Old Jud Drake Honored and Children Remembered
A nostalgic poem recalls Old Jud Drake, loving mentor to village children as he played marbles and whistles. The piece reflects his honest, just nature, the grave in the churchyard, and the dream of him wandering with angels. Nearby notes mention local social events and residents in Missouri.
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Jud Drake
Ile
Tom Culya
Charlie Stone
Charlie Parker
Ife
Jud. Drake
Chicago
Winter church meetings bring new members to Trace Creek
Our correspondents report a series of meetings at Trace Creek Baptist Church that concluded with several new members joining. Mrs. Susan Sitzes is ill, Whitener and Welker have been buying local stock, and John Trees plans to stay in Scott County for the rest of winter. Dines Bess of Bessville was seen on our creek Sunday accompanied by Marion Watts seeking his girl. Robert Sitzes cut his foot last week.
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Trace Creek Baptist Church
Susan Sitzes
Whitener
Welker
John Trees
Scott County
Dines Bess
Bessville
Our Creek
Marion Watts
Robert Sitzes
Ziv
Winter Strikes With Cold Wave Across Ecopus
News notes scarce but cold spell hits last Friday with sickness crops up in area. Infant of A L Angle dangerously ill for week, James Cole improving after Monday illness. Georgia DeWhitt and family ailing, J B Chandler traded for a top buggy. Fish scarce as J B Pink Stevens Asa Newel return from fisheries. Engine from James taken to Fruitland shop for repairs. service expected soon.
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A.L
James Cole
Georgia
FB. DeWhitt
J.B. Chandler
J. B. Pink Stevens
Asa Newel
James
Fruitland
Fair Tramps Walk Footsore From Spokane to New York
Mrs HL Eastby and her daughter, aged forty and nineteen, arrived at a Bucyrus hotel amid their epic foot journey from Spokane to New York. They began May 5 following rail lines to Omaha and Chicago, aiming to prove women's endurance equals men's, with a promised Spokane fundraiser if they reach by Christmas Day. They walk about three miles daily, wear worn shoes, and rely on shelter each night.
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HL. Eastby
Bucyrus
Ohio
Spokane
Wash
New York
Eastby
Union Pacific
Denver
Omaha
Rock Island
Chicago
No Need For Doctors The Democratic Party Debate
The New York Journal mocks political doctors volunteering to cure the democratic party. It argues there is nothing wrong with the party and notes its defeat hides strong prospects. The key issue is whether the republic is ruled by men or money, a question that divides parties.
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Democratic Party
New York Journal
Republic
Democracy Triumphs Over Special Privileges
A political argument asserts that the democracy must stand firm to prevail in a free nation against a party of special privileges. It warns Major McKinley’s administration could provoke a strong anti-capitalist reaction, urging the Democratic party to remain confident that time educates public opinion.
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Party of Popular Rights
Major McKinley
Democratic Party
Cursed With Amiability and a Nagging Wife
A first person account satirizes a contented husband trapped by a domineering wife named Tanya Davy. He recalls her incessant nagging, vanishing ambitions, and comic insistence that his best work is always the finest ever written, while he laments his stalled prospects and absurd schemes.
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Lyon
Cire
Tanya Davy
Eénius
TFT
Steen
North Pole
Try It and See Publication Praise Reflects Curious Readers
A fragmentary note on Revi tr Re Heke publications hints at varied opinions among readers. The text references Almanac timing and a journal described as splendid, with mentions of steady publication and local interest in the evolving work.
Almanac and Weather Warnings Promote Subscriptions
An 1890s advertisement touts the Almanac for 197 issues with star maps and explanatory chapters worth five dollars. It highlights Mr Hicks's warnings of droughts floods cold waves and storms, urging families to subscribe. Wom and Works offers a yearly paper and premiums with Almanac copies, from Dougl Me.
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America
Hicks
Wout and Works Publishing Co
Douis
Olive Leaf Symbol and Bismarck’s Paris Honeymoon
An 19th century tale recalls Bismarck in Paris and Avignon where he befriended a honeymooning couple the Luning. a withered olive twig and a rose become symbols. The scene unfolds on the Rhone bank as political crisis with the King looms, yet Bismarck seeks peace and reform. The olive leaf’s mission foreshadows reconciliation but is deemed premature.
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Bismarck
Paris
Avignon
Luning
Bismarek
William
Berlin
Rhone
Mme. Luning
4 Company
Simmons Liver Regulator Offer for Liver Kidney Digestive Relief
The advertisement promotes SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR as a home remedy for biliousness dullness headaches and liver or stomach derangements. It claims to act as a purgative alterative and tonic and suggests taking a dose after hard to digest meals for relief and better sleep. Sold by J H Zeilin & Co Philadelphia.
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Simmons Liver Regulator
J. H. Zeilin & Co
Philadelphia
The Impossible Hanna in Treachery of Politics
A blistering critique targets Mark Hanna as a symbol of plutocracy and political corruption. The piece argues he would misuse treasury power for campaign finance and spoils, tying him to Wall Street influence and party bosses. It warns that placing him as secretary of the treasury would scandalize the republic and harm the commonwealth.
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Hanna
Mark Hanna
Treasury
McKinley
Republican National Committee
Napoleon
Ife
Spoi!s
Commonwealth
Treasury Department
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
New York
Mr. Hanna
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Poplar Blut
Tlenry James
Dr.uker
Bell City
Squire Gaines
Dick Pirtle
John Huff
Missouri
S.J. McMinn
Henry Jamison
Brooks
A. J. Speer
Stonewall Jackson
Bloomfield
Mr. Mercer
Greenbrier
Adolph Mayer
John H. Watkins
Malden
Siacs
Trace Creek
Ecopus
Alma
Regulator
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