Leedy's Economy and Prison Escape in Kansas Fugitive Case
Requisition papers from Kansas Governor seek Riebach Woonacott, jailed in Sterling, for burglary and other offenses. He escaped Rocky Ford's jail after overpowering guard J. Watkins, stole keys, and fled toward Colorado, prompting widespread circulars and a pending return through federal requisition channels.
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Gov
Taller Momert
Ayer
Woormeott
Fin Birelar
Jalier Watkin
Woonscots
Rice County
Jaller
Burg Jar Wagnacott
Jair Watkine
Ier Woonacott
Jaller Watklin
Hemi
Walekink
Towa
Watkins
Kansis
Ilven
Rocky Ford
Ot Ae
WORT SCOTT POLICE BOARD PROBABLE MAKE UP
Ex Police Commissioner Cochran reports Topeka trip yields tentative white commissioner slate for Port Scott. He names J Hamberger, Lever Times admin Hoos Lanvery, and FM Johnson as likely appointees. Cochran says Police judge will be H Osbun and Rolin Somes.
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Cochran
Port Scott
Judge Simpson Banqueted at Hutchinson by Attorney Roberts
A special dinner honoring Judge Simpson of McPherson was hosted in Hutchinson by attorney John W. Roberts. The event, described as a successful complimentary dinner for the guest of honor, featured Houston Whiteside as master of ceremonies.
The Same Old Sarsaparilla Ad Claims Consistency
An old advertisement advocates Dr. J. C. Ayers sarsaparilla, arguing the same plant and cure record endure after 50 years. The copy asserts no modern lab change can improve it, calling it the sovereign blood purifier still effective against long-listed ailments.
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Ayer
J.C. Ayer
Flo
List of courtroom and literary pieces in Arkansas press
A fragment lists titles and authors of legal and literary readings including The Law as She is in Arkansaw by Z L Wise, Why Should the Court Ride by W M Whitelaw, Be Wholly Immaterial by F P Hettling, Hefgre Taking by James McKinstry, Do You See the Point by S C Illis, The Huds at the Bar by Robert L Burns, My Practice by Fletcher Meredith, My Best Yarn by G V Ricksecker, and As They Appear to the Reporter by WY Morgan, with mentions of judges M P Mspeort and F J Martin.
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M._ P. mspeort
F. J. Martin
Arkansaw
Z_ L. Wise
W. M. Whitelaw
F. P. Hettinge
Hefgre
James McKinstry
S. C. Illis
Obert L. Burns
Fletcher Meridith
G. V. Ricksecker
Wy, Morgan
Gone to Africa: O'Connor son sends word from England
A letter received in Lawrence from Dr. O'Connor, father of AWS, reports his son has been heard from. The note, dated December 25 in Southampton, England, states he plans to go to Cape Town, Africa, and provides instructions to forward mail to that destination.
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Lawrence
Dan
O'Connor
Aws
Southampton
England
Bia Mall
Cape Taw
Africa
Missouri Pacific Men Convene In St Louis For Union Affairs
In St Louis on January 1 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen gathered at the St James hotel to form the Missouri Pacific grievance committee. Twenty one members representing 2,807 trainmen attended, with routine business and officer elections planned and a federation meeting expected to follow.
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St. Louis
Benerneriovance Cormemittee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Missouri Pacific
St Louis
St. James Hotel
W. B. Rothrock
Is. W
Elf
King
Ute Commmittee
Doddridge
Missouri Pacific System
Deidridge
Kimsey
Hullvete
Board of Federation
Brotherood
Pennsylvania
Cief
W. H B. Rothrock
St. Louiay
A. J. Dillon
Cevens
Kan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Sipe
Wichita
Kinney
Missing Seneca Girl Lulu Ervin Reported Missing
Kansas City police seek Lulu Ervin of Seneca Kansas missing since January 7 while visiting the city. Her parents have no trace of her and police fear she ran away with a young man named Harry Leslie from Seneca. Both were employed as compositors at the Seneca Tribune.
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Lulu Ervin
Equiss City
Kansas City
Janto
Seneca
Kan
Whit
Prévatia
Judge McDonald Returns Home From Fort Scott
Judge J F McDonald of Fort Scott returns home to face fraud accusations after departing with his wife and law partner. He is determined to confront accusers in Fort Scott, with his wife consenting amid his resolve. Pratt item notes Gebhart named county superintendent for eight years, later taking control of the Pratt Union. Lawrence item reports Kansas University mathematics professor Arnold Enich elected professor at Bern in Switzerland.
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McDonald
Leavenworth
J. F McDonald
Fort Scott
Farmen
BP. Fennett
Pratt
P. Gebhart
Uyvatste Uhiavenr
Gebhart
Pratt Union
Etclal
Lawrences
Switzerland
Lawrence
Kansas University
Arnold Enich
Birl
Editor Tries Ads in Chicago While Hair Tonics Sell
An editor struggling to revive a failing Chicago farm paper visits a street fair selling a hair tonic. After a hustling pitchman shows two bottles sparked sales, the editor negotiates for a two column advertisement, agreeing the cost at $20. The scene, recounted by the Chicago Times-Herald, ends with the editor’s remark about needing the ad.
