Melting Away on Water Plant Vote Likely This Fall
Councilmen Griley and Weber urged reconsideration of the 620,000 bond proposal for Topeka waterworks and signaled support for a public vote if the franchise renewal is not tied to the sale. They noted the water company would accept a bond plan only if restrictions are clear, while the city may issue bonds up to about 2,000,000 for the plant.
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Joseph Griley
W. F P. ‘Weber
Counciman Weber
Wier
Gounciman Griley
Weber
Griley
Wolf
Nell
Blanch
Tay
Uh Mag
O'Neill
Toneka
Spr Vate Corporation
Celta
Firema Bank Building Ravaged in New York Blaze
A fire damaged a New York bank building at Walt and William streets on August 11. The blaze affected the basement and top floors, with about 350,000 worth of property damaged. The rest of the structure houses offices including a lawyer’s firm on the third floor.
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Bank
New York
New York Bank
Walt and
William Streets
Banc
Beg
Denk
Dows- Stairs
Misery Deposit Vaults
Roosevelt action on Gen Smith retirement tested in court
Portsmouth Ohio August reports indicate possible legal challenge to President Roosevelts retirement of Gen Jake Smith from the army. Judge J W Bannon describes the interview with family and details Smiths wartime service from Shiloh to Santiago and Samar. Families hope for a clear resolution and a proper welcome for Smith upon arrival.
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Portsmouth
Roosevelt
Jake Smith
J. W. Bannon
Smit
Tno
General Smith
Baknon
Bahnon
Chicago
Smith
Manila
Seventeenth Infantry
New Hampshire
Alleghany Mountains
Oho
Kentucky
Shiloh
Santiago
Samar
Hat Son
Von
Bette
Balth
Cane
Reome- Tae
Sraith
Couren
Heathen Visits Roosevelt by Prince Chen in Oyster Bay
In New York on August 11 Prince Chen with Assistant Secretary Pierce Wu Ting-Fang the Chinese minister Sir Liang Chen Tung and other aides traveled to Oyster Bay to meet President Roosevelt. They boarded the gunboat Syph at East Twenty sixth Street pier just after 3 am and set sail shortly after.
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New York
Prince Chen
Pierce
Wu Ting-Fang
United States
Liang Chen Tung
Prince
Mr. Wa
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
More Hil
East Twentysixth Street
Syph
English Tailor’s Idea Reveals Visitor From America
London fashion note quotes a tailor about an American traveler. The described figure includes a lounge type bearing fat shoulders and a tight fit in trousers, with remarks on tense posture and facial features noted in the text.
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London
Sam
Denver News Briefs From August Listing
Brief item reports a Wednesday update from Denver Colorado on August 11 involving a sweep at a local event and mentions a dream, a wake, and a disrupted journey. Names and precise details are unclear due to damaged text.
Suspect in Minnie Mitchell case quarrels with mother over marrying
Developments in the Minnie Mitchell and Mrs. Annie Bartholin murders widened the police search for William J. Bartholin, fiancé and son of the victims. The body of Mrs. Barthotin was found in a cement floor hole at the Bartholin home. Minnie Mitchell's burial postponed amid coroner's inquiry, as Bartholin's motives and involvement are probed. Bartholin reportedly quarreled with his mother shortly before she disappeared over bringing a prospective wife home.
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Chicago
Minnie Mitchell
Mra
Annie Bartholi
Wm. J. Bartholin
Tathalin
Seventy-fourth
State Streets
Bartholin
Denver Delivers Timeline of Bartholin Murders Link
Milton T Edwards, once linked to Chicago notes on Mrs Bartholin and Minnie Mitchell murders, arrives in Denver to seek work. He details his departure from Chicago, July to August, and his suspicions about William Bartholin, while noting he would return to Chicago if asked.
