Kansas Notes From A Fragmented Local Paper
Readable items from Kansas towns include a city marshal resignation at McCracken and a claim he will seek work elsewhere. Reports mention a drummer boy touring northern counties, a Valley Falls real estate agent offering low commissions, and Hiawatha newspaper editors praying for Gus Allendorf. Barton county jail escapes recur while a Jewell County philosopher notes turkeys cause emb deadlock. Santa Fe treasurer Edward Wilder is praised in Topeka, and a Fort Scott man dies trying to quit drinking. Other items cover a misbehaving minister in Holton, a Clyde subscription paper bind, a vanished Ostler Joe troupe, Roosevelt critiques, a Holton Sunday school anecdote, Coolidge’s meanest man award to Aaron Stubbs for a beetle prank, and a large posse pursuing Stubbs after a tetanus scare.
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Jewell County
Leavenworth
Kansas
Santa Claus
Admiral Sampson
Topeka
Edward’ ‘Wilder
The
Santa Fe
Outlaws Battle Sheriff in Wyoming Shootout at Garfield Park
A posse pursues four cattle rustlers Clarence and Charles Woodward Jeff Franklin and F S Foote who killed Sheriff William Ricker of Natroma County at Garfield Park. Ricker dies after a 20 minute gun fight as deputies take cover behind rocks and work to regroup at Casper. The outlaws fled from a jail break and reached the Woodward Bros ranch near Hole in the Wall.
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Jeff Casper
Wryo
William Ricker
Na+troma county
Garfield Park
Casper
Wyoming
Clarence Woodward
Charles Woodward
F. 5S. Foote
Jeff Franklin
Ricker
Woodward Place
Collision at Sea Sinks Walla Walla After Collision
The steamship Walla Walla, sailing from San Francisco to Puget Sound ports, sank after a collision off Cape Mendocino with an iron bark. At least twenty lives are feared lost with forty-one dead or missing total, crew and passengers aboard largely asleep when the crash occurred.
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Walla Walla
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
San Francisco
Puget Sound
Cape Mendocino
California
Walla
Ocean
Leonard Ferguson Elkhorn Brakeman Dies After Arlington Accident
Leonard Ferguson, Elkhorn brakeman who lost his right leg in an Arlington accident, died after a prolonged illness. Funeral at First Christian Church with Rev. Frank Emerson and local railway lodge conducting rites. he carried several thousand dollars in life insurance for relatives.
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Leonard Ferguson
Elkhorn
Arlington
First Christian Church
Frank Emerson
Jones
Brotherhood
Ferguson
Farmer Shoots Woman Near Shawnee Kansas
Carl Fishner, a farmer ten miles west of Kansas City, shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Mary L Wallace in the presence of her husband J H Wallace and their two children. The Wallaces, traveling by wagon from Rich Hill to Custer County Nebraska, had allegedly taken corn from his cribs. The shooter escaped but was arrested.
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Shawnee
Kas
Kansas’ City
Carl
Fishner
Mary
Wallace
J. H. Wallace
Wallaces
Rich Hill
Custer County
Nebraska
Expulsion of Foreigners Foreseen in China Warned Report
Charles F. Gramman of the American Bible Society in northern China reports ominous signs from Shanghai. He notes arms and ammunition moving up the Yangtze, enlarging arsenals, explosives arriving, and the dowager empress ordering army recruitment and strength assessments. He warns a future war could come in five to ten years, with China expelling foreigners and possibly dismembering the empire at great cost.
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Charles F. Gramman
American Bible Society
China
Society
Empire
Shanghai
Yang Tse Kiang
Medical verdict on Czolgosz sane and responsible for McKinley
The New York Medical Journal reports by Dr. Carlos MacDonald and Edward Spitzka conclude Leon Czolgosz was legally and medically sane at the time of President McKinley’s assassination. They find no visceral basis for mental derangement, though describe him as socially diseased and perverted.