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Neno
Berker
Chicago Times-Herald
Galveston Port Receives 4513 Cars of Corn Since Sept 1
Grain trade letters from Iowa report rail links expanding to export from Galveston. The city’s grain firms handle corn and wheat through Missouri Kansas Texas and other lines, with 4513 cars of corn and 6316 cars of wheat received since September 1 and June 1 respectively.
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Galveston
Car Line Through Him Fatally Injured Near Mullinville
A special W. and W. train halted in Pratt with a fatally injured worker from a gang tearing up track between Pratt and Mullinville. While coupling cars, he was crushed between a bumper and a car. Dr. McCoy, Santa Fe surgeon, attended before the train continued to Wichita. The victim’s name is not released, but he is described as a young man from Wichita.
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Pratt
Here
Muillinville
McCoy
Santa Fe
Wichita
Electric Bitters Offered as Best nervous Restorer
The text promotes Electric Bitters as the finest remedy for restoring tired nerves to vigor. It claims a vegetable formula that aids nerve centers, stomach, liver, and kidneys, purging impurities from blood, improving appetite, and easing constipation and related ailments. Sold for $2 per bottle at Sones Drug Star.
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SK. Sones
Fifth
Kanaan Avenue
Mileage Bureau Board Selections Named for Jan 11
Sebastian Heaford Lord Kniskern and White are chosen for the Mileage Bureau Board on January 11. General Passenger to Sebastian of the Rock Island. later involvement with Chicago Great Western and Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul lines. Traffic Manager White and Assistant General details noted.
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Sebastian
Heaford
Lord
Kniskern
White
Fock Island
Chicago Great Western
Heagent
Chicago
Milwaukee
J. Pashee
Trafic
Ate
Passenger Agent Charlton Named to Mileage Bureau Advisory Board
Charlton of the Aston has been chosen for the Western Passenger Association mileage bureau advisory board for the coming year. Conductors across the Mines have shown increased vigilance in handling mileage books since the bureau began, and the aim is to maintain the high standards established last year.
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Charlton
Aston
Western Passenger Association
No Crews Laid Off and Rail Notes From Kansas
Arkansas City reports W A B Stevens predicts strong weather will push Santa Fe business next season with a crop rush. Ransax City notes 7 000 clergy permits issued of 9 000 applications and new mileage tickets gaining daily use. Missouri Pacific worries about ice supply with minimal Nebraska ice and Minnesota ice scarcity. Katy pay rolls exceed previous records in Parsons with engineers and firemen earning substantial sums. Denison opens a new Katy blacksmith shop costing about ten thousand dollars. Grain freight rate from Chicago to New York reduced from 20 to 15 cents per 100 pounds by joint traffic association.
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Arkansas City
W. A. B Stevens
Trainmaster
Hawks
Santa Fe
Kansas
Ransax City
Sam
Central Passenger Committee
Pacific
Atchison
Jan
Missouri Pacific
Ita
Nebraska
Minnesota
Monty
Town City
Chicago
New York
Joint Traffic Association
North Topeka Local News Nuggets From The State Journal
In Topeka many community notices list visits from P Wilson of Kansas City and T A Pribbie of Salina. Church events at Good Shepherd and North Congregational, with sermons by Rev J H McClain. Socials include a reading club start, a ladies progressive game gathering, and a formal note of the Golden Rod store clearing winter stock at 433 Kansas Avenue. Minor announcements mention Miss Bell Bennets singing, a Chamber-like club, and local businesses advertising Osage County coal sales.
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State Journal
Kimball Printing Company
Kansas Avenue
P. Wilson
Kansas City
TA. Pribbie
Salina
North Side
George Clark
Shorey
Church of the Good ' Shepherd
T. B. Chandler
Morrow
Ila
Celestial City
Pilgrim's Progress
Topeka
At. M. M. Club
Gertie McCarlan
Ereme Offerman
Ste Netswender
Nora Starbird
Juin Rupp
Live Wider
Mildred Hageirie
Lottie Spangler
Earl Starbird
Geo. Clark
Harry Short
Carl Lawin
Fred Smith
Andrew Rupp
Howard Green
James Paterson
Mra A. J. Arnold
Willman
Oregon
Fred
Lauck
J. A. Campbell
Bee Go
Stansfield
Klein
Golden Red
Ridley
John E. Roberts
Kansar Cy
Ually Church
Five Buckner orphans dead in Dallas fire
Buckner's home near Dallas suffered a fatal blaze in the boys wing. Five boys perished: Carlos Jones Birdie Britton Milton Britton Martin Britton and an unnamed child. Mrs Britton the matron rushed through flames to save her own children but could not. Several other boys were seriously burned as the building burned. The exact loss amount was not yet known.
