Naval mock war plans pit Pillsbury against Higginson in coast defense
Washington discusses a simulated clash between the white and blue fleets as Admiral Higginson and Commander Pillsbury prepare an attack on Casco Bay between Portland Maine and Cape Cod. The piece outlines harbor criteria, ship speeds, and night-time risks, with forecasts of limited success for the attacking squadron.
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Washington
Admin Higginson
Pilletary
Piesbury
Portland
Gape Cod
Pillabury
Pillsbury
Cape Coll
Admiral Higginson
Ale
Addit Hon
Higginson
Rockport
Cape Ann
Ape Cod
Elizabeth Light
Portsmouth
Salem
Pro
Vincetawn
Newbenryport
Tyrwich
Anniquan
Gloucester
Manchester
Beverly
Marblehead
Boston
Plymouth
Barnstable
Prairie
Defends Prehistoric Man in North Topeka Tale
A Kansas editor disputes G C Clemens on a tale about a prehistoric man found in a coal mine near the Missouri river. The piece contrasts a buried skeleton in a tunnel with a jailed man known to Clemens, arguing the two cases are distinct and detailing geological context and witnesses.
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North Topeka
Kan
The
State Journal
G. C. Clemens
Lansing
Clemens
Col. McDougal
Maude Montana
McDougal
Robert A. Frederick
R. A. Frederick
San Francisco
Osborn
Warren
Missouri River
Mr. Clemens
Clamens
Roswell
Bodwell
Carey Gilpatrick
Internal Revenue
Pensions For Kans Non Ang 71 Th Rebet Granted
Fragmentary OCR shows pensions listed for Kans non Ang items with names like Fasver Bacher White Cloud Otis L Taylor Gien Elder 31 David Dougherty Columbus James Suamers Cotvenbue Chas Apriz Lawrence widow Laura B Hoskins Neodesha and a note of 40 years in theatrical work. New York August 21 Geo Lea aged 34 Port Jervis France death.
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Rebet
Fasver Bacher
Otis L. Taylor
Gien Elder
David Dougherty
Columbus
James
Suamers
New York
Geo. Lea
Port Jervis
N. Y
France
No Hard Times For Kansas Agriculture Says Governor
Governor W. E. L. Stanley tours Kansas and reports hard times are gone. He cites abundant rainfall renewing corn, wheat, and pasture yields. He projects 200,000,000 bushels of corn, 25,000,000 of wheat, and a total crop value near 81,000,000, with livestock improving and forage crops rising, forecasting a strong yearly average ahead.
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W. EL Stanley
Kankah
Wiet
Stanley
Kansas
A Girl's Pluck and Food That Cut Work in Mals
A Lanark Ontario student Miss Annie Aver credits Grape Nuts with transforming her health and study ability after confinement worsened headaches dyspepsia and nervous strain. She states rapid improvement enabling her to complete a year’s work in two and claims a gain of thirty pounds.
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Annie Aver
Lanark
Ont
Tan
Diversified farming lifts valley state toward stable profits
Farmers report a shift to varied crops and fuller use of valley lands for corn alfalfa and fruit with uplands for pasture and wheat. They claim stronger finances and resilience after several years of price gains and a rare corn loss last year, showing surplus to weather one crop failure without major hardship.
Snaps From Topeka News Roundup In Town and Court
Local notices report L Grisham of Cottonwood Falls in town yesterday and Harry Sturges returning from Galveston. Various figures, including Handset’s Purcell visit, Mlle Grace Close’s eye treatment in Topeka, and court actions against George Simmons for assault, fill the page along with license committee chatter and a Topeka Labor Day excursion plan by Carpenters union No. 499.
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L. Grisham
Cottonwood Falls
Harry Sturges
Galveston
G. C. Lockwood
Emporia
HA. Sturges
Ety
F. Handset
Rock Inland
Purcell
Mlle Grace Close
Pratt
Topel
State Printing Office
To Grocers’ Association
Commercial
T. E Stevens
The
State Temperance Union
Santa Fe
George Simmons
Vera Noel
Ringiing's Circus
Atchison
Topeka
Gormley
Loveka
Ottawa
Garnett
de Fr. Martin
Alkire
New York City
Martin
Francis ‘M. Grover
Indiana
Lcense
Will Hewitt
Hewitt
Samuel T. Hows
Fair
Mages
Kanana Medici College
Magee
Chicago
Clifford Foster
Judge Fagin
Carpenters’ Union No. 499
Leaverworth
Lawrence
Sixth Cavalry Band
Norman Piass
Washburn
Medic
Sugersto
Kansas City
Topeka Commission
Karsan
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Lews
KE. BR. Good
Coummet & Bill
Gates Start East In Colorado Fuel and Iron Power Struggle
Denver August 21 The resignation of four Colorado Fuel and Iron directors announced by John W Gates to gain leverage in the proxy fight shifts leadership as he and allies prepare to contest control. Osgood remains in management during a long stock election while courts and proxies loom. The shah visits London Maxim works and views artillery advances then hosts a costly state luncheon.
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Denver
Col
Reatenea i Aettees
Colorado Fuel de Iron Company
Joh W. Gates
Colorado
Gates
Santa Fe Road
Osgood Manage Ince
Osgood
Pueblo
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Muilina
London
Shah
Maxim Works
Hiram Maxim
Sule
Estate of Col Wil Hemphill Leaves Heirs Big Net
Col Wil A Hemphill of Atlanta Ga died last Sunday and left an estate projected to net about 250000 after debts. The will provides for his widow three sisters six children a grandchild and his mother, with between 75000 and 100000 in life insurance and remaining assets in real estate stocks and bonds.
Kaiser Writen to the King in Berlin Visit Plan
Rome and Paris dispatches report Emperor William wrote to King Victor Emmanuel praising the upcoming Berlin meeting and proposing a return visit for the Goethe monument unveiling in Rome. A Paris decree fixes sugar export bounties for 1902 03. In Philadelphia Charles A Johnson a former pugilist and bicycle rider died by suicide via chloroform amid domestic troubles.
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Rome
William
Victor Emmanuel
Goethe
Paris
Philadelphia
Charles A. Johnson
Losses on steamship service tied to Chinese Eastern railroad
Petersburg dispatch reports Ketline stating a loss of 1,250,000 on the steamship service begun with the Chinese Eastern railroad. A Portsmouth cable confirms the death of vaudeville actress Bessie Bonehill in New York.
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Ketline
Russian Naval Department
Stts
Chinese Eastern Railroad
Lessie Bonchill
New York
Clipper
Portsmouth
Eng
Bessie Bonehill
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Shearman
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