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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
3
A fragment notes a printery sale described as showy and aimed at quickly producing a fine bill. The passage hints at obtaining materials to prepare an item for sale in a hurried manner. No clear names, dates, or places are present.
In Ann Arbor on Monday night a mob of about two thousand students rioted outside the Star theater. More than a dozen were jailed as windows and doors were torn down and a piano rolled into the street. Fifteen students were arrested and face rioting charges. university officials may dismiss the men.
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on Tuesday the J J Newman Lumber Companys largest saw mill in the state burned to the ground with about five million feet of lumber lost. The damage is estimated around two hundred thousand dollars and eight hundred workers were left unemployed as the fire started when a dynamo engine ran out of control. In Rome on March 17 Americans and Irishmen marked St Patricks Day with a memorial service by the Franciscan order in the historic St Tandore church Archbishop Seton of Newark officiated and Dr Robert Condon of La Crosse Wis preached the sermon.
In St Louis 3 500 union workers in the breweries were called to strike on Tuesday afternoon following a factional quarrel in Beer Drivers Local No 43. The strike order came from International United Brewery Workers of America after a fruitless conference with brewery representatives. In London the health of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman worsened with gravest concerns as a medical bulletin noted his strength ebbing but he had a good night and took nourishment.
Washington March 17 the bill to improve the efficiency of the army medical department was passed by the house of representatives under suspension of the rules.
Lawrence Spear vice president of the New Jersey Concern testified before the Lilley submarine boat inquiry committee. He denied promising Hobson a naval committee spot in exchange for pro submarines support and said he told Hobson he would assist him, not on behalf of the company. Separately, Senate finance panel moved to remove railroad bonds from national bank note backing and discussed emergency circulation taxation while a labor picket case and Kansas federal building delegation were noted.
Excerpt reports political zeal in Kansas with calls for freedom from oligarchy and revival rhetoric. It recounts Newton’s worst fire destroying the business district and killing horses, a reform school leadership change in Hutchinson, a push to cede Haskell to the state university, a fatal tree accident near Concordia, a suspected murder body found near Broughton, and the birth of a new town named Winklerville five miles south of an unspecified location.
The notice details a Class B corn contest for boys aged 10 to 14 with one quart of seed corn supplied and gold watch prizes. An open class for men aged 14 to 20 offers ten pedigreed seed corn entries, trips to Manhattan for prize winners, rail fare and board, with additional prizes likely. Entries should be sent to 8 W Black Columbus, for Cherokee county farmers also urged to enter for best mar gans biggest yield and other prizes.
OCR fragment shows various time stamps and a monetary figure of 15 dollars without context. No discernible event, names, places, or organizations are identifiable to form a proper news item.
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