Atchison Man Ends Life After Family Dispute
Carl Schmidt a well known Met Lake farmer near Atchison committed suicide yesterday evening. He was last seen about 6 o clock. The body was found in an orchard after he shot himself with a pistol. Investigating details mention a troubled land deal and tensions with Winkler over a tract near Stud Lake. Authorities note Schmidt had recently faced financial strains and domestic quarrels before the fatal act.
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Carl Schmidt
Berlin
Germany
Coen Andrews
Winkler
aAlthough Oitustler
Ford
Schialds
RIB OF A MABTODON DISCOVERED NEAR SULLIVAN DAM
An apparent rib of a Mabtodon was unearthed yesterday near the Sullivan dam, with the rib and joint in perfect preservation. Mr Phelps located the site just north of the dam and reported the finding at the local art store on Eight Avenue.
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Wichinn
Giles
Kanthinetsten
Tran
SxUltichis Tetas
Tiotteriwih
Porthian
Mr. Phelps
Sullivan Dam
Divided Family Nominates Two Brothers in Tickets
In Bourhun county the Populer party nominates John Guedny a Tanner near Biomnel as a candidate, claiming the ticket is endorsed by Democrats. The division splits the district with Rodsooth township and nearby towns excluded. The ungewöhnliche event names a sibling pair for the race ahead of the next midweek public vote.
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Jourtos Coun
Scott
Populler
Bourhun
Rodsooth
Hiedfeld
Jobh Guedny
Cat Biomnel
Utte
Ealumin
Silver and Gold Prose at Thayer Meeting
Kirkpatrick and Hotkin Esch spoke at Thayer last night in a two hour address to a large Republican audience. Barnes was elected president with FG Lawrence secretary. In another Thayer district Rev Botkin addressed a silver audience of perhaps several hundred.
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Kirkpatrick
Hotkin Esch
Thayer
Mckinsey
Barnes
FG. Lawrence
D Botkin
FPRATERWAL PICNIC and Public Gatherings Noted
FPRATERWAL picnic orders set for September 17 and events at Greavleat August 18. Amelia and nearby towns host a series of assemblies including Christian revival meetings led by national figures and discussions on insurance topics. A separate item reports a boy’s death near Salina and a man killed by a horse accident in Wichita.
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Greenleaf
Amelia
FaleAe
Are
Hmabrard
Wallace
Wrand Macier
Wil Withreu
Keeley convention delegates head to Indianapolis
A 32 member delegation led by Governor Smith and Rev Father T H Kinsella will depart from the Soktiens' home for the National Keeley league anniversary convention in Indianapolis Indiana. The party travels in a special Pullman car Zelda.
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Teavenworth
Acts
Smith
T. H. Kinsella
Soktiens
Indianapolia
Ind
Keeley League
Twenty-Five Men Die In Eau Claire Building Collapse
A four story frame building in Eau Claire Wisconsin collapsed during tearing down Muss Hall. Twenty-five workers trapped in rubble. Several bodies recovered and many others injured. Fire department and rescue teams battled to reach survivors as mortuary work began.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Claire Wis
Mussc
Bryan's Westward Tour Plan Spreads Across States
The speaker Mr. Bryan plans a busy itinerary from Buffalo to Cleveland then Lincoln, with engagements in Kentucky Florida Missouri and Maryland and a later swing to Brooklyn New England and New York. He will rest briefly before continuing and denies any links to sliver men. A modest village reception with a marching gun squad and brass band greeted the Bryan party.
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Spask
Buffalo
Erie
Cleveland
Red Hook
J. Bryan
New York
Cockton
Fran Burmwly
Kris
Lincoln
Kentucky
Plonida
Missouri
Mary— Land
Brooklyn
New England
Ryan
Thurston
Stewart
Girvan
Reirs
Bryan
Madelin
Dear Little Blue Bird Thurlow Sues Adnam for 10000 Damages
A $10 000 damages suit was filed by Myrtle Thurlow against Thomas H Adams alleging breach of promise after Adams allegedly addressed her with terms of endearment. Adams denies knowing Thurlow, while Thurlow says she has received more than a hundred messages from him. A reporter reported Adams’s replies and the case’s mood.
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New York
Thomas H. Adnute
Myrtle Thurlow
Adams
Crain
Thur Low
Seth
Mr. Adame
Boris
Darling
Chick
Mist
Adama
Rooney
Yale's Trainer Offer Takes Michigan Star Keene Fitzpatrick
Yale management offered Keene Fitzpatrick the Yale trainer job this fall after Mike Murphy left, but Michigan State declined to release him. Michigan officials, led by J DePorest Richards and Frank W Fletcher, countered with equal terms. Fitzpatrick has not decided, remaining on vacation at Manchester.
