New Paper Money Describes One Dollar Silver Certs
An early report outlines a proposed U S one dollar silver certificate note with a simple white paper design featuring an eagle and Lincoln and Grant devices. The article notes distinct printing and engraving techniques, the use of blue seals, and the aim to ease public handling and reduce counterfeiting.
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Peter
Clearhias
Smedey
Lincoln
aMurd Uw
Rafeenard
United States
Cheaes
Axxlatment
Vanterup
Roberts
Chiht Janeth Ak Bureau of Engraving and Printing
War preparations pushed by the British at Ofers Ont May
Military mobilization accelerates across Atlantic ports with ships and stores arriving for native service. Troop embarkation plans target 10,000 men for distant postings. Authorities signal rapid fitting out of transports and vessels for emergency use from Europe to Halifax and nearby routes.
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Loail
Achorpplich
Duweret
Senms
Europe
East
Catata
Tnelit
Curtadh
China
Japan
Canada
Itiah
Ofers
Asim
Halifax
A Most Terrible Tale Bhourt Patil at Ce Chrend
Fragmentary OCR reading describes a gruesome, chaotic scene with a mysterious heroine in a public setting. The text references a violent incident, a bureau of injuries, and movements toward a location, with unclear names and places but strong dramatic imagery. The account hints at medical intervention and a potential motive or plan related to a place called Topeks.
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Bhourt
China
Fb Company
Opeaniing
Mhattis
Wien
Pigwan
Topeks
Ronan
Open Door in Puerto Rico Debate Hits U S Policy
London dispatch reprints a Daily Chronicle critique of American rule in the Philippines and Porto Rico. It argues the United States imposes a closed door on trade, locking out non American ships and risking costly colonial backlash abroad.
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Porto Rico
New York
Pinex
London
Chronige
Philippines
Weither
America
Spain
France
Germany
Washington
Asia
Approval Speech Urges Open Trade To All Nations
King Chau urges expanding commerce with foreign nations and condemns monopoly. He warns that America failing to extend free trade after ending Spanish rule would disappoint the British empire, Canada, and supporters of open markets. He calls U S support a pledge to widen trade as a path to prosperity peace and civilization.
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Chau
America
British Empire
Canailian
United States
Oldest War Veteran Edward Green Failing Health
New York, Edward A. Green, once a venerable veteran of the army, lies seriously ill as his health declines. His wife, Mrs. Green, and their daughter attend him as doctors warn of a hereditary weakness. Green's life has been marked by a shift from wealth to modest pension amid a long career marked by elements of fortune and misfortune.
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New York
Dward A. Green
Armeriey
Antares
Crean
Cumberland
Grea
Green
Kaco
Mr. Green
le Fortune
Wall Street
Women Win in Minnesota Vote on School Elections Amendment
Complete county returns show Minnesota voters strongly endorsed a constitutional amendment allowing women to vote in school elections. Across counties, support outweighed opposition with Democratic and allied counties backing the measure. party lines did not split on the amendment itself. Some counties split on related races, prompting speculation on future female voting influence.
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St. Paul
Hilrry-seve
Minnesota
Scot
Hive
Maleculer Weatsiat
North Topeka Society Notes at Local Meetings and Visits
North Topeka column reports community events and arrivals. Misa Fiel Hinve starts new position with Bell Stephens Company. The Ladies' guild will meet at Mrs Rowley’s Quincy Street home. Mrs Mark Putnam and daughter Suan jf visited from Kansas City. Mr B D Amatt visited at the Pettijoln home. Mrs Cole and daughter attended from Wor lun to see the Butth Paus at Van Buren ree Hew. Pastor Mr Gchuff of the German Baptist church plans return from Ellsworth and Seattle counties. Special meetings held last week at Runsos Reesus Meehuh continue. The North one football team played the school boys Saturday afternoon with Moe Mililem as favored. 15 to 0 in favor. The Christine church members prepare a Tuesday evening gathering at Mr Oscar Muvier’s home. Seven Southerland Sisters will visit Topeka next week. their farmer Marit proved popular and will return with Rowley & Snow.
