Patchen Wok Triumphs In Windy Patchen Gentry Clash
Joe Patchen defeated John R. Gentry in straight heats at Washington Park in heavy wind. Times 2.054, 2.07 5, 2.071. Crowd of 12 000 witnessed a landmark trotting event with Patchen declared top harness racer. Both horses head to Fleetwood Park next week.
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Scott
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Terre Haute
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Whisky Trust Reorganized As American Spirits Mfg Co
Aug 24 report: incorporation of American Spirits Manufacturing Co with $35,000,000 capital to distill, redistill, rectify high wines and spirits, malt, and related dealings. Also notes various brief items fromAug 23: express collector Lindsey arrested for embezzlement. Arkansas woman arrested for wearing bloomers. Savannah Okla. fire losses. California suit near $2,000,000. Peru Bolivia salute arbitration. UC bequest of $400,080 to fund trades school.
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Whisky Trust
American Spirits Manufacturing Company
Ince
Kansas City
Frederick Lindsey
American Express Company
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Tawa
Peru
Bolivia
University of California
Sam Francisco
J. G. Wilmerding
Will contest outlines cost to preserve life in Oakland case
In Oakland California a will contest over Morris Goldberg a hermit in the hills has been abandoned. Goldberg suffered a throat disease and to stay alive he paid doctors 225 daily. A tube fed him for forty days costing 9000 dollars. The will valued estate at 200000 and Miss Gute Simson of Philadelphia protested then compromised for 8000.
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East
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Goldberg
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Philadelphia
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The Peace Congress Opens in Mystic With Arbitral Pledge
Ten thousand people attended the Universal Peace union session at Mystic Connecticut for the twenty-ninth annual convention. Ex Secretary John W Foster spoke for international arbitration and Peru work while William Boyd Garrison urged free trade and the single tax as remedies. Resolutions condemned the war department over the Poonock Indians, called for abolition of capital punishment and supported woman suffrage.
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Peru
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Boston
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Plea for Mrs Maybrick Sparks Revision Call in Commons
In Loxnow on August 24 T P O Connor cited Mrs Maybrick’s life sentence for poisoning her husband and the petitions from English and American supporters. He said American and British opinion was deeply dissatisfied with the trial and conviction and urged a revision of the sentence. Home Secretary Sir Mathew White Ridley said he would consider representations and inquired into the case.
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T. P. O'Connor
Maybrick
Mathew White Ridley
Home Department
O'Connor
Keeley Graduates Elect Officers and Plan Home
The National Keeley league adopted a five member committee to study constructing a Keeley Home for elderly and indigent graduates. Colonel A. J. Smith was elected president, Thomas D. Barry secretary and treasurer. Mrs. L Ives was chosen president of the women's auxiliary. In Kansas a major telephone war unfolds over service pricing and expansion across Topeka Leavenworth Wichita Salina and Missouri cities. A separate suit in Oklahoma seeks to stop tax collection on Kaw reservation property. Z T Lewis, a forger once active in Urbana, Ohio, is reportedly seen near his old home in Adams county Ohio, living in partial disguise.
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National Keeley League
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Leavenworth
Thomas Db, Barry
Boston
Woman's Auxiliary
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Missouri and Kansas Telephone Company
Harrison Industrial Telephone Company
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Saline
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Salina
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Reid
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Kay County
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Crocmysall
Ohio
West Union
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Urbana
Adams County
Topeka Deep Water Convention Ward Committee Appointments
The deep water convention arrangements in Topeka announce ward committee appointments for the event on October 1. First ward Peter Smith Thomas Pags and Councilman. Second ward J R Mul vane Oscar Koff Col Geo W Veale Oscar Krauss. Third ward R L Corran Jogu Martin T H Bain Howell Jones William Sime. Fourth ward Mayor CG A Fellows Wilder and P G Neal. The Swats Journal claims its Want and Miscellaneous column reaches more Topeka readers than any other paper. Little Gem So Everybody smokes it.
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J. R. Mulvane
Oscar Koff
Geo W. Veale
Oscar Krauss
R. L. Corran
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T. H. Bain
Howell Jones
William Sime
CG A Fellows
Wilder
P. G. Neal
Swats Journal
Nothing But Silver Who Assembled in State Con vention Yesterday
Omaha Neb Aug 23 The Nebraska Democratic convention yesterday focused on silver, with no conciliatory efforts toward rival factions. Edgar Howard was named permanent chairman. The platform endorsed immediate gold and silver coinage at 16 to 1, and criticized A P A. Debate over a minority report led to swift tabled action as the party pledged support for bimetallism and President Cleveland’s policies.
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Lincoln
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Supreme Court
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Union
Cleveland
Chicago
W. J. Uryan
Quay alleges bribery by opponents to win delegates
In Hanksville Pennsylvania on August 23 Senator Qouylas issued a statement accusing the opposition of planning to bribe fifteen or twenty delegates who favored him. He said Jesuit agents of the combine would visit county by county to tempt elected delegates with large sums, urging supporters to expose these efforts and bring the bribers to justice to prevent losing control of the convention.
