Tiger Bill Triumph Over Topeka Rages Wichita Beer Fight
A wild Wichita tale centers on Tiger Bill, assistant attorney general, who supposedly defeats rivals in Topeka and triggers a citywide frenzy. Revelers toast with beer as rumors fly, but the narrative is chaotic and likely satirical, ending with a frightened public facing the aftermath of the staged victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Tiger Dill
Kansas
Tiger Bus
Topeka
Tiger Bill
Wichumba
Bourbon
Ran¢as Avenue
Niger
Arkeness
Tiger
Marah Murdock
Harry Gordon
Co Eckstein
Pabst
Ferd Heim
Bed
Bill
Svenun
Keapere
Butteen
Tiger Bull
Tiger Hill
Douglas Avenue
Tiger BI
Irdais
Failere
Neous
Colm
Fragmentary 19th Century Notice on Law and Travel
A partial OCR fragment describes people moving toward Indian Territory before sunrise and facing a harsh law. It mentions Tiger BUL and a restless atmosphere as they travel late at night, with disrupted phrasing about saloon keepers and fates. The readable content is highly incomplete.
Bank swindler Elwood eludes capture after Oklahoma arrest
Bank swindler Elwood, infamous for drafting scams across Kansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma, escaped custody after an Oklahoma arrest. Governor Beattyrefused extradition, but Governor Morrill's requisition was honored amid attempts to return him to Grant County. A meeting of victims was planned to pursue further action while Elwood’s partner Royse received a five year sentence in Enid.
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Bank Bwiedier Elwond
Elwood
Bank Cragk
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahome
Oklahoma
Beatfrew
Dray
Kan
Morrill
M. B. Tomblin
Goodian
Rentfrow
Renifrow
Tombinnead An
Heer Wcotts
Jell
Grant County
Tegan
Rens
Eiwond
Beachankera
Topeka
Parm
Tomblin
Royse
Elwoo
Enid
Grace period shields note holders in suit timing
Judge Guy Dockins rules that the maker of a note benefits from the three days of grace. A suit to collect a note due December 5 was begun December 5, 150. The five year statute of limitations runs from the end of grace, so suit must be started within two years after that date.
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Guy Dockins
Justice Gur
Schook
Guy
Suffrage Birthday Celebration For Susan Anthony
Miss Susan Anthony will turn seven on February 14. Suffrage women of Topskaste plan an entertainment at Hamilton Hall to raise funds for the Kansas cause. Anthony resides in Rochester and is in good health.
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Ral
Susan Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
Topskaste
Hamilton Hall
Tle
Elizabeth Day Stenton
Kansas
Miss Anthony
Rochester
South Carolina State Whisky Contract Claimed by Indiana Firm
An Indianapolis whisky firm announces it has closed a contract with South Carolina for whisky. The deal involves shipments from Pennepmnin Bettie Works Wit Furnish Them for South Carolina. Details are incomplete but indicate a state procurement of high quality whisky.
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Pennepmnin
South Carolina
Anpinson
Ind
Vania Boule Works
United States flag to grace cigar machines in Virginia
The Gousack Machine Company, operating in Virginia, asked factory partners to display the United States flag over every cigar machine with a card declaring the machine as property of the Boosacks of Virginia. Any damage to machines would be charged to the responsible party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erican Company
Ts Machines
la Cute
Areusoxy
Gousack Machine Company
United Brates
Boosacks
Virginia
Sixty New Lights Planned for City Improvement
City engineer Barnes works on specifications for improving electric light service. Plans call for sixty new lamps and about ten miles of wire to be submitted to council tonight. A committee on lights will decide lamp locations early next week, with Martin and Dennis additions likely to gain more lighting.
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Topakans
Arjoteing
Barnes
Martin
Dennis
Leavenworth Opens Plans for New Public Library
Leavenworth waits for the new public library with directors expecting a mid winter opening. The library association moves to buy standard works from prominent authors and hopes for many donations from citizens. The Whitier club has donated 146 new books by leading American authors to stock the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Leavunworth
Clase
Whitter Club
Hes
Abe Baker the Brave Engineer Featured in Special
A special feature highlights Abe Baker, renowned railroad engineer, detailing his career, grit, and pivotal moments on the line. The piece portrays his leadership aboard locomotives, safety record, and influence on railroad operations.
Noted railroad hero Do Time Baker remembered in Kansas lines notes
Gossip items recall Engineer Abe Baker of the Denver & Rio Grande killed in the New Year wreck at Matta Colorado. A famed June 1883 run from Pueblo to Leadville on narrow gauge No 163 saved the Carbonate bank by moving gold coin to the bank window, a pivotal event in early Colorado history.
