davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23
okIahoma starts on wIth a anur M

Oklahoma starts on with a snug III.
tie nest egg" The state has re.
-ceived from the national government
'15.O00.O00, which is awarded in lieu
of the school lands in Indian Terri.
tory The money will be deposited
In banks in the new state and should
come In handy for many useful pur-
noses.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23

The great men OF the future of the
United States are the men who are
surest in 1907 that nothing can keep
the United States from moving, and
moving forward.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23

The Portuguese government Is now
beginning crusade against graft Il
will probably be found that It is
easier to eliminate the bomb-thrower
and anarchist than to get rid of those
who practice the gentle art OF graft.
1ng,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23
s2so.oOo Flre II kansas cIty.

Kansas city--The union station an
mex. In Union avenue. was destroyed
BY fire. The union station proper, one
OF Kansas Cisys landmarks. was saved
By tho firsmen after = hard fight.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23

Good eggs are said to be scarce.
The readers OF current news do not
need to be informed that bad eggs
are plentiful.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23

IAborty--c Clay county voted dry Il
the local option election By SIS ma
i9rlly. Liberty and Excelsior Spring
ala not vote. Liberty went dry 81
weeks aso.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23

Sedalia-Doyie Hansbrought, aged
10, is dead from injuries received
when she set FIRE TO her clothing. Miss
Hansbrough had been insane for sew.
eral months. She started fire in =
heating stove, and. when the blaze
was well under way. gathered her
skirts together and thrust them into
the flames. She then ran screaming
from the house and fell In n snow bank.
where brother extinguished the
flames.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23

The price OF meat continues to fall
with the steady. reslstless. yet i'm.
perceptible motion OF a glacier.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23
NEWSOF MISSOURI
L.Iveatook Abuae Must COM.

Joplin--ln the case OF the United
States government vs.. the 81. Louis q
San Francisco Railroad Co., Federal
Judge Smith Mcpherson imposed q
fine OF 800 and costs on each OF tho
two counts. Two Oklahoma stock
shippers were the prosecuting wit
nesBes in the case. Judge Mcpherson
said. Of the duties Of the government
TO stop the abuse of livestock: "The
railroads should learn that animals
shipped over their lines are deserving
OF consideration. II frequently hap
pens that the blunders Of train dis.
patcher are responsible for long and
wearisome delays that work untold
hardships on the animals huddled to-
gether in the stock cars"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23

II is a poor blizzard that blows no
plumber good.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23

Giving with the hope Of receiving IL
base usury.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-01-23

self.reiiance 10 the safety valve OF q
sensible citizen.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-25

fit through the hotels like lost spirits
and recall the dear dead days when
there was politics In this mans town.
and railroad attorney with book OF
transportation was a bigger man than
old Grant. And that's what your re-
form has done. Put a lot OF Willies
in serge suits-'nine ninety eight.
marked down from fourteen fifty
into control Of the destinies Of our
great republic.
What has become of our common
heritage?" exclaimed Mr.. Handy. wav-
ing his glass wildly Where is our
manifest destiny? Who's gone and
stolen the pride pointer and the alarm
viewer? Is 1t in the platform? No.
you reformers are making terms with
Gompers; and Taft's liberal views
as they call them. are going to pre-
vail over the fine conservative views
Of our peerless leader. our grand old
er of the faith of the fathers, the man
who-the man who-the man who
reiterated Mr.. Handy-"the man who
Il refer to Hon. ]. G. Cannon Of Dan
vile, ILL.,
Where's your keynote speech in
this convention? I'll tell you; it's
fastened in Burrows time lock. Who
is going to sound a clarion note here
to-day? There will be no clarion note.
The name of the gallant Blaine will
not be heard In the hall. The party
that saved the country, that broke the
shackles on 100000 slaves. the party
that preserved the Union, is represent
ed here by the allies, and they are
tossed around like lot OF last years
alfalfa. They came here asking for
the presidency; they were willing to
compromise on the vice-presidency
and sprung the name Of Jim Sherman.
1T reminds me of the time Col. Ana
doneran J. Balderson OF our town
started out to be minister to England
under Cleveland's first administration.
He found that job gone, and compro-
missed by applying for assistant secre-
tary OF state Failing In that, he asked
for United States marshal. Failing in
that, he asked for the postoffice at
home, and then, failing in that,
Strengthened himself up and said
Thank heaven. we have a Democratic
governor in Kansas, and he will not
turn me down
"He came home three months later
with pair of Gov. Clicks old trous-
ers, and to that end has your reform
brought those who for 40 years have
been fighting the party's battles"
Mr.. Handy rose proudly and said:
"Reform--reform--w crimes are
committed in thy name,"
The Big Crowds Tribute.
What curious thing is big crowd
Of civilized men and women gathered
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-25

