Snapshot notes on diverse era happenings in town
Local items include Cyrus Leland joining the Bika, Sutton returning from Pant o, and Fomentimay J Warner noted as an expert silane papers. The interior of a Catholic sanctuary is described amid city improvements, with discussions on heating, water, and street paving. The Lawrence basketball team schedules a game with Santa Fe, while city clerks, real estate cases, and theater plans occupy public attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fomentimay J. &. Warner
Sikinol
Rokl Entate
Torringion
Char
Kates
J. Demaeth
Tian Anual
F. Wy
Pura
Kansas Ayenor
Bo Wrinit
Olin Townsend
Pallifornik
Duilees
Chien Pom Sporty
St. Patrick
A Labor Festival Announces One Cent Admission Plan
Citizen Train and George promote a Labor Festival with one cent admission lunch and lemonade, three speeches per congressional district, and a glee club. Booklets and performances priced at one cent aim to draw 3,000 to 5,000 daily crowds, with tentative totals from 30 to 56 dollars.
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Train
New York
George
Acain
Andorens
Glee Club
Vasager
Republicans Complete Their Work and Adjourn in Jackson
Michigan Republicans end their state convention in Jackson naming Judge Claudius B. Grant to seek another term on the Supreme Court bench. Col. B. Dean and Col. El K. Sutton of Detroit win acclamations for regents of the University. The platform hails McKinley and peace, lauds industry revival, and endorses the gold standard over free silver at 16 to 1, pledging fidelity to St Louis principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iackson
Mich
Claudius B. Grant
Supreme Court
Ann Arbor
el K. Sutton
Detroit
McKinley
St Louis
New Carbondale Bank Transfer Reported
Deputy bank commissioner Myron Waterman returns from Carbondale where the Commercial Bank of Carbondale is transferred to the Carbondale State Bank The latter is a newly organized institution with M F Southwick and W Snyder of Topeka owning nearly all the stock It is capitalized for one thousand dollars The Commercial Bank of Carbondale was privately owned by O J Gauger Southwick and Snyder are the principal stockholders in a northern state chain of banks including Clifton Palmer Linn and Carbondale branches
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Myron Waterman
Carbondale
Commercial Bank of
Carbondale State Bank
M. F. Southwick
W. Snyder
Topeka
Carbordale
O. J. Gauger
Messrs
Clifton
Palmer and Linn
Cacbonvale
Electric thawing fails in Plymouth mains thaw attempt
In Plymouth Indiana on March 2 an electric thawing test for iron water mains caused immediate loud telephone bell noise as the arc wires connected to water pipes. The process would thaw the mains but the town cannot endure the ongoing racket from the grounded telephone system.
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Plymouth
Ind
Prize money cases move toward final navy settlement
Washington reports the navy department pushing rapid settlement of prize cases from the late war. The Judge Advocate General has sent the Nashville and Marblehead, and the Resolute and Annapolis, to the Treasury for preliminary adjustment. Final judgments not yet certified. auditors will review in readiness for speedy decision.
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Washington
Navy Department
Judge Advocate General
Treasury
Navy
Nashville
Marblehead
Resolute
Annapolis
Nnivy Department
Big coffin trust forming in the east to raise deaths costs
A large coffin trust is forming with New York headquarters and plans to raise prices after formation. Agents have inspected the Stoll casket works in Upper Sandusky and other factories have been operating at low profit due to price cutting. The trust expects higher costs for dying three months from now if the plan proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
The
Plain Dealer
Upper Sandusky
Trust
New York
Big Stoll Casket
Narrow escape as actress Burkhart burns clothing in hotel room
Miss Lillian Burkhart, a comedienne at the Orpheum theater, narrowly escaped death in Omaha when cleaning gloves saturated with gasoline ignited. Proprietor Markill Starkell extinguished the flames as the room and furnishings burned, leaving her unconscious and badly burned.
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Burkhart
Omaha
Lillian Burkhart
Comedienne
Orpheum Theater
Millard
Markll
Shan
Federal steel raises wages for Joliet mill workers
A Joliet notice from the Federal Steel company shows a 19 percent wage increase for most mill employees, excluding tonnage men on a sliding amalgamated scale. The rise adds about $72 a year per worker. Similar raises reported in Milwaukee and Cleveland reflect a steel trade revival and higher finished material prices.
