Osage City Trade Names and Local Agencies
Osage City advertises suppliers and services including Tas Sovrawestexs Fre and Sanses avenue for shaft can orders, Freach Bakery as exclusive agent for Ralston flour and bread, Harrison 18, 815 Kansas, Southwestern Pre Company on Kansas avenue, and a wagon call service. Also listed are Teresa Stean Lauxper and Couraxy on Kansas avenue, F Sears Paint Glass and Wall Paper dealer now at 772 Kansas avenue 12 and 114 West 8 Peerless steam.
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Police Force Cleans Vice From City Streets
A new police force campaign sweeps through the city eradicating vice elements. Authorities report cleaner districts and improved public order as officers intensify patrols and enforcement in targeted zones. Community leaders welcome reduced crime and safer neighborhoods.
Cleaning Out Smoky Row as New Police Force Enforces Full Terms
The new city police force, in effect less than a week, raids the Smoky Row district on Kansas Avenue leading to arrests and fines. Oscar Long and wife face $30 fines. three girls receive $25 fines, one freed for health. Tom Hair, Andy Leonard, and Rachel Beaver await Friday court. Pets Callahan and Harry Shaffer await trial after arrests for liquor and drunkenness. The city will hold prisoners to their full terms to boost revenue and deter crime, with more raids planned and jail space limited.
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Western Kansas Protest and Local Notices From 19th Century Page
A letter to aid commissioners argues Kansas can care for its poor, urging action against Eastern appeals. An advertisement promotes coal from Canon City to Weir City, and a homeseekers’ excursion details Union Pacific tickets to western states. Cough syrup and coal adverts close the page.
Rock Island Route Excursion to Several States February 12
Home Seekers' Excursion offers round trip one fare plus 2 dollars to Kansas Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arkansas Louisiana and Missouri with good return 20 days and a stopover. For details contact Rock Island City Ticket Agents. Also advertised coal sale by Tae Sovurs Westess Freet Co at 634 Kansas Avenue Telephone 19% with Frontenac lump or egg coal.
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Tae Sovurs-Westess Fret Co
Progress in photography with the photochromoscope
Frederick E. Ives demonstrated the photochromoscope at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, showcasing color photography that reproduces natural hues with convincing realism. The lecture included a stereoscopic color instrument and lantern slides from scenes in Fairmount Park, Switzerland, Italy, and the Yellowstone region.
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Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
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Fairmount Park
Switzerland
Italy
Yellowstone
Grandmother's Dollars Spark Banker's If-Only Tale
A 99 year old woman's death reveals a granddaughter and cynical husband among distant relatives. The estate included 30 dollars in gold and wedding presents, sparking a man’s musings on what 80 dollars saved since grandmother’s youth might have become. A bankman calculates that 30 dollars at six percent would amount to about 1 6 in fifty years, implying large potential losses from early spending.
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Remarkable Nervous System Exhibit at Hahnemann College
A glass case in Hahnemann college Philadelphia displays the entire human cerebro spinal nervous system intact. Dr R Weaver, college professor, spent twelve months eight hours daily on the grisly work earning a World's Fair ribbon. The exhibit shows nerves in brain and spine preserved like a fish net and varies from thick to delicate spider web slenderness. Miss Emily Gerry descendant of Elbridge Gerry aged 93 noted for wit and memory. British and American caricature of Americans by their noses contrasts Paris and Vienna. A tale shows a girl with arms folded and a mock expulsion of Satan by a virtuous saintly figure.
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Medical College
Hahnemann College
Philadelphia
R .&. Weaver
Police Haul Of Offenders In A Kansas Avenue Bust
Officers found a lively crowd in a second story room at 326 Kansas Avenue last night. Nels Longworth Clem Longworth Thomas Ryan and H Lewl faced court this morning with fines for drunken conduct. Frank Skinner Clara Johnson and others were jailed or fined for improper conduct or liquor offenses.
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Elliston
Nels Longworth
Clem Longworth
Thos Ryan
H-Lewl
Nels Pocganeth
Ryan
Frank Skinner
Clara Johnson
Hairay Leonard
Rachael Beaver
Kansas Avenue
Henry Shaffer
Pete Callahan
Does It Apply. Topeka’s Slot Machines Face Anti-Gambling Law
In Topeka the anti gambling law reduced license tax revenue as cigar stores and some drug stores operate slot machines to boost cigar sales. The city imposed a ten dollar annual tax per machine, but doubt exists whether slot machines fall under the law and many operators have set them aside while both types remain in the city awaiting clarity.
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Topeka
U- Cause
Theater Hat Discarded by New Haven Women
In New Haven at the Hyperion theater last night women removed their large hats on seating while men applauded. The event signals a tacit decision by the women to abandon big hats during theater attendance, reflecting a dress reform moment.
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New Haven
New York
Hyperion Theater
New England Silverite Boris Holloway backs silver
Special from Nassau reports Cyril Holloway, elected representative to the next houses to replace Henry Blair, has come out for silver. He is the only New England member to oppose the prevailing eastern currency creed.
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Evans Sworn In Governor But Secretary Refuses Oath Filing
Nashville Tenn February 6 The legislative joint assembly resumed and read returns for governor. After reads Mr Evans Republican took the oath of office, administered by a magistrate in the state library. The secretary of state was asked to file the oath but declined, smiling. The Lady Minstrels under Ingleside ladies and Mr Haskell will headline a major amateur show. Rehearsals at Miss Russell's Physical Culture Rooms are thorough and the ensemble promises polished performances. Tickets go on sale Thursday morning at ten at Sima's Drug Co store. Rooms Wanted Dele gate lodging for Grand Lodge A F and A February 15 to 22 to be reported with location and price. George W. Eacnie
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Teen
Legislative Joint Assembly
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Galery
Sima’ Drug Co
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Pullman Witness Sought in Debs Conspiracy Case
Deputy marshal failing to locate George M Pullman reported he had been referred between Pullman’s residence and office and was finally told he had gone to Washington as the Debs conspiracy trial opened in Chicago CURECAGO February 2. Frontenac coal advertised by The Southwestern Fox Co.
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Aid Needed for Ohio Families Facing Starvation
A Rendville Perry county committee reports 225 families averaging six members face starvation due to frozen conditions and no shoes or clothing. The sole local mine is shut, local credit exhausted, and store owner Myor Wella has extended $7,000 in credit, prompting appeal to Governor McKinley for aid.
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Trouble for settlers on public lands raises residence rule dispute
Washington reports on section 8 of the 1890 land act and a 1892 interior ruling requiring actual residence for entries. A House Public Lands bill would grant rights to settlers unable to complete purchases, opposing Interior Secretary who warns it creates undue privilege. Also mentions railway passenger volume and service notes from Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, plus a local bakery telephone ad.
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Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Telephone 193 Harket Report From Feb 6 Markets
Wheat opened with a 4 1 2 cent decline as traders faced selling from the seaboard and a New York weakness. May wheat opened down 1 4 at 53 44, corn followed corn and oats. Hog receipts were above estimates with May pork at 10 07, lard 6 63, ribs 5 25. Kansas City reports show cattle prices steady to strong with steers around 116 to 140, hogs 8 40 to 9 50, grain prices mixed and futures active. Public notices include a lecture at Washburn College, February 8, and a sale ad for Sims advance seating.
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