Editorial Change at The Republican and Capital
The editor W A Scorn resigns due to ill health after serving since last August and withdraws from Mitchell, praising colleagues Dean Bros. and noting plans to stay in Denver. C W Downey to assume editorial management, ensuring continued paper standards. Clarkson calls Benjamin Harrison a receptive presidential candidate for a possible four year term.
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Republican and
Capital
Mitchell
Colorado
Republican and Capital
Mitchell Printing Company
Messrs
Dean Bros
Republican
CaAvi- Yale
W. A. Scorn
Denver
Cole
Daily Republican
Weekly
C. W. Downey
Scott
Downey
THE
JS. Clarkson
Benjamin Harrison
Mr. Clarkson
White House
Canton Advocate Marks Twentieth Year Of Publication
The Canton Advocate celebrates twenty years with Editor Ingham asserting the paper is at peak prosperity. Other notes mention teenaged papers reaching milestones and political moves in Missouri and Florida, including Governor Stone calling a special session on April 23 and Governor Mitchell urging tougher prizefighting laws.
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Canton Advocate
Ingham
Missouri
Stone
Mitchell
Florida
Nebraska Investor Seeks Bonus for Hot Springs Foundry
A Nebraska capitalist promotes an iron foundry at Hot Springs and demands a bonus, arguing the venture requires incentives. The piece notes a broader trend of demands for extra pay in investment.
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Hot Springs
Railroads to borrow for repairs and expansion this season
The Sioux City Journal notes railroads face a critical season of borrowing to fund repairs and new equipment. After two years of reduced earnings and restricted outlays, major lines including New York Central plan extensive improvements. The financing aims to restore efficiency and spur broader industrial activity as spring traffic improves.
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Sioux City Journal
United States
Great
New York Central
Supreme Court Exempts Bonds from Income Tax Burden
The Sioux City Journal notes total state and territorial debt exceeds 1.1 billion dollars with about 68 million in annual interest. The supreme court decision exempts these bonds from income tax benefiting capitalists who rely on incomes rather than productive work. This class is precisely the target the tax system aimed to assess.
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Sioux City
Local Paper Feuds Over Small-Town Disputes On Reservation
The Gazette and Leader of Oacoma clash in a brief mudslinging dispute by the roadside. The town is small and readers prefer quiet news as both parties settle their quarrel within the community.
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Gazette
Oacoma
Senator Pettigrew Sails for Europe on New York
Senator Pettigrew departed Wednesday aboard the steamer New York bound for Europe. He told a Washington correspondent that the trip would go to the Mediterranean with four to five weeks in southern Europe and additional weeks in Germany France and Hoagland before returning home in July.
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Senator Pettigrew
Europe
New York
Washington
Mediterranean
Germany
Rance
Hoagland
Questioning Mary Lease’s Role on Kansas Board of Charities
A columnist questions whether Mary Lease will step back and allow Kansas to return to normal conditions and urges the board to relinquish her seat for peace and harmony.
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Mary
Board of Charities of
Kansas
Sow in the Ground for Better Returns and Civic Imagery
The piece links sowing to harvest and investment, urging planting for future gains. It notes a non partisan bicycle as a symbol with ex President Harrison and Ruth Cleveland riding one, reflecting civic virtue.
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Harrison
Ruth Cleveland
Letters Uncalled For at Mitchell Post Office April 1805
A weekly list shows uncalled letters including Craig Win Davis Edgar L Friday Jed Johnson Anna Martin Mary Pederson. Advertised requests apply and undelivered letters will be sent to the dead letter office after two weeks. SAML P.M. Green.
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Mitchell
Craig
Win Davis
Edgar L
Jed Johnson
Anna Martin
I Pederson
Mary
Saml
T. Green
P.M
Neighborhood Notes Brighten Small Town Life
Local notes recount visits among residents Pearl Bates and Misses Field with Mrs Pringle and Mrs Bates, Mary Hubbard teaching in Town, and community events. Reports mention crops, school closings, Sunday school at Bliss, and a pulverizer accident to Johnny Abraham. Community figures include Laura McDowell, S C Michener, W H Saul, Maud Snow, T Watson, Mrs Tyler, Belle Tyler.
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Pearl Bates
Field
Pringle
Bates
H. A.* Robinson
Gregory
Dean
Hanson County
Mary Hubbard
C. M. Peek
Bliss School
W. H. Saul
Various Local Happenings Across Town and Surroundings
A crowded social scene at Mr. Tyler's dance followed by farm news about barbed wire losses and drill experiments. Community notes include Miss Ela Kipp's return from Iowa, S A S entertainment for church funds, and local births, travels, and civic matters. The report also covers artesian wells, council actions on water mains, and ongoing health remedies from Hood's Sarsaparilla and Dr. Pierce's discovery.
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W. A. Frasier
Iva Frasier
Iowa
Glorious rain inspires local notes and school terms
A steady rain pleased the community while comments about seed plans surface. Mr Youngs' well shows reduced flow to seven barrels after casing. Cox brothers win a contract to drill for Mr Wilson on the old Shoup place, starting Monday. Miss Tilley Weeks' school opens April with eleven scholars. Burton Omeley's thistle burn spreads risk but neighbors save Mr Swartout's buildings. Orrie Kipp ends a successful Bulah term of school last Friday.
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Youngs
Cox
Wilson
Miss Tilley
Burton Omeley
Mr. Swartout
Orrie Kipp
Bulah
Nonsense Names for Fashion Tints Through History
The Chicago Post notes how fashion terms once read like crude insults such as consoled widow expiring ape invalid Spaniard risen dead love s desire and baboon laughter. It argues modern colors like electric blue and crushed strawberry remain clearer than such archaic labels.
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Loie Fuller
Louis XIV
Chicago Post
Watcher and Partnership Tale in Poem and Anecdote
The page pairs P H Savage poem lines on a silent watcher with a New York Sun vignette about an Irish man from Cork and a Jew from Cracow who run a successful uptown business. They share finances, avoid religion talk, and have built wealth together in a long, cordial partnership.
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Iness
Cork
Cracow
Rory O' Moore
Moses
New York Sun
Clock In a Wine Bottle Exhibit at Local Shop
A wine bottle clock displays its inner works inside a clear bottle with the dial set on top. The method of assembly remains a mystery though it excludes any piece wider than the neck according to the Demerara Argosy.
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Kaps
Demerara Argosy
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Ruiter
Oure Club
Champeny
Neighborhood Notes
Bethel
Blendon
Art. Smith
the Hills
George Kelsey
Hk. Spangler
M.S. Seet
Laura McDowell
Robert Schnee
S.C. Michener
Illinois
D. H. Grove
East Mitchell Township
Beulah
Ethan
Neal Larson
Grandview
M. FE. Shurch
C. I*. Drake
Asa Dodd
W. Ik. Rathbun
Mt, Vernon
Nellie Halverson
Wanton
Maggie Duncan
O. M. Butterfeld
Union Township
H. L. Bras
Hitchcock
Miss Davenport
Ralph Huyck
Geo. Arland
John Haynes
John Harader
Clare Edgington
Joe Daugherty
Charles Michels
Gertrude Brown
Emma Haynes
Gertie McKinen
Jesse Smith
Kimball
Edwin Lewis
H. H. Garey
Pierson
A. A. Truax
C. F. Raymond
Raymond
Pollard
Levinger
Brown
Dr. Pierce
Hood
the Watcher
Jim
P. H. Savage
Prineville
Ochoco Creek
Portland Oregonian
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