Roosevelt Keeps Washington From Getting Dull
Senator Stone shows a great dislike for legislative contests these days. President Roosevelt can always be depended upon to keep things from getting dull and monotonous in Washington. Governor-elect Hadley received a Christmas turkey that was originally intended for his defeated opponent. Mr. Hadley will also have a number of other pickings that Mr. Cowherd thought he was going to enjoy.
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Senator Stone
Roosevelt
Washington
Hadley Geto
Hadley
Venezuelan President in Berlin for Swift Time Demonstration
President Castro of Venezuela visits Berlin where he is presented with a swift time by Senor Ve Joz Goiltica Venezuelan chargé d affaires in the city. The remark notes the fitting name for the task.
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Castro
Venezuela
Berlin
Senor Ve Joz Goiltica
Press unanimity over Panama canal message sparks comment
The Post Dispatch notes the press is united in condemning the President's Panama canal message while recalling Missouri press critics once condemned the paper itself for various reasons.
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the Post Dispatch
Panama Canal
Missouri
Legislature Should Tighten Missouri Game Law Now
The upcoming legislative session should enact a stricter Missouri game law, banning deer hunting for a long term to prevent further slaughter. The ongoing killing has nearly driven deer to extinction, eroding the charm of the woods and wildlife.
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Missouri
Supreme Court ruling on railroad inquiries and stock schemes
The Supreme Court ruled that Railroad Magoate Herrimen and any railroad are not required to answer Interstate Commerce Commission inquiries into stock jobbing. The piece mocks regulatory attempts and hints Standard Oil may seek a similar court ruling against government control of business.
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United States Supreme Court
Railroad Magoate Herrimen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard Oil Co
Supreme Court
Shaw on Socialism and Public Opinion
Bernard Shaw argues socialism is miscast as communism and anarchy in public opinion. He notes socialism grows within major parties, not a dedicated movement, and defines true socialism as human progress, not chaos.
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Bernard Shaw
Yangwright
Mr. Shaw
Congress Scrutiny Sparks Debate Over Accountability
The piece questions why Congress members resist external oversight while laws condemn other officials for public safety and moral concerns. It argues legislators act as if exempt from investigation, contrasting personal integrity with that of postmasters and other government officials.
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Congress
Secret Service
House
Senate
One Price Shoe Sale by Hamilton Brown Co
We offer a one price deal on shoes from Hamilton Brown Shoe Co of St. Louis, the world’s largest makers. Shoes are marked for sale at that price and will be shown in our window all week to attract customers with shoe troubles.
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Hamiton Brown Shoe Co
St. Louis
Secret inspectors press postmasters and bank cashiers
Post office inspectors and national bank examiners periodically and without notice call upon postmasters and national bank officials to give a full account of their conduct. They insist the law governs such inquiries and find honesty among postmasters and bank cashiers comparable to that of national legislators.
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Tional Bank
Post Office
National Bank
Secret Service
Hadley and Missouri Republicans face political machine debate
Report from Jefferson City notes Governor Hadley will not build a personal political machine though he will consider the Republican party’s welfare in departmental appointments. A Democrat observer says Missouri Republicans can maintain supremacy by using the existing machine, while Democrats should be blocked from returning to power. The piece argues Republicans can govern more astutely under proper, legal machine-building.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Hadley Perhops
Missouri
Republican Party
How Democrats Use Public Funds
A historical note argues the state general revenue fund lacks money for some educational institutions including the University. It claims Democrats would not escape blame for budgetary shortfalls and references Auditor Wilder's 1907 revenue estimates, noting about 8,048.5 dollars expected to be paid into the treasury for the 1907–1908 period.
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Auditory
W. Wilder
Mr.Wilder
Republican
General Revenue
State Auditor
Democratic overrun drains state revenues under Folk
The Democrats projected over nine million in revenue and appropriated nine million five hundred sixty-three thousand one hundred fifty-seven dollars. Governor Folk pressed for restraint, forcing special-appropriation beneficiaries to cap 40 to 60 percent returns. Reductions totaled about eight point seven million, leaving total appropriations roughly eight hundred thousand above expected revenues.
