Modern Hotels and Rail Travel From El Dorado to New York
A Kansas editor recounts travels on the Pennsylvania line from Chicago to the Atlantic coast, praising speed and comfort. He describes a massive hotel with 2709 rooms, high prices, and a chaotic but entertaining night, noting modern urban costs and living standards rising.
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el Dorado
Kansas
B. Murdock
el Dorado Republican
Chicago
St. Louia
Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania Railway
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Washington
Altoona
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Pittsburg
Columbus
Ohio
Artain
Croker Drives Bid for National Fame in Washington and NYC
New York on April 12 Richard Croker is being pushed for national recognition. Two events this week aim to bring him before the people a Jackson Day banquet at the National Rifles Armory in Washington and a monster reception at the Democratic Club next Saturday. Croker plans to remain in the capital until Friday and meet Bryan Murphy Gorman and other Democratic leaders.
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New York
Richard Croker
National Rifles Armory
Washington
Democratic National League
Mr. Croker
Democratic Club
William Jennings Bryan
Croker
Gentemen
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Benator Murphy
Gorman
Maryland
Cluir
Congress
NOTHING BUT HOTELS
Mr Frank E Wear and wife returned from a three week trip through Florida and the south. He notes newspapers lag west of the Mississippi and Cuba news being delayed. They avoided Havana due to spring quarantine and chose Florida. Southerners display patriotism, oppose Cuba annexation, but urge an end to violence. Yellow fever fears and lax quarantine draw criticism. Florida felt like a barren price with hotels dominating and California oranges consumed.
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Frank E. Wear
Florida
Wear
Havana
South
Maine
Cuba
United States
Mississippi
Kansas
West
New York
California
Miss Russell A Nurse at War Spirit Berlin Concerts
Miss Lillian Russell signs a conditional contract to sing at winter garden concerts in Berlin next autumn. She will not go if war breaks out and says she will stay to serve as a nurse or help in other ways. Alongside, an ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve for skin ailments and pain, praising its quick healing.
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Lillian
New York
Lillian Russell
Berlin
Stage Hands Strike Delays Forever Devil’s Auction
Leavenworth Standard reports a stage hands strike at the opera house delaying the curtain for Forever Devil's Auction. Nine workers, carpenter Thomas Bell, and a flower girl walked out over pay, with rumors of passes vs a dollar per night. A new force started to work, but sets stayed up past 3 AM. Constable Hinderbandt helped maintain order. showgoers teased the strike during the performance.
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Leavenworth
Donovan
Thomas Bell
Hinderbandt
AMERICAN BEAUTIES Rose market price shifts over Easter weekend
In Kansas City in April 12 American Beauty roses moved rapidly from high Sunday prices to discounts Monday. Roses commanded 10 to 12 per dozen before a drop to 4 or 5, while ordinary roses eased from Easter 3 to 5 per dozen to 1.50 and 2. Carnations traded at 1.50 to 1.50 per dozen over the weekend, then 40 cents Monday. Violets fell with demand, tiny bunches of 25 costing 50 cents to 1 Sunday, then available for cents Monday.
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Kansas City
Centenary Celebration in Florence Angers Governor
A communication from John Sherman to Governor Leeds misfired, outlining a Florence centenary celebration for Toledal Pozto Toscincil and Americo Vespucci. It urged all stints to be represented, noting Tuscanelli as per the 1871 geographical congress as the New World originator.
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John Sherman
Leeds
Hate
Florence
Tole Dal Pozto Tos-cincil
Americo Vespucci
Tuscanelli
Geographical Congress
Pyramid Pile Cure Promoted as Fast Relief for Piles
An advertisement extolls Pyramid Pile Cure as a superior, non surgical remedy for piles. It claims the treatment swiftly contracts and heals rectal tissues, reduces irritation, and ends sleeplessness, touting wide popularity and 50 cent price.
Kansas Quota in National Guard Call for War With Spain
Washington reports Adjutant General Corbin compiled tables showing state and territory quotas for calls ranging from 50 000 to 200 000 men. Kansas would contribute 1 115 by population or 561 by enlisted National Guard strength. The article details apportionments per state under population and National Guard baselines and notes New York would provide 20 820 for a 200 000 man call.
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Washington
Spain
Corbin
Army
National Guard
Nations
National Guard of
New York
Nations Guard
National Guard Organization
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhone Island
Dalat
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virgina
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Arizona
Columb
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Spain Refuses to Submit to Cuban Interference
The Liberal prints a near complete translation of McKinley's Cuban message. It argues the dispatches imply U S intervention rights but warns Spain will protest any encroachment and reject a doctrine that erodes Spain's sovereignty. The piece stresses Spain's resolve and history against imperial pressure.
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Madrid
McKinley
Congress
Cuba
Spain
America
Peninsular
Paraguay
Mayflower Sails to Newport to Load Torpedoes
The auxiliary torpedo boat destroyer Mayflower left Brooklyn Navy Yard at dawn and passed Sandy Hook at 7 35 AM bound for Newport Rhode Island to load torpedoes. The notice also mentions rail options to Kansas City and Topeka with various connections.
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New York
Mayflower
Brookly Navy Yard
Sandy Hook
Newport
R. L
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