Kansas Panhandle Farm News Sparks Local Hopes
Kansas county notes praise bumper crops, new mills, and ongoing campaigns. Mention of Coffeyville cotton drive Butler county Rhode Island comparison, Waverly wire fence plant, Abilene liquor license, and Dickinson county dairy. Public notices urge timely nomination filings. rural life details include thrashing delays, farm labor, and political speakers.
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Coffeyville
Butler County
Rhode Island
Rice County
Dickinson
Pink Pills and Old Scenes in a Civil War Tale
An elderly veteran Asa Robinson recalls his Civil War service and a dramatic recovery from rheumatism after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He credits the remedy with restoring health, alongside discussion of the historic Five Alls sign and its political symbolism.
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Richmond
Afipomattox
Pennsylvania
Ufe
Keystone State
Asa Robinson
Mt. Bierling
Lincoln
Immunity to bee stings and housekeeper advice emerge
A review notes that immunity to bee stings may be achieved after many stings, sometimes thirty or up to one hundred, with some individuals naturally immune and others never acquiring it. The piece also urges housekeepers to assert individuality rather than please everyone and warns against attempting to please all neighbors. It mentions hog cholera prevention by cooked feed, a salamander found in San Marcos wells, a new hinge-free picture frame construction, and encourages reading advertisements in the issue.
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Barton County
Tom Moonlight
Leavenworth
Totmana
Mitchell County
Conway
Postoffice Daily
Asman
Dave Leahy
Poardica
Topeka
Kansas City Times
Wichit& Deacon
Kansay
Death
Justice of the Peace
Marshall
Seneca Tribune
Msn
Nemaha
Osansas
Kansas
Buffalo Bill
Dog
Downs
Galena
W.J. Conley
Iola
Temptnoy I
Rorr
Syracuse
Hamilton County
Pinidollara
Atchison
The
Globe
Society
Trinity Church
Mie
Manila
Howe
Germany
American Interests to Be Protected in China
Secretary Long orders Admiral Dewey to dispatch two warships from Manila to approach the Chinese capital as closely as possible. The Baltimore and the Petrel are sent, with the former likely unable to pass the Pang Hu river forts and Pekin, while the Petrel may reach Tiensin eighty miles above the mouth. Dispatch notes delays of travel at ten knots, and mentions Shanghai reports appointing Hust Ta-Pow president of the court of censors, plus imperial changes and moon festival disorder with mud throwing at Europeans.
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Wasnkaron
Tien ‘'Sin
Pekins
Loxpoon
Times
Shanghai
Hust Ta-Pow
Yen
Court’ of Censors
Grand Council
Young-Li
Tien Asin
Prutsa
Port Arthur
Wei-Hai-Wei
May End Popular Loans in Treasury Controversy
Waamsoton Oct 4 A treasury official warns that court victories by bankers seeking bonds could kill the popular loan plan. Banks sought large blocks via straw bids, financing by subscribers who assigned purchases for security, with high commissions. Subscriptions were rejected for fraud, prompting suits aimed at forcing bond issuance and threatening millions more in bonds, amid broader litigation and public ads inviting resubscription.
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Waamsoton
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Department
Congress
New York
Manslaughter Verdict Shocks Missouri Jury
In Macox Missouri a jury found A J Smock guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree and he received six months in jail plus a $100 fine for the July 22, 1697 killing of M L Chen y in Shelbyina. The verdict surprised local residents while news wires carried the report to Shelbion and Brest of Wigh Quality. A Swedish steel exhibit showcased a 2364 foot wide 8 inch ribbon weighing 41140 pounds and a beauty advertisement urged Cyrcarets as a beauty aid.
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Macox
A. ‘J. Smock
M. L. Chenyrant
Shelbina
Shelbion i
Brest
Dewey toys with ramship plan aboard the China
Report from Manila describes Admiral Dewey admiring Captain Sabree and the fast liner China. Dewey proposed arming the ship to ram Camara's cruisers at Manila before retreating, offering Sabree a chance to become commodore. Sabree agreed to the notion, then Camara withdrew and Dewey grew disgusted.
