Opie Read a Picturesque Figure in Chicago Literary Life
Opie Read famed author of 4A Kentucky Colonel and The Jackline lives in Chicago now writing and socializing with a Bohemian circle. He looks rugged yet content and plans to stay through his days, resisting calls to England. He is 48 with a wife and five children, once poor despite book sales reaching into the thousands, now awaiting a new novel Bolgano set in a Mississippi river town about a Mississippi senator.
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Chief Washakie Dies at Fort Washakie Wyoming
Chief Washakie, leader of the Shoshone, is dying at Fort Washakie Wyoming at about 132 years old. He spent much of winter in the fort hospital and recently requested baptism by Rev John Roberts. His death raises concern that young warriors may push toward renewed conflict with the Arapahoe on the same reservation.
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A Great Wagon Train Heads West to Mines
Milford, Titan, March 3 P M B McKean tests today with the heaviest wagon train under muddy roads. Sixty horses haul sixty thousand pounds of heavy machinery for De La Mar mines, a caravan of wagons and teams feeding and watering units as a circus-like expedition toward western mining sites.
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Topeka Local News Highlights and Tragedy
Local Topeka items include Crane & Co printing batlota for Republican primaries, a Topeka EL 3 AL parlor meeting at Mrs Kane’s home, and Mrs Strows gravely ill with pneumonia in Highland Park. Dr Esterly joins the Topeka Academy of Medicine, Kansas City Dental College term ends March 30 with two Topeka students returning. Republican City Central committee arranges meals for primaries at United Presbyterian church. Alliance Aid Home Lodge hosts a membership contest supper at 420 Karsan Ave restricted to contest participants. Wvern of Third ward to meet at Mrs Reed’s corner Twelfth and Harrison at 2 pm under Food Government auspices. John Seither of 1212 Quincy accidentally shot in leg while cleaning revolver. ball lodged in bone, surgeon unable to remove it. Mr Leiber, 67, in poor health.
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Mineral Water and Collar Care Ad at 612 W Eighth
The notice urges Mineral Water the finest in the west, inviting readers to come and try it. It also highlights peerless steam laundry services that keep edge collars clean and smooth, advertised by A W Phillips at 612 West Eighth Street.
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Hibben Campaign Rally At Colored Church In Tennesseetown
Dr J Hibben spoke at a King and Lincoln street colored church to a large mixed audience of whites and black residents. He touted his record and promised hogs would remain if elected mayor, while opponents assailed him. Col Jetmore condemned Fellows and pled for honest city government as the meeting adjourned amid cheers.
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Ea Fellows Meeting in North Topeka for Mayor Fellows
A crowded North Topeka church meeting discussed support for Mayor Fellows. Speakers criticized opponents, highlighted Fellows’ two years of administration, and urged backing for the re election. The gathering included Hibben supporters and a candidate for justice of the peace seeking nomination.
Meeting selects Fellows as mayor with unanimous vote
About 175 attendees, mostly colored men from the First ward, filled the meeting hall as Benaianey and Beal addressed the crowd. The discussion favored Fellows for mayor, with the final vote unanimous and orderly, though a few in the rear abstained. Charlie Fitzlutt was noted for a local business.
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Methodist Appointments List for Manhattan Conference
The Kansas Methodist Episcopal conference announces the 191- appointments across districts with presiding elders named. Officials include W. H. Zimmerman Atchison J. T. Gibson Corning and W. W. Underwood at various fields. extends to Manhattan Wichita and Topeka circuits with multiple supplied and appointed ministers.
Weyler orders trial by court martial for suspicious Cuban women
A Havana message reports General Weyler offering that all women labeled suspicious in Cuba will be tried by court martial. The penalty is unclear but death is feared if guilty. The order has drawn protests from foreign consuls. A relative of Cuba’s first president is said to have been arrested and treated brutally. he is only 16 years old.
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Governor commutes Missouri murder sentence
St Louis March 9 Word is just received that Governor Stephens has commuted the sentence of John Schmit who was to be executed tomorrow in Clayton for the murder of Bertram Atwater to five years in the penitentiary. The city is abuzz with relief as parents recall five Minute Cough Cure offered elsewhere. Widespread notes point to local seller G W Stansfield at 632 Kansas Avenue.
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VETOED and Legal Battle Over State Rate Powers
A lengthy obstinate discussion debates state authority to fix maximum transportation rates. The piece traces common law rights, constitutional limits, and historic U S Supreme Court rulings on whether states may regulate rail and other carriers, noting uncertainty over section interpretations and potential for broad rate fixes versus strict limits.
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Veto Message on Legislation for Rates by Corporations
A governor signals opposition to a bill giving state courts power to set freight and utility rates. The message argues a constitutional limit on executive action and urges the legislature to reconsider. The piece notes prior court interpretations and calls for balanced regulation without granting excessive power to commercial entities.
Electric Bitters touted as top remedy for tired systems
An ad claims Electric Bitters restore vigor by stimulating stomach nerves liver and kidneys and cleansing blood. It promises improved digestion and general well being with vegetable ingredients and is sold at J. K. Jones' Drug Store.
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