Howe Delivers Captivating World Tour Lecture At Fraser Hall
E. W. Howe of the Atchison Globe drew a record audience at Fraser hall last night. He recounted a five month world trip without guides, showing 120 pictures taken by his daughter. The lecture praised by Chancellor Strong, left attendees impressed with Howe’s simple, direct storytelling and national reputation from a small Kansas town.
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E. W. Howe
Atchison Globe
Fraser Hall
Howe
Mr. Howe
Chancellor Strong
San Francisco
Atchison
Kansas
Young couple elopes amid stern Eckhart family opposition
Chicago report describes Paul Bernard Eckhart a twenty year old miller’s son and Miss Dorothea Healy planning marriage despite parental disinheritance threats and plots. They procured a license the day before and elopement plans were set, with Eckhart leaving for Oklahoma as his parents attempted to prevent the wedding. Eckhart, Culver Military academy alumnus, met Healy, daughter of a New Yorker, there.
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Chicago
Paul Bernard Eckhart
John W. Eckhart
Oklahoma
Dorothea Healy
Eckhart
Culver Military Academy
Miss Healy
Tragedy in Los Angeles A Mining Engineer Kills Widow
In Los Angeles on February 20, W P Mc Commas a mining engineer killed Mrs Charlotte L Noyes a wealthy widow at her home after a quarrel. He claims she threw sulfuric acid in his face before the shooting. Local authorities are investigating the incident.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charlotte L. Noyes
W. P. McCommas
McCommas
Oklahoma Launched in Camden by New York Ship Yard
The steam ship Oklahoma one of the largest tank vessels built in American yards was launched today in Camden New Jersey at the New York Ship Building Company. Miss Mildred Fesenden Taber christened the ship, daughter of F Guffey Petroleum Company executive.
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Camden
N. J
Oklahoma
New York Shipbuilding Company
Mildred Fessenden Taber
F. Guffey
The
Petroleum, Company
Bomb Near Tehran Kills Two Laborers in Early Morning
A bomb exploded on a side street in Teheran at dawn, killing two laborers. The blast sparked local excitement but showed no link to yesterday’s shah assassination bid. A parliamentary deputation visited the shah’s palace. celebrations were planned as the city prepared to light up tonight.
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Teheran
George AS Banks
Otic
Nojshah
Socialists Plan Topeka Convention And National Nominations
The Socialist Party will hold its state convention in Topeka on April 2 to adopt a platform and revise the party constitution. State office candidates will be named and delegates elected for the Chicago National convention.
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Topeka
Socialist Party
Chicago
Edison Is Improved at New York Hospital
Edison is somewhat improved today in New York after a period of illness. The famed inventor Thomas A. Edison is reported in better condition and spirits are noted as he recovers.
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New York
Thomas A.edison
Auction and local notices tease crowded Cleveland scene
The clipped item lists Gus tafson auction items silverware and Danmire fruit in Cleveland Ohio with varied dates. It notes a voluntary petition by Menby Realty, liabilities around 350, a quarter of a trillion dollars, and references Priddy and Saturday creditors. A New England Spinster Band performs Cranford scenes with admission 15 cents.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Menby Realty
Wales
Priddy
Wiedemanne
J. W. Dent
Concer
New England
Cranford
Made up pi pis Italian and Home Book Co listing
A garbled catalog-like notice lists items including Freoeh ma and Opal Gas Globes at Raymon d, French marshmallows at 15¢ to 25¢, and a Douglas sheet sale to Abe Welles with a reference to Moe set eepenrae besenee.
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Douglas
Abe Welles
Moe
General strike eyed on Gould lines threatens telegraph wage cuts
Denver dispatch reports machinists union in Kansas City informed that after March 4 the Gould system will not recognize several unions and a general strike on Gould lines except International and Great Northern is possible. Company also said telegraph operators face wage reductions.
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L. H. Corse
Kansas City
Denver
Col
Sibyl Betts
Kansas
Rio Grande
Frank Yates
Gould
International
Great Northern
Thief Subtlety Unmasked in Dinner Party Larceny
Lysander John Appleton returns from a dinner party and dumps his coat on a chair. From his pocket fall three forks five knives and two teaspoons startling his wife. A momentary guilty impulse to hide the silverware unfolds into confession and scolding.
