Saloon Fixtures to Be Tried in May Court
Fort Scott Tribune reports a pending case in district court charging the State of Kansas with about $1,500 worth of saloon furnishings seized during the recent crackdown. The trial, set for the adjourned May term, seeks conviction that would lead to burning the sheriffs’ storage of bar, mirrors, kegs, and glasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Kansas
Court House
Jenkins
Noonan
Kansas
Caldwell
Veterans Speak Out At Maine G A R Encampment
At the Maine G A R encampment in Bangor veterans jeered speeches attacking President Roosevelt and the South. Colonel F B Walls of Vinal Haven condemned Roosevelt for displaying rebel flags and praised his return of captured flags as a disgrace to the country.
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Bangor
Department of Maine
Roosevelt
F. 8. Walls
Vinal Haven
United States
Prison Sells Binder Twine Stock in Missouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City June 24 Warden Hall announces the penitentiary has sold 870000 pounds of binder twine at about 80 cents per pound, with potential to sell 25000 more. The plant, set up to lower farm costs, sold at actual production cost to Missouri residents and reduced prices by about half since its inception.
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Jefferson City
Hall
Penitentiary
Dockery
Warden Hall
Missouri
Kansas Big Ranches to Go to Small Farms
Elgin Kansas poised as cattle shipping point as Osage Indian reservation opens to allotment. Ranchers led by Eugene Hayes plan to quit cattle business, dividing large ranches into smaller tracts to suit cattle ranching. Hayes notes recent strong beef prices and shifting market dynamics.
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Elgin
Kas
Eugene Hayes
Osage
Hayes
Midland Hotel
Buckner druggist faces improvised trial and plea
A Buckner committee of ten held an impromptu court in the prosecuting attorney’s office over Bartley McDermott proprietor of a Buckner drug store charged with eight counts of illegal liquor sales. The group stood by strict adherence to law, sending the case to Judge Porterfield with the druggist pleading guilty to two counts and fines imposed. Separate note reports tie up of Missouri watermelon shipments as railroads demand a $5 per car bonus amid car shortages.
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Buckner
Bartley McDermott
Eli Mershon
Irving Buckner
Dougiss
Porterfield
Dragchet
Mershoo
St. Louis
Knott
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Charleston
Mrr. Knott
Lane
Wabash
McPherson
Iron Mountain
Siebert
Missouri Pacific
Knots
Lum
Electric Bitters Cure Praised by Cedar Grove Man
A Cedar Grove resident lauds Electric Bitters after suffering liver and kidney trouble. In a letter he says one bottle gave relief and three bottles completed the cure, praising the product as a guaranteed best on earth for stomach liver and kidney health by F. T. Clay, druggist.
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Geo. H. Parris
Cedar Grove
F. T. Clay
Japs Seize Lumber Jobs Across Texas Mills
In Galveston on June 24 a major shift sees twenty five large lumber mills in Texas and western Louisiana adopt Japanese labor to replace Black and Mexican workers. The move follows costly race-related labor troubles, with losses cited at over 1.75 million dollars in twenty months. Japanese workers are reported to match or exceed the output of several Mexicans, and camps report swift recruitment from Japan to Texas.
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Galveston
Texas
Louisiana
Japan
Walking-stick owner praises arnica salve cure
John Garrett of North Mills North Carolina reports a forty year walking stick carried sore healed after using Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He praises its healing power for piles burns and related sores. The product is sold by F T Clay druggist at 25 cents.
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Bucklen
John Garrett
North Mills
F.T. Clay
Draggtat
Jury verdict upholds receivership in Uncle Sam Oil case
In Leavenworth Kansas in June the jury found against H H Tucker Jr seeking removal of the state supreme court appointed receiver in the Uncle Sam Oil company case. Morse, the receiver, testified that by products are worth far less than former estimates. Tucker faces a ninety day county jail sentence for contempt tied to bankruptcy petition attacks on federal judges.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Uncle Sam Ol Company
H. H. Tucker, Jr
State Supreme Court
Tucker
Amidon
United States District Court
Jr. Morse
Standard Oil Company
Uncle Sam
Bia
Pollock
Philips
McPherson
Federal
Sentence postponed for Abraham Ruzef in extortion case
In San Francisco on June 24, an arrangement with the prosecution delayed the sentence for Abraham Ruzef who pleaded guilty to extortion. The sentence will be postponed for two weeks. Police Chief Dinan faces an accusation of malfeasance in office.
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Francisco
Abraham Ruzef
Mr. Dinan
Sioux Falls brewer's wife found guilty of manslaughter
Plandrean, June 24 Mrs Moses Kaufmann wife of a wealthy Sioux Falls brewer was found guilty of manslaughter in the first degree for torturing 16 year old Agnes Polrela to death. Witnesses testified to brutal abuse including boiling water poured on the girl and jostling she could barely stand. Medical testimony cited multiple head wounds and other injuries.
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Plandrean
Moses Kaufmann
Sioux Falls
Agnes Polrele
Kaufmanns
Agnes Polrela
Kaufmann
Dent
Peter Erickson
Kaufmann Famly
Kaufman
Erickson
Death by own action in field near Dahlgreen
John Hoopman an unmarried farmer near Dahlgreen in McLean County Illinois shot himself in a field on Sunday evening and was found three days later. He was about 30, in poor health, and left his home to stroll on the farm. His mother and four brothers survive.
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Hoopman
Firing the Cook the Climax
Benjamin Walters a Madison Newfoundland merchant died by suicide after domestic strife culminating in firing the family cook Mrs Amands Delaplaine. Minutes before the act he asked her to stay and disregard his wife’s authority but she left, Walters then shot himself in a room connected to his establishment after dismissing employees.
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Madison
Benjamin Walters
Amands Delaplaine
Walters
Local fragment hints at Vandervort involvement in town case
A partial OCR fragment mentions Vandervort in connection with a local matter. Details are unreadable, but the name suggests a person tied to a community issue or notice. Further readable context is lacking to confirm the event, date, or outcome.
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Rayo Lamp
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Fort Scott Tribune
Clay’s
Scott
Buckner, MO
Ruff
Brewer
South Dakota
Moses Kaufman
OAS
Tom
Butler Station
Joplin & Southwest Mall
K.C & Joplin Mall & Express
H.C & Joplin Mall & Express
Keansne City
Kansas City Mall
Kansas City
Local
Ruaiantr
Kavene
Eagt Hound
Vandehvort
M. Christy
E. N. Chastain
Matlen
Hownett- Wheeler Mer, Co
Ligh Street
H. M. Cannon
Butler, Missouri
Adrian
B. F. Jeter
Attorney At Law and Justice
H. H. Nichole
East Aide Square
Butler, Mo
J. T. Holl
Utranor
Hagedorn
North Side Square
Hutler, Mo
T. C. Boulware
Mutter, Mo
Goughs
Croup
Phooelaugh
Kennedy
Dewitt & CO
Chicago
Clay's Drug Store
DEM unisTs
Zigrardocy Med
Jane
John Scott
Harry Vaughan
Edward Raymond
George Ryan
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