Miss Perkins Identified as Body Found in Yellow Mill Pond
Bridgeport reports that the dismembered body found earlier this week in Yellow Mill pond is believed to be Grace Merion Perkins of Middleboro Massachusetts. Additional information from Middleboro confirms Miss Perkins left that town three weeks ago likely with Charles Bourne a local young man. Ladies shirt valets advertise dry cleaning with cocainrs removed by Peerless Steam Laundry.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Yellow Mill Pond
Grace Merion Perking
Middleboro
Mass
Middleborn
Paris Peace Commission to Meet in Salon des Ambassadeurs
Washington reports that French ambassador Cambon returns from Canada and will attend a Paris peace commission meeting in the Salon des Ambassadeurs. The visit aims to assure American commissioners of courtesy and support, with no new Spanish question action anticipated.
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Peace Commission
Salon Des Ambassadeurs
Paris
Washington
M_ Cambon
M Uhree
Lake Charplain
Canada
Tower Canda
Thiebaut
State Department
Witenthin
Foreign Office
Europe
Anas
M_ Carbon
Karnival Knight buttons attract Topeka fans of Karnival day
The Karnival Knight buttons featuring a young woman’s face have arrived in Topeka. The ornate design includes an axial cap and “Topeka” on the hand, with a $5 prize offered for guessing the identity of the face. Buttons are sold in most stores as Shawnee County gears up for events. The First Shawnee County Rally is announced with speakers W Stanley Frank Nelson Senator Baker and Congressman Curtis at Hamilton Hall. A fireworks display by the Topeka Paumbeau duty and the Cyclone club of Lawrence is advertised for Sixth and Quincy adjacent to the meeting.
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Topeka
Cnllar
Karnival Committee
Karnival
Shawnee County
Hamilton Hall
W. Stanley
Frank Nelson
Senator Baker
Congressman Curtis
Topeke Paumbeau
Cyclone Club
Lawrence
Sixth and
Quincy
Volunteers From Springfield Reported Arriving Tonight
Dr. J A Ey secretary of the state board of health received a telegram from Cal BE Foster commander of Sixth Tilinola Infantry saying the regiment should reach Springfield tonight. He reports no sick on the current march though cases may develop en route. The sick were left at New Fark.
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Hlionis
Springfield
J. A. Ey
State Board of Health
Cal
BE. J. Foster
Sixth
Tilinola Infantry
Belleview
Foster
New Fark
Relief from the United States for Yellow Fever Patients in Cuba
A letter from Santiago de Cuba thanks American donors for delicacies sent to sick and convalescent soldiers at the United States Yellow Fever Hospital. The note highlights grateful smiles and asks for continued support as conditions improve but nourishment remains scarce amid yellow fever and typhoid challenges.
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Washington
Cuba
Associated Press
Santings
United States
Santiago de Cuba
Heaven
America
Orlandes Duck
Ciseay
Queen Regent meets cabinet as Manila reports worsen
Madrid dispatch says Senor Sagasta claimed Washington answered Spain’s request to repatriate Spaniards in the Philippines. Manila reports indicate about one third of General Aguinaldo’s prisoners died from harsh treatment.
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Aguinaldo
Madrid
Cabinet Council
Senor Sagasta
Washington
Philippines
Manila
No More Soup in Havana Clamps Down Amid Scarcities
Reported on September 1 in Havana, authorities announce ration relief will be redistributed as the city faces distress. A public food shortage drives price controls on meat from 1 to 60 cents per pound, provoking fear of continued shortages and widespread hunger among residents.
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Havana
Unis
Sarain
Haexana
Ito
Spain
Hoplse
United States Army
Law committees discuss insurance assessments at Milwaukee convention
The committees on laws and legislation and on lives and resolutions debated a report urging laws to regulate assessment companies. Whiting of Maine objected to the adoption, arguing the resolution targeted only one group with a broader act needed. The question was laid over until the next convention.
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Milwaukee
Whiting
Maine
Reputed Millionaire Dying After Morphine Overdose
D Villineuve of Austin Texas, said to be a millionaire, lies at Uecity Respite in St Louis after an overdose of morphine. He has stayed two weeks at the Lindell hotel under medical care. This forenoon groans drew attention to the main room and an investigation showed he had taken a dose sometime during the night.