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Lysander John Appleton
Jysander John
Fleet Leaves Callao Harbor for Northern Seas
The Callao dispatch reports an American battleship fleet anchored this morning and now steaming in column formation toward the north. Crowds gave a hearty send off as the vessels departed from the harbor.
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Callao
Arrests for attempted bribery follow juror influence charge
Harrisburg February 29 A. C. Humphreys was arrested on a technical charge of attempted bribery. He is alleged to have tried to influence juror Albert A. Poist in the state capitol conspiracy trial. Additional arrests may follow on similar charges.
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C. Humphreys
Humphreys
Albert A. Poist
State Capitol
Lawrence
Seea
Dougiaa' Nnty
Kansas
State of
Five Room Cottage For Rent On Louisiana Street
A five room cottage is advertised for rent at 5a Louisiana street with a Bell phone contact 1402. The item appears among assorted clipped notices and fragmented notices from a 19th or early 20th century issue.
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Louisiana Street
Bell
National Sulphur mill blast burns Brooklyn workers
Six National Sulphur Company mill employees were severely burned in a sulfur explosion in Brooklyn New York today. A factory was destroyed and the total loss is estimated at $100 000.
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New York
National Sulphur Company
Brooklyn
Auctioneers to auction two lots in Gustaf Dixon Ill
An auction notice states two new residential lots in Gustaf Dixon Illinois will go under the hammer on February 20. The sale is tied to an American car being offered in a parallel auction, described as a for sale item.
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Gustaf- Dixon
Ill
New York
Paris
Threatening Letter Sent to Chicago Priest
Rev. P. Neuzil of St. Procopius Church reported to police that a letter written in Cyrillic Slav language demanded $1,000 with a death threat if refused. The incident was reported from Chicago on February 29.
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Chicago
P. Neuzil
St. Procopius Roman Catholic Church
Contestants Enter Final Twelve Hours of Six Day Walk
In Convention hall at noon today the six day walking match entered its last twelve hours with the contestants in earnest pace.
Missouri Pacific Shops Close In Sedalia Indefinitely
Sedalia Missouri Feb 29 notice posted at Missouri Pacific shops says they will not open until further notice. Affected are about eight hundred workers with Sedalia local shops closed since Feb 20 after an earlier announcement of a March 2 reopening.
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Sedalia
Missouri Pacific
Noice
Temporary injunction halts state over salaries case
Judge Slover in Kansas City issues a temporary injunction restraining Missouri officials from ousting Prudential Life Insurance New Jersey Metropolitan Life New York and Equitable Life Assurance New York from the state for paying salaries over 50000 dollars. The law takes effect tomorrow and the companies have until March 15 to seek state supreme court relief.
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Kansas City
Slover
Circuit Court
Missouri
Prudential Life Insurance Company of
New Jersey
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
State Supreme Court
Three Die in Fire in Foreign District of Pittsburg
A mother and her three children perished in a fast spreading blaze in the foreign district of Pittsburg on February 20. The fire, caused by an overturned lamp, trapped residents as two houses burned, leaving many foreigners rescued from death or injury while others escaped.
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Pittsburg
Foreign
Steamer Captain Murdered Near Antilles In New Orleans
Captain Frank Kemble, master of the passenger steamer Antilles, was found murdered on the water front near his ship in New Orleans. Friends saw him in the French quarter early today and his body was discovered an hour later with a bow wound to the head. Police suspect robbery as the motive.
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New Orleans
Frank Kemble
Kentwood Prepares as State Troops Guard Town
Kentwood Louisiana is placed under guard by state troops after vigilantes threaten violence against aliens. In the past two days Italians were warned to leave or face dynamite. Italians reportedly fled town. accusation centers on alleged acceptance of cut wages in local lumber mills.
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Kentwood
Electric line route proposed from Kansas City to Topeka via Lawrence
A proposal outlines an additional electric transmission line running from Kansas City to Topeka passing through Lawrence. Officials discuss routing, potential impacts on communities, and timetable for study and approval.
Electric railway charter sought for Kansas City Topeka line
An application was filed in Topeka for a 10 million dollar electric railway charter by ELM Tambkin representing European capitalists. The proposed route would run from Kansas City on the Kaw river north side through Lawrence to Topeka, with a branch from Lawrence toward Independence. In a separate incident near Evelyn a lumber camp quarrel led to a fatal gun battle, three men dead and a fourth mortally wounded, as Bowles Spicer and Frazier exchanged fire amid disputes over a river and a franchise signaled by Lambkin.
