Taft and the Negro Politician Controversy
Opinion column denounces Secretary Taft for attempting to dine with Booker T. Washington in South Carolina, arguing the move panders to the most vicious electorate and disgraces the white race and national standards. The piece contrasts Taft with Roosevelt's White House dinner with Washington.
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Taft
South Carolina
Theodore Roosevelt
Booker T. Washington
White House
Mr. Taft
Post
Whippoorwill Theme Echoes in Mill Story Ballad
A fragmentary verse recounts a little boy named Will of the meadows who resists going to mill. The Whippoorwill’s call rings through valley and hill as twilight settles, with lines about torches in the sky and a sunlit ripple by a rill.
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Whip-poor-will
Will
Things They Forget
Butler Democrat accuses county Republicans of omitting a $61,600 disappearance from the St. Louis sub-treasury and failing to request a proper accounting. The paper notes the books were checked and found correct, yet $61,500 remains unaccounted for.
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Butler Democrat
Sub-Treasury
St. Louis
Mise Belle Locke and Brother Visit Clayton Friends
Mise Belle Locke and her brother Roger traveled Friday afternoon to Clayton Illinois to visit former friends.
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Mise Belle Locke
Brother Roger
Clayton
Ill
Republican Candidates Endorsed in Marion County Mass Meeting
At the Marion county mass meeting at the courthouse, nominees for county offices were endorsed: Judge of the eastern district Cyrus Alberson. western district H A Buckwalter. prosecuting attorney A R Smith. sheriff C F Bulkiey. assessor C L Schmidt. treasurer S O Osterbout. public administrator C O Mayes. coroner Frank A Waelder. Marion township constable J D Walker. A committee of E L Buckwalter F J Barnhard S A Birch John Dreyer Berman Henwood and A R Smith will file the ticket as candidates and fill vacancies. Dallas, Texas, May 29. Gen Stephen D Lee’s death places Gen Cabell as commander of the United Confederate Veterans. Gen W L Yabell of Dallas is commander of the Trans-Mississippi department, and was next in rank to Gen Lee.
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Hannibal
Marion County
Court House
Cyrus Alberson
H. A. Buckwalter
A. R. Smith
C .F. Bulkiey
C. L. Schmidt
S. O. Osterbout
C O. Mayes
Frank
Dallas
Texas
Stephen D. Lee
Vicksburg
Miss
Cabell
United Confederate Veterans
W. L. Yabell
Trans-Mississippi
Geno, Lee
Ed ward Lee Bower and Minnie Belle Paul Wed in Palmyra
Edward Lee Bower of Warren township and Minnie Belle Paul of Warren township traveled through mud and rain to obtain a marriage license. Rev. E C Wagner officiated a brief ceremony at the Merchant's Hotel parlors at 2 p.m. before a small group, uniting the couple as husband and wife. Bower is a noted Warren county farmer. Minnie Belle Paul is described as a popular young woman with many friends.
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Palmyra
Edward Lee Bower
Wiiss Minnie Belle Paul
Warren Township
E.C. Wagner
Merchant's Hotel
Bower
Local residents visit across towns on Friday
Bonis Tooley visited Hannibal on Friday while Thomas Courtney stayed with his son Frank in Frankford. Parisian Hon W T Ragland spent Friday with friends in the city. Del Hargar’s orchard suffered wind damage Thursday. Benj McElroy of Rensselaer toured the city Friday. Mrs William Green of Palmyra visited Monroe relatives. Mrs Arthur Jones of Palmyra arrived Friday to see Miss Adelaide Lear. M D L Graham traveled to Augusta Illinois Friday to join old comrades for Decoration Day. Mrs B E Boulware of Monroe City visited her sons James and Ollie Monday and Tuesday. A A Ayler left Friday for Springfield Illinois to begin duties with Roberts Johnson Rand Shoe Co. Mrs M E O’Daniel and daughter Bernadetta went to Bardstown Kentucky to visit relatives until September. Geo W Adams of St Louis arrived Saturday to visit cousin Mrs J J Brown, their first meeting in twenty years.
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Geo. W. Adams
St. Louis
J. J. Brown
Folk and Stone A Character Study of Two Politicians
Folk and Stone represent rival political types in a Centralia Courier opinion piece. Folk relies on creed and lacks magnetism, drawing few lasting friendships, while Stone boasts bold presence, loyalty, and courage, winning followers who champion him despite faults. The paper favors the man who inspires loyalty and action.
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Folk
Stone
Centralia Courier
Fire damages Mrs. Conn hen house in Ralls County
Mrs. Amanda Conn near New London set straw ablaze to burn chiggers Tuesday. The hen house burned to the ground while the dwelling and smoke house were saved by quick work. Two hens perished in the blaze.
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Amanda Conn
New London
Ralls County Times
Prankster Realized Telephon e Gouge Was a Sucker
A smart young nuisance known for jollying telephone girls was shown up by a Ralls County Times note. A Southwest Missouri paper recounts a girl calling him to go fishing, him agreeing, then holding the line five to ten minutes only to learn she had trapped him as a fool.
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Southwest Missourian
Ralls County
Mrs Pritchett White Hosts Twenty Four Friends Event
Mrs Pritchett White entertained about twenty four of her friends at a reception in honor of her guest Miss Harriet Hart sodk of Atlanta Georgia. Refreshments of brick cream and cake were served in the afternoon. Miss Lilly Griffin traveled to Shelbyville Thursday to visit an aunt. Old papers priced at 20 cents per hundred.
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Lilly Griffin
Shelbyville
Hyomei touted as cure for catarrh on proof page
A testimonial heavy note claims Hyomei cured a severe catarrh with nightly coughing and throat drops. It touts a $1 inhaler kit and 50 cent refills, with guarantees and refunds by L M Wood. Names linked to users and local entertainment follow a health ad segment.
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Philipz. Hart
Laconia
N.H
L. M. Wood
Lost hound Beauty sought by owner and clues
A black hound with white on feet tail and neck is missing. Reward offered for return to W C Spalding. Clarence Smith, recent Kirksville Normal graduate, is home and plans to move to Butler Missouri to work at the Butler Press. Mrs Ida Domm of Chicago visits her uncle Jack Lowery, who plans to move to Salem Oregon with his widowed sister.
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Beauty
W. C. Spalding
Clarence Smith
Kirksville Normal
Butler
Butler Press
Ida Domm
Chicago
Jack Lowery
Mr. Lowery
Salem
Ore
Western wife seeks divorce after thirty years
A Perry Enterprise note jokes that a western woman files for divorce after thirty years of marriage on grounds of laziness, suggesting her long delay shows she was not a bustler herself.
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Perry Enterprise
Lawyer’s Odd Statement Bets on Dogs in Iowa Trial
In an Iowa town a lawyer addressing a jury shouted that there were thirty six dogs involved, claiming that number was three times the jurors in the box. The remark did not change the outcome of the case.
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Iowa
LaBelle Star
Boy Sleeps Through Sermon at Local Church
Edward Rule and his parents attended Sunday evening services at the Methodist Church. During the sermon he drifted off to sleep and was left behind when the family went home. A thorough search uncovered him asleep, cuddled on a bench inside the church.
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Edward Rule
Ralls County
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