Topeka State Journal Highlights and Rumors
The page, written by Frank P. MacLennan, blends coruscating dispatches on international affairs with local notices and editorials. It cites Bryan and Aguinaldo, discusses the California senate stalemate, and parodies party feuds while delivering a mosaic of political chatter and regional tidbits from Topeka.
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Topeka State Journal
Frank P. Maclennan
Dale
Topeka
Was
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Elghin
Elghin, Ere NR
OR & Frack Ri Terdson
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Emicage Greer Shack Farbonee Hunding
AO Prant Richertson
Maz Landon Ofen
Ap Nba Lam Cure
Fleet Street
Ant Remrety Mann
Bell
Prosperity Broadens as Wages Rise Across the Nation
The Tacoma Ledger argues that general wage increases reflect broad national prosperity, with workingmen better off than in past years. It notes that unemployment has dropped, wages track higher living costs, and producers especially American farmers benefit, preventing oppression from inflation.
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Tacoma
Wiese
Globe Sights: Careful language and medical terms provoke caution
A fragmentary diary-like note argues that if a guide cannot attend with a chaperone, the person should stay home. It also comments on doctors using long medical terms to describe illnesses, implying potential confusion or misuse of terminology.
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A fragmented humor essay on love marriage jealousy and social roles. It lampoons ideals money work and the expectations placed on husbands wives and widows with sharp ironic voice and assorted queries about fidelity and appearance.
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New York Press
Notable figures in policy and travel mishmash
A jumble of names and antics includes Commodore Philip heading the Brooklyn Navy Yard with a 4000 dollar salary, Minnesota Congressman Eddy skilled in snowshoes, and exaggerated tales of Genert Gomezannes tall tales and military stamina. Revelations mix politics, travel, and Cuban discussions with conflicting patriotism cues.
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Philip
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Rattlesnakes as Food Near Americus
Moses Henderson, a prosperous farmer near Americus Georgia, and his family are avid rattlesnake eaters. They harvest large seven foot snakes, feed them to reach full weight, and prepare fried rattlers as a favored dish as they anticipate the snake season. Henderson emphasizes eating rattlesnakes across generations.
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Americus, Ga
Moses Henderson
Americus
Africa
Henderson
Tie
Hendersons
Muse
Henderson Eays
Primitive fishing methods on Porto Rico by Porto Rican fishers
The report notes crude traps on banks near shallow shores and little or no baited gear. Many boats lack ample wells, forcing daily consumption of catch. Little curing or preservation is practiced, with traders in Santa Cruz and occasional fishermen from Tortela trading near Cullbra. Deep surrounding waters shape species availability and local fishing practices.
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The
Washington Star
Porto Rico
Tortela
Cullbra
Porto Rican
Santa Crus
Porto Hie
Joseph Likes Arrested for Bigamy in Coffeyville
Coffeyville residents report Joseph Likes a man about 40 was taken by Sheriff Prune of Neosho to answer bigamy charges. He reportedly married Mrs Churchtown in Tyro then Mrs Likes, later remarried in Neosho county to Mrs Treat before fleeing. He was captured after being seen in Santa Fe yards and returned to Erie for trial. Mrs Churchtown, left mourning, maintained faith in his return.
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Coffeyville
Joseph Likes
Prune
Neosho County
Likes
Churchtown
Prange
Ete
Erie
Salvation Army backs James W. Tapp for Wichita mayor
In Wichita on March 23 James W. Tapp Salvation Army leader runs for mayor pledging reforms. The Salvation Army canvassers promote his bid while supporters anticipate strong female and general backing with thousands registered to vote. The campaign features street outreach and enthusiastic crowds.
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Wichis
James W. Tapp
Sabyation Army
Wichita
Tapp
Salvation Army
Hir
Gillett card and travels from Weeks to Scotland
A.B Ritchie of the Pennsylvania railroad displays GG Gillett’s card for The International Hotel in a description of a newly furnished first class American hotel. Prof L Weeks leaves for Britain to study and travel, planning stops in Ireland, Scotland, and Burns and Scott studies before returning to start work.
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Wreana
A.B Ritchie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chihuahus
Mexico
Gillett
Internationab
Plaga
Hiles
G. G. Gillett
Rich zinc strike word spreads in Pleasanton mine
In Pleasanton excitement grows over a zinc mine strike. Miners report a four foot lead ore nearly 50 percent pure zinc. The shaft reaches 60 feet with ore being extracted steadily, and one man reportedly can haul a ton daily. The company plans to reveal details to the public.
