Kansas Notes Reflect Oddities and Local News Items
A miscellany from Kansas mentions 1 000 men remaining to be shipped to a Pacific location, Wichita politics with Senator Harris replacing Bryan, and place names such as Wraber Oklahoma. It notes Hutchinson, Joplin police judges, Twentieth Kansas, Abilene, Labette county politics, post office ambitions in Emporia and Kansas pioneers, along with personal tributes to John Speer and historical references to the Quantrell raid and Lawrence ward officers.
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Piipplacs
Kansas
Juan Guerrido
Tiventier
Sedan
Wishita Eagle
Senator Harris
Bryan
Wraber
Oklahoma
Hutchinson
Boston
Fort Eailey
San Francisco
Sedgwiel County
Marlington
Hig
Parkville
Topeka
Mesukts
Lit Crum
Uus
Coryeritor
Fort Scott
O Ir
J. E. Osborne
Joplin
Kansas University
John Hall
Ottawa Company
Law Department
Saute. Fe Railroad
Joel Murphy
Southern Railroad
Tn Wellington
Labette County
Vic Murdock
Abilene
McPherson Republican
Gaho
Omporia
Majoe Calvin Wood
L . Lamberg
Namb
W. A. White
Commercial Club
Washington
Quantrell
Inter
William Speer
Wichita
Cuban governor race fuels Washington speculation
In Washington talks center on the possible appointment of Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn as civil governor of Cuba. General Ludlow pressures for the post, while General Wood and General Wooten are also considered. President’s aides imply Meiklejohn’s Cuban expertise and diplomatic tact make him the likeliest choice if he accepts duties.
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Washington
Mvnklejolm
Cuba
Woot
Ludlow_1
Wood
Meillejohnis
Major Logan Reported Killed in Action at San Jacinto
A Manila cablegram to Cleveland confirms Major John A. Logan was killed leading his battalion near San Jacinto on November 12. General Otis’s dispatch notes 1,200 insurgents in entrenched positions, 300 reported enemy casualties, and six enlisted men plus Captain Green and eleven men wounded.
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Manila
Cleveland
John A. Logan
Otis
Logan
Wheaton
San Jacinte
Thirty-third Volunteers
Green
Contests Shape Kentucky Governorship Fight County by County
In Kentucky the gubernatorial battle hinges on contests in seven counties involving over 4000 votes. The state board of election commissioners will meet in Frankfort December 4 to hear disputed ballots argued by state counsel. Jefferson county official count progresses with little change. 35 alleged election-law violators bound over at $500. Minors return to work after coal strike talks avert action by Belleville operators.
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Old
Kentucky
State Board of Election Commissioners
Prankfort
Jefferson County
Tudge’ Toney
Mitchell
Hunter
Belleville
United Thine Workers of Americ
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Iron Mountain
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Broom Makers Plan Protective Move At Chicago Meeting
About sixty broom manufacturers gathered in Chicago to counter rising broom corn prices as a potential $1 to $1.25 per dozen surge. Wages for share engineers firemen and switchmen on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and the Chicago and Eastern Illinois lines will rise by $5 to $10 monthly. Admiral Watson seeks salvage bids for the wrecked Charleston after the crew landed on Camiguin island. A Boston court ruled a railroad employee on a pass cannot claim damages beyond partial compensation.
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Broom Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago
Chicago Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & Eastern ‘Illinois
Allroad
Aska
Watson
Charleston
Hong Kong
Camiguin Island
Ed Ae
Navy maintenance and ship costs in the annual paymaster report
The paymaster general's annual report shows maintenance and commissioning cost of 14 193 174 dollars for ships in active service last year. Construction and purchase of ships accounted for 9 064 456 dollars, while 754 074 dollars were absorbed in repairs. A naval purpose proclamation has just been made.
