Black settlers plan all black Kansas colony near Topeka
Segroes from across the United States plan a western Kansas Black colony funded by a rail land deal. Organizers include B Brooks editor of Hutchinson Blade Thomas Owens N H Jalits and I W Gangway. Land would be bought from the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe for settlement with exclusive Black ownership, schooling and churches controlled by Black residents, and no whites permitted to own or live within the town site.
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Topeeka
Kan
United States
Kansas
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Su Railroad
Wic
B. Brooks
Hutchinson Blade
Thomas Owens
N. H. Jalits
Antohinson
I. W. Gangway
Pratt
Degroes
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
BL Louis
Cincinnati
Washington
People’s Civic League
Row
Khasad
Graham County
Aie Paulfe
Nicodemus
Allm
Nicodamus
Bayi
Hays
Sans Colony
Y & Group of Negress
Custern
Ch Tt
Dark Town Outage Traced to House Cat at Pole
In Winchester Kentucky a blackout affected Mount Sterling and Winchester after a cat knocked the power line, burning at a pole and entangled in wires for hours. The central Lexington plant supplied power, and crews searched the line near Mount Sterling. The cat reportedly climbed the pole to escape a dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Mount Sering
Mount Etering
Lexington
Sterling
Tima
Marriage Advice From Rev. James Brougher
The Rev James Whitcomb Brougher pastor of Temple Baptist church in Los Angeles urges caution in marriage. He counsels suitors to verify the background of a prospective son in law and advises men to value heartfelt swimming at beaches as a sign of true love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angeles
Cal
James Whitcomb Brougher
Temple Baptist Church
Brougher
Indicted Model Asks Government To Detail Charges
Miss Anna I Holch, reputed to be the country’s most beautiful model, has been indicted for alleged failure to declare goods upon arriving from Europe last year. She refuses to be worried and asks Uncle Sam to identify who received the goods and the price paid, like her employer Merman P. Tappe, a wealthy millinery importer, who faces a similar charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna I’. Holch
Europe
Merman P. Tappe
Bicycle popularity rises amid new era of wheels
The piece notes bicycles regain favor as demand surges and factories expand, aided by better roads and more touring. It cites Indianapolis News on 1916 targets of one million bikes, with more for women, and explains auto growth boosts cycling through repairs, refreshment stops, and suburban migration. It also reports a dramatic crime story from Dravenworth, Kansas, about counterfeiteer Jack McEachern seeking presidential pardon after a long scheme involving a fake funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis News
America
Ife
Marines Lick Stamps for Dame in Distress
In a Marine Corps recruiting scene at a post office lobby, Sergeant George B McGee faced a veiled woman carrying parcels. He humorously obliged by licking several stamps after she asked him to adjust his veil. He stated the Marines are prepared for anything, even stamp licking for a fair dame in distress.
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Bomfalo
George B. MicGee
United States Marine Corps
Postoffice
Ory
McGee
Burglar Struck by Shoe After Window Glance
Mary Carroll, 18, of St Francis Home for Working Girls, woke to a man peering through her rear bedroom window. She hurled a shoe, shattering the glass and striking the intruder on the head. The burglar fled north toward Balgon. Cochina China reported 250,000 fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pateh
Anti Horse Thief Association confronts modern crime
Old time horse thieves faced organized pursuit by the Anti Horse Thief Association. The group now targets motor and forged thefts, with 80,000 members across 22 states. Local pursuers operate via county telephone lines to track stolen vehicles and aid police. A May meeting under Charles W. Fear plans to push state registration for county cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honielliner
Kanais City
Missouri
Jasper County
Old Mexico
Charles W. Fear
Joplin
Miami
Okla
Ad writings for thousand cats alarm Minneapolis readers
A bizarre newspaper ad offering 1,000 cats for cash stirs police and critics in Minneapolis. The piece follows a controversial dog and rat event, with traders, beetle-row markets, and a commission firm owner explaining pet supply business and odd demand for cats as house pets.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Lncal
Fourth Street
Central Market District
Second Street
Tinkshaw
Old Steuth
Morris R. Depew
Commirsion
Mr. Depew
Philadelphia
Finta
Woman in Male Clothes Dies with Husband During Fire
SEATTLE March 11 A woman identified as Robert Gaffney wore women’s clothing for nearly twenty years and married Margaret Gaffney, a widow with three children. Prosecutors say the marriage ended when the husband was revealed as a woman, but no local-law charge could be filed. The article notes Gaffney’s male life included shingle weaving, department store work, and janitorial duties, with little suspicion from colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Robert” Gaffney
Margaret Gaffney
Pocketed Fees Highlight Small Wickergon Courts
In Wickergon Kansas a police court and justice of the peace combined have collected just twenty five cents in the last year. Squire N Joslin also holds other income to avoid starvation. No more than a few cases have been docketed in police or civil court since 1913.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Wickergon
Squire
N. Joslin
Justice of the Peace
Joslin
Justice Court
Tim Riley’s elopement plan ends in a dash
Kansas City report recounts Timothy Riley, a farmer, meeting his bride by mail. He arrives in a new farm wagon at Union Station, wearing a red carnation, but when the Palm Beach suit-clad bride arrives, he snatches the flower and flees. The bride seems about twenty years his senior. Also notes: Japanese banks cut rates. Denmark yielded 1,145,000 tons of hay last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Timothy ‘Riley
Farmer
Riley
Union Station
Nevada
Million Dollar Pearl Necklace Seen In New York Customs
New York on March 11 reports the world’s richest string of pearls, possibly fifty gems worth about 1 million dollars, entered at the local customs halls. The import was arranged by a Fifth Avenue firm for a noted London Paris dealer, amid theft controversy and prior related arrests.
