Democratic County Convention in Douglas County
The Douglas County Democratic Central Committee schedules a county convention in Lawrence for September 15 to select Sheriff Treasurer Register of Deeds Clerk Coroner Surveyor and a district commissioner candidate. Primary elections occur September 23 at schoolhouses across precincts and in Lawrence for delegates and county committee members.
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Douglas County
Democratic Central Committees
Lawrence
Seroner
Ssecond
Buird Wart
Wakarusa
Kudosa
Grant
Lecompton
Wiz Springs
Pufegirce Aawaka
Vinton
Marion
Willow Springs
Palmyra
Jack Jack Truciac
Republican rhetoric and labor conflict in off year politics
A row of charged passages notes union opposition, silver forces, and industrial tensions across states. It cites Kansas City and the District of Columbia campaign winds, Hanna and Wall Street influence, and deputies firing on strikers while calling for political dissension in Ohio and local republican divisions. Local silver momentum and industrial revival are mentioned amid provocative imagery.
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Whezrsree
Thea
Kanana
Hannoe
Web Davis
Kansas City
District of Columbia
Ohio
Political rage and labor conflicts flash in Ohio and Pennsylvania
A dense critique blasts lawlessness and state protections in Pennsylvania and Ohio. It accuses deputies and Pinkerton thugs of murder during strikes like Homestead and Hazelton, condemns Fusion politics and Senator Peffer, and notes Hanna’s labor-penalizing contracts while praising a shift to a different reformer.
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Pennsylvania
Pinkerton
Homestead
Hazelton
Hell
Ohio
Hanna
Peffsr
Fusion
United States Senate
Senate
Peffer
Peifer
Yellow fever cases declared in New Orleans streets
New Orleans September 13. The board of health declares six suspected fever cases on St Claude street as yellow fever. A few hours later another pronounced case is reported at Mira and Esplanade streets and in the lower city away from the infected square.
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Board of Health
St. Claude Street
Miro
Esplanade
Aso
May Ask an Indemnity for the Hazleton Butchery Rumor
The Daily Mail editorializes that America need not fight Spain, while European governments, reacting to the Hazleton massacre, will demand reparation for victims. Prayers and drought distress fill Missouri towns. Johannesburg faces a critical financial scene. a school controversy ends with a father’s assault and community sympathy for a teacher.
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Hinxsleton
Loxnox
The
Daily Mail
America
Spain
Abolish Overtime Proposal Drives Trades Action
The Trades' Union congress pushes a resolution urging affiliated societies to curb or abolish overtime in their trades. Queen Victoria asks questions on gold field protections and Klondike matters, while Hastings offers the secretary of state portfolio to Martin amid Republican tensions.
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The
Trades’ Union Congress
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Vanity Fair
Queen Victoria
British Columbia
Klondike
Dy Anti-Qusy Lester
Pemapetrsia
Hastings
Frank’ Reeder
Martin
Republican Party
Wasp trouble halts Delaware church service and more
A Delaware church reopened for a wandering evangelist faced a wasp nest under the pulpit. Deacons and the evangelist fought the insects as a mass exodus ended services. Nearby, Samuel Lindsey survived a 50 feet fall after colliding with a locomotive and is expected to recover. The Waterbury case of Conductor Bradley’s lips moving after death is recalled. The Miss ecimaty association reports on black higher education growth. War department seeks chaplains with no age or physical limits. A statist ician estimates a $500 million food capital and 5 million workers in U S nourishment. A Paris Arkansas girl jumps after sister, both seriously hurt. A $16,000 gold jar unearthed near Hoganaville, Georgia. Rubber ears offer thimble substitutes priced at $100–$125.
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Delaware
New York Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Samuel Lindsey
Lindsey
Waterbury
George Bradley
Greystone
Bradley
Ile
Conway of Forth of July Oration Mixes Home Truths
A Binghamton crowd hears Senator Billy Mason joke about marital liberty, honesty, and bragging while recounting tales from New England centenarians. The piece shifts to Vermont birthdays and local health notes before touching Missouri weed laws, a concealed weapon case in Lexington, a Battle Creek hygiene conference, and a Kansas wolf and hail statistics roundup.
Educated women prove capable wives say clever author
A successful author defends educated women noting they excel in households and cooking. Townsfolk in Galesburg Michigan push to ban billiards citing moral and health concerns, while a mouse incident, vest fire, Klondike licensing, and Alaska gold debates fill a wide range of quirky notes.
Deaf wedding in Langley amid odd vows
A Langley New Jersey wedding featured a deaf bride and groom with the couple and attendants using prayer book phrases to affirm vows. A New Jersey policeman reports lightning struck him and cured chronic rheumatism, a claim unlikely to gain popularity.
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Langley
New Jersey
Ringling Bros parade dazzles with thirty divisions in Chicago
A lengthy notice extols Ringling Brothers Circus upcoming season. It describes a two mile street parade with thirty distinct divisions featuring British Prussian French Russian and American troops English society and Indian cavalry along with imperial Rome tableaux and a parade of exotic animals. The article highlights the show’s artistic color and novelty ahead of performances in Lawrence. It also includes local ads for dental services and beverages.
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Amnusement
Chicago
Ringling Bros. Eriens
Newwspapers
Ringling Bros
Feading
Anaorintad
England
Panjanb
Pondaroce Elephante
Garavan Crogein
Dromedarius
Imperial
Rome
Atate
Lawrence
Jay
George Leis Drag Co
Virginia miner marries Kaw wife then deserts in Atchison
Frank Souder a Richmond Virginia miner, recently married in Hiawatha Kansas, left with his bride, Mrs Taylor, after his mother Mrs F Taylor arrived in Atchison to locate him. Souder, now reduced in means, had worked as a street car conductor since coming here. Meanwhile a state department report notes good Northern France demand for California dried fruits including prunes peaches raisins and candied fruits.
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Virginia
Kansap Gini
Archison
Kan
Mra & F. Taylor
Richmond
Frank Souder
Souder
Hiawatha
Kaw
Taylor
Horton
Atchison
California
France
Conaul Atwell
State Department
Roubaix
Hood's Pills Promoted as Family Health Aid
An old advertisement touts Hood's Pills as a reliable family remedy for impure blood, rheumatism, mala ria, stomach troubles, and nervous fatigue. It claims Pilla cleanse the system, steady nerves, and provide a tonic effect.
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