News of the Week: Mixed World Events and Local Fires
Kansas voters who failed to vote in August need not register for November. The Chicago Alton Railroad ordered 1000 steel cars. Holden Missouri electric plant boiler house burned. A Civil War pension fraud and a new Kansas City hospital opening are noted amid European crises and fires across Topeka and New York.
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Kansas
Chicago @ Alton Railroad company
Pittsburg
Holden, Mo
National Conscience Fund
Kansas City
New Municipal
Frisco Railroad
Springfield
Europe
Crete
Greece
Aero Club of
France
Wilbur Wright
Richford
Attorney General of
Supreme Court
Hutchinson
John P. Harsha
Topeka
Lower Mulberry Street
New York
Salvation Army
Los Angeles
Del
Nevada
John W. Halliburton
Carthage
Thomas Norris
James Thompsson
Doniphan County
Kan
Vernon Shipman
Lincoln
Ned
Missouri Pacific
K. Ricks
Minnepolis
Minn
Board of Education
Haseen
Bonaparte
Western and Southwestern
Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Tokyo
Togo
August Figi
Wash
Leneves
Pat Soaron
Heveridge
Tae Kase
Minneapolis
Taft Bryan Banquet Highlights Chicago Commerce Event
Taft and Bryan attended the Chicago Association of Commerce banquet amid thunderous 45 minute applause. Nonpartisan speeches were delivered. other items note a New York policeman Nicholas Nestor died rescuing an elder woman from a fire.
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William H. Taft
William J. Bryan
Chicago Association of Commerce
Nicholas Nestor
New York
Norman
Mack
Democratic National
Chicago
Harry A. Garfield
Garfield
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Castro
Venezuela
DeWollf Hopper
Syracuse
N. Y
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Solomon H. Sonnenschein
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Richard Yates
Yates
Jacksonville
Harry R. Ross
St. John
Kan
Prohibition
Congress
Nat C. Goodwin
Maxine Elliott
Reno
Nev
Sheriff Lane
White Plains
Rev Manley J Breaker Dies After Sudden Illness
Reverend Manley J Breaker longtime corresponding secretary of the Missouri Baptist Association general home and foreign missions board died suddenly at his St Louis home. His mother Mrs J M Breaker aged 79 traveled from Houston Texas to see him before he expired arriving a week earlier. He was stricken with indigestion on a train near Washington Missouri with heart disease given as the cause.
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Manley J. Breaker
General Home and Foreign Missions Board
Missouri Baptist Association
St. Louis
J. M. Breaker
Houston
Tex
Washington, Mo
Woman Whips Man at Baptist Meeting in Front of 400 Aides
At a Spring River Baptist association gathering, 23 year old Charles Heinman was horsewhipped by 19 year old Nellie Garrison. Edward Meeks, father of Mrs. Garrison, shouted Stand still or I will kill you and, with a revolver, stood guard while the daughter struck Heinman repeatedly with a heavy Bugsy whip.
Old Sedalia Resident A. W. Winsenburg Dies at Forest Park
A. W. Winsenburg, 87, longtime Sedalia resident of 43 years, died at his Forest Park home from paralysis. News notes his death as a local obituary.
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Sedalia
A. W. Winsenburg
Forest Park
Mr. Winsenburg
Youth perishes in fall from Calloon at Garden City
Howard Agden aged 20 of 615 Locust street Kansas City was warned by his mother but refused and fell from a Calloon at Garden City, dying at the scene. The tragedy stunned locals and authorities.
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Howard Agden
Garden City
Locust Street
Kansas City
Generous Farmer Offers Farm Premises for Camp
O. C. Roby a Rocheport farmer and stockman offers his premises to the state board of agriculture for a farm boys encampment next summer. He says the season is too far off to accept now but the encampments provide outings and benefit to agriculture and boys.
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O. C. Roby
Rocheport
State Board of Agriculture
Ballot Complete as Electors Filed by Socialist Labor Party
The Socialist Labor party has filed the presidential electors with the secretary of state completing the national ticket list. Seven national tickets are noted with parties including Democratic Socialist Prohibitionist People’s Independence and Social Labor. Five state tickets remain to be voted on in November as the first five names are listed.
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Socialist Labor Party
Cantaloupe Acre Near Columbia Yields $185 Profit
A one acre patch planted in cantaloupes by W. M. Grace, located four miles east of Columbia, produced more than $185 in cash.
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W. M. Grace
Columbia
Winifred Mower Photographed 150 Times Aboard Vaderland
Joplin girl Winifred Mower, aboard the Red Star liner Vaderland with her parents Mr and Mrs H H Mower, was photographed at least 150 times during a trans Atlantic voyage. She is an accomplished pianist who studied in Paris after a boom era romance that altered her poverty stricken childhood. Her motherless youth sparked by beauty led to the care of Mrs Nichols, a former wealthy mine operator’s wife.
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Miss Winifred Mower
Joplin
H. H. Mower
Vaderland
Paris
Wh.c
Nichols
Leap Year Tactics Win Divorce in Macon Case
Circuit Judge Scott granted divorces to Mrs. Iota Scott and Frank Scott after a marriage begun from flirtations by the wife. The judge ruled the union untenable since the husband could not endure a wife who courted him. Deebee Slee ter’s evidence was cited by the husband as part of the case.
