County officials and political candidates announced
A local paper lists candidates for county offices including Justice of the Peace Constable and County Clerk. Names such as Wans Lemold I M Zimmerman Pate Barks F E Scabaneh and J J Linne appear in election notices. The notices encourage voter decisions by the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. M. Zimmerman
A. Mitchell
Jobo Luskey
Pate Barks
J. J. Linne
T. Weils
F. E. Scabaneh
F. M. Wells
Jollestor
W. K. Chaniler
I SR
Perkins
W. A. Danwison
Itv
ML Witmer
John Tike
Justice of the Peace
Hollinger County
Eldmacher
Vhis
Lordece
Bollinger County
D. Hart
Constable of
Public School Teachers in Bollinger County Reassessed
The piece argues many Bollinger County teachers are competent but underpaid and undertrained. It cites pupils stuck on basic tasks, repeating arithmetic, and warns the fault lies with funding and staffing, not teachers. It calls for longer terms, higher standards, and better pay to elevate education quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bollinger County
Ray
Purity in Politics and Campaign Snarl in Ashland
A stark editorial attacks impurity in public life following Breckenridge's Democratic nomination defeat in Ashland. It declares a national crusade against personal corruption, favoring Owens over Breckenridge, and denounces Republican allegations while mocking Cleveland and Tom Moore poetry. The piece references a robbery near Gordonville and hints at race-baiting political rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. P. Breckenridge
Congress
Ashland Ene
Ashland
Kentucky
Owens
Breckenridge
Teachers Pay Standards at State Normal School
The article argues for fair salaries for teachers tied to Elementary certificates. It states a person is worth 25 dollars per month, another 60 dollars per month, and no competent teacher should teach for 150 dollars yearly. No teacher should earn less than 410 dollars per month, and a nun who underbids should be dismissed from boards.
Vermont and Maine election jests spark national recall
A garbled editorial voice quips on Vermont and Maine returns and mocks Democrats. It notes Republicans recalling Grover Cleveland’s 199,000 vote win in New York politics and shifts blame to editors for misplaced world view. It mentions Senator Robert Drum at Fredericktown and Duarycey M. Duren and Levi’s Bar in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duarycey M. Duren
Levi's Barl
New York
Funny Graphs Cartoon Notes and Quips
A clipped page features a string of humorous exchanges. A tramp asks for help from a blind man as a citizen jokes about running for congress. A reporter and various named figures like Watts Potts and Senator Sorghum appear in brief, sharp gags reflecting political and social commentary of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Congress
Indy
Cape Normal News Sees Record Enrollment and Baseball Rainout
M W Bowman of Glen Allen resides at Cape for the school benefit. The Normal opened with 175 students, rising to 205 by week two, a 25 percent increase over last year. Bollinger county reps include J M Littes IL N McKee Adam Littes and others. First baseball game since school opened was halted by rain with Cape Normal leading 11 to 9. The school trains teachers for public schools and seeks more Bollinger county teachers in attendance. The faculty is described as able with advantages noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Bowman
Glen Allen
The
Cape
Bollinger County
Normal
J. M. Littes
IL. N. McKee
Adam Littes
J. A. Lites
Marion Smith
Tom Stevens
J. L. Reed
Lee Bowman
Misses Mae Kinder
Clara Bowman
Cape City
J. A. Lures
University of the State Missouri
Columbia
University of the State of Missouri
MayfeldeSiaith Academy
Marble Idm
Graham
Frederick C. Hicks
Beoming Eyes
University of Missouri
University
R. Graham
Southeast Missouri Press Association Winter Meeting
The winter meeting of the South east Missouri Press association will be held at Bismarck on Saturday December 1 1894. It is a business meeting and everyone with assigned duties is urged to be present and prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Missouri Press Association
Bismarck
Typhoid confines Willie Slinkard to bed. others move on
Report notes Willie Slinkard bedridden with typhoid fever while A B Clippard and Henry Horn, a former tinner at Bolon Sack's Hardware, left Tuesday night for St Louis. Anne Conrad was a student at the public school. details scarce due to fragmented text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Slinkard
A. B. Clippard
Henry Horn
A. Bolonsack
St. Lousanne
Conrad
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Warble Hill Press
Seath
Tow Alles
Offici Soares
Innmas's
Dhl
Smith Building
Arty Se
Water Stree's
PiPxow
Srix Tne Press
Li. M
Ss. Tame Tame
SOUTH
State
Democratic
Tisket
Francis M. Place
William.t. Carrington
A. Ise
Wans Lemold
K.L. Bowman
Office of
Opornte Township
Trachiters
Purity
Carra
Hicwrowerr
Bob
Captain Billy
Grover Cleveland
Catchings
Tom Moor
Banner
Tom Moore
Globe-Democrat
Gordonville
Maing
Vermont
Maine
Scott
Poplar Bluff
van Buren
Robert Drum
Fredericktown
Algie
Watts
Potts
Sorghum
Cape Normal
Wallace Nursery
F Mavid-Smith Academy
M. A. Wallace
Batesville
Missouri
Oak Ridge High School
Marb
Oak Rive Selon
E. Bo Granaw
Oak Ridlee
Ape
Iniardean County
Blount
Oliver
Malta
Morrison
Earth
George E. Clark & Son
Lutesville
Capital Hotel
Northeast Corner
Ninth Chestnut Stra
ST Louis
C. M. Witmer
Manola
George Elihu Conrad
Marble Hill
Court House
J.M. Poe Insurance Agent
Lutes
inLs, Mo
Seeley Anled
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