island Railroad Claims New Line Scene in Texas
An Alvord Budget editor in Fort Worth reports a Chicago Rock Island and Pacific official claim a corps of engineers is surveying from Menlo Indian Territory toward Texas. The road may be built to Fort Worth once a permanent line location is set, possibly crossing the Fort Worth and Denver at Alvord and entering Fort Worth from the west.
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Alvord
Fort Worth
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Colny
Menlo
Indian Territory
Texas
Rock Island
Denver
Boston Money Drive Aims to Reelect McKinley
In Boston a campaign to collect funds from manufacturers believed to benefit from McKinley’s bill seeks to influence his 1896 re election. An unknown agent solicits contributions to secure his House return regardless of cost. The scheme echoes 1888 tactics and raises questions about who directs it and who is targeted in New England.
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Bostox
Mass
Boston
McKinley
Congress
Ohio
Washington
New York
Maj. McKinley
New England
Browning Nominated for Speaker by Wichita Falls Pact
Hon J N Browning of Clarendon is named by the Wichita Falls convention to succeed himself in the legislature from the Jumbo district and to be Speaker of the House. The convention lauds his experience integrity and public spirit. Capt Trimbleton reports fears of a major Indian uprising and doubled garrisons at Fort Sill. He notes 27000 New York men supported by their wives would need to work or go on tramp if Texas wives failed.
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Clarendon
Wichita Falls
Vernon Guard
Pittspore
Trimbleton
Seventh
United States Cavalry
Fort Sill
Pittsburg
Fort Silk
United States
United States Bureau of Labor
New York
Texas
Republicans Safer on Liquor Question in Tight Framing
The last National Convention promised reductions in internal revenue taxes, seen as support for free liquor and tobacco. Congress’ current session keeps Republicans in a bind between prohibition pressures and liquor interests. In Rusk, General Hogg’s hometown, residents plan a big banquet with Hogg as the headline feature.
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Great
Republican Party
East
South
Farmers' political wakeup proves import in hard times
The Ft Worth Gazette argues farmers are not lazy but pressed by market glut and politics, insisting poverty drives political activity and urging careful judging of farmers as a group. It cites history from France and defends farmer influence as healthful despite errors.
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John
France
Paris
Ft. Worth
A Good Name A Lesson For The Young Man
A young man gains easier progress with a good education health and wealth but a good name is essential for real advancement. Character matters more than possessions or influence. A proven honest life secures trust, while loss of trust hinders future success and even friends cannot substitute for integrity.
Solitude Defined by a Store That Won't Advertise
In a terse Brooklyn tale a stingy merchant, known for Sabbath school lessons, is startled by a boy’s blunt reply. The miserable youth answers that solitude means “the store that don't advertise,” prompting the merchant’s visible disturbance in the exchange.
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Brooklyn
Postal restrictions on lotteries and prize schemes text
A long statute prohibits mail delivery of lottery or prize advertisements, lists of prizes, or tickets. It defines illegal mailing acts as misdemeanors with fines up to 500 dollars and up to one year imprisonment. Prosecution can proceed where the publication is mailed or delivered and where the recipient is located.
Novelty and Change Rule Daily Life in Athens Style
A collage of opinions and anecdotes from 1900 era papers noting love of new things, political barbs, mortgage foreclosures, homestead laws, farm leases, corn and grain outlooks, and Galveston river and harbor bill investments.
Arizona Kicker Town Motto Stirs Boom Skepticism
The Arizona Kicker denounces town boosters proposing a boom to attract outsiders. It mocks grand plans and costly stock promises while noting 148 saloons 16 gambling halls 5 stores and 3000 residents. The piece rejects romantic investor schemes and urges strangers to stay away.
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Ohio
Side Hill
Pacific Ocean
West
Great Strawberry Growers’ Association
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Elephants and News Then and Now in a Small Town
A neighbor’s elephant parade stuns a New England village as churchgoers rush out when the beast appears, followed by commentary on temperance and a rattlesnake tragedy in Merkel, Texas. The National Sobriety column criticizes a free list push, while Kentucky leaders split over sub-treasury schemes. Gem Comedy Company performs in court house playhouse with mixed acoustics and solid acting.
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New England
Parson Adams
Dr. Dobson
Kentucky
8. B. Owen
Farmers’ Alliance
Kentucky State Union
Casin
National Socrat
Gem Comedy Company
Jack Whitcomb
Estrays Reported in Young County Texas
Report from H. D. Williams County Judge listing a black horse about 15 hands high with brands on the left thigh and right shoulder as an estray. Left with Ww. T. Steadham for safekeeping under the Gay claim details not fully legible.
The Poor Farmer and a Nation in Famine Times
An old verse laments the farmer's hardship as many figures offer advice, while the farmer tends to crops his own way. Ex Ireland faces famine with a failed potato crop and widespread destitution.
Mayor Snaith backs factory tax exemption plan in Fort Worth
In a welcoming address to the manufacturers convention in Fort Worth on Thursday Mayor Peter Snaith urged exemption from taxation for all factories for a set number of years. He pressed the proposal with strong rhetoric, aiming to spur industrial growth.
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Peter Snaith
Fort Worth
Texas
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