Women Poker Scandals Stir Leavenworth Circles
A Leavenworth report outlines women playing high stakes poker, with one sister allegedly a skilled card player who recouped a $300 loss. A loser tried to stop payment on a check. tales of cheating, threats, and social implications saturate church and town talk as observers debate morality and gambling among local women.
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Loser
Leavenworth
Thread
Mary
Tatler
Rome
IV. Bright
Firat Mrchodint Church
Joe
Chile
Hess
Cnn
Beckie
Perenaliy
Rare Hanover Bank coin collection with over 600 pieces
A Washington report dated March 31 to August mentions a Casuler of the Hanover Bank possessing more than 600 strang e coins. The description covers diverse issues from various counts and nations, including a $1 bill and a Lineum Aw shilling, with notes on backing and issuance under late 18th to 19th century laws.
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Casuler
Hanover Bank
Washington
Hanover State Bank
Kansas
Oni
New Jersey
Juha Dotineon
Seattle
Germany
Curie
Faith in Irrigation: Kansas Ranch King Speaks
Marhita March 21 Colonel Cm Perry, kite from Chicaen, now proprietor of one of the largest irrigation and cattle ranches in the United States, arrived in Wichita yesterday seeking plans for further improvements on his pipe line.
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Kansas
Marhita
Cm Perry
Chicaen
United States
Wichite
Merry
Jewell County Row Ends In Knife Wounding and Fisticuffs
A quarrel over hay division two miles west of Burr Oak escalated into a violent clash between Jewell County Commissioner HF Eb Sien and neighbor J C Davis. Davis stabbed Eb Sien in the right side with a knife, causing a serious wound, then pounded him into unconsciousness. Both men, well known, were exhausted and carried away by friends. The incident drew strong community reaction.
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Mankato
Minkety
HF. Ebsien
Jewell County Board of Commissioners
J.C. Davis
Jewell
Davis
Ensign
Davie
Engen
Tim
Burr Oak
Fort Scott Saloon Closures Threaten City Revenue
Acting under county instructions, Attorney Sheppard notified saloonkeepers to close or face prosecution under the liquor law. Anti-saloon forces renewed enforcement, saloon men protest lack of notice after three years of tampering, some already paid April fees, city expects about 1180 monthly revenue loss as joints stop payments.
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Fort Scott
Sheppard
Vay
Uquor Tay
Air
Shepperrd
Aireway
Pollow Department
Salina Paper Mill Inventory Estimates Repair Cost
An inventory of the Salina paper mill shows repair costs may reach 3000 dollars to restore the plant. Dr. Morris estate mortgage of 15000 dollars and heirs represented by Alr O Neil of Leavenworth surveyed the machinery yesterday. O Neill noted deterioration from use and rust on several tallers and estimated 5000 dollars needed to bring the mill to good running condition.
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Salina
Dr. Morris
Wits
Alr.o Neill
Leavenworth
O'Neill
Turkey Survives Four Weeks Without Food Hidden Under Tub
In Atchison on March 3 Tom Finnegan of the Good Intent neighborhood discovered a turkey had been imprisoned under a tub in Finnegan’s back yard for four weeks. The bird reportedly moved onto a thistle and over a windpife, remained alive but without food or water.
Winfield Chautauqua Sets June Dates This Year
Winfield announces the annual Chautauqua program from June 16 to June 2, with the lineup already including violinist Maxintl Jon Dick and speaker John Dewitt Miller. Security preparations are underway as attractions are secured for the event.
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Winfield
Maxintljon Dick
Diss Yow
Jaohn Dewitt Miller
Mad Stone Stives Three Hours At Cottonwood Falls
Two cases of hydrophobia treated at Cottonwood Falls March 11 as the madstone of J. G. Win was applied. Charlie Butcher, a boy from Nmparia, and a little girl from Marysvile, were the patients. The stone adhered to Butcher’s wound for three hours.
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Cottonwood Falla
Cottonwood Falls
J. G. Win
Charlie Butcher
Nmparia
Marysvile
Butch
Chorus of 1000 Voices From 12 Towns Near Ottawa
It is reported there will be more than 1009 voices in a grand chorus reaching from 12 towns near Ottawa. The towns include Topeka Emporia 125 and Lawrence among others. Choirs from these communities unite for the event.
