Murderer Arrested After Fatal Assault Near Lyons Kansas
Glen Gardner, 17, was arrested at his home on murder charges in the death of George Smalley, 17. Gardner allegedly lured Smalley to a train and struck him with a club, burying the body near a straw stack. He later coerced Frank Smalley for help, but the elder Smalley and Rice County sheriff secured a confession. Gardner claims he stood by while a tramp killed Smalley. The story notes local crime and includes an ad for Herbine medicinal claim.
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Rson
Kan
Glen Per
George Smalley
Lyons
Gardner
Albert Gard
Johnny W
Missouri
Harfields
Berg Smalley
Little Riv
McPherson
Aew
Frank
Walley
Smalley
Rice County
State Library Board Prepares Reading List for Schools
State Library Board, led by State Superintendent Carrington and city superintendents Whiteford Buchanan Halcomb and Young, is forming a list of library and supplementary books for school libraries. The list will be ready for September distribution. The board aims to curb waste from unsuitable books and expensive but useless materials by recommending only items that truly support children’s learning.
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Jefferson City
State Library Board
Carrington
Whiteford
Moberly
Buchanan
Sedalia
Halcomb
Liberty
Young
Webb City
Missouri
Keep Your Bowels Strong Candy Cathartic Ad
Vintage drug advertisement touts Cas carets Candy Cathartic to normalize bowels. Claims genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. available at druggists for 10 cents each, not sold in bulk.
A Stride Toward Imperialism Warns of Federal Militia Power
Secretary Root seeks direct federal control of the militia expanding the standing army and uniting the national guard. The plan risks undermining civil rights and hints at European militarism. The piece questions states’ consent and warns of power concentrated in the presidency.
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Secretary Root
National Guard
Took Woman's Place In Post Office Fight At New Castle
Senator Deboe of Kentucky ousts Mrs Gertrude Sanders from the New Castle postmaster job and appoints James P Gray. Sanders pleads with the President but remains removed. The office pays $60 monthly. Also a drug ad for Herbine claims relief from digestive issues. Sold by H L Tucker.
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Washington
Deboe
Kentucky
Gertrude Sanders
New Castle
James P. Gray
Sanders
Harrison
Cleveland
McKinley
Henry County
Blue Grass
Mrs. Sanders
Bristow
H. L. Tucker
Soldier Condemned to Die in Philippine Case
President McKinley approves the death sentence for Private Phineas Foutz of the Nineteenth Infantry. He was convicted by general court martial at Cebu of murdering Geneviva Torres, a native Filipino girl, by stabbing with a sword cane in her home at Mandaue on November 15, 1900. execution to be set by the commanding general, Visayas, Philippines.
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Washington
D. C
McKinley
Phineas Foutz
Nineteenth Infantry
Cebu
Geneviva Torres
Mandaue
Department of the
Iowa Republicans Name State Ticket At Cedar Rapids Aug
Iowa Republicans unveil a state ticket headed by Cummins with A B Cummins as Governor and John Herriott Stuart as Lieutenant Governor. I M Weaver named for supreme court, E Brown for railroad commissioner, and R C Barrett for superintendent of public instruction. Cummins and followers swept the slate, controlling the campaign from start to finish.
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Cedar Rapids
A. B. Cummins
Des Moines
John Herriott
Stuart
Supreme Court
I. M. Weaver
Iowa Falls
E. ©. Brown
Sheldon
R. C. Barrett
Osage
Iowa
Cummins
McKinley Shows Interest in Schley Investigation
President McKinley, as commander in chief, is deeply interested in the Schley investigation and the Battle of Santiago dispute. He seeks a fair deal in the court of inquiry and believes in honoring those who earned glory in the Spanish-American War, urging restraint from naval cliques and political pressure.
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Washington
McKinley
Army
Navy
Sehley
Lam Tellow
McKinhey
Atiemi
Sampot
States Senate
Manpson Oven
Navy Department
Admiral
Schley
Santiago
Senate
Tomet
Far East
Sampsonu-Schley
Europe
Sampson
Naval Department
Man Fatally Sets Barn Fire After Stabbing Neighbor
In Macon Missouri on August 7 John Dyson 24 attempted suicide by hanging in a barn behind his father’s house. Neighbor William Trew tried to intervene but Dyson stabbed him with a pitchfork and set the barn on fire. Neighbors rescued Trew and saved the remaining property. Dyson, said to be mentally unwell, was taken to the county for treatment after the blaze destroyed the barn and its contents.