He assured the convention that
under Fairbanks there would be no
government by impulse" and the
crowd knew what he was driving at,
and his usefulness as an orator was
ended.
New York has a sense OF humor,
and when the delegation was called
for New York the delegates rose
laughing and let Gen. Woodford make
the shortest and most appropriate
speech Of the day, nominating Hughes.
And when he said that only two men
beyond a doubt could carry New York
one being in the White House and
the other in the governors office at
Albany-he made the crowd FESTIVE
and quit just before his credit gave
out.
The Clarion Note.
The only real clarion note OF the
convention was sounded by Knight
Of California, seconding Tafts nom
nation. For knight has voice, and
Mr. Burton Of Ohio, who put Tafts
name before the convention grace
fully, was not heard as well as such
a speaker should have been heard.
Knox also was tastefully nominated
with proper eclat and without too
much ndjamming.
And If the young football player,
Cochem Of Wisconsin, who gave the
convention La Follette's name, had
cut his speech in two, it would have
made the hit of the afternoon. But
he slid past the crowds limit, and the
smile which captivated every one
wore off and he grew angry, and the
subsequent proceedings interested
him no more"
1t was Mr.. McGee-remember the
name-who, seconding the nomination
of La Toilette, started the whoop
heard round the world. There seems
to be no question that Of all the can
didates besides Taft, La Toilette got
the best demonstration.
But after that complications oc-
Cured. Some one walked across the
gallery back Of the speakers platform
with flag containing Roosevelt's pic
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-25

Young men with stiff straw hats and
boyish faces are dominating the
crowd.
What can you expect" asked the
colonel, earnestly, as he drifted out Of
the Taft headquarters. of a gang like
that? No whispering-no one coming
out of the consultation room like a
man from a dentists office-with his
teeth in his hands-a sadder and wiser
man; nothing but idle speculation
about the vice-presidency."
Signs for the Old Days.
The colonel waved for the waiter
and sighed and shook his head and
said: "A promise is a promise-when
your wife issues the door keys-yes,
another bottle Of those liquid hair
pins"
Then he resumed his lamentations:
II saw some forlorn fellows solemn
ly hayfooting 1t down Michigan ave-
nue. this morning. They had a band
and were in a procession. Was It a
funeral? 1t was not. Was it the
doomed man walking to the gallows
with . Arm step after eating q hearty
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-25

est. The visitors In the galleries are
there only to see the hero crowned,
and once the ceremony is over, and
the shouting has worn itself out, their
interest in the convention rapidly dies
away-the show is overs
Thursday was a hot day, and the
perspiration that the thousands shed
would have foated all four Of the pres
idents battleships, and the real trou'
Die OF the convention-in a day OF
trouble-began after the invocation
had been spoken, after Senator Hop
Kins had given visible demonstra-
uon OF the platform, which no one
heard and no one seemed to care to
aear, and after Congressman Cooper,
on behalf of the minority Of the com
mittee on resolutions, began scolding
the convention.
His speech, of course, did not con.
vince. 1t was a protest rather than
an argument and anyway the conven-
uon would not have changed that
platform. which 1t believed to be in
spired from Washington, If the minor
lly had offered the Ten Command
ments. But Cooper scolded, and when
me authorized representative from the
railroad engineers and firemen and
tfslnmen appeared and warned the
convention that the railroad employees
vi the country were dissatisfied with
'he anti-injunction planks. that made
no difference, either.
Gaoriels trumpet would have been
iaio on the table for the regular order
oS the convention. Its face. was set.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-25
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Story of the Great Gathering Told
by Master Pen.
Incidents and Sdelights-Picture of the Nomination
of Secretary Taft-The Old Politician Talks of
Politics of Yesterday and To-Day.
By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE

1t was under orders, and nothing could
move it. So 1t moved majestically
along II adopted the platform. for
mally voting down, by overwhelming
majorities, planks advocating pub
lcity in campaign contributions
recommended by the president in his
messages, valuation of railroads,
recommended by the president in his
messages, and the election of senators
by the people.
A Roosevelt Convention.
For that convention was for Roose-
welt policies only when it had them
In the regular order and the anthem
ticated form. The Roosevelt policies,
as such, did not interest the conven-
ton, for ii was under orders and took
only the real milk Of the word as 1t
came through the committee, and 1t
believed, and probably with some JUS
LITIGATION, In the fact that Roosevelt
did not care to have his policies come
into the convention by way OF Wis
consin.
So it voted for the program and
went on to the next order. And the
next order was the nomination OF a
president. And that is serious bust
ness.
1t is curious to know just how forms
and conventions and precedents are
worshiped without sense or reason by
apparently clear headed men,. But
there sat 1000 delegates and 10000
spectators and listened to five mortal
hours of utterly useless, entirely mean
ingless and absolutely vacuous
speeches. These speeches were made
putting men in nomination for the
presidency who had no more chance to
be nominated than they had of pick
ing out a harp check and Joining the
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-25

Chicago-A national convention is
all over but the shouting. when
the presidential nomination is made.
II is for that that the delegates assem-
BILE. High-browed men wrangle over
party platform planks, and fight II out
among themselves as to who shall
be forced to accept the vice-presiden-
tial place, but in all of these things
the general public has but little inter
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-25

ture, and the applause for La Toilette
merged into the futile. stupid attempt
to stampede the crowd to Roosevelt,
and for a quarter Of an hour the
yelling continued.
1t was quoted as the roll call on
president began and continued down
to Iowa. There a silence FELL and con-
tinued until Taft was nominated.
Now written down here in a thou
sand words, this seems like the story
Of stirring episode. Yet it covers
events that lasted from 10 o'clock
until $50. There was some formal
cheering of something like two and
six-elevenths seconds for each Of the
allies, and this is the best part of 1t
all-those who had sought the nom
ination the hardest, Cannon and
Knox and Fairbanks. got no more
than Foraker, who took what he
could pick up. There were no diff
ferences between the SIS picture fire.
works and the ten-cent roman candle
they all fizzled and went out in
gloom.
Hpner Hdnoy AXIS.
But to go back to some of the earlier
days OF the convention. some of the
days before the fireworks were all ex-
ploded, the days when only the fuses
were sizzling. 1t was on Sunday,
think, that l met my friend Handy
Abner Handy from the Ninth Kansas
district. Mr.. Handy, who has been out
Of politics in Kansas since 1902, was
unable to get to the convention before
Sunday on account of floods in the
pre-convention milling had been rath-
er tame. But the arrival Of Mr. Handy
in his Prince Albert coat and black
SLOUGH hat, with his massive head OF
hair protruding fiercely, and his little
Sits Of eyes keenly measuring up the
situation-Mr. Handy Is an expert on
1.-The ituation"-added new life to the
crowd in the Annex, and one may say
that the convention began with his ar
rival.
1T has been ~ years since | at
tended Republican convention" said
Mr.. Handy. as he lolled in red plush
dlvan in alimony alley and spat
through his teeth at the onyx mop
board, "and l meet great many new
faces. l first saw Fairbanks in the
st. Louis convention. and have Just
been talking to one of his managers
one of the new men in Indiana poll
tics-born since left the state-a Mr.
Ade-George they call him. Clever
young man, apparently. He tells me
there is strong undercurrent for Fair.
banks, and wanted me to help him
bale It up SO that there would be some
surface indications.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-25

