Populists Vote Referendum Plan For National Convention Date
The Populists in Amite City push a referendum to set a date for a national convention. Local committees will gather signatures and prepare the question on electors about party reforms and a potential settlement of party lines ahead of national activity.
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Toulk
Min
Settithe
Fenttal
Murdisy
Neon Million Park
Texas
Tucatiber
Mathenal
Teave
Etuetric
Yutlinins & Palley
Jan Thy
Hobart Dinner With McKinley Party at Washington
Vice President Hobart and Mrs Hobart were guests of President McKinley and Mrs McKinley at a formal twenty covering dinner. The setting featured rose fragrance and elegant table décor with fine taper candles. Mrs Hobart wore a violet quilted satin gown with diamond ornaments, joining cabinet members and officials in attendance at this first dine-in since Hobart became vice president.
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Wahahington
Diohart
McKinley
Mra. Cameron
Mra Mubart
McKinier
Wastiigchiete
Sinek
Heanethy
Sherman
Mra Mger
Bir. McKennk
Gary
Mary
Mrs Long
Teterier
Bite
Agriculture
Mra Sastore
New Jersey
Fragmentary tale on free silver and literature ethics
A garbled historical extract discusses a national committee’s distribution of literature to workingmen, farmers, and pastors. It notes debates over free silver, price effects on farm products, and how different groups might react politically, with misreadable names and muddled quotes about campaigns and dissemination.
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John W. Breidenios
Wis
Ates
Widenthal Sars Leland
reMienthal
Saarein
Leland
Métrida
Kansas
West
Sturt
Beth En Portend
State House Moves and Campaign Notes Across Kansas
The governor’s office moved to a new private room in the main control area while aides shifted spaces. The Packs Times, sold by Heflehower, will continue as a Populist paper edited by J. E. B. Koonce of Topeka. County institute dates set, with July 1, 29, and August 36 term closings and exams the following Monday and Tuesday. Five state board of agriculture members re-elected. A case before the supreme court seeks retention of a 200 acre Dickinson County farm by a son against his father’s coercive transfer. State Livestock Sanitary Commission in Marshall County probes a new cattle cancer outbreak. The Kansas quarantine list remains in printer’s hands, with Missouri and Arkansas areas adjusted for the season’s regulations.
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Major Shreve
We Billett
Tiny
Mr. Lite
Tureday
Sam Elleh
State Board of Agriculture
Thomas M. Potter
Peabody
A.W. Smith
McPherson
Lois Divers
Garden Cy
J. Ho
Detriet
Far
Son
State
Uvesto Sanitary Commission
Marshall County
Kansas
Civckmen
Police raid buckets shops in New York captures woman
Police swept the Standard company the Public Store and Grain exchange in a New York raid on January 1. Officers captured about 25 of 38 persons in the operations at offices on New Street. One woman was taken into custody. The outlets are alleged bucket shops run by DH Holsart.
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New York
Standard Company
Grain Exchange
Slse
DH. Holsart
New Street
Actress Jaw Broken by Dentist Faces $10,000 Damages
New York jury awards ten thousand dollars to Miss Easle Abrams known as Essie Weet a soubrette after dentist Clarence Hackett allegedly broke her jaw while extracting a tooth at a Parker Street clinic. Abrams claims damage to beauty voice and health after the incident.
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New York
Jan
Clarance Hackett
Easle Abrams
Hackett
den Parker
Thirty-fourth Street
Miss Abrams
Essie Weet
Dp Hackett
Leen
Conflagration Ravages Port au Prince With 800 Buildings Burned
Reports from a steamer arriving today detail extensive losses as Port au Prince endures a devastating fire. About 800 buildings were burned in the blaze, with property and holdings destroyed in the port city.
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Port Au Prince
de Yoru
At- Une
Anite
Frain Huytl
Daybreak in Kansas Avenue Snow and a Stalled Clock
Journal reporters describe a brisk Kansas Avenue day with sleet piling to 3.25 inches and a noon chill. Post Office clock stalled by north dial sleet. J J Harter freed the mechanism at 9.00 am. Snowy sidewalks slowed shoppers as a frightened boy and Dr Munns horse "Dick" amused passersby near the Munn office.
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J. J. Harter
Federal Building
Kansas Avenue
L. H. Munn
Dr. Munn
Wild street scene and rough justice in early city bout
A narration describes a chaotic incident where a boy clings to a horse’s teeth, another boy is caught for stealing coal and fined, while onlookers witness a street performance with rats and terriers and a dramatic bridge dismantling. The piece also notes an undertaker advertising black furniture, painters at work, and a man in trouble on the Kaw River bridge.
