Imprisoned for Contempt Yet Escapes From Train
Mrs. Margaret Lewis, 80, jailed for contempt after refusing to post a $5 bond in a district court case filed by Gotelb Frohwerk over a $140 claim plus about $110 in costs. She fled custody when a deputy attempted to transport her to the district court, leaping from a train near Hutchinson as she sought escape at a pace of roughly forty miles per hour, with her attorneys seeking a writ of habeas corpus for release.
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Kansas City
Kes
Margaret Lewis
Fischer
District Court
Oscar Haner
Lewis
Samuel Lewis
Accuml
Adove
Gotelb Frohwerk
Amogae
Tor
Airs
Chase
Sitll
Mia
Sly
Sherif Fred Greed
Shelley James Cummins
Minnesota Avenue
Judes Fischer
Frohwerk
Supreme Court
Slugging by Thugs Ends in Fatal Assault in Kansas City
Kansas City Kansas Aug 30 Joseph Mathews a butcher in Armourdale was attacked near Seventeenth and Quindaro Boulevard about 9 10 last night. He was struck on the head with a heavy instrument, possibly a slingshot, and lay bleeding as he stumbled toward his Newell Street home. Edward Lund who heard Mathews cry for help hurried to aid him but the assailants disappeared.
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Kansas City
Kan
Joseph Mathews
Armourdale
Seventeenth
Quindaro Boulevard
Beind Mathews
Mathews
Wsl
Newell Street
Edward Lund
Lund
Halley Addresses Large Garden City Park Rally
Republican gubernatorial candidate J Halley spoke to a large audience at a city park in Garden City Kansas, drawing attendees from surrounding counties. The fair drew a strong crowd with races as the main attraction, an underwhelming agricultural display, and a record seed crop with high prices and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kas. Aue
J. Halley
Countiet
Great Bend School Closes for Now
Sterling Aug 40 The Central Normal college of Great Bend has sold its building and failed to ready a new facility or secure staff. The school will not open this fall but hopes to resume later. Horse and Farmer Drowned Fort Stott Aug 30 James Kittner, a prominent farmer near the Missouri line, six years old, drowned at Brooks ford in the Marmadon.
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Great Bend
Sterling
Central Normal College of
Fort Stott
James Kittner
Missouri Line
Brook's Ford
Talk of the City: Doans Kidney Pills End Kidney Troubles
Local readers report strong kidney relief from Doan’s Kidney Pills after prolonged pain and back trouble. L M Torrence describes severe winter kidney issues, relief after two boxes, and no recurrence. Sold by Rowley & Snow and others. Poaster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, N Y, sole US agents. Remember the same Doans substitute.
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L. M. Torrence
East Sixth Street
Carpenter
Doan
Rowley
Snow
Price
Gente Poater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
XN. T
United States
Dean's
Qake Co
Death of a man after drunken ride near town
Jon River, two and a half miles northeast of this city, last night. Kittner had been in town six days. He started home at eight, was intoxicated, and lost his way. His horse and buggy were found downstream a half mile away, horse dead and buggy broken. He leaves a wife and six children.
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Jon
Kittner
Prisoner Escapes Train Pursuit Near Hutchinson Carnival
A prisoner charged with forgery leaped from a train at speed and vanished while being transported to Hutchinson for the Valley Falls Carnival near Valley Falls Kansas. The event sparked a fundraising effort and a call for Midway attractions with Dan Breneman reporting injuries after a yard switch accident in Dodge City in October.
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Dodge City
Kas
Dan Breneman
Santa Pe Yard
Railroad News Shows Strike Pattern Across Coast Lines
General Manager H A Mudge contends that boilermakers on the Santa Fe coast face a strike every few days. Reports from Fridgy's State Journal hint at a San Bernardino strike before the latest incident. A labor dispute escalated after a land house keeper was involved in a confrontation. Investigations by Mechanical Superintendent Joughins followed after a night-time clash. About 38 engines are dead in yards as 40 boilermakers are employed with more being added weekly.