heavenly choir. Boutell OF Illinois
began it-naming Cannon.
The crowd stood for him with some
patience, though no one listened to
him.
Gov. Hanly of Indiana. an unusually
able governor, and an otherwise sane
man. came a little afterward and got
in a row with the convention because
II laughed at him and jeered him dur
ing the last half Of q perfectly I'M
necessary speech.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-06-25

breakfast Of bacon and eggs? Not at
all! Was it delegation Of flood suf-
ferers or chain gang? No, but 1t
looked like the melancholia ward Of an
asylum out for a mornings airing
and it was the Knox Marching Club!
They are here. The band Is here.
They have to do something's they
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

w. A. Thompson, president OF the
Independent Cotton Ginnsrs in Okla
homa. is here from Pawnee.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

spending the summer in Sulphur, ar
rived this afternoon to attend the
circus hero tomorrow.
Deputy Marshal Al Con is in Guy
mon
Special School Land Appraiser j. l..
Calvert left last night for Woodward.
/. e. Page, president OF the Lang
ston university, Is here today con-
ferring with state superintendent E.
L Cameron.
Former Delegate J. F. King was in
the city last evening from Newkirk in
the interest OF his town in the coun-
ty seat fight now going on in Kay
county.
Banker John Rineheart is here
from Falls.
j. A. Miilard Of Goodnight is in the
J. W Bond is here from Ava,
Clyde Pulse, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
b. W. Pulse OF THIS city, mas returned
som three years service IN the
United States navy. II cruised from
he Atlantic 20 the Pacific by way Of
3ape Horn and also was in the Philip
line Islands
MajorPorter spaulding Is IN Mus
iogee visiting friends.
A. d Iiumbarger manager a the
Democratic Press Bureau is on tns
sick list
j. nj Brooks returned this morn
Ing from MuskQsee where he attend
ed the Jubilee meeting yesterday.
Former Delerate j. }. call Is her
from HerIle4QI1a.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

So long has the cleverness Of Mrs
Stillwell II. Russell and Mrs Ham p
Bee as entertainers been known. n
was with much pleasure that a number
OF young people received Invitations to
meet their guest, Miss schnell. OF Guth-
rie. Wednesday evening. From the mo
ment the guests arrived they realized
their highest expectations would be-
more than meg, for the delightful in-
fornlallir oi the occasion and the orig
inallfy aud uniQaeneae displayed Ia The
arr4neements f0relold delightful even
ing The porch 81 ne tiiimer hotel
had been converted ini0 the cosiret
ol nenla and cut Gov krs. and beaaLl.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23
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PERSONAL
AND
LOCAL


Former Delegate j. e. Safer is
here from Saltwater.
Rev b. ]. Waugh OF the state
agency Is in Perry
w A. Thompson president OF the
Independent Cotton Ginnsrs in Okla
homa. is here from Pawnee.
W. 4 Field, marshal OF the supre-
me court, has returned from Denver
where he attended the democratic
national convention. He visited In
Colorado Springs enroute home.
II. A. Mckay, manager OF the
Armour agency. has returned from a
trip to Oklahoma City.
State labor Commissioner Charles
Daugherty returned last evening from
a "trip to Oklahoma City
Mont r. Highiey, special attorney
general ca prohibition enforcement,
VAS here yesterday from Oklahoma
cit5
Lieutenant Governor George Bella
my came over from El Reno last eve
ming.
J. W. Field has returned from a
TRIP &c sulphur
Attorney F. W. Hunt is here from
Kinshshe.
&C =. Page Of caneJ ~ here confef
ring WITH cotton dealers
d. S Rose retafned % Risekwsl
t1dai
q d Fish AID children. rdu All
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

Former Delegate ]. e. Safer is
here from Saltwater.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

