Leavenworth Poker Scandal Sparks Moral Turbulence
The Leavenworth controversy centers on church leaders condemning gambling and a female draw poker incident in which a participant allegedly used a “cold deck” to win $300. Critics question motives, while reform efforts face backlash as local papers debate public morals and newspaper feuds.
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Taavenwarth Eiems
Leavenworth
Een Merman
Holt
Bote
Professiahel Ewisblers
Het Leavenworth
Bad Drinking Water Across Europe Warns American Traveler
A Philadelphia American correspondent reports widespread water pollution across Europe and Britain. He notes Vienna and Dublin water quality as especially poor, warning travelers to drink cautiously and seek safe sources amid widespread contamination concerns.
Cape Town and Dutch Heritage Highlight South Africa Visit
The writer describes Cape Town as a well kept Dutch influenced city with a sense of timeless planning. He notes Rhodes's admiration for Dutch taste and portrays Table Mountain ascent as a strenuous yet admired local activity.
WordPlay and Habit From a Word Detective
A writer recounts exploring how many words can be formed from the letters of a single word and how the exercise becomes a habit. The narrator notes attempts at self testing, the mental drift into other conversations, and the difficulty of stopping the compulsive wordplay once begun.
The Feminine Observer: Spring Fashion and Society Notes
A New York Press page recounts fashion shifts from plain skirts to evolving silhouettes, hints of spring color with radiances, strawberries, and tomatoes, and muses on social habits. It riffs on theater seating quirks, language in Paris, and safer beauty tips, finally praising Hall’s Hair Renewer as a remedy.
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Feminine Observer
New York Press
Last Place God Made: Nordstrom Visits Fort Assiniboine
Captain Charles B. Nordstrom of the Tenth Cavalry guests at the Brown hotel before heading to Santa Fe to head the Pueblos and Jicarillas Indian agency. He recalls Fort Assiniboine as a last place God made, praises climate, and notes harsh winters, mosquitoes, and long service in the west with tribes.
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Rocky Mountain News
Charles B. Nordstrom
Tenth Cavalry
Brown Hotel
Santa Fe
N. M
Indian Agency
Pueblos
Jicartilas
Amphal
Fort Assiniboine
Mont
Fort Assiniveine
Montana
Sumner
Port Amsinlisine
Italians in Spring Recurring Stone-Age Labor in New York Suburbs
The article describes Italian immigrant families in New York suburbs beginning outdoor work with spring. Women and children gather firewood fagots from woodlands, carrying bundles home on their heads. Men sometimes help by carrying wood but often encourage destructive pruning of trees.
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New York
Gonne
Moody's Shots and Sermon Fragments on Revival Love
A collection of clipped sermon notes and quips urging revival and love in the church. It critiques cynicism, urges liberation for preachers, and emphasizes scriptural obedience and temperance as paths to wider gospel impact.
Fragmented quotes spark a partisan press collage
A jumble of 19th century editorials and mock quotes from multiple papers lampooning politics and social behavior. Satirical lines touch on gender roles, funerals, streetcar conductors, party reform, and rival factions, with odd typographical errors and misspellings highlighting era-press style.
Bride of Death in Nebraska Mystery at Lincoln
A Denver woman Miss Lottie Merrill died by morphine overdose while traveling with her fiancé Frank B. Massey to Lincoln to marry. The couple had known each other years. Massey knew nothing of her plan. An inquest at Hastings found self-inflicted poisoning in a personal crisis, and the body was sent to Denver.
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Omaha
Neth
Bee
Hastings
Massey
Kid
Lincoln
Actiow
Denver
Union Depot
MM. Forrest
Hee
Masses
Biss Merrill
Oxford
Bratig Wie
Poizon
Undertaker Road
Corsner
Thirty Mile Dam Proposal Reclaims Zuyder Zee
A New York report supports a plan to build a vast dam across the Zuyder Zee twenty miles long. The dam would be 116 feet at the base and 16% feet high, with construction over five to seven years and reclamation extending to thirty-one years. The note highlights hydraulic engineering feats as essential to reclaiming from the sea. Also mentions Rock Island Route home-seekers excursions on April 1 and 20.
