System of Peonage at Pensacola Looms Large
Reports from Pensacola dated July 27 describe three men from Lockhart Alabama fleeing Camp Jackson Lumber Company after brutal treatment by bloodhounds. The incident highlights alleged peonage conditions and demands for protection. A separate line notes a wreck near Louisville with an engine and crew injured, and passengers unharmed.
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Pensacla
Fla
Ehreda
Mora
Camp Jackson Lumber Company
Lockhart
Alabama
Jackson Company
Sultans Troops Win London With New Victory Parade
A Tangiers dispatch reports a major all day engagement near Malaya where the pretenders forces were routed. The victors, Sultans' troops, suffered heavy losses but paraded the district with eagle badges on bayonets as trophies of the victory.
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London
Tangiers
Morocco
Malaya
Real estate offer mix for Lawrence area sale and exchange
A. G. Parsons seeks buyers for houses and farms, with payments and down payments, listing small farms near Lawrence and rental properties in Kansas City Kansas. W Murphy offers a new ten room home on Judiana Street for trade for farm land or a city drug store. WS Fergisor Kansas City Kansas advertises rental property exchange for a Lawrence home.
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Lawrance
A.G. Parsons
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City
Liquire Ag Hous
City Drug
W Murphy
Kansas City
Kansas
Lawrence
Fergisor
Kapsan
Nibidth Street
Roosevelt talks over rail rates with new ICC member
President Roosevelt met with ERic Clark newly appointed Interstate Commerce Commission member to discuss the railroad rate law and how enforcement should be carried out. The lively session aimed to align ideas on regulation and rate enforcement while in Wyster Bay on July 27.
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Wyster Bay
Roosevelt
Eric Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tevel
Markets by wire Kansas and Chisago cattle quotes
Markets by wire report Kansas Oley and Chisago on July 27 show beef steers to 2.85 08 40 per hundredweight stockers 2.01 25 cows 1.25 10 heavy hogs around 6.50 108 packers 4.60 108. Kansas City wheat and corn futures listed for July and September with mixed bids and cash quotes.
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Coloss
Chisago
Kansas City
Wheat
Davis Refuses Petitions Circulation in Local Party Row
Lawrence report details Davis disclosing he cannot circulate Stubbs petitions due to county central committee stance. He cites duties of chair and support for the issues while declining to take action without committee authorization. The piece notes Stubbs’ strong home base and potential political shift if trust erodes.
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Aly
Lawrence
Topeka
Geg L Dave
Rapublican County Central Committee
Stubbs
County Capital Committee
Davis
Republican
Stubba
Toa Jourist
Journal Today
Quppty Seatres Committee
Congressions Committee
Atats Committee
Gov Hoch’s Kansan defense in Journal statement
The Journal prints Gov Hoch’s address defending campaign issues Hay Timothy Choice and the administration. It cites wheat and commodity prices and urges voters to read the statement. Widespread references to markets appear alongside promotional notes for Waldemano’s and Mrs Preotiss’ Home Store.
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Ayes
Hach
Kansas
Timothy
H Bo
Chicago
The School Proposition And Barnes Law Debate
The county faces a vote on the 1905 high school act to provide free high school education within Douglas County for all pupils. Advocates cite universal access, countywide funding, and improved facilities, with a one mill levy proposed to support the schools. Government mules bought for Linxell Institute farms. emphasis on fall plowing and Haskell barn supplies.
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Board of County Commissioners
Lawrence
Lecompton
Retara
Thia County
Douglas County
Pentra
Linxkell Institute
Twenty Five Hurt In St Louis San Francisco Derailment
Springfield July 27 Twenty five passengers were injured two possibly fatally and over a dozen more shaken when three coaches derailed after leaving the station on the St Louis and San Francisco line ten minutes late. The forward coach toppled on its side, with passengers injured and hospital reports awaited. In Chicago Judge Landis ruled Zion City property does not belong to Dowie or his followers, the trust eroded and Dowie not entitled to control the assets. Receiver appointment denied.
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Springfield
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
John Alexander Dowle
Wilbur Volljvia
Zion City
Industriea
Dowie
Aleander Granger
Headless body found in berry patch near Warren Ohio
A headless man body was found in a berry patch near Leavittsburg, with the head later found in a hayfield. The deceased was Albert Kennedy of Ellis, Missouri, who had $300 earlier and a daughter missing after Kennedy planned to bring her to Ohio. Kennedy was last seen June 26 in Kansas City and may have been transported or killed near Leavittsburg. Police investigate possible involvement of a dog in moving the head. Also noted, Missouri Supreme Court sent transcripts in a murder case, and an unrelated ad for balsam and vanilla ice cream.
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Kennedy
Snde
Ohio
Kansas City
Leavisbourg
Carbon Paper Zephyr Onton Ekin Finish Carbon Paper
An advertisement touts carbon paper for manifolding claiming it yields twelve good copies per write and produces brilliant copies. It asserts suitability for use in offices, promises quality output, and directs readers to buy at the local store.
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Zephyr
Accommodating Milkman Causes Cow Milking Incident
A Lawresos family lent a cow to a neighbor family for summer care. The son mishandled milking while the third evening a roomer filled a bucket with rich milk, revealing he had milked the cow. The incident involves the accommodating man who also served as sanitary inspector for student rooms.