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Federal Steel Company
Joliet
American Steel and Wire Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Rel
Bay View
Cleveland
Mrs Downs to wed in Atchison and Chicago ties
Atchison Kansas reports the marriage announcement of Mrs Louise Downs widow of Major F W Downs once chief superintendent of the Central Branch railroad. She will wed her first cousin J B VanDorn in spring. Mrs Downs has long been a prominent social figure in Atchison and now resides in Chicago where she has lived for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
Louise Downs
F. W. Downs
Central Branch Railroad
J. B. VanDorn
Miss Ingalls Wedding in Washington on April 1st
Constance Ingalls and Robert Porter Shick plan nuptials in Washington with a simple church ceremony and reception. Shick, Princeton and Harvard Law graduate, runs a stove business with his mother while practicing law. The couple will honeymoon in Bermuda. attendees include Dr and Mrs Edward Giles Hlair Ralph Ingalls and Ellsworth Ingalls.
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Atchison, Blareu
Atiss
Constance Ingalls
Robert Porter Shick
Washington
Apri
Miss Ingalls
Shick
Princeton
Harvard Law School
University of
Two Freight Trains Crash in Fog at Blue Island Avenue
In Chicago the fog bound collision of two CB&Q freight trains on Blue Island Avenue caused a probable death and two injuries. A missing man, Merman Schomberg, 35, of Hawthorne, is believed crushed under wreckage. John Dwyglin of Hawthorne sustained severe injuries, with possible death, and August Tuernsesty suffered a dislocated shoulder and cuts, all taken to hospital.
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Chicago
Coast of & Head
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Blue Island Avenue
Merman Schomberg
Hawthorne
John Dwyglin
Union Reform party forms amid Fusion debate
The Trion Reform convention’s Committee on resolutions adopted a report endorsing initiative and referendum and the imperative mandate. A permanent organization formed with FS. Thompson of Springfield Ohio as chairman and Ann Taylor of Omaha as secretary. Over $1 rated for the national executive committee. A plan favors independent nominations to prevent fusion with other parties.
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Cincinnati
Maren Z
Sftern
Committe
Union Reform Party
Poleneri
FS. Thompson
Springfield
Sod Ann Taylor
Omaha
Thompson
ChalrmAn
Union
Htefoen
Kiralfy’s New Show Rumors Spark Speculation
Rumors circulate in New York that impresario Imre Kiralfy plans a new show to surpass his landmark efforts. Details are tightly guarded, with insiders predicting a memorable, uniquely staged production blending modern and ancient history.
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Ws Uulug
New York
Riutto
Imre Kiralfy
aTpeus
Kiralfy
Speedlaters
Fire destroys grain elevator in Lawrence Kansas
Fire destroyed the Rabskopf elevator in North Lawrence yesterday. Loss estimated at about 3000 dollars. The idle elevator was partly owned by Lawrence National Bank and may have been set by a tramp.
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Lawrence
Kan
North
Lawreces
Lawrence National Bank
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
Belief in six hours relief from kidney and bladder distress with this preparation noted as prompt. Claims include immediate pain relief in kidneys bladder and back with full retention relief. Sold by Geo W Stansfield and Sim Drog Co druggists in Topeka Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
Sim Drog Co
Topeka
Kan
Mysterious Death in Chicago Station Waiting Room
A well dressed man, believed to be Fred T. Carrington of San Francisco, collapsed and died yesterday in the Ravenswood Ravenswood Northwestern station waiting room. A letter in his pocket suggested heart failure, with corroborating clues including a missing short name on clothing. The 35 year old's condition deteriorated as Dr H C Will failed to revive him, and the coroner was notified.
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Walting Room
Northwestern
Fred T. Carrington
San Francisco
Ravenswoee
Police
Cal
H.C. Will
Whi
Will
Rolston
Toledo post office registry chief told of no value
Mrs. Juna Rice, longtime registry chief at Toledo, received notice from First Assistant Postmaster General Allen that she was of no value and not knowledge of duties. She has three days to reply before removal is recommended. Her supporters deny the charges and demand specifics.
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Gure
Juna Riceter
A. V. Rice
Registry Department
Toledo
Allen
Man and Wife Admitted To Bar Together in NYC
New York on March 2 Mr and Mrs James Wells Finch of 189 St Nicholas Avenue were admitted as members of the New York bar and may form a law firm. It is the first instance of a husband and wife practicing as partners in the city. Mrs Finch studied at Barnard College before marriage and they both entered New York University law school together. Both were recently admitted after passing state examinations.
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New York
James Wells Finch
St. Nicholas Avenue
Leaving America Message to Mrs Finch Exam Result
A brief note records that a man sent a message to Mrs Finch claiming he would leave his bar in her care and was undecided about practicing regularly in the courts while Tam chose to pass the examinations.
