Governor Stubs Discusses Kidnapping Requisition Hearing
Governor Stubbs personally requested Hadley to honor requisition papers for the return of Mrs Barclay and J N Gentry, accused in Marian Bleakley kidnapping. Hearing in Jefferson City heard by telephone. no danger of mob violence. Rehearing granted. new charges include assault with intent to kill and kidnapping. arguments over the child's custody and legal status continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Bleakley
Jefferson City
Sovenor
Kansas
Mra
J. M. Barclay
J. N. Gentry
Tial
Marian Bleakley
Gmelich
Kansas Atttorneys
Harvest Home picnic draws large crowd at Stull gathering
A good crowd gathered at Stull yesterday for the annual Harvest Home picnic with early arrivals and persistent attendance. Speakers included Mr Brady and J B Wilson. A strong display of products drew interest, and baby prize competition drew many entrants. Local updates note advertising for the Douglas county fair on Sept 21 with Lon Poff traveling to Fonganoshc and Eudora to publicize the event. Cynthia Smith, born in Kentucky in 1831, died at 626 Mississippi Street of dropsy. funeral set for 2:30 at West Warren Street Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Smith. St. Lawrence, Kansas news mention football guides for 1909 and Smul's News Depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Brady
J. B. Wilson
Stull
Lon Poff
Fonganoshc
Bettlers
Douglas County
Poff
Eudora
CPLA
Cynthia Smith
Missisippi Street
Smith
Kentucky
Lawrence
West Warren Street’ Baptist Church
Rev. Smith
Reverse Glidden tour by motor party to Denver
A group of young travelers from Springfield and Marshall Kansas City left the Hotel Baltimore for a reverse Glidden tour toward Denver. The trip began with an overnight stop in Topeka and a first stop in Lawrence before continuing to Denver taking the same road marks as the original tour but in reverse, led by W L Crist and accompanied by Arthur Horine Horace McDaniel Miss Elizabeth McDaniel and Miss Frances Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Kansas City
Baltimore
Topeka
W. L. Crist
Arthur Horine
Horace McDaniel
Elizabeth McDaniel
Springfield
Frances Wood
Marshall, Mo
Crist
Colorado
Joneses Capture Missouri Valley Doubles Title
Drumond Jones of St Louis and Herbert Jones of Kansas City won the 1909 Missouri Valley Tennis Championship doubles title, defeating de Paul Gardner and William Chicago with scores 6 4, 6 1, 6 4 despite Gardner’s inkle injury.
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Jones
Kansas City
Drummond Jones
St. Louis
Herbert Jones
de Paul Gardner
William Chicago
Gardner
Laming Home After Month Abroad Returns With Project
W Laming came home from Europe and announced little about his project. He showed optimism yet declined press comments. The report hints at potential success or failure and notes related financial uncertainties. Interment details appear for a relative at Oak Lawn cemetery. A separate line mentions a cable from Berlin about chips at Wiedemann’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Laming
Europe
Stock sale closes for U S Rapid Mail venture demonstration
Lawrence announces the closing of the stock sale for the U S Rapid Mail Service demonstration. Subscriptions include shares bought by Santa Fe employees and local residents. Albert Hupp, with H B Scott, awards a contract for station equipment to Deby Constandt and plans testing along the main line with demonstrations for railroad and post office officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrencs
Hupp Rapid Mail Exchange
Santa Fe
Albert Hupp
H. B. Scott
Kansas City
Argentine
Lawrence
Post Office Department
Mai
W. E. Hornaday
Kaw
Jivrnaday
Eng. i
Hupp
Fae
Hornaday
Kaw Valley Investment Company
Washingon
Jour-nal
Bis
Dvish. Ier
L. 8. Rapid Mail Service Company
Racing Carnival at Brighton Beach Motordrome
A two day event by the Motor Racing association features European and American cars on the Brighton Beach Motordrome track. The main event today is a match race among Di Palma's Fiat Christie’s Freak Racer and Kilpatrick's Hotchkiss. Butter Scotch sold at 20 cents a pound at Wiedemann’s. Deputy County Treasurer Peaks returns from Colorado business trip.
