True to Trust At the Expense of His Life in a Bank Robbery
Two robbers struck the City National Bank in Wienrra Falls Texas on Feb 54 and killed Cashier Dorsey in a clash with staff, while a board of witnesses pursued the desperadoes. A second bank attempt in Warren Arkansas ended with two wounded robbers and hopeful capture. Additional notes cover a G A B encampment at St Paul and other crime headlines.
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Wienrra Falls
Tex
City National Bank
Dorney
Prank
P. PB. Langford
Lankford
Captain McDonald
Foster Crartford
Dorsey
Bes
Payhandle
City National Banks
Warren
Ark
Pet
Mr. Adair
Moeasis
FT. M. Woolwin
B W. Sutton
Adair
Goodwin
St. Pak Ispiavarotis
Ind
St Peol
G. A. RK
St Paul, Ming
Farnbroier Hnand Aed
New Yoak
Dennis Ferguson
Long Island City
Ferguson
General Shelby on Grand Army parade in New York
Kansas City February 26 General Shelby commander of the United States Confederate veterans of Missouri replies to a New York newspaper inquiry. He opposes the proposed July 4 parade in New York with Grand Army of the Republic in uniform and ex Confederates in gray. He cites unity of flag and country and urges harmony over sectional display, praising Commander Walker's stance.
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Kansas City
C. Shelby
United States
Confederate Veterans of Missouri
New York
Walker
G. A. RB
Grand Army of the Republic
Confederate Veterans In Uniform
New York City
Shelby
Lee
Appormstox
Findarse
Theses
Gulf
Van Horn-Varsney Contest Nears Vote Day
In Hetre Burtinerox Iowa February 26 Mrs Maggie McConnell of this city learned she is heir to a Philadelphia property valued around 50 million dollars. A one year lease ends soon and occupants prefer buying. heirs are being sought to act on the property.
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Wasnixsetos
Strode
Nebraska
Taylor
Ohio
Burtinerox
Iowa
Maggie McConnell
Philadelphia
Special Train Carries 200 Negroes to Liberia En Route Africa
A special train departed last night carrying about 200 African American settlers from Alabama Arkansas Mississippi and Texas toward Monrovia Liberia under the auspices of the International Emigration Society. The steamer Lavreda will sail from Savannah in February with about 400 colonists bound for Africa.
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Liberia
Binniscaam
Als
Sarsunah
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
Texas
Monoris
Africa
Internationaliration Society
Lavreda
Savannah
Killing Sparks Manhunt Near Eisesville After Family Trouble
Miller Jeans shot and killed James B. Evans, a 50 year old imam, about six miles east of here last evening. The clash arose from family trouble. Officers pursue the shooter, who died. James Evans had a quarrelsome reputation.
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Eisesville
Miller Jeans
James B. Evans
Here
James
Budget committee rebukes minister over income tax plan
Pans February 22 The budget committee of the Chamber of Deputies just appointed includes twenty nine of its thirty three members who oppose the government's income tax proposal. The move is viewed as a grave unprecedented rebuke to the ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pans
Chamber of Deputies
Tventy
Williams names Lonsdale receiver for Little Rock railroad
John G. Lonsdale appointed receiver of the Little Rock, Hot Springs & Texas railroad. About $300,000 spent on the road with $175,000 debt outstanding. Kingsley? local tax issue noted with the recovery of assets and ongoing financial distress within the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ioa
Hunde
Lirks Rock Ark
Tudge Williams
John G. Lonsdale
Little Rock, Hot Springs &Texas Railroad
Labor Bureau Seeks Answers From Workers and Manufacturers
State Labor Commissioner W. Bird is sending out 37 questions to laborers and blanks to manufacturers to gauge conditions. Workers report on birth place, trade, hours, wages, home ownership, debt, and immigration views while manufacturers detail plant costs, output, raw materials, wages, and labor troubles. The drive aims to assess policy impacts and potential legislation.
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Bird
W. & Bird
Commissioner Desk
Demands of Leonists Signal Nicaragua Crisis
The United States considers sending gunship Alert to Corinto to safeguard American property as Leonists press for a new constitution to prevent dictatorship. President Zelaya, with forces near Chontales, faces insurgent moves while Conservative support solidifies for the existing regime. Leonist plans include broader representation and constitutional revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Micarigua
Mayasua
United States
Lewis Haker
Washington
Alert
Coriute
Zelaya
Leonists
Ital
Great
Leon
Nicaragus
SIMPSON AND MRS LEASE IN SEPARY EXCHANGE
Jerry Simpson denounces Mrs Mary Lease as aggressive and disruptive after a lecture in Derrott Michigan on February 26. He hopes she withdraws from politics. Lease replies that she has no time to answer every bark and worm in her path.
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Derrott
Mich
Jerry Simpson
Mary Lease
Report on Mr. Bayard and Foreign Affairs action
Foreign Affairs Committee reports to the House the preamble and resolutions censuring Ambassador Bayard for speeches at Edinburgh and Boston. Also notes deaths in Scammon and a suicide at Morey hospital. Senator Squire proposes fortifications funding of 3 million, and oil prospecting plans to extend into ten eastern Kentucky counties next spring.