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Abe Baker
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Rockaway
Colorado
Leadville
Pueblo
Santa Fe and Rock Island Notes From Kansas City and Midwest
Local notes from the Santa Fe and Rock Island lines recount visits by officials in Kansas City, personnel changes, and illness. Earnings for the Rock Island system reach 1,277,843 for December while Santa Fe net for November declines to 1,124,106. regional staff shifts, layoffs, and shop overhauls are reported, along with a Santa Fe marriage and awards in Florence.
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Fersounia
Deparf
John Tasker
Franck Sheldon
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Solomon Wilder
Record Room
Car Service Department
Hin Lome
Hines
Eggleston
Otawa
Wright
Copland
el Paso
Tex
Chicago
W. J. Black
Rock Island
Sante Fe
St. Louis
Railroad Foremen Changes and Fatal Strong City Accident
Reports list promotion and resignation among Santa Fe staff with Warren Davis advanced to general foreman at Parcell and Edward Miesner resigning from Flovence. Engineer Eugene Nodd of Newton ill with heart disease. A Strong City death: George W. Lambert, 25, a Santa Fe brakeman, crushed by a train while switching cars. he died after transfer to Emporia. Correspondents wanted for railroad department across division points.
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Warren Davis
Santa Fe
Arkenses City
Parcell
Edward Miesner
Flovence
Denver
Col
A. A. Otis
Eindley
Success Im
Eugene Nodd
Newton
Mr. Nodd
Watal
Strong City
Orge Lambert
Emporia
George W. Lambert
Jacobs
Ike Lambert
Lanbart
Lambert
Statex Journal
Gusires
Nickerson
Arkanaan City
Dedge City
la Jante
Horton
Willie Collier Quits Little Christopher Company
Willie Collier and wife Louis Allen plan to leave the Little Christopher troupe after the Boston season ends January 11. Collier hints at a future leading role in a Gentleman Jim company and a next season with Richard Harris. He says tensions stemmed from an incident with eggs and insults toward them on stage where his wife reportedly refused to appear.
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Christophe
Bostox
Jan
Willie Collier
Louis Allen
Christopher
Collier
Richand Harris
Audiente
Charles Carr
Mary Clements
Columbus
Ohio
George Ross
Carr
Ross
Mary
Ezan
Carl
Man Beater Battman Denied Divorce After Jail Sentence
In Horcarsos district court Mrs. Lovie Battman sued L. A. Battman for divorce. Testimony described severe abuse including stripping, whipping with mulberry brushes, beating, kicking, and choking. Judge Martin granted the divorce and Battman returned to jail to finish his term for fines and costs.
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JA. Battman
Horcarssos
Lovie Baitman
L. A. Battman
Mattman
Battman
Buttman
Martin
Fort Scott Paper Co Sued Over Back Wages
Sixteen employees file attachment suits in Fort Scott Kansas after the mill closure on New Year’s morning due to scarce raw material. Attorney L A Sheppard represents the men in seventeen suits set for trial Thursday January bil. The cases seek recovery of back wages owed by the Fort Scott Paper Co which has fallen on hard times.
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Fort Scort
Kan
Fort Scott Paper Company
L Sheppard
Coryell
Cour
Not Vain. Efile and Aunt Emma exchange vanity lines
A brief Punch quotation shows a light exchange about vanity with Efile and Aunt Emma debating self-perception. The humor hinges on filial teasing and comic self-regard.
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Efile
Emma
Vincent A Strong Candidate For Populist Nomination
Ex railroad commissioner W D Vincent of Clay Center is the leading Populist for governor at Wichita 1892 convention. He refused to let friends press his bid and would rather run for Congress against Calderhead. He continues to manage a hardware store and the Clay Center Dispatch after retirement from railroad oversight.
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W. D. Vincent
Clay Center
Wichita
Vincent
L D. Lewelling
Bis
Lewelling
Congress
W. H. Calderhead
Labor group backs Hind ally in Kansas City scene
The Kansas City Trades Assembly endorsed Labor Commissioner Wm. G Bird with praise and adopted a special resolution honoring Judge Z. T. Hazen for a fair trial, while condemning Attorney General Dawes over a libel claim and press misrepresentation amid labor support.
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Kasse City
Wm. G Bird
Kansas City
Convedo
Bint
Bia
Trades Assembly
Dawes
Acd Bia
W. G. Hird
Campbell aims for Republican National Convention seat
Pittsburg man Pail Campbell visited Topeka and told State Journal reporters he seeks a Third district delegate spot to the Republican National Convention in St Louis. He notes ongoing Leland tensions, predicts opposition to renomination of certain state house leaders, and says Governor Morrill cannot sway antiNomination figures with promises of jobs or sums. He adds State Auditor George B E Cole enjoys united Republican backing in his district.
