Tom Johnson as a Progressive Demagogue in Ohio Campaign
The Baltimore News lauds Tom Johnson as an aggressive populist and demagogue, praising his mass appeal and anti elite stance. It notes his Cleveland cheap car fare plan and push for corporate taxes, while contemplating whether his Ohio governorship bid could launch a White House run. The piece compares him to Roman tribunes and cites veterans Hanna and Parker shocked by his methods.
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Vals
Tom Johnson
Baltimore News
The
Ton Johnson
Tribunes
Rome
Cleveland
Ohio
Eneral Lee
Maxia
Sandusty
Buckeye
Joe Paraker
Mark Hanna
Columbus
White House
Houston Post
Honest aid for the liver with Herbine remedy
An old advertisement urges care for the liver and promotes Herbine as a liver regulator. It highlights a 50 cent price and notes Graham Drug Co as the seller.
Dallas Sleepwalker Detained by Officer After Wandering
A Dallas police officer detained a sleepwalker dressed in night clothes who wandered from home. The man claimed somnambulism while resisting arrest as the officer questioned his public appearance and faith affiliation in guiding the incident.
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Dallas
Ballard HoRe-Hound syrup for coughs and throat trouble
The advertisement promotes Ballard's HoRe-Hound syrup as a safe remedy for coughs loss of voice and throat issues. It notes prices at 25 and 50 cents and lists Graham Drug Co as the seller.
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Graham Drug Co
Badger Pull Ends with No Sale in Roswell Crowd
A wild event in Roswell featured a secured badger instead of the expected pulled animal. When the slide opened the badger charged a waiting dog, and despite the crowd’s cheers four of the town’s fiercest bulldogs were decisively beaten in the melee.
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Roswell
An old tonic ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic
An advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming it is iron and mineral in a tasteless form with a no cure no pay guarantee. The copy emphasizes a 50 cent price and implies quick relief for chills.
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Grove
Platt scheme aims to sway voters against Boeeerstt
A quoted report notes Tom Platt promotes opposition to President Boeeerstt by portraying himself and Wall Street as opponents. The plan hinges on a political truss described as good poli tico, with the public expected to see through the tactic.
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Tom Platt
Wall Street
Boeeerstt
Racial injustice questioned in Rusk County News editorial
The column contrasts a hungry Black thief with a white man who uses the law to avoid responsibility, noting the white man’s standing in church and community while the Black person is degraded. It asks if there is any difference between them, invoking the commandment Thou shalt not steal.
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Rusk
Huntsville
Rusk Country News
Moores Pilates Promised Cure for Malaria and Fevers
An advertisement proclaims Moore's Pilates as a tasteless, guaranteed remedy for malaria types and related fevers, claiming no quinine, arsenic, acid, or iron. It asserts cures for rheumatism and blood-poison fatigue, listing price at 50 cents per box and distributor details in St. Louis and Graham Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore’s Pilates
C. C. Moore Co
Main St
St. Louis
Graham Drug Co
President urges constitutional remedy for trusts
The president backs a constitutional amendment or remedy for trusts. Six amendments have been made, with an average two years from Congress passage to promulgation, while the Eleventh Amendment took about three and a third years. Roosevelt’s stance on delay should suit the trusts.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Marble cutter ad sparks ironies on tombstones
Seymour News notes a state paper ad offering tombstones from a marble cutter. The writer jokes about furnishing a tombstone for their grave, mocking the ad’s seriousness and questioning the advertiser’s sense of fitness.
Apple yields in Southern Illinois exceed two million trees
Southern Illinois reports over 40 000 acres of apple trees not yet in full bearing with an expected harvest of more than 1 000 000 barrels this year. If all were first grade the crop would fill 6 600 cars or 220 train loads, though much will be evaporated or made into apple butter and only the finest fruit sold fresh.
