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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
1
The primary election Tuesday drew a light vote across the county with at most half the eligible voters participating. In Cape turnout lagged behind expectations as farmers tended to crops. vote tallies show Democrat candidates like George W. Michael and Joseph J. Russell with 933 votes and 701 respectively, among others, while various local judges and officials received smaller totals.
The document lists Republican candidates across offices including Congress Charles A. Crow and David W. Hill, Circuit Judge John A. Snider and L. R. Johnson, Presiding Judge Haupt, Circuit Clerk Henry Hoffmeister and Warren Mabrey, County Clerk Frederick Goyert, Prosecuting Attorney James H. Doris, Recorder G. F. Siemers, Collector J. Frank Caldwell, Edward Willer, and Louis Krueger for Clerk Court Common Please, with various ballot numbers.
Notice asks residents of Jackson Missouri to contribute old relics or native curios for display at the Homecomers Reunion. Deliver items to the undersigned in Jackson by August 23. Those unable to deliver should notify the organizer.
Sixty pairs of English sparrows released in Central Park a generation ago provoked rapid proliferation and displacement of native birds. The discussion notes potential benefits in worm control but stresses the nuisance and calls for protecting native songbirds. A Florida anecdote shows a friendly bird colony around feed and water. Kent Wilson’s mare antics disrupt a block, while education officials emphasize standards in teacher certification and fairness in grading.
Announcement of a $100 Frisco Scholarship for a Cape Girardeau County winner to study fourteen weeks at the University of Missouri starting November 1 1910. Entry based on growing and exhibiting the best ten ears of corn, with rules from C B Hutchison and Sam Jordan. safety note follows on a separate item about Joplin ice cream contamination from impure milk.
A Wallace's Farmer piece warns of horse manure near barns as the main fly breeding site. It urges screenings and cleanliness to reduce flies that spread typhoid and dysentery, noting both city and country households suffer from the pest.
Frank M. Kimes introduces a corn variety he claims produces six ears on a single stalk. The Portageville Critic notes his retirement from active work to enjoy the fruit of this discovery and invites readers to see a stalk at the office. Neighbors praise his hard work and high regard in the community.
A newspaper note recounts a substitute editor, an editor away, and a subscriber letter. The subscriber threatens to maul the editor, while the minister jokes that he would enlist twenty church members to help if needed. The exchange reflects newsroom tension and humor.
Hon David A Ball and W D Vandiver back Reed while Judge Evans sides with Francis. They once led Folk reform, placing the late governor in a bind as Vandiver and Ball back Folk’s rival. Evans backs Francis, an opponent of Folk’s presidential bid, signaling a volatile Missouri Democratic scene.
In a town with two brothers running a flourishing coal business, revival meetings led to the elder’s conversion. He urged the other to join the church, but Richard quipped that if he joined, someone must still weigh the coal, delaying his decision.
A Nebraska correspondent argues the mole is carnivorous and benefits farmers by eating worms and insects. It creates ridges that aerate soil but harms germination. instead of trapping, cultivate the mole and flatten ridges, learning to distinguish friend from foe.
Voters who failed to nominate their preferred candidate in the primary cannot fairly object to that candidate's defeat by those who did cast their vote. The statement highlights party Loyalty and voting rights and implications for post election challenges.
Col Roosevelt will address audiences in Kansas City late in September and in St. Louis early in October. Democratic leaders in Missouri fear his remarks will unsettle them as Missourians remember his father’s political influence, recalling the late president’s 25000 vote win in 1904 and the potential for a much larger margin today.
The City of Cape Girardeau and the Frisco Railroad clash as the city council orders removal of the railroad track through streets by September 1. The road allegedly breached its contract to make the city a terminal and division point, forcing Frisco to reroute if Cape cannot justify its case.
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