Wealth of the Russians Riches in a Vast Hidden World
A Kansas City Star essay contrasts Russia's vast wealth in gold mines sturgeon fisheries and luxury goods with the emptiness of its riches for its people. It notes Russians. nobles. and families like Basilewski Demidoff and Youpousoff owning global resources while Paris becomes a favored refuge. It questions whether liberty or national welfare will ever rise from wealth.
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Russia
Peter the Great
Kennan
Marco Polo
Turgenieff
Tolstoy
Alexander Basilewski
Siberia
Basilewskis
Basilewski
Paris
Europe
Gen. Basilewski
Isabella
Spain
Bon Gaultier
Tartary
Holy
Liberty
Kansas City Star
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The fragment shows a speaker asserting willingness to endure hunger and fight for country in war but vows not to love another country after the war. The quote attributed to a speaker and a Woman's Journal excerpt imply wartime patriotism and postwar loyalty themes.
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Woman’s Journal
Admiral Dewey at Twenty Seven Portrait and Anecdotes
A photostrip recalls Admiral Dewey at age 27 as lieutenant-commander with Captain Hodges of the Loyal Legion owning the photo. The piece weaves humorous and curio vignettes about historical figures and a London squire who slept on a timber bed, plus a tale of Aguinaldo’s flag of truce and a magistrate’s gun evidence in a shooting case.
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Admiral Dewey
Captain Hodges
The
Loyal Legion
Battefield
Charles Waterton
London
Aguinaldo
London Chronicle
Pool
Bar of Justice
West Side
Tenderloin
New York Herald
Night Raid Heroic Georgia Soldier in Longstreet March
A Confederate night march sees a Georgia regiment halt near General Longstreet’s position. Early in the morning a Georgian soldier risks his life by placing himself against enemy tents, declaring the move was very hard.
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Miles
Longstreet
Georgia
Sighting of abandoned wreck Siddartha highlights ocean derelict danger
The French steamer Touraine reports a waterlogged abandoned bark Siddartha afloat in the trans Atlantic lane three weeks after Cape Race first descried it. The piece calls for international policing of seas to clear derelicts, noting costs and legal hurdles, and urges progress.
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Havre
Dewey's Failing Eyesight Recounted by Officer
An officer close to Admiral Dewey recounts a previously unpublished story about the admiral's failing eyesight during a cited incident. The account, sourced from a first-hand witness, adds a personal perspective on Dewey's later moments.
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Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Asparagus Boom Drives California Cannery Growth
The Argonaut notes coastal and river island soils near California's central coast yield top asparagus. Cannery owners expanded after easy canning and stable prices, with 120,000 two and a half pound cans sold a decade ago and last season 75,000 to 90,000 cases of two dozen cans each, spurring new giant farms.
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California
Acquittals and robberies reported in Kinsey court
Bart Jackson recovered stolen 5 trousers from Jennie Klingenfell’s room. sold to a second hand dealer for 75 cents. J M Counce and William Adkins were acquitted in Kinsey court of stealing two chickens from Jennie Granville. Defendants threaten to arrest child witnesses for perjury. Léona Ramsey Stoke Ramsey and Flora Vaughn faced trial for disturbing the peace on the north side.
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Bart Jackson
Johnie Klingenfell
I. Mac DeMuth
Hughesville
J. M. Counce
William Adkins
Kinsey
Jennie Granville
Léona Ramsey
Stoke Ramsey
Flora Vaughn
North Side
The Kind You Have Always Bough Guests Visit Jefferson City
Mrs. Mollie Gibbons of Poplar Bluff and Mrs. J B Reynolds of Jefferson City, guests of Mr and Mrs Frank Gibbons, traveled to Jefferson City this afternoon.
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Tastoria
Mollie Gibbons
Poplar Bluff
J. B. Reynolds
Jefferson City
Frank Gibbons
Banner Salve Advertised at Low Price in Sentinel
The Sentinel announces quick, low-cost job work service on short order at Fourth and Lamine corners. Banner Salve, claimed by a world renowned skin specialist, treats tetter eczema and skin diseases with healing properties priced at 25 cents.
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Sentinel
Social to aid Maplewood band at Grange hall
Mrs Mary Perdue and daughter Cora visited Holden on Sunday. Miss Lucy Gentry heads to Lamonte to visit. A Grange hall social Friday evening raises funds for the Maplewood band. Miss Daisy Reeves goes to Lee ton to stay with Miss Eva Ward. Miss Nancy Woods travels to Versailles after visiting Nick Gentry. Mrs Chas Fontaine from Wichita leaves after visiting Mrs J T Snitzler. Mrs Hattie Cochran returns to St Louis after visiting Louis Hoffman. Miss Mayme Jakeman goes from Cole Camp to Robbers Cave camping trip. Miss Kate Cordes of Chicago and Miss Ida Dowley of Concordia leave for Cole Camp to visit relatives.
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Mary Perdue
Cora
Holden
Lucy Gentry
Lamonte
Grange Hall
Maplewood Band
Daisy Reeves
Leeton
Eva Ward
Nancy Woods
Nick Gentry
Versailles
Chas Fontaine
Wichita
Mayme Jakeman
Cole Camp
Robbers Cave
Kate Cordes
Chicago
Ida Dowley
Concordia
Oriental Dream Promises Pure Beauty Skin Purifier
An ornate Indian cosmetic claims to both purify and beautify the skin. The product, named Oriental Dream or Beautiher Purifies, asserts it alone can deliver the desired effects without rivals.
Judge Longan Visiting Hyde Park During Versailles Sessions
The wife and children of Judge George F. Longan of Sedalia visit Dr. H. A. Longan’s family in Hyde park while the judge holds court at Versailles for Judge Shackleford. A Saturday evening party at Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Landis home five miles east of the city honors Misses Alice Zimmerman Lillian Pearson Moore Dawson who have stayed there a week.
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George F. Longan
Sedalia
H. A. Longan
Hyde Park
Versailles
Shackleford
S. R. Landis
Alice Zimmerman
Lillian Pearson
Moore Dawson
Minters and Dora Weller Arrive from Lexington
Charles Minter Margie Minter Juliet Minter and Dora Weller arrived in the city this morning from Lexington Miss Margie will visit Dora Weller and Ina Dunlap while Charlie and Juliet visit their aunt Mrs Harbaugh
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Charles Minter
Margie
Juliet Minter
Dora Weller
City
Lexington
Ina Dunlap
Charlie
Mrs. Harbaugh
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