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Pleasanton
Aturen Sa
Ballot Blocked For Fort Scott City Ticket Nominees
Fort Scott officials report the city ticket nominated by a local citizens and non partisan meeting cannot appear on the official ballot. The convention did not represent a party with 5 percent of the vote under the new Kansas election law. Leaders plan to nominate by petition.
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Fort Scott
Kansas
Laty Ie
Cat scales pole along Missouri Pacific line near west area
A large Maltese cat belonging to Laura Wilkinson climbed a pole on the Missouri Pacific line during the cold spell. The animal was not found until Monday night and disappeared by Wednesday noon, causing a brief local scare and service notes.
Cat Rescued After Harsh Night and Cold Weather
A small rescue party of three men and two women located the exhausted tabby cat. The animal had a bad cold and a severe spine kink from a frightened escape attempt. Report notes she was near collapse from cold and hunger after the dogs chased her.
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Wes
Tabby Wes
Tabby Browght Dew
Lola Register
Eight Baby Coyotes Found in Hamilton County Pasture
A group including Leon Gels James Hunter Fred Shipe and Adolph Gehr while duck hunting at Hamilton cattle pasture discovered eight young coyotes. They initially mistook a moving object for more ducks and upon investigation found a dead juvenile coyote with signs of injuries. They unearthed seven more. authorities or observers were not named.
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Leon Gels
James Hunter
Fred Shipe
Adolph Gehr
Here
Kingdom Come
Hamilton Cate
Leon
Satina
Married and Divorced Three Times in McPherson Court
A divorce case in McPherson details a couple who after 28 years of marriage seek separation on abandonment grounds. They wed in Pennsylvania in 1876, divorced in 1892 at Haworth, remarried that year in Pratt Kansas, and have no children. The husband filed for decree. A separate Brief notes J Pomeroy's tax losses in Graham County, and pension items for Kansans including increases and restorations. A citizens mass meeting nominated a nonpartisan ticket for city offices.
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McPherson
Mader
Pennsylvania
Haaworth
Pratt
Kan
Marysville City Ticket and Olathe Nepupnecans Nominations
Marysville and Olathe list citizens tickets with candidates for mayor police judge city treasurer assessor board of education city attorney and other posts. Marysville slate names Clark Stewart John Logen Chas Koester Hugo Hohn W W Redmond Fred Reinders Wm Grate Chas Woellner J P Waelll L Magnet. Olathe ticket lists H G Miller G H Mochester S P Howland J J Orr J C Owen A Church J J Wilken W H Retis A L Hayes J Carpenter J Bert Gibson David Page H B White William Moll Edgar Ripley K Avery J W Thomas Mack Wells for various offices.
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Marysville
Citizens
Clark Stewart
John Logen
Chas. F. Koester
Board of Education
Hugo Hohn
W. W. Redmond
Fred Reinders
Wm. Grate
Chas. Woellner
J. 3.Waelll
L. Magnet
Wm. Warren
James Thompson
Olathe
Marche
Ihe Nepupnecans
H. G. Miller
G. H. Mochester
P. Howland
J. J. Orr
C. Owen
A. Church
J. Wilken
W. H. Retis
A. L. Hayes
J. ©. Carpenter
Bert Gibson
David Page
H. B. White
William Moll
Edgar Ripley
Counciimen
K. Avery
J. W.thomas
Mack Wells
Board of , Education
Local political tickets and crime report in Atchison
Gruen and Parsons list city ticket nominees for Republican and Negro tickets with names for mayor clerk marshal and other posts. Safeblowers crack Alliance co operative store safe at Osborne March 21, stealing about 50 dollars. Dick Brown receives offers from Shreveport and New Orleans. Atchison baseball prospects described as poor.
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Osborne Osborne
Alliance Co-Operative
Dick Brown
Atchison
Shreveport
New Orleans
Chamberlain
Brown
Atchison Globe
Wanted For Murderous Assault In Wichita Arrest Made
Charles Nichols, son of a wealthy Sedgwick county farmer, was arrested at Garden Plains Kansas and brought to Wichita by Sheriff Simmons. He faces transfer to a U.S. marshal and transport to Nowate, Che ero galion, where he is wanted on a murder charge.
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Wichita
Charles Nichols
Sedgwick County
Garden Plains
Kuw
Simmons
Nichols
Nowate
Chero
Wee Galion
Four Wagonloads of Fresh Fish Market News
March 23 report notes four wagonloads of fish caught at Bean and Sugar lake, including buffalo, black bass, croppy, carp, catfish and sun perch, with lakes frozen until recently allowing the first seine fishing in weeks. The rest covers local politics and court appointments.