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St. Lous
D. Villineuve
Austin
Tex
Uecity
Villineuve
Lindell Hotel
Villeneuve
Dates and Speeches Planned for Stanley Campaign
Stanley schedules first week of October campaigning across southeastern Kansas with a closing business meeting in Columbus where Stanley and Burton will speak October 3 through October 7 at multiple cities including Yates Center Olathe Ottawa Panin Osawatomis La Cygne Pleasanton Girard Columbus Galena Burlington Fredonia Cherryvale Parsons Chanute Columbus and other dates. Burton follows October 3 4 5 7 with stops in Burlington Fredonia Cherryvale Parsons Chanute Columbus. Express companies mandamus case in Detroit seeks to compel payment of war revenue stamps on express matter receipts.
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Kansas
W. E. Stanley
Columbus
Suh
Mr. Stanley
J. & Burton
Yates Center
Colony
Olathe
Ottawa
Panin
Osawatomis
la Cygne
Pleasanton
Girard
Galena
Burton
Burlington
Fredonia
Cherryvale
Parsons
Chanute
Express Companies
Mandamured
Detroit
Mich
Diettit
American Express Company
Kansas City and Return $267 Via Santa Fe
Tickets on sale for a Kansas City round trip fare of 267 dollars via the Santa Fe line. An office in Topeka advertises the sale and mentions Dr Allen, who formerly ran a business there, and a burned or damaged facility referenced in the text.
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Kansas City
Santa Fe
Allen
A. den Fice
Topeka
Requisition Issued for George Ward and Anna Ward in Forgery Case
A requisition was issued on the governor of Missouri for George Ward and Anna Ward who are in Kansas City. They allegedly deceived J. EB. Stilwell of Seneca by presenting a forged deed to obtain a loan of $1,000 to buy a farm, then disappeared. Stilwell had them sought for forgery and false pretenses. they will be returned to Nemaha County for trial.
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Missouri
George Ward
Anna Ward
Nemiahe Cousty
Kansas City
Ward
J. EB. Stilwell
Seneca
Sulliwell
Stifwell
Nemaha County
Question of bonds raises doubts on old statute
George R Snelling doubts a Kansas City statute allowing collection of refunded bonds without prior judgment. He cites a hypothetical county that refuses to pay defaulted refunding bonds and argues that bondholders would sue the county directly to collect, rather than pursue the treasurer's bondsmen.
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George R Snelling
Cheral
George R. Snelling
Garden City
Court of Appeals
F. Hutchings
Kansas City
Kas
Hutchings Ailarea
Snelling
Kansas Wheat Goes North to Minneapolis Mixes Grain
Reports from the state grain inspector say Kansas wheat is moving to Minneapolis Minnesota this year. Millers from that city are the heaviest buyers in Kansas markets and Minnesota grain is mixed with northern wheat to improve quality. The London Corn Circular notes Kansas wheat enhances Minnesota grain and boosts loaf color. Coburn reports samples of Kansas and winter wheat quality are strong and plentiful this season. A petition with four names seeks to place the Socialist Labor state ticket on the ballot needing 2,498 more signatures. Prohibitionist I. O. Pickering predicts Peffer will garner about 10,000 votes in the fall.
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Mitnieapolly
Minn
Culver
Coburn
State Board of Sericulture
Kansas
Erie
Minnesota
London
State House
Socialist Labor
Pickering
Olathe
St. John’s
Peffer
War pay row over Texas regiment refuses pay to colored Major Lynch
Paymaster General Stanton turned over papers to the president regarding a Texas regiment that refused to take pay from Major Lynch because he is colored. The president approved Stanton's dispatch demanding soldiers accept regular army paymasters or go without. A new issue may arise over the illegitimacy of paying from a white officer.
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Washington
Stanton
Texas
Lynch
Local Operetta and Street Work Pace Topeka Scene
Local items report Miss Daley Starr to perform magic at the VF in White keeping company with Mr Zela as CO Johnsem and friends plan a visit. A trio of men lay a new walk on state house grounds with a spectator advising on methods. The Topeka Capital appeals a Shawnee court judgment of 5200 in a Remington case. J J C Roegers of Woodbine visits L Potter’s family. Lizzie Crane, Boyle’s stenographer, returns from a Colorado Springs trip.
