Millionaire Farmers Rise in Kansas Wheat Belt
The Kansas and Oklahoma wheat belt produces sudden wealth with farmers building opera houses and owning luxury autos. D. W. Blaine from Pratt County oversees harvests by auto, while John T. Stewart, a top wheat grower, ranks as the Wheat King of Kansas with a $2,000,000 fortune and a $64,000 wheat income in 1901. The region hosts twenty three millionaires, fifteen of them farmers.
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Kansas Society
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Pratt County
John T. Stewart
Sumner County
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Wheat land investment yields tenfold of loaned money
Solomon Besley of Wellington invested $31,000 in wheat land last year and earned 30 percent on the investment, equating to ten times the return from money loaned elsewhere, as noted in Illinois-Ains lees Magazine.
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Wellington
Ilinois
Ainslees Magazine
A Dreaming Town and Varying Frontiers
A vivid sketch of Guerrero eight miles north of Minaca, with grassgrown streets and quiet plazas, contrasts with dated dispatches about Australia’s drought and Canadian cattle ranges. Reports touch San Angelo prospects, a fatal horse accident near Sanderson, and shifting Texas stock values amid rain and market chatter.
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Guerrero
Minaca
Alameda
Fourth Annual Pair and Exposition at San Antonio Fair
The San Antonio International Pair Association announces the fourth annual Pair and Exposition with expanded livestock and agricultural displays. Highlights include a firework spectacle The Last Days of Pompeii and free daily Musical Hall performances, plus a cattle roping contest starting Oct 24 with large cash prizes and international participants. Railroads offer low travel rates for visitors to San Antonio.
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Mexico
San Antony
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