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Illinois
Grove’s Black Root Liver Pills Ad Tackles Constipation
An ad touts Grove’s Black Root Liver Pills made from an active principle from Black Root. It claims liver action comparable to calomel with no griping or stomach upset and asserts cure for chronic constipation at 25 cents. Also notes Wilson’s Iowa Platform interpretation on tariff revision and Roosevelt opposition, plus a quip about pleasant parenting for worried children.
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Wilson
Iowa
Roosevelt
Iowa State Agricultural College
Country Boys Worth More In Business Than City Mockery
In a Cameron Enquirer opinion, rural youth are steady workers with red blood and sound minds, often surpassing town boys in later business success. City snobbery hurts others for amusement, yet true manhood endures and proves itself in the marketplace over time.
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Paw
Cameron Enquirer
Repent of Your Sins and Use Hunt's Lightning Oil
A dated testimonial style notice touts Hunt's Lightning Oil for numerous pains and ailments including catarrh neuralgia rheumatism cuts burns colic and diarrhea with a guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Available in 25 and 50 cent sizes.
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Hunt
Bid to Elect Judge Smith Successor Sparks Unease
Breckinridge Democrat notes trouble over Judge Smith resignation of the District Judgeship. He may want appointment to the vacancy and salary until his Congressional pay starts, but the Governor will not promise. Aspirants for Congress hoped to remove him via resignation but remain unsettled.
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Breckinridge
We Tell Me Secrets sales pitch ad
An old ad proclaims Hunt's pedi cures everything except broken hearts and softening of the brain with prices of 25 and 50 cents.
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Hunt
Democrats blamed for financial crash cited in panic note
The passage argues that overcapitalization of corporations would be blamed on Democrats if a crash occurred, noting with irony that Democrats were not in power during the Northern Pacific panic.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Proven Cures Piles and Burns
W. A. Greer of McConnellsville Ohio says three years of medical care failed to cure his piles and fistula until Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed him in two weeks. The salve also treats burns bruises cuts eruptions salt rheum and related skin issues. sold by Edgar Mathews & Co. drug store.
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Wates
Political metaphor about Republicans and Democrats
A fictional line comparing Republican policy to incubating trust plans and predicting the brood will resemble Democratic roosters. The wording uses a provocative political analogy without citing events or figures.
White's Cream Vermitage Tonic Sale Ad
A vintage advertisement touts White's Cream Vermitage as harmless and a tonic that restores rosy health to pale cheeks. It promises full removal of wear and claims strengthening properties. Price set at 25 cents. offered by Abraham Drag Co.
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Braham Drag Co
Republicans Ping-Pong On Trust Question Needs Unity
The text argues Republicans are lively in debate over the trust question but require Democratic unity to satisfy the people and settle the issue. It suggests the party would do reforms if as honest as it is strenuous.
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Republican Party
The Best Prescription for Malaria Promoted in Tone
An ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria cure with iron and quinine in tasteless form, priced 50 cents. A mention of Senator Spooner questions Supreme Court salary, implying debate over funds and senate integrity.
Dems Silenced on Trusts Says Republican Paper
The St Louis Globe Democrat argues Democrats are silent on trusts while Republicans push a trust fight. It notes civil actions against the Northern Pacific merger and the beef trust, but no criminal prosecutions, and claims enforcement of the anti trust law remains the focal point of the administration.
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St.Louis Globe- Democrat
Northern Pacific
Beef Trust
Farmers in Hopkins County Clear Profits from Diversified Crops
One Hopkins County farmer cleared 1437 dollars from four teen acres of Elberta peaches. Another farmer net over 1025 dollars from three and a half acres of strawberries and seven acres of peaches. Other growers report similar results. Diversification proves profitable, with cleared meaning net after expenses.
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Hopkins County
Sulphur Springs Gazette
Ballards Snow Liniment Advertisement
An advertising notice touts Ballards Snow Liniment as the most effective penetrative cure, claiming unmatched quality worldwide. It promotes pricing at 25 and 50 cents and lists Graham Drug as the seller.