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Chicago
Keene Fitzpatrick
Michigan University
Yale
New Haven
Michigan
Eli
Murphy
Mike Murphy
University of Pennsylvania
Yair Advisory
Keene Patxpatrick
University of Michigans
West
Migpatrick
Afichizan
J. de Poreet
Rockies
Frank W. Fletcher
Alpena
Rexenla
Fitzpatrick
James Fi Prentiss
Mssoviaion
Fitzpatric
National League Results and Standings mixed scores
Baseball results from Aug 1 across the National League feature Pittsb urgh and Cleveland splitting games with Hawley hit hard by Killen in a 10th inning, attendance 6 200. Other scores include New York and Washington, Philadelphia and Baltimore, Boston and Brooklyn, plus multiple midwest and western city games and a Grand Army Route notice.
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Pittaburs
Clevelands
Heue
Firgigure
Hawley
Keens
Spiders
Killen
Debs Letter on Fusion and Populists in 1896
Eugene V. Debs writes to George P. Garrison of Chadron Neb August 15 arguing for fusion between Democrats and Populists. He states the Populists must support Bryan Watson ticket and that McKinley would cost Bryan’s aims, urging union to prevent gold bug rule and keep People’s Party influence.
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Omaha
Nev
Aus
The
Bee
Eugene V. Debs
George P. Garrison
Chadron
Neb
Debe
Watson
Bryan
Bewall
Segall
Hrgan
Democratic Party
People’s Party #0
McKinley
Ralic
St Paul Prepares for Encampment Parade Return
St Paul Minnesota moves toward the annual encampment. By Aug 18 two weeks remain for preparations. Local committees report readiness and expect about 20,000 veterans in the parade. A boys Information Brigade will guide visitors from street corners wearing white caps.
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St Paul
St. Paul
Minn
Election prospects and editorial commentary in The Times
The Times in London publishes an editorial on American election prospects and Republican arguments aimed at workers, noting the difficulty of predicting results. Ex-Speaker F Crisp arrives in Lookout Mountain, Tenn, weakened by heart disease, expressing belief in Bryan’s election but limited campaign participation due to ill health. Local notices include a dance and ice cream social hosted by Cheops Council No. 2, A D of the P, and testimonials for a medicine and laundry services with prominent local names and places.
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London
the Times the Morning
America
Coploux
The
Times
Crisp
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Lookout Tan
Bryan
Cheops Council No. 2
A. D
Earth
AP. Sinyer
Lida
Bradshaw
Fairfield
Sim
Kansas
Ayer's Hair Vigor Promotes Growth and Color
The ad argues hair growth depends on favorable scalp conditions and roots. It claims Ayer's Hair Vigor cleanses dandruff nourishes the scalp and helps bald heads sprout hair if roots remain. It also suggests the product preserves natural color and restores gray or faded hair.
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Ayer
Wigwag Lovers Ride To Midnight Elopement
A serialized tale presents Harold and Cynthia planning an elopement by bicycles the Wigwag is their chosen steed while the father looms as a fierce obstacle. Midnight calls test their resolve as Harold vows to protect their bond with bold plans.
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Harold
Ornthin
Fragmented Stereotype Dialogue Cards From Newspapers
A collage of stray quotes and incomplete dialogue from Chicago Tribune Brooklyn Life and Chicago Record. It presents casual tourist banter about schoolhouses and a joke about Rome's construction, followed by a teacher child exchange and a remark on a son’s changed demeanor after a summer experience.
John Skeabesiens TM Sarators in Australia
John Skeabesiens TM Sarators, N. Aus. 38 John FL Chamberlain, senhor of battes bears his name at Washington and Old Foink Coonfall, is dangerously ill at the Grand Union hotel and is hardly expected to live.
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John Skeabesiens
Sarators
N. Aus
John FL Chamberlain
seusHietae
Batts
Washington
Shawnee County Exhibit of Prairie Farm Products
N W Bartholomew sets up a Topeka display at 155 Kansas avenue showcasing Shawnee county crops. He will leave for Omaha next Monday to compete in Nebraska state fair. The exhibit includes long wheat heads, large ears of corn, grain and grass arranged on a transportable framework with a United States seed mug as a feature. The public opening is next Saturday for all to view Shawnee county farms’ output.
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Shawnee County
Topeka
Kansas Avenue
N. W H. Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Omaha
Nebraska
United States
Gartholomew
Gov Stone Declines National Campaign Chairmanship
Kansas City Aug 18 A Washington dispatch quotes Gov Stone of Missouri saying he has not been offered the chairmanship of the Democratic national campaign. He says he would accept a place on the national committee but not as chairman, as that would require resigning the Missouri governorship which he will not do.
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Kansas City
Journal
Washington
Gov. Stone
Misanurtae
Hisn
Stone
Missouri
Chicago Seeks Li Hung Chang Stopover during rail plan
Chicago figures promote inviting Li Hung Chang, the Chinese viceroy, to pause on his Pacific coast route. Col Jefferds, Shanghai railroad promoter, discusses plans to build a Pekin to Hankow line, a 70 mile segment funded largely by Chinese merchants and American capital. Construction demands about 3 million taels, with two thirds from merchants and one third from the U.S.