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Leeds
Atchison
Bean
Sugar Lake
Three Tickets Out In Great Bend Campaign
A mass city reconvention by the dry faction in Great Bend nominated a Loyal ticket for mayor C A Swartz. clerk W Woodward. police judges O A Smith. marshal F Jordan. street commissioner J L Roberts. city attorney Wm Osmond. city treasurer Louis Zutavern. school board trustee G L Chapman. justices J J Jennino and Mottatt. constables ww Cone and Ben Dale. councilmen W Jones H J Smith Geo Kincaid. school board members Mrs F Seeber Dr Gibbons O W Dawson E P Smith. Caucuses set for this evening to pick delegates to a citizens convention tomorrow night as the heated three corners campaign starts.
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Great Bend
Court House
Politicians at Work Organizing Porto Rico Republicans
San Juan de Porto Rico March 23 The radical party leaders plan to organize a Republican group with an American platform. They aim to unite all supporters, endorse McKinley’s policy, pledge loyalty to the flag and annexation prospects, trust courts for civil government, and seek US citizens’ education and loyalty. They also back free suffrage public schools tax reform free trade a gold currency and an American judiciary.
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Republican Party
Porto Rico
San Juan de Porto Rico
Radical Party
McKinley
United States
Civi
Tbersland
Congress
Black Diamond Route Franchise Sold to English Capitalists
A meeting of American stockholders in Cincinnati resolved to sell the proposed Black Diamond route from Ohio to Port Royal, with W P Dickingan authorized to transfer franchises to British financiers. Tuckinson plans travel to England soon, and initial construction from Clay Kentucky to Port Hoyai, about 660 miles, is expected to begin in a few months.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Port Royal
W. P. Dickingan
Washiton
Tuckinson
England
Clay, Ky
Port Hoyai
Entombed 13 Days Rescue at Bon Air Shaft
Leadville residents recount the rescue of line pumpmen Charles Reuss and Burt Prey after thirteen days trapped in a cave at the Bon Air shaft. A blown water pipe and a newly dug 200 foot shaft enabled communication and food delivery, with rescue costs surpassing $3,000. Both men show little ill effect from their ordeal.
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Leadville
Charles Reuss
Burt Prey
McCarthys Separate Amid Divorce Talk In New York
An intimate friend says Justus Huntley McCarthy and Clasle Loftus have separated and are unlikely to live together again if divorce proceeds. Plans list Cissie Loftus Sam Bernard and May Robson heading a company next year under William Rich. The play’s exact nature is undecided with several comedies under consideration. Also, Countess Dailuynski nee Princess Czarteriska has died at Mentone after refusing Napoleon III’s band.
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New York
Justus Huntley McCarthy
Clasle Loftus
Cissie Loftus
Sam Bernard
May Robson
William Rich
Rich & Morris
New Rival to Bell Telephone Formed in Chicago
W T Blaine president of Victor Telephone Manufacturing announces a new company uniting Uverity Independent telephone manufacturers. Major financial institutions back the move as the group plans to supply apparatus, undertake construction work, and enter multiple service branches against Bell.
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Chicago
W. T. Blaine
Victor Telephone Manufacturing Company
Bell Company
Jaine
Santa Fe Settles Pay Dispute With Operators
General Manager Frey and General Superintendent Mudge return from Chicago after talks with the erierance committee of the O R T. Agreement includes salary increases where workload rose since 1892 and cuts where business fell. Minimum salary remains 45 dollars. future meetings planned to finalize across divisions.
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Frey
Mudge
The
Santa Fe
Chicago
Erierance Committee
Statiuna
Kansas
Betts denies daughter enticed trio to Kansas City
Mrs Betts, Maud Betts’ mother, says Maud did not lure Pearl Kent and Bertha Bowen to run away to Kansas City. Maud claims she only met them Saturday. Bowen allegedly pawned a watch to fund the trips. Mrs Betts says three Topeka businessmen urged her to suppress the matter and keep them out of the penitentiary.
Ingersoll clash over Bryan future cited in Cincinnati
In a Cincinnati interview Col Robert G Ingersoll said William Jennings Bryan has seen his day and will not be heard in the next presidential contest. Bryan replied to a Knoxville reporter that he would not discuss Ingersoll prophecy, and said Ingersoll is not an authority on the future. plus brief notes on a Louisville grocery firm’s bankruptcy, a Sisters of Saint Francis letter praising Regan's Rheumatism Remedy, and other market and business briefs.
