Aged Fighter Wins Warped Battle of 100 in Five
Washington September 1 James Hughes a hundred year old negro fought Edward Middleton a 25 year old stalwart in a rough encounter at a hospital. After a verbal dispute the younger man hurled a bench and was floored by the elder with a jaw blow. Middleton was arrested. The centenarian claimed he could whip him again easily.
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Washington
James Hughes
Preedman’s Hospital
Edward Middleton
Jesro
Hegre
Centenerhun
Middleton
Kansas Exposition opens next week. Topeka items shown
Local items note the Kansas Exposition opening in a week and advance ticket sales ending tonight. A Topeka social dance, a Topeka trust building, and a district court term begin soon. Mrs Lavigne hospitalized in serious condition. Kansas Democratic Flambeau baseball beats Auburndale 7 to 6. City railway car 101 and a broader fleet plan discussed. A Topeka young lady becomes a financier after a southern Kansas trip. Shawnee County Medical Society meets at the National hotel tonight with Dr M R Mitchell presenting The Medical Witness. Ringling Bros circus arrives September 23 covering 32 acres. No city council meeting tonight. Tuesday will be a formal session. Buckskin Bill show reviews and local rail washouts reported. Local family births and Washburn College ties noted. Union Pacific washout near Belvue. some train delays. Unionizing actions affect laundries. barber shops shift to union scale. Large crowd at Washburn games. conductors’ tallies explained. A bank official warns against public Bible chapter printing. local editor counters with defense of religious content.
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Chicago
Crawford
Democratic Flambeau Club
Paul Lavigne
Christ Hospital
Kansas Democratic Flambeau Club
Auburndale
City Railway
Topeka
Kansas
Shawnee County Medical Society
National Hotel Pariers
M. R. Mitchell
Medical Witness
Ringling Bros.’ Circus
Mammoth Hippodrome
Mulvane Street
McEachron
Washburn College
Pless
A. Chamberlain
Howard Chamberlain
Minneapolis, Minn
Union Pacific
Belvue
Pottawatomie County
Wamego
West Virginia Militia Supports Coal Strike Etiquette
Parkersburg Sept 1 A surprising outcome from ordering out the National Guard to keep order at a coal field shows soldiers sympathetic to strikers influencing workers to join the strike. The Rush Run detachment was recalled to another point to avoid full mine abandonment as hundreds of families sleep outdoors with scarce food and tents scarce.
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West Virginia
Parkersburg
W. Va
National Guard
Rush Run
New River Valley
Shark in a Canal Captured at Griggstown New Jersey
Six foot shark captured in the Delaware and Raritan Canal near Griggstown Somerville New Jersey after months of village efforts. It was struck by a steamboat propeller and speared by lock tender Jack Sullivan, then brought to shore. The shark likely entered from Raritan Bay or the Delaware River.
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Delaware and Raritan
Griggatown
Somerville
N. J
Grigestown
Delaware and Raritan Canal
New Brunswick
Trenton
Jack Sullivan
Sullivan
Raritan Bay
Delaware River
Griggstown
Duchess to sail Sept 26 after Newport visit
The duchess of Marlborough plans to sail home September 26 after a Newport stay with Mr. and Mrs. O H P Belmont. She will visit Hempstead for two weeks then return to Europe, with no longer stay in the United States as rumored. Her Newport visit includes several major functions yet to be held in her honor.
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Newport
H. IL
Duchess of Marlborough
O. H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
Europe
London
Editor Threatened for Printing Bible in Newspaper
In Assumption Illinois the editor Carleton F Hodge of the Independent faces potential prosecution for printing improper literature after he undertook to publish the Bible in his paper Genesis is nearing completion in the Mississippi Valley town during a Chicago report dated September 1.
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Edstor
Chicago
Carleton F. Hodge
The
Assumption
Footracer Ed Ellis Flees Bond In Webb City Case
Fort Scott reports Ed Ellis of the Buckfoot gang fled after bond forfeiture in a Webb City case charging larceny. Floyd Putsman of Webb City stood as $4,000 security. court declared the bond forfeited when Ellis did not appear. The Buckfoot gang ties to fake footracing schemes and a separate civil suit against Joplin Savings Bank is noted with Carlson and Williams connected to nonnegotiable certificates used in the plot.
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Fort Scott
Eas
Ed. Ellis
Buckfoot Colts
Webb City
Jonathan Davis
Joplin
Floyd Prateman
Buckfoot
Dobbs
Ellis
Messrs. Flanigan
Tadlock
Booth
Eillis
Floyd Putsman
Creller
Curry and Spencer
Carlson
Willame
Wile Flams
Pita Williame
New Crawford Theater Show Promises Holiday Cheer
A lively program at the New Crawford Theater tonight offers humor music and specialties to lift spirits. Willard Simms returns as principal comedian with Pickings from Puck and a familiar song In Society amid lively acts. Ticket prices range from 25 to 75 cents.
