Bank Commissioner Dolley Targets Stock Sharks in Kansas
Topeka, Kansas. J N Dolley state bank commissioner believes Burr Brothers and other wild cat stock brokers raided by post office inspectors took 700000 to 300000 dollars from Kansas citizens. He proposes interdepartmental cooperation to root out get rich quick schemes and offers to provide investigations for Kansans who request them.
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Topeka
Kansas
J. N. Dolley
Burr Brothers
New York
Government Post Office
Dolley
Postoffice
Not Anxious About the Tariff Special Session
Washington leaders oppose a special session to push tariff reform. House leader Champ Clark says there is virtually no chance of an extra session and notes only Washington hotels and merchants favor it. Representative James R. Mann echoes the view, while Republicans broadly oppose the idea.
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Champ Clark
Congress
Washington
D. C
Democratic House
James R. Mann
Chicago
Duma Honors Tolstoy Amid Controversy in St Petersburg
The Duma adjourned to honor Count Leo Tolstoy, a move delayed by a wrangle with the extreme right who argued it would challenge the Greek Catholic church. Some asserted the Duma as a state institution opposed Tolstoy.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Duma
Leo Tolstoy
Count Tolstoy
Uma
Horses Bring Good Prices in Oberlin Farm Sale
Oberlin Kansas reports a strong horse market despite rising car use. J R Duff of Norton County sold three horses last week two two year old colts for 675 dollars total averaging 225 dollars per head. Horses remain scarce and command high prices even as motor cars increase.
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Oberlin
Kansas
J. R. Duff
Norton County
Sixty One Horses Fetch $45,015 at Old Glory Sale
New York buyers purchased all sixty one horses cataloged for the Old Glory sale. The auction realized a total of $45,015 with every horse selling.
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New York
N. Y
Gale
Governor Carroll Wins Iowa Victory by 18444 Vote Lead
Complete official election returns show Gov. Carroll with 205 607 votes to Claude Porter 187 163 Democrat in Des Moines Iowa a lead of 18 444 for Carroll.
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Gov. Carroll
Des Moines
Iowa
Claude Porter
Cov. Carroll
Des Moines Family Perishes in Essex Fire From Exploding Lamp
A Des Moines mother Ilona Flow her daughter May five years old and Mrs Fetrenberg perished when their Essex house burned after a lamp exploded. The blaze destroyed the residence and the victims were burned to death.
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Des Moines
Ilona
Flow
Fetrenberg
Mayburn
Essex
Socialist Editor Sentenced to Six Months and Fine
F D Warren of Girard Kansas editor of the Appeal to Reason must serve six months in Leavenworth federal prison and pay a $1000 fine. The sentence was affirmed on appeal. He was accused of mailing envelopes printed with a $1000 reward for kidnapping ex Governor Taylor and returning him to Kentucky authorities.
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St. Paul
Minn
F. D. Warren
Girard
Kan
Appeal To Reason
Leavenworth
United States Court
Kansas
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Warren
United States
Taylor
Kentucky
Hitchcock raids promoters in sweeping post office action
Postmaster General Hitchcock announced a day of raids by post office inspectors and Flynn's detectives on Burr Brothers promoters and bankers and the Continental Wireless Telephone and Telegraph company. He said the operation is part of a five year government drive against swindling schemes costing the public over 100 million dollars in combined penalties and fraud. The campaign will be pressed with utmost vigor.
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New York
N. Y
Hitchcock
General Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Flynn
Burr Brothers
Continental Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cattlemen in Cottonwood Falls Halt Shipments
Farmers and stockmen in Cottonwood Falls Kansas suspend livestock shipments due to a downturn in prices. Pasture and feed costs rise as cattle bring lower bids than a month or six weeks prior, wiping out labor and feed invested during the price decline.
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Cottonwood Falls
Kansas
Funeral of Count Tolstoy in Russia
The special train with Tolstoy’s body arrived at the station at S o'clock and was greeted by mourning peasants from the countryside. Tolstoy’s sons bore the casket to his Yasnaya Polyana home two miles away. He is buried under Poverty Oak per his will, with a simple ceremony avoiding orthodox rites.
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Tula
Russia
Count Tolstoy
Tolstoy
Yasnaya Koliana
Preacher Danced in Pulpit in Wilkes-Barre
Rev. George R. Flinn, pastor of the Protestant Episcopal church, danced and sang in his pulpit to the tune of In the Good Old Summer Time. The display aimed to urge the congregation to attend to both physical and spiritual welfare.
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Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania
George R. Flinn
Protestant Episcopal Church
Elephant Sentenced to Death in Queens Circus Tragedy
In New York City a 90 year old elephant named Queen owned by Frank A. Robbins was judged by Robbins himself and condemned after being found responsible for the death of keeper Robert Shields on October 20. The court declared it too great a risk to human life to spare the animal.
