Republic Adrift After Collision in Fog Near Massachusetts
The White Star steamer Republic bound from New York to the Mediterranean, with 461 aboard, was jammed by an unknown vessel twenty six miles south of Martha’s Vineyard in fog. The wireless alerted rescuers and Italian steamer Florida came to take off the passengers and crew, with reports later stating the Republic could remain afloat but would abandon ship as more people were transferred. A separate classifieds snippet seeks help in pressmaking at 740 Mississippi Street.
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Boston
Mass
White Star Line
Republic
New York
Kautacket
Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Vineyard Haven
T.hat Leen
Paid in Full to Play at Opera House Tonight
An all star company presents Paid in Full this evening at the Opera House. The production, a major hit of the season, has drawn crowded houses nationwide and will continue with a return engagement in Kansas City. The troupe, noted for previous sold out shows, promises a strong performance tonight.
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Opera House
Kansas City
KILLED IN COLLISION NEAR ALTOONA AND OTHER BRIEF ITEMS
A rear end collision on the St. Louis express near Altoona, Pennsylvania, kills three and injures several, as sections of the train are held up by freights. Other items note Taft’s Panama trip departure, floodwaters receding in Stockton, Leiter’s improving condition in Chicago, Prince Henry’s balloon ascent, and Parker Pens advertised in Boston.
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Altoona
St. Louis Express
Antsylva
Defara
Altouna
Seeaml
Union Protests Topeka Industrial Council Rift at Manhattan
Union protesters challenged the Topeka Industrial Council while targeting the engineering school at Manhattan over a trade teacher dispute. Organizers accused officials of unfair practices and demanded policy changes. The confrontation drew local attention from students and faculty.
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Topeka Industrial Council Raps
Manhattan
Topeka Society Feuds Spark Political Bill Debate
A Topeka Industrial council resolution condemns state funds tied trade schools at University and Agricultural College. Rep Brown introduces the Brown bill limiting university and college courses, while local clubs hold Valentine events and society gatherings with programs, readings, music, and dinners.
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Topeka
University
State Agricultural College
Jihe Engineering School
Manhattan
Topeka Industrial Council
Industrial Council of
Brown
King-wan
Agricultural College
State University
Phi Beta Kappa Election At College Eighteen Senior Elected
The Phi Beta Kappa honorary society elected eleven senior students to membership. Those named are Gertrude Edith Copley Mable Eggleston Paul Vance Faragher George Robinson Hiatt Ruby Caroline Hossford Addie Jackson Fay Eumet Livengood Maud A Maffet Amy Merstetter Cora Eugene Sterling Willard Austin Wattles.
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Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
College of the University
Gertrude Edith Copley
Mable Eggleston
Paul Vance Faragher
George Robinson Hiatt
Ruby Caroline Llosford
Addie Jackson
Fay Eumet Livengood
Maud A. Maffet
Amy Merstetter
Cora Eugene Sterling
Willard Austin Wattles
Five Italians Die After Robbery in Suburb
Five Italians recently discharged from factory work staged a paymaster robbery in a London suburb. When pressed by police and workers they opened fire, killing and wounding several pursuers. Surrounded, they died by their own action.
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London
Dan
Killi
Final arguments in Missouri rate cases in federal court
Kansas City Missouri January 24 final arguments were expected today before Judge McPherson in federal court. F W Lehman of St Louis opened for the state followed by Gardiner Lathrop Santa Fe general solicitor presenting the railway viewpoint.
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Kansas City
McPherson
F. W. Lehman
St. Louis
Gardiner Lathrop
Santa Fe Railway
February 1 District Court Terms Open With 88 Docketed Cases
The February term of the district court will convene on Monday February 1 with Judge C A Smart on the bench. The docket shows six criminal and eighty two civil cases. ten divorce actions are continued from the prior term. Notable entries include assaults with intent to kill and a burglary case.
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C. A. Smart
He i. Asher
J. M. Weill
Philip Steser
Tises
Othe County
Morker
Moir
National Salvage Company
D. M. Weill
Fred Keebling
Endora
South Africa
Ten Hold A Fair Directors Meeting In Fraternal Aid Hall
The directors held a meeting yesterday afternoon at Fraternal Aid Hall electing officers. F W Smith of Omaha attended. several locals from Kansas City Ottawa and Lawrence were noted visiting. Indictments expected in Creek Nation old towns. genuine sensations anticipated.
