25 Oct 1890
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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1890
Page
1
A long regional notice outlines the evolution of Missouri state school money from 1842 through 1900. It tracks bank dividends, statutory distributions, suspensions during the Civil War era, and later reforms. The piece highlights management under various governors and the dramatic rise in annual school fund disbursements.
The year ending June 0 shows pension expenditures totaling 675. The prior year records 97 614,779 11 in payments and the year before that 40,284,508 77. Estimated cost of the German army this year is 91,726,293. In addition to pensions, our army costs amount to 30,000,000.
A humorous St James Gazette tale recounts how novelist William Black endured being mistaken for a different man. Letters from Mrs MacV- allege a drowned nephew, prompting identity tests, miracles, and a village mix up that spans Highlands and Skye. The piece ends with the old aunt's resignation and a light, self-deprecating tone.
The St. Louis Republic notes broker candidate T. J. Prosser will attend a Filley meeting for Republicans in Uhing's Caye hall tonight. He may sing but will likely speak little as trainers push him toward campaigning. He has trained awkwardly, switched to song, and will be billed for songs only the rest of the campaign.
James G Blaine argues the McKinley tariff will protect New England industry and western interests. He criticizes parts of the bill as ineffective for opening markets and endorses protective measures for breadstuffs and other goods.
A 1890 Texas proclamation urges white Republicans to exclude black voters from primaries and reorganize the party to combat alleged negro influence. The document denounces African American leaders, calls for a new state ticket, and announces a provisional executive committee based in Houston.
The Lawrence American reports a fragmentary scene involving a boy named Jimmy Blake-Waz and another child Johnny Straddles. The piece mentions a mother’s reaction to a Sunday event and a homemade hair cat as a homeward detail.
The Paria Edition Herald reports a London charitable society that has long cared for aged and in need dogs has, in its final report, revealed it added a midnight mission to serve the outcast canine population of the city.
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