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Lawresos
Tarpy Undergoes Eye Removal At St Margaret's Hospital
John Tarpy underwent eye removal surgery at St Margaret's Hospital in Kansas City yesterday afternoon. Dr Anderson assisted and reports the operation was entirely successful. Tarpy is expected to remain in the hospital for about two weeks. In Chicago, July 2, John Chintley was appointed receiver of Zion with bonds set at 925,000, as adjudication against Dowie was set aside.
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John Tarpy
St Margaret’s Hospital
Kansas, City
Anderson
Tarpy
Hengital
Woska
Chicago
John Chintley
Zion
Journal job department boosts output at Wolters
The Journal job department continues to excel with improved work. Readers are invited to view the paper offered for sale at 86 and 100 rolls at Wolts, highlighting notable progress and value.
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Journal Job Department
Revolt in Russia Forges On Amid Reform Talks
July 27 report from St Petersburg says the emperor maintains a reform program while suppressing parliament. A reorganized cabinet with nonbureaucratic elements may push strong handed reforms. Governors are instructed to curb meetings and arrest revolutionary elements. Decision on a general strike remains unsettled as conspirators adjust to military pressure.
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Stalypine’ Pur- Pone
Stolypin i
Placiog
Stolyin
Paraoug
Annatitutional Democrate
Petersburg
Poland
Seminovsky Guard
Cronstad
Etrike
Chitwood Daughter Elopes With Deshields In Kansas City
Tuesday afternoon Baasle Chitwood eloped with Tarry DeShields formerly a Western Union messenger. They married in Kansas City and returned to tell their parents. After explanations the family harmony returned and the couple planned to reside in Colorado.
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Baasle Chitwood
Lawrence
Tarry Deshieldr
Western Union Telegraph Co
Kansas City
Chitwood
DeShields
Colorado
Your Vacation to Colorado Promises Pure Air and Grand Sights
Travel copy touts Colorado as a land of lofty recreation from golf to hunting and boating. It notes affordable round trip rates to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo via Union Pacific with well equipped trains. Contact E & Alexander city ticket agent for rates and Colorado literature.
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Colorado Springa
Pueblo
Union Pacific
E & Aleander
Kildridge House
Mystery Dispatch Claim Solves Czar's Stock Upset
A rumpled dispatch from St Petersburg dated July 25 outlines a chaotic scene as a mysterious stranger named WY Morgan influences the czar. The czar names delegations, boasts a growing lead, and plans a convention with a 73 percent majority, while a revolutionist delegation seeks admission. Morgan warns of trouble in Kansas if the czar visits Hutchinson during the primary.
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White
St. Petersburg
Statiatian Bureau
Revolutioniats
Atranger
Czar
Volga
Neva
Vibourg
Revolutioniste
Ihutchinaon News
Roya
WY Morgan
St Petersburg
Kansas
Morgan
Hutchinson
Ory
Questioning if Thaw would be saved by insanity plea
The article argues that Harry Thaw would likely not be spared by an insanity plea and cites a Kansas case where a wife killed her husband. The coroner found temporary insanity at act time, but not at verdict time, leading to arrest and repeated trials. It notes the killer had been kind to her husband and had no prior visible signs of abnormality.
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Harry Thaw
Kansas
Jaden
Harry
Patent Medicine Warnings From Doctor on Free Samples
A doctor warns that neighboring Ottawa plans to ban distributing free patent medicine samples. He sketches chaotic misuses such as pink pills talcum powder satin cough syrup river requatters and medicinal teas, cautioning about harm to children and urging caution as summer heat rises. Local ads mention Bervey buying rags and old iron and Raymonds Racks serving Wiedemanns log or sam along with old wheat Hungarian dour and Black Seal cigars popular in Lawrence.
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Ottawa
Social and Personal Notices from Local Daily
Social and personal items report Cal O E Learnard returning from Burlington with son Paul in improving health. Several residents plan extended trips, including Mrs A A Ross to Springfield Missouri and Captain Dykstra to Aberdeen South Dakota. Notices cover journeys to Wisconsin, Colorado, Canada, and Oregon, a marriage announcement, and social events at the Congregational church with a phonograph added for entertainment.
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Cal O E Learnard
Burlington, Vt
Paul
Christian Hedeavor
Congregational Church
Paul Landis
Massachusetts
Rejected Nomination and Local Notices in July Chronicle
The Chanceleries of the Legion of Honor again declined Sarah Bernhardt's cross nomination despite Mr Briand's public stance. Oyster Bay reports postmaster appointments in Waterloo and Elk Point, with additional entries detailing local notices and advertisements for electrical home comfort devices and remedies, including a fatal event linked to Dick Broschigger lotion.
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Paria
Legion of Honor
Sarah Bernhardt
Cross of the Legion
Briand
Will of Runsall Saga Leaves Most to Widow
New York July 27 report states Runsall Saga's fortune largely goes to his widow with a charitable bequest noted. The will gives no indication of the estate's value beyond these bequests and a few small gifts to relatives.
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Runsall Saga
Sage
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