Gate City of Great Southwest
The article extols Kansas City Missouri as a rising rail hub with rapid growth and modern districts. It highlights large packing firms, expansive boulevards, a strong fire department led by Captain Hale, and the Kaw river boundary with Kansas City Kansas. Carrie Nation is noted as a Kansas home figure amid cross state lines and a crooked border line joke.
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Kansas City
Missouri
United States
Southwest
St. Louis
St. Louis Union Station
Hale
Europe
Myer
Kansas
Indiana
Fok
Carrie Nation
Gems From Two Notable Speeches
Notable speeches were delivered on July 4 by two leading public men. President Roosevelt spoke to about 1,000 people in the rain at Oyster Bay. William Jennings Bryan addressed the American society in London at the Hotel Cecil. Here are gems from the two speeches.
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America
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
William Jennings Bryan
American Society
London
Cecil
Curb Wrongdoers But Judge by Character, Not Wealth
President Roosevelt urges balanced action against corruption in business and politics. He warns against demagoguery and hatred, urging fair treatment of all, whether rich or poor, and to curb abuses without condemning wealth or decency.
W J Bryan on progress and global ideals
Bryan argues progress under the gold standard under review and praises Christian nations duty to spread education governance and labor dignity. He contrasts war with arbitration and highlights altruism, equality, and moral governance as signs of global improvement. He notes Republican officials abroad and calls for reducing leisure classes.
Mississippi River Tour Notes and Keokuk Discoveries
R P White reports on river travel from St Louis to Burlington with tours by eSropeltee Street Car Company and guides. He describes Keokuk locks, channel lights, local industry, Nauvoo Mormon history, Iowa liquor laws, and the Mississippi mussel and button trades along with steamboat traffic and cultural notes. Stella Drennon visits in Hazelton.
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eSropeltee Street Car Company of
Kansas City
James A. Hays
Sullivan Union
Hays
Hays & Beversdorfer
Peterson
Emma
Eugene Crawley
Lawrence
Kansas
Sullivan
Eugene
Haskell Indian Schools
University of Kansas
St. Louis
Burlington
Iowa
Keokuk
Mississippi
United States
Nauvoo
Illinois
Fort Madison
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Smith
Utah
Salt Lake
North
Sullivan County
St. Paul
Minnesota
Diamond Joe Line
R. P. White
Chaney Backed by Labor Support Despite Evansville Criticism
A Vincennes Capital critique disputes an Evansville Courier correspondent who says Congressman Chaney will lose labor votes. The reply cites Chaney’s lifelong pro labor record, including a Knox County parade banner pledge and Idaho riot reports, asserting the Sullivan Times lie and Idaho ties are unfounded.
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Evansville
Chaney
Knox County
Vincennes
Knox
Congress
Allen County
Indiana
Times of Sullivan
the Times
Idaho
Threshing Machine Damaged in Gill Township
Sam Cartwright of this city operated his threshing machine at Levi Springer farm Gill township yesterday afternoon when a harrow tooth hidden in a sheaf wrecked the machine. Authorities believe a man held a grudge against Cartwright placed the iron in the load.
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Sam Cartwright
Levi Springer
Gill Township
Cartwright
Eastern Illinois Oil Company Organized in Sullivan
The Eastern Illinois Oil Company was organized in Sullivan at the McCammom hotel on Monday evening. Directors elected include Ward Hawkins, O. L. Springer, W. H. Bridwell, S. O. Self and R. L. Bailey. Capital stock is $6000 with 17 stockholders owning 4200 acres leased in the Brighton district.
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Eastern Illinois Oil Company
Sullivan
McCammon
Ward Hawkins
O. L. Springer
W. H. Bridwell
S. O. Self
R. L. Bailey
Brighton
Pleasantville Social Roundup and Local Notices
Pleasantville figures visit from Linton and Williamsport. Jack Baldwin celebrated a birthday with about forty guests. Miss Bertie Gilmour returns home from State Normal for vacation. Local accidents include Mrs Shake breaking two arm bones and Mrs Hunter injuring ribs. I O O F picnic planned near Pleasantville on August 9 with emphasis on a large turnout. Nearby visitors from New Smyrna Florida and Sullivan residents noted for social ties and politics.
