Pullman Men Form Florida Colony for Emigration
Twenty three families join a new Alabama led colony in Flameton Combin County Alabama after a Pullman estate inquiry finds arrears. The plan locates at Flameton on the Louisville and Nashville line sixty miles from Pensacola Florida. Colony totals fifty three members with twenty families about to move. Hotel fire damages Park Place in Emporis Kansas destroying barns and causing about 2000 dollars in losses.
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Florida
Carcaso
Pullman
Rey
John Rusk
General Mitchell
Homeseekera’ Association
Alabame Colen Ciety
Flameton
Encombin County
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Road
Pensacola
Fla
Ohio
Burnes St Emporis
Emroria
Kan
Park Place
McDowell and Spink not informed on G A R reunion plan
Chiaco April 24 Department Commander McDowell and Adjutant Spink of the Grand Army of the Republic said they had no official information on a proposed veteran reunion in Caldwell or a May 30 state convention to elect delegates. They noted critics’ concerns for veterans’ civil service interests but said the G A R cannot engage in political movements.
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Finander McDowell
Chiaco
McDowell
Spink
Grand Army of the Republic
Caldwell
The
G. A. KR
IN SOCIETY CIRCLES PERSONAL FONTS OF INTEREST IN TOWN
The Nautilus club met with Mrs. L D Whittemore on College avenue for a Longfellow program. Members and guests discussed Life of Longfellow, his works, and related readings. Several social visits and upcoming weddings and travels fillTown society notes with names of local residents and visiting guests.
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Topeka
Nautilus Club
L. D. Whittemore
College Avenue
Longfellow
Emerson, Holmes
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Franka
Merriam
Mra. T. A. Lyon
Mra. A. A. Robinson
Ninth and
Tyler Streets
Frank Holliday
Marcus Bosworth
Tilliesheidley
Kansas City
Albert Waggoner
St Josaps
A.D. Robbiss
W. T. Church
Ralston
Senator Peffer to Return Home for May Session Start
Senator Peffer plans to start for Topeka around May 4 after receiving a telegram from his father in Washington. He has remained in Washington to plan work for the coming session, not idle in his preparations. A separate report notes a cockpit collapse near Leos Mex April 24 killing six and wounding several. Lincoln’s Birthday Holiday is approved as a national holiday proposal on Fab rusty 12 without dissent.
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Senator Peffer
Topeka
D. M
Peffer
Washington
Congress
Leos
Mex
Huitia
Chase Investigation Testimony Details Pig Scheme and Quarrel
Today's proceedings in the Chase investigation ran from nine until noon with Mr. Chase on the stand. He described a quarrel with Mr. McDonald over a bantering insult and recounted details of a pig purchase scheme at the penitentiary store netting about 1500 in profit. Prosecutor Henderson pressed Chase about his meeting with Miss Williams and her appointment as assistant matron. The session will resume this afternoon and finish tonight with steno report due in two weeks.
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Cora Poole
Ellaworth Ingalls
Ss Morris
W. Smith
Mise Waggener
Madge
Mabel Johnson
Jarrell
Miss Minnie
Copeland
Misa H. IL
King
Suirer
Misa Alice Prescott
Misa Julia Street
Hortense Kelly
Misa Street
Miss Kelly
Emporia
Col
Mrs. A. Johnson
Leavenworth
Marshal Neely
Semple
Liberty and Son
Prof. Semple
México
J. J. Frey
G. W. Jewell
California
Oday
Chase
Mr. Chase
Mr. McDonald
Board of Pardons
McDonald
Penitentiary
Waters
Case
Henderson
Miss Williams
Norfolk MP Guerdon Triumphs On Liberal Unionist Platform
In Lonpos April 24, Mr Rt. Guerdon, Liberal Unionist, won the Norfolk middle division seat with 4112 votes, defeating F W Wilson Radical who received 2984. Guerdon pledged social reforms including better housing, affordable land, and old age provisions to restore prosperity. Wilson vowed to end brewers monopolies and allow publican tenants to buy where they pleased.
