Melon For Bryan In Fitzgerald Parade
Old Soldiers of Fitzgerald recall the 1892 campaign era as a giant melon from Georgia headlines a tribute to William Jennings Bryan. The famed fruit weighed over eighty one pounds and carried a painted crate proclaiming veteran production and a sharp political slogan.
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Fitzgerald
Willan Jennings Bryan
United States
Lincoln
Fitzgerald Acaster
Vitzgermkl
Iaber
Georgia
2500 Cigarette Makers Thrown Out of Work
New tariff law leaves 2,500 workers in New York unemployed as internal revenue stamp supply lags. Factories cut output, retailers struggle, and union leaders meet to press for immediate action to ease shortages in cigarette production and distribution.
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New York
Internal Revenue
Washington
Patterson sues railroad over grain car shipments
A. O Patterson of Cherryvale, owner of an eleva tion by Thimon Judd Co of St Laws, files a complaint with the State board of railroad commissioners alleging the Santa Fe repeatedly refused to furnish cars for grain shipments. He claims cars were available and could have been placed on tracks by the curator, forcing him to move wagons and material to another loading point, incurring extra costs of about one cent per bushel.
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A. O Patterson
Cherryvale
Thimon-Judd Company
St. Laws
State Board of Walkroad
Santa Fe
Patterson
Xernin
Mt Olird
Bashel
Mixed divorce case ties to business and diplomacy
The report outlines a tangled divorce tale involving a newly named American consul general in Shanthai en route to the Orient. It alleges conflict with Senator Wishburn of Minnesota and accuses him of pressuring a traveling actress and obtaining a confession from China to hinder a broader scheme.
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San Francisco
Aue
Joan Good- Bow
Cam
Orient
Wd, Wishburn
Minnesota
Libt
Transit Fare and Schedule Notice to Kansas City Travel
A truncated timetable indicates a $1.00 Kansas City round trip via the Santa Fe Route with train connections through Enid and other stops. Departure is shown as 9:00 PM on Monday from Kansas City, with notes on onward connections and train validity for all trains.
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Kansas City
Toker Enid
Good
Ansor
Methirnom Ans
Meine Nut
Santa Fe Route To Buffalo Encampment Promoted
Official route designation for the Santa Fe to the Buffalo encampment attracts emphasis on its desirability. Advertisers tout round trips to Kansas City, with a Santa Fe schedule on August 14 and 15 and returns Sunday or Monday. An aside promotes De Wits Lite Barty Rivers for digestive issues and a dentist ad closes the notice.
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Santa Fe
Womens Re- Vet Corps
GAT
Buffalo
Kanass City
Caton Pacific
G. W. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
Fraternal Day Arch Plans Move Forward Across Kansas Avenue
Fraternal Day festival week plans advance as lodges outline float and arch participation. A. O. U. W. to construct an iron pipe arch on Kansas avenue, with decorative colors, while Knights and Ladies of Security prepare a parade float. Pythias will march and host open houses. other orders weigh arches or floats as meetings set next week to finalize roles. The executive committee meets at the Commercial Club to firm up arrangements.
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Oper House
Pestival Don
Kan—aus Avenue
A. W
Kansas Avenue
Turaday
Kateat Avenue
Knights and Ladies of Security
Order
Jodge
Pythias
Sixth
Quincy
Bind
F. S Aferstetter
Kansas City
Order of Pyramids
Ed Littl
Egypt
Monster Band of 110 to Be Formed By Combined Bands
John Marsha leads Topeka Fall Festival project uniting Manifold and Marshall bands into a monster 11 piece unit. Resuit bard Andy Manifold heads the combined lineup with plans for Garfield Park performances and a new "Queen of the Festival" march by W. Roehr.
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Marshall
John Marsha
Toveka
Marshalls
Willead
Mannifold
Andy Manifold
Sie
Stitchell Gallnty
Topeka
Belout
Roehr
Welrent
New York
Garfield Park
Mr. Roehr
Atchison Float Prep for Topeka Fall Festival
Santa Fe workers in Atchison prepare a float for the Topeka Fall Festival and warn that the same float must appear at the Corn Carnival in Atchison. Topeka forecasts 15 floats plus railroad displays costing 300 dollars each, intended to lure Atchison residents to the 1508 festival and advertise next year’s event.
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Santa Fe
Atchison
Topeka
Atchison Globe
Floral and Civic Society
Colorado
Sunday Church Services Across City Continue
A long schedule of Sunday sermons and meetings fills Church row with Rev. J. Brown at M. E. church preaching both morning and evening. Epworth Leagues led by Percy Winstead. Various churches including First African Baptist, United Presbyterian, and First Christian list times and topics from Ebenezer to India and Bombay, with baptisms, communion, and special music planned.
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Parkdale M. E
Epworth League
Percy Winstead
Selvaton Army Ball
Kansas Avenue
Easton
Hawk
Oharse
Norton
M. EL
van Buren Streets
JM. Brown
First African Baptist Church
G. D. Olden
Society of Spiritualists
Lincoln Post
Fair Grounds
the Baptist Church
Corner Ninth
Jackson Stree
Thomas
Ebenezer
First Christian Church
Topeka Avenue
Helen Moses
St. John's A. ME
A. M. Ward
W. Naylor
Habsh
India
Haksh
United Presbyterian
Eighth
Topeka Avenues
MF. McKlahan
P. Welch
Friends’ Church
Fifth
Esther Tah
Bombay
John A. Tlahi
Baksh
United Brethren Church
Ladies’ Library
Eleventh
Fourth Quarterly
Imp
PBCU
First Church of Christ (Scientist
West Sixth Street
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Corner
Huntoon
College Avenue
First Presbyterian
Norning
Senator Harris Returns From Washington InterView on Union Pacific
Senator Harris says the main disappointment of the recent extra session was his Union Pacific resolution failing to pass. He criticizes the tariff bill as unjust but says it was expected after McKinley’s election. He notes Judge Sanborn ordered a sale of the road in October despite pending resolutions.
