Fall of Silver Prompts Gold Standard Attacks
The Atlanta Constitution argues the silver price drop reflects market forces not a moral issue. With silver largely out of primary money use, overproduction pushes prices down as supply exceeds demand. It likens potential price shifts to past corn and cotton price declines and notes U S silver sells at 35 cents an ounce to Europeans who value it at $1.53.
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Bryan
West
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South
Gloucester
Boston
Chicago
Northwest
Leadville
Wall Street
United States
Man Arrests Fugitive Who Killed Brother-in-Law in 1875
William H. Murray, once jailed for killing his brother in law Joel Woodrome in Williamsburg, fled after escape attempts in Marion Ky and Mount Vernon Ill. He lived under the alias William H. Howard in Dunlap Tennessee, with four children who changed names. Murray admitted the killing as self defense and faces possible trial for his life. Sheriff Thomas Manion located him after years of detective work, ending his decades on the run and marking Manion’s final official act.
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Mount Vernon
Lil
Thomas Manion
Dunlap
Tenn
William H. Murray
Joel Woodrome
Williamsburg
St. Louis Republic
Murray
Sam Cooper
Cooper
Marion
William H. Howard
Manion
Cannon for Speaker Predicted Victory in R Cooperation
The Commoner argues that Uncle Joe Cannon will win the speakership easily over Babcock and Littlefield. It portrays Cannon as a staunch Republican content to maintain the status quo under Hanna’s doctrine of let well enough alone.
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Joe” Cannon
Babcock
Littlefield
Joe
Mr. Hanna
Dentist Dr C C Clark Moves Office to Ohio Street
Dr C C Clark the dentist who had rooms in the Hoffman building has moved his office to 308 Ohio Street above C A Guenther's store. Ball Blue brand advertised with a 2 oz package priced at five cents.
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C. C. Clark
Hoffman Building
Ohio Street
C. A. Guenther
Leo Bloess the Traveling Salesman Visits Lexington
Leo Bloess, a well known traveling salesman, visited Lexington this morning on business.
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Leo Bloess
Lexington
Jefferson City to Dedicate New Carnegie Library
The city will dedicate the new Carnegie library at Jefferson City on December 10, marking a milestone in local public education. The ceremony will feature city officials and community members touring the facility and honoring benefactors.
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Carnegie
Jefferson City
Rocky Mountain Tea Scam Nets Large Haul
A report details a large haul by highwaymen and substitutes who steal the famed Rocky Mountain Tea popularized by Madison Medicine Co. and priced at 35¢. W. F. Bard Drug Company noted involved parties.
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Rocky Mountain
Madison Medicine Co
Bard Drug Compan
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Cold Cure Ad
An old patent medicine advertisement offers a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises a refund of the purchase price if it fails and notes a 25 cent price with FE W. Grove’s signature on each box.
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FE. W. Grove
Missouri State Finances Report November 1902
State Treasurer R. P. Williams filed the November report with Governor Dockery showing Missouri's finances. It records a cash balance of 1,671,912.06 dollars on November 29, with November receipts of 296,906.00 and disbursements of 202,856.20, up from October 31 balances.
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R. P. Williams
Dockery
Missouri
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Petylis County
Atlanta Constitution
Tennessee
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Ayer
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Auditorium Theatre
Kansas City
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Daaney
Davol, Medicine CO
P. O
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Cal
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the Sentinel
Juliet
Fifth Street
C. C. Lawson
Katy Building
C. G. Lawson
Katie
Bell Telephone
Inter-State Corres
Cedar Rapids
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co
Taylor’s Grocery
Sterting Remedy Company
New York
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