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Fair Directors
Fraternal Aid Hall
F. W. Smith
Omaha
Weir
Kansas City
EassEutehughe
Lecumpton
Margaret Lyon
Pal
Nelle Selmeider
Tillie Renter
Liveupton
Cisde Keiler
Ottawa
Independence
Phi Gamma Delta House
Lucien Hufline
Butlert
Olives
J. T. Constant
Ellingwood
Viva McKenzie
Baldwin
Joh Darrough
Emily Palmer
Fort Collins
Cal
Chace Shepard
Gertrude Kirchall
Margaret McFadden
Kasas City
Adrienne Atkinson
J.N. van der Vries
Chas. Brooks
Lawrence
Wilmer Kinsman
Colorado Springs
Col
Maude Brockersby
Creek Nation
Twenty five new bills introduced in Topeka session
In Topeka on January 23 the house focused on twenty five new bills including a bank forantees measure and a primary date shift bill moving the state primary to the first Tuesday in June. The Edwards anti-cigarette bill and a proposal to require newspapers to publish accurate circulation figures were advanced. Hargis related turmoil described as a self-inflicted foot wound and hospital condition noted amid ongoing tuberculosis campaign efforts.
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Topeka
Pam
Stalionss
Watson
Whrohm
Cromley
Landers
Kyle
Uwu
Board of Health
Aon
Beech Harwusgis
Edwards
Guy
James Hargis
Hargis
Harlan South
Langis
Dead in a landslide linked crime and folly in Creek nation
A Kentucky man who killed his father then shot himself during a drunken spree is under $25,000 bond after his arrest. In Muskogee Oklahoma tensions rise as Creek Nation towns face grand jury fraud indictments. Cromwell testifies as the federal inquiry into suspected newspaper frauds continues in Washington.
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Muskogee
Okla
Muckogee
Tsilsa
Sapulpa
Wagener
Bufata
Shecotal
Oktmalgee
Commissioners Meet in session at court house for the coming year
Amid a busy county agenda, commissioners met at the courthouse to outline the year’s work. The minutes list routes including Clinton, Thurber road, and Davis road as priorities, with notes on township plans and county papers for the upcoming year.
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We Dasa Et Reaneye Tomenissionys
Court House
Todas
Geses
Ian
Clinton Titslitfress
Thurber Road
Wakarusa
Davis Road
Msion
Davis
Erand Tatas
Asefnl
Lawrence county fair planned with elected officers
At a Fraternal Aid ball meeting yesterday seventeen directors and citizens chose W. E. Spalding as president and J. E. Bask as vice president for a Lawrence county fair to be held next year. An executive committee was formed to set dates, subcommittees, and venue plans, with efforts focused on securing merchant cooperation and a possible electric shuttle to relieve access to the fairgrounds. The group emphasized Lawrence and Douglas County unity and pledged not to delay a county fair another year.
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Douglas County
Ty Hs
W. E. Spalding
Arzave
J. E. Bask
Elmer Brown
Doughes County
Lawrenes
Dunglis County
Lawrence
United Mine Workers Prepare for Conference on Wage Scale
In Indianapolis on January 23 the United Mine Workers appoint a special committee to confer with operators on a new mine wage scale before the April 1 expiration. Members include Alexander Howett, J. R. Stewart, and George Cudville, representing Kansas bituminous fields and Oklahoma. The national organization will officially request a wage proposal.
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United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers Today
Alexander Howett
Kansas
J. R. Stewart
Oklaa
George Cudville
National
Firemen misled by street misreadings. blaze at Lake Street
The fire department mistook the location due to a contused alarm and misspelled Maine Main streets. They rushed to 323 Main Street instead of the Lake Street site in North Lawrence, where William Bly’s home had a small blaze blamed on smoked meat in the basement. The fire was out when responders arrived. A Valentine postcard and a jewelry gift from Gus Tofsen’s are noted as appreciated gestures.
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Barbara
Caldan
Southzance
Deadarn Pueilie
Denheman
Charles
Vrast
North America
Eurance
Haymunds
Lawrence
Maine
Mai Street
Valentine
Gustofsen
Donald
Roscoe Stubbs
Sandsey
Mass
Topeka
Leonogenc
W. M. Sparr
Bismark Stubbs
Faye
Bismark Grove
Local Classifieds Show Mixed Ads in Busy Town
Mixed notices list for sale rental and employment in a small town. Entries include livestock for sale horses and mules, a two story brick residence for sale, a keeper position sought, vacant lots for sale, and office space for rent. Names places and contact hints appear amid fragmented sentences and OCR-like errors.