Topeka Crowds Observe Odd Stray Dog Team Pageant
A street scene on Kansas Avenue features a boy guiding two dogs in a makeshift wagon, drawing a crowd of curious onlookers. Nearby, Col Sam Badges and others comment on overcoats and heat as a fevered December day pushes residents to endure the chill. A Nebraska traveler, Robert Belknap, ferries his ailing wife toward Emporia with little money, sharing a bakery stop and a kind gift of corn to ease their grind. An indecisive delivery wagon for beer passes a busy intersection as an elderly woman steps into traffic.
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Kanes Avenue
Wseon
Howline
Col
Sam
Kansas Avenue
Sixth Street
Rodges
Col. Radges
Robert Belknap
Deceota
Nebraska
Topeka
Emporia
Belknap
Baa
Guint Belknap
Emporis
Ceeevis
Neb
Lye
Indiana
Butt
Neliie
Hubert Belknap
Hurlingame Road
Fifth and
Rapid 41
Mquor Neeney
Fifth Street
Old Lady Collides With Horse Then Rises Unharmed
A pedestrian mishap occurred as a horse and wagon bumped an elderly woman on the slushy slope near a delivery scene. The driver shouted warnings as the woman, shaken but unhurt, brushed snow from her dress and walked away. The report mentions Foresters of America details and a Denver court event from August.
Waterways Bill Passes Senate Despite Veto Threat
Lawmakers insist on river and harbor funding, noting benefits to localities. The Cleveland administration faces a veto over the project, with only ten senate votes needed to sustain, while the bill seeks 10.1 or more in special projects and up to 15 million in regular appropriations.
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House
Cleveland
Senate
Mrs Lease Lectures in Braddock on Christ or Caesar
Mary B. Lease of Kansas spoke at the First Christian church in Braddock on Christ or Caesar. She traced history to argue for American unity and urged resolving today’s problems through wise conduct, contrasting Christ and Caesar, and predicting distant world influence from Russia.
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Pittsburg
Mary BL Lease of
Kansas
Braddock
Mra Leuse
Tower of Babel
America
Caesar
Christ
Cantat
Lease
Russia
Old Red Cloud Dies On the Nebraska Reservation
An obituary notes Old Red Cloud, once a Sioux leader nicknamed the last of a once feared line, dying in a shack on the Nebraska reservation. The piece portrays him as aging, embittered, and cunning, having shifted loyalties and avoided the battles he once helped plot.
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Gast
the Ridge Agency
Neb
Red Cloudie
Bronx Chleta
Pull
Minnesota Grand Lodge bans Masonic insurance firms
The Minnesota Grand Lodge of Masons declares all insurance companies using Masonic titles in Minnesota are un-Masonic and orders the change by March 1. The move prompts firms to drop the term and cease civilian stationery use. Chicago Masons cautioned the action may reflect a local dispute and unlikely to set a national trend.
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Minnesota
Chicago
Minnesota Grand Lodge
Roses and butterflies amid mild London weather
A muddled London weather note reports roses blooming and mild conditions. It hints influenza spread and higher death tolls, mentioning foggy weeks and vague local effects without clear dates or places.
Dow Law Test Halts Beer Sales in Ohio Case
In Columbus on January 14 Judge Tale temporarily restrained Harry Bristow, Jefferson County treasurer, from selling beer, horses, and wagons of a Wheeling brewing company. The action tests the constitutionality of the Dow law restricting beer sold from outside the state but delivered within Ohio in original packages.
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Columbus
Ohio
Tale
United States
Harry Bristow
Jefferson County
Brewing Company
Wheeling
W. C
Postal Bill Would Limit Sample Copies Says Heath
Washington reports First Assistant Postmaster General Heath warned any reduction of second class mail sample copies would burden small country publications. He proposed simply lowering the admissible number of sample copies rather than abolishing the privilege.
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Washington
Heath
McKenna Seeks New U S Jails In Indian Territory
Attorney General McKenna asked Congress for urgent deficiency funds totaling over 500000 to build three United States jails in the Indian Territory at Muskogee South McAlester and Ardmore. He notes current facilities are unsatisfactory and unsafe for detention.
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Washington
McKenna
Congress
Treasury Department
United States
United States Jalla
Indian Territory
Muskogee
McAlester
Ardmore
Trigg Appointed Deputy By U S Marshal Sterne
United States Marshal W E Sterne today announced the appointment of Fred Trigg of Garnett Anderson county as deputy. Trigg will be stationed at Wichita. There is yet to be appointed other deputies.
