Domestic concerns mix with political satire in brief
A rural column notes mild winter woes and tax fears, then shifts to a Missouri claim to repress hog cholera and a skepticism about microbe counts on dollar bills. It cites Reed Smoot objections, offers Ad-Writer guidance, and highlights New Orleans Progressive Union's cleaner-city push and a Union Farmer editorial urging producer unionization for economic efficiency and producer welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
The
Progressive Union
Union Farmer
Washington Letter from 1904 on Congress and Panama
Washington notes critique the Panama project and bureau bloat. It cites Lodge on duplicating surveys, Langley’s balloon funding, and growing White House scrutiny. Admiral Walker outlines Panama work timeline while real estate conspiracies face grand jury action. President McKim’s White House renovation provokes sharp Senate rebuke.
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Washington, D.C
John Sharp Williams
Congress
White House
Panama
Washington
Land Office
Geological Survey
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Lodge
United States
Langley
War Department
Admiral Walker
Canal Commission
Canal Company
U. S. Grand Jury
California
Oklahoma
Oregon
Nevada
Richards
McKim
Senate
Tillman
Cockrell
Gallinger
Allison
Hale
Appropriations Committee
Edward
It Saved His Leg Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Story
P A Danforth of LaGrange Ga suffered six months with a running leg sore and writes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it in five days. It’s praised for ulcers and wounds, with a 25 cent price and guaranteed cure from S Kingston druggist. A stamp anecdote follows about a post office stamp purchase and proper postage. All roads point to the advertiser’s store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Bucklen
S. Kingston
Forever-never echo in the hall of time
A dusty mansion hosts a monumental oak clock that murmurs forever-never through day and night. The ancient timepiece, once a symbol of hospitality and warm gatherings, now proclaims that time and fate cross borders of life and death, never fully here, always somewhere beyond.
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Orever
Humorous Philosophical Quips on Men and Manners
A collection of brief witticisms exploring love, money, appearances, and common sense. It mocks pretensions, advises patience with advisors, and notes paradoxes about wealth, power, sleep, and human folly with a light satirical tone. The items read like short one liners from a late 19th or early 20th century humor page.
Goodbye Money A Dime’s Fear of Dirty Cash Folly
A comic verse warns against carrying cash fearing germs and danger. The speaker recalls once having thirteen dollars tucked in a pocket and vows to stop keeping money, urging others to pay debts to his wife.
Births and deaths and local theatre in Troy 1879
Born to Rev C F Cleppish and to Mr and Mrs Henry Kuhlmann a son. Michael Beck, a long time Blackjack resident, died aged 53. The play Ten Nights in a Bar Room staged by local talent at the Presbyterian church under Royal Purple auspices drew strong crowds and was repeated. A week of temperance work in Troy featured Rev A Bliss, Rev H Sears, and Col R A Lowry. Mrs J A Barnsback and daughter Lulu returned from Storm Lake Iowa. A W Johnson, editor of the Collinsville Argus, visited Troy.
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C. F. Cleppish
Henry Kuhlmann
Michael Beck
Blackjack
Presbyterian Church
Royal Purple Association
Troy
A. Bliss
H. Sears
Collinsville
Col
R. A. Lowry
St.Louis
Lulu
Storm Lake
A.W. Johnson
Argua
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Meddy Gall
W.jsarvis
Alinda
Illinois
Kinloch
Missouri
John Wesley Gaines
Reed Smoot
Good Advertiser
Longfellow
Duncan M. Smith
Chris. Busse
A. Heddergott
Majestic
W. W. Jarvis
D. G. Jarvis
Troy Exchange Bank
Kingston
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