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Dallas
Tex
Buckner
Tve
Ares Carlos Jones
Birdie Britton
Milton Britton
Martin Britton
Santa Fe California Limited Train Schedule Ad
The Santa Fe Route California Limited runs Chicago to Los Angeles in 64 hours with through sleepers to San Francisco. Departures occur Wednesdays and Saturdays from Chicago. Kansas City and Topeka connections. return trips depart California Mondays and Thursdays. Extrains from Chicago and Topeka offer palace sleepers and dining cars with deluxe service. For details call or visit the North Topeka depot and Cromwell & Jeffers agency.
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California Limited
Chicago
Kansas City
Topeka
Denver
Los Angeles
Sen Dien
San Francisco
Vis
Pullman Palace
W. J. Black
A.G
PLA Tor
Landis Names His Deputy Frank Gable for Leavenworth Penitentiary
The Topeka dispatch reports Frank Gable of Leavenworth has been named deputy warden of the penitentiary. Gable is an experienced former employee, served under W C Jones, and was a Democrat legislator. Politicians view the appointment as a death blow to Ed Murphy’s bid for insurance commissioner, ending his hopes in the contest.
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Wabdis
Waruce
Tolay
Frank Gable
Leavenworth
Gable
W. C. Jones
Guck
Ed Murphy
Gables
Murphy
Nordica's car held by Ohio managers settle contract dispute
In Columbus Ohio on January 16 Nordica Concert company private car was attached by a stable armed with a claim from Dickson and Talnett managers of opera houses in Columbus and Indianapolis for 178.08. The claim was settled and the car moved on hours later. The piece also notes a testimonial from Wm H Penn Dos Moines chief railway mail clerk praising Champlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and its price 25 and 60 cents selling through druggists.
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Ohio
Fumbus, O
Nordica Concert Company
Dickson & Talnett
Indianapolis
Paty
Peragas
Wm. H. Penn
Dos Modnés
Paiges Company Presents Marvest in Topeka at Crawford Opera House
The Paiges Company will present for the first time in Topeka the four act English comedy drama Marvest at Crawford Opera House Monday night. Those who appreciate talent, fine wardrobes, and a first class entertainment should attend. Prices 19, 20.2 cents. Ladies free. Buckingham's Dye for the whiskers offers home colorizing and a uniform brown shade for popular use.
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Topeka
Marvest
Talen
Cinas
Crawford Opera House
Ladies Tree
Humane ordinance passed after compromise at council meeting
The Poster Humane Society and Mayor Fellows reached a compromise on the humane ordinance, approved at a special council meeting without opposition. An amendment redefines “over check” to prevent painful restraint of horses or mules, satisfying Mayor Fellows. City Attorney to draft bill diverting $8,000 from the coat hole fund to general revenue. coal hole fund use abandoned.
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Humane Society
Fellows
Furd
General Revenue
Bohemia beauty: Crawford Opera House hosts Harvest Play
Visit the Crawford Opera House Monday night for Harry Enelish in his version of Roy Marston in Harvest. The notice, though garbled, invites audience to see a local drama at the venue with priced tickets in cents for ladies and general admission.
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Bohemia
Crawford Opera House
Harry Enelish
Roy Marston
Zou Peises
Wheat and grain markets open firm amid varied factors
Jan. 16 market notes show wheat firm about 6 cents higher on tests and Liverpool demand, corn slow but steady, hogs and cattle receipts varied with weak to steady tone, pork and oats mixed, Kansas City and Topeka markets reporting subdued activity and price moves, with no strong shifts in overall trend.
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Vmcame
Liverpool
Argentina
Nene
Shaw
Maylard
Kansas
Jam
Heavies S
Parkers
Mone
Lambert
Kansas City
Kaneashy
Wheat Market Rumors Sweep North America
Market chatter from New York Chicago and Minneapolis notes steady to lower prices on wheat soybeans and corn amid strong receipts and uncertain demand. Reports speak of futures activity in May wheat prices with bounce expectations, analyses from major houses and traders noting firm tones in some basins while others predict softer futures ahead.
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Rocky Ford, Colorado
Sterling
Wort Scott Police Board
Hiawatha
Mranager
Huntle
Clark Street
R.A. Stevens
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Mullinville
Stunae
Mileage Bureau Board
Katy
Parsons Parsons
Denison
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W. Kishth Ave
Peerless Steam Laundry
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Landis
Nordica
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Paiges Company
Buckingham
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Chicago Livestock Market
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Lom
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Hoge
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Goodwin & Chamberlin
Gentenn & Chamberlin
Cine
Tate Et Co
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Tosieka
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St Paul
Foreign Maruety
Marris
Ings
Canada
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Platt
Hele Brice
Godwin & Siete
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Aldrich Wheat
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Yong
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Minneapolis
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Stnitiaare
Buffalo
Montrest
Searly
Grigding
Enisie
Siset Priv
Goodwin & Chamberlin Brokers
Ftrain, Provisions & Stocks
Topeka Grain & Stock Exchange
Chicasco
Bank OF
Popema
G. Logan
Chigage
Roart
Yorks
Foxatin
W. A» Michael Commission Co
Gciephione Coo
Lopeka, Ks
A. W
Wickham
Reha
Ehdt
Garepceutel
Umecia Rentaurant
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