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Harris
Washington
Kansas City
Union Pacific
McKinley
Walon Pacific
Woraker
Congress
Futl
Sanborn
Utah
United States
Laman
Leavenworth
Henna
White
California
Senate
Hanha
Fragmentary senate scene signals swift bill toward presidency
A fragmented OCR passage describes Hanna reddening and grabbing his chair in a failed rise as a bill moves quickly to the president. The incident closes a chapter and the measure is carried in haste toward final approval.
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Lational Republicar Seipt
Hanna
Topeka News Clippings Highlight City Life and Events
A jumble of notes reports diphtheria in the city Tony Brown remains a baseball ticket taker. Shoddy street work in Oakland and ongoing city council meetings are recorded. Washburn College activities clash with local notes and a Klondike fever tale. Topeka hosts fall festival planning and railroad updates plus various civic notices.
Stomach for Me Riddle and Boyle Probe Odd Odor in Capitol
State buyerimencemoveyner and Attorney General Boyle detected a foul odor in the capitol’s lower corridor. A glass jar contained a stomach from a chorel, left by workers who could not locate its owner. Taylor Riddle coordinates inquiry into the scent and related livestock disease reports from Garden City.
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Taylor Riddle
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Garden City
William Sietterty
Riddle
Mayo
Manhattan
Weekend Rail Ad to Kansas City on Santa Fe Line
Transport ad urges an 8:35 P.M. departure to Kansas City via the Santa Fe train with rapid service and $1.00 round trip for Saturday and Sunday. The snippet markets patent medicines including Ayer's Sarsaparilla and Regex Hair Renewer, claiming hair benefits and headaches treatment with Laxetion Bromo Carb, price 2c.
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Kansas City
Sante Fe
Ayer
Designing Costumes For a Queen of the Festival
New York designer and costumer W C Stone, in Topeka, outlines costuming as a period history study. He describes shaping gowns for the Fiesta in Los Angeles and the Topeka Queen and Court in Louis XIV style, stressing accuracy from the 12th century onward and matching stage needs to author ideas.
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W. C. Stone
New York
Topeka
Stone
Mr. Stone
New York City
Los Angeles
Marguerite
Cinderela
Comrades Rally Behind The People At City Assembly
A fragmented report notes a rally where supporters of a group called The People gathered at a city assembly. Attendees voiced solidarity and discussed local actions while organizers promoted unity and hopeful change.
Death notices for Kimball and Roundtree in local obituaries
Charles Kimball died yesterday afternoon from consumption at his mother’s residence. The funeral was held this afternoon at 4 o clock from the home on Bole Avenue near Washburn. Edom McKee, an old soldier, is noted in connection with the event. A second death, that of William Roundtree, occurred early Thursday morning on Twelfth Street. His funeral was this afternoon at Brown Chapel under the auspices of the O A R. Mr Roundtree leaves a daughter, America Roundtree.
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Charles Kimball
Isit Bole Avenue
Washburn
Edom McKee
Twelfth Street
Brown Chapel
O. A. TL
McKre
America
Fred Roundtree Ie
Klondikers Face Royalty Scrutiny Across Yukon Mines
Ottawa reports the Canadian government intends to collect royalties from mines in Klondike and other Yukon areas. Deputy Strickland and a mounted police detachment arrive to oversee arrangements as royal fees are arranged for enforcement.
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Ont
Ebr Klondike
Yukon
Taspeetor Strickland
The
Mounted Pollor
Stewart Denies Interviews on Silver Policy
Washington Aug 14 Senator Stewart of Nevada denies publication of a diary or oral interviews about the gold and silver policy. He says no interviews were given and there is no variance with his life long devotion to free and unlimited coinage of silver by the United States.
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Washington
Stewart
Nevada
Allger
Apance
United States
Topeka Fire Alarm Locations and Street References
The text lists numerous Topeka streets and avenues including Grant Street Topeka Avenue 9 A Street Kansas Avenue Fourth Street and Topeka avenues No 1 Fire Station and No 3 Fire Station Western Avenue Ninth Street Tenth Avenue Fourth and Orlee Streets Van Buren Eleventh Streets Buchanan Street Taylor Street East and West avenues Madison Street Brenner Street and Clay Street Sixth Avenue and Clay Street Topeka Fire Department site references show multiple fire stations and nearby cross streets with scattered OCR errors.
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Kansas
Orlee Stresta
Elfth and
Taylor Stree van Buren
Eleventh
Estna "Avenue
Buchanan Street
Owen Ad Morris
The Savings of 1 ton Association or TOPEMA
Assets 800. a2. B34 KANSAS AVENUE. We Have Plenty of Money For Good Loans 22.50 monits or 60 months pera or ani reinases 581,908 loan 833.06 pays it of in Smaller ai 'mnounhs. If you have a loan to renew or want to borrow, let us explain. OFFICENS AND DIRECTOEK.
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Kansas Avenue
Officens
Directoek
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