The Taggart Scandal
A fragment of a reprinted commentary from the Great Falls Leader mocking a military scandal involving a General Taggart and his wife, accused of drunken brawling at social affairs — a glimpse of army high society gossip of 1905.
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Fergus County Argus · August 29, 1905 · Page 2
1 min readAlso on the witness stand, that he did not pinch the leg of Mrs. Taggart at a dinner de-bauch of the cocktail brigade; and General Taggart, retiring, having testified under the same conditions that he did not punch the eye of Mrs. Taggart at a family reunion following one of the numerous cocktail immersions, it will now be in order for Mrs. Taggart, on the honor of a lady and a social jaggeroo, to explain just where she received the black and blue evidence accumulated while going the route. Hurrah for the army, and down with the booze! Also hoch der spots of Mrs. Taggart, and the barleycorn capacity of the gallant defenders of the flag—and jag!—Great Falls Leader.
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