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Chicago
Crawford Theater
Willard Simms
Edna May
London
Simms
The
Atlantic
Puck
Kansas City
Walt Monroe
Wonderful Club
Harry Ward
Paris
Imperial Music Hall
Ward
Crawford
Farewell Sermon of Rev Frank Grane in Chicago
Rev Frank Grane DD has preached his farewell sermon in the First M E church after serving Trinity M E, Hyde Park M B, and People's church in Chicago. He has accepted the pastorate of the leading Congregational church in Worcester Massachusetts, to begin next year.
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Chicago
Frank Grane
Trinity M. EE
Rock River Conference
Hyde Park
Congregational
Worcester
Mas
Central Federated Union eyes special session to end miners strike
At the weekly meeting in New York the union adds ten members to the committee raising funds for striking coal miners. They were instructed to arrange an open air mass meeting urging President Roosevelt to call a special congressional session to end the strike.
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New York
Sept. L
Wekly
Central Federated Union
Roosevelt
Congress
Pressure Warning on Coffee Poisoning Claims
A fragment argues against coffee use, warning caffeine harms American adults. It claims many regular coffee drinkers are not perfectly well and cites heart, digestion, kidney, and nervous issues as coffee poisoning effects. The piece urges leaving coffee to postal food safety guidelines.
Letter Carriers Go West for National Convention Parade
More than 50 delegates and friends of delegates to the National Letter Carriers Convention pass through Topeka in two Santa Fe specials en route to Denver. The St Louis and New York Chicago delegations join 207 travelers with bands of 85 and 68 men. Principal cities represented include Philadelphia New York Boston Baltimore Cleveland Detroit Chicago Cincinnati St Louis. Officials Otto Faas and C Le Seagraves helped guide the group. a monster parade is planned through Topeka streets, with guest visits to Colorado Springs next Sunday.
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National Letter Car
Denver
Topeka
Santa Fe
Mississippi River
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Cleveland
Detroit
Cincinnati
Otto Faas
Kansas City
C. le Seagraves
Hutchinson
Colorado Colorado Springs
Millions for America Powie Estate Divided in The Hague
The Dutch government agrees to divide the Powie estate valued at 14 million dollars among nine American heirs including Bevel heirs in Quincy and Chicago. American heirs, led by Nicholas and John Powle, expect about 1.3 million each with accrued interest. The estate, reclaimed from the sea by dykes, dates to a twenty year contest.
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Powie
Holland
New York
Hague
América
Bevel
Quincy
Chicago
Hetra
Orst
Nicholas
John Powle
Preston Guild Merchant marks 20 year cycle longevity
A London Tribune dispatch notes Preston Lancashire celebrates the Guild Merchant, a medieval survival with ceremonies since 1828 and every 20 years since 1642. The event features a display of pictures gathered by Earl Derby and links to the Derby family history as guild burgesses since 1542. Also in New York a Hungarian delegation places a wreath at General Grant’s tomb on Riverside Drive. The party explains their visit is nonpolitical, linked to the Hungarian federations and not the Hungarian government.
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New York
Preston
Lancashire
London
Earl Derby Baw
Lord Derby
Beer Guild
Gen. Grant
Riverside Drive
United States
Rran National Federation
Trate
Hyde Park
the Tribune
House of Commons
Trades Union Congress
Messrs. Blackmore and
Dolan
American Federation of Labor
Local Bank Clerk Dies in California Trip
Palmer, a cashier at the National Bank of Houston, Texas, died suddenly Saturday night in California while traveling with his wife and family. Authorities attribute the death to apparent heart disease.
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Avalon
Santa Cutalie
Palmer
National Bank of Houston
Texen, Wi
California
Hotel Metropole
Early religious reformer and Jubilee singer notes
The man founded the Brotherhood of Christian Unity and the Dont Worry club, edited Taumical periodicals, and recorded melodies such as Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Turn Back Pharaohs Army. With Jubilee singers, he toured Europe and raised funds for Fisk University in Nashville.
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Brotherhood of Christian Unity
Don't Worry Club
Golden Rule Brotherhood
Europe
Fisk University of Nashville
Tean
Bishop Hartnell Sees Encouragement in Africa Mission Work
New York dispatch reports Bishop Joseph C. Hartnell, returning from his sixth episcopal tour as missionary bishop for Africa, says he is encouraged by progress. He cites industrial schools and churches among natives, language acquisition, and trained local teachers. He expects eventual confederation of southern African colonies, noting Rhodesia and Transvaal favor central parliament amid a rapidly growing mixed population.
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New York
Joseph C. Hartnell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Africa
Cage
Amotah
Rhodesia
South Africa
Cape Colony
Natal
Orange Colony
Transvaal
Zambesi
East Africa
German Southwest Africa
Detained Millionaire Relative Faces Writ Suit
Chicago report describes William Craig, reputed Carnegie kin, held unjustly at Frank Wing's State street saloon for three days. He allegedly squandered $2 daily, with friends seeking a writ of habeas corpus to bring Craig and Wing before the court.
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Chicago
William Craig
Andrew Carnegie
Tuthill
Craig
Frank Wing
State Street
Wing
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