Great Mining Camp Scene in Saloon Feud Over Beer
Galena Kansas June 2 a bitter feud festers between Riley Robertson and George Herroll who claims right to conduct saloon business. Nine jointkeepers were arrested last week on eight counts each with $300 bonds, Robertson bonds set at 5000. Beer valued over $2000 seized from Redell storage on West Broadway fueling the clash.
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Galena
Nmat
Riley
Robertson
George Herroll
Herroll
Herrell
Uoon
Columbus
George Hedtll
Joplin
Anhewer-Busch Brew Img Company
Fredsi
Weat Broadway
St. Louis
Redell
Commencement at St Johns Military School Salina
At St Johns Military School Salina the eleventh commencement featured hymn Toward Christian Soldiers prayers by Rev Robert Mize address by Rev Irving E Maxter and Miss Katherine Horton. Diplomas presented by Bishop Millenaugh with remarks by Judee Horton and a skirmish drill culminating in a Bethany flag presentation. Noted war service figures and cadet officer listings accompany the complete 1899 1900 catalogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
St. Johns Military School
Af Salina
Stosramme
Robertee
Irving E
Maxter
Selo
Katherine
Ju LE Horton
Sul
Fred G. Haas
Bishop Millssaush
Fillet
Charles Hiller
Grace
College of the Sisters of Bethany
Ladies of Bethany
St. John's
Robert Mize
Spain
Srother
George Griteaurst Lvetenant
Thoma K. Richey
Kansas
George H. Hsing
Leutenant
Everettier
Eneizn
Oregon
George Elliot
Albert A. Roby
Joe Ritter
Michigan
Cpls Morris
D.C
Frank Dickson
Willam & Ehrenfeld
Don Benjamin Palmer
V. L
Annual June Discount Sale Announcement
A fragmented notice advertises a June sale on silverware and glassware with discounts of 25 percent on some items and 10 percent on others. It mentions travel from St Louis to Columbus and back via a specific railroad line, with dates in June for a convention and excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Columbus
Pardea
Garfield Park Marshall
Peabody Cattle Listings and A Fatal Tree Incident
The fragment lists Peabody residents with livestock counts including Jack Hooker 223 head of cattle and horses, Sullin 61 head of cattle, Gottte two hogs, and Wells 14 cattle and 35 hogs, with scattered notes on cattle and a dramatic report of a person found dead in a tree top. The text also references a boat or water event during flood height, with measurements and obstacles described.
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Jack Hooker
Peatuty
L. Heaths Rous
Peabody
Hi. Sullin
W. Re. Gottte
FA. Wells
Horsephens & Giddings
Dodge City Forms Commercial Club officers named
A Dodge City commercial club was organized to promote city and county interests. E Kirkpatrick was elected president, C O Waring vice president, W S Amos secretary, and Sam Stubbs treasurer. The secretary will contact Mr Devis on Western immigration. Committees set Fourth of July events with a morning salute parade balloon ascent and a patriotic address by W Y Morgan, plus evening games, fireworks, and sports.
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Dodge City
E. Kirkpatrick
C. 0. Waring
Amos
Sam Stubbs
Devis
Santa Fe Railway
W.Y. Morgan
Hutchinson
Convicts Injured in Penitentiary Slugging Over Craps
Mil ton Rowe and Joep Monroe were hospitalized at the Kansas penitentiary after convicts attacked them with iron and knife during a craps dispute. Rowe suffered a fractured skull and is not expected to recover while Monroe was stabbed twice in the back before guards intervened.
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Leavenworth
Milton Rowe
Joep Monroe
Kansas Penitentiary
Mureros
Rowe
Walter Mitchell
Monroe
Frank Clark
Ait Monroe
Ose
Fort Scott merchants oppose M K T road over Parsons asylum
Townspeople erupt over the asylum site for Parsons with claims the Missouri Kansas & Texas line influenced the choice. Merchants vow to print on all stationery that no goods will be received or shipped over the M K T road as a protest.
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Fort Scott
Parsons
Sunes
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Death of Major Edwards at Atchison home
Major L Edwards prominent Atchison citizen died of heart failure at his 599 T street home. A New Yorker by birth he lived in Illinois and Topeka before settling in Atchison twenty eight years ago, built a mercantile business, then served as city editor of the Daily Champion and recently contracted to travel for the Leavenworth Times starting June 12. He was a Mason and member of a St Joseph organization.
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Atchison
Kad
L. Edwards
T Street
Topeka
At Ore & Factor
Cireles
Daily
Champion
Leavenworth Times
St. Joseph
Mrs Stanley Loses Purse in Florence with Passes and Cash
Mrs W E Stanley wife of the governor reports losing a packet purse in Florence on June 2. The bag contained ten dollars jewelry and railroad passes plus other valuables. Searches were made but fruitless as she and the governor were en route to Atchison.
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Florence
W. E. Stanley
Atchison
Large batch of prisoners arrives at Leavenworth prison
Warden French received one of the largest prisoner consignments in federal history from Muscogee Oklahoma. 23 inmates include Harney Stittn White jailed for larceny and Ambrose Burlington colored convicted of murder. 14-year minimum and 102-year couples noted in separate items.
