Third party ticket forms in Kings county race
A Democratic committee in Kings county issued a third state ticket for anti-Hill Democrats with Everett P Wheeler for governor and Daniel L Lockwood and Charles F Brown as lieutenant governor and judge. The slate was placed with a 5000 signature affidavit required by October 16 to secure printing of third party ballots.
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New York
Kings County
Everett P. Wheeler
New York City
Court of Appeals
Daniel L. Lockwood
Charles F. Brown
Secretary of State
Everett Pr. Wheeler
Wheeler, Curtis & Gidkin
Civil Service Commission
Kansas Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Session in Wichita
The Thirty seventh session of the Grand Lodge of Kansas Odd Fellows opened in Wichita amid a deadlock over the DeBoissiers Orphan's Home funding. Twenty six lodges faced suspension for nonpayment. suspended lodges were admitted by a 176 to 129 vote, provoking an immediate appeal to the sovereign grand lodge. The meeting is described as the largest ever held in the state with the grand judge of Rebekahs also in session.
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Grand Lodge
Wichita
Wicurra
Kan
Acver
DeBoissiers
Major Ferguson
Wellington
Wote
Sovereign Grand Lodge
de Hoissiere
Rebekahs
Definition of Wool. woolen tariff clarified by Attorney General
Washington report that Secretary Carlisle received Maxwell’s opinion stating wool refers to sheep hair only and that new duties on articles made from hair of other animals took effect at signing. Collectors instructed to reliquidate shipments misclassified under the tariff and to apply the adjusted definitions immediately.
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Washinetox
Carlisle
Maxwell
Vastoma
New Peacemaker Gun Tested By Navy Officers
Navy entrance officers completed a new type of artillery with a two tube cartridge design that promises very high velocity and potential high explosive use. In a separate dispatch from Fort Serra Arkansas, outlaw Cook and three companions entered the city buying whisky. guards were stationed, but no attack occurred.
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Navy Department
Gere Gan
Wasenvetos
Naval Entrance
Indian Field
Cook
Fort Serra
Ark
Othare
Nation in Turmoil and Political Strife Amid Crises
Briefs report rapid changes as officials shuffle in the Treasury and postal offices. Riots and factional fights erupt after a president’s death, laborers are pressed into the army, and religious disputes flare over consecrations and foreign interference. A murder in Marble Rock shocks the town as the killer and a victim die from blunt and stab injuries. A proposed grand travel landmark in Binghamton is pitched, with a five story marble home planned for $125000 and a basement.
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Carliste
Fort of Georgia
United States
Rich
Thruncio
Liberal Party
Spali
Marble Rock
Town
Washington
Tts
Thas
Ae Church
Binghamton
Mason
John Hodges
No Hope For Him Czar Incurable Says Doctor
St Petersburg dispatch reports Professor Zacharin told the czar that his Bright's disease is incurable and only life prolongation might be possible with care. The emperor learned of this, grew pale, and relatives reacted with consternation while blaming the professor for his blunt assessment.
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Standard
St Petersburg
Zacharin
Leyden
Bright
Pension Prauds Exposed in Van Leavend Case at Lime Springs
Special Examiner Waite filed 700 papers from Van Leuvend’s private office revealing schemes with medical examiners to boost pension ratings. Letters show agents asking claimants to grease boards and purchase affidavits from physicians, with printed forms used to forge disability claims.
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George ‘M. van Leavend
Desogue
Iowa
E. F. Waite
Pension Bureau
Shiras
George M. van Leuvend
Lime Springs
van Leuvend
van Leurend
Santa Fe System consolidates divisions under new superintendents
The Rio Grande and New Mexico division, led by J. E. Horley in Las Vegas, N M, will be consolidated with the Santa Fe. The Pan Handle and Southern divisions join under J. G. Hartment in Wichita. Western Mid Colorado Midland divisions under T H Sears are postponed. The economy saves over $1000 monthly per abolished superintendent office.
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Santa Fe
T. H. Sears
Fear They Be Drowned In San Pedro Sloop Voyage
Excitement in Los Angeles county over a missing four from a San Nicholas Island voyage aboard the sloop Leon. The party led by Captain Alexander Smith included Postmaster James H. Dodson, N. GO Anderson, and a laborer named Brandt. A squall on day two halted search reveals. steamer reports a distress signal and wreckage traced to a possible loss. Search parties organized. details uncertain.
