Jeffries Wins in Dash by KO Over Jackson at Woodward's Pavilion
Ian Prunctics reports Jeffries of Los Angeles defeated Peter Jackson in the third round before a crowd of over 8,000 at Woodward's Pavilion. Jackson showed little in the opening rounds, while Jeffries used precise punching and body blows to secure the victory as officials halted the bout.
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Ian Prunctics
Jim Jeffries
Los Angeles
Dutity
Peter Zackeon
Woodward
Pavillon
Jacksn
Kis
Jeffries
Jackson
Ube
Isl
Janet Woodward
Pavilian
Veux
Jilly Delaney
Dewitt Vane
Aplder Kelly
Mia
Peter Jackson
Patey Corrigan
Vincent White
Young Mitchell
Uuse
Jim McDennia
Jef
Sito
Peter
Jefferis
Rapiny
Merritur
Jett
Reckson
Peter Oorming
Beatrice
Soler
Cong
Jackon
Hecht
Whipping Post Sentences For Wife Beating In Maryland
In Hagerstown Maryland a box band sentences a man to the whip for beating his wife. Washington county’s Bisbee and Newcomer cases are noted with 20 lashes for availing his wife and a man named Newcomer involved in separate assault. The abused woman escaped, clothing torn, and the incident leads to arrests and further legal action expected in a few days.
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Hagerstown
Wife Beatine
Washington County
Winnaport
Bisbee Preyries
Justice Graver
Nore
Sherri
Unknown shoplifter nabbed on lace theft in Kansas City
A well dressed woman with no city directory listing stole a small bolt of lace from Emery, Juror & Co. She was detained by a private detective and handed to police. At headquarters she confessed to the crime, claiming she acted on impulse amid hardship. The suspect, believed a professional shoplifter, faced arrest.
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Emery, Juror & Coe Dey Goods
Stord
Wes
General Clay Letter Reveals Personal Grief and Gentry Tone
A clipped late 19th century style letter from General Green Clay of Whitetalls Kentucky expresses personal sorrow over his wife Dora’s death, noting social pressures and public calumny. He emphasizes humility, duty, and the need for private mourning, seeking sympathy from readers.
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Dora
New Fork
Stuech
Gay
Het
Whitetalls
I Have Danced Through Many Clues of Society Aid
Fragmented handwritten letter discusses marriage proposals and social duties. The writer outlines preferences for a spouse, mentions a photograph requirement, and proposes a common-law approach with age and labor terms. The tone is personal and reflective with financial and contractual hints.
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Recnel
Ana
Pittsburg Visit Reveals $5 Million Mountain Tunnel Plans
R. Specht, a colored miner and owner of two Dumont valley gold mines, met Pittsburg financiers to discuss two large ventures costing $5.1 million. The primary project centers on tunneling a high mountain to create a rail shortcut and electric line. Shafts would descend from the peak to intersect the tunnel, delivering ore by electric conveyance. Water power would run turbines powering nearby mines and a prospective electric railway inside the tunnel.
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Pitteburg
Marenz
A. R. Specht
Dumont Valley
Pittsburg
Pittsboroh
Mutua Hy Menne
Monte Carlo Musical Comedy to Open in New York
Monte Carlo, music by Howard Talbot with lyrics by Sydney Carlton, to debut in America at Herald Square Theater tomorrow night under Edward FE. Rice. Originated in London at Avenue Theatre where it drew great praise. The show features a mix of distinctive characters including a choleric attorney general, a reforming circus performer waiter, a dashing lieutenant, a heiress suitor, and a sea captain. In Boston, firm Pitts Kimball Lewis transfers to H A Leloher. assets and liabilities not stated. settlement planned, business to continue.
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Monte Carlo
Sydney Carlton
Howard Talbot
New York
Edward FE. Rice
Herald Square Theater
Avenue Theater
London
Ereet Moke
Leutenant
Berristin
Assigna Boston
Pitts, Kimball & Lewis
Tmtere
H. A. Leloher
Frm
Ice Melting at Mackinaw
Mackinaw Mich March 22 the ice in the straits is softening with no wind yet to break it up a heavy rain fell last night and at noon today it is warmer.
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Mackinaw
Mackinaw, Mich
Straits
Passionate novel excerpt from Marie Florence Giles
An excerpt from Miss Marie Florence Giles’s daring New York novel features Beatrice and Duke Brooke in a doomed romance. The text shows Beatrice torn between love and religious duty as she contemplates elopement and defiance of social norms, ending in a tragic trajectory.
