Brownfield Aims Six Team League With Kansas City
Dr Brownfield plans a six team league with Kansas City as he pushes Topeka to back a team. Leavenworth’s manager Gassmann may retire after a troubling season. Topeka shows losses but promises self sustaining plans. Brownfield vows better pay, cheaper players, and hopes for league stability this season.
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Troy
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Kinporia
Whiting
Topekstani
Sam
Pecter
Leavenworth Street Car Company
Therselves
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Winfield
de Brown- Held
Cranks
Rain making a humbug in Ohio tale of Frank Melbourne
Frank Melbourne, once known as a western rain king, admits he never had real power to conjure rain. He resides in Cixvenaxy Ohio and says Americans enjoy being humbugged the bigger the fake the easier to sell. Melbourne made a fortune from the bluff and spent it lavishly.
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Frank Melbourne
Kate
Cixvenaxy
Ohio
Cain King
Euch Arpent Dewaod
Melbourne
Inquest Hinted By Severed Leg Found In Old House
A severed leg was found in a cellar of a stone house on Quincey Street by a family that moved in recently. The limb, badly preserved and missing at the knee, suggested a prior amputation by a surgeon, with clues pointing to a doctor who once lived there.
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Quincey
Ion
The
Corbett Sullivan Deal to Put Ex-Champion in Same Company
Chicago July 1 John L Sullivan former American champion pugilist and James J Corbett current champion and Sullivan’s conqueror will likely appear in the same theatrical company next season. Manager William A Brady said no contract signed yet but an oral arrangement is binding and a written agreement would be drawn up after Sullivan returns east.
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John L Sullivan
America
James Jobe Corbett
Sullivan
William A. Brady
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Carbott
Chicago Tribune
Hudson an Honest Man Against Prohibition
J K E Hudson of the Topeka Capital once zealously supported prohibition and urged enforcement. He now concedes the law cannot be enforced, has caused trouble, and ceased advocating it while maintaining his integrity.
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Atchison Globe
J. K E. Hudson
Topeka
Hudson
Remarkable Wichita Child Prodigy Richmond Benn
Four year old Richmond Bean of Wichita reads newspapers and Dickens with ease after hearing words. He writes legible bills, performs arithmetic like 128400 times 6, and reads Latvi aa as well as English. His father and a Chicago millionaire consider education prospects and early schooling.
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Blind Tom
Allen
Market Street
Richmond Benn
New York Avenue
M Placil
Richmond Bean
Dickens
David Copperfield
James McDaniels
Chicago
Mr. Benn
State Board Names Officers and Contracts at Osawatomie
State board of charities sets tunnel contract for Osawatomie asylum to Henry Bennett of Topeka for 664 dollars. A two seated survey costing 115 dollars was bought for the reform section. EBG Chariton of Lawrence elected steward at the deaf and dumb institution in Olathe. Mrs RC Crozier of Abilene named matron. Mineral Wester notes and address listed for newspaper subscription.
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Osawatomie Asylum
Henry Bennett
Topeka
Board of Charities
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Ebg Chariton
Lawrence
Deaf and Dumb
Olathe
Mra RC Crozier
Abilene
ISENHARTS LETTER ATOPEKA club members blamed for attack
The writer defends himself against charges after an assault by Dick Hodgins, naming Topeka club members Eugene Hagan Henry Strong Frank Willard W A L Thompson Dick Hodgins and Ha Bennett as complicit. He accuses W H Rossington of malice and alleges an organized conspiracy to attack him, while denying personal insults to Hodgins or his wife.
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State Journal
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Topeke Club
Reeault
Hodgins
Topeka Club
Sunday Morning Capitol
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Hodging
Pat Sherman
Sherman
R. Hodgins
Topeka
Eugene Hagan
Henry Strong
Frank Willard
W. A. L. Thompson
Ha Bennett
Hidgina
Brutus
Hagan
W. H. Rossington
Rossington
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Mass Meeting at Color Convention Demonstrates Delegates Not Regulated
Democratic state convention in Dexvex will be a mass meeting with no regular delegate elections and no credentials required. Attendance from out of town expected. event outlines simple gathering rather than formal proceedings.
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Dexvex
Denver Democrats Eye Silver Convention Stance
The minority Democrats expect a convention to back the double standard and 16 to 1 silver coinage, independent of other nations. Young Democrats aim to repudiate Cleveland and Carlisle, while officeholders and allies may oppose radical action or stay out.
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Democratic Party
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Carlisle
Offesholders
Hill and Platt Meet in Manhattan Beach Visit
In New York on July 1 prominent politicians including Senator D B Hill and ex-Senator T C Platt stopped at Manhattan Beach. They exchanged greetings at Occident Hall and discussed Republican party affairs briefly. Hill said he planned no convention moves and preferred a quiet visit, while noting nationwide signals for a Democratic victory next fall.
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Manhattan Beach
D. B Hill
T. C. Platt
Hill
Occident Hall
Pla
Pratt
Senator Hill
Tals
Normady
Union League Club of Chicago in Court Over Pheasant Sale Penalty
In Cariaco on July 1 Union League club faced a $25 penalty demand for game law violation. Justice Glennon paused the case to July 10 after testimony from R Bortree and witness E B Clark that pheasant banquet tickets were sold on February 22. The club argues private ownership and restaurantlike sales. the judge reserved judgment pending further proceedings.
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Chicago
Cariaco
Union League Club
Glennon
Mlinoia
MM. R Bortres
National Game Bird and Pish Protective Association
Bortree
Justice Glennon
Night Escape and Burglars Across the Lawn
A man fleeing after failing to open a door leaps through a parlor window, pursued by a father with a revolver as a police officer and neighbors react to the dramatic escape. Also included is a farewell dinner vignette where a town hears a man plans to move and then reveals his intention to stay.
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Pipa
Father
Atlanta Constitution
Fragmentary Dispatches From The Week In News
A mixed set of short excerpts from late 19th or early 20th century papers. The text mentions a baggage claim scene, a domestic note on rice prices, a New York Weekly item, a seance at Headquarters, and political returns for Balfour and Chamberlain. It also reports Defender’s rescue operations and a subscription appeal.
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