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Qouylas
Combination
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Indians Again Unruly to Fort Hall Reservation
General Cop Pinger ordered two Eighth Infantry companies to camp at Fort Hall Indian Reservation in response to Interior Department protests over festive behavior and calls to punish white men who killed tribal members after the Jacksons Hole incident. Citizenship Forfeited by Marriage in Chickasaw Nation ruled that a white man who marries an Indian loses tribal citizenship rights upon defense of his Indian wife by marrying a White woman.
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Fort Hall Indian Reservation
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Jackson's Hole
Fort Worth
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Court of Claims For
Street Railway Fare War Disrupts Knight Templars Travel
Cheap rates to Boston by CHicard Aug 33 report Knights Templar fares collapse. Tickets sold on street from 10 to 17 across various roads, under regular $19. Railroad lines scramble for business, offering any price.
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Chicard
Knights Templar
Heavy Frosts Struck New York Mountain Districts
Reports from Sullivan and Delaware counties indicate a heavy frost last night. In many localities buckwheat was killed, corn damaged and blight appears likely to spread. Losses are expected to be substantial across the region.
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Mippietrows
N. Y
Sullivan
Delaware
Boston Knights Templar Parade Promises Grand Pageant
Boston on August 23 reports preparations for the triennial Knights Templar conclave with an anticipated 30,900 Knights in the grand parade Tuesday. If weather holds, over 300,000 visitors are expected with 500 horses and 100 bands in the lineup and many features promised by Knights from across the country.
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Knights ‘Templar
United States
Blast at Harper & Co. magazine kills driver and horses
A wagon loaded with 1600 pounds of nitroglycerine exploded at Harper & Co.'s magazine near Fraxsuix, killing driver Claude Ward and destroying the wagon and two horses. In Mexico Missouri a mammoth picnic drew about 6000 attendees with debates between Champ Clark and Riley Hall attracting large crowds and strong Clark support.
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Harper & Co.'s
Claude Ward
Mexico
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Rolia
Menroa
Champ Clark
Silver
Riley Hall
Sound Money Man
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Fatal affray at a dance near Drexel Missouri
At a dance at Alex Lopeman’s house twelve miles northeast of Drexel Missouri a fight broke out between A B Evans and Lee Nichols. Nichols suffered five knife wounds from a fket knife. Evans was only slightly hurt. Nichols is not expected to live. Evans continued dancing. Nichols is Lopeman’s son in law.
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Here
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Loan Agent Milner Indicted for Embezzlement in Missouri
In Sruwarmeco Missouri on August 2, the grand jury indicted James R Milner a leading loan agent in Southwest Missouri for embezzlement. He is out of the city and will be arrested on his return. He represented Mrs B A Rut a Philadelphia widow and claims he has taken 50000 dollars belonging to her.
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Sugar Works Sale At Medicine Lodge and Sterling
Yesterday Secretary Morton sold the entire government sugar plant at Medicine Lodge Kansas and the experimental apparatus at Sterling Kansas to Louisiana interests who will remove the machinery to that state. The sale price and conditions are not disclosed.
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Medicine Lodge
Kan
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Female Highway Robber Strikes in Kansas City
Michael Barrett, 61, was waylaid and stabbed by a woman footpad on the way to the depot for a St. Louis train. She robbed him of 405 dollars and escaped as police investigated the late night assault.
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A Negro's Ballads and Davis Songwriter Story
Gussie L Davis famed for The Fatal Wedding The Lighthouse by the Sea and Maple on the Hill is highlighted as a young negro composer who learned from James E Stewart in Cincinnati He wrote The Maple on the Hill and later The Lighthouse by the Sea inspired by a Cincinnati girl Miss Lottie B Stark He moved to Chicago to study college music and later produced about 500 songs Davis lives in New York with his wife the former Lottie Stark While popularity buys few songs the field remains lucrative with early success fading over time Also included is a report from Gurung Aug 25 noting Dr Igrate Mayer an oculist in Springfield Mo seeking a divorce from Sarah Mayer for jealousy
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Gussie L. Davis
Davis
Cincinnati
James E. Stewart
Jenny
Stewart
Gossie L. Davis
Chicago
Lottie B. Stark
Octorcon
New York
The
Morning Star
Gurung
Igrate Mayer
Springfield
Sarah
Counterfeiter Captured Near Elmer Macon County
United States Marshal Snyder captured another alleged counterfeiter near Elmer in Macon county and brought him to Kirksville for examination. The man is Clinton Wilcox a well known farmer.
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Snyder
Elmer
Macon County
Kirksville
Clinton Wilcox
Saving a drowning boy and family travel quotes
An old man dives from his boat to save a boy in the Licking headwaters then returns dripping to shore as bystanders praise his heroism. The tale blends regional dialect and a comic misattribution about kinship. Separate snippets promote Santa Fe round trips and local horse sales with generic travel and commerce notes.
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