Intelligencer Expands By Acquiring Lafayette Leader
The Intelligencer has purchased the Lafayette Leader and will consolidate operations by moving the Leader office to Lexington. The change doubles the paper’s subscription reach and enlarges the paper to a six column quarto with improvements to follow. Watch for the enlarged edition and sample copies. The piece criticizes Cuba's suffrage as liberal yet manipulative, warning of carpetbag politics and cronyism that may enrich the few at the expense of the many. Access to concessions and mining rights could be handed to favored interests under corrupt control.
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Cuba
Hanna
Record Heat of July 1901 Shatters Local Tales
July 1901 becomes a historic heat record with multiple days above 100 degrees as local legends of past droughts are debunked. The piece mocks the “oldest inhabitant” and his tales, praising the current scorcher and joking about leaving for the Klondyke if such heat returns.
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Klondyke
North Pole
Drought Attribution Quoted From Rev William Carter
The piece mocks a claim by Rev William Carter of First Presbyterian Kansas City that drought stems from Governor Dockery keeping saloons open. It argues against assigning weather power to the governor, emphasizes prayer, and notes scripture supports asking despite imperfect virtue. It reflects public debate over vice and rainfall without endorsing any central assertion.
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William Carter
First Presbyterian Church of
Kansas City
Governor Dockery
Carter
Democracy Doubts Weather of Democratic Storms
The Republicans of Miasoor view the political horizon with telescopes hoping for a small cloud of discord in the Democratic sky while people anticipated rain after a long drought. Their forecasts claim storms are coming but remain as unreliable as old weather predictions.
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Democracy
Miasoor
Rain prophets and Missouri politics in 1902 era
The piece argues rain prophets prove drear. Missouri Democrats must unite to blunt Republican gains in 1902. It notes American millionaires abroad, Diaz Morey testimony, German flag issue with Cartagen, yacht races Columbus and Constitution, and a contrast on railroad magnates. It ends with a suburban lawn humor aside.
Teddy Rosevelt Club meeting in Kansas City
The Midland hotel hosted E. Munt Riley's Teddy Rosevelt Club gathering Tuesday night, noted for its absence of expected attendees and described as decidedly “front.” Elsewhere, gardeners prepare for a second crop, farmers plant millet and kaffir corn, and Lafayette soil is said to reward labor, while Alfred Owen of Mooresville, Mo., was killed by a Burlington train near Chalcoothe. Chicago area report: the B&O passenger train was held up near Edgmere and Grand Calumet Heights by five men. robbers damaged a mail car and escaped, leaving only a gold watch and an estimated $50,000 in express car loot.
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E. Munt Riley
Teddy Rosevelt Club
Midland Hotel
Lafayette
Alfred Owen
Mooresville
St. Louis
Denver
Burlington
Chalcoothe
Chicago
Babi & Ohio
Central Depot
Edgmere
Grand Calumet Heigig
Ind
Lange Poase
Valosbie
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