McCray Eyes Express Wagon War In Legislature
D C McCray plans to push a measure to force express firms to deliver packages within the city and beyond, aiming to showcase political support before the next session. He recalls his ordeal hauling books as a state text book commissioner and vows to organize support with Webb McNall's aid and timely bulletins.
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D. C. McCray
Hogue
Webb McNall
McCray
Express
State Text Book Commission
Commission
Pardon of Lieut Hildebrand in Duel Killing
Berlin July 21 Emperor William pardoned Lieutenant Hildebrand who was sentenced to two years in fortress for killing Lieutenant Blaskowitz in a duel. The affair drew international attention as Blaskowitz was shot on the morning of his wedding day. The duel occurred at Inters.
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Ident Blaskowitz
Berlin
William
Lieutenant Blaskowitz
Blaskowits
Inters
Duel and pardon raise questions over officer’s duel
The investigation showed Lieutenant Pigskowits woke after his bachelor dinner with no memory of the clash and returned to his fiancée before the duel. Lieutenant Hildebrand served seven months of his sentence. Military men defend the pardon, saying honor demanded a fight and possible killing. Critics call the imprisonment inadequate. Comber correspondent forbidden to discuss the matter.
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Pigskowits
Hildebrand
Comber
Professor Minckwitz Marries New York Latin Teacher Weds Emporia Bride
A dispatch from Emporia reports Professor Richard Von Minckwitz of New York City married Miss Mary E Wilder of Emporia at the bride's sister Mrs. Charles Cross home. Von Minckwitz, Latin professor at a New York high school for boys, previously taught at Topeka High School and has since moved to Kansas City to take a similar post after a Kansas City divorce.
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Topeka
Mary Wilder
Emporia
Richard von Minckwits
New York City
Mary E Wlder
Charles Cross
von Minckwitz
New York High School For
Tithe High School
Kansas City
The Elevator Boy and a Western Tongue in 1902
A humorous memoir fragment recounts Sammis the elevator boy in a city building facing love and temptations from a gold tooth typewriter named Sarah. His boss warns restraint, yet romance blooms with peanuts and chocolates, then ends in heartbreak and resolve. Interspersed sketches show town humor, local bravado, a vigilant mayoral persona, and wild frontier medical misadventures with a rough Western crowd.
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C. B. Lewis
Sammi
Mary Anderson
Lillian Russell
Sammils
Mr. Rashes
Aly
Sarah
Tar and Rosin Syndicate
Sammis
Arizona Kicklets 1902 Fun and Folly Column
A sprawling playful column from 1902 filled with spoof items, humor and satirical notes. It mockingly cites politics, crime, mountaineers, and odd happenings across the west with invented names and comical misstatements. The piece reads like a carnival of absurd anecdotes.
The Doctor at Pleasant Hill mining camp
At Pleasant Hill a list of 210 miners stayed full with occasional vacancies. A plan to contribute 50 cents weekly for a camp doctor drew a tough adventurer who arrived, claimed to be a doctor, and demanded respect and obedience. The scene features Jim Davis leading talks and the doctor warning against jokes about his profession.
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Tom
Silver City
Pete Harper
Pete
C. B. Lewis
Pleasant Hill
Ssculapius
Erjrand
Jim Davis
Jim
Tom Ebar- Voss
Morain
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