Party waiters for dining cars on Rio Grande railway
A brisk item notes the Denver and Rio Grande will employ party girls as dining car waiters while Mark Hanna is invited to a Kansas Day Club meeting in Topeka on January 29. It mentions pension commissioner hopes for Dick Bruz, and cites various political and military opinions with a humorous, editorial tone.
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Denver and Rio Grande
Mark Hanna
Kansas Day Club
Topeka
Dick Bruz
H. Clay Evans
Supreme Court Delays Topeka Mayoral Ruling in Tie
The court will not decide yet and will think it over longer. They confirm Parker’s election but prefer to keep Hughes in office by postponing a ruling. The delay keeps the political balance unresolved as the justices weigh the case.
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Supreme Court
Topeka
Parker
Hughes
Chicago
Chicago American
Gas Trust
Martindale sues in Shawnee court over conspiracy sale
Brit Martindale sues in Shawnee county district court against R. T. Batty from United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company Calvin Hood and Ike Lambert alleging a conspiracy to sell Martindale property to Hood for far less than its value Martindale seeks 150 500 dollars in damages.
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Brit Martindale
Shawnee County
R. T. Batty
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Calvin Hood
Ike Lambert
Martindale
Hood
Oil Prices Rise Despite Cheaper Refining and Doubling Output
The letter from People’s Voice in Wellington argues Standard Oil raised oil and gasoline prices by percent even as product output doubled and refining costs fell. It condemns royal style control by trusts, calls for public ownership, and urges action to halt new oil districts that push prices higher.
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Standard Oil Co
Wellington
Socialism versus Anarchy in the McKinley Era
The St Louis Daily Star argues that readers mistake Socialism for anarchy after President McKinley’s murder. It contrasts anarchist opposition to law with socialist belief in equality under law and nonviolence, noting socialism is a theory likely impractical for government yet not inherently harmful.
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St. Louis Daily Star
McKinley
The
Star
What Will He Do Roosevelt as President in Cosmopolitan
A Cosmopolitan article by John Brisben Walker argues Roosevelt could head the nation rather than a party, citing courage, knowledge, and endurance. It weighs whether he can withstand partisan pressure from financial and political powers and guide public welfare. A separate exchange critiques people thinking beyond their own affairs, warning of troubling neighbors. The note ends with Atshigam/Giobe.
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Cosmopolitan
John Brisben Walker
Senate
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Jim Wilford
Atshigam
Giobe
America
Georgie’s New Platform From a Boy’s Confession of Faith
A child narrator voices confusion about goodness and heaven. He recalls uncles and a hypocritical figure of faith, noting sins, funerals, and a preacher’s talk of contented souls. The piece ends with the boy rejecting admonition and seeking independence from parental and teacher dictates. The poem is attributed to S E Kiser in the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Uncle William
Briggs
Eddie Hankinson
Eddie
Shining Shore
Opie Read’s assertion on politicians and men
The piece cites Opie Read of The Chicago American who claims all men love their country though all politicians are not men. It ponders political blames between Republicans and Democrats, noting the possibility of both parties uniting to attack populists, and references Admiral Schley and the New York Tammany defeat.
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Opie Read
Chicago American
Navy Department
Admiral Schley
Seth Low
New York
Kansas
Tammany
Noted Politician Guilt and Poodle Supper Reflections
A satirical shard lists political charges against Seth Low and Kansas fusionists, critiques New York vs Kansas daylight, and mocks graft in oil and gas trusts. It notes Rockefeller dividends and a London coroner case, ending with a tease about ongoing editorial discussion.
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O.ochampr
NA Ciampa Editors
JM. Alexander
Amiocunte Fallor
Lial News OF
Anderson County
N.R. Pla
Macer Wit
HO Nrhoet
Kanposcortic
Kine Epwarn
South Africa
Kitchener
London
Coxer
John F. Carroll
Hutchinson
Grand Central
Maryland
Quay
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Grgmanv
Bunce
Schley
Sampson
Crowinshield
Georgie
S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
JO McDill
Sumner County
Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
John
England
Adams, Undertaking
J. W. Lewis & Sons
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