Kansas farm mortgages fall to auction amid eastern investment slump
An 1890s Reading Reading Reading era of Kansas real estate securities collapsed as five Kansas farms totaling 720 acres sold for 2345 dollars after previously valued at 25000. Mortgages totaling 4200 faced only 120 in return, illustrating farm depreciation, crop failures, and capital flight from Kansas with free coinage and inflation blamed for the downturn.
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Eastern Capital
Kansas
Chester
Berks
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Reading
Model jury system in Philadelphia courts praised
The article praises a Philadelphia model jury system used by United States district and circuit courts. It describes confidential circulars to high‑minded citizens, selection by informed committees, and a wheel supervised by a clerk and a jury commissioner. Jurors are portrayed as highly intelligent, impartial, and rarely challenged by counsel.
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United States District and
Circuit Courts
Philadelphia
United States
Citizens’ Municipal Association of
Notable Global Figures and Events in Brief
The piece lists varied items from world and American figures: 6,332,454 voters in Britain. Florence Lackmore, 15, climbs Popocatepetl. Bernard Wise, 34, rising New South Wales politician and former attorney general at 27. Joseph Manuel and wife celebrate 75 years of marriage in Kennebunkport. royals at Orleans wedding needing ear trumpets. Prefigny’s Napoleon III agent memoirs due in Paris. legacy from Moses Wildes’s widow affecting about twelve to fifteen public institutions. Bishop Ames estate dispute settles with equal shares after costs. Ralph Iron described in terms of Olive Schreiner’s life. Miss Schreiner’s marriage to Cronwright with name change noted. London speech hint.
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Bernard Wise
New South Wales
Presigny
Napoleon Iit
Paris
Moses Wildes
Cambridge Mass
Sporting Notes Highlight Busy Week Across Baseball And Bicycles
The column notes Philadelphia’s easy slate with Taylor or Carsey to pitch Friday while St. Louis rivals Washington near tenth place. It cites Chicago’s Dahlen handling 13 chances error free, and reports large cycling interest in Denmark with 75 000 cyclists. New York dominates Chicago and Louisville in wins, and Gus Weyhing seeks Phillies revenge. A Sabbath fine for exhibition games is mentioned, plus Amos Holmes as a 94 year old bicycle racer. Milwaukee’s Rise and Fall of Perpetual Motion Club forms a quirky note.
William's Best Course and Public Health Adverts
German princes threaten to withhold support for a festal anniversary unless Bismarck is acknowledged. They suggest France's peace at Kiel makes such celebrations nobler to skip. Also a St Louis affidavit touts Drummond's Lightning Remedy claiming rheumatism cure and offers two free bottles upon mailing five dollars.
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William
France
Bismarck
Kiel
Chicago Times- Herald
Tttom Barth
James M. Brooks
Washington Ave
St. Louis
Nee
Drummond
Drummond Medicine Co
Maiden Lane
New York
Great Cough Medicine Promised to Cure Throat Chest and Lungs
A promotional note promises a miracle cure from Dr ie Discovery m7 ee De sumption for throat chest and lung diseases. Trial bottles are free at Blackwax t Son Drug store with a money back guarantee on full bottles.
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Gevle
Biackwaxt & Son Drag Store
Castoria Recalled In Odd Childhood Rhyme
A nostalgic verse recalls Castoria as a remedy from infancy to motherhood. The poem traces use from babies to children and the product’s presence in family care across generations.
Roanoke and Roanoke-Chicago Express Rail Services Noted
Roanoke to Chicago and southbound connections detailed with Pullman sleepers and dining cars. Services include the Chicago Express from Roanoke to Bluefield Pocahontas Keowa Columbus and Chicago, with connections at Radford for Bristol Knoxville and Chattanooga. Eastbound routes from Lynchburg to Richmond and Norfolk, daily schedules and sleepers to Norfolk, with Winston Salem and North Carolina divisions also listed.
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Sam
Roanoke
Radford
Sillefiel
Pocahontas
Rocky Mount
Winston-Salem Division
Neots
Washington
Mhattanooga Limited
Bristol
Pullman
Memphis
New Orleans
Chicago Express
Bluefield
Keowa
Columbus
Chicago
Bufle
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Ghattanonga
Lynchburg
Richmond
Petersburg
Norfolk
Richmond and Petersburg
Pullman Palace
Lraceiore
Winston-Salem
Travel route notes link cities from Norfolk to Atlanta
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous cities from Norfolk and Baltimore to Philadelphia York Durham Henderson Raleigh Monroe Chester Green West Athens Atlanta and other points South suggesting a regional travel or shipping route without a clear narrative or event.
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Durham
Henderson
Norfolk
Baltimore
Philadelphis
York
Moston
Raleigh
Monroe
Chester
Green
West Athens
Atlanta
Gurham
Tobs Kitirelf
Preaklinton
Weldonie
Wes SuSolk
Portsmouth
New Orleans
Tuamiv
Athens
Greenwood
Charlotte
Charleston
Southern
Treo
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Dimang
Pullman
Fate
Weldon
Portemouth
Dattimore
Oi Dowiniow
Gresy
Boston
Providence
Washioniash
West
A & Railroad
Gettrns
Lchestham
Dor
Aeonnaan ST
Jour
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E. C. Hackney
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Hawaii
Cuba
Cleveland
Justice Chase
Kate Schase Sprague
Salt Lake City
Sir Henry Irving
England
Prince of Wales
South
Texas
Philadelphia Times
Charlotte News
Missouri
Danville
Kentucky
Pettitt
Marion Butler
Watson
Georgia
Kolb
Alabama
Justice of the Peace
Mrs. Lease
Roberts
Tennessee
News and Observer
State News
Eighth Street
Queen
Wooster
Wilmington Review
F. D. Humphries
Victor Mill
Harriett A. Kerns
Humphries
Smayor's
Warnene
Heartt & Dutta 'Kc
Great Britain
Florence Lackmore
Franklin, Mass
Popocatopetl
Joseph Manuel
Kennebunkport
Orleans
Bishop Ames
Methodist Episcopal
Ralph Iron
Olive Schreiner
Miss Schreiner
Mr. Cronwright
London
Taylor Or
Carsey
Brooklyn
Dahlen
Denmark
Copenhagen
Manhattan Bicycle Club
New York City
Labor Day
Louisville
Gus Weyhing
Phillies
Augustus
Spiders
Colonels
Quakers
Colts
Amos Holmes
Unadilla
N. Y
Milwaukee Society
Four Hundred
Raby
Castoria
Mim
Caserta
Sir Mortle Weston
Schr Rb
NOY Aso
Durham, N. C
Union
Int Jate
S.A.L
Drake Cigarettes
Perry Davis & Son
EAD & Thomas
ROG dL
E Sanite & da
Woodall
Bank
Mrs
Ada Smith
Chilten
Goves Rid
First National Bank
Main Street
Waite Ellis
Stone & Co
T. J. Lambe
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