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Ballards
Graham Drug ‘‘O
Political clash over tariff stirs local issue claims
Chairman Babcock of the Republican Congressional Committee is drawn into a heated exchange with Chairman Griggs of the Democratic Congressional Committee. The tariff question is described as a local issue yet also a lure of many blandishments designed to befog those who toy with it.
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Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Griggs
Democratic Congressional Committee
Hancock
Perilous leap from Pike's Peak teased cure alls
Odd, fragmented ad claims a 25 cent Cheatham's Lax etc cures chills not brain softening. Mentions Pike's Peak at 14134 feet and a supposed medical remedy with no proven cure. Ends with a curious price note 16 pay.
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Pike's Peak
Cheatham
Monopolies Under Tariffs Threaten Consumers
A historical note argues that combining large firms under tariff protection harms the public welfare. It contends that while mergers may not harm general welfare, sheltering vast monopolies behind high tariffs ruins consumers by reducing competition and raising prices.
Liver Health Claim Advert Par 450ets Graham Drug Co
A sale notice for Herb ine claims it will restore a diseased liver to health. The ad states moroseness low mood low energy restlessness melancholy and constipation as symptoms. Price 450 ets. Sold by Graham Drag Co.
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Graham Drag Co
Postmaster General Payne and Hitchcock Tapped for Bureau
The two secretaries, Payn and Hitchcock, long noted for avoiding speeches, are sought to lead a new literary bureau under the administration’s planned boom in cultural initiatives.
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Payne
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Cheatham Laxative Chill Tablets and tariff wit
An advertisement praises Cheatham's Laxative Chill Tablets as a ready dose liquid tonic. It mocks Representative Babcock for retreating on tariff questions and notes Mr. Bryan’s sharp wit about trusts in recent commentary.
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Cheatham
Mr. Bryan
Babcock
Sir Brig
Parson's Woble Act and Electric Bitters Praise
Rev J Budiong of Ashaway Rhode Island approves Electric Bitters as a reliable medicine curing jaundice liver troubles and other ailments. The tonic is said to aid liver kidney and stomach problems with guaranteed satisfaction at 50 cents by Edgar Mathews & Co.
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A. Parson
J. Budiong
Ashaway, R. I
Edgar Mathewse & Co
Tariff stance cited for Ohio platform on monopoly fears
The speaker Hend erson will align with an Ohio platform that demands any tariff changes needed to prevent sheltering monopolies, while he personally favors no tariff revision, arguing no tariff schedule shelters a monopoly.
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Henderson
Ohio
Cure a Cold in One Day Pill Adot by Laxative Aromo Quinin Tablets
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Aromo Quinin Tablets. It claims a full refund by druggists if it fails and features E W Grove’s signature on each box.
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E.W Grove
Man Behind Health Wealth And Wisdom
A quotation emphasizes that health wealth and wisdom gain value only with a man backing them, stressing the role of leadership and support behind successful endeavors. The line reflects a traditional view of virtue and power united in practical action.
Fortune Favors a Texan Doctor Remedy Claim
A Texas man from Kenardale writes of distressing pains in head back and stomach and loss of appetite. After using Dr Klig, he says he soon felt like a new man. The ad claims relief for stomach and liver troubles with a product sold at Edgar Matthews & Co drug store for 250.
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Klig
Pilsey
W. B. Whitehead
Kenardale
Texas
Edgar Matthews & Co
Absent Minded Beggar Seeks Wisdom From Every Hat
A pithy proverb-like line portrays a beggar who expects wisdom from any hat larger than a No 7 and alms from any long purse, suggesting a satirical view of greedy or fanciful requests.
A Boy's Wild Ride For Life
A Leesville Indiana man, WOH Brown, endures life threatening asthma to reach help with Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption and Cough. He reports sound sleep after using the medicine and touts its efficacy for throat and lung troubles. Trial bottles free at Edgar Matthews and Co.'s Drug.
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Dr. King
Woh Brown
Leesville
Ind
Edgar Matthews and Co
Hunt's Cure for Itch No Cure No Pay Claim
Claim that Hunt's Cure for Itch pledges no cure no pay for ringworm itching piles and tetter.