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Los Axceres
Cal
San Pedro
Leon
San Nicholas Island
James H. Dodson
N. GO. Anderson
Brandt
Alexander Smith
China's Transit Tax Threatens Trade and War Recovery
The Chinese transit tax or kehkin would levy an internal revenue on all goods passing through China, taxed at every town and potentially prohibitive. Merchants have long sought abolition, which was partially achieved by taxing only on entry, but reimposition could become a permanent burden to commerce financed by looming war duties from Japan.
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State Department
Iekin
Chins
Japan
Jay
Tucson
Thauamnda
Caine
Bodtien
Pital Fk
Argonaut
Retested Cornell student Frederick Taylor freed on appeal
Frederick Taylor, Cornell University student jailed to testify before Ithaca grand jury, is released as the New York Court of Appeals reverses the lower court. The case ties to a campus incident involving gas poisoning during winter activities. Also reported: large potato imports from Scotland to the United States, bandit attack in St. Louis, Missouri lodge finances, and other brief items from cities across the country.
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Cornell
Scotland
United States
State Department
Suveze
Dundee
America
New York
Marcy Sr. Locis
Grand Lodge
Missouri
Germania Theater
Harry Keane
St Joseph
Masonic
The Young Man Waited and the Maiden’s Bold Gift
A fragmented verse tale describes a young man waiting anxiously as a maid performs a grotesque ritual with a string of objects and pins. The scene shifts to a sensational aside about a mysterious star balloon and a street anecdote, reflecting early 20th century newspaper miscellany with lurid imagery.
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Sian
Prodigal Returns and Railroads Raise Small Town Scandals
A Detroit Tribune note recalls a prodigal son reuniting with his father, then a jibe about marrying into a railroad king’s family. The Chicago Record parodies a ward club scene with exaggerated toasts and cheers for Willyarm Swipers, set to a breezy political humor.
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Acme
Detroit Tribune
Kickers
Maria
Talix
Mr. Kickers
Ward
Chicago
Quiver Style Exchange In Courtroom Demeanor Cited
A counsel accuses the bench of disgrace but retracts the remark as the judge warns restraint. The exchange is delivered with a mock serious tone resembling a sagelike banter in a courtroom setting.
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London
The Chaphouse and Meandering Mike Dialogues
The Inter Ocean fragment shows playful banter between Plodding Pete and Meandering Mike about regular chaphouse patrons. Measles fears grip Mrs. Snippey as her boy's illness spreads concern in the neighborhood while neighbors acquire hats.
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Pete
Mike
Detroit
Ore
Tombstone Ty Boom ing at the Train Station
An account set at a railway hub recounts a chaotic scene as crowds swarm the station, a dramatic confrontation unfolds, and a violent mob action erupts. Witnesses describe fear, shouts, and a dramatic restraint of a prisoner amid a tense city atmosphere.
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J.C Wharton
B. D. Elaughter
RS. Hell, Bay
Republicaans
Manisox
Wis
Hamus B Anerson
Denmark
Cleveland
Wisconsin
Brooklyn
Democratic Elub
Hill
Democratic Organisation
A. J. Wolfe
Laree
Devven
Coliseum Hall
N. Stevens
Mne
Andress
New York State Democracy List
Parsons Parsons
Preveaver
William Law
Fort Warnersilround
Wichita and Return
The
Santa Fe House
Rady
Martin Hudy
Lancaster
Topeka
W. R. Kennedy
Corner
Kansas Avenus
Kansas
ODD Fellows
Zacharia
Czar
Doctor
Pension Prauds
Miussouri Supreme Court
Jorrenson Crry
Supreme Court
Black
Dict H
Kitebell & Mar‘burg
China
Guiley
St. Louis St. Louis
Michael Sullivan
North Broadway
Sullivan
Guxerra
Neb
G. W. Cormin
W. T. Harris
Harris
St. Josnen
Andrews
Chicago Great Western
SS Joseph
Kansas City
Dearborn
Mos Tinent
Union
Aay
Federation of American-Italian
Clcbs
Barnet
John Hansen
Wichita and
Retorn
Ant
Ube
Ube Scurried Tele Bo Saa Wendies, Star. and Oy Fonetan
J. Edmond V. Cocke
New York Sun
Lanter
Micky
Munsey's
Arizona Joe
Marter
Tormmbstine
Ararotig
Teme
Uige
Froo Press
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