Filley slate wins in Missouri House caucus turmoil
Jefferson City dispatch reports the Republican caucus nominating the Filley slate after a long all night fight. Russell named speaker with a large partisan slate and various committee posts allocated to Filley supporters. Senate Democrats quickly chosen patronage, while a Portland police count cites 1500 intoxicated on Maine streets indicating weak enforcement of the prohibitory law.
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House
Jefferson City
Bittinger
St. Joseph
Tubbs
Russell
Bothwell
Judiciary Committee
Little Tubbs
Osage
Highee
Schuyler
Grandy
Church of Harrison and
Bell
Newton
Albert Griffin
St. Louis
W. G. Kitchen
Stoddard
H. L. Eads
Carroll
John P. Collier
Christian
G. Tl. Pountain
Mantresa
J. C. Eldridge
Cole
Sam Kellar
Pulaski
E. B. Lytle
Grundy
D. Bell
Callaway
Senate Democrats
O'Meara
G. Z. Dunn
Lincoln County
Cornelius Roach
Jasper
Robert EK. Lozier
Utarms
J. I. Wells
Bollinger
A.bev Cole
William M. Smith
A. A. McBride
Johnson
Charles Allison
Henry
Billy Jones
Callaway County
William Martin
Jack Gray
Monitedu County
Portland
Maine
Prohibition in Maine Alcohol Convictions Hit High Marks
Out of 6176 Maine convictions in the year ending November 1 1908 2908 were for drunkenness according to the Chicago Inter Ocean In Portland out of 2110 arrests in the year ending March 81 1908 1905 were of drunken men and 704 of the rest
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Maine
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Portland
Monkey and Wolf Fight in Madison Street Pet Shop
A wild scene unfolded in a Madison street animal shop as a gray wolf killed a baboon-faced monkey in a cage after a half-hour battle while a female companion tried to intervene. About 500 witnesses watched as keepers failed to separate the combatants before the wolf killed the final monkey.
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Madison Street
Chicago
Blizzard Loss Registers At Least Ten Million Dollars
One authority states Florida loss from the recent blizzard will not be less than ten million dollars. At Palm Beach near St Augustine temperatures stood eight degrees above zero.
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Florida
Palm Beach
St. Augustine
Cotton Sold Echoes in Atlanta Folds of Song
An excerpt from the Atlanta Constitution captures rustic humor and musical chatter with lines about chimney smoke, fiddles, and dancing youths. The verse tone evokes mid century Southern life, weaving jokes, animal imagery, and a refrain about cotton sales.
Goose Pond Hill News Briefs
Mrs Jere Tixley is very sick with a grippe. J J Cook shows great improvement on the Richland farm this winter. Ed Stevens and Oliver Snider of near Laflin were buying hogs in the area recently. George Pixley has bid Goose Hill farewell after securing a swamp farm near Drum. Amos Murphy, famed coon hunter, hunted the swamp but returned home without a trail. G L Myers near Schepperville closed a successful term of school and is praised for good work.
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Jere Tixley
J.J. Cook
Richland
Ed Stevens
Oliver Snider
Laflin
George Pixley
Drum
Goose Hill
Amos Murphy
G. L. Myers
Schepperville
My. Myers
Local Notes and Socials from Nearby Town
SCOPUS, J. M. Cole's hand is better. Ecopay boom noted. Born-To Henry Bollinger and wife, a fine girl. David Brown near completion of his new house. W. H. Lutes and Eli James on a turkey hunt. W. RB. Parvor spent a week with family. Henry James' sawmill cutting a fine lumber lot. ER. Cole spent holidays with parents and others. George Robertson the constable had time for rabbit hunting. Young people gathered at isq. A. J. Lincoln's place for a splendid time. W. J. Salyer and family headed to Scott county for a new home. J.B. Chandler and F. M. Newel turkey hunting, same luck. Dr. J. J. Chandler left for St. Louis for post graduate lectures. Success to Tax Press. Winp Brut.
