Brush to Take St Louis Pilot Role in Deal
A jumble of early 20th century sports notes reports John T Brush moving toward taking control of the St Louis baseball franchise with prominent backers including Spalding Anson and Burns. The matter centers on the Browne transfer and potential management changes for the forthcoming season. Other items mention an Indianapolis meeting of the L A W and a carrier pigeon delivering a message at 2:20 PM covering a 20 mile route.
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C. C. Spini Lous
A. Anson
St Louis Brown
John Trush
Faday
A. G. Spald
Spink
A.G. Anson
Bir
Browne
Uke Burns
Medd
Hutchinson Newn
Ex-Congressman Leads Push for Mining Department
New cabinet item in Denver notes ex congressman Renee will travel to Washington to press for creation of a department of mines and mining. The committee includes E V Smalley, J P Hedees, W F Bechel, and Lafe Pence. Pence outlines proposed bureau structure covering iron, copper, coal, and related industries with bipartisan support from Pennsylvania and southern states.
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Denver
Jan
Renee
Thie City
Mining Congress
Department of Mines and Mining
Washington
Pence
E. V. Smalley
St. J
Essenssylvania
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Alabama
Michigan
Women Torreadors End San Antonio Holiday Fiesta
San Antonio closes holidays with a bull fight featuring women torreadors led by Mize Ignacia Fernandez who, amid the ring chaos, was knocked from the bull and carried around by the animal before rescue. The event showcased the city’s female fighters amid the festivities.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ignacia Fernandez
Fost
Follows Ohto's Lead Splits Maryland Legislature
Annapolis and Baltimore Republicans clash as twelve of eighteen Baltimore City lawmakers refuse to caucus with the rest. A faction called Mal prefers dethroned leader Wellington and opposes McComas’s bid for the Senate seat. A protest against alliance with Democrats and a push to organize the lower house is noted. In other items, telephone service pricing and consumer advice are discussed, with references to Chamberlain’s liniment as a recommended remedy by a user.
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Annapolis
Promie
Maryland Legisle
General Assembly
Baltimore City
Bar
States Senate Wellington
Tanndate
Baltimore
Far
Alsnus
Q McComas
States Senate
Gorman
Rten
Plea t of the Poetess and Fragments in Verse
A fragmentary page presents a distressed poetess longing to rise from a narrow bed and roam vast landscapes in memory and fantasy. It is followed by a collage of light verse and brief anecdotes from various papers, including quips about photographers, bereavement, youth politics, and mythic chatter.
I Did Not Elope A Tale From the Stoddards
A lengthy personal reminiscence describes a failed elopement plan with Janet and Fanny Stoddard. The narrator recounts disguises, a ladder descent, a chaotic bedlam of mistaken plans, and eventual marriage to Fanny while Janet marries someone else. The tale ends with a bitter note of revenge and a humorous London News aside.
Pingree Sees Trusts as Threat, Urges Michigan Senate Change
Governor Pingree, in St Louis on private business, criticizes trusts and Hanna, says Michigan will oust trusted senators and elect men who oppose the trusts. He warns education must adapt if railroads and syndicates control the nation, urging public awakening to the pivotal issue.
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St.Louis
Pingree
MitchGan
Ike
Mark Hanna
Ohio
Han- Sef
United States Senate
Hanna
Michigans
Senate
Julius Caesar Burrows
Brichigan
Cooma
Combine
May Sue the Phoenix Asbur Agency over commissions
Local insurance circles report J Griffin of May Sue the Phoenix Asbur agency of London intends to sue for commissions in the thousands. The Santa Fe business last year totaled 519. y in Kansas with a 1 percent rate implying $2.80 for Griffin, but he claims no payment was received. The company, after writing policies, forwarded them to Griffin who signed as local agent and returned policies to head officers for distribution. Griffin had served as local agent for years and asserts the amount involved exceeds last year’s.
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Fellows
Topeka
Sherif Kepluy
Ferry & Doran
Sherif Porter Coot
State House
Supreme Court
W. A. L. Thompson
Porter
Cook
Pythian Hall
Shawnee County
Afernoon
Court House
J. D. Sullivan
Trumbull
Hogeboom
Web McNall
George Coleman
John Z. Frost
The
Santa Fe
Galesburg
Hil
Travelers’ Insurance Company
McNall
Belnstate
Mfr. C. L
T. Hunkin
Kansas City
James Scully
Wil
Edward Wider
New York
Boston
Charles A.taylor
Judifor
Hi Snider
New Mexico
Palmer Cox
Millard Cooper
Fred Spencer
Topeke
Emporia
Lyox County
A. Peck
Arthur Peck
Paris
Piqua
Fuatere
Peck
Zella Peck
Pham
AL Marsnail
Sotia
John P. Cole
Ste
Richart von Zeller
Action House
Pierce
Adams Street
Bun- 49
Ove
Amaides
Ell
Jernes
Rurn
Old Brown
Dr. Stoddard
Janet
Murpheu
Jason Brown
Janson Brown
Fanny
Fan
Pannie
Harry
Faldo
Pan
Charles Stoddard
Jason
Sam
Molly
Faz
Ian
Charley Stoddard
Tom
Fanny Toddard
Parsor
London News
J. Gritfin
Phoenix Asburaxes Company
London
Kansas
Ritrin
Bute
Exile ends as Judge Bondi plans European visit
Salina January 6 Judge August Bondi of Salina announces a long journey starting January 11 to visit his children in the east before sailing to Europe in mid February. Fifty years ago the Austen revolution ended and Bondi, then a revolutionist, became an exile. Now aged 75 he seeks to revisit his motives and celebrate the revolution's close in Vienna on March 15.
