Roosevelts riding order and a look at Lookout Mountain
The Topeka State Journal reports on President Roosevelts remarks to locomotive firemen in Chattanooga and humorously notes a need for a cavalry riding school after Seventh Cavalrymen tumbled from horses at Lookout Mountain. It touches on military readiness and hints at broader foreign policy topics of the era.
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Chattanooga
Roosevelt
Lookout Mountain
Seventh Cavalry
Root
Milses
Railroad earnings rise as traffic declines in review
The Heary Claws Financial Review notes rail earnings surged in the first six months, reaching 3470,000,000 on 155,000 miles, up $34,000,000 from 1901, despite reduced grain, cotton, and livestock moves and a coal strike. Net earnings rose less than 4 percent due to higher operating costs and investments in new equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heary Claws’ Financial Review
ONE REASON MEAT IS HIGH REPORTED FOR JULY
Treasury bureau of statistics notes higher meat prices reflected in July 1902 internal commerce summary. Seven months ending July saw 4 122 004 head received at five markets Chicago Kansas City Omaha St Louis St Joseph versus last year’s 35 223 712. A deficit of 1 101 878 head remains to reach prior year totals. Stocks of cut meats at five markets July 34 totalled 4 057 pounds Read compared with 279 50L 345 pounds on the same date in 1991.
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Treasury Bureau of Statieton
Chicago
Kans City
Omaha
St Louis
St Joseph
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Milwaukee
JAYS WEE JOTS Twin kitten curio and elopement note
A brief squib notes a twin kitten curiosity in Sintin County and mentions a county sales in Bratt. It also reports a woman who eloped with a man from Salnsviila, with unsteady wording and names.
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Sintin County
Bratt County
Oman
Gieysing Gales
Salina Daily Snippets Highlight Oddities and Local Vignettes
A collage of quirky notes from Salina and surrounding towns. Wire walking feats in Salina, odd local anecdotes, small-town mischief, and brief remarks on depots, saloons, and creamery mysteries. Various residents face brushes with fate, aging horses, bees in trees, and humorous misstatements from Topeka.
Globe Sights from the Atchison Globe
A collection of humor and social anecdotes from Atchison scenes. Jokes about fashion, reading poetry in bed, a cook’s skill, a noisy neighbor girl, a widow spending life insurance, a widow’s coffin purchase, a misdirected wrinkle cure, and Mont Pelee eruption warnings.
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North Second Street
Bill
Atchison
Mont Pelee
Martinique
Quaker Reflections from a Philadelphia Record Cartoonish Verse
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record presents whimsical, clipped verse and wordplay on manners, roles, and society. It includes playful lines about soda clerks, customs inspectors, pickpockets, and phrases about cars and knights with satirical, era-tinged tone.
Reflections of a Bachelor
Reflections from a New York Press column humorously contrasts appearance with brains. A narrator muses on vanity and the ease of knowing better versus doing better, mentioning a girl with a thin neck and common poses of measuring others. The piece pokes at social judgments and language, ending with a playful exchange about English.
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Um New York Press
Gray Metter
Preachers Unite Amid Calls for Christian Cooperation
A historic appeal urges unity among pastors and church groups as modern trends push for consolidation. The program outlines key sessions on prayer, missions, and youth work, with remarks on truth amidst critical methods and broader religious reform. Frack and Stafford figure in a local drama involving a runaway couple and a courthouse scene, ending with Frack reuniting with his wife and the couple fleeing by handcar before vanishing from town.
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Creette
Fraise Service
Ernest Seely
Daily Prayer
Bible Brown
Beloit
Maude Grifith
Topeka
C. W. Cooper
Hartford
D. H. Shields
Saina
O. P. Cook
Ottawa
Robert E. Rosenstein
Burlington
Elopers On Handcar From Wharton Jersey Adventure
Washington New Jersey September reports reveal eloping couples not unusual but the tale of George Suifford and Margaret Prack stands out. They seized a Lackawanna handcar to outrun an Injured husband, started in Wharton 220 miles east, a village famed for past elopement stunts.
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Washington
N. J
Jersey
George Suifford
Margaret Prack
Fikhton & Lackawanna
Wharton
Tn Wharton Ives Diiver Frack
Frack
Hanny
George Stafford
Onto
Oene
Stafford
Stuffora
J. Prack
Burton to Return and Enter Campaign in September
Senator J. R. Burton is expected home from Hawaii on September 25 and will join the campaign in response to requests from Ohio and other states. His private secretary W. W. Smith has spent two months in Topeka and has mailed over 60,000 pieces of government documents to Kansas residents.
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J. R. Burton
Hawaii
Ohio
Law
W. W. Smith
Burton
Topeka
Kansas
Troops to Fort Riley بر Encampment Plans Revealed
Troops will march with guards patrols flankers and outposts and train in every soldier's life. They reach Fort Riley by September 20 96 and maneuvers run from September 29 to October 10 with Fort Leavenworth troops joining. The encampment area spans four square miles near Smoky Hill east and south of the barrack line. Cavalry artillery infantry engineers hospital and signal corps assigned in order with two pontoon bridges over the Kansas river.