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New York
Araren
Marie Florence Giles
Mise Giles
Use Marquse de‘Talfevy
Perigord
Princess Ruspoll
Prince H Ruspoll
Rome
Aliss Giles
Duke
Beatrice
Brooks
Fee
Race to Denver time changes for Rock Island and Union Pacific
The Rock Island and Union Pacific race from Kansas City to Denver heats up with new time cards and schedules. Union Pacific leads in faster Colorado times as Rock Island’s manager travels to confirm adjustments and implement the posted timetable changes.
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Rock Inland
U. P
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Denver
Hook Island
Colorado
Dave Wo
Rock Tsung Ie
Rock Island and Union Pacific race for fastest westbound time
Train timetable changes spark a showdown as Rock Island and Union Pacific adjust schedules toward Denver. Rock Island aims to shave minutes from westbound times and claim the overland route lead, potentially routing the overland mail away from Union Pacific if gains persist.
Trenton Man Rescued From Freight Car After Five-Day Drift
A nearly seven-foot Negro man crawled from an empty Pennsylvania Railroad freight car at Conlport and asked for a drink. He had ridden the rails for five days since last Wednesday, eating little. Police fed him beefsteak potatoes bread and fruit after he was brought to the station.
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Trenton
N. J
Conlport
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Jersey City
Immense Irrigating Plant at Spreckels Sugar Ranch
In Salinas valley, a large irrigation project begins on Spreckels sugar beet ranch to pump Salinas River water for thousands of acres. A $15,000 centrifugal pump will be installed within two weeks, creating hundreds of jobs amid a dry winter and prospect of a dry spring.
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Berkeley
Cal
Biarch
Spreckels
Salinas Valley
Salinaa
40 LIVES LOST IN ALASKAN GOLD GLORY ACCIDENT NEAR SHORE
The bark Helen W. Almy sailing from Copper River with 27 passengers and crew is found bottom up 10 miles off Point Bonita after a gale and squall. Captain Alexander reports no survivors. 40 lives feared lost. The Helen W. Army, once a South Sea trader, was seaworthy but aging, with repairs costing 3000.
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San Francisco
Santa Rosa
San Diego
Alexander
Point Bonita
Golden Gate
Sea- Witch
Helen W. Almy
Horan
Coopper River
A. Anderson
David Anderson
A. B. Beach
BD. Cinotti
Theodore Kreber
J. P. Currier
Oscar Djersander
Fred Franks
Julius Gill
J.T. Solaky
Gus Journier
MH. Lemifley
John Levick
Willam McCray
R. Nichols
James Reynolds
J.T. Reason
Jack B. Saxon
John Snell
William Sneden
B. Spinter
Charles 8. Smallwood
John Vance
Adolph Waldo
John Walker
John Weatwick
Mar
W. J. Hogan
W. J. Crantz
Hestor
F. Mackie
California
John Higgins
Cook
Massachusetts
W. C. Hopkins
Steward
Ilinois
Iva Cook
Connecticut
Fred Cromiwell
Pennsylvania
P_ Bronson
United States
J.B. Underwood
New Jersey
Chas, Leach
Ernest Taflan
England
William McKeon
New York
Antone Nichols
Australia
Helen W. Army
South Streefs
Sutterland
John Wightmas
Cane from Chickamauga Battle Reappears in Kentucky
Georgetown Ky Mr Ger Yates son of County Judge J Yates seeks a cane made from a hickory tree grown from a body found in a battlefield trench at Chickamauga 1863 1868 Sandusky, a comrade, kept the walking stick and later sent it to Yates who finally obtained the polished cane with a silver tip and two crossed Confederate flags engraved on the end
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Georgetown
Prarent
Ger Yates
Begade
Yates Wan
Ghickamauga
Jnst
Frankfort
Jake Bandusky
Chickamauga
Locates Another Comet Observed By Harvard Observatory
A telegram from Prof. Schaeberle of Lick Observatory reports Prof. Pectin discovering a bright comet. Its position is given with precise coordinates and motion details, noting a diameter near 40 meters and seventh magnitude with strong central condensation and a long tail.
Exodus to Alaska 14 565 left Seattle this year
Figures from the Post-Intelligencer show that since January 1, fourteen thousand eighty five Seattle residents have departed for Alaska. Of these, two hundred forty three traveled by Copper River. A Rock Island Flyer note promises sixteen hours to Denver and Colorado Springs.
