Kansas City Fall Exposition Opens New Era of Entertainment
The Agricultural Exposition plans a grand fall festival on eighteen acres near Jackson City Park. Livestock shows, horticultural displays, and agricultural products compete for prizes totaling 25,000 with 5,000 in cash for cattle and horse entries. A manufacturing pavilion and retail displays feature Kansas City producers. Special rail rates from across the region enable a broad audience September 29 to October 11 for farming, crafts, and entertainment.
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Kacsun City
Kansas City
Southwest
Retail Merchants’ Association
Railraids
Let Us All Say Amen and College Education Advice
A writer argues against spending 85000 cap on college for a young man aiming to become a businessman. He suggests using only the interest of 5000 for education while the principal remains invested. He condemns foolish parents who waste money on effeminate luxuries each year.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Kidney Support
The ad claims Hood's Sarsaparilla can relieve nervousness and sleeplessness blamed on kidney issues. It asserts the medicine cleanses, strengthens, and tones the kidneys, aiding recovery and offering a direct benefit to urinary health.
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Hood
College Education As Social Equalizer Speech
President David Starr Jordan argues in the Independent that a boy should not be denied education by wealth. He says better results come from self directed effort and that colleges should serve the poor rather than remain exclusive to the rich. He warns against lavish expenditure while urging access for all.
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Bis
David Starr Jordan
The
Independent
Death Angel Claims Beloved Wife of Joe W Newman
On August 6 1902 Mrs Mariel Newman wife of Joe W Newman passed away after a life of faith. She joined the Christian church in 1857 and served faithfully, leaving a bereaved husband and family to bear the loss as they seek comfort in her triumphant death.
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Joe
W. Newman
Mariel Newman
Christian Church
E.L. P
Texas Wonder Hall's Great Discovery Ad
A testimonial touts Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder ailments. Claims cure of gravel diabetes and back issues for men and women, with mail order available and Crenshaw and Youngs in Neosho cited. Testimonial writes of relief after years of illness and renewed ability to work.
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Hall
E. W. Hall
P.O
Neosho
Texas
Earth
Lim
W. A. Davia
Natural Gas Strike at Malta Bend Sparks Near Disaster
The Saline County Oil and Developing Company struck natural gas at Malta Bend at about fifty feet. It appears to have enough gas to supply all Saline County. A boy touched a lit match to the gas with two companions, narrowly escaping severe burns.
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Malta Bend
Saline County Oil and Developing Company
Malin Bend
Saline County
Mayview Exhibit Tops Lafayette County Fair Display
Citizens of Mayview and nearby areas showcased a grand display at Odessa Street Fair featuring fruit headed by apples and other agricultural products. The exhibition at Higginsville within Lafayette County Fair was praised as the finest gathering with well arranged meat tastings.
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Mayview
Odessa
Higginsville
Editors Too Harsh On Shaw Speech On Tariff Question
The Marshall Progress argues that editors analysing Secretary Shaw's Mortis ville tariff address were overly critical. It calls the secretary's effort noble, noting it lacked logic veracity and coherency but excuses the omissions as inevitable in a republican standpoint debate.
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Shaw
Mortisville
Marshall
71 Years A Daspeptic Patient Praises Herbine
An Odessa letter from K. H. Foster of Bast Lake City claims 21 years of indigestion eased by Herbine after doctors failed. He notes rapid improvement and ongoing tapering of a second bottle, recommending it to friends as curing them as well. Other notes report a Cooper county courthouse vote defeat, Clover selling a livery stable, and Ray county oil prospects exciting locals.
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K. H. Foster
Bast Lake City
Crenshaw & Young's
Minyvile Wedding and Local Promises Amid Odd Claims
A fragment notes Miss Ella Osborne and Ale Fenok Hawthorne attended a ceremony at Minyview on September 4. A separate item claims Norborne offered a canney that put up 6,500 cans of tomatone in five hours.
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Ella Osborne
Fenok Hawthorne
Minyview
Gui
Norborne
Taft appoints Dr William T Wilson for Philippine exhibit
Governor Taft and special commissioner Dr William T Wilson of Philadelphia will represent the Philippine government in preparing an extensive exhibit for the 1904 St Louis exposition. The islands will participate on a large scale to show natural resources and demonstrate the importance of the new possessions. Forty acres of exhibits are planned.
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Vernor Taft
Philippine Islands
William T. Wilson
Philadelphia
Taft
Central Missouri Benefiting From State Agricultural Displays
Former State Senator Ben Audernon of Columbia notes Missouri’s agricultural lands shine at Buffalo and Champlain Expositions. In ninety days, half a million dollars of county land has sold as buyers study the displays and invest more. He says prior cries of “poor old Missouri” by some papers misled people about the region.
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Missouri
Ben Audernon
Columbia
Obituary of John A Taylor Pioneer of Joplin Mining and Banking
John A Taylor, recently dead at a Baltimore hotel, was a leading Missouri civic figure. He first saw mining potential in Joplin, organized the Joplin Mining and Smelting Company, and helped establish Joplin Savings Bank where he long served as president. Previously in Independence he served as city attorney. Born in Leesburg Virginia to English parents, he held an Odd Fellows degree for forty years and was a former grand master. In 1908 Governor Stephens named him commissioner to the Omaha Exposition.
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John A. Taylor
Baltimore
Mixsouri
Tie
Joplin
Joplin Mining and Smulting Company
Heslao
Leesburg
Missouri
Independence
Me ‘Taylor
Omahs Exposition
Stephen
Jackson Coutty
Marriage of J. B. Hereford and Misa Enzitwin McDonald
Mr J B Hereford married Misa Enzitwin McDonald at the bride’s parents home in Covington Kentucky on a Wednesday in September. The ceremony surprised many friends and follows a planned return from a business trip to the eastern market. The bride is from a long established Kentucky family and is active in social charity. The couple are expected to visit or relocate in the near future.
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J. B. Herefort
Misa Enzitwin McDonald
Covington
Kentuckey
Mr. Hereford
J. B. Hereford & Bro
Jack Tlereford
Lydy
St T. Rossel
Kentucky
Deusa
Mr. Herefird
Odessa Ledger
Saline well at 2000 feet halts oil search near Moberly
Long drilling by the Moberly Improvement and Prospecting Co comes up dry at 2000 feet with abundant salty water unfit for drinking. Oil shows were minor. the bore will be plugged. Randolph Springs water found at 900 feet. Local columns note Dr J W Smith becoming a registered physician after training at Keokuk Medical College.
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Moberly Improvement and Prospecting Company
Randolph Springs
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