Police Jottings on False Alarm and Insanity Arrests
Police notes recount a false alarm at a billiard room linked to Councilman Nellis and Chief Gor, with officers later addressing a real insanity case involving Albert Craig. Dispatches describe a noisy confrontation, a hotel incident, and an arrest over a bogus call as the department sought to restore order amid town tensions.
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Gor
Ufketurer
St. Leute
Huthe
Dutton House
Fourth
Kansas
Stiler
Nellis
Bille
Ebne Nellis
Miler
Reed
Dullen
cWtk
Howard Harland
Frank Crist
Die Wiepremett
Crist
Faee Kulliy
Holland
Ort
Department
Boa Mofland
Untitled Harvester Letter Mentions Midwest Rail and Trade
Fragmentary notes reference Harvey Labor Betas to Minnesota and the Dakotas with law rates for groups of five or more aboard Chicago Great Western railway. Mentions liberal arrangements for return to retail information for Geo Lincoln and T. P. A. Treat in Kansas City. Mentions a show talent and a "vinewooa Seay" phrase.
Senator Bacon and Friends Refuse to Eat with Him
A Washington scene on a train depot dining room shows Senator Bacon and his Atlanta party declining to eat with Ikoma and associates. The main dining room hosted the delegation while a white set was served at a separate table in the reading room. The meal was cleared and none of the Bacon group joined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bacon
Lacon
Ajanta
Ees Reaklaat
Hamlet
Washington and
Lumber
Necroca
M Waail
Ride
Baco
Atlanta
Avanti
Senator Bacon
Withington
Hooker Washington
Knocked Davis Down at Arkansas Campaign Rally
A report from St. Louis says Judge Carrod L. Wood halted Governor Davis’s speech by knocking him four feet from the platform during a camp meeting in BisMarck. Davis remained unhurt as a bystander restrained further trouble. Sudan Woodman was arrested on assault charges. the dispute led to questions from Susie Wood before the incident was settled and Judge Wood returned to Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Lottie Hock
Ark
San
Carrod L. Wood
Arkane Wan
Devin
Davis
Bésmarck
Davin Wis
Sudan Woodman
Davie
Susie Wood
Governor Days
Juvige Wood
Little Rock
North Topeka News Roundup and Bridge Troubles
Local notes report residents moving in and out of North Topeka a malarial fever case improves and road crew efforts on the Hochestee ranch area. People travel to Kansas City for visits and work while discussion intensifies over a Santa Fe bridge and Finch Island road washout. Public response includes complaints about city railway transfers and inconsistent car service across the bridge. The piece also covers street cleaning progress and civilian interest in civic action.
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Ogintall
Chaney
Kansas
Silver Lake
Jay
G. W. Brockerman
Mes RT. Atwood
W. W. Johnson
Bkind Miohse
Say Well
Quincy Streets
Charles Haynes
Mer, McLort
Morton
Howsrkesping
Logan Street
A. E. Myres
Robert Stith
Buell
W. W. Crittenden
Monroe Street
Murya
Colums
Santa Fe Allway
Finch 15- Land
Hood
North Topeka
Topeka
Nopeica
Ada Fae
Gramblers
Pate
Garfeld Park
Storm at Portland Harbor Battleships Lead Harbor Assault
Port land Maine Aug 26 The battleships Kearsarge Illinois and Alabama led a harbor assault as searchlights revealed torpedo boats and forts opened fire. The fleet pressed the main channel storming outer forts then moved toward the inner harbor amid heavy gunfire and ensuing maneuvers by the army under Col S M Mills.
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Portland
Kearsarge
Himnoly
Alabama
Aml
Lle
Willams
Alwout
Acton
Hussey's Sound
Long Ielands
Kinley
Ohympia
Baltimore
Newpork
Wien
Worden
Stewart
Lovett
Cushing
China
Rural Justice Transcript From Oakland Appeal Case
An interestis transcript from a trial before Justice of the Peace Williams in Oakland was filed in the district court for trial on appeal at the November term. Willie Tolon Tobias Knowles and Willis Knowles faced charges of stealing household utensils from an abandoned house valued at 2.85 dollars total. The transcript notes swift preliminary actions and witnesses sworn for the state. Tobias Knowles and Willis Knowles were sentenced to reform school, Willie Tolon to pay a 2 dollar fine, with one third of the costs to be paid by a prisoner. Willis Tolon has appealed to the district court.
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Justice of the Peace
Oakland
District Court
Willie ‘Toton
Witt Knowls
Tobias Knowles
Wille Tolon
Willa Knowles
Thera
Wili
Carey
SCS
Costa
Williams
Willis Knowles
Ebe Monte
Willie
Eonte
Mozen
Willis Tolon
Pase
Evarhardt's Loving Cup Trophy Details
The article describes a silver three handled loving cup won by Eberhardt in Omaha tennis. The prize is valued at 150 dollars and awarded for one year with a challenge for future winners. A third consecutive win would grant permanent possession of the cup.
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Eberhardt
Omaha
Farming Prospects in Colorado Utah and New Mexico
Farmers eyeing western settlement should study irrigation before moving. Send inquiries to fund settlement interests via Denver Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western, which publish guides on agriculture horticulture and livestock to inform prospective settlers. The Missouri Pacific's new train to Topeka links to Garnett Independence Coffeyville Wichita and more. Remember Vinewood Essays.