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New York
Special Commission
Zuyder Zee
the Zee
Rock Island
Postum Coffee Debate Highlights Proper Preparation
A reader recounts trying Postum, the health coffee, at two meals. Initial serving disappointed, but a later cup was dark, rich, and fragrant. Hostess notes that boiling fifteen minutes yields a delicious beverage suitable for the family. The piece urges care to avoid weak imitations and to seek genuine Postum cereal coffee from Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Battle Creek
Murdock’s Views on Washington and Kansas Statemen
A letter from Murdock of El Dorado to the Daily Republican rails at postmaster general appointments, civil service, and Kansas officials in Washington. He notes 60 Kansas government workers, questions about future federal jobs, and idle money in the East. He laments customs, economy, and the lavish funeral expense at government cost.
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T. BH. Murdock
el Dorado
Daily Republican
Joseph Bristow
Joseph
Baler
Curtis
Alen
Normandie
Kansas
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Baltimore
Chicago
Butler County
Jearning & Weson
Gongrevsmas
Monster Bath House sermon targets institutional church in Pittsburg
A conference of Christian workers at Pitth Avenue M E church heard John Thresher condemn lack of downtown religious institutions among Pittsburg’s 40 churches. He proposed urban reforms including baths for six cents, better meals, and safeguards for youth, arguing reform, not punishment, is church work amid crime figures cited for the United States.
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Pittsburg
Christian Workers
Pitth Avenue M. EB
John Thresher
United States
Sam Jones Promoted On Golden Rule Platform In Toledo Mayoral Race
Toledo reports a Republican mayoral candidate, Samuel Milton Jones, known as Sam Jones, who built wealth as an oil operator and factory owner. He code of laws in the shop and publicly embraced the golden rule, financing holidays for workers with a chartered boat to resorts, underscoring his leadership and philanthropy in the city.
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Toledo
Sam Jones
Thie Sity
Castoria Recalled in Old Time Nursery Rhyme
A fragmentary verse recalls a mother giving Castoria for a sick child and continuing the remedy through childhood and motherhood, highlighting the longevity of the old medical remedy in popular rhyme.
Fashion fabrics showcase with new spring weaves
A catalog style feature touts over one hundred Spring Fabrics including Solissa Canvas Cambria Binding Sewing Suk Stays and Hooks and Eyas, highlighting latest foreign manufactured novelties for dressmaking and sewing enthusiasts.
Carpet Department Offers Wide Assortment At Low Prices
A carpet department advertises an extensive selection and guaranteed work. It states prices are the lowest and urges customers to place orders, claiming to strain every point to obtain business.
Shirt Waists and Wrappers for Sale at Low Prices
These goods come from known manufacturers and are absolutely guaranteed. A choice line of Wrappers starts at 80 cents, elegant assortment of Shirt Waists at 480 and up, a large line of Satine Under Skirts, balance of Ladies Muslin Underwear at cost. New stock in Corset Department includes very low prices.
New York Millionaire Unveils Explosive Whisky Experiment
Charles B Trippler, chemist and inventor, claims a new gas from a frozen whisky experiment at Hotel Endicott proves a powerful force beyond steam. During a demonstration a splintered glass explosion injured four bystanders. He seeks to study the gas responsible for the blast and its potential as a new motive power.
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New York
Charles B. ‘Prippier
Seventy-seventh Street
Beliow
Tripler
Endicott
T. J. Dean
Trippler
Schwndt
Topeka Postmaster Salary Debate Examined
The year end figures show net income of 40 611.36 to Uncle Sam with total receipts about 4 5 and expenses via the state agent. Despite a 58 400 expected increase, postmaster salary remains unchanged as postage receipts rise slightly year over year. Quarterly receipts are listed. Kansas City Chicago St Louis routes promoted by Union Pacific as fastest service.
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Sam
Kansas City
Chicaago
St. Louis
Union
Pacific
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Statue of Francis Scott Key to be cast in bronze at Frederick
New York sculptor Alexander Doyle has completed a model for a bronze statue of Francis Scott Key author of The Star Spangled Banner. It will stand 15 feet on a granite pedestal with a patriotic bronze group, to be unveiled June 1 in Frederick Maryland. The figure shows Liberty in a seated pose, a youth with sword and a mother embracing a child, and a shipboard flag dances above. Americans are praised for inventiveness with patents exceeding 600000. Chamberlain’s Cough and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended as a trusted family medicine. An opening of a millinery store is planned for Tuesday at Kansas Avenue with events on Wednesday April 9.
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New York
Alexander Doyle
Francie Scott Key
Freaderick
Maryland
Orental
Bronse
Key
Blin Om
Arly Eleht
Sthil
Earth
Vaughn
Oaklon
Kymore
Kansas Ave
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