Midnight lunch raids by tramps terrorize St Louis neighborhoods
Tramps raid back porch iceboxes in the West End along Delmar and Morkan streets and other chic corridors. They loot cold meats, salads, cakes, and desserts, spreading delicacies on napkins as they dine. Residents fear police cannot curb the practice as watchmen fail to catch the culprits.
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St. Louis St Louis
Aave Meen
Delmar Bouleard
Morkan Street
West Belle Place
West End
Mar
Munter
Trust Company of America Receivers Appointed in Kansas
The Trust Company of America once Kansas’s largest lender has failed and a U.S. court appointed T. B. Sweet and Geo. H. Whitcomb as receivers to safeguard assets. Assets are about 1.2 million, mostly real estate, with liabilities around 400,000. Receivers say the process may last at least two years, with stockholders likely losing value while creditors are protected.
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The
Trust Company of America
Kansas Loan and Trust Company
Kansas Loan Companies
John R. Afulvane
John Martin
W. i Hossington
Uuder Williams
United States Court
T. B Sweet
Geo. H. Whitcomb
T. B. Sweet
Great Britain
Truat Company of America
Missaert
Kansas
United States
Mr. Sweet
Mi Ponnet
Prisoner of weight slows arrest as Susanow weighs 44 pounds
Susanow, described as a woman of extraordinary heft, caused trouble at the station last night. Officers struggled to lift her onto a patrol wagon and into custody, with four police aiding and a crowd cheering. She sits on stairs due to her size and must be ferried home after bond set. charge planned is being an accessory to larceny.
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Susanow
Matt Blackburn
Sue
Blackburn
Indy
Mr. Blackburn
Sen
Golden
Justice Martin
Club Street
Johu
Armory Court
Kansas father laments army neglect in letter from the war front
A Kansas father from Cottonwood, Kas, writes from the national capital accusing officials of negligence that deprived him of aiding two sons during typhoid fever and a march. He recounts telegrams about bodies and says red tape prevents him from attending his dying son, pleading to end the suffering and miscommunication.
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Washington Post
Kansas
Or~derly
Myron
Undertaker’s Department
David Throckmorton
Wyoming irrigation congress opens in Cheyenne with decorations
After showers this morn the Cheyenne audience enjoys cool air and a festive opera house display of irrigation products. Delegates continue arriving for the mayoral irrigation congress, though a Southern Pacific washout may delay some from the Southwest. President J M Curry resumes the meeting with an inviting address by Governor Richards.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Mayoral Irrigation Congress
Wyoming
Southern Pacific
California
New Mexico
Southwest
Congress
J. M. Curry
Wecome
Richards
Milinery and Bargains Across Topeka Store Preview
Miss Winnon travels from New York to St Louis and back, promising a premier milinery display in Topeka upon return. The store offers ongoing telegraph shoes, reduced prices on fall dress goods, new basement space for cloaks and skirts, two new departments, Queensware, carpets, and Queenware. Strong values include 25c dress goods and 5 percent savings on short lengths and novelties, with daily arrivals of new stock and continual cut prices on standard goods.
Wyoming irrigation congress speeches cited West's agricultural path
The Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co. reports on a Wyoming focus at a western congress. Lard and grain markets discussed. irrigation notes show small scale success yet mixed capital ventures. Respondents from Arizona Nebraska Utah Colorado voiced wit and earnest intent. Delegates appointed permanent organization and credentials with Wyoming’s J. M. Carry presiding.
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Wyoming
Werner Richards
Wis
Messrs
Logan
Arisona
Churchill
Emiery
Kanaus
Allen and Daughtery
Nebraska
Young
Utah
Field
Colorado
Congress
J. M. Carry
Prost
Minnesota
Berm Tetuty Mettuchean
Maxon
Rival faire sparks open hostilities at half mile fair
Holton Sept 2 Rival fair scenes ignite tension as both tracks lure speed horses and jockeys. Half mile owners clash with mile track promoters while two mile harness races entertain. Kane fails to win with Keets and Blaine scoring two heats as judges adjust drivers amid a shaky rivalry.
