Sympathy Strike Hits St Louis Express Firms
In St Louis on October 28 drivers from major express firms walked out in a sympathy strike aimed at pressuring wage hikes. A ten percent increase was not granted, and a note from union organizers warned of work stoppages by Wednesday unless a settlement is reached. Police kept watch around offices but no violence occurred.
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Herscilc Express Company
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Nime Considera
Pacific Xpress Company
D. Oconnel
A. Gibeon
Joseph ‘Templin
Adams Express Company
Faye
Med
Express
Union Flation
Express Company
Atelkers
Goode
Topeka High Plays Fort Scott In Key Weekend Football
Topeka High School faces Fort Scott Saturday after traveling Friday on the Missouri Pacific. The game will decide the Kansas high school championship with Topeka already having beat Kansas City. Washburn and State U clash next Saturday as district interest rises.
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Washburn
Ufe
State University
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Kana City
Thin Kame
Port Scott
Bourbon County
Gold From Nome Three Steamers Arrive In Seattle
Three Nome steamers the Senator Roanoke and Ohio reached Seattle bringing 1,203 passengers and over half a million in treasure. The Meteor was thought lost at sea, with a search by revenue cutters planned as Roanoke and Dutch Harbor reported. Guests escaped mostly through windows amid gunfire, with several wounded in a chaotic incident.
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Senator
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Ohio
St Michaels
Eureka
Sen
Dutch Harbor
Washburn Beat Lawrence Preview In Topeka Holiday Preparations
Nearly all stores display college banners as Topeka prepares for a football weekend. Washburn players practice hard for the contest amid reports of Kansas University’s weak condition. Frank Leach cautions about Lawrence reports and vows a strong fight as the team plans to win. Guards are posted at the athletic field gates to restrict access to the first team and scrubs.
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Lawrence
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Kennedy
Washburn
Decorative football season spirit swells Topeka and Lawrence
Local stores in Topeka and Lawrence prepare for the Washburn vs. K U game with red and blue bunting. K U headquarters at Na Narel hotel with 500 rooters, Santa Fe offers 40 cent round trip. Coaches Kennedy Weeks prep teams with secret practice, aiming for a Nebraska clash after November 14.
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Crimson
Big Topeka
Crosby Brom
Mills Dry Goods Company
Burg Zels
Chas
Eagle
Topeka Cash Dry Goods Company
Robinson & Marshall
Jes
Coffee Paralysis and Postum Cure Reportedly Noted
A personal account describes severe coffee related paralysis and numbness relieved by switching to Postum Food Coffee. The narrator cites years of medical visits, high costs, and a dramatic recovery after abandoning coffee, with family members also adopting Postum. The letter attributes improvement to Postum use and references the Postum Company, Battle Creek.
Sherman Rowles Finds Slate Mine Fortune in New Jersey
Sherman Rowles once a Topeka Modoc and actor, now owns a New Jersey slate mine after a stranded tour left him penniless. His brother William, long with King and Erlanger in New Orleans, sent funds. Rowles then developed the mine, now producing slate and vastly increasing his income.
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New Jersey
Tsat Rowles
Topeka
Augustus McCune
Louis Jamen
Frederick Warde
McCune
Wiliam Rowls
King & Erlanger
New Orleans
Rowles
Willam Rowles
Merchants Urged To Boost Topeka Retailers Group
An early morning Commercial Club session focused on expanding the Retail Merchants Association to refund out of town buyers a percent of purchases. Vendors not in the association reportedly misrepresented membership to give receipts with railroad tickets. Also noted was the death of University Regent Stevens, a prominent attorney, and efforts to protect merchants from losses due to trade malpractices.
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University Regent
Madison
Breese
Stevens
Mer
Stevens Dole
Prima Donna Defies Suit Over Jewelry in Kansas City
Kansas City gossip centers on Della Stacey, star of The Beauty Doctor, who refuses to return a diamond engagement ring and $200 in notes after a supposed betrothal to State Senator J H Poole of Denver. Stacey says the ring was a gift and notes were paid, while Poole seeks return and breach of promise relief.
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J. H. Poole
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Strong
Abe
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Custer
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Poole
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