Kansas Delegation Splits Over Pollock Judgeship
Washington reports a divided Kansas delegation over the Pollock judgeship with Senator Long voicing strong support and urging an open, fair appointment. Pollock is praised as one of the state’s ablest judges, while Long stresses the need for a transparent process and questions surrounding the timing and politics of the appointment.
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Sage Pollock
Washington
Kansan
Kansas
Burtor
Sriih
Lone
Paltock
Burios
Chaien
Bea
Jotineton
Polik
Potluck
Sealn Tionday
Long
Pollock
Henator Long
Long Coul
Stator Long
Supreme Bench
Brewer
Judes
Ware
Harris Never Here Paar On Wll Of Ee Kau Lature
A garbled report recounts allegations that Harris received the full voucher amount without proper approval. Statements claim payroll misdirections and illicit payments tied to a janitor’s pay and a mysterious transfer to a Bengapower associate in Kansas City.
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Aenean
Maine
Sempert
Weh
Fiaeris
Kanrar City
The Gusatte Ledger and Political Mix in Maryville
A fragmentary old newspaper note from Maryville, Missouri outlines a political figure tied to Colorado and a local press history, mentioning a shift in a newspaper title and a colorful cast. It references musical entertainment and a cautionary medical claim, all within a chaotic, garbled OCR.
The Taming of the Shrew to Play in Topeka and Wichita
Theatre manager Robert Urte r of Leibler and Co announces $2 per seat for The Taming of the Shrew with Ada Rehan and Ot Skinner in the cast. The Daly production tours Topeka and Kansas City venues, including the Grand and Willis Wood, promising the same prices everywhere except Memphis.
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Robert Urter
Leibler & Co
Rehan-Skinner Company
Kuromi City
A$. Kane
Graded Opera House
Grand
Winter
Kansak City
Willis Wood
Topeka
Walter Collier
Brooday
Rcene
Wills Wood
Memphis
Mr. Hunter
Orginal Daly
Nash
George Clarke
Retan-Skinner ‘Company
Augustin Daly
Daly
Brian
Edwin Varrey
Ada Rehan
Dey's
Mabel Howard
Maryland
Zaza
Walter Hala
Meany
Prganization
Ot Skinner
Princeton A Surprise Yale Triumph In Nutty Rivalry
An excited turnout at Yale-Princeton game in New Haven saw Yale leading 6 to 0 at halftime after a clever play by Dewitt and Wyma to set up a touchdown. Offside penalties were common as Princeton pressed to answer before the break.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale-Princgtot
Hoyo
Yale
Tersitic Planus
Ser Ance
Sieer Peat
Bientites
Bs Witneryon
Princeton Iine
Dewitt
Mob wrecks Colfex building in Bloomington during protest
A mob of several hundred people attacked and wrecked the Just built Colfex structure in Bloomington on November 14. Police say threats from temperance elements preceded the assault. Warrants are sworn out and a trial is scheduled for next Wednesday.
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Bloomington
Ill
Colfex
Bulding Just
Fld
Rateke
Kankakes
Guilty Verdict Won in Naturalization Fraud Case
In St Louis, a jury found defendants including Themes E. Barrett former marshal Jane P. Delan and Policeman Frank Garrett guilty after a trial in the United States district court. The case centered on naturalization fraud and involved members of the city’s legal and political communities.
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St Louie
E. Barrett
St. Louth Court of Appeals
Jane P. Delan
Democratic City Central Committee
Frank Garrett
United States
Whitewash Meeting on Health and Sanitation Committees
The council committee discussed an investigation of Food Commissioner Farnsworth in a closed session, delaying a public report. Farnsworth and his associate WH B Howard attended, but no substantive details were disclosed for public release.
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Star Chamber
Farnsworth
Eceuner
WH. B. Howard
Fennion
Convict Hewitt Faces Topeka Trial For Mutiny Charges
Arthur Hewitt escaped from Leavenworth in 1961 and is serving time in Texas for horse theft. He is to be pardoned and rearrested to face mutiny charges in Topeka. US District Attorney J. Dean and Governor Lanham of Texas are involved in Hewitt’s pardon process.
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Arthur Hewitt
Leavenworth
Texas
Topeka
U S
J. 3
Dean
Washington
Hewitt
Goreenor Lanham
Garethes Tahar Fas
Attendance at KU Nebraska game draws record crowd in Lawrence
In Lawrence Kansas a large turnout for the Kansas Nebraska football clash set a new attendance mark at the field amid fine weather and hopeful sentiment. Officials reported strong safety and orderly crowds as excitement built for the long anticipated matchup. Meanwhile a fatal electrocution occurred in Urbana Illinois where a Bell Telephone worker died while repairing a pole. his wife witnessed the accident and was overcome. A separate note from Bloomington Indiana reports a local divorce and a domestic incident centering on Pace Harmison of St Joseph.