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Misa Fiel Hinve
Thephens Kompans
Ladies' Guild
Rowley
Quincy Stepet
Mark Putnam
Suan
Gaye
Kanan City
B.D. Amatt
Yesters
Thete Runch
van Pars
Pettijoln
Cole
Tainty
Worlun
Ra Bute
Tse Buith Paus
van Buren
Gchuff
German Baptist Church
Wells
Kfip
Ellsworth
Sealthcoun
Runsos
Nerth One
Moe Mililem van
Linde Aan
Arte Alke
Straae
Christine Church
Mrr
Oscar Muvier
Bixerioen Niteet
Pos Fie
Tapeisk i Etiarah
Cawrence
Hew i
Gary Pimacing
Aba
Sena Asusie
A. TW. Tanner
Emporia
W. Se. Swift
Hobing Mercantile Store
Christ Hospital
Furry
Dowze Whiet Club
Iewest
Frank Lewis
W. S. McClintock
Mise Nichols
Olathe
Myrtle Jetmore
Charles Bland Smith
Misa Kate Gunther
Lotta Ranney
S. S
Denver
Mes
O. F. Whitmer
Julia Whitmer
Kansas City
Jean Frost
Lawrence
Tola
Will Ritter
Uttle
William Henry
Ms. Witter
Buchanan Street
W. HH. Reed
Wieblta
T. P. Cully
Biine Ae
Kansas
Mat Macferron
Bertha Rowley
Campbell
Comaies
Grace Lemon
Mira Sarah Horner
Jessie Stuka
Ruby Roark
Noger VanHook
Louie Feit
Alan Lau
Kate Gephardt
J. A Richards Jr
Fort Scott
Croom
Addison Jones
Topeka
Jones
Mabel Martin
Potwin
Social and Personal Week Calendar in Topeka
Calendar updates list weekly social events and clubs in Topeka with entertainments hosted by Miss Fordyce Miss Edna Millice Mrs C I G ous Mrs Alva Hoyer and others across Monday through Saturday. It notes receptions recitals dances thimble parties and a new Magazine club organized by Auburndale ladies with officers elected.
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Auburndale
AL. Yoornis
Mra. Bodybush
Tra
A. J. Woor
Whittaker
Asist
Brinthal
Mes. Bradshaw
Blinn
Cook
Eby
Mel Moore
Paid to Foreigners for Wheat Exports From Philadelphia
Philadelphia dispatch argues the need to rebuild the American mercantile marine. It cites $3.6 million paid this year to foreign ship owners for grain shipments and notes that most grain from Philadelphia leaves on British and Nordic vessels. The piece links naval expansion with national growth and argues American ships are needed to service territorial gains and future trade.
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Philadelphia
American Mercantile Marinees
Europe
Spain
Tie Vote on Leavenworth Candidate Decided by Lots
In Leavenworth a deadlock between Dawes and Wilswilliams for state representative may be resolved by drawing lots under statute. The secretary’s election results delay the process as troops from the Twentieth Kansas Infantry may miss January arrival, with no legal postponement required, creating uncertainty over the canvassing board’s timetable.
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Leavenworth
Dawes
Wilswilliams
Twentieth
Kansac Infantry
Keats Sua
Sate
Ottawa to Meet Washburn in Strong Thanksgiving Tilt
Ottawa comes to Athletic Park to face Washburn College in a high grade football matchup after Ottawa's season shows wins over Fort Scott and KC Law School and Washburn defeating Midland College and Denver Wheel Club. The expected game marks a competitive local rivalry with Topeka awaiting the result.
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Ottawa
Washburn College
Topeka
Ottawa University
Fort Scott
K. C. Law School
Port Scott
Kansas City Medics
Washburn
Washburn St. Bartinzame
Midland College
Sanctuary to be built on Mount Zion in Holy Land
Berlin officials report three German Catholics have formed a committee to raise funds for a sanctuary on Mount Zion. The proposed church, Die Marten-Kirche, would occupy the site traditionally linked to the Virgin Mary’s home, where she is believed to have lived before Jesus’ birth, as presented by the Turkish sultan to Kaiser Wilhelm and then to the pope.
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Berlin
Holy Land
Turkey
Kaiser Wilhelm
Die Marten- Kirche
Mount Zion
Christ
Saylor
Leedy Denies Rumor of Livestock Venture After Office
Governor Leedy rejects reports he will enter the livestock business in Kansas City after leaving the governorship. State Superintendent Stryker and other officials discuss possible future work while Leedy notes he may return to Topeka to serve the state in his current position. Leavenworth County Republicans list candidates for state offices, including James Graham for state time inspector and Jacob Tub for Benatar Jumpers place on the state board, with several other names proposed for deputy roles and the penitentiary staff.
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Kansas City
Leedy
Congress
Mason Peters
Kan
Stryker
Topeka
Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
James Grahaim
Jacob Tub
Benatar
Tate
Feller
A. House
Joten Befitios
Duputy
Wardon
Awd Whhird
Beard
Amperork
The
Local Grain and Laundry Ads in Kansas Avenue Storefronts
A reader sees listings for Pure Buckwheat Flour from Kensis buckwheat and hay and feed at Lowns Grain and Feed, 306 Kansas Avenue. Also notes free button mending and sewing service, plus Peerless Steam Laundry at 12 West Fourth Street.
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Lowns
Kansas Avenue
Peerless
West Fighth Street
Rich gold strike near Florence sparks Idaho stampede
A great gold strike is reported twenty miles south of Florence on the Warren trail near Snowshoe Pass. Florentine correspondents say the vein between Buffalo Hump and Thunder Mountain runs 6,000 feet long, thirty to ninety feet wide, rich with free gold, prompting a Florence stampede.
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Florence
Idaho
Lewiston
Snowshoe Pass
Warren Trail
Buffalo Hump
Thunder Mountain
Gould
Pope's Nephew Plans Unofficial U S and Cuba Visit
Private Rome dispatches say Count Camillo Procó, nephew of Pope Pius XI, and colonel of Noble Guards, will visit the United States on an unofficial trip en route to Cuba. He once married a Cuban heiress with plantations, and he travels to assess conditions affecting the property.