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Ottawa
Ollow Topeka
Emporia
Lawrence
Kansas choirs prize concert with notable soloists
A 49 piece Kansas City orchestra will accompany Kansas choirs from Ottawa Leavenworth Paola Chanute Neodesha Osage City Burlington Independence Wellsville. Soloists include Clem entine de Vere New York soprano Mabel Crawford Chicago contralto Wm Lavin New York tenor Francis Walker Chicago bass. Prizes awarded for best choruses with first prize 10 dollars and second 200 dollars. Five choruses entered.
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Ottawa
Leavenworth
Garhelt
Paola
Chanute
Osage City
Burlington
Independence
Wellsville
Kansas City
Clementine de Vere
New York
Mabel Crawford
Chicago
Wm. Lavin
Francis Walker
Spiritualists Convention Decide Ottawa For July Meeting
A Spirit ualist convention in Lawrence called by the Leavenworth district selected Ottawa as the site for the mid summer meeting and 48th anniversary celebration. The event will occur mid July at Fierest Park with a reception for delegates at the McNair home, short addresses, music and handshakes forming the program. Mrs Mabes of Topeka gave an address recounting her spiritualist experiences and past as a Methodist preacher.
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Lawrence
Leavenworth
Ottawa
Fierest Park
Wellington Voice deal cancelled as Naugie cannot establish paper
A telegram reveals the deal for the Wellington Voice is off after Naugie cannot secure a paper at Port Arthur as the field is crowded. Bashore also reports Lantern sale plans via Scott Interpomer while W. T. Belairs relocates to Wichita, leasing a home on North Topeka and moving from Kansas City next week.
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Pratt
March
Jonce Bashore
Lytman Nancie
Eivel
Wellington Voice
Naugie
Port Arthur
Jude Bashore
Scott
WNW
Lawrence Trade Manager Penfield is Remanded
Lawrence Kansas and Missouri Telephone Co. Trade Manager Fred Penfield was placed in churity today. A Lawrence native, he completed a Kansas University course under Prof Binke and aided wiring the new physics building. Independent Cherry township reports real and personal property totals of 112 203 with railroad valuation 158 269 and tax burdens spreading to railroads.
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Lawrence
Fred Penfield
Lawrence Exchange
Kansas and Missouri Telephone Company
Kansas University
Binke
Sonora
Independence
Cherry Township
Examiner Joins AP News Wire. AP NY Reciprocals Expanded
The San Francisco Examiner resumes full leased wire service with the Associated Press while dissolving certain United Press ties. New York Associated Press members finalize reciprocal relations and membership contracts as clerical details settle. Homeseekers' excursions via Santa Fe Route announced for April 6 and 9.
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Hearst
San Francisco
Associated Press
New York
San Francisco Examiner
United Press
State of New York
Uniead Press
Rapidr
Homeseekers
Santa Fe
Railroad Earnings Rise Over Eight Months
Revenue for the past eight months shows an increase with earnings totaling $5,912,362. Taxes and rentals for eight months amount to $27,590, and February earnings were $68,309, down $127,870 from February last year. The Santa Fe reports a material cut in expenses for the current fiscal year as it builds a stone road bed south of Wichita and introduces Aliso heavy steel rails for Galveston trade.
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Santa Fe
Licensing Employes Representatives of Five Railroad Orders
Denver meeting of railway workers from five unions discussed licensing all railroad employees involved in train management and handling. Fifty members attended. the group unanimously resolved to seek federal licensing through Congress to safeguard public safety and ensure competent staff across conductors brakemen engineers firemen and telegraph operators.
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Denver
Ogd Fellows’ Hall
Champa Street
Gd. W. Thornbure
The
Santa Fe
Willam P. Daniels
RC. Bonney
Cald
Brotherhood of
Raihway
Lvensing
Cill
Congress
Arthur on the decision splits unions over court ruling
Federation of Engineers chief Arthur says railway men not involved in the Trans-Missouri decision. He criticizes Whittier's counsel and predicts pools and cutthroat competition will follow the court ruling, but asserts engineer pay remains tied to work performed under existing agreements.
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Imork Ithmaging
Frain
Ikoes
Pacin
Peadu
Santa Fe Rock Crushers Begin Work on Main Oklahoma Line
Wichita and Frank T. Dolan, Santa Fe division superintendent, started two rock crushers near Wichita to lay 61 pound steel and a solid ballast along 70 miles from Arkansas City to Mulhall. The Wichita Purcell stretch handled record traffic last year, and the upgrade aims to boost capacity and stability.