Keeping the Santa Clause Myth in Christian Homes
The Sunday School Times argues against lying to children about Santa Claus on Christ’s birthday yet seeks a middle path to preserve the enduring figure. It condemns deception that shatters trust but presents a cautious approach to maintaining the playful myth without falsifying core beliefs.
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Philadelphia
Honest Santa Myth Speaks To Child Hearts
The article argues to tell children Santa Claus as a myth like fairies, preserving wonder without deception. It warns outright lies harm trust and stresses that Christmas can honor Christ while keeping Santa as a joyful tradition in warm, believable fashion.
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Santa Claus
Dolly
Santa
Christ
Witty maxims on time, effort, and society
A collection of pithy observations on duty, success, judgment, and human behavior. The piece jests at pursuits, finance, paradise in others wardrobes, and the limits of wealth and happiness, closing with a Chicago News tagline about a woman’s exclusive possession.
Flowers by the Wayside
A girl visiting the countryside follows a farmer’s wife along a half overgrown path amid wildflowers. She desires to gather them on the return, but the woman urges picking now. The vignette warns we must seize life’s bright moments day by day or they are lost forever.
Lawyer in Vicksburg reacts to marriage notice
The prominent Vicksburg lawyer, widowed for two months, remarried and denounced a local paper’s marriage notice saying the wedding was quiet due to the groom’s bereavement. The remark highlights tension between personal life and public reporting in Mississippi.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Marriage Licenses Listing With Names and Residences
Marriage licenses issued including Henry J. Jordon of Irondale Missouri with Lizzie M. Van Lear, Frank Osia with Cruise Ideli Willmer, Dr J B Robinson of Belgrade with Maud Dent Maxwell, John Pierce of Washington County with Emma Brock, Joseph F. Leftler of Brazil with Kertha Gillam.
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Henry J. Jordon
Irondale
Lizzie M. van Lear
Frank Osia
Cruise
Ideli Willmer
J. B. Robinson
Belgrade
Maud Dent Maxwell
John Pierce
Washington Co
Emma Brock
Joseph F. Leftler
Brazil
Kertha Gillam
Town thanks neighbors for quick fire aid
The writer thanks townsmen who generously answered the fire call Saturday morning. The tire fire originated from soot burning on the rear porch roof, discovered early by a neighbor, with no significant damage. Sincerely, M. L. Townsenp.
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M. L. Townsenp
Desloge Sun reports mob targets Black man in Farmington area
Last Friday C B Sharp brought an ovegro to the old building known as the concrete market owned by Mr Short near Farmington. A mob of six to eight organized with a rope of fifteen feet and ordered the Black man to leave within fifteen minutes. He prepared to depart saying he would not return to town. This reflects tensions in a supposedly free country.
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Desloge Sun
C. B. Sharp
Farmington
Mr. Short
Kastus
Darkey
Lune
Local Notes and Weddings Dot Rural Life in Missouri
Wm Hughes completes barn with a raft rooster on top while neighbors gather corn and cut wood for him. James W Hughes recovers from fever as 30 men and 6 teams assist. Edith McCay teaches at the school pending month end. The M W of A Lodge holds officers for the year. Scarlet fever cases appear. Henry Jordon marries Lizzie Van Learonu at Lismarck. Dr John B R Robinson weds Maud Maxwell at Cour Beygrade. they depart for St. Louis for a wedding trip. Ramsey visits Leadwood. local deaths noted and other village happenings recorded.
