Witness claims Durrant burned clothes on murder night
Bax Francisco Aug 2 police learned of a witness story that could devastate Theodore Durrant's defense. The woman alleges Durrant arrived home late, burned clothing in a stove, and then went to bed. She asserts Minnie Williams was murdered that night, while other testimonies challenge Clark and Lamont connections to the crime.
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Bax Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Gainet
Minute William
Durrant
Minnie Williams
Vogel
Fawr Ocks Street
Lnnie Wiliams
Mre Durryat
Sepused
Burrane
Ant Titaughtov
Lees
Lena
Mayer
Charles Ho Clarke
Blanche Lamont
M Tad
Theolore
Powell Phreeteke
Miss Lamont
Emanuel Church
Clarice
Boston
Mises Lemont
Clarke
Clarks
Captain Lees
Atlaprey Barnee
Eteene Duprey
John OL Deckinsey
Powell
Bianchi Lamont
No Joints in Atchison Reach Local Debate
A JonewAn reporter recalls a claim from an Atchison man that no drinking joints existed in Atchison while observing five men drinking openly through a door. The incident shows local disputes over lax enforcement and public drinking in the town.
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Atchinar
State JonewAn
Byram
Atchisom
Atchison
Why is this school gender gap raised by Populist women
At a Women’s Populist league meeting the question why more girls than boys graduate from schools was discussed and settled. Three papers argued that girls face life interruptions and limited prospects, while boys leave school early to learn trades and support families, with limited adult benefits. The note mentions a Sunday excursion to Kauses City organized by the Union P with details about travel and wagon pickup.
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Women's Populist League
Tks
Flexicy
Deover
BA Green
Battle Of Copenhagen Aboard Ship In Battle Scene
A witness recounts the chaos aboard during the action at Copenhagen. Cal Hutchinson urged sending a crewman with safer priming, while the narrator faced dead sailors and a scorched deck. He describes reaching the fore cockpit, feeling relief upon seeing life and the flag flying, and receiving praise from Col Hutchinsen and Mr Welland on returning.
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Cal. Hutchingon
Tretorn
Bmuciniilan
Nolfier
Paul Jones
Col. Hutchinsen
Mr. Welland
New Law For Butchers Tightens Exterior Meat Displays
New York enforces a late session law penalizing meat and poultry exposure outside shops. Traders may face fines up to 350 dollars for visible carcasses and poultry in storefronts though interior sales remain allowed. Health authorities push impartial, strict enforcement.
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New York
Ninth
Tenth Avenue
Colonal Children of St Nichols Grow Like Giants
In Ernst Flanders the village of St Nicho las features two children of extraordinary size. Master Clement Smedst, ages 11 or 12, weighs about 420 pounds with a 6 foot 6 inch waist and 36 inch leg and 28 inch arm measurements, while his sister Bertha at 8 weighs about 284 pounds. Despite their size they move with agility, attracting crowds as villagers glimpse the colossal siblings and compare them to giants.
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Colonal Chidren
St. Nicholas
Ernst Flanders
Bertha
Sttle Town
Evaporating Peach Sale Sparks Light Weight Joke
A buyer complains a pond of evaporated peaches weighed less than three quarters, while the dealer jokes that he did not warrant them not to evaporate. The exchange reflects a light, humorous dispute over product weight.
Fragmented Verse Extract From a Sylvan Fantasy
A fragmentary poem describes a deep wood at twilight where light fades and dusk clothing veils the scene. A man and a woman are noted for laughter tied to amusement and social expectations.
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Wood
Marge
Virgin Twilight
Injured Listed After Chicago Cable Car Crash
A corrected list of victims from the Boynton Chutes cable car accident names Bre. Verdo Heath and Miss McCrook among others. George Emerson lingering after a splinter pierced his abdomen and perforated the intestines in the crushing incident at Sixty-third Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.
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Chicago
Curcaco
Boynton Chutes
Cottage Grove Avenue
Verdo Heath
Halstead Street
Miss McCrook
Champlain Ave
Chas. Duslap
Ross Avenue
George Emerson
Atreat
Princeton Avenue
Fred Ebbert
Armour Avenue
Max Erlinborn
Hotel Santa Maria
Maud Lerffen
State Street
J M. Hassey
Crocker V. Heath
Halsted Street
Mary Meluermer
Katie Mornie
Smith Mornie
Chas Setundernbrau
Champlain
Misss J. White
Wentworth Avenue
George Emerson Wer
Open saloons in Wichita persist says reporter
A Wichita reporter quotes Mr J M L Knapp insisting saloons remain open despite commission actions and Governor Morcus orders. Knapp says saloons reopened immediately and remain wide open. He urges enforcement and questions saloon locations and sales.
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Topeka Journal
Koapp
Bescon
Wichita Gracen
Reb T. J and Jos Patchen Meet in a Match
Burrano New York Adige Buffalo Driving Park dispute over a match rate between the late gelding Reb T J and Jos Patchen the stallion who defeated him yesterday. The contest is slated for the circuit meeting in Buffalo on Wednesday August 7. Hamblin cites a cold wind yesterday as a factor and expects the gelding to reverse yesterday's verdict on his own track.
