Keep the Money at Home bridge financing debate in Kansas city
County and city officials debate funding details for a new bridge project. Citizens discuss who pays, the bridge’s impact on labor in Shawnee County, and political promises from the recent election. The piece notes past costs and urges local hiring unless essential, urging restraint on county expenditures. It mentions a local meat market contact for further inquiries.
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Hans
Tober
Bette
Bruntrex
Ken
Fotoh
Haldar
Howeville
Purehess Price
Etusler
Alec Thas
John Mortis
Kantas
Shawnée
Typeke
Played Cards on Sunday Leads to Arrests in City
Police nabbed nineteen suspects after Sunday night and Monday arrests. Seven men face charges for playing cards on Sunday at the Shot Tower corner of Fourteenth and Quincey streets. Isha Eswyer Robert Marshall and six others were rounded up. All pleaded guilty except J H Hall, with fines and terms recorded.
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Robert Marshall
J. H. Hull
Charles Dillard
William Ware
William Eagleson
James Woods
Fourteenth and
Quincey Streets
Hall
Massacre Reported at Zsitoun Town by Turkish Forces
Telegraph dispatch from Vienna says Mustapha Pasha led a Turkish force to seize Zsitoun on Lesvos. Armenian insurgents held the town earlier, and many Armenians who did not flee to the mountains were said to be massacred.
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Lesvos
Telegraph Publisies
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Insurgents Routed by Sonateh Troops in Mataaz Province
A despatch from Coloa, Mataaz, confirms Spanish forces routed about 4,000 insurgents along the Calmena river. Reports say 100 insurgents were killed as Sonateh troops advanced in Cada Maar on December 2. Daily subscription notice included.
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Railroad News notes county taxes and staff changes
The article reports Rhawnnes county receiving a large railroad tax haul for 1995 with Santa Fe and Rock Island paying substantial sums. It lists specific tax amounts on main line, shops, depots, and hospital construction. It also records personnel moves, appointments, resignations, and transfers across Santa Fe and Rock Island lines, plus notes on a public sale and potential line extensions linking Chicago, Denver.
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State Journal
Rhawnes County
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Bente Pe Company
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Morehouse
Kanews City
Suota Pe Company
Sumner County
Locomotive Leader Sets Record Speeds in Early Trials
A rail chief commanded a locomotive at an average twenty nine miles per hour with one notable run pushing toward the famed thirty three miles per hour mark, startling scholars by challenging the tesid's then record pace.
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Robbery on Seventh and Matt streets ends with arrest
John Smith, a traveling man, reported robbed of $45 by Sadie Williams, a 19 year old colored girl. A $10 bill was dropped when she fled, picked up by her accomplice London. Sadie Williams was arrested. John Smith faced disorderly conduct charges and may not appear in court.
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Seventh
Matt‘sun Streets
Sadie Williams
John Smith
Sadie
Cchurch
John Lonsley
Smish
London
Baer
Hen
Sta Sn
A Catholic Riot Over Polish Church Feud Explodes
A clash in Buffalo between the St Adelbert Polish Roman Catholic congregation and dissidents from Holy Rosary led to a riot of over 1,000. Protesters seized banners, pelted the priest's house with stones, and shattered windows while police used batons to disperse the crowd. thirteen arrests were reported.
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Church of Holy Rosary
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St Adelbart’s
Holy Rosary Church
Esterday
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Sir ‘Thomas
Cuests
Women Voices on War and Arbitration in Venezuela Debate
Ella Wheeler Wilcox argues for arbitration and mocks war as England an imperial power. Lillie Devereux Blake suggests women should settle disputes, noting modern securities making war impractical.
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England
Lillie Deverens
New York
Ella Wheeler Wilcot
Lillie Devereux Blake
Isn
Yerkes Brings Art Collection To New York In Draw ing Room Cars
Millionaire Yerkes ships his immense private art collection from Chicago to New York in a parlor car convoy. Valued at hundreds of thousands to possibly over a million dollars with figures cited from $500,000 to $1,500,000, the cargo is strapped and secured for the journey. The Yerkes gallery at Sixty eighth Street and Fifth Avenue is described as the United States largest private space, stretching 101225 feet and serving as a ballroom on special occasions.
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Chicago
New York
Eadh
Sixty-eighth Street
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United
Governor Mc Kinley Hosts Farewell Dinner At Columbus Club
Governor Mc Kinley was the guest of honor at a farewell dinner in Columbus club dining hall with Governor-elect Dushnell and other dignitaries. Toastmaster Outhwaite praised President Canfield of Ohio State University in a toast titled The First Citizen, highlighting the university leader’s humor and eloquence. Santa Fe engineer J M Meade was chosen to prepare a paper on ditching and subsidence of railroads for a Head Masters Association meeting at Niagara Falls in 1896. Morrow's meat market advertises poultry beef and oysters.
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McKinley
Dushnell
Espirel
Canfield
Ohio State University
H. J. Hoyt
Cleveland
Outhwaite
Canficid
Giuuer
Columbus
Dispatch
Santa Fe
J. M. Meade
Pueblo
Cal
More House Committees and Broderick on Judiciary
Washington Dec 22 Speaker Reed names added House committees beyond Saturday dispatches. Republicans Hodgson and others lead railroads and interstate commerce. Democrats assign Peters and others. Judiciary chair Henderson leads Republicans with Broderick on the panel. Dems assign Calderon and DeArmond. Institutional details list chairs for elections, post offices, public lands, pensions, education, and more across both parties.
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DeArmond
Committee On Elections
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They Want Freedom in Porto Rico Meeting
A large Porto Rican colony gathering in New York heard Dr Henna urge ending centuries of Spanish rule and demanding a government of the people. Senor Fivas linked the Cuban war’s growth to their own organized effort and success if they emulate that example.
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Strathnevis Lost and Oriental Steamship Missing
The Oriental steamship Strathnevis and Tes Parsons have been missing for nearly forty days. Ten people were aboard when last heard from about thirty miles west of Cape Platery in the North Pacific. No further contact has been made as days pass without word on their fate.
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Gas Explosion Burns Eight at Furnace Site
An underground gas leak at Shofverter's rolling mill on Fourteenth Street caused a furnace gas explosion at 4 am. Eight workers were burned, with Phil lips Bowman among the injured and stated to be in danger of dying. Others named include Fred Near Michael Keir Wom Ney Anthony SieNally Joseph Borman David Scott and an unidentified man. The molten metal sprayed and engulfed the workers before escape was possible.
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David Scott
Senate Door Keeper Bassett Buried in Washington
Funeral services for Capt. Tsno Bassett veteran Senate door keeper were held at the First Presbyterian Church in Washington with Rev. Byron Sutherland delivering the sermon. Attending were Senators Hawley Sherman Roach Mitchell of Oregon Gorman and Pu Flor representing the Senate.
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New York's boon growth plans for city buildings
The city reports plans for new buildings totaling 71,008,911 and alterations to old structures costing 5,204,418 this year. Growth in cow bayl ings data appears garbled, but the overall expansion figures reflect substantial construction activity in the current year.
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