Editorial on Roosevelt third term and rail policy echoes
The Kansas City Journal editorial urges considering Roosevelt as a potential third-term candidate, noting interviews suggesting party pressure for nomination. It argues rail and steel practices matter, cites the 2 cent railway fare debate, and recalls wind and weather notions in Kansas, ending with a storm in Medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaneas Civy Journal
Julius Caesar
Roosevelt
Republican Party
White House
Intelligencer notes and political opinions in brief
The Intelligencer editorial column covers A. W. Allen publishers’ mailing status, a Lexington land collapse loss, Ford Heim’s financial stance, Roosevelt potential third term hints, Lexington Highland Avenue sewer plans, San Francisco earthquake aftermath, graft and class conflict, and the city’s fragile welfare amid labor disputes.
Tornado Strikes Town injuring Six and Missing One
A tornado tore through a town sending for a single band of workers to verify damages. The storm damaged numerous homes including the residence of a United States senator. Six people were seriously hurt and one remains missing, likely taken as a hostage. Local authorities fear further danger as relief efforts continue.
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United States
Weao
Visitors and Travels Round Lexington Higginsville and Beyond
Will Stark and Webb Cole were in Lexington Monday Rev Henshaw visited Marshall earlier in the week Miss Dean Dyeart shopped in Higginsville Monday O O W Hageard conducted business in Kansas City last Sunday Mrs K P Harwood and kin spent Thursday in Lexington Minnie McGee shopped in Higginsville Tuesday Miss Glen Vaughn of Higginsville visiting relatives here this week Mrs Frank Evans and baby Maurice spent Wednesday with relatives Rev Martins spent last Monday with Robert Pointer family near Lexington Mrs Loraine Cather Cherry of Houston La visiting her parents Mr and Mrs James Cather Burgess and wife of Columbia guests of aunt Mrs Joe Bertrand Miss Mary Belle Bussey here this week visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs W S Beck Mr and Mrs Frank Gordon and daughter Francis attended the Gentry Chinn wedding Thursday Bonnie Cox returned Sunday from a week with aunt Mrs M L Montague of Marshall Mrs Louck, guest of her daughter Mrs O G Congdon, left for home in St Joseph last Sunday.
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Will Stark
Webb Cole
Lexington
Rev. Henshaw
Marshall
Dean Dyeart
Higgineville
W. Hageard
Kansas City
K.P. Harwood
Bille
Minnie McGee
Higginsville
Glen Vaughn
Frank Evans
Maurice
Rev. Martins
Robert Pointer
Loraine Cather Cherry
Hoston
James Cather
Rey. Burgess
Columbia
Joe Bertrand
Mary Belle Bussey
Bonnie Cox
M. L. Montague
Louck
O. G. Congdon
St. Joseph
Local Notes From Waverly and Nearby Towns
Miss Bessie Chinn shopped in Higginsville Monday. Miss Ruby Smith took teachers exams in Lexington last Friday and Saturday. Mr. Mary Logan left Tuesday for visits to Kansas City Excelsior Springs and Missouri City. Will White Frisco agent at Cement Oklahoma returned home Tuesday morning after a two week vacation in Missouri. Mrs. Chas Still of Mountain Park Oklahoma and Miss Cora White of Bates City Missouri were guests of Miss Bessie Chinn Saturday and Sunday.
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Bessie Chinn
Higginsville
Ruby Smith
Lexington
Mary Logan
Kansas City
Excelsior Springs
Missouri City
Will White
Bank Robbers Again in Corder Night Alarm
At midnight two men on horseback sparked a bank robbery scare in Corder. A dozen armed locals searched the area near the bank but the robbers vanished. Police had suspected desperadoes in an abandoned farm nearby after a prior failed attempt. Continuous watch on the inside of the bank had previously repelled an assault.
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Jeffersonian
Corder
Whitman Praises Roosevelt as a Nature Writer
Walt Whitman lauds Theodore Roosevelt as a nature writer in the July American Magazine, noting Roosevelt’s honest grasp of wild Western life and the way he shapes his papers with a distinctive touch. Major and Mrs. A. Lokmen and daughter Anna Louise depart for Independence to visit Port Leavenworth and attend the graduate exercises.
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Walt Whitman
Roosevelt
Alze
Maj
A. Alokmen
Anna Louise
Independence
Port Leavenworth
Pout Graduate School
Real Estate Transfers June 1907 Summary
Real estate transfers listed for June 20 to 26 1907 include numerous deeds with varied amounts and parcels. Notable entries involve M E B Gravens and Chas Fey in Wellington for $12.50, George Gray and H F Vogt with 6000 for 100 acres, Ida Bartman selling 1 lot in Concordia for $675, and Susan A Cole with multiple parcels in Lexington and Higgingville. Other transfers cover 40 to 80 acres, several 1 to 2 lot parcels, and amounts ranging from $1 to $2000 with several dozen acres in multiple towns.
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Thureday
Chas Fey
Wellington
Chas EB
Duncan
Geo Gray
Gen Gray
Jne Border
Sores
Ida Bartman
Wm Lodemacn
Concordia
Mary C Bradley
Sarabh M Hendrix
Lexington
Peter Rolland
C Mavel
Louis Mavel
Susan A Cole
Geo Chumbilo
Lake L[ovastment
Higgingville
Mary E Walker
Susan
A Cole Ebal
Jong [ Richardson
Chas W Hutchison
PA Ayres
Higgins Villa
Geof Huddleston
Anna Mong
Frank Kriehn
Samual Wright
Anna J Patton
Harrold
Wm J Richardson
G J Harrold
Jas B
Shackleford
J J Shackleford
Lexington & Others
ME Walker
Will Wellman Fly to the Pole The Airship America Explores Arctic Limits
Walter Wellman promotes his July McClure's article detailing the airship America bound for the pole. He outlines ship dimensions, cargo total mass, crew of four, twelve dogs, and provisions plus gasoline. The piece outlines Arctic navigation challenges, inventive tech, and the schedule of duties as they seek a polar voyage and return.