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ER. White
Zela
Suctesnor
CO. Johnsem
State House
Topeka Capital Company
Supreme Court
Remington Paper Compart
Shawnee County
J.J. C. Roegers
Woodbine
L. Potter
Dillon Street
Mise
Lizzie Crane
Boyle
Colorado Springs
Regiment at Camp Lindsey To Stay In Service Longer
The Meers of the 22nd Kansas volunteer infantry expect to remain in service for several more months. Col Lindsey says no officers to rush mustering out and the regiment may stay until peace terms are agreed and garrison needs end. Only 72 of 1400 remain in camp, with 60 privates and 12 officers guarding. Campsites are prepared, women and civilians visit, and the men plan athletic clubs with football and baseball, signaling ongoing camp life despite delay.
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Leavenworth ‘Rimes
22Nd
Kansas
Lindsey
Coronel Lindsey
Port Leavenworth
Cata
Iment
Etty
Mornimre
Teddine
Cabinet in Session as Day Resigns as Secretary of State
At the White House on September 16 the cabinet met for an hour with Secretary Alger absent. Secretary Day submitted his resignation as secretary of state and bade farewell to cabinet colleagues. A telegram from General Otis in Manila reported the situation entirely satisfactory. Peace commission instructions were finalized and approved. Senator Gray, delayed in Philadelphia, plans to travel directly to Washington then to the camp to join the commissioners for the loan. Other peace commissioners depart for New York at 4 pm. Only notable visitors were Senator Frye and John W. Foster who stayed briefly with the president.
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Washington
Alger
Day
Otisat
Manila
Cotamist
Slim
Gray
Pufiadelphia
Philadelphia
Campania
Peace Commission
New York
Senator Frye
John W. Foster
Harbor collision breaks tow line near Queanstown arrival
At Queanstown Sept 16 the Ante nia in tow of the British steamer Ma Fine arrived as the Glen more outward bound passed between and severed the tow line. The hawser tangled in Marina’s propeller while the Auranian was towed to anchorage by a tug. Michigan hospital train arrives with 15 sick soldiers. only 9 taken to hospital, rest sent home.
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Queanstown
Antenia
Ma Fine
Glenmore
Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Murder over boundary ends in a fatal shooting in Nebraska
In Ailance Nebraska on September 16 N L Sylvester and John Krause residents 20 miles away quarreled over hay land boundary. Krause shot Sylvester and surrendered to the sheriff in Rushville. Also notice Marshall's Band plans a meeting tomorrow evening at seven for street work. The Karnival Knights announce a crucial meeting at their hall urging full member attendance.
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Ailance
Neb
N. L. Sylvester
John Krause
Krause
Sylvester
Rushville
Himmself
Marshall
Bend Room
Welock
Geo. M. Lescher
Iowa Troops Go Home From Fiftieth Iowa Arrival
The Fiftieth Iowa volunteer regiment arrived in Chicago from Chattanooga aboard the Big Four. Of 206 men on the last train, 46 were under medical care, many confined to berths in sleeping cars. Physicians from the city health department met each section, ready to remove unfit men to hospitals and care for them until fit to travel home. Typhoid fever was the chief illness among the sick, and the journey west resumed after delays.
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Iowa
Chattanooga
Chicago
Iowa Volunteer
City Health Department
Wheat and corn market report from Chicago and Kansas City
The Chicago market shows mixed wheat prices with a recent decline in September futures amid slow buying and bearish tone, while export demand and foreign buying offered brief support. Corn rose on weak wheat but slipped later. oats, provisions, and hogs follow a broader price downtrend. New York markets note easing monetary tension and shifting rail and tobacco stock sentiments. Kansas City livestock sees cattle and steer prices varying with receipts and demand.
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Associated Press
State Journal
Chicago
Liverpool
Venterday
Armour
Duluth
Seaboard
Sos
Becresiye
Hoya Sle
SiMe
New York
Pric
Pacific
Northwest
Eetime
Union Piha
Chiesas
Timothy
Fragmented OCR stock market note with mixed terms
A garbled OCR page fragment covers stock quotes and market terms from New York and London. It mentions the money market, exchange rates, prime mercantile rates, and government licenses, but many words are unclear or misspelled, leading to a scrambled summary of financial items.
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New York
York
Sterling Exchange
Bac
Maxton
Weather and Market Brief for Cities and Commodities
Forecast covers Kausue City and surrounding areas tonight into Saturday with scattered rain and cooler temperatures. Regional grain and livestock reports show wheat and corn prices mixed, oats steady, and cash receipts higher in some markets while Chicago and Kansas City show varied declines and gains.
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Kausue
Sian
Couto
eRanoaa
Zeeben
Munees
Steuny
Omaha
Liverpool
Chicago
Kamasa City
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