Corruption Allegations Surround Hitchcock Indian Policy
The letter cites corruption in the Indian Bureau and the Geological Survey under Secretary Hitchcock. It alleges favoritism, inflated salaries, land grabs from tribes including the Klamath and Rosebud, and improper interferences in allotments. It notes the Quay protection bill passing and questions the Wisconsin Republican chaos as voters sour on eight years of party control. General Shafter weighs 350 pounds as a possible running mate for Roosevelt.
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Congress
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock
Quay
House
Senate
Indian Rights Association
General Shafter
Roosevelt
Mississippi Delegates At Joplin Namely Not Voting For Dockery
Delegates from a Mississippi county to the Democratic convention at Joplin were instructed not to vote for Dockery or W J Stone. A reply from the Kansas City Industrial Council to Governor Peabody of Colorado denounced endorsing violence and urged suppression of lawlessness in Cripple Creek district.
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Mississippi County
Joplin
Dockery
W. J. Stone
Kansas City Industrial Council
Peabody
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Dickey Wins Missouri GOP National Committee Seat
Walter S. Dickey defeats Thomas J. Akins to become Missouri’s Republican national committee member replacing Richard Kerens. Akins’s defeat signals a Kerens faction success and expected patronage favoring Kerens allies. Brewster of St. Joseph is rumored as governor candidate, while Bryan declines Nebraska delegation chairmanship preferring a resolutions committee role.
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Walter S. Dickey
Thomas J. Akins
Richard Kerens
Missouri
Republican National Committee
Akins
Kerens
Dickey
A. W. Brewster
St. Joseph
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
Committee On Resolutions
Imitation Rocky Mountain Tea Sold Here
W. E. Bard Drug Company offers a 35 cent imitation Rocky Mountain Tea. The line implies customers risk health harms and loss of value when purchasing counterfeit remedies from dealers.
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W. E. Bard Drug Company
Miss Agnes Dalby Receives Nine Ermine Skins
Miss Agnes Dalby of East Fifth Street has received nine ermine skins from her brother George L. Dalby who is in Alaska in the gold fields.
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Agnes Dalby
East Fifth Street
George L. Dalby
Alaska
Joplin Bond Proposals Defeated in Special Election
In a recent Missouri special election in Joplin voters rejected bond propositions to fund a city hall park improvements and expansion of the electric light plant capacity.
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Joplin
Missouri Odd Fellows to Build New Home in Liberty
The Missouri Odd Fellows maintain a home at Liberty with 66 children and 31 adults. Annual expenses reach about $15,000. A new $15,000 building is planned to add to the facility.
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Missouri Odd Fellows
Liberty
Argentine Shorthorns From Ravenswood Move South
Argentina shifts cattle imports from Britain and Scotland to the United States. A shipment of fourteen head of Shorthorns from the Ravenswood herd in Cooper County Missouri has just been sent to the South American republic.
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England
Scotland
Missouri
Ravenswood
Cooper County
Republic
James B Potter Dies at Clinton County at 79
James B Potter of Clinton county dies at age seventy nine after a long life starting in the Liberty site of Clay county. He leaves ten living children and was a Methodist for sixty four years.
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James B. Potter
Clinton County
Liberty
Clay County
Mr. Potter
Jefferson’s purchase valued Missouri assets in 1900
The piece notes Jefferson paid 15 million for the Louisiana Purchase, highlighting Missouri as part of the deal. It cites 1900 figures: Missouri farm property valued at 1,033,121,897. capitalization of manufactories at 249,888,581. total farm and factory outputs at 625,038,365.
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Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
Missouri
Anniversary of James M Smith and wife Mr and Mrs Smith
Mr and Mrs James M Smith aged 80 and 81 celebrate their sixty third wedding anniversary at their Shelby County home. The couple were married sixty three years ago at Lizzie Cotton s home then known as a grand affair. Mr Smith preached Baptist faith from youth until recently and both remain well and active. A remarkable cow birth near Republic Missouri produced a red male calf with no front limbs and the farmer John K McConnell values it highly despite its peculiarity.
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James M. Smith
Lizzie Cotton
Shelby County
John K. McConnell
Republic
McConnell
Muskoka Lakes Summer Resort Opens With Low Fares
The Royal Muskoka Hotel sits in Muskoka Lakes, a premier summer resort area. Grand Trunk Railway and Illinois Central announce effective June 1 special low round trip fares from the Southwest. For details write Advertising Department Grand Trunk Railway System Chicago or A G P and T A George W Vaux.
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America
Muskoka Lakes
United States
Canada
Toronto
Muskoka Wharf
Grand Trunk-Illinois Central
St. Louis
Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams St
Chicago
George W. Vaux
T. A
Baby scalded by boiling coffee spill
An eight month old child of Mr and Mrs Harris residing at Sixth and Marvin streets was badly scalded by boiling coffee overturned on the child. The injuries were painful though not serious and were treated by Dr Guy Titsworth.
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad by Bard Drug Co
If your health is failing and headaches blur your sight this wartime era testimonial promotes Rocky Mountain Tea from W. E. Bard Drug Co as a remedy option for health concerns.
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Rocky Mountain
W. E. Bard Drug Co
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