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H. A. Mudge
State Journal
Santa Fe Coast Lines
Fridgy
San Bernardino
Frome
Joughins
Ottmann
Park
Wells
Topeka
M J Devey Promoted As Division Master Mechanic
M J Drury longtime Santa Fe official in Arkansas City is promoted to division master mechanic and will transfer to Winslow Arizona. His career spans roles from machinist in Topeka 1889 to master mechanic at Arkansas City and La Junta and most recently division foreman for the Oklahoma line. He departs for La Junta for a conference with the superintendent and plans to return for his family.
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Topeks
Arkansas City
Kan
M. J. Drury
Santa Fe
Winslow
Ariz
Drury
The
Topeka
la Junta
Colorado
Oklahoma Line
Vernon Kellogg returns from Samoa with specimens
Stanford entomology head Dr. Vernon Lyman Kellogg brings back Sea and Island life specimens for the National Museum of Washington. His Samoa work focused on a worm free stage and a disease called clesantia sis, believed to afflict nearly half the native population. Governor Caplin Sebree endorses a plan preventing infected water via a wave approach.
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Stanford University
Cal
Vernon Lyman Kellogg
Department of
Entomology
Jordan
Samoa
National Museum
Washington
Caplin Sebree
Uy; Bon
Tir
Kellowe
Forest Fire Ravages Fremont County In Wyoming
Sheridan Wyoming August 20 The great forest fire in Fremont county continues to rage. Camplin who led a force of men to battle the blaze says flames are gigantic and workers were unable to halt progress. The fire has already burned over a four mile stretch and threatens the timber tract of the Lander valley with total destruction.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Great Forest
Fremont County
Camplin
Lander Valley
Real Estate Transfers and Property Movements
Real estate transfers listed include Life Insurance Co to Slush for 33,000 affecting lots 151-35 on Horne Street Haynes R Shoecraft to H Shoecraft for 57 and lots M 6 and Lincoln Street Quinton Steele's add L B Rousseau to J F Rousseau for 2,100 covering lots 106 and 806 Clay Street Horne's Geo F Gux and wife to B Corby for 3,000 at Woodlawn area Potwins sub with several blocks in Highland Park add.
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Peeseetheel Life Insurance Co
Ean
Horne Street
Haynes R. Shoecraft
H. Shoecraft
Lincoln
Quinton & Steele
L. B Rousseau
J. F Rousseau
Clay
Horne
Geo. F. Gux
B. Corby
Woodlawn
Potwin
Highland Park
Boilermakers Stirred by Grievances in San Bernardino
The San Bernardino boilermakers threaten action amid grievances over Union discharge and hiring practices. A Sunday powwow at Fourth Street lodge discussed broken faith after a strike settlement and reports of more workers shipped in from the East. Charles Ottman’s dismissal and related tensions were cited as fueling unrest among locals.
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San Bernardino
Fourth Street
Kansas City
Needles
Far East
Philadelphia
West
Charles Ottman
Park
Ottman
Sand House
Mind
Ererrerosn
Mother’s Girl and The Changing Path to Womanhood
A fragmentary piece discusses the mother daughter bond and a girl’s transition toward womanhood. It references emotional shifts, nervousness, and a guidance text The Common Sense Medical Adviser by Dr Pierce, offered in a free paper cover edition.
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Cna
Dr. Pierce
Conhill
Common Sense
Ling
EV. Pires
Baffalo
Martinique Disaster Lecture Tours for Santa Fe Employees
Rev L E Busser superintendent of the Santa Fe reading rooms announces free lectures for railway employees. Lecturer B R Baumgardten will present Martinique Disaster and Destruction of St Pierre using 75 superb disaster views. Lectures will stop at all stations with reading rooms along the system.