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Hunt
Tariff Revision Faces Western States in Fall Elections
The West and Middle West are for tariff revision and will likely influence this issue in the coming fall elections. The statement notes broad regional pressure shaping economic policy and campaign momentum across the nation.
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West
Middle West
Ancient draughtboard found in Crete crafted from crystal ivory gold
An ancient draughtboard discovered in Crete is described as a fine work composed of natural crystal, ivory, gold and silver. The item is not unique, as chess and draughts or the geometric origins of both were known to many ancient civilizations, including Greek and Egyptian cultures.
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Crete
Town Topics Inquiries Offbeat Travel Dilemma
A cryptic Town Topics note asks whether the safer choice is driving out with others or hunting automobilists with a rifle. The item frames a curious public pondering on risk and leisure, hinting at local attitudes toward travel and safety.
Frozen Buttermilk Ice Cream Idea
A historical recipe suggests freezing a blend of one gallon fresh buttermilk with two cans condensed milk vanilla and sugar to taste. Pour into an ice cream freezer and freeze. The text warns against over sweetening and notes a touch of tartness improves flavor.
Summer Coverings for Polished Tables
Home made summer coverings for polished tables use a close fitting soft fabric cover of flannel to protect the surface and corners. A domed flannel or white outing flannel shields the holland finish from scratches, and the piano top also requires similar protection.
Special Stockholders Meeting for Weatherford Railway Bonds
Notice to the stockholders of Weatherford Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway Company of a special meeting in Weatherford Texas on October 15 1902. Purpose to authorize first mortgage bonds of 1 854 000 bearing 5 percent interest for 28 years to pay off existing bonds and finance construction and extension of the railway with Directors empowered to seek Texas Railroad Commission approval. Meeting to consider any other matters before the board.
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Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Ry. Co
Weatherford, Mineral Olla and Northwestern Railway
Weatherford
Parker County
Texas
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway
Railroad Commission of ‘Texas
L. M. Fouts
J. W. Boot
L. M Fiveey
J. W. Hoor
P. KE. Cox
G. B. Snort
P. Fours
W. A. Bonner
KE. Smarr
Weatherford Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway Special Meeting
Notice is given for a stockholders meeting at the company office in Weatherford Texas on Wednesday October 15 1902. The agenda seeks to authorize a capital stock reduction from 500000 to 109000 and to cancel stock down to 100000 to be presented to the Railroad Commission of Texas. L M Fouts president J W Bout secretary.
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Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway Company
Suide
Railroad Commission of Texas
L. M. Fouts
J. W. Bout
Described horses reported in Young County notice
W P Stinson commissioner reports two horses left with E Sloan ten miles west of Graham Young County Texas One white faced mare about 14 hands unbranded and a bay mare about 14 hands ten to twelve years old branded P on left hip Notice dated August 10 1902 Gro McLares Goo
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W. P. Stinson
Young County
Texas
E Sloan
Graham
Gro
Melares
The Facts in the Case in Dantas Semi-Weekly News
The Dantas Semi- Weekly News presents what it calls the facts in the case. It asserts readers prefer truth when evaluating information.
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Dantas
Specially Edited Newspaper Offer Ad Copy
An advertisement touts The Leader and The News as the papers readers need. It promotes two papers for one year at 1.75 dollars cash in advance and notes prompt stop after expiration.
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Marlborough
Seymour News
Spooner
Supreme Bench
Negin
Senate
Harnest
Roosevgis
Jimly
Stokholders
Specia Meeting of
Weathford
Coramunica
Alee
Munn & Co
Oh Arce
New York
Chamberlain
B. B. Garrett
Dr. Kikner & — Tor
Swamp-Rest. Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Turner
Gen
Paso
Ume
Washington
Cardus
Della M. Strayer
Tully
Kana
Thedford
Ons
Aguptoma
Chattanooga
Teun
Vibe Laiggerae Company
Graham Dengle
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