Cable Chess Match Opens Amid Erratic Play
Fragmented OCR recalls a match featuring Be srdiel and Rie Pempeltors Anferest as Showalter and Shab influence. March St describes scarce witnesses and a $1.00 entry fee at the SHYTRL Internetional calje-ctress event held at the Apademsee SMunit with unclear outcomes.
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Two More Pardons Issued by Governor
Governor Stapleyn granted two conditional pardons to KH Handel of Chintaviynik and BC Martin of Poitipe county. Marin was sentenced to the penitentiary for larceny with two years on January 1899. Martin received six years for grand larceny and worked at one Randell. also convicted of grand larceny. The report includes unrelated notes on a Topeka printer, a new invention, and local events with sermons and a concert at the street School.
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Lynch fears and militia mobilization amid Greenville County killings
Richmond dispatch reports a man killed Justice Saunders and a Mr Welton in Greenville County. a suspect captured at Etony Creek. Citizens fear lynching as the governor orders militia to protect prisoners. The judge seeks clarity on troop withdrawal amid crisis. Also noted: Arthur Dauber, famed "Big Restaurant Man," died at Brookfield hotel at age four years.
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Greeneville County
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Gobernor
Gruseroe
Treat
Tyler Seveivell
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Arthur Dauber
Brookfield
Humorous fragment from Chicago news item
A garbled Chicago News fragment mentions Mack O'Rell and a bail gathering where five kids spoke up. References include various quirky names and phrases, with disjointed quotes about a teacher and a country gent in white shoes, plus stray lines about Willie and Flannagting.
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Nicaragua Canal and Alaska Strip in Strike on Britain
Washington dispatch reports discussion on fortifying the Nicaragua canal and possible cession of a small Alaska strip to Britain. Senate plan adds an amendment to the treaty letting the United States fortify the canal during war, while Britain seeks an outlet to Alaska as part of a broader settlement.
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Chicago
Washington, D. C
Nicaragua Canal
Washington
Ottawa
Great Britain
Wilfrid Wasuler
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Davis
United States
Child mistreatment case ends in imprisonment in New York
A 12 year old girl Martha idan testified that Thomas Gréen and Frances, her mother’s husband, tied her hands with rope and hung her by thumbs. They were found guilty in special sessions and sentenced to prison. Gréen and the stepfather receive one year while the mother gets two.
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New York
Thomas Gréen
Elehth Street
Frances
Gerry
Martha Idan
Counts a Quorum in the House and Senate Actions
Washington reports a quorum issue as the House debated a motion on a light station at Brown's Point Puget Sound and examined letters on file. the speaker counted 19 present and the session moved to pension measures, while the Senate approved steps on Hines and discussed the Porto Rican appropriation with objections to the conference report. The piece also includes a long anecdote about a fox hunter in the Hawk Valley, detailing his career and a hunt near Little Falls.
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Orden
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United States
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Senate
Pettigrew
Philippins
Allison
Tillman
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Porto Rica
H. Buckiin
Stohawk
Rewer Derasdore
Little Falls
General Jerkimee
Yderund
Fox and Dog Battles Describe Harsh Fox Trapping Field Scene
A late nineteenth century hunter recounts brutal fox encounters with a dog named Seward. The dog fights the fox to the neck, the fox loosens, then the dog pries jaws apart. The fox is tossed aside, later pursued, and killed after a struggle. The narrator recalls fox tracks and a trapped animal with a tight neck collar hide.
Tiara legends of the popes and royal gems
A Paris correspondence describes the papal tiara and its gems from antiquity through the fourteenth century. It recounts the tiara’s jewel set, its symbolic power, the coronation caps, notable transfers and restorations, and the scale of precious stones including rubies emeralds and pearls with notes on notable owners.
Fragmentary note on an emerald and tiara exhibition at Paris museum
A damaged fragment describes a precious stones display in Paris with a crown jewel and emerald set, mentioning Gregory XII and a papal relic collection. It notes theft and later recovery by authorities, with parts returning to the pontifical treasure and not leaving since 1808.
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France
Gregory XII
Paris
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Saavedin
Pontif
Hadet
Fung
Insanity Plea in Poison Candy Case
Hastings Nebraska trial hears testimony in Viola Horlocker case charged with sending poisoned candy to Mrs. Morry Que. Defense seeks to prove inherited insanity from her mother and that Horlocker was insane at the time of the alleged act. Witnesses questioned about the defendant’s mental state before and after the incident.
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Hastings
Viola Horlocker
Morry
Deas
Mae Gee
Cindy
Horlopker
Smd
Burning coffee accident injures Miss Molly Wilkerson
Miss Molly Wilkerson daughter of ex Sheriff John M Wilkerson, suffered severe burns to her face neck and shoulders when a can of coffee exploded after she forgot it on the stove while reading. The incident occurred Wednesday night in Scan.
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John M. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Mary Wilkerrson
Temperance Reform Plea For Prohibition Enforcers
The Topeka Temperance Commission issued an address through resolutions signed by W. Emerson Emmett B. Roudebaeh W. A. Netowanges L. T. Yount Thomas V. Waite and AOC Rankin. It calls for a three man temperance commission to enforce the prohibition law and asks political parties and temperance societies to unite for legislative action.
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W. Emerson
Emmett B. Roudebaeh
W. A. Netowanges
L. T. Yount
Thomas V. Waite
Aoc. Rankin
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Legisiaiture
Venezuelan armed ship and gunboat leave Trinidad secretly
A New York Herald despatch from Port of Spain reports the mail ship Orinco with an armed guard and Venezuelan troops departed Trinidad for unknown Bolivar area. The Venezuelan gunboat General Crespo, which arrived Tuesday, ferried soldiers toward Bolivar, with twenty transferred to the mail ship aboard. The gunboat then followed as the steamer cleared port.
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New York
Herald
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Meghan
General Crespo
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Abt
Bonebrake to oversee federal building funds in Topeka
Central National Bank president Bonebrake is named as government disbursing agent in Topeka for the federal building addition. He will manage the $45,000 allocated for the year. Other items note diplomatic loan discussions, a Detroit ice gorge risk, and light rains across Kansas with mild temps.
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Bankruptcy Petition Filed by Goreal Estate Dealer
Dell Goreal estate dealer filed a bankruptcy petition in Chicago on March 22 listing $227000 in indebtedness. Mortgages secure most of the debt with some assets unscheduled. Creditors include former banker EB Drever for $5000. Also: Kilburn transport released from quarantine in Cape Town on March 24. only fatal case was the captain. others recovered.
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Frank W. Camp' ‘Dell
Goreal
Schedultrut
Mortzenes
EB. Drever
Cape Town
Kilburn
Wheat Market Report From Chicago and Kansas City
Chicago and Kansas City markets show active trading in May wheat and corn with exports and Argentine shipments cited. Reports indicate firm provisions, steady to higher cattle and hogs prices, and cautious optimism amid weather and export demand factors affecting futures and cash markets.
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J. C. Gotsteaton
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Chicexo
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Uye
Lund
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