Kansas attorney Dodson found guilty of land fraud
James B. Dodson, Springfield attorney, was found guilty by a federal jury of making false affidavits in a land entry in Christian county Missouri. He claimed 40 acres were untenanted as an entry to which a man lived, sought $800 if he relinquished the claim, and had held Missouri offices in the past. Dodson, a known Republican politician, had announced a future gubernatorial bid.
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James B. Dodson
Springfield
United States Land Office
Dodson
Christian County
John Harter
Carroll County
Missouri
Missouri Bar proposes jail for nonpaying alimony husbands
At St Joseph meeting of the Missouri State Bar association a committee on legislation chaired by ex supreme court justice W C Marshall of St Louis urged amending the state constitution to jail divorced husbands who fail to pay alimony. The committee also favored raising salaries for all state officers and court judges.
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Missouri State Bar Association
St. Joseph
Supreme Court
W. C. Marshall
St. Louis
Fire Destroys The Oaks Home At Warrensburg
The Oaks the country home of S M Van Cleave at Warrensburg burned to the ground. The family were saved from death by a dog barking, forcing them to flee in night clothes. The Oaks formerly the hotel at Electric Springs a summer resort once owned by George W Colbern who spent 30000 on its erection. The resort failed financially and Colbern later died. The blaze ends a fortune's destruction. A political aside questions progress in the nineteenth century and praises the century of improvement. A can of paint represents the era’s industry and value.
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Oaks
S. M. van Cleave
Warrensburg
van Cleave
Electric Springs
George W. Colbern
Colbern
Methusalem
George Washington
L. P
Missouri Beekeepers Elect Officers at Marshall Meeting
The Missouri State Beekeepers Association met in the Marshall courthouse. J. W. Rouse of Mexico was elected president, E. G. Guthrie of Maria Bend vice president, and Rob J. Holecamp of St. Louis secretary. The group backs passage of the foul broad bill vetoed by the governor two years ago.
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Missouri State Beekeepers’ Association
Marshall
J. W. Rouse
Mexico
E. G. Guthrie
Maria Bend
Rob’j. Holecamp
St. Louis
Soldiers' Home Matron Resigns at St James Meeting
At the regular meeting of the board of trustees of the Federal Soldiers' home held at St. James, Mrs. Mary Goodall tendered her resignation as matron effective at once. She had served as matron since the home's organization and will return to Lebanon to reside. A successor had not yet been selected.
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Soldiers” Home
Federal Soldiers’ Home
St. James
Mary Goodall
Platte County Celebrates Bond Cancellation
People of Platte county celebrated by burning the canceled county funding bonds representing the last 375000 debt. The bonds were mostly issued for railroads never built. Hon. R. P. C. Wilson Judge J. W. Coots Senator Francis Wilson and Hon. J. H. Pull spoke. Platte county has no debt and holds funds in the treasury.
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Platte County
R. P. C. Wilson
J. W. Coots
Francis Wilson
J. H
Shelby County Railway Chartered for Eight-Mile Line
Shelby County Railway Company of Shelbyville with 110000 capital has been chartered by the secretary of state. Stockholders include W. W. C. Blackburn W. C. Clark and W. M. Reid. The company plans a standard gauge railroad in Shelby County from Shelbina to Shelbyville eight miles.
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Shelby
The
County Railway Company of
Shelbyville
C. Blackburn
Ww. C. Clark
Shelby County
Shelbina
Box Factory Fire Destroys Plant Near Poplar Bluff
The Garetson Greason box factory at Fisk nine miles east of Poplar Bluff burned recently causing an estimated $20,000 loss. It was among the region’s largest box plants and employed about 2000 people though only light insurance was carried.
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Burns
Fisk
Garetson- Greason
Poplar Bluff
Missouri
Repairs to the White House Preserve Exterior Look
The article notes renewed work on the White House with substantial congressional funding, yet preserving its external and interior appearance. Col Bramwell explains the need to avoid criticism over decor and upkeep while keeping rooms open for inspection.
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White House
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Charles S. Bramwell
Not What He Was Used To Rockefeller Milk Story Refuted
An old rumor claimed John D. Rockefeller hosted slum children at his stock farm near Cleveland and served milk from a $2,000 prize cow. The tale, attributed to humorists, is questioned as possibly apocryphal with some asserting it was invented.
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John D. Rockefeller
American Press Humorists’ Association
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Doan's Kidney Pills Praise From Waterville Restaurateur
Mrs. S A Moore of Waterville Missouri testifies to kidney trouble relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She endured backache headaches dizziness and tiredness for a year and a half before finding relief with the pills. The notice cites the product price and Foster Milburn Co as maker. New York's status as a major world port is noted with 1903 import and export totals and comparisons to London Antwerp and Hamburg.
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S.A. Moore
Waterville
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
New York
London
Antwerp
Hamburg
All About the Pulujanes
A country gathering learns from a village sage that Pulujanes are insects akin to mosquitoes with wings. He warns they can bite and that a dangerous gyrascude armed variety can appear in some regions and should not be provoked.
Oldest and youngest Speakers in U S House history
Joseph G. Cannon becomes the oldest man elected speaker of the national House of Representatives and longest serving member before becoming speaker. The youngest speaker was R M T Hunter of Virginia at age 30 in his second term when chosen to preside.
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Joseph G.cannon
House of Representatives
House
R. M. T. Hunter
Virginia
Laundering White Silk Handkerchiefs At Home
Instruction from ELEANOR R. PARKER advises against using the ordinary wash for white silk handkerchiefs. Make a strong Ivory Soap lather with water, avoid rubbing soap on the fabric or using soda, rinse, then iron with a moderately hot iron.
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Eleanor R. Parker
White Diamond Found in Kimberley Dig Site
A white diamond weighing 14944 karats was discovered by a digger at Karpeepan near Kimberley and sold for 314,465.
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Karpeepan
Hear Kimberley
Chinese Girl Studies in City
A Chinese girl, Miss Yung Kwai sister to the first secretary of the Chinese legation, studies music in the city. She wears a gray silk cloak and embroidered slippers, carries a mandolin, and aims to form a string orchestra among her female peers when she returns to China.
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West End
Washington
Florida Avenue
Yung Kwai
North Shore
Unshorn Race Segregation Note Sparks Debate
A provocative line contrasts the modernist claim of racial separation with a counterimage of the Australian bush where Black Australians are described as unshorn, provoking discussion on race and identity in colonial discourse.
Lydia E Pinkham and Her Vegetable Compound History
The article recounts Lydia E Pinkham born 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts a Quaker teacher who developed remedies from roots and herbs for women. It covers her marriage to Isaac Pinkham, the rise of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, wartime hardships, early kitchen laboratories, newspaper advertising, and the ongoing work led by Mrs Pinkham and her daughter in assisting sick women worldwide.
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Isaac Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Pinkham
dia_ & Pinkham
Pinkhams
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