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Wasmsetux
Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
Bayard
Edinburgh
Boston
Kentucky
Carlisle at Manhattan Club on Sound Money Policy
Secretary Carlisle addresses the Manhattan Club in New York praising old fashioned Democratic doctrines of sound money and honest governance while noting internal party differences. He opposes free coinage of silver and defends the gold standard, urging the party to adopt a strong, sound declaration of principles to preserve credit and national welfare.
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New York
Manhattan Club
Carlisle
Democratic Party
Andrew Jackson
China
South America
Mutiny Besets Anhui Troops Near Shanghai
A Shanghai dispatch reports Anhui troops mutinied at Kiang Yin ninety five miles from Shanghai. A powder magazine explosion killed about 200 and wounded many. One captain was killed and a prisoner awaits death. Foreign infirmos are safe and protected by Hunan troops.
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Losxnox
Times
Shanghai
Anhui
Kiang Yin
Jack Tars of Other Days A Sailor Athlete Profile
A North American Review piece notes that full rigged ships boasted athletes among their blue jackets, especially upper yardmen who raced aloft multiple times weekly to handle yards. It contrasts these elite sailors with modern steam ships where such athletic sailors became a small minority and sail work at sea diminished in importance.
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North American Review
Royal
Blue Jackets
America's Common Roads Show High Cost of Bad Roads
The article cites Gen Stone of the agriculture department estimating over 1 200 000 miles of common roads with two thirds poor or average. It compares costs per mile across states Massachusetts New York and New Jersey and argues well constructed macadam roads cost 400 to 500 dollars per mile while maintenance on poor dirt roads drains funds. It praises France’s road system for regular year round repairs and notes the wider costs of faulty road design. The piece closes with essays on litigation provocation and pardoning power, citing a lawyer and Rev William J Nichols on pardons.
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Gen. Stone
Road Bureau
Department of S Agriculture
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
SUI
France
Railroads, 1896 yields few miles laid in era
The 1896 railroad output was weak with only 1 782 miles of track laid, far less than 12 000 miles in 1887. The Railway Age predicts a bottoming out and forthcoming ramped activity. A note from the New York Commercial mentions the Mississippi at Lake Itaska outlet being ten feet wide and eighteen inches deep.
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Mississippi
Lake Itaska
New York
Topeka City Council Proceedings February 24 1896
The Topeka Kansas council debates sidewalk petitions for Sixth avenue and Second ward, discusses moving an electric lamp, and approves a $10,000 bond for gas works. A detailed financial report on Shawnee county penalties from 1874 to 1896 is read and referred to the Finance Committee.
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Aoa Ae
FP. M. Newland
Sixth Avenue
Leland Street
Locust
Reed
John Smeddick
Second Ward
S E Cooper
Polk Firest
Bradford
Clay Street
Roberta
Jobo Cochran
North Kiein
Crane Streets
North Brauner
James R
Thanes & Tomb
Kansas City
P.M. Gilbert
Topeka
David Morrison
Cleveland, O
Auresios
Tomb
Morrison
Stephenson
Roundtree
Roundtrent
Bradford Burgesa
Elliott
Stevens
Lomwleisi I
J. R. Melvried
James BL B
Miclvried
Topeke
Shawnee County
State of
Kansas
Topexa
Jance R McInyarep
Boneh
McPannes
Jodgs Thomson
Western Electric Company
Chicago
Fort Wayne Electric Corporation
Port Wayne
Ind
General Electric Corpy
Schenectady
N. C
Loula & Watkins
Boston
Parrizo & Sons
Habeas corpus writ in murder case from Shi'on, Iowa
District court at Sioux City issues habeas corpus writ for Dull charged with Maud Straws murder in Shi'on Iowa. Writ aims to secure release or bond on the case, unclear docket details and parties due to OCR errors.
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Maude Sram
Helnahog
Sioux Cry
Iowa
Jmn. Ladd
District Court
Laas
Dull
Maud Straws
Shi ‘On
Lows
Hull
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Daylight Robbery
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Justin
Stone
Bin
Hope Thomas Punshon
Punshon
Arrizvos
Wis
Cornelius Bushmes
Freedom
Laura Bushaman
Ena Eee Swinkless
Prascronr
Joint Assembly
Hunter
Desa Mavisos
Reb
Mes
A. W. Patterson
Gen. Shelby
Cutcaco
Arthur
Cody
Tacoma
Wash
Prarranden
Republican
Excelsior Springs
Aimreli
McKinley
Wabster Davis
Alfred Martins
Charles Cregiey
Alfred Martiz
Martin
Burr
Labor Bureau
Simpson and Mrs. Lease
MR. Bayard
St. Another
Fort Scott Sateide
Fort Scott
Rap
George Abbott
Durkee Coal Company
Scammon
Arena
Iearning
Michael Clari
Jast
Morey Hospital
Squire
Hotes
Des Moinnes
Lowa
Web
Boies
Morgan
Senate
Gray
Lodge
Mr. Call
CoLuista
Jovusax
Jack Tars
America's Common Roads
William J. Nichols
Pirst
Topeks
Founds Proceedings
Hood
G.I. Hoon Co
Lowell
Mass
U.S.A
ycuitSeust
Rome
Ana
Agiru
Frank Leslie
St. Joseph
Aes Atchizon
ST. Louis
Omaha
Peoria
ST. Pape
Minneapolis
King
South
Lew. Wakel
Western Steam Dye and Cleaning Works
Reasonahie Sea Fine Tailoring
East Seventh Street
C. F. Rodiger
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