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Czolgosz
Assassn
McKinley
New York Medical Journal
Carlos MacDonald
Edward
A. Spitzka
Hitself
MacDonald
McMinley
Spitzka
Arbitration experiment set in Brooklyn wage dispute
An unprecedented five member arbitration panel will settle a wage dispute between Wichart Gardiner shoe makers of East New York and its workers. Both sides nominate two members and choose a fifth. a $10,000 forfeit is posted if either party refuses to abide by the decision the process aims to avoid further conflict.
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Brooklyn
Wichart & Gardiner
New’ York
Assassination at Franklin County Home Leaves Family Grief
Pleas Hall was shot at his home five miles from Franklin Kentucky while with his wife and four children. He was killed through a window and the wounded family kept the body on a bed overnight. No clue to the perpetrator has been found.
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Pleas Hall
Franklin
Fire and Boiler Blast Rips Georgia Rail Roundhouse
A freight engine recently repaired exploded in the round house of the Georgia railroad at Auburn, shaking the city seven miles away. The blast shattered the engine and hurled debris across the area. No clear cause. coroner’s jury could not determine fault. factors include a low boiler water level and sudden cold water injection. Rescue crowds gathered. a resident died in a hotel fire nearby.
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Georgia
Cornelius
Auburn man dies after brain tumor hemorrhage autopsy
Al J. Davis, about fifty, long resident of Auburn Nebraska, lay in coma after morphine poisoning suspicion. An inquest and autopsy found tumors in both brain ventricles with a large blood clot, concluding death from brain hemorrhage due to tumor breakdown.
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al J. Davis
Auburn
Neb
Dillon
Boal
Shook
Poison Mistake Claims Detroit Society Woman
Miss Beulah Wheeler of Detroit, a 22 year old society figure, died at her home from arsenic poisoning taken by mistake for anti pyin. She called for help after taking the medicine and physicians cared for her through the night, but she died before daybreak. Wheeler was born in Rome New York.
Robbery at De Soto Brown Store Nets Few Goods Lost
Two wagonloads of valuables were taken from the Brown dry goods store at De Soto Ta. Manager Dr Forbes estimates the loss at 2000 dollars, including clothing dry goods and jewelry. Bolts of cloth were scattered along the road for a short distance then the trail went cold.
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de Sota
Dr. Forbes
Malady Deepens for Admiral Sampsons
Malady progresses slowly toward the end with arterial degeneration symptoms alarming doctors. Medical science cannot check it and the patient grows less tractable and responsive to treatment, injecting great uncertainty into his case.
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Admiral Sampsons
Murder Mystery Deepens in Audubon Farmer Lars Axelson Case
Authorities investigate the death of Lars Axelson a wealthy Audubon farmer found murdered in his home. No motive or definite leads have emerged and detectives press on seeking clues to solve the case.
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Lars
Axelson
Fatal Fire at Searchlight Hotel Claims Several Lives
A blaze destroyed the Search Light hotel in Searchlight Nevada. Mrs. Bullock, lessee of the property, perished with her two children, a boy and a girl. Essie Wheatley, 12, suffered serious burns as rescuers fought to reach the victims.
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Searchlight
Searchlight, Nev
Boer losses of the year official return summary
Official returns show Boer losses for 1901 totaling fourteen thousand eight hundred eighty seven men killed wounded and surrendered across the war scene.
Sunshine as a Bedtime Remedy in Medical Opinion
A medical note argues sunshine rivals laudanum for sleep aid, claiming sun exposure powerfully promotes rest. It warns women shield themselves from sun with veils and sunshades, unknowingly denying strength, beauty, and cheerfulness sunlight offers.
Mustaches Compared to Wings in Ancient Descriptions
The New York Press notes that large mustaches among Gauls and Britons, as Caesar and Diodorus describe, extended to the chin or wore thick upper lip hair. It contrasts these with Cornwall and Scilly residents whose mustaches hung down toward the chest like wings.
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Caesar
Diodorous
Cornwall
Scilly Isles
New York Press
Man Finds Relief From Kidney Disease with Dodd's Pills
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wisconsin suffered severe nephritis leading to weakness and near bedridden condition. After trying various remedies he read about Dodd's Kidney Pills and experienced rapid improvement after several boxes, now restored to health and gratitude. George W. Crane has not yet declared candidacy for state printer next year.
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Dodd
George W. Crane
Mr. Crane
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