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New York
N. Y
Queen
Frank A. Robbins
Mr. Robbins
Robert Shields
One Vote Elected Congressman in Buffalo
A single vote in a district with over 42 000 ballots cast on November 8 elected Charles Bennett Smith a Democrat to Congress.
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Buffalo
New York
Charles Bennett Smith
Congress
Thanksgiving Gridiron Classic Ends In Tie Between Missouri And Kansas
In Kansas City Missouri the twentieth annual football game between Missouri and Kansas ended tied with one touchdown each as 20000 spectators witnessed a dramatic contest. The crowd roared with school yells and songs while lines formed for stadium entry and fans filled downtown areas celebrating the rivalry.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Jay Hawk
Gordon & Koppel
Radium From Cornish Pitchblende Showcased in London
London reports the finest radium is produced from Cornish pitchblende at Teenwith mine. Sir William Ramsay is credited with the feat. The London office holds three tubes each with 50,000 milligrames of 100 percent pure radium. One tube has already commanded a fabulous price. The medical and scientific worlds laud the rapid extraction.
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London
Eng
William Ramsay
Trans-Mississippi congress selects meeting city and expo stance
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial congress chose Oklahoma City as the next meeting place and adopted a resolution refusing to favor New Orleans or San Francisco for the 1915 Panama exposition. Col. Fred W. Fleming of Kansas City was selected for the key role.
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San Antonio
Texas
Oklahoma City
New Orleans
San Francisco
Fred W. Fleming
Kansas City
Thanksgiving Celebrated by Americans in Paris
Americans in Paris held Thanksgiving with a customary function at the Student's hotel the American Girls club and the Latin quarter offering special celebrations and gathering in the French capital.
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Paris
France
Student's Hotel
American Girls Club
Latin Quarter
Postmaster General Pushes Limited Parcel Post on Rural Routes
Washington D C. The annual report of the postmaster general will renew his recommendation for the introduction of a limited parcel post service on rural mail routes.
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Washington, D. C
Government Claims Control as Mexican Revolution Fades
In Mexico City Gen Manuel Gonzales Coscio, minister of war, says the government holds the situation at every point. He declares the revolutionists are now bandits fleeing before troops, with Guerrero disturbers off to the mountains as forces press the chase.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Mauel Gonzales Coscio
Guerrero
Dean's Kidney Pills Promised Relief for Kidney Troubles
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as strengthening kidneys and improving health, including a testimonial from Mrs. John A. Link of Bucyrus Ohio about relief after years of suffering. The piece markets the product at 50 cents a box through Foster Milburn Co. Also noted is a brief humor item from Jere L. Sullivan on Labor Day and a joke about a young boy's letter using a capital T.
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Dean
John A. Link
East Perry St
Bucy
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Jere L. Sullivan
International Alliance
Cincinnati
One Horse
Distemper Cure Boasts Wide Horse and Dog Reach
Spohn Medical Co advertises SPohn S Distemper Cure claiming cure for distemper in horses and dogs of all ages. Over 600000 bottles sold last year at 50 cents to 1 dollar. Agents wanted. Goshen Indiana.
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Spohn
Spahn Medical Co
Goshen, Ind
Sweetest kind of success achieved by acting against advice
A quotation frames success as arising from daring to ignore friends’ counsel, presenting audacity as the path to true achievement in a reflective, period voice.
Women Live Faster Than Men Flirtations Noted
A reflective quote observes women living with more speed than men and notes how many men flirt with the daughter of the woman they nearly wed. The remark frames social expectations of courtship and romantic risk.
Unclear fragment on Mrs Winslow’s Syrup and political remark
The text blends a historical medicine claim about Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup with a modern political question about an unbossed and lobbyless legislature. It lacks coherent news context and identifiable entities or events to summarize reliably.
Kansas Legislature Pay Amendment Defeated in Most Counties
In Topeka Kansas the constitutional amendment to raise legislative pay was defeated by a larger margin than two years ago. Only eight small western counties backed the proposal.
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Topeka
Kansas
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W. H. Hill
Scandia
BANK
Fred D. Warren
Leavenworth, Kan
Missouri Universities
EASN
Commercial Congress
Orlans
Sloan
A. L. Hunter
Hunter, Ala
K. Gilman
Warren St
Roxbury, Mass
Liniment
Earl S. Sloan
Boston, Mass
U.S. A
Pam
Carter
Carters
Wer Mis
Mater
Joel
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Bookfree
Beat Reaulos
Samuel Pytcrer
the Centaur Company
New ‘York
Bears
Castoria
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