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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1902
Page
2
In a dense Kansas dispatch, political maneuvering toward congress nominations is debated. The piece cites Henry Allen, Ubarsley Scott, and John Macdonald analyzing support, with references to editors and delegates, and commentary on the Democratic stance and national figures.
An advertisement from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio touts Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills as remedies for catarrh and related deafness. It offers $100 for any case of deafness due to catarrh not cured by the catarrh cure and invites readers to request free circulars.
The Douglas county list shows numerous candidates subject to Republican primaries and conventions for county clerk, treasurer, coroner, attorney, superintendent, and register of deeds. The announcements designate W N Stubbe, Churchill, Geo A Flory, J R Griggs, M A Gorrill, and others as contenders with dates and ward assignments for primary delegates.
The readable fragments mention a SWLECE event or location with scattered proper nouns such as New Drek and Liat, plus references to tracks, bots, and a tuned effort. The text is highly garbled with no clear narrative or dates, making precise reporting difficult.
Ernest Weild, a soldier accused of traitorous acts in Luzon, was moved through Kansas City as a prisoner of the military authorities on his way to Mare Island after being arrested in St. Louis. He deserted to join Filipinos and led three engagements against Americans. sentenced to hang, he escaped a ship when sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
A clash at Bragg erupts after alleged thefts by African Americans lead to shooting and arson. Five Black men and one white man are wounded. a white man is killed after authorities report a mob attacked a whitesettlement and fired. The incident prompts U.S. Marshal involvement. Separately, J. W. Voight, a drummer, shot May Welch in Minneapolis, then killed himself after a lovers quarrel.
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