Mortgage Shark Would Abrogate Judgment Law In Parkdale case
Daniel and Mary McKernan faced foreclosure on their Parkdale home after hard times and a man’s shift to mortgage debt. He bought 2000 life insurance with his wife as beneficiary, hoping for aid if he failed. After his December departure and January death in Kansas City, garnishment sought to reach lodge funds to cover remaining mortgage. The Knights lodge will contest.
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Daniel McKernan
Parkdale
Knights and Ladies of Security
Tain
Hheir Place
and Airs
W. B Kirkpatrick
Lodge
McKernan Uvotil
Distriet Court
McKernan’s
A Put Up Job By Which New Mexico Lost Slaty Thousand Dollars
Santa Fe February 21 The legislature adopts a resolution to form a committee to travel to Albuquerque and probe how the two year old assembly passed a bill naming the Albuquerque Nations Folsom bank as territorial fund depository. The bank failed soon after causing New Mexico to lose 60000 dollars. Waveral Notice Topeka colored Masons hold a special meeting at 419 Kansas avenue tonight to arrange Bro W H Bloughies funeral.
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New Mexico
Santa Px
N. M
Albuquerque
Kansas Avenue
Bro. W. H. Bloughies
Member from Gopher enjoys Topeka concert in odd fashion
A Gopher county man attends Marshall's Military Band concert at Hamilton Hall among about a thousand attendees. He amused himself by watching attire, misadventures with a hat, and reactions to selections, praising the tenor solo and later the harps, intermezzos, and Scottish pieces, ending with a grand march as the crowd applauded and he declared the show outstanding despite a sleepy performance.
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Oncc
Gopher County
Hamilton Hall
Marshall
Gopher
Sodha
Major Jones
Suppe
Madden Hall
Aleep
Prof. Leib
Via
Mascagni
le Thiere
Leib
Bad Meat At The Asylum Still Worried By Officials
Reports from the Insane Asylum allege careless cooking and repeated bad meat in meals. An Irish stew breakfast sickened many patients and staff, with about a dozen victims noted. Cook Smith, head cook since Dr Eastman’s return, faces responsibility amid a prior 1891 investigation that was never finished.
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Insane Asylum
McCasey
Strats Joanna
Topeka Snap Shots A Mixed City Chronicle
Ex mayor RL Corran registered yesterday. Nine new houses rise on Swinburne ranch northwest of Topeka. Night seers visit the fre department as the Hicks blizzard was due. Municipal league discussions rise with crowd size. David Anderson recovers from a coal incident. Lowe wins $200 after suit in district court. Marshall’s band sets summer entertainments at the park with varied acts. James H Gay withdraws from the justice race at a colored mass meeting. John L Gay is the one-armed white soldier who nearly became probate judge last year.
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RL. Corran
Swinburne Ranch
Topeka
Milton Ball
Nebraska
David Anderson
North ‘Ropeka
Lowe
North Topeka
District Court
Municipal League
Marshall
Park
Flying Pictures
James H. Gay
Justice of the Peace
John L Gay
North Topeka Iteme of Interest on North Side of River
Items from the North Side of the river note a telephone company stringing wires, property moves near Santa Fe Junction, and local residents in varying conditions. Richard Hughes plans to sell near Santa Fe Junction and move to suburbs to till soil. August Lewis sick with lung fever on Topeka Avenue. Jacob Weidler improving slowly after illness. Dentists Drs. Lyon and Reynolds cut prices. A.M. Cross moves jewelry store to 427 Kansas Avenue opposite post office. Capito Elevator shipped corn to Eskridge Alma and Manhattan. New furniture shipments from St. Joseph to Rossville signal prosperity. All inmates at Bidwell asylum confined to upper story during outbuilding removal near cemetery. Elder Ingels withdraws Prairie Home church appointment. revival in southern state.