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Atchison
Uns
J. P. Pomeroy
Cripple Creek
Graham County
Kansas
Pomerey
Cincinnati
Col
Robert Gingersoll
Willam J. Bryan
Knoxville
Bryan
Ingersoll
Titgrreoll
Sisters of Saint Francis
Cinton
Iowa
Regan
Swift & Holliday Drug Co
W. H. Wilson
Arnold Drug Co
Secretary Alger Rejects Plan to Split Cuba Into Four Military Districts
March 24 report states In Cube Secretary Alger will not open the proposition to divide Cuba into four military departments. The idea has been under review for some time. After consultation with General Brooks Alger will telegraph General Corbin to implement the plan and orders will be issued from Washington.
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New York
Cube
Alger
Cuba
Ger Brooks
Gen. Corbin
Washington
Fitz-Jeffries Mount Glove Match Bid Sealed in NYC
In New York on March 24 William Tirady and Martin Jullan agreed to accept the Coney Island Athletic Club bid for an 86 round heavyweight bout between Fitz-Jeffries and Rot Fitasimmone. May shows George Siter of Chicago named referee. Club offers a $20,000 purse and prize split, each man receiving one third.
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New York
William A. Tirady
Martin Julian
Beteff
Dim Jeffries
Rot Fitasimmone
Coney Island Athletic Club
George Siter
Chicago
Miptuskly Agrend
Privile
Electric Vehicles in New York Transit Firms
Fragmented OCR text describes a transportation corporation in Trenton with plans for electric vehicles and bus operations. Mentions partners, capital, and manufacturing references. Could indicate regulatory or corporate activities affecting electric vehicle deployment.
LAND A WHALE Finback Monster Found Near Long Island
Santauk March 22 Captain Parsons of the Hither Mates tire waving station and crew captured six finback whales yesterday near their station in the greatest catch yet reported on the Lang Tsiunt. The largest measured about fifteen feet tall with a body four forty feet long and had solid firm flukes. No wounds were evident on the body though some believe the whale’s capture involved a Veran lner.
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Long Islan
Santauk
L. T
W. PL Parsons
East Hampton
Amaganest
May Change Their Minds in Chicago Divorce Case
In Chicago March 8 a long established marriage ends after a disputed civil suit. The filing cites a prior September 6 1820 wedding in potentially erroneous transcription and notes the couple now seeks legal separation. The case involves the dissolution of a union rooted in years of shared life.
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Chicago
Phin Craig
Civoren
Ab McArtur
Michigan confirms Campbell for second term as insurance chief
Lansing March 23 World news item reports Milo1 Campbell was confirmed by the senate today for a second term as state fire and insurance commissioner. Strong industry support from certified insurance companies aided his reappointment.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Milo
Campbell
Senate
Certely Insurance Companies
Liverpool spring meeting yields close finish at Liverpont
Tod Sloan rode in the Liverpont event where Grodno trained by Lord Willan Keresford won with Sloat aboard. Four horses tied for second between Crestfallen and Patrice Chuby, sharing the stakes after a nine-horse starter field.
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Tod Sloan
Hial Gait Landon
Liverpont
Liverpool
A Champagne Trust Formed on Wall Street
New York March 23 reports on Wall Street say leading share gauge importers have completed a new combination to control popular three. The compass will be capitalized at 50 million dollars with half preferred and half common stock. A large part of the stock, perhaps entirely, will be taken by wine interests in Europe.
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New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Preyrade
Courtney-Baxter Millinery Co
Kansas Avenue
New Bonds
Champagne Trust
Wall Street
United States
Hull
Mare
Europe
Godowsk Concert Prompts Towne Notice and Laundry Offer
Townsfolk from Emporis and Lawrenes plan to attend the Godowsk concert at the Grand tomorrow with many tickets sold yet some remain. An notice from Peerless Steam Laundry at 112 and 114 Wert Street offers to clean and color strings and guitars, promising care and quality.
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Lawrenes
Ope Goduwekt Plisc
Grand
Pocrivas Steam Laundry
Peerless
Steam Laundry
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Paris
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Dailuynski
Czarteriska
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Bell Telephone Company
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Col Bob
Louisville
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Hix
Aled
Fitz-Jeffries
Coney Islandes Club
Trenton
Marek 3
Artibicn
Tlewer Die Vabiche
Arifatture
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Atchison, Kan
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