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Scott
Macon
Iota Scott
Frank Scott
Eae Deebee Sleeter
County Prosecutor to Enforce Delinquent Corporations Fines
Under state law the county prosecutor must initiate proceedings against delinquent corporations to collect fines for law violations and enforce annual reports with the state department.
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State Department
Postal Records Broken at Kansas City Post Office
The Kansas City post office reported total receipts of 171,718.58 last month, up 19,785.86 from the same month a year ago and 3,366.74 above October 1997. Stamp sales reached 148,506.20 while other sources contributed 23,162.28, up 14.1 percent and 0.1 percent respectively, with first quarter fiscal year receipts at 43,428.72.
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Kansas City
Holden's Sig Farm Show Ends In 6000 Attendance
Holden's first annual farm produce and live stock show closed with an attendance around 6,000. More than 600 entries were made in the farm product, horse and male classes.
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Holden
Interstate Commission shifts expert to state rail case
The Interstate Commerce Commission assigns an expert to aid in Missouri litigation over two cent passenger fares and maximum freight rates. Hearing is set for November 8 in federal court at Kansas City. The attorney general says railroads control expert testimony and welcomes the IC’s strong support for Missouri’s position.
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Interstate Commerce Aero Cores
Kansas City
Missouri
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plan to form eleven national bank examiner districts
Washington based Comptroller Murray announced a plan to create 11 districts of national bank examiners with a district chairman. The chairmen will meet quarterly and stay in touch between meetings to report to the comptroller on extended credits large loans heavy borrowers and questionable paper.
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Washington, D. C
Murray
National Bank Examiners
Iecality
Chicago Wins the Pennant 1908 National League Title
Chicago defeated New York 4 to 3 at the Polo Grounds to clinch the National League pennant in a dramatic finish before a record crowd. New York fell short as Chicago secured the championship.
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Chicago
New York
Polo Grounds
Independents Barred in Kansas From Ballot Print
Kansas Attorney General Jackson Thureday says Independence party nominations were filed too late for regular ballot printing. Names may be written in as Independents but cannot appear under the Independence Party caption.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Jackson Thureday
Independence Party
Veteran Ohio Publisher Pearson 8B Conn Dies at 86
Steubenville Ohio veteran publisher Pearson 8B Conn dean of eastern Ohio paper men died Thursday at age 86. He founded the St Louis Post and had edited the Herald in Steubenville for 25 years.
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Ohio
Steubenville
Pearson
Conn
St. Louis Post
The
Herald
Springfield Rioter Abe Raymer Acquitted on Riot Charges
The jury found Abe Raymer not guilty of destruction of property during the riots. He had earlier been acquitted of murder linked to the same riots.
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Springfhield Rieter
Abe Raymer
Raymer
Convicted of Registration Frauds in St Louis
A man in St Louis Missouri was convicted on registration fraud charges. He was sentenced on late Thursday to five years in the penitentiary.
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St. Louis
Seaestaperenes
Lincoln license board can limit saloons to thirty eight
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the Lincoln License Board had authority to limit the number of saloons to 38. Jacob Kamm had his license refused and appealed to the district court.
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Lincoln
Pisine Charged In Alleged Legal Misrepresentation
A local figure named Pisine faces charges alleging they misrepresented facts to lawmakers. Court documents indicate an official inquiry and potential legal action following the accusation.
Mrs Kern Projector of Compassion Leads Local Women
Indianapolis civic leader Mrs Kern is described as a devoted wife and mother whose primary hobby is helping children. Her work includes hospital visits, support for sick children, and championing free playgrounds and air camps as efforts by the local clubwomen to aid charities and hospitals.
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Indianapolis
Ing
Meanor Hospital
Dianapolis
Cy Hospital
The
Playground My
Balzac
Sr Pat
Family life of Mrs Kern and famed 1522 Meridian home
The article portrays Mrs. Kern at 1522 Meridian Street, describing her home life and three children Julia, John Worth Kern Jr., and William Cooper. It notes Kern as a model father, his son’s Spanish‑American War service, and Julia Kern as a society figure active in clubs and education.
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Mrs. Kern
Meridian Street
Julia
W. J. Bryan
Kern
Mr. Bryan
Mother
Bryan
Mr. Kern
Mike
Inn States
Fai J
Julia Kern
Gatal
New York
Denver
British imports and trade notes on eggs and partners
Brief market note mentions Britain’s imports valued at about £99 with references to Germany and the United States. Interpretable lines suggest trade data on eggs and currency values across the UK trade partners.
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Britain
Germany
Fezi United
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Standard Oil Company
Vandeventer
Kansas Audubon Society
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Richard H. Sullivan
National Irrigation Congress
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Texas
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Port Huron
Mich
Charlies H. Dailey
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Santa Fe
Eldorado
Crest Hall
Oceanview
Winthrop
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Campbell Glass and Paint Company
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Ines Lowdermilk
Ae McKinney
Moberly
Reth
Mex Steele
Lexington
Sue Bunce
Sheldon
Myrtle Proctor
Carrie Lewis
Lula Duncan
Anna Lawrence
Fannie Rice
Neosho
Juanita Horn
Mesdames
Emma Wagner
Lamar
A. B. Lewis
Clark
J. W. Haliburton
Eastern Brigade
Catron
West Plains
Western Brigade
George M. Jones
Bates County National Bank of
Butler
Masonic Home
Missouri Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
F. J. Tygard
Tygard
Grand Commandery
Leavenworth
E. C. Vandegrift
Ivy
Widhous
General Hadley
Virginia
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Areneus
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