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Wichita
Marcn
Frank T. Dolan
Santa Fleet
Winfield
Oklahoma
Arkansas City
Mulhall
Dolan
Purcell
Am Absolute Neersatty
Notes from Nickerson March St Night Hustler McClure Visit Albion
Nickerson notes that Robert H. McClure has taken a ten day leave and is visiting friends at Albion Michigan. Jett A Wiselagel has returned from Albion where she served as the earn of her mother the stenographer to Assistant General Superintendent Sucre.
Midwestern Rail News Highlights and Schedule Changes
Notes from Nickerson and Hanover report Engineer George Arnold as witness and the Newton engine 417 repaired after a general overhaul. St Joseph & Grand Island Railway chief W P Robinson Jr. returns from New York. Hanover Kan sees a new roundhouse and depot as a western terminus, plus Pennsylvania Railways plans limited locomotive building this year. Wellington crews begin a new 7 AM start for car repair and roundhouse work.
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Nickerson
George Arnold
Witnes & To
Newton
Hanover
St. Joe
W. P. Robinson, Jr
St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway
New York
Sra
Kan
Reniepaerate
Change of Division Superintendent Rumor in Santa Fe Shift
Rumor spreads that the southern Kansas division of the Santa Fe will soon place under Superintendent Barnes of Chanute. The railroad is making many changes recently in southern Kansas.
Colorado Abolishes Hanging After 90 Days
A Colorado bill ends capital punishment by hanging after a 90 day period. The measure becomes law upon the governor’s signature and does not apply to those already under sentence or indicted for murder unless the case is flagrant. The reform proposal faced opposition from some, with the warden reporting concerns about restless inmates under life sentences.
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Denver, Cor
Maren
Adama
Uct
Uss
Sen
Mrs McKinley Receives at White House Reception
Washington March 31 Mrs McKinley held a reception at the White House greeting callers in the second floor library assisted by her aunt Mrs Saxton. Mrs McKinley wore gold brocaded silk and violet cluster in her left hand. Among dignitaries paying respects were Vice President and Mrs Hobart Master Garret A Hobart Jr Attorney General Willim C Tobinson and others from Chicago and Catholic University.
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Washington, D. C
McKinley
White House
Keperal
James B. Jountt
Willim C. Tobinson
Catholic University
J. Frank Aldrich
Chicago
Frederick William Sanger
Cerne Avenue
Catherin Sanger
Willam Tm, Murrison
Real estate transfers listed for county clerk office
Real estate transfers filed include Edwin H Hewins and Hugh M Hewins to Ira M Hewins for 75 cents, and similar deeds among Hewins, Muck Buck to Albert LeMoyne, Willis and Child to Kate Malcolm, and M Dennis to Brennerly. Also notices of a Woodman benefit minstrel show at Primwest and Rest, Kansas Avenue.
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Edwin H. Hewins
Hugh M. Hewins
Ira
Hewins
Hewin H. Hewins
Cecilia C. Muck
Abraham A. Buck
Albert le Mui
Greolte State Provident Aaswistion
New Hampshire
Chestnut Street
Metsker
Willis & Child
Wabwunsee
Kate P. Malcolm
Arapahoe
Cot
Arapatsne
M. Dennis
Brenerly
Primwest " Hose
Kansas Avenue
Frank Dolson
Sault Ste. Marie Mich
Chamberlain
Woodman
Primwest & Rest Minstrels
Indigestion remedies promoted by Stuart Co
An advertising notice urges use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals to aid digestion. It claims the stomach nourishes all body parts from food and lists early indigestion symptoms. The ad notes druggists sell full packages for 50 cents and offers a free book and testimonials from Marshall, Michigan.
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Stuart
Jennison
Stuart Co
Marshall
Mich
Peru defies U S on imprisoned sailor Ramsay
March 31 Peru refuses to free Ram say, a crew member on the Cam Monarch, arrested at Callao three months ago for alleged misconduct. The U S Minister McKenzie demands liberty, citing treaty provisions, while Peru sentences him to months in prison in an arbitrarily harsh case.
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Tima
Peru
Ted States
McKenzie
Ram
Liberty
Cam Monarch
Callao
United Ates
Ramsay
Colorado Buried Under Snow Across Statewide Blizzard
Denver and Cheyenne report a statewide blizzard burying Colorado under about a foot of snow. Rail lines suffer delays as freight trains are abandoned and passenger service deteriorates. The storm traps engines and crews, with plows unable to keep roads open, threatening severe stock and property losses if the blizzard persists.
