12 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1902
Page
1
An official record lists Legeon as residing at 713 Vermuuk Ob, with entry indicating CCM Office address details. The notice notes associated administrative actions and ongoing proceedings affecting the subject.
In Columbia Missouri on November 12 the Butler trial heard Dr Albert Merrell of the St Louis board of health testify that Butler offered 2400 to secure a garbage contract by pressuring the board. Merrell described a plan to bid higher and hinted at a bribe if appointed.
Miss Koma Summershy, formerly at Ladain Creek school, was killed when she slipped between cars as a Union Pacific train stopped to let children off. She lived in Dodge City, Kansas. A large reward has been offered in New York for Victor Keschamethy, charged with stealing $157,000 in government lands from Budapest. In Chicago, over 300 Ellsworth & Company workers struck for higher wages, with cereal workers forming a union and signaling possible wider action. In Massville a man jumped into a well to end his life amid illness and hardship. A Missouri judge ruled on the state whiskey tax.
Pittsburg November 12 President Roosevelt rode through Pittsburg this morning en route to a Mississippi hunting camp soon after Memphis where he would join President Fish of the Illinois Central and Secretary Cortelyou for a hunt. A camp near a railroad town in southern Mississippi awaits with bears reported plentiful and some panthers rumored in the area.
Washington reports five coal firms reply to arbitration statements, showing unanimity with President Mitchell on recognizing the United Mine Workers of America. The responses also oppose wage, hour, and weighing demands for mine workers, with Recorder Wright reviewing the position for the anthracite region. The replies include Reading, Delaware & Hudson, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia & Scranton Coal.
An important conference on the Cuban reciprocity treaty was held at the war department today with Secretary Hay, Secretary Knox, and General Bliss participating. Bliss attended for his expertise on Cuban tariffs as the Cuban minister failed to deliver the draft treaty, which left Havana.
The Frisods in Coanci have donated seventeen volumes for the high school library including eight volumes from the Americas Statesmen series on Jefferson Monroe Adams Hamilton and Webster. Five volumes cover art classes and painting German Flemish Dutch Spanish and French painters architecture and engraving. Also two volumes of Lippincotts Gazetteer and two volumes of Thomas Dictionary of Biography. These books are modern and suitable for high school use.
The Kansas state case against Henry Parsons over a house fire attracted a large crowd in the district court. Defense witnesses challenged the state's case and attempted to impeach Parsons' character and prove no alibi as testimony continued into the morning.
Fragmentary railway item mentions stations along Siberian routes and passenger counts, with scattered figures and garbled phrases. Mentions French taxis and munitions cogs with unclear context. many words unreadable, leaving no clear event or outcome.
Supt H B Peairs reports on education progress among Tadians with 77 percent of 1902 graduates at work and supporting families. Miller Minisary sells to Miss Mary Cawthorne of Clinton Iowa, who assumes charge. Lawrence merchants close for Thanksgiving.
A fragmentary column notes Mrs Margin Sutester planning a women focused periodical, Gertane tight becomes New York sanitary inspector, Mrs Walter Ferrier wins a local leadership post, Minne Staly wears a family heirloom dress, Loulet supports coeducation, and mentions various women’s activities and patents with sparse biographical bits.
A collage of brief opinions on public figures from several papers. Mentions Jabinski the Polish giant and his alleged titles, William Waldorf Astor, Sir Thomas Lipton alongside Americans, Russell Sage on prices, and Captain Anson entering politics. Also notes Captain J Visser, Boer chief, arriving in America and facing missed opportunities amid new surroundings.
Mina Geraldine Evans will spend winter in New York as an artist and lustrator. Boatoo artist Lady Kitson has completed two bas reliefs of Japanese art to be bronze cast for Tokyo Museum of Arts. Tolstoi, guest at Moody’s English panel, inspires an elaborate biography of his forthcoming works for popular form. Edward Armings, famed animal sculptor, plans to study animal movements at the National Zoo in Washington and prepare several new animal groups.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton recalls a winter sleigh journey to Lyons New York where impassable roads delayed her lecture and tested her resolve. The narrative links her rough travel to early ambitions and recounts her first Woman’s Rights Convention memories and family influences in New York.
An article describes Cuban farmers adopting cheesecloth in tobacco culture to protect plants from a moth whose larvae damage leaves. It notes guards against pests, methods of destruction, and the impact on wrapper quality, plus a Cuban congress bill allowing duty-free import of responsive materials for these plots.
The Commercial Club of Philadelphia reports daily inquiries from diverse countries seeking where to obtain American manufactured goods. Correspondents request details on textile machinery, mining gear, shipyard equipment, cables, insurance campaigns, chemicals, cement machinery, hemlock tar, sole leather, rolled and imitation gold jewelry, telegraph wire, glass, and more. The letters reflect broad demand for U.S. products and services.
The New York Post notes crepe de chine dominates evening wear as transparent collars and fancy waistlines return. Fur coats appear in many styles from boxy to long, with openwork points and scallops. durable fabrics like mohair and serge suit day and travel outfits, while mourning gowns are planned in various fabrics and textures.
A Louisville artist Stefennuzh is paid to paint portraits of thief executives of his state Roy Farrellreene of Arkannes City Mo. Frederick Wellington Ruckstuhl is named chief of sculpture for the world's fair and will oversee modeling of all sculptural effects at the exposition. The piece recalls Mark Antokolaki, a noted sculptor and his lineage.
Chicago market notes show cattle and hog bids including native sweeners and feeders with various price levels. Local grain firm Hanbas City Grain Kansas City reports multiple futures and price quotes, while a large well-lit hall is advertised for rent for dances and social events by George H. Smith and E Keuenits Jr.
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