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Lawrence
Kan
Nebraska University
Bloomington
Branke Tester
de Home Telephone Company
Urbana
Lester
Pace Harmison
St. Joseph
Truncated OCR: Local Notice About a Fatal Wound
Nov 4 in Francisco California reports a man known as R T was found with a self inflicted wound after a prior trouble. The condition is serious. The context mentions a chain of misread words and local store references including Parkes Kunms Avenue and Huang Avenue and a Round Oak stove sale.
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Francisco
Cal
R. T
Parkes
Kunms Avenue
Curfew Rings Tonight As City Retains Policy
Chief McCullam says curfew will ring tonight and every night, enforcing an eight o’clock curfew for youths on streets. He notes many young boys roam after dark and promises strict enforcement to keep them off public areas. The policy, urged by Col Alexander Nogeland a decade ago, echoes a broader national movement.
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McCullam
Biecollum
Ment
Tam
Bunelie
Thanefery
Uiling
Welll
Fic Cfey
Alexander Nogeland
Money for Strikers at AFL Convention in Boston
Boston November 14 The American Federation of Labor debates funding the Western Federation of Miners with a $1000 relief donation. Gompers defends committee expenses while critics urge immediate aid. A roll call adopts an amended motion to provide funds, amid tensions over injunctions and legal challenges.
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Boston
American Federation of Labor
Committee On
Gompers
George B. "Wisierios
Springfield
Executive Council
Gempers
Ardentars
Jugielarios
Waz
Governor Bailey Confronts Railroads Over State Coal
Kansas Governor Bailey plans to curb railroad coal seizure from state institutions after last winter. He seeks reports from Warden Jewett and Inspector Cantleman, asking railroads to reroute coal to state facilities. He argues coal pricing and shortages stem from Topeka dealers and vows action to prevent railroad appropriation.
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Colorado
Batley
Jewett
David Cantleman
Ain
Cantienas
Karnas
Simnew
Cherokee
Crawford
Cusee County
Topeka
Alata
Kanan
Kanes
Bailey Li
Wala
Kanseas
iRantas
Fis
Pithoeak
Regulation of coal shipments to aid warden reports
A plan outlines supply estimates and weekly rites from each factory unit to determine consumption. It aims to present definite information to Warden Jewett so coal shipments can be regulated accordingly.
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Lsu
Jewett
Wichita Wins in ICc Rulings Against Rail Roads
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled in three Wichita Kansas cases that Wichita to Galveston export rates and lumber rates from west of the Mississippi to Wichita are unreasonable and must be cut. Wichita was granted until January 1 1904 to seek leave to submit further testimony on coal rates to Wichita.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wichita
Kansas
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Rock Island
Galveston
Mississippi
Lowisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Topeka Flood Gauge Sought By Weather Bureau Team
Professor Frankenfield of the United States Weather Bureau seeks approval to place river gauges on the Kansas river system at Salina Abilene Junction City Manhattan and Lawrence with Topeka observers. The project would provide daily flood data and warnings to towns in the river valleys aiding flood response and potentially reducing harm from future flooding.
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Henry J., Frankenfield
River and Flood Department
United States Weather Bureau
Toka
Jennings
Kansas River
Weather Bureau
Professor Frankenfield
Kansas
Frankenfield
Solomon
Hemibrian
Smoky Hill
Saline
Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas City
Washington
Vent
Congress
Missouri
Kanland
Northestern
Kanunas
Auction of Kansas land by Kansas Woman's Bazaar in Chicago
The Kansas Woman's Bazaar association plans an auction sale of six Kansas land tracts donated by growers and firms. Proceeds benefit the equal suffrage fund. Exhibits from twelve western Kansas counties will be shown at the Great Northern hotel in Chicago from November 18 to 25, aided by a special train from western Kansas.
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Kansas Woman's Bazaar Association
Great Northern
Chicago
Sebieh
Sadie P. Gresham
Kanmis Bazaar Association
Kansas Equal Sulvage
Kansas
Bad County
Chicasio
Adid
Bhaton Springs
Equal Suffrage Fund
Ford
G. le Painter & Co
Im-Aeres
Kiowa County
DW Eastman Red Weten
Greeley County
Aeres
Thomas County
Jol Akard
A.M
Sharon Springs
Wee. Wank
Governor Bailey Orders Hopkins Extradition to Dakota
Gov Bailey directs extradition for Guy Hopkins, jailed in Westmoreland, accused of stealing a wagon and other property in Hutte Soanty last February. Sheriff Soses Rove County reports Hopkins fled to Kansas. officials in Ponderswater county were alerted for arrest. Hopkins has relatives in Pottawatomie County and was located and captured there.
