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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
4
The page lists candidates for Congress and local offices in Minnesota, including James Cooney for Congress, Meredith Thomas for Judge, Evan Young for Judge, and Marcus Sartewar and others as party-affiliated hopefuls. It notes party actions and the governor’s laughter about an insult in Chicago, reflecting a political climate.
The story notes St Louis citizens reaffirming American citizenship amid city politics. It highlights Derrituta excra Will Lefource announcing Evin Young as candidate for Lafayette County county court western district judge. Lefource, a lifelong Democrat, would bring careful, conscientious service if elected.
The St Louis Republic covers Diic Henry's visit in a three column narrative but readability is hampered by OCR. It notes the nation’s royal highness as subject and praises the Missouri public schools second report issued by the education department under Hon W T Durington. The piece thanks Superintendent Carrington for his courtesy.
Prince Henry heads a parade in St Louis amid royalist chatter in local papers. Breakfast followed at a leading city club room as terms like royalty and his royal highness appear, while in London an American declines formal attire for the king.
A Saturday Mississippi county primary is reported as the initial step in Missouri's gubernatorial race. The article mentions Charleson as county seat publishal in the Enter prise Gazette with Col Moore as a former governor aligned candidate and describes early voter reactions at several ballot boxes amid party opposition.
A fiery editorial denounces a New York interview story tying Senator Tillman to concerns about President Roosevelt visiting South Carolina. It praises Texas Governor Hogg for refusing London attire, while defending Southern pride and American authenticity against Republican tactics and sensational press.
Democrats of Lafayette County are urged to gather at precincts today to choose delegates for a county convention in Higginsville on Monday. The Higginsville delegates will pick those for the Sedalia congressional convention on March 12. The county committee will also be selected and ratified at Higginsville to lead the coming campaign.
Daviess the home county of Governor Dockery instructs Democratic delegates to vote for no candidate not supporting William Stone for United States Senate. The resolution, adopted unanimously, directs delegates to Carrollton on April 1902 to pledge to vote for Stone and to cast Daviess county’s full slate as a unit on all convention questions.
The readable parts describe a chaotic political situation with mentions of a democratic party and power district. It appears to reference harm or destruction and a person named Wey, but the fragmentary OCR yields unclear actions and lacks concrete facts. The article does not provide verifiable details.
At a Baltimore banquet the principal speaker D Armand of Miksourt argued tariff reform to raise needed revenue with minimal burden on the masses and called for free list reductions where possible. He urged reviving a robust American merchant marine without subsidies, stressing protections should not shield trusts and urging careful duties to benefit the nation.
A nostalgic ballad urges a Dallas visit to cheer Confederate figures and recall Civil War valor. It references Gettysburg, Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jeb Stuart, Hood, and other figures, urging reverent remembrance as a long twilight wanes and the nation’s memory of that era is kept alive.
In Memoriam on February 17 at his Lafayette county home died W. A. Page 66 after heart disease. Funeral at Odensa. Survived by Awilw and four children. Funeral remembered with sympathy and hopes for reunion beyond Jordan. Miscellaneous ads include a 10 cent refund offer for Potgam Fadeless Dye and other garbled local listings.
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