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Macon
John Dyson
William Trew
Dyson
Trew
Young Dyson
Sterling Remedy Co. and Dr Hobbs Pills Mentioned
Fragmentary OCR mentions Sterling Remedy Co Chicago and Dr Hobbs pills with unclear claims. Text is garbled and names may be misspelled. no clear event or outcome present.
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Hobbs
Sterling Remedy Co
Brutal attack and lynching reported in Coffee County
A mob of about 200 white men captured Pennington after he assaulted Mrs J C Davis in her Coffee County garden. He was chained, a fire started, and his body burned to ashes as onlookers watched. The article also notes Knights of Labor actions in Washington seeking to compel enforcement of the Sherman antitrust law against U S Steel.
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Birmingham
Abe
Ange
John Westey Penning
Enterprise
Cotter County
Pennington
J.C. Davis
Coffee County
Washington
District Assembly No
The
Knights of Labor
United States
Modified Female Suffrage in Alabama Constitution
Montgomery Alabama reports a modified constitution allowing women who pay taxes on 300 worth of real estate to vote in bond elections. The amendment was adopted amid strong enthusiasm and broad support, restricting bond election votes to taxpayers meeting the specified real estate value.
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Montgomery
Ala
Captain Bars Hawaiian Delegate’s Wife From Hula Dance Aboard Zealandia
On the Zealandia voyage from San Francisco to Honolulu Captain Dowdell refused to permit Mrs Theresa Wilcox wife of the Hawaiian delegate to compress to perform a Hula dance in the saloon. She arranged a second act but the captain again ordered it stopped. she waited on the bridge for over an hour, then vowed to complain to the company.
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Victoria
British Columbia
San Francisco
Honolulu
Moana
Dowdell
Theresa Wilcox
Widow Mary Frazier Dies in Farm Suicide Near Austin
Archie Missouri August 7 Mrs Mary Frazier widow of Oliver Frazier who lived on a farm near Austin committed death by own action this morning by saturating her clothing with oil and setting it on fire. She was found in a corn field. Her clothing burned from her body and authorities link worry over poor health and crop losses in the drought to the tragedy. She owned 240 acres of fine land.
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Archie, Mo
Mary Frazier
Oliver Frazier
Austin
Hottest Spot on Earth in Persian Gulf Coast
Report from the Persian Gulf coast notes extreme heat with temperatures above 100 degrees in shade, soaring to 130 in the afternoon for four consecutive days in July and August. Bathsrein island in the torrid zone reportedly lacks water, while shafts drilled to 500 [units] deep reveal no remedy.
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Persia
Gulf of Persia
Bathsrein
Botanic Blood Balm Promises Cure for Blood Poisons
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poison and cancer. It claims to drain poisons from the system, heal ulcers, pimples, and scrofula, build up the body, and claims long testing with testimonials. It notes no mineral poisons or mercury and offers free advice with a trial bottle.
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Earth
Writipe Blood Balm Co
Atlaptsa
Balu
Anarchist Link Claimed in Humbert Assassination
A Rome dispatch to Patrie reports Luigi Gianetti admits complicity with Bresci in killing King Humbert of Italy. Gianetti, once Bresci's ally, allegedly fired the fatal shot after Bresci fired thrice without effect. Segura, working undercover in Patterson, identifies Gianetti as the killer and Bresci as associate.
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Paris
Aue
Patrie
Rome
Luigi Glanett
Milton
Bresehi
Himelert
Crie
Ket Pateterson
Mirme Eumene
Milan Gianotti
Monza
Breset
New York
Alexsander Bewira
Moesei
King Humbert
Italy
Humbert
Segura
Luigi Gianetti
Bresci
Pattersor
Gianetti
Patterson
Whale and Shark Battle in Portland Harbor
Residents of Long Island and Peak's Island witnessed an unprecedented marine duel as a 15 foot thresher shark and a small whale fought between the islands. The shark leaped six to eight feet, spraying water high, while the whale splashed foam as they exchanged rounds for about thirty minutes before swimming back to sea.
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Portland
Long Island
Peak’s Island
Hussy Sound
Voice Returns to a Woman in Parsons
Mrs. J. A. Ritchie of Parsons Kansas regained her voice after two years of silence. While driving hogs yesterday she forgot she had lost her voice and attempted to shout at them, and her voice suddenly returned as she cried out.
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Parsons. Kan
J. A. Ritchie
Like an Ante Bellum Scene in Kentucky Auction
In Taylorsville Kentucky on August 7 an auction on the courthouse steps sold Lewis a Black man to Arch Hays a young farmer for two dollars after a circuit court judgment. The man was bound to servitude for nine months on a vagrancy conviction.
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Taylorsville
Crabb
St. Lewis
Arch Hays
Lewis
Circuit
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