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Bailey Toney
Eee
Renal
South Dakota
Guy Hopkins
Tareeny
Westmoreland
Sherif
William Soses
Rove County
Kansas
Hopkins
Hutte Soanty
Pottawatomie County
South Kota
Ots Waterme
Te Waten
Pottawatomie
Arnold Resigns as Grand Secretary-Treasurer of BLF
Peoria Ill Nov Frank W Arnold announces resignation after eleven years as grand secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. The decision takes effect January 1 and Arnold will move to Chicago to pursue commercial business opportunities.
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B. LF
Peoria
Frank WW. Arnold
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Chicago
New Cure Claim From South Africa for Cough Remedy
From Der tan Natal South Africa Mr Arthur Chapman writes that Chamberlains Cough Remedy is a safe cure for coughs and colds. He mentions a neighbor’s child who improved after using the remedy and urges others to try it. The note hints at local sales and availability at Forties.
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Arthur Chapman
der Tan
Natal
South Afeca
Camberlain
Rome
Fire at Station No 4 on Clay Street
A serious blaze broke out at Station No 4 on Clay Street in the afternoon. Damage about $50, insured, traced to a short circuited electric wire in a partition upstairs. Firemen, downstairs in the apparatus room, heard a crash as a large picture toppled and the partition burned through. Chemicals were turned on and the fire extinguished. This is the second fire at a fire department station, recalling a past Seventh Street cupola fire.
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Clay Street
Seventh Street
Wagner as a Humorist Trick Steals Beethovens Score
Richard Wagner, famed for serious opera, pranked London critics in the 1850s by conducting Beethoven with a fake score. After a hostile review, he staged a comeback by placing a sheet upside down, revealing it was actually Rossini. Colier's Weekly reports the humorous ruse and its reception.
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Richard Wagner
Bayreuth
Wagner
Beethoven
Wasner
London
Herr Wagner
Rossini
Beville
Colier
Woman Engineer Miss Annie Ball Wins Chicago License
Annie Ball, sole proprietor of A Ball & Brother at 85 Market Street, becomes the first woman licensed to run a stationary engine in Chicago after failing oral tests and passing a written exam with high marks. She argues exam methods favor rapidity over practical knowledge and cites swift questioning as a barrier. Ball, a successful businesswoman from Holland, previously discharged an intoxicated engineer and ran the engine herself while facing fines.
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Annie Hall
Chicago
United States
Ahe
Market Street
Fim
West Monroe Strees
Diss Bell
Holland
Hay City
Fin
Chicago Record-Herald
Dispatcher Blamed for Kan Train Wreck Verdict
Coroner Tate Weller delivers verdict on the Kan train wreck of October 31. Byers, chief train dispatcher, held responsible for the disaster that killed sixteen people, including Gus students. Local authorities and witnesses provided testimony during the inquest in Lanaponia.
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Byers
Purdue
Lanaponia
Tateweller
Kantrain
Lost Repute and Oddities on the Gridiron Dish
Fragmented lines describe a derailed team reputation with cryptic phrases about Dean and four shutouts on the gridiron. The text veers into medical and household notes mentioning vigorous wealth, digestion, and Burdock Bitters, ending with a note about a Round Oak stove and a Kansas sale.
Various Club Meetings and Local Notices in Topeka
The Twentieth Century club plans a Monday meeting with Mrs HR B Kepley on WM Quincy street. Ed R Miechke of the Santa Fe shops is father of a newborn. Topeka K of C initiates 40 candidates at the Kyilents and Ladies of Security Ball. Mise Hope Clarke visits Kansas City with Col John Clarke. Ladies Aid of First Congregational church meets Wednesday at 2:30 with Mr and Mrs Milton Hankin. Ming Ruby Sanders Roark and John Earle Rodgers marry in December in Trinidad Colo. Knights of Columbus to spread into Oklahoma territory with initiations in El Reno Synth McAlester and Oklahoma City. Rev C Hall Cook will give free lectures on occult science and psychical research starting next Sunday at 3 PM at the A O U W hall. Lectures discuss photography. Steel ranges advertised at Forbes.
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Twentieth Century Club
Moni
HR B. Kepley
Quincy Street
Ed R. Miechke
Santa Fe
Topeks Council K
Kyilents
Ladies of Security Ballon
Mise Hope Clarke
Will Clarke
North
Topeka
Kanne City
John Clarke
Halthmarr
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Congregational Church
Milton F. Hankin
Ming Ruby Sanders Roark
John Earle Rodgers
Trinidad
Colo
Council Knights of Column
Oklahoma
el Renec
McAlester
Oklahoma City
C. Hall Cook
Denver
Society For Psychical Research of London
University of Ee Ecaiea
San Los Angeles
A O
U. W. Hall
Corner Sixth
Jackstreeta
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