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New York
India
Fifth Avenue
London
Paris
Che
Priosa
England
Scotland Yard
Horne
Students urge marine reserve training at Atlanta meeting
Atlanta students at a preparedness discussion told Governor Harris they wish to train as reserves for the United States Marine Corps. If approved by school authorities, the Atlanta high school would become a marine reserve unit. The Marine Corps now has limited reserves and could call on militia from Massachusetts during war. Students welcome the chance to train as soldiers and sailors.
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Atlanta
E. XN. Harris
Georgia
United States Marine Corps
Allarita Marine High School
United States
Massachusetts
Gold Stored Away by Indiana Man Found After 1896
In 1896 John W. Hubbard of Taylorville Indiana hoarded $700 in gold and $40 in currency in an Edinburg bank safety deposit box to buy silver later. The box was opened for inheritance taxes by H W Rogers and John W Scheidt. the gold and cash were discovered, the estate later administered by the Peoples Savings Trust Company.
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Columbus
Ind
William Jennings Bryan
John W. Hubbard
Tayloraville
Bartholomew County
Edinburg
Peoples Say
Ings Trust Company
H. W. Rogers
Trust Company
John W. Scheldt
Agnes Hubbard
Scheidt
Veteran wills $1,000 to wounded German soldiers
White Plains N Y March 11 A veteran names Christian Alton of New Rochelle as heir to his old army coins and leaves $1,000 for wounded of the German army's Tenth Army Corps. The bequest, filed with Surrogate Sawvar, will be managed by a trust company for the wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
Christian Alton
New Rochelle
Sawvar
Tenth Army
Man shoots reflection in mirror in sad Philadelphia tragedy
Frank Toti, in his Philadelphia home, aimed a revolver at his reflection and fired, dying from self-inflicted injuries after a quarrel with his wife. He fainted at the scene and woke in Methodist hospital thinking he had been shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank Toti
Frank
Methodist Hospital
Revolt Against Garza? Zapata expands drive in southern Mexico
Reports from Monterey indicate a growing Zapata campaign expanding into Puebla, Jalisco, Tepic and Oaxaca as Carranza troops prepare a sweep from Mexico City. Guatemala is said to back the reform movement tied to the Cientifica element. In northern Mexico peace appears returning with renewed industry in Monterey as plants resume operations and employment rises.
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Monterey
Mex
Mexico
United States
Emiliano Zapata
Zapata
Carranza
Puebla
Jalisco
Tepic
Zapa Usian
Oaxaca
Acapulco
Guerrero
Jmmen
Pablo Gonzales
Queretaro
Chiapas
Campeche
Tabasco
Guatemala
Cabrera
Cientifican
Lig
American Smelting and Refining Company
Ins
Thin Company
Matehuala
San Luis Potosi
Monterey Tron and Steel Company
Durango
Divorce Bid Tells of Fear of Fatal Threats
Robert W. Long sought a divorce from Anna McFadden claiming coercion and fear of death by her mother Mrs. Mores McFadden. He testified that on January 18, 1911 she threatened to kill him if he married Anne, and he argued the union was invalid and coerced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haston
Robert W. Long
Anna McFadden
Mores McFadden
Long
Coal Yard Manager Rescued From Six Hour Imprisonment
Clarence Eddy a 56 year old coal yard manager in Hukart Indiana was trapped for six hours inside a coal bin. Fire crews sawed a twelve by twelve foot hole in the elevator siding to release the pressure on his leg and allow him to escape. He received hot coffee during the ordeal.
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Hukeart
Ind
Clarence Eddy
Foldy
Holdy
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Got
Los Angeles
Uncle Sam
Anna F. Holch
Eek
Dravenworth
Jack” McEachern
Cripple Creek
Leadville
Wilson
McEachern
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Canon City
Texas
A. Lewis
Federal
Pueblo
Judge Jawis
Federal Prison Board
Mit
Nefghbors
Balgon
Cochina China
Osy
Pauline Merriam
Barrel” Dreas
Denmark
New York City
of Atlanta High School
Indiana
Garranza I
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