Roosevelt and Clark in Congress Clash Over 1908 Presidency
The piece weighs the 1908 contest between Theodore Roosevelt and Champ Clark. It contrasts Roosevelt's likelihood of congressional deadlock with Clark's potential as a president commanding a united House. It argues Clark would foster efficient governance, while Roosevelt risks stalemate or impeachment moves amid a split Republican Party.
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Rough Rider
Champ
Congress
White House
House
Champ Clark
United Representatives
United Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Capitol
Andrew Jackson
St. Louis Republic
Taft
Abraham Lincoln
Triad
Grover Cleveland
William H
New York
Sta
Benefits of the Direct Priest System
Two sections discuss voter workload and the concept that the privileged leisure class should fund primary processes. The piece argues most voters work for a living and cannot dedicate time to selecting government agents, suggesting the primaries be funded by a leisure tax.
Metropolitan Daily Newspapers Offer Two Dollar Rate
An advertisement touts Metropolitan Daily Newspapers at two dollars annual rate with Rural Route Republic reports at reduced cost. Highlights include day by day news, AP and New York Herald coverage, and full market quotations. A 1912 campaign note urges readers to form clubs to support Democratic principles during the presidential and congressional battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Star Route
Mieh
Rural Route Republic
Metropolita Daily
West
Associated Press
The
New York Herald
St. Lewis Republic
Horatio W. Seymour
Middle West
Lexington Water Company Stockholders Meeting Called
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Lexington Water Company will be held at the company offices in Lexington Missouri on Tuesday June 18 at 10:00 in the forenoon. Directors to be elected and other business to come before the meeting will be considered. Gustav Haerle president John Chamberlain secretary.
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The
Lexington Water Company
Lexington
Theorenoon
All-Star Minstrel Show Seats Go On Sale At Wright Grand
Tickets for the All-Star minstrel show at Wright Grand went on sale at 9 this morning. Early buyers will find good seats with plenty of fans, ice water, and a cracker jack home talent show. Prices: first two rows 75 cents, balance circle 50 cents, parquet circle 3 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Grand
Welock
Marshall Bridegroom Roberts to Home After June 1
Mrs. Sarah Coates of Marshall announces the marriage of her daughter Fannie to Mr. James Luther Roberts on Tuesday June 4 1912. The couple will be at home after July 1 at 419 East Summit Street Marshall Mo.
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C. A. Keith
Higginsville
Elizabeth
Lillian Burton
Colorado Springs
Janws Finley
Independence
Sarah Coates
Marshall
Fannie
James Luther Roberts
Local contractor pledges steady work and delivery
A terse notice declares a contractor named John S. Ashurs with office phone 487 and residence phone 325 promises reliable sidewalk construction. The message asserts commitment, saying they stay and deliver despite others talking big and leaving.
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John S. Ashurs
Res
Missouri Pacific Time Card Lexington and Ton Branches
Time card details indicate Lexington and Ton Branch lines with morning and evening schedules. OCR text shows early morning departures around 6 100 am and evening times near 8 pm and 6 40 pm. city names and times appear garbled but reference standard branch timetable.
Not Many Read 100 Years Centenarians in Focus
A historical column questions the rise of centenarians due to medical progress. It notes frequent reports of people claimed to be 100 or more, but argues many ages are dubious and some cases cited as 137 to 185 years may be exaggerated or unprovable. It references Sir George Cornewall Lewis disputing centenarian claims.
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Sir George Cornewall Lewis
Outdoor cooking of fish in a grass bed with bacon
Instructional excerpt describes cleaning and cooking fish by burying it in a grass bed over hot coals with bacon strips in the body. After thirty minutes the fish are partly fried and steamed, the bacon fat flavors the flesh, grass juice adds a distinctive taste, and the grass and skin peel away with the flesh. Attributed to Edward G. W. Ferguson from Outing Magazine.
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Delmonico
Edward G. W. Ferguson
Outing Magazine
Great Men Of Science Remember Lister In Death List
A Victorian era ranking notes Francis Galton and Sir Joseph Lister among great scientists. Since Galton’s death, Hooker and Lister passed away, leaving only Trooker Wallace and Lister from the era’s leading minds. An English journal cites Lister as a strong candidate for the world’s greatest man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Galton
Trooker
Wallace
Lister
Hooker
Galton
Mooker
The
Royal Society
Popular Science Monthly
Woman Cause of Strike at Oswestry Colliery
In 1874 a woman messenger at a near Oswestry colliery faced threats and coercion by miners who believed it an ill omen to meet a woman first thing in the morning. They demanded her dismissal and led a group to the manager to refuse work until she was removed.
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Oswestry
England
Force of Suggestion and Neighborly Mischief
A neighbor asks what prompts a jumpy reaction and rice scattered around the yard with a lawn mower. Mr. Crosslota replies that when he reads the hired girl prances with a carpet sweeper and he seeks to even the score in some fashion.
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Theodore Roose
Congtress
Metropolitan Daily Newspapers
Gustav Haerle
John Chamberlain
Crawford
Goons
TON
Kapaa
Meath
River Aa
Lambert Lumber Company
Winkler Furniture Co
Central
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