Blaze injures Topeka shoe maker saved by wife
TJ Crouch, a well known Topeka shoe maker and local Democratic leader, was badly burned when a gasoline stove exploded in his Kansas Avenue home. His wife smothered flames with a blanket, saving him, as the house sustained heavy fire damage. Crouch and his wife had wed recently after a long history.
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TJ. Crouch
Shoetmakter
Hogeboom
Aire Crouch
Crouch
Kansas Avenue
Mr. Crouch
Buel
Topeka
State Journal
T. J. Crouch Hadeen
Mary Jane Lane
Rutland
Wilmarth
Crouch Rome
Crouch Arts RSS Feeds Highlight Brief Entry
An arts focused RSS summary notes Crouch and related entries from the ent eee ago era. The fragment points to archival material and feed updates connected to cultural topics and local media coverage.
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Crouch
Arts Rss
Fragments Describe Fire and Escape in Stove Incident
Fragmentary text recalls a stove related blaze with a cracked back door and attempts to flee. It mentions pine trees catching fire, a pressure reading, and an unclear sequence of actions as a person fights to escape, suggesting the event is tied to a prior North company fire.
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Hove
Chicago Freight Strike Costs 10 Million In Losses
Renewed activity by Chicago business men accompanies the reopening of depots after a 24 000 strong freight handlers strike. By 2 p m every available worker had returned to work, and the dispute is credited to the state board of arbitration whose suggestions led to the end of the conflict. The episode underscores union power and the push for contractual provisions prohibiting sympathy strikes.
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Chicago
Adt
Teamsters Union
Uss
State Board of Arbitration
Railroyds
Frelgier Handtora
Freightanal
Strike spreads among boilermakers at Santa Fe ports
Boilermakers at Point Richmond join a sympathy strike after seven men walk out refusing repairs on an engine sent from the Arizona division. At Needles and San Bernardino tensions rise as non-union worker Matt Beheles clashes with locals, escalating labor unrest and signaling broader disputes within the Santa Fe system.
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Santa Me
Port Richmond
Cal
Arizona
State Journal
Point Richmond
Santa Fe
Sian
Needies
San Bermardino
Aint Richmond
Palit Midmond Jermakers Union
Needles
Sap Hersardino
Banta Fe
Matt Beheles
Chicago
Beheles
Mob Hangs Man in Owensboro Kentucky
Josh Anderson was hanged by a mob at 2:30 this morning after being taken from the county jail. He had shot his wife, killing her, last Thursday night at her home three miles from town.
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City Scales
Owensboro
Josh Anderson
Anderson
Fire Burns Through La Cygne Butcher Shop
A Wednesday blaze in La Cygne destroyed two buildings on a main block including a two story structure owned by Goes and Miller. Loss estimated at two dollars with partial insurance noted for the damaged frame shop.
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la Cygne
Kew
Goes & Miller, Lows
Funeral of Archbishop Feehan Draws Chicago Hundreds
In Chicago on July 17 a grand Catholic funeral for Archbishop Patrick A Feehan was held at the Cathedral of the Holy Name. Cardinal Gibbons officiated with Bishop Lancaster Spalding aiding, as Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia delivered the sermon. An immense crowd filled the streets and cathedral, with 75 000 paying respects while the body lay in state before burial in Calvary cemetery. Military, civic, and church groups joined a vast funeral cortege through the city.
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Chicago
Patrick A. Feehan
Cathedral of the Holy Fame
Cardinal Gibbons
John Lancaster Spaldinge
Peoria
Ryan
Philadelphia
Gibbons
Mmn
Calvary Cemetery
Babe
Elvic
Treland
Ba A Jensen
Belleview
Alton
Danne
Dallas
Tex
McGuiie
Burke
St Joseph
OW Donoghue
Fianapolis
Foley
Detroi Gierman
Kaufas City
Albany
Biting Schwebach
Lacrosse
Wissishop
Cathiril
Panama Hats From Men's Wear Explain Hat Origin and Terms
A discussion of Panama hats covers their palm plant origin in Cyclanthaceae, not true palms, with terms like Jipijaba Manabi and Puja tequila clarified. It explains leaf bending, sun bleaching, and that the straw comes from flat leaves rather than stalks, noting construction details and regional origins.
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Panama
Palma de Pina
Bcisior
Colombia
Ford
Brazil
Central
Ameria
Certul
Ecuador
Manabi
Monte Cristo
Panama hats woven by hand in warm damp hours
An article explains the Panama hat making process from straw preparation to weaving on knee blocks. It describes the long, labor intensive steps, including drying and dew collection, and notes that these fine hats take months to finish. It covers origins, distribution routes, and mistaken beliefs about underwater weaving.
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Nancy
Sear Union
Europe
Panama
Peru
Ecuador
Guayaquil
Cofon
Colombia
Cartagena
Savanilla
Havana
New York
South America
United States
Cutting the Key Log Rescue Ends in Tragic Loss
In a lumbering accident described by the Christian Endeavor World, workers battle a timber jam near falling logs and rising water. Foreman decapthly sacrifices himself, cutting the key log to free the master, but is carried away by the flood and found days later as a noble, broken body.
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Christian Endeavor World
Mr. George
Ste Hin
Ban
Arene
George
Cat
Burlington Builds 7 Mile Cavern Road From Cody to Canyon Hotel
Burlington railroad officials announce a planned 7 mile cavern road from Cody to the canyon hotel north of Yellow Stone Lake to ease park access and cut distance by over a hundred miles. Reported incidents include a fatal shooting near Ellsworth and arson involving a Black assailant in Clayton Mississippi.
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Cody
Omaha
Burlington Railroad
Canyon Hotel
Yellow Stode Lake
Market Signals and Corn Futures Drift in July Trading
Chicago July market notes show corn prices fluctuating as July options rise and fall amid weather optimism, with September and December contracts testing levels. Wheat and provisions move modestly, while cattle markets in Chicago and St Louis display steady to firm trends along with mixed stock activity and produce prices across Kansas City and New York markets.
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Cora
Sondiians
Heartah
Heodshan
Peapolie Duluth
Anc
Hoge
al Hussen
Kansas City
Benes City
Nes
Marty
Manto
Holon Eimothy
Holon Eimothy, 0019.50; Chotce A Reamery
Daizy
Fancy
Wilhat Hetelpty Io Cara
New York
Wall Street
Colorado
Norfolk and Western
United States Steel Pre Tennemase
New York Central Wood
Rock Island
St. Paul Murs
Lackawanna
Chicago Great Western
Ci Southern
Southern Pacific and
Southern Railway
Chesapeake
Northwestern
Tennessee
Comlanhattan
Anaconda
Palais Ha
Raven
Ongsied
Tnt
Coee Mithorn
Tractiona
Texister
Wincanton Central
St. Hore On
San Francisco
Duluth
South Shore
Remein
Mma
General Electric
Bondston
Pont
J.B. Gals
Strent
E. Gali
Kansas
Seigts
Texas
Athens
Deaths and Funerals Pantet Johnson 17
Pantet Johnson colored aged 17 died from stomach fever and malaria. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 PM at the Hochester cemetery and burial at Ottawa Kan. Entombment arrangements noted with costs listed.
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Pantet Johnson
Crane Street
Hochester Tery
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