Ex governor tangled in divorce saga polarizes Topeka era
A Kansas City Journal report outlines a sensational divorce petition in Hutchinson with a tale of a fraught courtship and coercive schemes involving a former governor candidate. The narrative contrasts political pressure with a dramatic marriage drive across a multipart drama. A Wichita veteran Calvin Pearl Titus recalls heroic acts at Peking, describing leading charges, a medal of honor, and vivid observations of relief among civilians during the campaign.
Rusti County election tale and oddities in 19th century graph
In Rusti country a tied vote led to straws drawn to name a winner. Mia Metonemitirk, a Populist, won and Anderson became deputy. Karlie wies held office as clerk of the district court as Tuskan party candidate. Ten days after the election it emerged Anderson had not completed naturalization and was ineligible. At Burrton Bob Bradshaw stood atop a tree for ten hours as an election wager, emerging financially better after convincing speeches.
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McCornick
Anerson
Mia
Anderson
Thil
Stenry Karlie
Burrton
Bob Bradshaw
Main Street
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Bradshaw
Expansion in West shifts McKinley lead from 1896
The West shows large McKinley gains while New England votes shrink his margin. McKinley’s plurality rose in the Middle and Far West, with major gains across Kansas Nebraska South Dakota Wyoming and Oregon, while New England states went against him. Bryan’s regional totals dropped markedly in the Far West as official figures come in.
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McKinley
Bryan
New England
Middle States
Middie West
Far West
Ftt_fale Courier
Mississippi River
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Mon- Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Tda- Washington
Oregon
Californ
Ryan
West Rebuffs Bryan as Expansion Becomes Issue
A Western shift appears in the press with readers moving away from Bryan on free silver and toward expansion politics. The East shows unity on policy, while the West rejects Bryan despite its past support, valuing national expansion over candidate loyalty.
Getting a dukedom offer from the empire
A Topeka correspondent outlines a letter about securing a dukedom under the empire. The writer urges urging a son in the 20th Kansas to press for a dukedom, warns against settling for lesser titles, notes the life appointment without Senate confirmation, and hints at political power and bondage references.
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Enzenn Ware
Topeka
Tow Main
Kansas
Duke
Senate
Ets Clem
Empire and Slavery Rhetoric in Fragmented Letter Dialogue
A sprawling, disjointed letter fragment condemns imperial rule and slavery, invoking Webb McNair McCray and McKinley with charged imagery. It contrasts dukedoms, iron heels, and servile collars with calls to rebellion and ownership, ending with a garbled sign-off.
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Webb McNair
McCray
McKinley Wee
Joe Waters
Europe
Wins
Doe
Lows Bann
Election Returns From Kansas State Totals and Majorities
T T Kelly secretary of the Republican state committee reports official returns from Kansas counties. McKinley 187,881 votes, Stainley 162,087, total 349,917. McKinley majority 25,844. Stainley 17,370, 8,474 behind McKinley. Congressional results list Curtis 8,701, Bowersock 2,574, Jackson 176, Miller 3,428, Calderhead 3,222, Reeder 4,568. Lon Stanley 181, Breidenthal 14,500. whites and multiple fragments end.
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T.T. Kelly
Republcan State Committee
Kansas
McKkinley
Stainley
McKinley
Uryan
Charles Curtis
Bowersock
M. Jackson
M. Miller
W. A. Calderhead
W. A. Reeder
Chester T. Lon Stanley
Breidenthial
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and fraud claim
A questionable 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It references CHENEY & CO of Toledo and a forged senior partner assertion promising payment for uncurable catarrh, sworn before Ald. Gleason, with typical testimonial style and pill sales.
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Lucas County
CnexeEy
B. J. Cheney & Co
Toludo
Frank J. Cheney
Comber
Ald
W Gleason
Rotary Public
Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
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Co. C. Bestor
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