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Holton
Half Mile Park
Secon
Kane
Jim Blaine
Judzen
Hhe
J. ¥. McQuire
J. M. Keets
Keets
Noe
Jim Biaine
Cotton
Greenfield Boy and Cap Coffry Race Cards Note
Fragmentary OCR listing names and numbers for Greenfield Boy Barksley Cap Coffry Hawkins Lady Bird and several percentage figures. No coherent event or context remains to form a full summary.
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Greenfield Boy
Barksley
Cap Coffry
Hawkins
Lady Bird
Carnegie buy it in Jamaica proposal sparks annexation debate
Kingston Jamaica September 2 The Gleaner publishes a symposium of merchants and public figures on the annexation question by exchanging British West Indies for the Philippine islands. Opinions are nearly balanced with an adverse tilt. The Gleaner suggests Carnegie acquire Jamaica to demonstrate his triumphal democracy.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Gleaner
Philippine Islands
Andrew Carnegie
Fone
Carnegie
Botkin poisoning case under grand jury review
San Francisco September 2 The grand jury investigates the Botkin poisoning case summonsing witnesses to detail knowledge of the poisoning and events since Mrs Botkin's arrest. Police believe the candy was bought in the city from George H Haas a fashionable confectioner dealer.
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San Francisco
Botkin
Soldiers to Ride Hospital Train for Lakeland Trip
Columbus dispatch reports the Ohio hospital train to gathering sick soldiers will head to Lakeland and back, then visit other points in Tennessee and Alabama. Governor Russell and officials accompany, six day schedule, 230 beds replaced, nurses and a physician aboard. In Cleveland a brick building collapsed at Pearl and Church, trapping workers but all were rescued alive.
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Columbus
Obio Hospital
Gov— Ae
Birshoelt
Lakeland
Ferhanding
Con Per Ala
Chickamauga
Nashvil
Cincinnati
Steen Nal
Tn Queen City
Queen and Tat
Cleveland, O
Pearl and
Church Wheels
Sternberg Prefers War Service Over Investigation
Surgeon General Sternberg replies to inquiries from a New York medical publisher, saying he is ready for a full probe of his medical bureau but the War Department resists sensational criticism. He notes a likely congressional inquiry, cites neglect of duty if he resigns to defend his administration, and mentions dispatching Lt Col Charles Smart to Montauk Point for a sanitary study while he stays to oversee hospital supplies and trains.
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Washington
Sternberg
New York Medical Publishing
Medical Department
War Department
Regarit
Montauk Point
Chas, Smart
Army Medical School
Brooke to Lead Land Advance Toward San Juan
General Brooke notified Captain General Macian of Spain that Rear Admiral Schley and Gen. Gordon, the American Porto Rican peace commissioners, have sailed for San Juan from New York. He asked to proceed by land with an escort and plans to leave Friday or Saturday with Sixth Cavalry and Eighth Infantry troops. Col Goethal carried the flag of truce. Major Jose Rios relayed Spain’s reply that no objections exist. Damaged culverts along the route, blown at the mountain crest, will be repaired tomorrow by Col.
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Brooke
Ponce
Porto Rico
General Brooke
General Maclan
San Juan de Porto Rico
Col Goethal
Schley
Gen. Gordon
San Juan
New York
Jose Rios
Macios
Sixth Cavalry
Pees
Goethal's Engineers Evaluate Spanish Fortifications
The colonel has examined the Spanish fortifications and says they are marvelously strong. He believes he could have held back the indecisive guns. All but about a hundred of the six hundred men stationed there have returned from San Juan.
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Goethal
Miles Questions Why Troops in Porto Rico Are Not Paid
Washington reports two paymaster dispatches from General Miles asking why troopers in Porto Rico have not received pay. The war department explains paymasters with funds were at Santiago and ready to proceed to Monrovia. Miles objects, fearing danger of infection and ships. Other paymasters were sent to Porto Rico to pay those remaining. some regiments complain of reduced pay while at Santiago. The department says requests were made to pay officers of the transport detachments, and refusals stalled payment.
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Washington
War Department
Mill
Porto Rico
Santi- Ago
Miles
Santmgo
Ibene Tastas
Braten
Bids for three new battleships announced by Congress
Washington dispatch reports bids for three battleships authorized by the last Congress. Newport News Ship Building Company leads with $2,674,000 for one vessel, followed by Union Iron Works and others. Details of construction to be set in the awards.
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Washington
Pour Firme
Newport News Ship Building Company
Newport
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