Former suffragist reverses stance in letter from Knoxville
Annie Bock, once a leading suffrage activist from Los Angeles, writes to Tennessee representative W. K. Anderson urging opposition to ratification. She claims suffrage coarsens women, increases immorality and divorces, and asserts she regrets her role in California’s movement citing political corruption and a push for socialist cooperation.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Annie Bock
Los Angeles
W. K. Anderson
Tennessee
California
Socialist Co-Operative Commonwealth
Origin of anti Bailey circular discovered
Dallas reports circulars urging union men to vote against Bailey and for other governor candidates were funded by union men. Ben J. Flood said his Dallas advertising agency distributed the circulars as a business proposition and did not reveal who employed him. The Texas Labor's Political League signs the circulars as anti Bailey union men favoring a six hour day.
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Dallas
Bailey
Ben J. Flood
Frank W. Thomason
Robert E. Thomason
Corsicana
Flood
Sun prints bold suffrage stance and patent cure claim
The article contrasts a pro South stance against women’s suffrage with a statement about a cure called Liquid Borozone. It touts its rapid healing of cuts and burns and lists prices 30c 60c and 1.20, noting Dyer & Jones druggists as sellers. The Sun proclaims it can print that opinion.
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Dyer & Jones
Tickville Daily Roundup of Quiet, Quirky Town Moments
A humorous slice of Tickville life covers a depot scene with a train, tales of old biscuit houses, a for sale hitch rack, a poolroom scuffle that fizzled, dogs at the livery stable, and local characters such as Salem Barlow and Sim Flinders. Reports note mules, stumps, noisy roof work, rumored noises, shaved sugar prices, and a jail door watched by spider webs as residents pass the day with small-town chatter.
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Tickville
Tobe Mosely
Hog Ford Still
Sid Hocks
Salem Barlow
Jeff
Main Street
Washington Hocks
Clair Hancock
Columbus Allsop
Raz Barlow
Poke Eazley
Lewelling to Speak for Neff in Whitewright
The Sun reports Pat M. Neff’s campaign confirms Hon Dwight Lewelling of Dallas will speak in Whitewright on Saturday July 17 at 8 30 p m in support of Neff’s bid for governor.
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Whitewright
Texas
the Sun
Pat M. Neff
Waco
Dwight Lewelling
Dallas
Mr. Neff
Young Widow and Elder Groom Wed in Can n’s Office
A youthful bride identified as fourteen and a 65 year old groom were married by Justice Ed Harvey in Cannon’s printing office near Sumner reported by Paris News. The brief item notes her previous marriage and the ages involved along with a local hardware ad for irons by Manning Clark.
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E. C. Mayhew
Orosno Prunty
Sumner
It Looked Like a Battlefield in Europe
A traveler recalled a scene of mass rat deaths described as a battlefield in Europe while staying at a Pennsylvania town hotel. He hired a rig at a stable and saw a pile of dead rats killed with RAT-SNAP, advertised by Wilson-Montgomery Hardware Co. and Dyer & Jones at three price points.
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Mr. C. Dunster
Pennsylvania
Europe
Wilson-Montgomery Hdw. Co
Dyer & Jones
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South
The
Sun
City Meat Market
Garland & Hileman Proprietors
Hogwallow News
Lewelling
Neff
Manning & Clark
Fordson Tractors
Fordson Tractor
Harrows
Sears Auto Company
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