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Wm. Hughes
R. H. Ramsey
Henry Jordon
Lizzie van Learonu
Lismarck
Jordon
Trondale
Biltre Rock
Ark
John BR. Robinson
Maud Maxwell
Cour Beygrade
Revo
Alex Rubingon
Iondale
St. Louis
Gullitt
Sherman Rice
Ro Ol Ramsey
Leadwood
UT. Rausey
Isnmeare'r
Elderly wedding news at Andy’s new home
The article notes an oyster supper at Andy’s new home with guests including Lena and Maude Cresswell Ruth Springer and Lawrence Gordon and Percy Cresswell of Aplus visiting Lust Creek. Mrs Will Scott of Potosi and mother visited locally to promote happiness while “Squire Matlock” offers free nuptial knots for the rest of the year.
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Andy
Lena and
Maude Cresswell
Ruth Springer
Messrs
Lawrence Fiyon
Gordon and
Percy Cresswell
Aplus
Lust Creek
Will Scott
Potosi
Mother
Squire Matlock
Waitin
W.M M
Proof of Sight in Plants Claims Plant Vision
A nature student recounts observing a convolvulus plant seemingly respond to a shoe and a pole placed away from light. He narrates how tendrils moved toward the foot, then toward the pole, suggesting plants might possess sight or a similar sensing ability.
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Darwin
Planta
Snakes a General Nuisance
George Burden found a 42 inch rattlesnake near his water jug on German Hill and killed it, preserving the skin and rattles. Two of his sons killed 12 rattlers at a den near Little Hickory Creek. Henry Amburger found a dead eight foot black snake with a china egg in its stomach, solving the missing eggs mystery at Hunters Station.
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George Burden
German Hill
George
George Copeland
Little Hickory Creek
Henry Amburger
Hunters Station
Notable English Authors and Their Stature
Tit-Mits notes giants of literature measured in height. It lists Thackeray at six feet three inches, Arthur Conan Doyle at six feet two, Catcliffe Hone at six feet three, Hesketh Prichard taller, Keble Howard six feet one and a half, and R. S. Warren Hell near six feet five.
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Tit-Mits
Thackeray
Sir Arthur Conan Dosle
Catcliffe Hone
Hesketh Prichard
Keble Howard
Crowd Gathers As Street Faker Ploys in San Francisco
Two men in a confrontation on upper Market Street attract a crowd outside the Grant building. The liar and the pup duel with taunts and a show of sleight of hand as a medical faker hawks “magical herbs” at one dollar per package plus cuff buttons.
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Grant Building
Upper Market Street
San Francisco
Electric Trucks Introduced at Brooklyn Docks
A company controlling most Brooklyn waterfront docks introduces electric trucks replacing horse drawn three wheelers. The trucks haul three times the cargo of horse carts and cut dock repair costs to a minimum, solving slow transport caused by animal feet trampling wooden planks.
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Brooklyn
Not Dead Yet Hans Saves His Life in Fire
Philadelphia fire chief praises a young recruit of German origin for a perilous rescue. The chief greets him with admiration and says he never expected to see him alive again. The recruit responds in boisterous humor claiming he has not been dead yet, in a light exchange captured as a human-interest vignette.
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Fire Department
Philadelphia
Hans
Strenuous Home Rule. Tenement Game Teases Rules debate
A New York mission worker recalls encountering two tenement urchins playing with a rubber ball and homemade rackets. When asked if they used English or American rules they answer with pride that they have their own rules, describing how one boy baits the ball to Chimmy and then swats it three times in a flourish.
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New York
Mission
Inventor of Suspension Bridge Claim Suspect
The article credits James Pinley of Pennsylvania as the inventor of the modern suspension bridge. It states his first bridge was built in 1801-02 and that by 1810 he had eight bridges, with many more afterward. It mentions a licensee John Tempelman’s 1810 Merrimac Massachusetts bridge, still in use by trolley cars, and a Lehigh River Lahigh Gap bridge from 624,40 in strict accordance with Pinley’s original plans.
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James Pinley
Pennsylvania
John Tempelman
Merrimac
Massachusetts
Lehigh River
Lahigh Gap
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