World’s Fair district offers comfort and economy hotels
The article urges visitors to stay in the World’s Fair district for ease and savings. It highlights hundreds of hotels and boarding houses with daily rates from 50 cents to $1.50 in private houses and up to the best hotels. The Rock Island line provides direct access to Englewood and fair grounds in minutes, saving time and baggage costs. A free official map of the district is available via Rock Island as reference.
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Rock Ial
Englewood
Rock Island
Lost on the night of August 12 near Smiths Halle F U Hart
A fragmentary item notes a missing person or object event on a night in August near Smiths Halle and Hart likely involving local properties. No further details are readable to confirm identity or exact location.
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Smith
Hallee F. U. Hart
Kansas City Democratic Picnic Ends in Word War Between Orators
At a Kansas City picnic Col. John T. Crisp and John Sullivan sparred in a heated afternoon exchange. The clash included sharp insults, a fainting woman, and a tense stand off as supporters and critics jockeyed amid a splintered crowd.
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John Sullivan
Kansas City
John T. Crisp
Mr. Sullivan
Col. Crisp
The
Kansas City Journal
Sunhilly
Harrison
Colonel
Sulivan
Rocka
Sneyer
Sui Hills
Cresar
Cmasr
Tig
Cesar
Coronel Crisp
Lonedla
Smnich Kim
Wall
Notice of Lawrence Water Works Franchise Acceptance
City of Lawrence resolves to accept and enforce the water works franchise granted to Comegys & Lewis. The council notes tests, confirms construction in accordance with ordinance, and sets hydrant rentals to begin April 71, 1887, with thanks to the water company and contractors.
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Lawrence
Kans
Kansas
Messrs. Comegys & Lewis
Couseil
City Water Co
City Water Company
Kanene
City of Lawrence
Comegys & Lewis
New York
Mad Dog Bite Report in Washington Public Opinion Leader
The word reached that Mr. Frank B. Presbrey of Washington suffered a severe bite from a dog believed mad. Presbrey, once Kansas resident and leader of Public Opinion, is under Pasteur and other treatments. Mrs. Presbrey is Stella Spalding of Lawrence.
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Frank
Presbrey
Washington
Kansas
Stella Spalding
Lawrence
Topeka
Wheat market in Lawrence faces scarce demand
The Gazette argues Lawrence shows little wheat demand with Douglas County Elevator offering to take all wheat offered in fifteen years. Lawrence millers pay high prices, keeping shipments minimal and prices ruinously low, while the paper claims a better market would be far away. J. D. Bowersock.
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the Gazette
Lawrence
Douglas County
Gazette
J. D. Bowersock
Sullivan in Te at Lone Jack as debate rages over policy
The St Louis Republic reports Sullivan and Crisp clashed at the Lone Jack event. Sullivan defended bimetallism and denied criticizing President Cleveland while the audience heard sharp countercharges from Chap. The scene closed amid heated exchanges as supporters shouted.
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St. Louis Republic
John
Sullivan
Republic
Jobn Sullivan
Cleveland
Harrison
Silver Line splits party in power in Senate
Washington reports two opposed silver bills in the Senate reflect deep rifts between Democratic wings. Republicans align with anti silver forces, aiding Cleveland’s push for unconditional repeal of the Sherman act. The minority holds sway over finance committee despite Democratic majority, with Republican votes shaping key moves. A Republican caucus will fill vacancies after Senator Stanford’s death and manage patronage. A pension clash looms as Gallinger proposes a resolution on pension drops without hearings, drawing partisan speeches. Senator Palmer faces hundreds of appeals from pensioners suspended under scrutiny.
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Voorhees
Veet
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Committee of Finance
Stanford
Eastern
Gallinger
Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of the Interior
Friends of Pensioners
Congress
House
Palmer
Committee On Pensions
Srectats
Debaters Split on Silver Policy in U S House
In Washington on August 21 McCreary Kentucky Democrat urged repeal of the purchase act and free coinage only via international agreement, dismissing immediate free coinage. Catchings of Mississippi pressed unconditional repeal while Livingston of Georgia backed free coinage. Bay expositions mark weaker hay demand while a Chicago actor in Denman Thompson's Old Homestead dies of apoplexy at 65.
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McCreary
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Georgia
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Hay Trade Journal
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