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Faancheco
Sabree
Manila
Desney
Camara
Flest
Scully
Suez Canal
Dewey
China
Bebree
Black residents driven from town by masked miners riot
In Washington, Oct 4, a mob of about fifty masked miners raided a town driving out Black residents at gunpoint. Police failed to intervene as a Black man was shot at and vanished. Chief Call called on citizens to aid order. several deputized amid growing tension.
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Anderson Cannon
Saveral
Chaplain Thaddeus Fregman Dies By Own Action At Sea
News from Japan reports the death of Rev. Thaddeus F. Fregman chaplain of the US steamship Baltimore who, amid failing health, leaped from the Zealandia and drowned. His remains will be brought to the United States for interment on the next steamer.
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Jompa
Bax Francisco
Japan
Thaddeus F. Fregman
United States
Baltimore
Nagasaki
Fregman
Zealandia
Yukon prospectors miss fortune due to poor preparation
Oct 4 report from Chicago quotes Alaska governor A T Shoeford saying Yukon hopefuls returning with gold finds were unlucky for not searching broadly. He notes rich quartz ledges near steamship decks and asserts Alaska’s Alexander archipelago and Skaguay to Dyea areas hold true mining potential with mines paying large profits and new prospects advancing.
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Klondike
Eich
A.T. Swhoeford
Alaska
Chicago
Yukon
Alexander Archipelago
Southa
Soundary
Skaguay
Enormoua Profita
KILLS HER MOTHER FOR LOVE
Pittsburg Pa Oct 4 Lerthe Rielstein killed her mother yesterday and later shot four bullets into her body. She could not recover. The girl explained I was tired of life and did not want my mother to live and fret over my death. Frederick Beilstein a family member is a notable Allegheny resident. Birdie, age 90, faded from beauty after her husband’s death in December. Friends think temporary insanity led to the murder.
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Strange Hanson
Pittsburg
Marderess
Pritanons
Lerthe Rielstein
Frederick Beilstein
Allegheny
Birdie
General Wheeler testifies on Cuban campaign and supply conditions
General Joseph Wheeler begins testimony before the investigating commission in Vasarikavos describing his Cuba to Santiago march, reconnaissance efforts with Cuban troops, and battles at La Quasima and El Caney. He cites road quality, weather, and quartermaster support, and questions Spanish losses and Toral’s defense.
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Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler
Lamnder
Dodge
Major Mills
Beaver
Cuba
Tle
Shatter
Jaguaracite
Castillo
la Quasima
Santiago
Caney
el Cansy
San Juan
Sim
Shafter
Tora
Boesklitz
Jung
Tampa
Bnd
Neglect at Santiago: Wheeler cites shortages and hunger
General Wheeler testifying about Santiago says two regiments faced ration shortages and that meat and bread were limited. He blames delays and misdistribution, notes Cuban scavenging due to hunger, and praises the medical corps while warning of ambulances and transport delays. He asserts regulars fared better than volunteers and cites climate as a disease factor. The War Department call to Alger Meiklejohn and Corbin followed.
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Santiago
Bantiago
Wheeler
Denby
Howell
Tampa
War Department
Alger
Meiklejohy
Corbin
General Garcia Offered Post With U S Administration
A dispatch from Santiago reports General Calixto Garcia has accepted a US administration commission to negotiate with the Cuban army for its disbandment. He will travel with his son Colonel Garcia and several officers, spending three to five weeks away before meeting with General Wood in Washington.
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New Youk
New York Herald
Santiago de Cubs
Carrod Garcia
United States
Wood
Washington
Nancy Guilford Held on Likely Identity Evidence
Fragmentary OCR text notes Nancy Guilford being held with suggests evidence presented to prove identity. Mentions women, Liverpool, steamer, unclear context and dates.
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Landsdat
Liverpool
Laas
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