Topeka Liquor War Ends In Grim Public Hangings
A chaotic Topeka scene unfolds as sheriff Kepley orders the execution of twenty prisoners labeled as kags, many linked to Milwaukee brews like Schlitz and Pabst. The crowd pelts the yard with bottles, photographers record the event for the New York World, and the grim ritual concludes around 6:30 p.m. with a strewn courtyard and grieving officials.
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Hamner
Hazen
Court House
Sherry Kepley
Kansas Avenue
Court Home
Temples of Justice
Tts
RB Kepley
Anil ‘Ake
Sherif Bob Kepley
Oscar Pepper
Sherif Kepley
Kepley
New York World
Topeka
Aberif
Larry
Art Strest
Charity Inquiry in Topeka Probes Welfare Abuse
Mrs Jonathan Thomas, president of a local charity, says Topeka faces many poor residents many unworthy of aid. She cites Parkdale families in need and a number who rely on county support, urging strict laws to curb abuse and protect funds.
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Isgleside
Jonathan Thomas
Topeka
Parkdale
Missouri
Potwin and Auburndale Divided Over City Ticket Fight
Potwin and Auburndale face a split as rival city tickets emerge ahead of next Tuesday’s nominating at J K Yrueblood’s store. Ex County Commissioner J Campbell leads Auburndale’s mayoral bid, while Potwin backs a rival slate. residents say imbalanced attention to street repairs fuels the feud. Editor J P Bell of the Weekly Graph prints a party card endorsing Ingalls for senate Troutman for governor and McKinley for president.
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Burgas
Potwin City
J. K. Yrueblood
Potwin Pro
Auburndale
J. . Campbell
Potche
Potwin
Aubarmdale
Bell
J. P. Bell
Graph
Osawatomie
Hig
Jnley
Ingalls
United States
Troutman
Rock Island Announces Fort Worth Route Fare Notice
Fort Worth and Hetmurm 15.25 via Great Hock Island Route. March 7 and 8 the Rock Island sells round trip tickets to Fort Worth with return fare valid through March 90 1896. Cattle Growers Association account. For more information contact your nearest Rock Island agent. A M Festen city passenger agent.
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Fort Worth
Hetmurm
Great Hock Island
Rock Island
Lickete
Macreh
Cattle Growers’ Association
A. M. Festen
Laws to Reach Eathers and Orphans Home Talk
Mrs. Hoowel Jones leads discussions with the Orphans' home about laws to require parental support only when feasible and criticizes gaps in the current framework. She notes no public remedies against abandoned fathers, discusses placing children, adoption safeguards, and persistent demand for both boys and girls, with cases of misplacement and care quality.
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Trowet Jones
Mra
Hoowel Jones
Orphans’ Home
Mrs. Jones
Kansua
New York
Steroe
President closes duck shooting reserve purchase near Potomac
A New York owned duck shooting reserve on the Potomac river in Safford county Wa about forty miles below Washington is reported to be near sale to President Cleveland. The site with water frontage and blinds will receive improvements. A political exchange and street scene quotes follow.
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Eins
Potomac Shooting Reserve
Wasursotos
Cleveland
Potomac River
Safford County
Washington
North Topeka Notebook Notes And Local Ads
Local items from North Topeka report residents traveling for business to Chicago St Louis and Kansas City. Church services noted. Merchants advertise meats groceries buggy tops wagon goods and household items. A telegraph tale shows distance collapse showy anecdote followed by a local misprint.
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Thomas Voiland
Chicago
J. E Crockett
St. Louis
Mr. Wimberly
The
Christian Church
Lynch
Kansas City
Feendas
William Huddleson
Oskaloosa
A J. Kane
J. B. Wilson
H.M. Cline Lee Benne
Kansas
J. Graves & Sons
West Laureat Street
North Topeka
Bell 'Phore
A. J. Kane & Co
N. Kaneas Avenue
New York
Hawt Sixth Street
Ready for Spring Teage at Heomes
A fragment from a Texas Sittings item notes a breakfast table joke about smelling eggs and a sales notice for a store at 107 East Lth Street offering a line of household items including em rigs corisins cartaine stand covers linoleums clocks and dishes with terms cash or easy payments and low prices.
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Heomes
East
Lth St
Poroffica
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Poorseas Steam Laundry
West Std
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Chicago Tribune
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New Orleans
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Everett
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