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Business Directory
Attorneys-At-Law
L. H. Menger
Usetta Street
Barker & Means
Alttorneys-at-Law
Ofice
S. T Gillispie
Bor
Warren
L. Chambers
Poistinene
Bell
C. J. Simmons
Onice
Phaone
Vialla
Oc. Morse
Woodward & Co" & Co
Droge
G. W. Jones
Suita E A
Uealdence
Shue Telephones
Weil and Home
J. R. Gechtel
Chusette
Hesidence
Tennesseaircet
Blair
Vermont St
John C. Rudolph
Jacky
Ralph E. Barnes
Peg
Mt D
City Drug Store
Louisiana
Rachel Fisher
New Santa FE
Drode
New
Jung
Donnelly Sros
Stabia
New Hampahire
Winthrop Bta
Lawrence, Kaos
Oliver
Barding
M. Morrison
Mork Bros. & Sharp
Eldridge
Liv. Wack and
Boone Stable
Rabner
Heck Calla
George A. Banks , Son
Faxon-Newman
Educator
Sreamer
Vaire
Mississippi Street
H.W
Neady
Tiewge Ke McKay
Sedaka
Taft
Panama
Augusta
Charleston
S. Uy
Stockton
Leiter
Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Prince Henry
Berlin
Monk Bros. & Sharpepool and Prussie
Emperor
Howling Alleys
Mili- Management
Tegel
Boughton
Mass. St
Rebekah
Lilly Gwinn
Thomas Minerva Club
Mr. Gregg
Miss Lilly Gwinn
Sulu
Bert Gwinn
Lucy
Bessie Largis
Kate “Brown
Bessie Hargis
Todd
Alr
Young
Mona Eberle
Miss Eberle
Women’s Club
The
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A. KE. Huddleston
Euchre
Diev. W. W. Bolt
Charles Sheldon
Carrie Watson
Bessie Noyes Haymond
Mississippi
Schubert
Schamana
Franz
Bohm
Grieg
Tschaikowsky
Norway
Austin
Jaymounds Drugstore
PHI Beta Kappa
Missouri
W. Instrumenta
Ashington
Europe
Springfield
Iilinois Central
Potsdam
Messina
Ber ‘Lis
Continent
England
Caspian
Russia
Afghanistan
India
Ilumburg
Plauen
Germany
Vienna
Viewnus
Poland
Adriatic Sea
Stuttgart
Washington
Weather Bureau
Teoeki
Sind
D.C. Eads
J. J. Cox
B. M. Gregory
Alice Hammad
Maude
Gorrill Kurshberger
Adames Perine
Bertha Perine
Warren Bettis
J. W. Scott
Miles Owens
North Lawrence
Means
Doctor
Beech Hargis
Cromwell
Wien
Federal Grand Jury
Newark World
Indianapolis News
Willam Nelson Cromwell
Wats Praed
Jacks
Nesses
Ouray
Col Grand Junction
Col. Jan
Camp Bird Mine
S. G. Douhilt
Peter Symot
George Kneer
Julio Wittmer
Cow Jhouse
Union City
Tens
Edward Marshall
Will Admlin
Hamlin
Mass. Street
Home Book Co
Cooper
Nashville
Cooper-Sharp
Hart
George A. Messer
Massachusetts Street
S. Special Bulletia
McCalleel's
Gustafson
Jay Sbyae
Hay—Choice
Timothy
I Choice
Prairie
Butter—Creamery
Tiga
Aurora
Vanterille
Miss la Warde
Watkins National Beak
Toecer
Caabler
Jason
Cashiar
Wateine
Tucks
Weis Hazen
J. House
Bautchell
C. Moura
Feynaie
W. R Stubbs
W. EB
Soorga Tees
Luther N. Lewis
Eeeinich
J. Sweeney
Jacob Hines
J. & Stubbe
Mungros
M. Newmark
A. Marka Q
Gravconr
M. G. Manley
W. F. Marco
Eben Baldwin
A. Monakoe
W. F. March
Cashier
A. Wood
Cashiec
Towa
Etrenkation 725
Traumn
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Marely
Arhtress J.N. Basnts
Blue Mound
Rhode Island St
Boener Bros E. A
Youngman
Bert
J. W. Care Journal
Neil
J. E
Larris
West Warren Street
Masy
Sales Hurry
Florence
Gear
Theadore Stearns, Cunduetgr
Woulward & Co
Wille
Guatntsen
Stubbs Boys
Bowersuck
Florence Gear
Smart
Marrying Mary
Jules Murr
Basil
C. A. Quintard
Hortense Nielsen
Herman Sudermann
Magda
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