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Seattle
Wash
the Post-Intelligencer
Alaska
Copper River
Rock Island
Denver
Colorado Springs
Gotham War Spirit Fills New York Theaters and Streets
War fever grips Broadway and Wall Street as theaters and vaudeville shows feature patriotic songs and Civil War and Spanish American War themes. Italian street performers draw crowds with marching tunes, whilePublic amusements display bunting and old patriotic slogans. A Broadway merchant proclaims Peace We Trust, War if We Must.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Yaudeville
Cuba
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
McKinley
Miles
Broadway
Geese Exes For Sale Brings Local Controversy
Alois Philipp, a baritone player, found a market sign reading Geese Exes for Sale amusing. He invited friends to view it, laughed, and angered Abe Zahn. A pastor, once professor at St Benedicts, approved the wording, prompting Philipp to leave the Catholic Church and pull his children from Catholic school. He maintains the sign was wrong and quips You never gay cheeseberries, and consequently you should not say geese se.
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Atchison Globe
Alois Philipp
Nacely
Abe Zaln
Ninth
Kearney
Afr. Philipp
Commercial Street
St. Benedict's College
Philipp
Sald
Waiting for a thaw Seattle wa
The schooner Bering Sea has arrived from Yakuta Bay Alaska. About 16 people remained at the pass awaiting passage into the interior. Captain Grotte reports little progress at Disenchantment Bay due to heavy ice and dangerous bergs. The Morrill encountered adverse winds near Yakuta causing mutinous tension before landing crew and passengers safely. The Bering Sea brought no interior news.
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Maren
Bering Sea
Yakuta Bay
Alaska
Grotte
Yakuta
Morrill
Shy Morrill
Yakuza
Grotle
Building Permits Issued for Homes and Businesses in Town
Chief Wilmarth of the fre depart ment lists permits totaling many amounts. Projects include a four story brick and stone business house at Jackson Street No 14-1 for 15000. George Hackney’s stone business house on Kansas avenue for 5000. C S Sutton enlarging a residence on Harrison street for 11000. Topeka Railway car barn at Twelfth and Jackson for 1800. J Johnson dwelling on Taylor street for 1000. T W Harrison two dwellings on Taylor street for 1800. T B E Armstrong addition on Harrison street for 150. Rev Chas Sheldon addition on West Fifteenth street for 2100. S Robinson addition on North Topeka avenue for 250. Hannah Whittsell addition on Third Street for 40. Mrs E Kruger addition on Pine street for 25. Henry Hoffman addition on Jefferson Street for 78. L Lucax barn on Morris avenue for 100.
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Wilmarth
Fre Department
W. A. G. Thompson Hardware Company
Jackson Street
Brink and
George Hackney
Iota
Kansas Avenue
C. S. Sutton
Harrison Street
Topeka Railway Company
Twelfth
Jackson Streets
P. J. Johnson
Taylor Street
Te 'T. W. Harrison
Te. T. BE. Armstrong
Harrison Treet
Chas. M. Sheldon
Jefferson Street
T. Lucax
Morris Avenue
Conference Talk Led by Taylor Jacos in City
Taylor Jacos, chairman of a party group, conferred with BLASE Officers on political matters in the city. A Democratic conference committee has been named to arrange an early meeting to discuss political issues, with no action taken until authority is granted.
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Taylor Jacos
Fiddle
Cure by Samueli s eye remedies aids Kansas City notable firms
A list of well known people treated for eye diseases by Prof Samueli's absorption method is given. Names include F. C. Downey attorney and several Kansas City Topeka and Topeka area residents who claim restored sight after treatment. Eyewear and glasses previously worn vanished as cures are claimed. Office address given as 0d Kunkas avenue Over the Hub clothing store.
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Samucia
Topeka
Deopte
F.C. Downey
Columbian Building
Aly
Kansas City
Sarnere
Foster
Pauline
Han
J. M. Donohoe
Eighah
Samuel
St. Mary’s School
Deavenworth
Hi. J. Bevelie
Rameet
Western Union Telegraph Company
Saimusie
Pigg
St. Nicholan Hotel
Samuels
M.S. Sales
Chicoke Lumber Company
Third
Jackson Streets
Pia Freeman
New York
Bret Stmuels
A. Troup
Troup'n Enterprise
Ats Ig
Prof
Warner
J. & Warner
Jas. Herron
Metropolitan Lite Insurance Company
Eighth Streets
Samuelo
Don
Lucus Mulgato
Furpele
T. Crouch
Polk
Robert Inmen
Henry Taman
Ramnels
Kunkas Avenue
State committee to meet in Tapeke on April 20
The state committees will convene in Tapeke on April 20 to decide actions. A representative states they simply represent the committee and will abide by the body’s decision. The message appears in the Rock Island Flyer and mentions a post to Denver and Colorado.
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Tapéke
Rock Island
Denver
Colorado
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