Marshall Herald recalls political figures and local life
The Marshall Herald references Charles Scott as publisher and notes local chatter about Wrights and a passenger, while mentioning Samuel R. Van Sant of Minnesota, his military service, steamboat career, legislative roles, and governorship. The text blends community notices with historical figures tied to Minnesota politics.
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Samuel Ro van Sant
Minnesota
I Heads
Rock Island
Tom
Thelhview Cavalry
Mississippi
Pine
Income Tax Debate Faces Setback in Southern States
The proposed constitutional income tax faced resistance as Alabama ratified, and Georgia’s lower house accepted while the other chamber balked. Critics warn a veto or delay until 1919, with southern opposition and some northern papers against the plan.
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Congress
Alabama
Georgia
South
Idba Aim Devas Gia
North
Stuis Globe Democrat
Friends of the Tax
Legislatur
Thaw Case Shows Limits of Money Over Law
The Thaw habeas corpus dispute ends with Supreme Justice Mills ruling against freeing Thaw. He cautions that releasing him would threaten public peace and safety. The case exposes a struggle between wealth, medical insanity claims, and legal bounds.
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Supreme
Mills
Cape Hatteras Looms As Isolated Coastal Point
Cape Hatteras sits at a sharp bend in the shore where Pamlico Sound narrows. Its beach is split by inlets and cut by islands, leaving few transport links and distant rail service. A wreck inland marks the cape’s shifting land as winds and waves add to the moving promontory. Two fishing skiff practices emerge: crew ballast with a man overboard and a debated nodding method used in daily sailing.
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United States
Cape Hatteras
Cape Henry
Pamirees Sound
Speaker Cannon Plans to Remain in Congress If Voters Support
Danville dispatch reports Speaker Cannon on returning home dictating a statement that if his constituency is willing he will stay in the House of Representatives continue in public life and keep representing the 18th district in Congress.
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Danville
Cannon
House of Representatives
Congress
The Decline of Kipling in a Strident Verse
A satirical lament on Rudyard Kipling as an aging poet. The piece mocks his aging, notes critics, and suggests Kipling should rest rather than continue to perform with a worn lyric gift. It uses grand language to portray the poet's fading fire and deride his current work.
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Rudyard the Rhymer
Kipling
Community Notes From Marshall Area Saturday to Sunday
Meet me at Lockard's Saturday. A shower Sunday. Threshing nearly finished. Oda Marrs marketed calves Monday. Vern Fox home for a few weeks vacation. Road work began and was badly needed. Melvin Claypool and family of Marshall spent Sunday at George Claypool's. Uncle Thomas Babcock and wife visited their son Joe near Grandview a few days last week.
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Melvin Claypool
Marshall
George Claypool
Thomas Babcock
Joe
Grandview
Cost of the Spanish War Expenditure Highlights
Secretary Meyer in Boston shed light on naval costs and the Spanish American War total at 507 million dollars. He noted an additional 20 million spent on pensions for Spanish War veterans, with ongoing outlays expected for the foreseeable future.
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Boston
Meyer
Col Busey and niece die in drowning near Park Rapids
Col Samuel T. Busey, famed for defeating Joseph G. Cazmon for Congress, and his niece Asta MacClain of Urbana, drowned after being swept into a lake near Park Rapids. The incident ends a noted political figure's life and leaves residents stunned.
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Col. Busey
Samuel T. Busey
Joseph G. Cazmon
Congress
Asta MacClain
Urbana
Lake
Park Rapids
Betis
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