One Of the largest attended mldsum-
mer social events ever given Ia the cap
ital city was the shirtwaist dance given
last evening Ia the Elks club rooms on
North Division street by Misses Ruby
and Elizabeth McNeal and their brother
Paul, complimentary to their house
guests Mrs. WIN Baker, OF Junction
City, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bay
singer, Of Woodward and Miss Louise
MeNeal. OF Topeka, Kansas. Over
fifty couples were In the hall during
the evening while the parlors and bill
lard room were not deserted. The ball
room and the parlors were artistleaily
decorated and presented a magnificent
appearance. Light refreshments were
served The out of town guests were:
Miss Myrtle Davis, Of WaukOmis. Miss
Alice Need Of Topeka, Miss Otis, ~
Winfield. Kansas. hilss Edith Holman
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

Miss Carolyn Williams entertains
Smart Set.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

ful music from string band stationed
In one corner What a delightful even
ing 1t was. Youth seemed to reach
the zenith OF enjoyment when marking
time TO the music's beat, greeting with
sallies and repartee. or watching the
vaudeville performance jiist across the
street at the Airdome To give a fit
ing climax to the evenings pleasures a
delicious two-course luncheon was sery-
ed 10 the guests Ardmore Salesman.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

Governor and Mrs G. n. Haskell
returned on tie 1895 Katy" train
this morning from Muskogee where
they attended the jubilee meeting
held there yesterday to celebraDe
the removal OF the restrictions on the
Indian lands. The governor was Civ.
en- warm reception the hands OF his
home people and reports fine time
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

Miss Boss Rodkey. OF Edmond, Miss
Grace Farrar OF Kansas City, Miss
Nathan, of Anadarko Miss Sweet. Of
POnca City, Mr.. and Mrs. Burton. and
Mrs. Tull, of Oklahoma City.
The New State Card club met yester
day afternoon with Mrs j NJ Brooks
az her home, 623 East Villas avenue
The house was prettily decorated with
cut flowers and ferns. The afternoon
was spent pleasantly at euchre. Mrs G..
f. COtteral winning the first prize and
Mrs. A. o. FarquarAson cutting with
Mrs. Hodge for the second prize. A
dainty luncheon was served by the hos
tess. Mrs. w. G. Hughes, Of Oklahoma
City was the guest OF the club. Mrs.
W y, Hodge, Of SOC East Villas avenue.
will entertain the club two weeks
hence.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

Miss Maud Williams. Of Law
renee, Kansas. Is acre visiting Mrs
Jimes Baxter al z0l North Broad
street Mis- Williams Is a very fine
singer and Will sing at the Gem thea
ire while here.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23
PROSPECTUS.

Friday.
Friday Afternoon Euchre club
meets.
Saturday.
Miss Carolyn Williams entertains
Smart Set.
Mrs. Roy Burton and Mrs, Z. w
Tull, OF Oklahoma City, are the guests
Of Mrs A. 2. Johnson, at iv5 East
Mansur avenue.
Miss Aneney. Of Oklahoma City Is
West Harrison avenue.
Mrs. NJ Behr and children have re-
turned from a trip 70 Oklahoma City
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

RoOert AlIep q here from PauIs
Valley.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23

Mrs. } A. C. Minner and daughters.
Vera and Babe. have gone 10 Hardy,
Arkansas. where tney will Wait Mrs.
MINERS parents an denioy an outing
in the Ozarke.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-18
MORE COMPLICATIONS.
Nevada Bank Failure Involved With
Serious Side Issue.

recent trouble over the s. 600 premium
that was paid out by Receiver Wildes of
the State Bank & Trust company TO the
surety companies going his bond for
81 100000, the United States Fidelity K
Guaranty company and the United States
Surety company of San Francisco. which
went on the bond to the amount of $685.
coo. have petitioned the bank commission
ers and the district judge of Ormsby cOun-
ty to be allowed to withdraw from the
bond.
These applications of the two surety
companies were filed on last Saturday,
and it is stated that all the surety COM
panies on the bond of Receiver Wildes will
withdraw from the bond
Wildes has ten more days in which TO
secure other bondsmen. He asks for a
reduction in the amount of his bond. This
further complexities the already compll-
Gated affairs of the trust company.