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United States
Cuba
New York
Rome
Camillo
Noble Guards
Pecos
Tila
Atlantic
A JOKE EN IN DEATH
Mariette Wisconsin November 21 a cedar worker Willhim Menoue shot his wife wounding himself after a prank led him to believe his separated wife would marry another man He fired twice wounding her once and then shot himself dying hours later in a tragedy born of jealousy
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Mariette
Wis
Willhim Menoue
Adoke
Heran
FUNSTON SETTLES IT
A dispatch from San Francisco reports Colonel Funston commending the Indians and noting no officers wives were aboard the transport. Word came directly from the secretary of war just before the Indians departed the port, unexpected by military headquarters.
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San Francisco
Funston
Cigarette Outlawed in Tennessee Taxation Ruling
In Knoxville on November 21 judge Caldwell of the supreme court declared cigarettes not a legitimate article of commerce. The opinion says cigarettes are noxious and deleterious to health and fall outside federal protection of commerce. Sales of cigarettes are blocked by police order and the ruling may be appealed to the federal Supreme Court.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Prem Today
Cakdwell
Wiprene Court OF the Suite
Tyibole
Federal Supreme Court
Anti Crowding Society forms in Omaha crowd clash on streetcar
Omaha on November 21 witnessed the Anti Crowding Car Association form after a tense confrontation on a streetcar. Members pledged to intervene by force to prevent crowding if service does not improve, with Walnut Hill residents seeking safer car seating.
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Omaha
Wolity
Serge
Walnut HI
Aft
W. A. BISSELL TO MOVE to San Francisco as traffic chief
William A. Bissell, assistant freight trade manager of the Santa Fe with Chicago HQ, will move to San Francisco on December 10 to assume traffic and store operations as California road traffic chief. Also dated items note a demented man on the Kansas Pacific train and other misc mentions.
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W. A. Bissell
Santa Fe
California
Chicago
wWilliam A. Bissell
San Francisco
Chatsy
Trafe
Estore
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MAY Smith Robbins Uy
Little Trixie
Harry Carson Clarke
Balceny
Andrews
Opera Company
Cavalleria Rusticana
Fra Diavolo
Martha
Triarty
Gage Lang
Rae
Kate Bild
Sherman Treasury
Stuart
Patti
Herald
Ile
Sullae
Hawes
Hal Reid
Ream
Pee Green
North Topeka
Thema
Kitiball Pug. Co
Southerland
Marit
Mosara, Rowley & Snow
Social and Personal
Fordyce
Edna Millice
Felicity Cara
C. 1G
Alva Hoyer
W. A. Morton
Hudson's Hall
Frank Hobart
C. W. Kouns
Santa Fe Club
Hanon‘'a
Imperial Club
Hudson's Balk
Ellanthus Club
Harmony Hall
Anna Walk
George Walp
T. & Hand
Harry L. King
Trinidad
Albert Horton
Harrison Street
HLH
Party
FH. H. Clan
Hudton's Hall
Aliee Haskins
Pauline Majer
Josie King
Mise Agnes Gunther
Mies Penns Punk
Sadie Downing
Anna Waleb
Nettle Nevill
Helen Butterly
Marie Hager
Keate Ernleh
Mits
Margaret Gilfillan
Octavia Greenwood
Blanch Hear
Ming Sarah Stull
Kite Trealand
Nettle Graham
Mise Jo Tickers
Mise Ma Duckworth
Atlas Sarah Sthotebay
May DeCtorca
Nelie Kirk
Hulda Pickens
Aflee Dunford
Tira Huses
Lottie Steinbers
Edna Prescott
Harry King
Geo. Benedict
Nate Thompson
Rank Dudley
Jay Farnsworth
Harry Bowen
Aurel Tidings
Ra Hubbard
Ben Stas
Frank Hungate
Robert Stout
al Prynon
Kent Chesney
Harry Buttery
Carl Shook
Harry Laydus
Feed Brown
Fred Strickworth
Franke Barking
Chas. Stolpe
Frank Revelly
Doe Ramwy
Ralph Habcock
Frank Sturgess
Chas. Markiey
Louis Wingert
Victor Martin
W. Greenwemd
Galesbure
Eitworide Club
Lowise Allizon
Fay Quinton
Mme Grace Frost
Miss Quinton
Allentown
James
Thoms “Belcher
Davies & Wicholgon
GOV
APURE
Cmarconen
the Robins Mercantile Co
Club House
Richelieu
Monarch
Iowa
Chase & Sanborn
Bee
P. S
Eighth Street
Green Feed & Fuel Co
F.H. Webster
Cheops Council No 2
A. D. of P
Episcopaladies
Cara
Hiram Lewis
Atchison
Kansas Ely
Guddand
Lewis
Lekvenwirth
Colu Bibus
John Edmonds
Pany
Henry
Santiga
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