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Burrano
N.Y. Adige
Buffalo
Mir
Hamblis
Hubert J
Jos Patchee
Hamblin
Robert J
Deaths And Births In Torrka July Report
July records show fifty deaths in the city with twenty-two females and twenty-eight males. There were thirty births, eleven males and nineteen females. Measles with six cases, scarlet fever with one, and diphtheria with one appeared in North Topeka.
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Torrka
Marn
North
Topeka
Patching the pavement on Kansas Avenue under city plan
A city council instructed the engineer Mr Barnes to oversee Kansas Avenue repairs by Shaffer and Barber Asphalt. A crew began at Fourth Street and will patrol to Tenth Street fixing bad spots over several days. Mortgages and court sentences also appear in the report.
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Kansas Avenue
Mr. Barnes
Shawnee Building and Loan advertises July subscriptions
The Shawnee Building and Loan association invites subscriptions with ample funds for loans. It lists room 16 of the Columbian building, Harrison phone B98, and notes subscriptions remain open through the July series. A Kansas City to Santa Fe route option costs $1.00, with broader news via the Journal. Peerless Steam Laundry offers first class wash at 112 and 114 West Highth Street.
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Shawnee Building and Loan Association
Columbian Building
Harrison
Kansas City
Return
Santa Fe
Peerless Steam Laundry
West Highth Street
Flooding Destruction After Buffde Cloudburst Wyoming
A cloudburst near Buffde Wyoming caused incalculable destruction as Clear Creek overflowed its banks washing away buildings including Knight of Pythias hall and Jenson's saloon. A rich stock grower, John Norman Pences, was saved after being carried downstream. No lives lost. property damage runs to hundreds of thousands. Nearby Claimont Telegraph lines washed out. Arkansas report notes six inches of rain in four hours near Fort Smith.
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Buffde
Wyoming
Berraro
Wyo
Stevanson
Clear Creek
Mr North
Knight of Pythias Hall
City Drug Store
Kimball
Jenson
Kennedy
John Norman Pences
Claimont
Ark
Fort Smith
Policemen Foiled by Bathing Beauties in Park Incident
In a Minneapolis Journal retelling, officers confront a group of women bathing in a city park who refuse arrest and mock law. The scene shifts to humorous chatter as officers retreat, while a second vignette contrasts Beazeley’s mower troubles with domestic banter and travel ad copy from the New York Recorder.
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Gould
Sylvanna
Dutier
Woda
Wylies
Policuainn
Park Board
Olice
Mne
Minneapolis Journal
Nuns Driven Out of Ecuador Sisters Return to Elizabeth
Five Benedictine sisters recount outrages faced in Ecuador under liberal revolutionists. They left Bahia de Caraquez after teaching for years, reporting constant insults and near danger. Convents at Racafuerte were attacked, with mob violence and fire threats halted by a local Ecuadorian who warned the invaders. The sisters fled to save lives, leaving seventeen remaining colleagues and suspending missionary work until stability returns.
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Ecuador
St. Walpurgis Convent
Elizabeth
Edwards
Genevar
Josephine
Frances
Bahia de Caraquez
Pisce Ws
Racafuerte
Funds Sought for Mrs. Waller Aid and Hawaii Note
Attorney Kennedy and associates press for aid to Mrs. Waller, arranging at the state department to place contributions directly with her. Kennedy has notified Governor Morrill of Kansas and seeks support from the black community, while stating fees will not delay the case. The Hawaii republic situation is described as politics centered, not missionary work. Market reports from Boston and Kansas City follow, with wheat, corn, oats, and hogs showing varied movements and steady to higher prices across commodities and cattle.
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Washington
Kennedy
Waller
Madagascar
Muuritius Ia
State Department
Morrill
Kansas
Caiano
St Louis
Texas
Shipmissia
Market Summary from Topeka Grain and Stock Exchange
Artificial curb market shows early firmness fading as bears take control amid heavy New York gold shipments. Wheat weakens after open, corn and oats drop. receipts below estimates. London and Liverpool markets mixed, New York gold shipments loom over grain and stock outlook.
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Topeks Grain and Stock Exchange
Columbias
Eepencer
Bali
New York
St. Louis
Mayne
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Kauses City
Union P
Ratte Pees
Copenhagen
Reb
T. J. and
Jos Patchen
American Tract Society
New York Life Insurance Company
Teavenworth
William
George Nichols
Journal
Mr. Beazeley
New York Recorder
Union Pacific
Walla
Nlities Saprisetes Missions
Bostox
American Board of Commission For Foreign Missions
Haa
C. Il. Gulick
Honolulu
Republic of Hawaii
Baneas City
Raneas City
Ang
Topeka Grain and Stock Exchange
Ight
Kausaa City
Omata
Koapectiona
W. W
London
Caro
Rugland
Liverpool
Atook
Iran
Bank of Monteoal
Cora
Andy Bog Big
Topeka Grain
Rie Akonte
Hawley
Opera
Granteed
George W. Stansfield
Kansas Ave
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