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Denver
Rio Grandé
Banda
Coin
Missouri Pacific
Topeka
Garnett
Independence
Coffeyville
Rireka
Drado
Wichita
Kiowa
Warner's Safe Cure Ad Claims Constipation Cure
An advertising feature for Warner's Safe Cure promotes a speedy permanent cure for constipation and kidney issues. It includes testimonials from Mrs AL Smith of Milwaukee and Mrs Genevieve i Ker of Minneapolis, touting relief after one to four bottles, and warns against sediment-filled remedies while praising Safe Pills for gentle bowel movement and healing.
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Warner
Mrn
ML AL Smith
Milwaukes
Wis
Gt Ang Drug
Welte Warner
Bare Cure Co
Rochester
Washington real estate ad from early American Journal
An 1773 Mount Vernon advertisement by George Washington offers large tracts along the Ohio and Great Kanawha rivers for sale or lease with flexible terms and timelines. The piece situates Washington in the real estate market, notes his cousin Lund Washington as intermediary, and highlights transportation routes, fertile lands, and potential for new government foundations on the Ohio frontier.
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Baltimore American
Maryland Journal
Baltimore — Advertiser
American
Journal and Advertiser
Baltimore
Washington
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Virginia
Ohio
Alexandria
Lund Washington
General Washington
4. Q. Washington
Leffer
Kanhawa
Fort Pitt
Monongahela
Kedatone
Cheat River
Potomac
Great Cave
Markes
Speace
The Child in the Mills in Georgia Labor Debate
A Georgia debate over child labor regulation is described with critics fearing state restrictions. The piece debates setting a twelve year age limit, argues paternal law harms workers, and notes mill conditions, education, and poverty shaping public sentiment and policy.
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Georgia
Fehiy
Catton Mill
Stte
Baird
Georgia I Arbor
Stnelarmoniatey
Mione&e
Teheol
Pont Chiiren
Westion
Wchool
Goml
Man Weds on Deathbed in Wisconsin Parish
In DMitwauxee Wisconsin on a summer afternoon a couple married as Aranda Paweke lay near death. The bride had been ill for months, her fiancé Tuchel had waited years. A license and dispensation were secured so the ceremony could proceed at her side. The Rev Adolph Bashenroth officiated as the bride’s condition remained critical.
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Dmitwauxee
Wis
Loule ‘Tuchel
Aranda Pa
Adolph Bashenroth
Knapp Seeks Retrial in Bluebeard Case
Alfred Knapp, the convicted "Bluebeard" straw man, will be brought before Judge Eyt den to hear arguments for a new trial. Cincinnati lawyer Thomas Darby, who collapsed at the trial, will speak for Knapp and Prosecutor Gard will argue for the state. Belief runs high that Knapp will be denied another appeal.
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Hamilton
Alfred Knapp
Bluebeard
Strawger
Eytden
behMlf
Thomas Darby
Cincinnnati
Knapp
Gard
Staiv
Kapp
Divorce Suit Filed By W. F. Eckles Over Cruelty In Indiana
Beal as She In Cruel Valparamo, Ind. Aug. Willamn , Eckles Of this city formerly of Chicago tied suit in the circuit court for divorce from Alice M. Kekler. The complainant says the couple were married in Chicago in January 1995 and the wife left him in May. He charges cruel treatment and abandonment and that she threw coffee and victuals in his face at meals. He accuses her of misconduct with W. G. Driver of Chicago. Eckles also says his wife went to Chicago and stayed for weeks at a bus, mocked his disability from a street car accident, and forced him to cook his own meals.
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W. F. Ecklen
Valparamo
Ind
Willamn
Eckles
Wut
Chicago
Circuit Court
Alice M. Kekler
W. G. Driver
Erkles
Bns
Shaved whiskers provoke gentleman's comic loss in Detroit
A Detroit man’s pride in his whiskers ends in a public prank. After a river excursion, his beard is shaved to a baby face, triggering laughter in a cottage and a tearful reaction from his wife who collapses, sobbing over the loss of his facial adornment. The scene unfolds among a group visiting the St Clair flats.
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Detroit
St. Clair Fats
Detroit Tribune
Norman visitors to England in peaceful Norman invasion
A group from the antiquarian society Le Souvenir Normand will visit Hastings next week for a quiet, scholarly tour. The delegation, comprised of learned gentlemen, will review Abbot Hall and Rover Notations as part of their antiquarian program.
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England
Hastings
Fristee
le Souvenir
Notre Dame de Lourdes Academy Fort Scott Kansas
Fort Scott Notre Dame de Lourdes Academy offers boarding and day schooling with a broad curriculum. Courses cover essential studies plus practical arts, drawing, painting, and education. French and German available for an extra charge. Needlework included. For catalogue contact Sisters of St. Joseph, Fort Scott, Kansas.
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Notre Dame de Lourdes Academy
Fort Scott
Kanens
Norman invasion pageant reimagines 1086 visit in London
The London Telegraph reports a planned pageant marking the Norman arrival in 1086. Exhibits include tableaux of battles with period costumes, interpreters, and a Lords and mayors event inviting several town leaders to attend and discuss the castle of Lodiam in their own tongue.
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Belnie
J. H. Rouni i. Edserie Harrison
Lodiam
London Telegraph
Louisiana Education Report Shows Steady State Gains
A New Orleans Times-Democrat summary notes Superintendent Cathoun reports public schools in Louisiana show steady improvement in educational conditions. The average attendance rises slightly but remains uneven across districts with white enrollment higher overall. Enrollment of educable children stands at about 33 percent, lagging behind 49 percent a year earlier, and stark gaps persist in negro schools across Acadia Lafayette Tenens and Madison parishes.
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Louisiana
Acadia
Lafayette
Tenens
Madison
Childn
New Orleans
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Evarhardt’s Loving Cup
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