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Lonpos
Norfolk
RT. Guerdon
Higgins
F. W. Wilson
Guerdon
Wilson
McPherson Vet Colonists Appoints Southern Land Committee
McPherson April 2 D C Welch named to land locating committee for the old soldiers' colony proposing 100000 acres in the south likely Mississippi. Welch travels east for ~three to four weeks to advance land selection. Earl Russell Granted Judicial Separation From Countess Huesell on cruelty grounds. A train accident in Los Angeles leaves Geo Orrence dead with both legs severed. Free vinyl lectures open to ladies at Bijou Opera House tomorrow at 3 p m.
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McPherson
D. C
Earl Russell
Countess Huesell
Bijou Opera House
Murder Trial Draws Crowds as Women Fight for Admission
In Vrenna on April 24 a murder trial ended with the conviction of Echinger who killed his employer, lawyer Rothsiegel. The courtroom and streets were filled with worried women eager for the death sentence, pushing and ripping at clothing as admission raged. Two pieces of silk skirts and other apparel were later recovered from the street after the rush subsided.
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Kan
Vrenna
Echinger
Rothsiegel
Three Nations Protest Over Japanese Treaty Terms
A Tokio dispatch says envoys of Russia Germany and France formally protested to Japan over inclusion of any Chinese mainland territory in the China Japan peace treaty. The protest emphasizes concern that the treaty's terms extend Japanese sovereignty into areas traditionally ruled by China, signaling regional friction. The message records Beijing and Tokyo diplomacy amid ongoing postwar adjustments.
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Germany
France
Beau
Tokio
Russia
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
China
Japan
Renounces the Queen and seeks American citizenship
Gen Ballington Booth, an American citizen in New York, renounces Queen Victoria and plans to become an American citizen within two weeks. He filed at the county clerk in Jersey City for papers, with Booth's flat papers previously seized in New York in 1889, and New Jersey law blocks action on his application at the moment.
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Ballington Booth Wik
New You
Ballington
The
Salvation Acmy
Queen Victoria
Jersay City
Booth
New York
New Jersey
Plan to Sell Stevenson Stock Next Friday at Auction
D A Mulvane receiver says Stevenson firm settlement plan rejected and unlikely to succeed. Stock to be sold to the highest bidder next Friday at 2 p m with several large eastern creditors expected to attend the sale.
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D. A. Mulvane
Stevenson
Abbot
Mr. Mulvane
Burn Relic of Barbarism destroys city pest house
A two acre pest house in West Rockford owned by the city was burned last night. The fire was set by an unknown person. Mr and Mrs Moore and their son escaped with their lives as their clothing and goods were burned.
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Rockroxp
West Rockford
Moore
Gon
Gets Forty Five Years Fort Sura Ark April 24
United States marshal leads 20 convicts to Albany New York in a distant crowd Bill Cook, a veteran, faces forty five years as the march begins in Fort Sura Arkansas on April 24 Turkey Shuts Out Newspapers and Armenian revolt news from Constantinople April 24 includes Turkish orders to bar newspapers carrying an Associated Press Armenia letter dated April 19
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Fort Sura
Ark
Albany
N. Y
Veteraus
Bill Cook
Turkey
Constantinofle
Associated Press
Armenia
Stare Jovexan
Mr Swank S Roan Cow Row Inveigled Buyer Lingers
Farmer GW Swank of Auburn reports he was approached by a man with red hair and a good address who offered to buy his best roan cow. The man paid $25 and left with the animal, but Swank says the deal was not proper. He seeks police assistance to recover the cow and identify the man.
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Swank
Auburn
Topeka
Topeka East Train Schedule Noted By Readers
Fragmentary transit note mentions 300 a m arrival and Topeka East near Laure Topers with unclear META and edges. Readers reported timing details but text is partial and non-specific.
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Laure Topers
Meta Abe
Aeacia
Tay
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