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Bartholin
Denver
Col
Milton T. Edwards
Anna Bartholin
Chicago
Associated Press
Robert Mitchell
Minnie Mitchell
William Bartholin
Jemper
Omaha
Chigego Terminal
William Fartholin
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Lakeside Lodge No. A
Hunter
Toledo
O. E Hunter
Annie
Bertholl
Samuel A. Hunter
Local neighbor recollects tense family scene at Bartholin home
A neighbor recalls a July incident involving Mrs Bartholin and her son Will Bartholin. He notes a dispute over a bed not being made and mentions a July 28 meeting with Will. The relations between Mrs Bartholin and her son seemed stable during the witness’s stay in the house.
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Bartholin
Will
Sunday Storm Ravages Topeka and Leavenworth
A severe Sunday storm hit Topeka with strong winds and heavy rain, uprooting trees and damaging homes, while Leavenworth faced torrential rain and an electrical storm. Reports note two inches of rainfall in Topeka between 2 and 4, with streets flooding and birds killed. Topeka’s weather included high temperatures around 74 degrees and light winds, peaking at four miles per hour.
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Paseed Sreeepee
Fey Kansan
Percot
Attite
Leavenworth
Stock
Senteoy Suncor
Portian Tialebt
Torelook
Fourteenth Week Reports Quiet Coal Region
reports from Bhenandoah Pennsylvania on August 11 describe extreme quiet in the surrounding Yong region. No new collieries were started and the situation remains similar to prior weeks. Union officials note little distress and relief committees address issues promptly as barefooted women and children seek scraps from meat tents.
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Bhenandoah
Yong
Miners' Union
Colin
Eighth Regiment
Pupils Eloped at Sixteen in Syracuse Marriage
Syracuse Aug 11 Two Syracuse high school pupils aged 16 married secretly last winter Willard Augustus Steiger and Edda May Conway wed January 30 at Fayette They returned home Steiger soon left school to work to support his child wife Steiger and mother faced grounds of illegitimacy as guardian was appointed for the girl The article notes a guardian and possible contest of the marriage and ends with a rattlesnake attack report in Seiberteville Pennsylvania unrelated segments
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Syracuse
Willard Augustus Steiger
Edda May Conway
Fayette
Steiger
Butles
Meet remarkable competition letters Trem applicants
Applicants arrived in shoal for Trem competition as part of a remarkable contest. Strong entities include Trem and letters, with no further context.
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Shoal
Dolphin plan to seize mines draws presidential review
Telegraphers union leader Martin Dolphin proposes government use of eminent domain to seize coal mines and supply government needs. President Roosevelt has the idea and the attorney general weighs its legality, citing Cleveland’s 1893 intervention to protect mail transit.
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New York
Rooseveltt
Martin Dolphin
International Order of Railroad and Commercial Telegraphers
Dolphin
Cleveland
Chicago
United States
Battle at Battle ends in bloodshed as crowd harms town
In Battle Wyoming on August 11 a clash involving Mexican herders led to two deaths and injured residents. Citizens armed after the attack, with a man shot in the leg and Miss Estell Sanders cut by a broken window pane amid the violence. Local cattlemen tied to the broader dispute.
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Battle
Wyo
Estell Sanders
Waa
auRnier
Blockade Declared as Haitian Town Burned
Washington reports Commander McCrea cables a de facto blockade by Hayti. Petit Goave was burned after an attack by forces allied to Firminist authorities. About 4000 residents were rendered homeless as disputes blame each other for the destruction.
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Washington
McCrea
Machias
Navy Department
Haytien
Pirmin
Petit Goave Asean
Petit Gove
Ora
Chicaye
Port Au Prince
Alana
Petit Gonve
Fouchardism
Topeka Sent to Porto Cabello for Protecting Interests
Washington reports German plans to land a naval force at Porto Cabello to guard German interests amid Venezuela's insurgency. The Topeka is ordered from La Guaira to Porto Cabello with a naval escort in case of attack. Economic and political turmoil grow as President Castro readies for possible battle, with American residents reportedly endangered.
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Washington
Bowen
Caracas
State Department
Porto Cabello
State
Navy Departments
Nichole
Topeka
la Guaira
Topeks
Porto Cabelio
Leguaita
Venezuela
Castro
Porto Cabeller
Final Round Begun in Hanover Chess Tournament
The final round of the International chess masters tournament began in Hanover under the German Chess association on July 21. Nine games were played according to Berger system, with results including Gottschall defeating Levin and Janowski defeating Popiel. Pillsbury secured second place. Janowski has won first prize, while third prize remains unsettled due to three adjourned games.