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Pail
P. Campbell
Pittsburg
Topeka
State Journal
St. Louis
Campbell
George BE. Cole
Kausaa
Morrill
Bin
Topeka Tonight City Council Meets and Lodges Install
Readers report the Topeka city council will meet tonight while lodges install officers this month. The stock breeders association is mentioned and street light maps are being prepared by City Engineer Barnes. A son was born to Mr W J Cronin and his wife on Saturday evening.
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J. Prescott
Topeka
T. J. Anderson
Knights of Psthiss
Tiger Bill
Soldier Cresk
Asso
Kansans Meet and Hear Reports at Topeka Events
A Topeka gathering agenda includes a Temperance union conference tomorrow at the Real Estate building, a lodge installation last night on Kansag avenue, and suffrage funds sent toward Oklahoma organizing. Other items note criminal cases, plays with minimal music, a Miller and Shipper lecture, and Governor Morrill commuting a 12 year penitentiary sentence for John Plyman.
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Ciation of
Kansas
National
George Wilkshire
Ferry
Stee Temperance Union
Union
A. O. G. W. Lodge
Ths
Kansag Avenue
Local Suffrage Association
The
Nations Action
Oklahoma
J. B Purr
Topeka
A. P. Riddle
Minneapolis
P. G. Noel
J. B. Debberker
Wm. Patterson
Howel Jonea
Gulf of Mexico
Io Board of Agriculture
Juby
Cooper College
Cooper Memorial College
Sterling
Asylum
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Opera House
Morrill
John Plyman
Wyandotte
Kansas Swine Breeders’ Assocition
National Hotel
Cook
Wichita
O. P. Senne
D. D. Boyle
First Christian Church
Dandy
Mosely
Poisoning Death Sentence in 1883 Case Reconsidered
A death sentence in the penitentiary for poisoning Mrs Elizabeth Krueger in 1883 is to be presented to the board of pardons for pro ne tu. The filing indicates a forthcoming review by authorities.
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Elizabeth Krueger
Cass
Board of Pardons Tis Vee
North Topeka church week of prayer and local notices
North Topeka residents prepare for a week of prayer at Second Presbyterian church with events hosted by North Side young women. Miss Mamie Baird returns to St Xavier's academy Chicago, Miss Jessie Aultz visits Lansing Kans. and travels to Chicago. Local business listings include The Magnet Restaurant and Short Order House and Geo Graves & Sons advertising goods. Robert McMasters to join Santa Fe engineers in Chicago. Amos Brabaker pardon petition gains 900 signatures. Mary Chase resumes studies at Sacred Heart convent in St Joseph, Missouri. Topeka Coal Co offers coal delivery.
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North
Second Presbyterian Church
North Side
Mamie Baird
St. Xavier's Academy
Chicago
Mies Jessie Aultz
Lansing
Kansam
Ada Mosier
W. T. Brown
H. Heller
Kansas
Avanum
Grand
Elasphers
Magnet
A. J. Pendft
N. Kanseslave
Geo. J. Graves & Sons
West Laurent Street
Noris Topetn
Orher
Bell
Robert McMasters
Engineers’ Corps of the Santa Pe
Department of the Santa Jcuve
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Old Glory
Kansas Lines
Railroad Heporiar
Lines Journal
Stata Fe
Charles Bushnell
Roger Williams
E O Whitcomb
Hanes
Carlos Gillmore
Charles Coffin
Ft Madison
Sickerson
Perso
Santa Ms
Hat Point
Uhe State Journal
Nickelson
GW. McQuiddy
John B. New
Springfield
J. G. Miller
A. P. Quilby
Great Bend
Jobo Mullins
Jus Sharon
Las Vegas
WN. M
Delang
Reynolds
Louis Drake
Larned
Haliaads
Rock
Sedalia Aed Seis
Art Spellman
Parsons
Agent Monroe
Florence
Soya
Carl Davignan
Laura Price
C.D. Lockwood
Arkansas City
Ft, Scott Paper CO
Han
Vincent Rays Ie
Other
Ravens
Campbnll
D. A. Clements
Clements & Challee
Kansas Avenue
North Topeka
Ames Brabaker
Alice Brabaker
Amos
Misa Mary Chase
Convent of the Sacred Beart
St Joe
Mra Chase
Topekh Coal Co
Hauses Avenue
Up Strairs
Eka
Shumekor
Mgr
Jackson St
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