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A. Bondi
Salina
Austria
August Bondi
Europe
Austen
America
Woman at Savoy in Kansas City Attempted Suicide
A Topeka woman named Mrs Etta Mitchell was found unconscious at the Savoy Hotel in Kansas City after attempting self harm. A note addressed to Harry S Johnson was found in room 20, Johnson tearing it up. police, hospital physicians, and hotel staff acted as she was thought to be recovering from morphine use.
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Faney
New York Sunday Journal
Savoy
Kansas City
Savoy Hotel
Mra K. Marshal
Topeka
Po Mce
Harry S Johnson
New York
Johson
Ana
Steele
Mra_ Etta Mitchell
Mersteter
Mia
Etta Mitchell
Man in Trouble for Deserting Family to Marry Minor
Denver officials charge J. A. Travis alias Frank R. Hastings with bigamy and perjury. He allegedly pursued Gracy A. White, then 2, of Mrs. White, after arriving in Denver last fall and promised marriage. He left her after November 1, failing to support the child wife, and fled. A telegram reports he is sought in Seneca, Kansas, under the name L A Travis.
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Denver
J. A. Travis
Akia Murray
Murr
Frank R. Hastings
Travis
Mra Srlyn White
West Teeth Avenue
Gracy A. White
Murder at Breakfast in Fairbury Nebraska
George Baker and his wife were murdered during breakfast at their home three miles west of Fairbury. Both were found shot in the head with birdshot from a window explosion as they sat at the dining room table. No suspects named. The crime occurred January 6 in Fairbury Nebraska.
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Fairbury
Neb
George Baker
Here
Strictly Business Judge Seeks Pay for Votes in Fusion Debate
Judge J. D. McCleverty of Fort Stott declares that Democrats will not back the Populists this year unless rewarded with positions. He says Democrats loyal to fusion will only support a Populist ticket if a couple of state places are offered, else they will nominate their own state ticket.
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McCleverty
Democra
J. D. McCleverty
Fort Stott
Popu- Mets
Atchison Council Considers Occupation Tax for Fire Trucks
In Atchison on Jan B the council plans an occupation tax to raise 5720 dollars for new fire trucks as the city treasury holds no funds for the purchase.
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Atchison
Atchison, Jan
Who Gets the Browns Syndicate Buys Browns Franchise
A St Louis syndicate of five young business men arranged to purchase the St Louis Browns. Members include F. Myerson of Myerson Printing Gus Frey of Frey Stationery C Spink of Sporting News and George Munnon longtime Browns secretary. Ground and franchise terms reportedly to be cleared by President Von der Abe.
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St Louis
St. Louis
Jan
8. Louis Browns
Witter
von der Abe
F. Myerson
Te Myerson Printing Company
Gus Frey
The
Frey Stationery Company
C. ©. Spink
Sporting News
George Munnon
St. Louis Browns
New York Firm Plans to Repopulate New England Farms
A New York corporation formed to purchase and restock abandoned New England farms in Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire and Vermont with city residents. The plan aims to repopulate idle land left fallow for two decades and ease urban congestion by selling farm properties to attract city dwellers.
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New England
New York
Irving's New Play Peter the Great Captivates Lyceum
Sir Henry Irving returns to the Lyceum with Peter the Great a dramatic telling of Cain's sacrifice. The cast includes Tendon and Jax with Sir Henry delivering a powerful performance in a work praised for intensity though seen as imperfectly conceived.
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Peter the Grea
Henry Irving
Lyceum
Peter the
Henry
New York Legislature Meets with Republican Majority
The New York legislature met today with a Republican majority in both houses. The Senate and Assembly elected caucus nominees without dispute. Speaker M. Gradz presided over the session, confirming a stable party alignment for 1857. Ships reach Port Said as German naval squadron heads to China.
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Senate
Warstipe Devischland Att Greiten
Thiler
Prince Henry of Pressle
China
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