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Denver
Cal
Colorado
Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Med Buttes
Larante
Sherman Mountain
Colorado Snow Storm Heads East Blocking Rail Lines
A fierce Colorado snow storm moves east toward Kansas disrupting rail traffic. At Goodland, three inches fell. winds rage at 60 to 70 mph. Rock Island and Union Pacific report no wheels turning since last evening.өн
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Topeka
Colorado
Tts
Goodland
Kan
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Five Chicago men die by suicide amid unemployment
In Chicago on March 41 three men aged 19 to 29 died by inhaling gas or ingesting carbolic acid after despondency from unemployment. A fourth, a 22 year old showman, quarreled with his wife before taking poison. Gus Schurmmel, 28, was found dead in his room after liquor influence. Police note unclear fate for a fifth man found asphyxiated. causes remain uncertain.
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Chicago
Reginald V. Schuyler
Cass Street
John Henes
William H. McCarthy
Showman
Twenty-second Street
Gus Schurmmel
Albany Avenue
Reginald
Willam H. McCarthy
John Hens
Kedsie Avenue
Hungarian Count Enters Detroit for Miss Walker's Hand
Detroit, March 31. Count Manfred Von Matuechka arrives at Russel House to seek Miss Walker heiress and Frank H Walker's daughter. The Hungarian nobleman states he and Miss Walker met in Cairo two years ago. The couple plan to marry in about eight to ten weeks, with the count remaining in Detroit during the interim.
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Detroit
Mich
Graf Manfred von Matuechka
de Toppelazen
Patteen
Heuten
Ant
Regiment der Games du Corps
Russel House
Miss Walker
Frank H. Walker
Manfred
Cairo
Jim River Boom Drowns Bridges Amid Flood Threat
Huron reports the Jim River more than half a mile wide and rising an inch per hour. Water surged overnight, breaking the cemetery bridge and a further six miles downstream, with dynamite used to clear obstructions. Northerly stations say heavy rains continue as all streams rise.
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Huron
Jim River
Heaviy
Cemetery Bridge
Tikely
Washout after snow floods Aberdeen region
March 11 Aberdeen reports a snow blockade followed by floods. One third of the ground is underwater, delaying Eastern trains on the Milwaukee Northwestern system and forcing the H D passenger to be abandoned near departure. Twenty Northwestern washouts and submerged Milwaukee tracks disrupt traffic, with extensive water on Hastings Dakots and Harlem lines north of Andover. Interruption expected for a week or more.
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Aberdeen.s
Milwaukee & North‘western
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Stresiia
Hastings & Dakots
Hariem
Andover
Evanston Founding Figure and Northwestern University Founder
Fragmentary report notes Evanston founder III involved in establishing Northwestern University and Keanston, with ties to western university theology. Mentions Garrett Biblical Institute and other leaders forming a university charter, with roles on the board of trustees and a $24,006 contribution during tenure.
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North~ Western University
Eee
Teceatone Line
Heart Trowbie
City
Serakien
Keanston
Limat
Western University
Ite Theological Apartment
Gerrett Biblical
Narheests Fen University
Iff
Topeka Advocate named state paper for two years
The executive council selected the Topeka Advocate as the official state paper for two years, replacing the Mail and Breeze. Gov Leedy Secretary Rush and others met to solicit bids for binding materials and supplies for six months. A state architect and walking/drive projects were postponed. department relocations to better quarters were discussed, with final decisions pending. Continuous reports include Grain Letter items from Logan with wheat and corn market notes and current prices.
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Anly
Topeka Advocate
Mail
Breeze
Runes
Leedy
Rush Au- Giter Merrie
Stey—ker
Etenaverise
State House
Bush
Morris
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
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Nein
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TION
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Port Scott
PB. Musher Widay
Tie
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Charlie Starr
Louis Brown
Lawrence Youre
Justice Court
H. L. Moore
Manchester
Monroe McKillop
Diave
Chats
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B J. Sheridan
Sumner National Block
Shériden
Frasier Jenkins
Examiner
Railroad News
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Galveston
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Hed Ichita
Pennsylvania Co
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Round House
Mrs. M*kinley
Aberdeen
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G. W. Stansfield
Hanses Avenue
Logan
Beodwin & Chamberlin
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