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Chicags
Aus
Li Hung Chans
Iim
Chichau
Pacific Coast
MR. Jefferds
C. EB
Shanghai
China
Grave Robbers Seize Body From Kansas City Cemetery
Kansas City Aug 18 night ghouls raided Fickt cemetery ten miles north of Harlem in Clay County and stole the body of Ralph H Woods 29 a former clerk with the National Security Co. He died July 2 at Scarritt Hospital after a typhoid fever illness. The grave was opened and the casket found empty except for the shroud. the body was later recovered from a wagon in Union Cemetery. Embalming fluids and dismemberment were suspected. two medical schools were named as possible sources of the corpse.
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Kansas City
Fickt
Harlem
Clay County
Ralph FH. Woods
National Security Company
Missouri, Kanana and Texas Security Company
Yonne Weeds
Scarritt Hospital
Ricket's
Ralph H. Woods
Woode
Union Cemetery
Peer
Weeds
Wendschott
Rome
O'Fare
University Medical College
Kansas City Medical Colege
Excursion to Leavenworth by Masonic Lodge Members
A Santa Fe train departs at 6 30 a m from the depot for a round trip to Leavenworth on Thursday the 20th with return Friday at 1 a m A special excursion organized by the Masonic Grand Lodge A 1A M offers a chance to visit Fort Leavenworth Soldiers home and the state prison for a dollar At several places of interest the trip promises value and a timely opportunity is urged
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Leavenworth
Beeseenes
Masonic Grand Lodge
Santa Fe
Fort Leavenworth
Soldiers’ Home
State Prison
The World’s Silver Coinage by Country in 1896
Revenue figures detail silver coinage by nation for the calendar year 1896. Mexico leads with 24.95 million dollars, Japan 23.89 million, and the United States 36.01 million in total coinage. Britain, Germany, France, and others follow with varying sums. notes also cover bullion imports, exchange, and projected silver production for future years.
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Arta
Washington
Treasure Départment
Mexico
Japan
United States
Atetris
Hungary
Russia
Beumdor
Germany
Aiiver
Britain
ELAS
France
China
Lenin
Austro- Hn
Fay
Austin
India
Ub Nilnts
Pitver
Iss
Agarmead I
Weber
Haven
Reparte
Umpire’s shooting sparks fatal altercation at Wall game
A troubled waterlogged Wall County track card ends in violence as an umpire fires at players during a $5 stake game between Polk and Lody teams. Two players die, several wounded, amid chaos led by Twenel Tate. Referee Grimneave’s meddling escalates, with Israel Tate firing, four men hit. Postponed races and veteran notices echo amid the unrest.
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Don
Wall
Polk and Loedy
Wm. Grif
Grimneave
Twenel Tate
Wapire
Tie Won
Gause
Pistoia
Polk
Israel Tate
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Atchison
Wichita
Beeret
Emporia
Kanaan Hetenth
Cher
Murrit
Coffey
Lynn Vounthee
Marnin Smith
Teb Butts
Mondy
A._B
Salina
AL Kerns
Slater
Bern
Irvine
Karl
Stendard
Cheng
Hola
Magi
McPherson
Ave
Henry Loranese
Jake
Hugh
Greenhut
Metropolitan Comedy Company
Eimer
Sing Sing
Fort Scott
Missouri Pacific
Hetvor Olven
Een Dean
John Thorson
Janes Dean
Charles Agan
Ole Soufier
Jake Darvon
Bert Wallass
Lulitie Berg
Wally Besam
St Lake's
Blue Bird
Iss Thurlow
Artus
F. Doran
Pitveen
Sarsapartiin Te Justir
Ann Arbor
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Tesebirs
Geer
Getting
Rae Washington
German
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Wilson
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Phillies
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Grady
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Hobinson
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Rawkins
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Eass
Brocklyn Batteris
Sullivan
Bergen
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Grim
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Milwaukee
Denger
Spies
Jones
Spear
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R. HE
Columbus Optosa
Swelters
Daniels
Omcal G. A. R
Grand Army
Woman's Hellef Corps
Ladies of the GA
Modoc Club
Great Stock Island
Hall
Inert
Chikagor Pinsburg
Brooklees
St. Louis
Louisville
Debs
the &. A. BR
Peerlese Steam Laundry
de Witt
G. W. Stansfield
Harald
Cynthia
Hla Ore
Ponsrold
Aho
Lils
Silas L. Bryan
Sying
Argonaut
Chicago Post
Detroit Tribune
Chicago Tribune
Tommy
Osmond
Laura Myrtle Jeltz
Oreur
Hungate & Son
Saloamea
Ieu Soathy
Topeks
Euwer Rami
Bennett Beos
W. E. Bartholomew
Ralph Woods
Kansas Cavalry
Assaciaaion
Kanwar
A. P. Sawyer
Mary Tobin
Frank Sim
Yur Tude
Peerlis Fream Laundry
Brinks
Stansfield’s Drug Store
Kansaw Avenue
Grand Opera House
Ang. Zist
Richards & Pringle’s
Famous
Georgia Minstrels
Billy Kersands
Atti
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