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New York
Brighton Beach
The
Motor Racing Association
di Palma
Fiat
Christie's
Kilpatrick
Hotchkiss
Help Mrs Bleakley in her unequal fight for her child
A plea from Lawrence residents urging generous support for Mrs Bleakley who lacks funds in a custody struggle against Jay who controls the money. The letter emphasizes a mother’s hardship and asks the community to contribute promptly to aid her long and difficult battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Bleakley
Bleakley
Lawrence
Por
Lawrence Business College Catalog Praised by Quakenbush and Weatherby
Lawrence Business College receives high praise for its work and management in a new catalog. Quakenbush and Weatherby are credited with elevating its grade and proving the institution a standout business education provider west of the Mississippi. The advert demands mark the college as a premier educational den with strong industry ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Business College
Lawrence Business
Mississippi River
Usiness College
Tungi
Kan Iid
Quakenbush
Weatherby
Iowa Mayor Ousted For Intoxication In Des Moines Case
Des Moines reports Byron Pr was removed as Marengo mayor under a legislature backed provision allowing removal of officials for certain causes including intoxication. Attorney Genie Byers led the case showing Henderson was seen intoxicated. Henderson denied ever being drunk on duty. Judge sustained the law and removed him from office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Byron
Opie M. Henderson
Wayver
Marengo
Iowa
Genie Byers
Henderson
Jude
Iin
Tote
Muses
Defense funds raised to aid Millers amid government clash
Fragmentary report from St Louis outlines efforts to raise 350,000 for defense of millers and farmers amid government actions. Mentions bleaching agents, peroxide sales, and a Wilson ruling on manufacture. Details are unclear but indicate legal actions and prosecutions related to dyed goods and agricultural trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Wilson
Found Dead on Eagle Cliff Ranch
A 63 year old woman, Miller or Matel, found dead on a ranch near Eagle Cliff in Olathe. Heart disease listed as the cause. Daughter Louise Kane of Kesville to arrange burial. Also mentions theft cases and a Princess Rain robbery with no arrests. Local ad notes various candy and snack specials for 20 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Vine
Miller
Louise Kane
Kesville
Milla
Matel
Pittsburg Strike Resumes as 200 Unrested Workers Quit Plant
In Pittsburg on August 27, about 200 unadded men quit work at the Pressed Steel Car Company's plant and marched to the Ohio River bank, signaling they will camp until paid. They claim only the remaining workers will quit by tomorrow, citing poor food and harsh conditions as the cause of the mass desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Pressed Steel Car Company
Ohio River
English swimmer Wollie halts mid channel after grueling journey
Wollie, an English swimmer, began a grueling crossing from Hover Inte ferday to de channel toward France. After completing thirteen miles in eight hours, he gave up. Edward Heaton plans a try today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dever
Enelind
Wollie
Channel
France
Edward Heaton
Winthrop Street Work Rapidly Rebuilding Rail Line
Laborers on Winthrop Street dismantle pavement while Winthrop workers lay track toward Eldridge House. Bricks hauled away, horses drag plows, poles set as crews race to complete line before the county fair opens and customers may ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Street
South Mass
Eldridge Hoouse
Aley
San Me
Alley
Eldridge
Fuuse
STOCK MARKET BUOYANT AT START DESPITE VOLATILITY
The market opened firmer with Union Pacific above yesterday's close and gains across other rails. Southern Pacific rose modestly as investors weighed the day’s action while overall activity remained unsettled, with some selling pressure near the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Southern L Wus
United Mere
Steamer Ohio Sinks After Collision Near Steep Point
A steamship named Ohio sank after leaving Seattle for Valle August 2 with four crewmen and one passenger lost. Rescue divers searched the wreck reportedly located near Steep Point, and reports mention EM pas red off Steep Point. The incident caused four fatalities among the crew and a passenger.
True Sympathy Danner Day Boosts Marian Bleakley Fund
Topeka Aus reports Danner Day for the Capital's Marian Bleakley fund drew strong support. A prior total of 2251.10 rose as pledges surpassed the previous sum. Seven under 12 year old girls organized an ice cream social and lemonade sale, serving a long line of townspeople to raise funds for the Bleakley fund.
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Topeka
Aus
Marian Bleakley
Ada
Bleakley Fund
Fragmentary item from Har Mountane notice
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Mr and Mrs Curt Rankin of Har Mountane and references an incident with planes and a failed aim. No clear event or date is readable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curt Rankin
Har. Mountane
White House visit greets William Allen White in Emporia
William Allen White and family return from abroad to Emporia fans flock at the station and a parade leads to Holcomb Park where Mayor McCain and editors from Hutchinson and Wichita speak. Also notes on school book lists, a letter from St John New Brunswick seeking Mr Fillmore, weather updates, and US tennis champion Larned’s defeat of Rothier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willa Allen White
Emporia Gagetty
Holumbolde Park
MccCain
W. Y. An
Hutchinson
Victor Marof
Wichita
Englishman Farman Sets Long Flight Milestone
Farman, the Englishman, completed nineteen rounds in a long flight after nine teen rounds earlier, then descended after a lengthy course. The journey involved Treverdine and eastern rounds, with the record distances near mottoed by Lothian vestere 5 u. The feat ends amid danger as the pilot faced a catastrophe and near death, but the distance record remained a key milestone in early aviation history.