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Lowe
Winchester
Ozaw
Kilmer
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Kanans River
President Roosevelt greeted by ten thousand in Asheville
Asheville welcomed President Roosevelt with a warm turnout of about 10 000 on courthouse square. The President spoke from an improvised stand after arriving by special train at 4 30 p m. A committee led by Charles McNamee greeted him and introduced members including Mayor Miller and Senator Pritchard. Zeb Vance militia and the First regiment band accompanied the party as schoolchildren sang on Battery Park lawn.
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Asheville
N. C
Roosevelt
Court House Square
Charles Mc~ McNamee
Mayor Miller
Pritchard
A Moody
Zeb Vance
Firat Regiment
Battery Park
McNamee
Will Keep the Peace at Fair Grounds
Eighteen special policemen have been secured for duty at the fair grounds this week. Clerk Equires swore in the men who are to guard against law breakers. The force was selected by exposition organizers. Names listed include Agoment, Snagere, Btorta, Parkhurst, James A. Dyer, J. Gus Switzer, RE Coldren, F. I Shimer, WW Ma x, and GE Butia. They will serve in February city patrols.
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Equires
Agoment
Btorta
Parkhurst
James A. Dyer
J. Gus Switzer
RE Coldren
Shimer
Max
GE Butia
Sadies Maraber
Feiler City
Pale
Automobile Wreck Near Bligh Speed Capes Benedict
E W Benedict drove at high speed on a Monday afternoon with John Parr of Auburndale and a Blinds relative as passengers when the auto mobile wrecked near Bligh. Benedict escaped injury. report incomplete due to damaged text.
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EB. W. Benedict
Sfterneys
John Parr
Auburndale
Mr. Benedict
Married at the Thain Wellington Wedding Draws Elopement Parallels
A Wellington wedding described as resembling an elopement unfolds with a sparsely attended ceremony and informal vows. The couple, noted for avoiding fanfare, chose a discreet setting that underscored a simple union away from public spectacle.
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Wellington
Ian
Book sale prices for fiction and classic works
An ad lists fiction titles and partial author names with reduced prices. Catalog items include Cupid's Garden and Victor Hugo's Works 6 volume set priced at 93.00, with other noted prices such as 95c and 79c for various fiction volumes and Roe's Works at 36c per volume.
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Rolfe
Shakes
Bene Cattion Peare
Victor Hugo
P. Roe
Sheldon
School Supplies Ad Fragments From Historic Page
Fragmentary listing shows tablets pencils composition books pens and school work items. Includes Kellam's Imperial Rubber Tip lead pencils and assorted chalks and blackboard crayons with color options and box quantities.
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Comeyneenne
Kellam
Miscellaneous Goods Packaged for Sale in Auction
A reader notes items including Rene eaten aa Deve Be pack and playing pieces, cut from a 16¢ pack. Also listed is Ga Whatman's water color paper measuring 2 1/223 inches by 108 inches and assorted colored crepe paper.
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Whatman
Unclear OCR Summary of Pasgenic Notice in Fort Worth
Fragmentary text from a Fort Worth notice mentions Dorothy Katherine Weaver and a probate judge. It references a typos filled context likely about a marriage or will, with unclear relations and actions. No clear dates, organizations, or outcomes are readable.
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Pasgenucers
Pfpunker
Fore Worth
Tex
Phitenbride
Dorothy Katherine Weaver
Che
Rowe
Ales Weaver
Reform school take topeka boy incorrigible
Sheriff Hiverhanly of Leavenworth brings Ora Ying to a Topeka reform school at the mother’s request. The boy is deemed incorrigible and is sent away. Also noted are local minor crimes including grand larceny pleas, a forged check recovered, and transfer policy changes by the street car company.
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Ora Ying
Reform School
Topeka
Nes
Percy
Myrtle Croll
J. B. Worth, Jr
Throop
Lawrence
Fragmented sports note from state fair grounds game
A torn OCR item mentions Sewanee offenses at a fair grounds event with Auburn and YMCA teams tied to a Wednesday matchup. It references Dan Wyatt and “News From Te in Dan Wyatt Ml Jet fever” as jumbled text.
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Sewanee
Auburn
Bascoe
Fair Grounds
Dan Wyatt
McKeever and Maxwell clash over dirt contract
The report describes a dispute between J R McKeever and contractor Maxwell over a city dirt purchase. McKeever allegedly routed materials order difficulties, delays, and unresolved bids, with repeated attempts to obtain orderly delivery and proper action blocked by ongoing friction.
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Convention of Kansas Christian Churches
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Topeka Tendent
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Stephensburg
Corstane Gruendyke
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Freck
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Clyde Fisher
Quincy Street
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