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America
She Marries Her Hero in Mascoutah
In Mascoutah on March 2 a former village schoolteacher William S Kiespert from Kaskaskia married his former pupil Martha Derouse. The couple wed after his service in the war and his recovery from wounds on San Juan Hill, then departing to their Oklahoma home.
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Mascoutah
William S. Kiespert
Kaskaskia
Martha Derouse
Oklahoma
Santago
San Juan Hill
Wiincis
Boys Strike at Muncie Glass Plant Shuts Factory
In Muncie Indiana a fruit jar glass plant owned by Ball Bros. shuts down as 500 workers idle after a midnight strike by white boys protesting the discharge of six colored boys. In Anderson nine hundred workers at the American Plate Glass company walk out over four dismissals.
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Ball Bros’. Fruit Glass
Anderson
Muncie
Ina
Marenz
Ball Bros
Anderson, Ind
American Plate Glass Company
Wages Rising In Steel Works And Local Pickle Note
The Pennsylvania Bolt and Nut works raises wages by 10 percent in puddling and rolling departments effective April 1. Lebanon rolling mills will announce a similar wage increase. Swedle's furnace workers in Norristown also receive a 10 percent hike. A local grocer promotes the "Sliver Seat" sweet pickles as a home product, praised by a customer.
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Lebanon
Pennsylvania Bolt and Nutworks
Swedle
Norristown
Sale of the Alton stock raises railroad buyout rumors
Chicago reports confirm that stock deposits exist for the Chicago and Alton sale. Potential purchasers named include Illinois Central, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, and Missouri Kansas and Texas. Baltimore and Ohio may also show interest, with buyers seeking routes into Chicago and St Louis and smoother competition with rivals.
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Chicago
T. B. Blackstone
Chicago & Alton Road
Clark
United States Trait Company
Stocl
Mr. Blackstone
Illnois Central
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
Baltimore & Ohio
Alton
St. Louis
Kansas City
Kansas City, Pittsboro
Gulf
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Miners Strike At No 24 Shaft Kansas and Texas Coal
Miners at No 24 shaft near Chi cope refuse to work after wage cut. They are paid 32 cents per 1200 pound box and can fill about eight boxes daily. Company posts 28 cent rate, miners demand scales and standard price per diggings, sending a committee to employers.
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Pittsburg
Nan
Marces
Kansas and Texas Coal Company
Chicope
Hindergartners Meet Sixth Annual Convention Opens
The sixth annual convention of the International Kindergarten Union began a three day session at the Scottish Rite cathedral in Cincinnati on March 2. Attendance is reported as the largest in the history of the organization.
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Cincinnati
International Kindergarten Union
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Yonson
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Palmer
Sol Smith Russell Hon
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Chas
EL Nd Tan
Doc
Cyrus Leland
Bika
Stranee
Styfe
Sinc Ce Enen
Mies
Samy
CS. Sutton
Panto
Mareh
Cath
Callies
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Senta
Guy Meineer Ries
Hirdtins
Cae Sie Poorman
Xia
Berjami Jodkins & Vetenen Sinta Bereman
Newton
Muckwmith Creek
Uigil
AL Ara
Cold Wa
Andesoe
Ele Methodist
Canin B.S. Blott
Munica
Chiree
G. A. BR
P. Ashton
Tom Fiea
J. W. F. Huehoa
Well-Pareo Express Company
Wigone Ianitineer
State House
Ghari
AD Entertainment
Mra RR Pitmer
Knightn
Ladies of
Seere
Crawtora “Theater
Ramsey Synth
Solae
Amperes
Jilan Hook
Karing
Burrmuens
Shaw
Rupert Inkiver Throweh
Mr. Welioh
Ae Insurance
Hinton Ee Ee
Clarkson
Michigan
NEW Carbondale Bank
Topeka Parties
Big Coffin Trust
Mrs. Downs
Manila
the State Historical Society
J. W. Ozias
Twentieth
Kansas
American
the American Soldier
Freedom
Twentieth Kansas
Kellam
New York City
Smith
San Juan
Cincinneth
Denver
Hortest Line
Colorado Flyer
Dayton
Jucy Wheeleck
Mary Hoeanangy Tain
Uirvas
Mra Marr B. Page
Tafel
Miss Field
Uni
Swhrstites
Amelie Hetter Peasenten
We Paulsson
Anna Fr. Bryan
Berths Paytus Diemes
Marie Ruef Hofer
Ruby & Knox
East Seventh Street
Celephone
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