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Hanover
German Chess Association
Gottschall
Levin
Tychrorin
Mazon
Pillsbury
Swiderski
Janowsk
Poplel
Bardeleben
Mieses
Napier
Olland
Atkins
S. Maraball
Janowski
Popiel
Gunsbers
Woit
Cohn
Suechting
Pilisbury
Prise
Can't Live Without Her Boy's Love of Grandmother
Seventeen year old William Lacey of 276 Central Ave West Hoboken killed himself after his grandmother’s death by lightning, dying yesterday at North Hudson Hospital after swallowing carbolic acid. he was found in a dark room by his elder brother.
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New York
William Lacey
Central Avenut
West Hoboken
North Hudson Hospital
Supreme Court Chief Justice Doster signs writ in book company case
This morning Chief Justice Doster of the supreme court signed the writ of errors in the American Book company suit. The US supreme court involvement is noted with August references. Casual mentions of gravities, names, and farms appear in fragmented OCR text, with details unclear but indicating legal action and locations near Hamilton.
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Doster
Supreme Court
Rought
United States Supreme Court
Newport Society Men Agitated Over Colonial Ball
Newport society circles are divided over Mrs Stuyvesant Ith's colonial ball plan. She requests male attendees wear costumes and carry moustaches and beards, a demand the gentlemen oppose while considering compliance. In Marion Indiana a parachute fatality scorches local news as Professor Frank Reed dies mid leap at Millersburg.
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Newport Society
Newport
Marion
Ind
Frank Reed
Millersburg
Dea
Quay Scalds Foot Leaves Him Out Two Weeks
A report notes Quay sustained a foot scald with skin peeling, requiring about two weeks of recovery. The fragment references places Boston and Minneapolis and garbled names.
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Quay
Ban Into Freight Harrisburg Pa Aug M The first of the trie
The note appears as a fragment from a Harrisburg Pennsylvania publication dated August. It references a ban related to freight operations and begins an itemized discussion though most specifics are missing.
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Harrisburg
Pythian Hosts Bring Market Street to Light Show
Market Street is lit with four canopy of electric lights as the Pythian hosts stage a public illumination. The event highlights civic pride and festive display, drawing residents to enjoy the organized lighting spectacle.
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Market Street
Knights of Pythias district carnival opens with giant disk display
A disk 25 feet in diameter suspended above the street leads a plan for a nine thousand five hundred light display in Franciaro California. Thousands of visitors from the east are arriving as the event opens today with grand court features at Market street and a military camp at the Mechintes pavilion. The program begins at 12:30 pm with county product exhibits and addresses by officials, while headquarters for General Carnahan and the California brigade prepare the exhibition grounds.
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Franciaro
Cal
Pythias
Hedareca Street
Ae City
Grand Court of Honor
Barket
Uvery
Carnahan
Schmltz
Maighia
Will
Racane Starr
Supreme Lodge
California Brigade
Big Brewee Assigns in Newark Brewing Firm
New York August 12 J Herbert Ballantine of the brewing firm of Rabin Hine A Sote of Newark XII made an assignment to Thomas Crooks president of the Essex County National Bankers parad and John Hardin for the benefit of creditors. The failure does not affect the paid 100 cents on the dollar.
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New York
J. Herbert Ballantine
Ralbin- Hine
Sote
Newark
Thomas Crooks
Essex County National Bankers Parad
John &. Hardin
Electric Line Extends From Junction City to Fort Riley
An extension of the Junction City and Fort Riley electric line will be fenced today. A 66 Ca to be built to the inter Pacific depot.
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Junction City
Kaa
Aug
Fort Riley
Exteraton
Inter Pacific
Mills Store News promises back to school bargains
Mills store advertises school day purchases with dresses suits and school hosiery. It highlights wool dress goods from 50 cents to 31.00 and two children’s dress assortments from gingham percales and Madras. New fall wool waistings arrive.
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Gingham
Percale
Madras
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