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L. E. Busser
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Railway
Bir
Busser
B. R. Baumgardten
Martinique
St. Pierre
Heumgaardien
Chief Clerk W. W. Cameron Resigns for Pueblo Post
San Bernardino Aug 30 Chief Clerk W W Cameron of Supt Beamer's office resigns to join Supt Parker as chief clerk Colorado division with higher pay. He has been in San Bernardino since April 1901. Rock Island maps reveal lines Fort Worth to Dallas Kansas City to Belle Saint Louis Amarillo to Tucumcari and Tucumcari to Dawson with work starting on several extensions.
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San Bernardino
Cal
W. W. Cameron
Beamer
Pueblo
Colo
Cameron
Colorado
Parker
Rock Island
Port Worth
Dallas
Kansas City
Belle, St. Louis
Amarillo
Tucumearl
Tucumcari
Dawson
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Santa Fe Announces One-Rate Rome Excursion From October
W J Black Santa Fe general passenger agent issued a Friday circular announcing a Rome visitors excursion covering central states east of Evansville Indiana and St Joseph Michigan and west of Toronto Canada with Niagara Falls Buffalo and Wheeling West Virginia as highlights. Tickets on sale Oct 2 to Nov 4 return by Nov 4. Also Santa Fe offers cheap rate sleeper tours on Chicago trains Nos 6 and 6 through Sept 1 to handle crowds.
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Rome
W. J. Black
Santa Fe
Central States
Bermu
Evansville
Ind
St. Joseph
Mich
Toronto
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Wheelinng
W. Va
Chicago
Sneryiguzist Steiners
City rail posts rename towns in California branch shift
Word reached Agent Pilot on Monday that Manuel California will be known as Barnwell and that the California Eastern will be the Barnwell branch of the Arizona division. Barnwell honors W G Barnwell, a popular assistant general freight agent. Blake becomes Goffs and Manvel will be renamed Barnwell though Manvel offices keep old name for now.
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Manuel
California
Barnwell
California Eastern
Arizona
W. G. Barnwell
Blake
Goffs
Manvel
Manvel Post and Express
Rail workers notes up and down the Santa Fe division
Topeka newsroom item lists railroad workers returning from illness and travel and notes several promotions and transfers. Trainmaster E A Austin resumes duties after sickness. J E Hurley and others inspect and report back from trips. Numerous foremen, carpenters, and machinists are mentioned with some health updates and planned moves.
Topeka Railway Yard Aids in Heavy Cattle Rush Preparations
Reports from Topeka detail locomotive readiness and shop activity as crews prepare for a major cattle rush expected early next week. Several workers suffer injuries in unrelated incidents while others travel for training and school assignments. Local railroad operations and personnel changes are noted, with emphasis on upcoming tasks and health updates.
Calif Doctors Claim Cure For Brights Disease And Diabetes
Prominent claims of curing Brights disease and diabetes in California emerge as reports show recoveries averaging up to seven percent. Investigations and demonstrations are inconclusive, but the city is urged to request one of the reports for urgent cases.
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Bright
California
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Madison
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Force
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Fine Blut
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Stare Terorson
Tate Ok
Francis Manley
Litteori
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Smith Shop
Joseph Puett
Gree Minleten
Eis Sheers
Hostetter
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B. F. Altmeyer & Co
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Columbia
Topeka Automobile & Cycle CO
East 8Th Street
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Oshkosh
Francis M. Fribble
Tex
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Cvast
Los Angeles
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Gould
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Scranton
Linn
Sia Sa
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Nouthop
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Kansas
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Cafferty
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Florida
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Smee
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Rinemon
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Att Pacific
Cheyenne
Avi Gourtey
Wiliam F. Ant
Sowes Hose
Ad Phon ‘Ustedis Company
Fred
Ohio
Ari
Abbes
Lear
Beyone
George Real
Herington
Real
Bollermaekers
Peitelee
Milton Housom
Migang
Howson
Topeka Drug CO
Topeka, Kansas
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