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Coat of Naval
Reinforcements Arrive as Cape Town Reports News from Front
Twelve thousand Britons arrive with Armenian Nubia and artillery reinforcements. About 4,000 head toward Durban while 8,800 remain en route. Baden Powell’s riders boost morale at Mafeking as Kimberley defense tightens amid mine strikes. Rumors suggest negotiations for Ladysmith capitulation fail.
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Durban
Cape
Baden Powell
Mafeking
Cecily Rhodes
Kimberley
Dewar
Hoers St Kimberley
Brussells
Joubert
Case Up For Fifth Time In Leavenworth Insurance Suit
Sensational evidence in the Thillmon Hillmon case at Leavenworth Kansas reveals Mrs Sallie E IWillmon suing to recover on her husband Jo an W Hillmons policies after his 1879 disappearance. Arthur Simmons testifies Adolph Watters worked for him in May 1879 and Simmons identifies Watters from a photo. insurers allege a conspiracy to pass Watters body off as Hillmon. The stakes reach about 100000 in interest and damages.
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Thillmon
Leavenworth, Kin
Sallie E. Iwillmon
Eastern Insurance
Joan W. Hillmon
Arthur Simmons
Leavenworth
Adolph Watters
Watters
Hillmon
Medicine Lodge
Kas
Simmons
Walters
Dillmon
Brown
Levi Baldwin
Hillmen
Toioqnisty Namly
Death at 2325 South Eighth Lincoln
The coroner was called Tuesday morning to 2325 South Eighth Street Lincoln where a man was found dead. Investigation showed the deceased was Van Buren Cuddy aged about heart failure was the palpable cause of death and inquest not necessary. Relatives reported heart trouble and police were notified. Remains were removed to an undertaking establishment.
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Failura
South Eighth’ Street
Lincoln
van Buren Cuddy
Flicer
Man released from Isle of Man prison inherits vast fortune
George Cooper, convicted in a sensational 1492 trial for murdering his wife at Douglas, Isle of Man, has been released in London. He now inherits a fortune estimated near one million pounds from his father and father-in-law.
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George Cooper
Douglas
Isle of Man
London
Philippine Commission Debates Chinese Exclusion Policy
The Philippine commission discusses Chinese in the islands and splits on two members favoring exclusion while Admiral Dewey reportedly supports admission. Evidence on the issue is described as considerable and being tollested.
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Philippine Commission
Philippine Islands
Miewbers
Admiral Dewey
Diamonds stolen in bold Cleveland jewelry raid
In Cleveland Ohio strangers entered Sigler Bros jewelry shop and while two proprietors were distracted accomplices seized a tray of diamonds valued at 30090 dollars. Police have no clues at this time.
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Cleveland, O
Sigler Bros
Notable deaths and incidents in brief across cities
Charles Cross, seventeen, confesses to Mrs. Sarah C. King murder in Stamford Connecticut. Col Henry Inman, author and ex Buffalo Bill associate, dies in Topeka at sixty two. A man dies after a train accident near Kansas City. Belgian steamer Belgique sinks off Alderney with eighteen drownings. Chicago piano workers head toward a cooperative factory after a lockout. Kate Orr of Detour Michigan and three children perished in a home fire. Rev Adolph Ferth dies in Cincinnati amid supposed improprieties with German orphans.
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Charles, Cross
Sarah C. King
Stamford
Conn
Henry Inman
Buffalo Bill
Topela
Kensas
Tie
Chicago
Kate Orr
Detour
Mich
Mo Tire
Cincinnati
Adolph Ferth
Boers Break Rail Lines Amid Tensions in South Africa
Fragmentary notes describe Boer actions cutting railroad lines and gathering large numbers near Colenso and other locations as tensions rise during the conflict with the British forces. The text references a South African theater of operations with mentions of leaders and local contingents.
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Colenso
Are
Ladyannith
Many Rooms in My Father's House Homestead Sermon
The sermon compares heaven to a large family house with many rooms. It envisions reception rooms where souls meet Christ and loved ones, a music room with heavenly composers, and a family room for reunions. The speaker argues heaven’s vastness will provide ample space for all faithful, with each room reflecting different joys and eternal companionship.