Weather bulletin warns tropical storm near West Gulf offshore
The Weather Bureau issued storm warnings for the Galveston area as a tropical storm of pinched intensity centers in the West Gulf off the mouth of the Rio Grande moving northwestward. It threatens high east winds and high tides along the Texas coast.
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New Orleans
Ieather Bureau
Galvestromion
West Gulf
Rio Ude
Texas
Italians Arrested Near Crowburie After Lena Barney Slaying
Pittshug and Kaus, two Italian men, were arrested late last night twelve miles north of Crowburs for the murder of Lena Barney at Chiespee two weeks ago. They were brought to town and placed in custody, but armed Americans prevented an attempted transfer from the Crowburs jail.
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Pittshug
Kaus
Due Cheratise
Antone Manthri
Hallans
Crowburs
Here
Lena ‘Barney
Chiespee
Wanted and for rent notices mix with garbled text
A jumble of classified notices seeks a bargain house and lot investment, rental rooms for young women, daily cleaning help, and miscellaneous sales and loans. It mentions Bell phones, addresses like 1203 Rhode Island Street, and a Clinton Home plane, with disjointed notes on trains and Harriman.
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Vome
Bell Phone
Rhode Island Street
Riot Prevented by Knights in Kansas City
A clash near a 5400 uesea Knights line ended when a wagon driven by John Jarbee and Mrs. Jarbee faced counterprotesters. White men intervened as masked figures seized a whip and struck the driver and passenger. Police received a riot call but order was restored by the Knights.
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Nese Arthias
WS. Jarbees
Buundegaiun
Jarbee
S.hirbue
Aurters
Carder
California Fire Threatens World Famous Sequoia Collection
A forest fire at the entrance to Yosemite Valley endangers the Merced group sequoias, part of a world famous collection. The El Portal hotel, a $100,000 frame structure, houses summer visitors and is threatened along with the sequoia groves.
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Yosemite
Cali
Yosemite Valley
el Portal
Grains and Provisions Markets from City and Chicago
Markets by wire report Aug 27 list Wheat Sept 915c Dec 000Lc May 944ge cash No 2 hard 97 1.01 No 2 red 1.03 1.05 Corn Sept 6114c Dec 535c cash No 2 mixed 034e No 2 white 65c Oats No 2 white 41 43e No 2 mixed 37 39e Rye 10 78e May Timothy 10.50 11 Choice Prairie 7.75 3 3 Butter Creamery 27c first 25c Eggs Extra 25c first 21c Live stock etc 3,000 native cows calves Chicago Aug 27 Wheat Sept 952951 May 965 Feb 565 Dec 564 4 57440 Hogs Sept 3714c Dec 73 0 May 3994c Park Sept 22.45 Jan 17.65 Lard Sept 12.121 12.15 net 12.10 No Slay%
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Cas City
Macking
Bae
Park
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Stubbs
Dazger
J. N. Harshh Yr
Georovilla
Hid Mass
St. Lawrence, Kans
Smul's News Depot
Mountain Heights
Keisler
Marek
Red
Diamond
Doe
Laming Home
Mull
Minnie E
Magzie Street
F.C. Hin
United Brethren
Ain Oak
Lel
New Commission House
Seed House
Kram
Yhan Company
Jon Comwark
Berlin
Wiedemann ’S
Innes, Bullene & Hackman
U. S
Rapid Mail Service Company
Wiedemann's
Deputy
Peaks
Eagle Cliff
M. G. Miller
Olathe, Kana
Wotory
Brooks
Boni
Princessrain
Wheinis
Wiedeann ’S
Ohio
Little Topeka Girls
Paulham
Latham
Brek
WHITE
William Allen White
Emporia
van Auburgh
Wooster
Loerschel
Speller
Hoenschel
Granta
Carpenter
North America
Moenshel
Montgomery
Besunier
Huenshal
Davidson
Kansas History
Sam Bishop
T. H. Tall
St. Deh
New
Loi
Z. H. Hall
U. S. Newport
R. L
William A. Larned
Summit
New Jersey
United States
Willamun J. Rothier
Philadelphia
Farman
Arman
Courae
Ness
Witte Ewedauir
Meany
Barnsus
Lothian
Vestere
Georgia
Commanity
Seperton
Seri
Ine
Yo Todas
Lenaj Barney
Bell
Craplin
Clinton
Burrow
G. Czaplinski
York
New Dt
Harriman
Bell Phos Elst
California
Ante Searfs
All
Eators
Tye Vatels Berg
Idk Ethene
New Fall
Chicago
Julian Eltinge
Frederick McK
New York “Evening Mail
Saya
New Plaza Theater
Madison
Marty le Ue
James Russell
Richard Marlowe
Eltinge
Clyde Fitch
Reginalds Ward
Eliinge
Julian Fltinge
Karen and
Edward Fales
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