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Harrison Telephone Company
Laurent Street
Santa Fe
Richard Hughes
August Lewis
Topeka Avenue
Rock Island
Jacob Weidler
Madison and
Laurent Streets
Alma
Manhattan
St. Joseph
Rossville
Bidwell Insane Asylum
Curtis Street
Ingels
Prairie Home Church
A Sharp Contest The English Commons Divide Government
In Lespes February 22 strong anxiety fills the lobbies as Sir Henry James moves for an adjournment to spotlight Indian import duties on Sotton. Lancashire conservatives and liberal supporters in the Catton trade edge toward defeating the government, whose fate hinges on today’s cabinet decision. The Pall Mall Gazette anticipates a government defeat but notes anxiety over an early reversal.
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Lespes
House of Commons
Henry James
Sotton
Lancashire
Catton
Pall Mall Gazette
Yee
Henry James’ Modon
Poor Suffering People Pay Rail Fare as Legislators Pass Free
A satirical critique notes lawmakers clamor for free railroad passes while ordinary citizens buy tickets. It mocks passes as caste marks and describes conductors haggling over fares, portraying anti pass bills as a check on privileged officials amid widespread legislative envy.
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Republic
Flushing Waoer
Short
Ajax
Conan Pagelones
Hanover
Dougherty Praises Topeka Mayor Address by Ministerial Union
Kansas City reformer James G. Dougherty commends Mayor T. W. Harrison for his address to Topeka ministers. He urges wider circulation of the paper to advance good citizenship and public interest among citizens, not just ministers.
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Kansas City
Morrison
Harrison
Ministerial Union
Hoy
James G. Dougherty
Department of Additizenship
Kansas Christian Endeavorer
Kan
T. W. Harrison
Topeka
Srg
Edwin Taylor
Janes G. Dousherty
Egypt May Rise and Massacre Threats in Alexandria
A Times dispatch from Cairo notes rising threats in Alexandria with public attention focused on danger to Germans and other Europeans. Recitations have been held for the German community as a private letter describes the threatening atmosphere.
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Lexpos
the Times
Cairo
Alexandria
Street Railways Growth Signals Strong 1895 Demand
The Iron Trade Review notes rising mileage and growing rail orders for 1895 amid uncertain coke prices. Rail contracts have been slow, but spring deliveries show promise, with 155000 tons of steel rails set for city and inter-town lines in 1904 versus 133423 in 1893 and 81508 in 1891. New plate mill at Lingis Steel boosts competition, likely intensifying battles for central western ship plates and tank steel.
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Creverann
Iron Trade Review
Connellavilis
Elingis Steel Com Posany
Chicago
Congressional Report Links Cotton Price Decline to Overproduction
A Senate agriculture and forestry subcommittee report from the Fifty-second Congress cites demonetization of silver as a proximate factor and details farmer replies showing production costs matching or exceeding cotton value in 1891-93. It notes widespread discontent among cotton producers and skepticism toward conservative relief measures, with overproduction identified as the obvious cause.
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Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Senate
George, Bute and
Proctor
Georges
Cotton Futures Debate and Silver Remonetization Proposals
A congressional committee criticizes cotton futures trading as depressant to prices and urges abolition, deeming it interstate commerce, while also urging remonetization of silver. It proposes replacing tariff effects by diversifying crops and keeping capital at home to aid cotton states. F Seure Paist Glass and Wall Paper moves to 702 Kansas arena.
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Cottom
New York
New Orleans
Congress
Kansas
Arenua
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JL. Shirly
East 6Th St
Buch Brothers
Bill Simpking
Arebatl
Hie Storr
Extzorr Crrr
Daniel Shea
Kennady
Broideries
Golland Bros.’ & Kramer
Cash Dry Goods Co
Egypt
Nobar Pasha
MR. Dougherty
Titram
Cor
Elmwood
Willow Ave
Potwin Place
Topera Transfer Company
Kansas Ave
F. P. Bacon
Arthur Massay
West Fifth Street
Enna
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