Missouri Legislature ends 120-day session in Jefferson City
May 4 dispatch reports the Missouri House passing a joint resolution shelving grand juries until needed and sending to the people for a constitutional amendment. Other actions include anti trust testimony bills, re election of county assessors, horse breeding license increases, and a mortgage chapter revision.
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Jefferson City
Wilson
House
Senate
Mann
Hawthorne
Morton
Supreme Court
United States
Matthews Senate
Clark
Sale of the Cape Girardeau Line Auctioned at Courthouse Door
The St. Louis Cape Girardeau Fort Smith railway known as the Houck road was sold at auction in Jackson Missouri under a foreclosure decree. Albert S Bard of New York bid $425000 to acquire the line which runs about 100 miles west from Cape Girardeau and will be reorganized by eastern capitalists. The deed requires $425 worth of revenue stamps.
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Cape Girardeau
Jackson, Mo
St. Louis, Cape Girardeau & Fort Smith
R. G. Ranney
Houck Road
Albert S. Bard
New York
Gov Stephens to force senate action on franchise tax bills
Jefferson City reports Gov Stephens will compel a senate vote on franchise taxation by sending a position message if the chamber does not act on franchise bills from the house within days. In Arkansas, Little Rock notes four old line insurers resume operations under the new law, restoring available coverage.
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Kansas City
Jefferson City
The
Star
Stephens
Senate
House
Zinc Ore Prices Raised by Missouri-Kansas Zinc Miners
The Missouri Kansas Zinc Miners association board raised per ton prices for all zinc ore grades yesterday in Joplin Missouri. The new schedule tied to the market price of spelter and set by ore assay value cannot be lowered by members.
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Joplin
Missouri-Kansas Zinc Miners’ Association
Tragedy on the Track in Parkville
Parkville Missouri May 4 Ebenezer Finlay a book agent living at Waldroek Missouri was struck and killed by Burlington fast train No 15 while walking along the track. The coroner jury exonerated the railway company noting the victim was very deaf and partially paralyzed.
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Parkville
Ebenezer Finlay
Waldroek
Burlington
Hannibal Election Sees Democrats Win City Ticket
Hannibal Missouri voters yesterday backed the Democratic city ticket with one exception the candidate for city attorney J W Northcutt won the Republican nomination by a 26 vote majority. Republicans also elected one alderman.
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Hannibal
Hannibal, Mo
J. W. Northcutt
Thunderstorm Fatalities Hit Missouri and New York Fire
A May 4 Monroe City thunderstorm wrecked a barn owned by Joseph Gray four miles east and killed a trotting horse and a span of mules belonging to W. Richoff. In Cortland New York widow Joanna Devern aged 60 died after returning to her burning house to save papers.
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Monroe City
Here
Joseph Gray
W. Richoff
Cortland
N. Y
Joanna Devern
Long Canaries of Germany Hart Birds and Song
The Harz region in Germany produces the best song canaries, especially around Andrews berg. These canaries are valued for song over color or form, with emphasis on vocal quality cultivated over years. A top Hart bird offers a marvel of beauty in its song, though selecting it requires a trained ear and careful practice.
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Harz
Leine
Saale
Germany
Prussia
Anhalt
Brunswick
Andrewsberg
Canaries
Chambers’ Journal
Antisepsis in Surgery: The Battle Against Germs
The text explains that ordinary germs can cause deadly infections if introduced to the body during surgery. It notes how carbolic antiseptics and sterilized materials prevent bacilli from thriving, making operations possible and greatly improving recovery chances.
Don’t Let Love Sick Feelings Dictate Your Life Changes
A collection of cautions and maxims advising sensible living. It warns against seeking medical help for romantic woes, overindulgence, pride in public acts, reckless target practice, and trusting happiness to unreliable partners. It also urges practical care, financial prudence, and measured speech.
American Actors Make Big Inroads in English Stage
Kyrle Bellew and Paul Arthur with Aubrey Bouci cault impress English audiences. Lydia Yeaman-Titus rebrands as Lydia Yeamans while the Hawthorne sisters and Conan and Doyle star in pantomimes. Edna May Phyllis Rankin and Gillette draw London attention with theater feats. Ta ber and Julia Marlowe join Irving’s company. Macduff in Macbeth hailed as triumph.
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Kyrle Bellew
Paul Arthur
Aubrey Boucicault
Trelawny
Russell Brothers
Europe
Lydia Yeaman-Titus
Lydia Titus
Lydia Yeamans
Hawthorne Sisters
Conan and Doyle
Flin
England
Edna May
Phyllis Rankin
London
Illustrated Papers
Gillette
Secret Service
Robert Taber
Julia Marlowe
Sir Henry Irving
Tis Macduff
Forbes Robertson
Macbeth
The Irish Joker and a Courtroom Quip
A humorous sequence features a priest asking a patron about leaving the inn and Pat replying with wit. A vag rant jokes about jail and time while a magistrate sentences ten days. An orator claims posterity as a heckler pressures action. A girl impresses a lover with a bright-eyed request.
Irreverent Banter and Irish Garbled Lore on a Teakettle
A comic dialogue features Sue and Santa Siow Sol in a reminiscence about a two year lapse. An old near sighted gentleman asks about an inscription on a board while Irish Rustie recalls a wee school. A naval servant jokes that locating a lost kettle proves nothing is lost when you know where it is.
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Sue
Santa Siow Sol
Rustie
Arrah
St. Patrick
The Heartless Man
A pair share a chilly morning moment as a woman accuses her partner of growing cold in his affection after missing a kiss due to a bitter 21 below morning temperature. The scene unfolds beside a radiator showing domestic tension.
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John
Rheumatism Talk in a Boston Transcript Fragment
A brief, quippy exchange references rheumatism and drugmarket remedies as the Boston Transcript notes a humorous social moment. The dialogue includes Hissock and Twinger congratulating each other and remarks on rheumatism.
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Wayly
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TEL
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Raleigh
Don’ts
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the Irish Joker
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Boston Transcript
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