New York Mayoral Race Foreseen by Voters and Parties
New York mayoral race forecasts show three major groups mobilizing, each urging voters to turnout with strong plans. The piece notes candidates’ confidence alongside party organizations preparing a strenuous final push before election day. It also reviews Kansas fiscal data on Douglas county debt under cash basis rules, comparing per capita burden and county standing among state counties. A British wart debt delegation reports no progress after talks with U.S. officials, leaving the issue unresolved as the Americans stand firm on the last agreement.
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Douglas County
J. T
Doc) Moore
Pittsburg
Crawford
Kansas
Dougla County
United States
Ing
Liquor Taxes Alter Wets View on Revenue Relief
Wets who near their long sought victory in prohibition now rethink liquor taxes as relief for taxpayers. A year ago advocates claimed revenue would flood in to ease the federal deficit and fund relief programs, but current talks hint at a shift in expected benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Bonnerell
Best
Honey Bear
Grandpa Grouchy Galump
Sue
Jelly
Grandpa Great Y Galump
Jelly Bear
Government Fails to Satisfy Farmers in Roosevelts Plan
The piece argues liquor taxes burden the poor and fuel bootlegging, while farm relief plans from five governors are rejected by President Roosevelt. It notes a growing radical fringe in the middle west pushing for direct action as farmers grow distrustful. Some conclude government aid is diminishing and that less may be the only way to help farmers.
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Roosevelt
Middle West
Old Home Town Notes Ten Years Ago Highlights
In 1916 November 6 events include Mrs C M Young hosting dinner for Clinton's 12th birthday, Mrs H M Corder announcing Pearl to Albert Jones marriage, and Miss Edna Walters relatives quilting at 1512 Massachusetts Street. Roll in Posey passed amateur radio exam. theater listings feature The Spoilers and Human Wreckage. Lawrence High School honors list names top students with three Bs and several honorable mention earners.
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C. M. Young
Clinton
H. M. Corder
Pearl
Albert Jones
Atchison
Jones
Vermont Street
C. G. Perkins
J. H. Saunders
J. H
Anderson
New York City
Tennessee Street
Rollin Posey
Kansas City
Varsity Theatre
Milton Sills
Anna Q. Nilssen
Barbara Bedford
Robert Edeson
Wallace MacDonald
Rockliffe Fellowes
Sam de Grasse
Bowersock
Wallace Reid
Lawrence High School
Bernard Bloch
Marguerita Hurwitz
Rose McCulloch
Elizabeth Schunger
Olive Weatherby
Marguerite Lescher
Genevieve Herriott
Magdalena Noe
Edwin Lane
Leona Marah
Thomas Cable
Helen Churchill
Frank Strong
Agnes Lenahan
Alice Lackey
Quentin Newcomb
Goldie Hoffman
Mabel Genther
Edna ,Lemon
Aldred Wilson
Lottie Harrell
Huberta Russell
Emma Herriott of Pennsy Honored in Brief Notebook
A brief item from twenty five years ago notes Miss Emma Herriott of Pennsylvania mentioned on the Monday November 6 notice. The fragment indicates an acknowledgment or social note from the era.
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Emma Herriott
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A dated humor piece titled Poor Pa by Claude Callan dryly presents a rural scene in which a new preacher is described as so modern that Ma refuses to bake church cakes, arguing salvation cannot be earned by cooking. Copyright 1828 Publishers Syndicate.
Lawrence obituaries and notices from Forties era column
Fortieth year column reports residents visiting friends in Lawrence and travel to Kansas City and Garnett for leisure. Mentions Miss Carrie Dorward and others attending performances, Harding-Smith wedding at the bride’s parents home, Mrs. Reynolds visiting, and typhoid cases reported in the city. Also notes a runway accident near the bridge, a cook shine fundraiser, and local fires with minor damage.
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Vanis
Lawrence
C. B. Fullerton
J. W. Miller
Kansas
Carrie
Kansas City
F. J. Hiskey
Garnett
Kan
Carrie Dorward
Kansas ‘City
Cw Carman
Sensas Ci
Basle
C. K. Dow
A. C. Griesa
Ernest Young
Frank Jones
Griesa
A. M. Reynolds
Brenda Palm
Chi
A. Palm
Belle Swearingen
Conservatory of Fine Arts of
Boston
Jas, Sullivan and Son
L. Stevens
Thad Sven
Arkansas
B. ‘Trainer
Connecticut Street
Pickett
Deen Ih Dillon
Ishama Street
John Olson
Delaware Street
Lambertson Risco
H. Marvin
Far
Flashes of Life from a Patchwork Urgent News Fragment
A mosaic of brief items outlines a day’s events from Tulsa to Minneapolis. Odd anecdotes include a football result, a charity fund surplus, a German-born centenarian who avoids beer and cinema, a marriage trend, a churchless man with a pay me auto sign, a beleaguered postal bull delaying Uncle Sam’s mails, and a bull loitering near a municipal airport as a mail plane waits.
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Tulsa
Estonia
Oklahoma
Guiengan Hats
Marie Liesdon
Altho
Germany
Crown Point
Ind
the . O. Stevens
Minneapolis
Uncle Sam
Outrageous Fortune at Hale Place Mystery Deepens
Caroline Leigh uncovers a tangled web at Hale Place as suspicions swirl around Jim and the Van Berg case. Susie Van Berg arrives with shocking claims about fingerprints and hidden emeralds while Caroline weighs family ties and a dangerous confession to come.
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Hale Place
Caraline
Leigh
Caroline
Riddell
Jim
Jimmy Riddell
Abena
Nanna
Sosa
Rene
Ellis
Caro
Patay
Fex
Gance
Caroline Leigh
Nesta
Susie
Io van Berg
Susie van Berg
Hetter
Robert
Meanie van Berg
Wee Ah
Pat Saeed
Susie van Bere
J. Es Lippincott . Co
This Date Kansas History November 5 2897 editorial note
A Topeka Advocate piece states Populists and Democrats will not fuse in 1900. Ottawa's J. P. Hiserson is named Republican candidate for congress in the Bees Second District. Peters of Kansas City, Kan contests Peters election alleging fraud in two wards.
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Pefferin
Topeka Advocate
J. P. Hiseris
Ottawa
Om the Bees
Nason Ss. Peters
Kansas
Rae
Peters
Kansas City
Kan
Discovering California Gold at Coloma in 1847
In December 1847 Capt J A Sutter and J W Marshall began a sawmill at Coloma. Marshall found a gold nugget in January, sparking a rush that brought about 42 000 men to California within two years and led to nearly two million dollars in gold production.
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California
J. A. Sutter
J. W. Marshall
Coloma
Marshall
Gladiolus spelling debate rattles Latin scholars in Wooster
A garbled AP wire piece from Wooster Ohio discusses how to spell the plural of gladiolus, with Latin scholars weighing options from gladiola to gladioluses. The fragment notes Theodore Gourley and references a 1933 homicide count and a coming celebration spanning late May.
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Gladioli Wooster
Ohio
J. Gourley
Petadioli
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