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U.S
Sterne
Fred
Trigg
United States
W. E. Sterne
Garnett
Anderson County
Wichita
Our Half Built Navy Report on Warship Progress
Monthly report to Chief Constructor Hichborn shows the Kearsarge and Kentucky at Newport News over half finished at 62 percent and 39 percent for the Alabama and Hiunola. Wisconsin 22 percent, Princeton 62 percent, Plunger 86 percent, three torpedo boats idle under different contracts.
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Wastinswan
Oat
Hichborn
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Newport News
Hiinola
Cramp
Wisconsin
Union Ironworks
Princeton
Disidgues
Aubo
Columbia Ironworks
Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wolff & Zwicker
Gue Engine and Power Company
Pittsburg Firm Wins Rome Catacombs Lighting Contract
The Westinghouse company has secured the contract to illuminate Rome’s catacombs of St Callistus St Agnes St Cyraca St Demitilla St Priscilla and St Bentianus within 72 months. Six motors will supply current for at least 450 lamps across the six catacombs.
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Pittsburg
Rome
Westinghouse Company
St. Callistus
St. Agnes
St. Cyraca
St. Demitilla
St Priscilla
St. Bentianus
Hedt
Denver Delegation Heads to San Antonio for Texas Meet
A Denver delegation of National Stock Growers Association members leaves today in Gulf road private car to attend the Texas Live Stock Association annual meeting in San Antonio starting January 18. Members include Mayor McMurray and J D Fleming, with J D Bhuford in charge. They plan to return with 100 Texans to attend the National Stock Growers' convention in Denver.
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Denver
San Antonio
National Stock Growers' Association
Tex
Trumbull
Gulf Road
Texas Live Stock Association
Mayor McMurray
J. D. Fleming
James Thompson
G. W. Pallantini
J. D. Bhuford
A. E de Ricksen
Leonard
FP. Schnwon
Military schools seek higher enrollment for government aid
Acting Secretary of War Merkelssohn urged Congress to raise the eligibility for government recognition of military departments to 100 or more students, proposing that officer details for instruction be granted only to institutions with at least 108 cadets enrolled.
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Washington
Merkelssohn Hie
Conerers
Natural Cement Deposit Found Near St Helena Cal
Bridge contractor Robert Pithie reports a large natural cement deposit near St Helena California that can be shipped at lower cost and is superior to imported cement. Cochran to coach Cal fast ball team next season with Percy Hall assisting, per telegrams from Sariang California.
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Helene
Call
St. Helena
Cal
Jan T
Robert Pithie
Pithie
Sariang
Garret Cochran
Princeton
University of California
Cochran
California
Crast
Percy Hai
India Seeks Gold Standard as India’s State Council Signals Move
Report on a meeting where Sir James West said the panel could not yet give a final reply on gold standard adoption. He noted major progress toward the policy and the potential shift to a gold standard, stressing economic dangers and the need for further discussion.
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India
Council of State
Chente
James West
Dike
Sara Ot & Pal
Dlaasters
Todia
Ionty
Tye
Worden mental health hearings prep in San Francisco
A San Francisco inquiry plans to review all records on Salter D Worden amid his criminal case. Dr Hatch and Dr Jum will conduct separate tests in Napa and Stockton to assess Worden's mental condition and determine fitness for trial. Independent reports aim to gauge his state at the time of the alleged crime and his probable condition thereafter.
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San Francisco
San
Gov
Budd
Salter D. Worden
Hatch
Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief in Local Ad
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a cure for coughs croup and throat troubles. It claims Mrs Sally Pennington recovered from a bad cough after using one bottle and mentions physicians who gave up hope for a boy saved from croup by One Minute Cough Cure. The promotion lists sellers G W Stansfield at 6 Kansas Ave Stark and a local dealer in Photographs and druggists.
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Sally Pennington
Berg
Chamberlain
Conan Fens
Gouwh
Krajiheson
Arbo
All-Year Resort Bunce Springs Pamphlet Offer
Blot Ekbers announces Eureka Springs Arkansas as an all year resort. A round trip sale from major cities via the Frisco Line offers greatly reduced fares with double daily trains. A free pamphlet detailing Bunce Springs can be requested from Geof Nietwison, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
Frisco
Bunce Springs
Geof Nietwison
Line
St. Louis
Coward and Captain in a Fateful Battle Pose
A damaged tale recounts a cowardly man dying behind a stump after a bully’s shot. A captain near death, wounded eight times, vows to fight on for his children. The piece extols mental resolve as a health aid and links posture and will to recovery.
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Cptain
Mont
Werman
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Redroads
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Mrs. Lease
Masonic Insurance
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Simone Sinery
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Iticura
Porras
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Ekbers
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