Story of the Hough Author of the Cowboy Tale
Excerpt from Chapter V recounts Franklin surveying a frontier town and distant plains. A letter from Battersleigh to Captain Edw. Franklin describes Ellisville market for Western beeves, influx of cattle, and Cowboys or Cow-Punchers. The writer notes tents, few houses, and the call to be in early in a land of contrasts with buffalo, Indians, railroads, and hotels.
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Franklin
Missouri
Battersleigh
Captain Franklin
Edw. Franklin
Bloomsbury
Ned
Ellisville
Rys
Buffalo
Edward Franklin Begins Law Study Under Judge Bradley
Edward Franklin commences legal training in Bloomsbury at Judge Bradley's office after reading law and serving as a cleaner. He studies Blackstone and Kent, mastering principles of truth and justice while living with the promise of a future in a rapidly growing community. Battersleigh’s vivid letter motivates his resolve to pursue a legal career.
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Edward Franklin
Judge Bradley
Bloomsbury
Franklin
Old Vermont
Hollis N. Bradley
Bloombsbury
Hlinois
Battersleigh
Tgp. S
Etter
Blackstone
Chitty
Kent
Franklin Considers Going West to Start Law Career
In a small town morning, Franklin discusses his future with Judge Bradley. The judge encourages Franklin to seek a future out West, suggesting better opportunities and pay, while Franklin weighs exams and practice plans before leaving.
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Frankin
Judge Bradley
Franklin
Ned
Frankle
Blomsbury
The Diet Fad and the Promise of Longevity
The London World suggests dieting may not meet all promises yet. A continental doctor foresees perfected dieting that could extend usefulness and mental sharpness into old age. Octogenarians might stay mentally clear, aging gracefully, aiding younger minds rather than fading.
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Ned
Cam
London
Man Declares Time To Die Affects His Fate
A Chicago man appeared before Justice Blume seeking protection from threatening neighbors. He refused to fear harm, claiming it was his time to die and citing seven accidents, three hold ups, a fire, drownings, 150 falls, illness, and Civil War battles as proof of a special Providence guarding him.
Florida Fruit Growers Urge Tariff Protection Against Cuba
Florida agriculturists protest proposed tariff favoritism for Cuban fruit vendors citing risk to home industry. They urge reciprocity aimed at Cuba, warn of irreparable damage to Florida’s infant fruit sector, and call for a trebled protective tariff to shield growers from cheaper Cuban lands and labor. The letter-stake includes Fletcher A. Russell and others.
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Florida
Congress
Republican Party
South
Middle West
Rocky Mountain States
Far West
Cuba
Louisiana
Texas
United States
Havana
Chicago
Fletcher A. Russell
A B. Hamer
S. A. Brown
D. N. Mott
Wm H. Tancre
R. V. Ankeny
A. E. Saeger
George A. Saeger
Fred G. Saeger
P. D. Ankeny
F. J. Hamor
Willial Frantz
Mary T. Gridley
Marion A. Patrick
C. W. Kirk
H. G. Stouder
Ella S. Frantz
John N. Waller
Farmers Urged to Seek Home Demand Over Imports
Farmers welcome tariff protection that shields them from imported farm products while urging policies to boost domestic industry and create a strong home market. The text emphasizes turning labor into internal demand to sustain farming livelihoods.
Florida Citrus Growers Oppose Cuba Reciprocity Tariff
Letters from Ankona and Davenport urge against ratifying a reciprocity treaty with Cuba. Florida farmers decry free trade and warn protectionist measures are needed to shield American growers from Cuban competition, claiming wage and price pressures would harm the U.S. agricultural economy.
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Democratic Party
Davenport
Roosevelt on Extra Session and Tariff Debate
The New Orleans Times-Democrat questions if Mr Cannon can control Congress and pass the Cuban reciprocity bill at an extra session. It notes Roosevelt would answer yes, but Republican leaders doubt any of these outcomes and advised delaying the extra session.
Memory of dark days shapes Ohio voters’ stance
Senator Hanna says Ohio voters are unlikely to support change this year. He notes the memory of the 1893 to 1897 era remains fresh and will deter any act of folly.
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Hanna
Ohio
Cleveland
The Giant and the Infuriated Bull In a Quarry Pool
An old circus tale recounts Lofty the giant facing a charging bull. He calmly sidesteps and hauls the beast by the horns, flinging it into the air before it tumbles into an abandoned quarry pool. The bull survives and is rescued, ending the encounter.
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Farmer Jones
West Cheshire
Lofty
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Afraid of the Dark Heedless Creatures Shrink from Night
A playful verse recounts owls dogs cats mice toads and a boy in bed who fear the dark as other creatures claim bravado. Each animal declares courage while a child hides under covers ending with the Cincinnati Enquirer attribution.
Canadian disappointment over boundary line drawn
A passenger on the Cedric asks Senator Turner why Canadians are disappointed with the tribunal's boundary line. Turner hints the line did not run along the St Lawrence and through the Great Lakes, implying strategic choices by the United States and Canada in the dispute.
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Turner
Alaskan Boundary Commission
St. Lawrence
Lakes
Canadiax Haa
the United Stats
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Mr. Samuel
Ankona
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Quay
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American Protective Tariff League
Congress of the
Hhey
Cincinnat
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