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Louis Klopach
Christ
Uiblanda
Paul
Italy
Heaven
Mother
George
Henry
Flora
Mary
Angela
Jerusalem
Mountain District
Berlin
St. James
Winter Palace
Jesus
Old Homestead
Joseph
Jacob
Pharaoh's Palace
David
Lazarus
Bethany
Timothy
Lois
Isabella Graham
Alfred
George Cookman
Luther
Magdalene
John Howard
St. John
Dr. Fuller
Beaufort
D.C
Mozart
Handel
Mendelssohn
Beethoven
Doddridge
James Montgomery
William Cowper
Bishop Heber
Greenland
Raffles
Isaac’ Watts
Sir Thomas Abney
Augustus
Toplady
Charles
Wesley
George W. Bethune
Earth
Ald
Anne
Horse Liked Her Millinery in Paris Street Incident
A Paris street scene shows a horse nibbling oats on a hat trimmed with colored oats. The horse's munching caused the woman to faint and injure her dress, prompting her to seek compensation from the cab driver and employer. The tale warns ladies with oat decorations to beware of horses.
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Paris
Gun Fighting as a Frontier Skill and Its Tricks
A Texas visitor recalls how gun fighting in the West was once viewed as an expert craft where speed decided the winner. Mentioned tricks include the shoulder holster and firing through cloth, pocket derringers, and pocketless hip guns, all designed to shorten draw time and catch the opponent off guard.
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Texas
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Cowboy Tree Legend Haunts Abbe’s Spuyten Duyvil
Journal notes strange sightings near a great white tree said to hold ghostly cowboys from old times. Local residents recall tales tied to the revolutionary era era site near Spuyten Duyvil with a long standing mystique.
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Behii Abbots Tl
AOL
Spuyten Duby Ertain
The Smallest City Fenton A Diminutive Incorporated Town
The article notes Fenton as the world’s smallest city with under 100 residents, located fifteen miles southwest of St. Louis along the Meremee river. It mentions its long-standing incorporation of over twenty-five years and frames a tea poisoning concern among women, urging Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to restore health and digestion.
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Fenton
Lessthan
Meremee
St. Louis
Hood's Sarsaparilla as Best and Cheapest Cure
A historical ad asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best and cheapest medicine, claiming it cures where others fail and touting the value of good clothes, food, and medicine learned from experience in life.
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Hood
Valdivia explores Bouvet Island and Antarctic voyage notes
Kearse's trips mark visits to Bouvet Island, a 1789 sighted volcanic summit 3,000 feet high with an ice filled crater. The Valdivia’s 70 year gap since prior sighting highlights remote Antarctic exploration and the island’s oceanic position 1,800 miles west of the Cape of Good Hope. Also appears: an ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure, boasting internal remedies, plus references to Rosey Theata monthly roses and Gloire de Dijon varieties.
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Kearse
Valdivia
Bouvet Island
Cape of Good Hope
John M Smyth Co offers low prices and reliable service
An advertisement notes the John M Smyth Co as thoroughly reliable with very low prices for a large, reputable house. Readers are invited to request their catalogue of everything to buy and use, promising prompt fulfillment and satisfaction.
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Bering
Indian chiefs and calendar art by Rinehart motion sheets
Fragmentary OCR describes Rinehart's Indians with Chiefs Wolf Robe and Battle Tom in color on art calendar sheets. Indigo portents and six inch sheets tied with a cord appear in the description, noting high expense for artistic motion.
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Tom Wonder
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Itescuer
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Meiklejohn
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Loto
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Tydge Colt
United States
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Case
Belgique
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Alexandria
Casquet Rocks
Island
Alderney
Talmage's
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F. J. Cheney & CO
China
Dijon
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Saunders
Mrs. Eupeck
We Grove
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Cen Won Rose
Great
Aed
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