OREAR IN FLORYS PLAYS Tie Toxurance Commissioner Elated for the Railway Board
Wirwil Conkling, former Missouri Democratic state committee secretary, outlines Missouri political turmoil. He predicts Flory’s office will be vacant January and Gov Stephens will appoint a railroad commissioner. He condemns vote selling as a widespread, disgraceful practice affecting both parties.
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Kansas City
Wirwil Conkling
Democratic State Committee
Missouri
Kal Rear
Cievernor Stephens
Conkling
Flory
Governor Dockery
Mr. Conkling
Vote-Belief Fraud Warrant Sworn For Forty-Three Men
A Crawfordsville Indiana dispatch reports warrants issued for the arrest of forty-three men accused of selling their votes to the Democratic party in the November election. Witnesses are the county Democratic chair and treasurer, who say each man was paid one dollar and handed a receipt. Indiana law shields buyers from prosecution, but convictions could yield state rewards. Some claim the men were “wild with wage” and if convicted face ten to twenty years of disfranchisement. The case highlights alleged Democratic ballot buying amid national party fund criticisms.
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Indiana
Aibennes Tristonne
Crawfordsville
Ind
Touineer
Democratic County Committee
Bilbery
Morgan
Senator Jones
Arkansas
Wote-Hiying
Hrwan
Heneticlang
Preferred the Whipping Post in Fulton Crime
Two youths convicted in Fulton last week for stealing clothing from a local merchant faced flogging as punishment. After initially seeking jail time, they accepted twenty five lashes on the bare leg to secure release and vow to leave the county. Constable Garner oversaw the whipping at the sheriff’s office.
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Teyroes
Folten
Foue
Cointy
Neomore
Util
Fulton
Garner
Sheriff's Office
Katesns
Devartie Ul
Champ Clark Explains Washington on Missouri Mule Prices
Champ Clark told a cloak-room audience yesterday that Missouri’s mule prices rose due to British demand for mules used in the war in South Africa. He argued the prices drained Missouri’s supply, hurting Democratic votes and potentially jeopardizing the state in the next national election.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Miscouri
Pike County
Missouri
South Africa
Union
Louis
Love Letter Lost in Postasice Notes Hidden Feelings
A fragmentary note found yesterday expresses affection to a man named John. The writer mentions a facial bite and an inability to travel, blaming a "postatice" event, and signs off with a vow of love despite trouble volumes of emotion.
Woman shoots husband after finding him with another
Higginsville Jeffersonian reports that Mrs Carter shot her husband John Carter Saturday night in Blackborn after spotting him with another. A quarrel followed. she fired three pistol shots and later a shotgun blast at close range, destroying one eye and filling his head with small shot.
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Blackborn
Tisble Carter
John Carter
Carter
Blewhe
Shaw
Higginsville
Jeffersonian
Family support noted for John Hill Dick Tom Pale
A garbled passage describes a family backing John Hill Dick Tom and Pale in political or legislative context. It references teaching law practicing and exhorting, and a dry goods or region line. The readable content centers on supportive roles for named individuals in a legislative milieu.
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John
Hill
Tom
Ian
Debs and Woolley vote contrast in Missouri
In Missouri Debs received more votes than Woolley, suggesting broader support for property seizure over whiskey, as reported by the Columbia Herald.
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Debs
Missouri
Woolley
Columbia Herald
Ham to Become Sheriff of Marshall County
H T Ham plans to move his family to Marshall to serve as sheriff after the new year. He selects Frank N Ayres as his best deputy, noting Ayres previously served as sheriff after his brother Ss M Ayres died in office. The couple will relocate to Marshall next week. Mrs Luetta Cooper and sister Mrs Won Palmer of Maize Bend attended a protracted meeting at Malta end M RK church South, led by Rev Davidson with Mr Scott of Clinton assisting. Mr Scott is staying with Mrs Cooper and daughter. James Fisher and family hosted Mr and Mrs John Crown, former Slater residents, who left for Goode Virginia for their future home. Miss Mattie Richardson visited Miss Grace Saunders, returning to Waverly with Saunders.
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Slater Rustler
H. T. Ham
Marshall
Frank N. Ayres
Ss. M. Ayres
Sherif
Luetta Cooper
John Crown
Slater
James Fisher
Goode
Virginia
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Lily Tee
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Ute
Pounel Hevischow
Pheer Monae
FEC Tewads Cof
Reedi
Fee Mnenni Hove
Tor
Debs and
Wolley
Mattie Richardson
Grace Saunders
Waverly
Miss Saunders
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