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Leavenworth
French
Muscogee
Harney Stittaen
White
Gaye Sear
Ome Gay
Ambrose Burlington
Reverend Stough Targets Saloons With Cinematograph Plan
Rev Henry W Stough of Oak Park proposes using a moving cinematograph to expose side door saloons along Harlem Avenue. He vows to light the “devils dead line” and shame Oak Park residents who patronize the resorts, predicting a clash with Harlem ministers.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Third Congregations
Harlem Avenue
Henry W. Staugh
Osk Park
Harlem
Lev
Stough
Lorimer Circus
Mr. Stough
Oak
Esterhazy Confesses in London Amid Broad Allegations
Major Esterhazy declares that army chiefs abandoned him and that he wrote the bordereau under orders. He claims to possess proofs of a broader conspiracy and vows to reveal more, naming suspects who allegedly sheltered and pressured him.
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London
the Chronicle
Comte Esterhasy
Sandherr
Esterhazy
Ministry of War
Mme Basely
Madame Pais
Ex-Mayor Fellows Sets Sights For Transmississippi Congress
Ex mayor Fellows was named vice president of the Transmississippi Commercial Congress for Kansas and may seek the presidency next year. Fiouston Texas won the contest for the congress next year, with Tom Richardson elected secretary. Kansas delegates backed Richardson and Houston, not Fellows, explaining that stepping aside kept strong support intact. Rep Ed McKeever said Kansas chose broad consensus over forcing Fellows’ presidency, while intending to back him when the Houston assembly meets next year.
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Fellows
Commercial Congress
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Kansas
Mne
Fiouston
Tex
Congress
Tom Richardson
Richardson
Houston
E.R Moses
Great Bend
Felows
Henderson Seeks Speakership Support in Chicago Conference
Congressman D B Henderson arrives in Chicago to confer with Republican leaders on his bid for House speaker. Senator Allison arrives to join planning with Henderson and supporters from Illinois Wisconsin and Minnesota aiming to secure a majority. Iowa candidate has 57 pledges needing 38 more votes.
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Chicago
D. B Henderson
Town
House
Allison
Col Henderson
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Cuban Payment at Melina Barana for 176 Men
Payment to insurgent soldiers continued yesterday at Melina Barana. One hundred and seventy six men received $75 each after turning in arms. 44 applicants were rejected for various reasons. About 200 Cubans near Gale are unhappy as Col Aron will not return them, delaying payment pending investigation.
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Melina Barana
Melina
Col
Aron
Gales
Massachusetts congressmen seek speakership mate
A private meeting at the Union club in Easton reviewed candidates for the national House speakership. Massachusetts lawmakers are expected to back Moody of Hav erhill but may follow Hopkins of Tinos and back Henderson of Iowa if Moody withdraws.
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Easton
Massachusetts
Union Club
National House of Representatives
Moody
Haverhill
Hopkins
Tinos
Henderson
Iowa
Corwin Disconcerted in a Central Ohio Tale
An old account recounted of Tom Corwin disconcerting a student rumpus at Yellow Springs after Antioch College, Horace Mann era. A witness denied striking, Corwin pressed for specifics, and the crowd roared at his dramatic mimicry of a cane threat in a Mexican War line, ending with a vivid retelling.
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Chicago
Tom Corwin
Corwin
Sy Giese
Corwine
Humor Tidbits and Scraps From Multiple Columns
A garbled humor column fragment lists quips about teaching a boy to speak, a mortified moment before company, and teasing dialogue. The text mocks social faux pas and misheard phrases, with scattered references suggesting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper tone.
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Munyon
Lea & Perrins’ Sauge
Worcestershire
Sixth St
Woodbury’s
Aralyy
Woodburt
Kansas News
ST. Johns
Chess County
Cedar Point
McCallum
Turkey Creek
Cedar Township
Marion County
Turkey
New York
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Niagara Falls
Heller
Tpa
Exchange
Kansas City, Mo
Morrison
Ranses Avenos
Marshall's Bend
Shetr Qonorrt Townernin Afternean
Sean Daye
Will
Humphreye
Humphreys
Maxeul
Lansing
Major Edwards
Federal
Mra
Jane Williams
James Morgan
Willams
Tenfresses
Pastor
Newton
Rev. W. Wheeler
Congregational Church
Washington
Willam Schell
Emporia
John W. Lee
Thayer
John ¥. Stier
Mankato
Andrew Wallin
National Military Home
Martha Elphant
Iola Iola
Tudor Mercantile Company
Burnham, Hansa, Ee & Co
Kansas City
Northrup
Cinematograph
Harlem Street
Dreyfus
Pt. Scott Driving Park Association
Wisiana
Fair Grounds
Riley County
Manhattan
C. A
Amrg.drefes
Steed
Boston
American League of Young People’s Society of the New Church
R A. Munger
Chinago
Treasury
England
Ireland
Marquis of Londonderry
House of Commons
Col Terry
Atlantic City
N. J
June George
Terry
The
Hoffman
Seth Ingerod
Wolf Hopper
National and Union
U. S. Cycle CO
Ftesas
Foeuer
Bridget
Sunny Agene 9
Ieee
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Jane
Pretless Steam Laundry
Peersons Steam Laundry
Gerald
USA
Detroit Journal
He & Ig Stem
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Polian
Boll
Bald
Bayboay
eiDd
Isundsy Trou
Aranee
Hivcorrry
Wells
Mouba
Java
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