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Wellman
Pole
Walter Wellman
McClure
America
Funeral attendance at Mrs Meinecke's service in Concordia
Thursday morning several locals attended the funeral of Mrs Katherine Meinecke who died Monday in Concordia. Present were Messrs Henry Winkler Harry Crome Henry Malnerke Katherine Paul Miss Laura Winkler and Wm Belsander s. Mrs Meinecke was the sister of Mrs Henry Winkler of this city. Services were held this afternoon. President E W White travelled to Kansas City Thursday evening on business.
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Concorda
Katherine Meinecke
Messames Henry Winkler
Harry Crome
Henry Malnerke
Katherine Paul
Laura Winkler
Wm. Belsanders
Meinecke
Henry Winkler
E. W. White
Kansas City
Special Meeting of Lexington Water Company Shareholders
The shareholders of Lexington Water Company are notified of a special meeting at room 15 Buerle Building Lexington Miss on August Lath 1907 at nine oclock A M. The agenda includes validating actions of the Board of Directors, considering a proposed issue of First Mortgage Six Per Cent Gold Bonds for 100000 dollars, securing the bonds with a mortgage and deed of trust on company properties, and other business. Secretary Jorn Coa AmueR Dal N d&wtd.
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Lexington Water Company
Buerle Building
Lexngton
Missour
Ostock A. M
M Taubman
Walter B. Waddell
Coeducation at Minnesota University Voices Support
Cyrus Northrup, president of the University of Minnesota, argues for coeducation across state higher education. He asserts single institutions for men and women avoid objections, noting coeducation mirrors earlier schooling, benefits both genders, and preserves refinement while preventing excessive segregation.
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Cyrus Northrup
University of Minnesota
Coller
Confession of Harry Orchard in McClure’s Magazine
The July McClure’s features The Confession and Autobiography of Harry Orchard, the confessed murderer of eighteen men including ex governor Stennenbers of Colorado. George Kibbe Turner provides Introductory Notes tracing Orchard’s life from Canadian farm boy to early career in Michigan cheese factory and first deviations that led to a life of crime.
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McClure's
Harry Orchard
Stennenbers
Colorado
George Kibbe Turner
Orchard
Northumberland County
Ontario
Canada
Saginaw
Michigan
Coeur -Atene
Idaho
Seale Inn
Miner’s Rise and Escape After Bunker Hill Mine Blast
A narrative recounts wages and buying into a mine from a salvaged start, years of drinking and sport, a fall in business, labor union moves from Knights of Labor to the Miners' Union, and growing union involvement. It ends with the Bunker Hill blast, his escape from Burke to dodge arrest by the regulars.
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Wood Yard
Burke
Knights of Labor
Miners’ Union
Bunker Hill
Mr Dooley Endorses Elihu Root Over Rivals
Mr Dooley, writing in the July American Magazine, favors Elihu Root as the practical candidate. He criticizes Fairbanks as reckless, Beveridge as shy, and Foraker as overly idealistic, noting Root's strong endorsements from figures like Morton and Harriman and praising his sane general government ideas.
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Dooley
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Foraker
Root
Mr. Dooley
Elihu Root
Levis
Morton
People traveling to Kansas City and attending weddings
A dated notice lists numerous residents including Robert Wilson Jr and Mrs J P Gordon visiting Kansas City Wednesday evening for short stays. Mary Watkins from Richmond attends the Gentry China wedding. Nannie China plans to attend Cromwell Adams’ wedding in Kin sOlty Phindhy. ex senator John Morton and others travel from Kansas City and Jefferson City for family events and a bar admission exam.
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Robert Wilson Jr
Kansas City
Mary Watkins
Richmond
Anna Rostagno
Highpove
Reload Vex
Phil
Marshal
Math
Sue Kookad
Kauais City
Nannie China
KinsOlty Phindhy
Cromwell Adams
Uncalled Letters at Lexington Post Office 1907
A post office notice from Lexington Missouri dated June 29 1907 lists uncalled letters including Verna Finch James Lewis Jobo Moore Lena Mooer Jew Jame Martin J A Parker Pid Robinson Edith Higgs Anna Storm Adlalens Smith Sagie Linklee J sohindler BR F D No 2 Jono Wallac Miss Ida Mio Mutear James Williams The notice requests recipients to call for their letters and states apologies for any inconvenience
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Verna Finch
James Lewis
Jobo Moore
Lena Mooer
Jew Jame Martin
J. A. Parker
Pid Robinson
Edith Higgs
Anna Storm
Adlalens Smith
Sagie Linklee
J. Sohindler
F.D. No. 2
Jono Wallac
Ida Mio Mutear
James Williams
Aogy
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Sunflower
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the Intelligencer
Lexington Post Office
Electric Park
Ford Heim
Noweane
Bubit
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Highland Avenue
San Francisco
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Everthing
Dover Kems
Waverly
Jorn
J.P. Gordon
John Morton
Washington
Thomas Shelby
Kicimo
Thomas Shelpy
J. A. Chamberlao
Greenton Valley
Yasun
Geo
Chamberlain
Jefferson City
Chamberlay
University of Missouri
Jamestown
Bodmuse
Rene Hon
Dvoil
Luella
Chicago
Dr. Osidwell
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