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Elm
Tambkin
Lambkin
Lawrence
Kansas
Independence
Evelyn
Indinathun
James Bowles
Rich
Spicer
Civorge Frazier
Stranger Valley Road
Suobt Sonty
Limber
Ves
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River
Hamilton
Bowles
Bean
Hamitlt
Frazier
Obituary for Eluer Plasket of Mount Vernon Iowa
Eluer Plasket of Mount Vernon Iowa is survived by his mother Mare tha J Plasket five sisters Emma Manie C W Roberts and Mrs Bert Wiggins and one brother John The funeral will be Monday at 8 30 AM at 839 Mississippi Street and burial at Baldwin Rev Milton will officiate.
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Ippi
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Maretha J. Plasket
C. W. Roberts
Emma and
Manie Plasket
Bert Wiggins
John
Mississippi Street
Baldwin
Milton
Opera House Inspection Confirms Structural Soundness
An examination of the Opera House shows no signs of weakness or instability in any timber supports. Architect T Wellman and builder Nadelhofer report the structure is in good condition with extra supports added as precaution.
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Asia
Bowersock
Bowe
Lear
Wm. Nadelhoffer
Mane
T. Wellman
Wi. Nadelhofer
Japan demands apology and indemnity over Tatsu Maru seizure
Tokyo declares a firm stance over the Tatsu Maru incident. The Japanese government seeks apology and indemnity from China after the ship cleared Kobe with arms for Macau. Officials believe China will yield but warn that Japan may use force if demands are not met promptly.
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Tokio
China
Tatsu
Kobe
Macau
Japan
Murder Sparked by Jealousy in New York Home
Giuseppe Aniello shot and killed his wife as she tended their nine month old baby on Elizabeth Street. A brother of the deceased beat Aniello, who lapsed into a serious condition, with authorities reporting jealousy over her alleged attentions from male workers as the motive.
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New York
Giuseppe Aniello
Elizabeth Street
Aniello
Funeral notice for J. D. Seeley of Lawrence Lodge
Members of Lawrence Lodge No. 4 T O O F and visiting brothers are invited to attend the funeral on Monday March 2 at one o clock at the hall. E L Charlton N G F H Roberts Secy.
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J. D. Seeley
E. L. Charlton
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Junk thieves tracked from Tonganoxie to town
Leavenworth county deputy sheriff arrived from Tonganoxie chasing two men George Gill and Robert Owen. They admitted selling junk in Kansas City and were taken back to Tonganoxie. no arrest warrant was shown though they face accusations of stealing goods not paid for.
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Leavenworth County
Tonganoxie
Kansas City
George Gill
Robert Owen
Thewen
First Nomination Papers Filed for County Superintendent
J. B. Wilson was the first to file nomination papers for county superintendent. He submitted his petition with the county clerk this morning and listed his residence in the Fifth Ward of Lauwrenec.
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J. B. Wilson
Lauwrenec
West Point Graduate Roy Hill Returns Home
Lieutenant Roy Hill of the United States Army is home from West Point for an extended visit after graduation. The piece notes the public auction at Gustafson's sale as a point of local interest.
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Gustafson
Roy Hill
Lieutenant Hill
United States Army
West Point
Roy
Ice Cream Flavors Listed At Local Shop
Readable fragments show a menu of vanilla chocolate banana and apricot ice creams offered at a neighborhood shop. Ambiguous text suggests a short list of flavors and a partial phrase may indicate a display or sign.
Markets by Wire Wheat and grain prices across Kansas City and Chicago
Grain and provisions report shows wheat May 98 and a half, July 88 cents, No. 2 hard 98 to 99, corn May 53 or 53.5, oats No. 2 white 51, rye 74 to 78, hay values around 8.50 to 9.00, butter 32, eggs 19. Live stock notes list cattle receipts 300 and hogs 6,000 with prices from 3.45 to 4.52. Chicago figures include wheat May 4.90, oats May 51.44, pork May 11.75, lard May 8.85. Auction sale ad and a probate notice follow.
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Kansas City
Chicago
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