News of Kansas and Leavenworth crime notes
South Kansas Methodist Conference opens in Burlington with Bishop Goodsell presiding. Also reports relay a forged advertising contracts case against Frank Pletcher sought by Justice Ayers, with police failing to locate him. A Leavenworth coin collection donated by Gen. John A. Halderman was stolen and later largely recovered, with suspect Cox captured.
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Floteheris
Turidge
P. Dalrymple
Leavenworth
M.C. A
John A. Halderman
Association
Delaware Street
W. TE Cox
Platte County
Stillingsville
Cos
Kansas
William Hancock
Platte City
Cox
Eavenworth
Mody
Burlington
Burmeton
Methodist Episcopal Church
First Methodist Church
D. A. Goodsell
San Francisco
KP. Hammons
Fort Scott
Harvard Faculty Blocks Intercollegiate Football Contests
Harvard faculty adopts a resolution barring students from intercollegiate football games citing athletic regulation concerns. The move follows prior faculty demand for abolition and invites further action by August, as the athletic committee weighs modifications.
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Harvard
Cummings
Masa
College Corporation
Beatrice forgery suspect peddling charge noted
Chief Seip took a young man into custody this morning on a charge of peddling without a license. Officers believe Richardson is wanted in Beatrice for forgery. Mautle Cattle Inspector W N D Bird returned from Kansas City and will serve as government cattle inspector in the department of animal industry with a $1,000 salary plus expenses.
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Wasurxeron
Salina
Kas
Ist
Congress
Kansas
Calderhead
Seip
Richardson
Beatrice
Mautle
Emronta
W. N. D. Bird
Kansas City
Department of Animal Industry
The Hung Up Handkerchief Mystery in Lecture Hall
A clergyman’s wife recalls anxieties over his absentminded habits as she discovers his pocket handkerchief mishap at a lecture. She finds a worn square marked Central House, exposing humor and embarrassment in a domestic anecdote from Youth's Companion.
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Edward
Willing to Compromin A colored preacher scene from Marietta
A colored Marietta preacher marries a couple for a $5 fee. He later demands 35, threatening to take the bride away if not paid. The groom jokes he would let him keep the wife if that settled the debt. Interspersed notes show quips about whisky remedies and mock exchanges about old homesteads and cemeteries in a humorous tone.
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Marietta
Thurston recall rumor and Hawaiian diplomacy tensions
In Washington an intimate friend says Minister Thurston has no official word on a recall request from Secretary Gresham. Thurston may remain unofficially active in Hawaiian affairs, with Frank Hatch tipped as a possible successor. The Honolulu Advertiser explains ex Queen Liliuokalani diary entry about a present from Cleveland, framed as a prank.
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Wasumarox
Thurston
Washington
Thea
State Department
Hatch
Hawaii
Gresham
Legation
Hastings
Congress
Honolulu Advertiser
Liliuokalani
Cleveland
Domini
Report of Public Works
Chicago
Honolulu
Has a Better Thing and a Boy on the Pence
In the Same Pisce column the Chicago Tribune notes a boy works six hours for four dollars a day while a newer boy claims no work at all. The Boston Courier quotes a wage remark about wives cooking at home.
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Chicago Tribune
Boston Courier
Harvard Captain Advises Students On Faculty Vote
Captain A B Brewer of the Harvard football team issues an open letter urging students to trust the faculty’s decision from last night. He argues the action may or may not be wise but should be judged in time and urges graduates to refrain from sharp criticism, urging courtesy and restraint.
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Topeka
Lindsay
Journal
de A. B. McCurdy
Arbett
New York
Steve O'Donnell
Kilrain
Kilrsin
Fitzsimmons
Tam
James J. Corbett
Brewer
Camarivor
A. B. Brewer
Harvard
Cawthorn Tonight at Grand in A Cork Man Farce
CAWTHORN TONIGHT at the Grand features Herbert Cawthorn in the farce A Dork Man. The show, praised by Sam Gardenhire, has a tangible plot centered on Cawthorn's Irish character The Man from Cork and concludes with a heroic finale. Musical director Earl P. Lewis, a Topeka youth, is noted for bright musical contributions and visits his parents on the port side today.
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Topeka Hoy
Herbert Cawthorn
Joe Wil
Topeka
Cawthorn
Sam Gardenhire
Dumars
Social masquerade chat hints at coeducation debate
The text recalls a fashionable masquerade where characters joke about disguise and coeducation, with exchanges hinting at gender roles and schooling. It also notes the Browsing Memorial project for Elizabeth Barrett Browning and updates on local offices in Minneapolis and Apastaiia with address details and personnel changes.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Ledbury
Herefordshire
England
Chamberlain notes taxation falls on the poor
A London speech quoted in New York misrepresented. Joseph Chamberlain’s secretary clarifies taxation is borne most by the poor, while capital can evade duties by moving to safer locales. The exchange cites impact on employment and subsistence for the lower class.
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Joseph Chamberlain
Hit
New York
Jos Chamberlain
M. P
Birmingham
England
London
Mr. Chamberlain
Belton Hall
New York Tax Reform Association
Market Report Shows Mixed Grain and Livestock Futures
Today's market report from Chicago notes firm wheat and corn gains amid limited cacao receipts, with hogs and pork futures softening. Soybeans and oats show modest advances. cattle prices rise in Kansas City while overall volumes remain light and trading slow.
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State Journal
Cuicago
Racelpta
May
Lane
Carran
Kansas City
Warren
Kansas Crrr
Texas
Hoss — Heyasion
Ryre
Braxs
Wei
Bertes
New York
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