Augusta figures in 20th Century Book and local commerce
Col. Dyer of Augusta presides over the 20th Century Book of Augusta with a feature on the Augusta Electric Railway and Lighting System and images of his office building Chateau La Vert near Augusta. Mrs. A J Thompson returns from Cairo Illinois. DeWitts Little Early Risers promoted for liver and bowel health. For sale or trade a west Baxter residence. North Brook resident overcomes long standing piles with DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. City council adjourned meeting discusses vital matters and bills. Local resident Jack Garrett regains health and is able to move about. Dent's offers top cash for chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Dyer
Baxter
Augusta
Georgia
Col. Dyer
Chateau la Vert
Jack Garrett
Dent’s
Don Archer’s Leadville Letter and Forgery Report
A letter from Don Archer describes a family trip to Leadville Colorado. Joe Cox, colored, forged Dode Meade’s signature on a note and attempted a bank raise. Burton Smith suspected the paper and alerted Meade, who denied signing any note. Cox not yet arrested. Arthur Capper and Mrs Capper visited Baxter en route to Topeka from Texas. Capper owns the Topeka Capital and Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cox
Dode Meade
Burton Smith
Meade
Cox
Arthur Capper
Topeka
Baxter
Sam’ J. Crawford
Texas
Mr. Capperie
Fishing boom in Neosho tributaries tied to baptisms
Fishing is very good in all streams tributary to the Neosho river. The reason is that several baptisms have occurred in the river at Chetopa and the fish have followed into the tributaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neosho River
Chetopa
Roll Charlie Collins Returns From Western Texas Trip
Taken up by Mary M. Jones in Crawford township is a bay mare 1544 hands high with a star on the forehead, shod all around, harness marke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Jones
Crawford Township
Bay Mare
Drop It Girls Stop Unseemly Hand Pose On Street
A column urges women to reject a proposed odd feminine fashion claim by deforming the human hand as a skirt and beetle supporter. The author notes men would blush if women heard them and asks what the men would say if they walked the streets with one hand grasping the seat of their pants and tells the women to drop it as not proper.
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Galena
Kan
George Herrold
J. R. Sapp
Capela and
Jones
Seventh and
Main
Herrold
Sapp
Thie
Walt White
Arog
Patchwork Rants and Local Notices From a 1910s Paper
Bent Murdock of Eldorado denounces financial panic and inflation as looming threats, warning of a revolution to follow. Cemetery Association asks owners to maintain plots before Decoration Day. Humorous column notes a fishing anecdote and marriage of mischief. News items cover a Galena gun incident, and the American Cigar Company label promoting non trust cigars with a blue seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bent Murdock
Eldorado
Aay
Jean Kine
Texas
Springvalley Township Facts and Local Notices
Population 1548 and last year 6 deaths 9 marriages 42 births. Eliza Hall 84 oldest, Valentine Nice and Eliza Black 82 each. Property value 992370, exemption 51320 leaving 41050 tax. Township bought sewer pipe, 152.70. Chetopa road poor. appeal for gravel subscription to cemetery. Guilty verdict in State of Kansas v Coffer for murderous assault. penalty 1-10 years. Warning notice forbids hunting fishing trapping on Seaton place premises. Auction notice near Keelville May 16 for livestock, farm equipment, household goods, corn and hay with 12-month terms. Piles danger and Tabler's Buckeye Ointment advert. W M Gill witness in Coffer case. three chicken thieves tried. two convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springvalley
Springvalley Township
J. W. Wagner
Eliza Hall Ia
Valentine Nice
Eliza Black
Chetopa
Baxter
Keelville
B. F. Vanatta
W. T. Hartley
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. J. Thompson
Cairo,Illinois
DeWitt
Morrow & Co
West Baxter
C. Jackson
W. J. Baxter
North Brook
N. C
L. D. Brewster
Old Reliable Ice Man
T. B. McElhiney
Little Don Archer
Leadville
Colo
Don
Charlie Collins
Kansas City Times
Union Depot
Kansas City
United States
Kanene City
American Cigar Company
Truet
John M. Cooper & Co’s
C. F. Noble
State of Kansas
Walter Coffer
Frank Hematreet
Columbus
Coffer
Seaton Place
A. W. Abrams
Tabler
A. R. Kane
W. M. Gill
Frank Hem
Sparks
Mr. Gill
Lowell
L. C. Jones
J. W. McCammon
Norman
W. McCammon
Dewitt & Thompson
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