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J. M. Cole
Ecopay
Henry Bollinger
David Brown
W. H. Lutes
Eli James
W. RB. Parvor
Henry James
Cole
George Robertson
J. J. Chandler
St. Louis
the Times
Winp Brut
Rural Notes From Lodge and Marble Hill
Local column notes farm weather blues and community life. J W McCormick traveled to Marble Hill on business while families adjust to cold. Miss Jennie Cooper wed John Matthews at her parents' home with Rev Thomas J Cooper officiating. Sophia Sitzes and Louis G Stovall married at Marion Sitzes residence with Esq Thomas J Cooper officiating. Local dances, school events, and neighborly updates fill the week.
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J. W. McCormick
Marble Hill
John H. Stovall
Charles Willis
John
Jennie HK. Cooper
John G. Matthews
Thomas W. Cooper
W. T. Stovall
Gregory
Marion Sitzes
Sophia M. Sitzes
Louis G. Stovall
Thomas J. Cooper
Wild Bill
Taz Paxss
Smooe News Items Aid Editorial Effort
In Zalma last week the local newspaper received several items from residents and contributors. The editor notes these submissions helped fill sections and broaden community coverage.
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Smoee News
Zalma notes and social updates from a 19th century column
Misses Mary and Emma McMinn visit. Aunt Nora Bollinger ill. Willard Sandoz and James McKee report large deer. Jacob Baker’s house fire briefly but contained. Zalma Ice Company forms with J H Watkins R James Dr Cubbage and McMinn Brothers. Social events at Slagles and Dr Cubbage’s with Snap and other games. Church growth at Hall schoolhouse adds about fifty members amid debate on its influence. SHEENY.
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Willard Sandoz
James McKee
Mary
Emma McMinn
Nora Bollinger
Merion Watts
Fredericktown
Hattie James
Jacob Baker
Zalma
Bollinger
Zalma Ice Company
J. H. Watkins
R. James
Dr. Cubbage
McMinn
J. A. Slagle
Heaven
Earth
Sheeny
Glen Allen community notes from a wintry week
The Glen Allen weather prophet predicts nineteen more snows, farmers cheer a good crop year, and business along the railroad remains dull after the holidays. J A Taylor recovers from typhoid, Miss Sitzes leaves for Colorado, postmaster C Zimmerman plans Texas departure, and James Richards and the A O U W lodge prep for an oil entertainment evening in Barry's hall with local and sister lodges invited.
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Glen Allen
J. A. Taylor
Berry
C. Zimmerman
Texas
Himsel
Dhis
Zimmer
James Richards
James
Gen Allen A
U. W. Lodge
Barry
The Southeast Missouri Teachers Meet and Local News Highlights
At a Southeast Missouri teachers meeting Professor Grahaw spoke on tradition versus modern methods. Cape Girardeau, Charleston and Benton items note deaths, marriages, bankruptcies, property losses, and local anecdotes from county treasurers and farmers.
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Atlanta Constitution
Goose Pond Hill
Scopus
Lodge
Southeast News
Southeast Missouri Teachers’ Association
E. R. Grahaw
Oak Ridge
Jeffersons
Websters
Clays
Cal
Poplar Blair
J. 5. McGhee
F. M. Vance
W. D. Vandiver
Mary Kinyon
J. S. McGhee
Daughters of the Confederacy
Cape Girardeau
Higginsville
Benton Newsboy
Butler County
Henry N. Phillips
Benton
Judge Evins
Phil
William Bonney
Charleston
Will Py
Cresno
William L. Barton
L. C. Barton
New Madrid
Rouse
Will Scott
James Polk Shalby
Sikeston
John L. Howlett
Mississippi County
Ed P. Deal
Howlett
Sam Garner
Dec Grigsby
Garner
R. G. Parks
Knoxville
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