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George Butler
Linton
Moss
Allie Osborn
West Plains
Mr. Little
Williamsport
Pleasantville
Peck Herndon
Marie Bedwell
Jack Baldwin
Bertie Gilmour
State Normal
R. C. Sheppard
Freelandville
Chas. Shake
Carlisle
D. S. Hunter
Forest
Joyce Furryz
Eugene and
Geneiva
Terre Haute
Nationwide photographer meeting draws locals to Lake Winona
Mr and Mrs R A Plunkett attend the state photographers meeting at Lake Winona with plans to be away about two weeks. George Bicknell travels to Lake Winona for roughly five weeks. Mr and Mrs David Alford of Columbus Ohio visit Mrs Alford's brothers in this county. Dever, once of Sullivan county now in Kansas, visits family before returning to Dennison Ohio. County health board reports praise for the infirmary and jail. Mesdames Hays and Miss Cain depart for Colorado Springs. Col Austin Hopkins of Rensselaer Indiana visits Will Thompson's home. Lauter and Dessie Hogan wed in Farmersburg. Licenses issued to Shields Curry township Humphrey Sullivan McKissick Hymera Armstrong Berrien Curry. Thompson returns from Batamotal Sonora Mexico. Mrs Shoffner of Greensburg visits. Edward Hoskins and Inez Hubble marry in Merom.
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R. A. Plunkett
Lake Winona
George Bicknell
Jesse Dever
Broughton
Kansas
John Dever
Dever
Dennison
Ohio
Sullivan County
State Board of Health
John T
Will H. Hays
Sarah M. Cain
Colorado Springs
Austin Hopkins
Rensselaer
Ind
Will Thompson
James N. Lauter
Dessie Hogan
Farmersburg
Squire Kirkham
L. J. Kinnegan
Mattoon
Llls
W. P. Shields
Curry Township
William Humphrey
Sullivan
Claude Mce- Kissick
Hymera
Lucian Armstrong
George Berrien
J. Harry Thompson
Batamotal
Sonora
Mexico
Harry
Robert Shoffner
Greensburg
Martha Tiggs
Edward A. Hoskins
Inez Hubble
Merom
Harris
How Far Birds Reason in Burroughs View
John Burroughs contends there is a limit to avian intelligence despite adaptive robin behavior. He rejects claims that birds perform water and mud science or that a parent teaches wing use by holding nestlings over the rim. He criticizes modern natural study as prone to misperception and falsification.
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John Burroughs
School of Natural Study
Local social visits noted in Providence area
Joy and Goldie Arnett visited Mrs. Julia Arnett on Friday. Tom Webb and wife visited John Burnett and wife on Sunday. George Smith and wife traveled to Sullivan on Friday. George Morris and family visited A. D. Brown and wife on Sunday. Mrs. Elwood Brown and children visited John Canary and family on Thursday. Mrs. James Arnett was in Sullivan on Saturday. William Russell and wife visited church members on Friday. Walter Weir and wife were in Sullivan on Saturday.
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Joy
Goldie Arnett
Julia Arnett
Tom Webb
John Burnett
George Smith
Sullivan
George Morris
A. D. Brown
Elwood Brown
John Canary
James Arnett
William Russell
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Gate City OF
Great Southwest
R Josevelt
W. J. Bryan
Glidden
North Side
Paul Higbee
Sullivan Board of Health
Stella Drennon
Hazelton
Brother
Noah Drennon
The
Jirrelle Chaney
Robert P. White Publishers
Minor F. Pate
Bloomfield
Greene County
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
Greene Counties
Tom Taggart
Kitty
OIL Company
L. B. Bouchelle
New Smyrna, Fla
Jacob Hoke
New Smyrna
Rochelle
David Alford
Columbus
Providence
Walter Weir
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