Ely-Walker Fire Sale Offers Large Stock of Dress Goods
Salvage sale from Ely-Walker Dry Goods Co. advertises deep discounts on wool serges, Broadcloths, boucles, silks, laces and linens. Listings include Lot I to Lot V items, silks, white goods, towels, napery, and hosiery with prices slashed and sales lasting while stocks last. Strong entities: Ely-Walker Dry Goods Co., St Louis sale, Cheney Bros. and import lots.
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Cheney Bros
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Lisle
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Point de Paris
Valenciennes
Prohibition Law Prosecutions and Druggist Traffic Debate
A State Journal report notes efforts to prosecute violators of the prohibition law and close joints. A Topeka committee could handle enforcement, amid debate over druggists selling liquor. The piece critiques press bias and cites local temperance meetings and calls for stricter enforcement.
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Abpens
Topeka Naschoht
Tomike
Valed
Wientes Baade
Early US move on Cuba tied to Morgan resolution
Indications point to quick action by the United States to recognize Cuban insurgents as belligerents, with President McKinley awaiting fuller reports from the Havana embassy and the Consul General before finalizing policy, while Senator Morgan delays the resolution to avoid Senate embarrassment.
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Jackson
Senter Morgan
Senter Morgan the Author of the Resolution Pendin
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Culm
Calhoun
Havana
Lee
Mckinsey
Spain
Controversy Over Retirement Tactics in Isard Case
A narrative fragment discusses a contestant seeking retirement with a plausible reason beyond failing to subdue an Isard clash. It mentions a significant war debt that Cuba and the homeland would wish to avoid, hinting at broader geopolitical pressure surrounding the decision.
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Isard Colghy
Cuba
Open Saloons Favored by Topeka Leader Simon Greenspan
Simon Greenspan, a prominent member of the MB, claims Topeka voters favor saloons and predicts their arrival before winter. He ignores police and county attorney hurdles, and asserts 5000 MB members in Shawnee County cannot stop the liquor plan. The discussion includes a Hamilton Hall demonstration and potential return of stolen furniture.
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Topeka
Simon Greenspan
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Saloors
Pallée Comimitskusers
Simon
Shawnee County
A New Sugar Story Reveals Tariff and Trust Links
Washington May 14. Inside stories circulate on the tariff schedule and the sugar trust. A Quarien article names Senator Hale ex Secretary Olney ex President Cleveland and other officials backing a New England New York Washington interest. They allegedly invest 245,000,406 in Hew Silom sugar plantations and hold a contract with Claus Spreckle to take their entire raw product.
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Ure Suger
Dinas
Quarien
Hale
Olney
Cheveland
New England
New York
Washington
Hew- Silom
Thesheye 2
Claus Spreck
Sugar trust and Spreckels face new coast competition
Quotation and duty details from Cuban sugar purchases reveal Spreckels’ firm profit of three million on eleven million in sales. Contract tied to this year’s crop. businessmen in New England New York and Washington discuss building a competing refinery on the Pacific coast. The trust and Spreckels identified as one and the same entity in this case.
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Spreckels
New England
New York
Washington
Trust
Hanna Winning All in Ohio Delegates at State Convention
Cleveland May 14 Major Unarles W Dirk campaign manager for Senator Hanna reports Toledo headquarters at the Hoody House for Hanna during the state convention. Bushnell and Jones will use the hotel as their headquarters. Delegates in every county favor Hanna on the open issue, signaling strong statewide support as Foraker allies press their efforts in Cleveland. Major Dick met privately with Senator Hanna to coordinate strategy.
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Unarles W. Dirk
Hanna
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Toledo
Bushnell
Jones
Foraker
Senstur Hanna
Catholic Knights Move Toward Insurance Feature Adoption
In Mobile on May 14 the supreme council of the Catholic Knights of America spent the day on insurance plans. Peter Walrath argued for the Maturing certificate plan, Michael Quinn supported the Mortgage equalization plan, and Secretary W S O Rourke backed the O Rourke plan. The three were debated in committee of the whole and the plans were referred to a five member special committee to codify and report. The council appointed the committee. An advertisement for Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer follows the report.
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Mobile
Ala
Supreme Council of the
Catholic Knights of America
Peter Walrath
Michael Quinn
New York
W. Ss. O'Rourke
Indiana
Convict Claims Glass Melting Trick Endangers Jewelers
In a letter to Brooklyn Charity Commissioner Burts, convict W Williams from Kinks County Penitentiary describes a method to melt glass using acid. He claims to create a window display impression then saturate it to allow a hand through and says he has melted quarter inch glass inside 18 minutes. He also mentions driving an acid into a glass bottle placed in brownstone.
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New York
W. Wiliams
Kinks County
Burts
Groklyn
Williams
3 MUST GO To Drive Rum Shops From Residence Portions
Movement in Indianapolis aims to banish retail saloons from residence districts in the First through Fourth wards including the bloated city area. Committees will canvass districts to sign a petition for action by the council under the Moore proposal. A parallel west side effort seeks to move saloons out of residence zones, signaling a menacing shift for liquor interests.
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Indianapolis
Cotnell
Moore
West Street
Third Rail Exe Cricket Chauncey Depew Seeks Demonstration
New York May 14 Chauncey M Depew questions the value of the third rail electric system after the New Britain Hartford test. He says he has not seen enough data to decide if the new system should replace current methods. He supports electricity as future motive power but urges caution and demonstration.
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Chauncey Depew
New York
New Britain
Hartford
Chauncey M. Depew
Ito
Sugar sale and assorted grocery items listed for bulk pricing
An OCR style grocery table outlines a broad sale with low prices on granulated sugar and many staples. The list mentions coffee, tea, canned goods, crackers, cereals, baking powders, dried fruits, syrups, evaporated milk alternatives, beans, mustard, ketchup, lemon extract, yeast, yeast products, soap, and baking supplies, with varied package sizes and pricing hints.
Hungarian Flour and Cured Meats Market Terms
An apparent grocery ad lists Hungarian Flour and Suear cured items from California. Items include smoked bacon and honey cured hams, dry salt plates, fancy luncheon sausage, corn beef, and tender steak. Prices and unit details are inconsistently presented.
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California
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