One Dollar a-Senator Hoar Ill as Roosevelts Bear Plan
Massachusetts statesman Senator George F. Hoar is reported dangerously ill. The piece notes GOP restlessness and hints at political maneuvers by Roosevelt and Booker. It mentions a new Democratic newspaper planned in St Louis and Missouri Week at the World's Fair with large expected crowds. Palm Branch monthly summary from Fredericktown is cited, created by P E Geneway.
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GrovGt F. Hoar
Massachusetts
Missouri
P. E. Geneway
Fredericktown
Ben Hur
Finsey Comments on Walbridge Butler Boodle Row
Chauncy I Finsey rails at the Walbridge Butler Boodle trio and blasts De Ole Man while Missouri trudges along, a critical moment in local discourse as tensions rise and Purveyor of opinion voices strong, colorful, and pointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncy I. Finsey
Siag
Missouri
Devastating Midwest Storms Kill Dozens and Cause Huge Damage
A heavy storm swept North St. Louis last Friday killing several people and injuring many more. It crossed the river causing huge damage at Madison and Venice. A later storm hit St Paul and Minneapolis Saturday night, killing 16 and injuring 50 with property losses around 1 million dollars.
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North St. Louis
Madison
Venice
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Tariff Debate Echoes From Letters to Trust Magnates
The Caruthersville Democrat argues tariffs sustain infant industries like a foundling home would sustain dependents, urging that interstate collectors collect yearly taxes. It contends most tariff revenue enriches trust magnates and would end if paid in one lump sum, mirroring tax reform calls.
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Caruthersville Democrat
Welch defies party bosses over corrupt deals in St Louis
Clinton A Welch who exposed alleged Walbridge-Butler corruption in Missouri Republican circles says he will not be sacrificed by hucksters now in control of the party. He contends the exposure aimed to stop an anti Roosevelt bloc's pact with criminal elements of the Democratic party and deny a governor race advantage to foes.
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Clinton A. Welch
St. Louis
Walbridge
Welch
Missouri Republicans Fight Corruption and Party Deals
A Missouri political figure denounces corrupt deals in St Louis and across the state. He claims a two year old city office deal with Butler and Meriwether split offices and warns reform is needed to purge corruption. He says he stood against the state convention and will not stay silent under fire.
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Missouri
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
State Committee
Butler
Meriwether
Republican Party
St. Louis
Thad
University work on wheat seed selection boosts Missouri yields
Experiments at the University of Missouri with eighty wheat varieties show that seed choice can raise Missouri's annual yield by over two million bushels. Under Prof. F B Murmurd, large, plump grains produce larger plants and higher yields, with evidence from state and Tennessee trials. Selecting large seeds by screening can increase next year's harvest by at least ten percent.
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University of Missouri
Missouri
F. B. Murmurd
Agricultural Department
Tennessee Experiment Station
Lightle Death Insurance Hoax Leaves Widow in Payback
Reports say Dr. B G Lightle of Searcy Ark was believed burned in his stable but the bones belonged to Pitts whose grave had been robbed. Lightle was alive. conspirators tried to claim $7000 from his widow, who returned the money and faced no prosecution per the Dunklin Democrat report.
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B.G. Lightle
Searcy
Ark
Pitts
Lightle
Dunklin Democrat
Locals report regular wood shortages and a thrift debate
In Kennett a thrifty wood buyer draws talk of a regulating committee as neighbors report missing wood deliveries. New Madrid Record notes court sentences in Pemiscot with sheriff guarding prisoners bound for the penitentiary and reform school, while others report on drainage district delays. Dexter and Poplar Bluff items cover honey shipments and railway upgrades, and Farmington lists obituaries and agriculture wisdom urging farm career paths for youths in Missouri.
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Dunklin Democrat
Kennet
New Madrid
Riley
Pemiscot County
Reform School
The Boy Who Farms Generations of Farmers Learn
The piece argues the boy who farms benefits from agricultural college training as much as any professional, noting a shift from doubting scientific agriculture to embracing high technical education, with the Philadelphia Inquirer citing generations of improved methods and rising winners in farming through study.
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Missouri Farmer
Missouri College of Agriculture At
Columbia
Threadoy
Missouri
Missouri Agricultural College
Agricultural College
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Eminent Quaker physicians to visit Lutesville for free consults
Eminent Dr Abbott Co of Philadelphia announce a one day visit in Lutesville on Wednesday Aug 31 1904 at the Commercial House. They offer free consultation examination and medicines for chronic diseases and deformities using cataphorsis electrical absorption. They claim cures for deafness catarrh nervous disorders weak lungs and more with no charge for medicines. Married ladies must be accompanied by husbands.
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N. B
Rush Creek Community News and Social Notes
Heavy rains slow farming yet keep farmers plowing for wheat. Attendees report a good Zalma picnic. Ella Fish visits near Zalma. Efie Wells returns from Greenbrier. J E Cubbage’s baby ill. Grimsley visits the sick Reuben Dial. Sears buys a team. Glasener welcomes twin birth. Alma Fish ill. Grimsleys visit Bridges family. Swamp Angel.
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William Sears
Greenbrier
D. W. Rowe
J. G. Glasener
Jess
Earl Jamison
Scott County
D. Fish
Alma
L. W. Grimsley
Paul
Charley Bridges
Five decades farm for sale near Lutesville Mo
Fifty five acre fruit and stock farm five miles south of Lutesville Bollinger county Missouri. Well improved with a one and a half story frame dwelling log barn two cisterns and good fencing. About thirty five acres cleared, soil suited to fruit growing, sacrifice price of 500 dollars. Terms half cash, balance on time. Contact W S Kina or W K Cunnpter secretary Farm and Home Real Estate Co.
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Lutesville
Bollinger County
W.S. Kina
W.K. Cunnpter
Farm and Home Real Estate Co
The Mortgage Sticks Closer Than A Brother
A Caruthersville Democrsai cartoonish column jokes that a mortgage endures floods cyclones and even time itself. It asserts no thief sunlight or accident can steal it and notes a practical recipe for losing a mortgage would fetch high prices, though none exist.
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Caruthersville
Sheriff Sale Under Transcript Execution
By virtue of a transcript execution from Bollinger county Circuit Court I levy on the real estate of J A Cazad and M A Cazad in Bollinger county Missouri The property is the west half of the northeast quarter and of the southeast quarter of section 10 township 29 north range 9 east totaling 160 acres more or less The sale will be Friday September 16 between 9 am and 5 pm at the north front door Marble Hill courthouse highest bidder for cash to satisfy execution and costs Dated August 17 1904
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Circuit Court
Bollinger County
Missouri
J. J. Chandler
J. A. Cazad
M. A. Cazad
Bollinger
Marble Hill
A. D
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J. Tenholder, Jr
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DR. Abbott & CO
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Swamp Angel
Missouri State Normal
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