World at a Glance Condensed News Highlights
Postmaster Hitchcock names Topeka Kansas a postal savings bank office effective September 20. Two new fast mail trains to run St Louis Chicago starting October 1. Two army officers cover 42 miles near Washington to Frederick in 47 minutes. Taft signs joint resolution admitting New Mexico and Arizona. Congress won’t authorize extra pay for congressional staff this year. Wood bill defeat 227 to 129 in house. Senate commission to probe Senator Stephenson election to begin in Milwaukee October 2.
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National Capital
Hitchcock
Topeka
Kan
Postal Savings ‘Bank
Post Office Department
St. Louis
Chicago
College Park
Washington
Frederick
Taft
New Mexico
Arizona
Union
Congress
House
Senate Commission
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Multiple Disjointed News Items Across States and Topics
The document lists varied incidents including labor firings, a fire at the Chancellor Hotel causing fatalities, an Indian fair in Oklahoma, frost reports in North Dakota and Saskatchewan, a train wreck near Rogers Arkansas, political inquiries in Ohio, a Maine wreck raising, scarlet fever bans in Deering Kansas, and local plans in Eldorado Kansas. It presents a mosaic of early 20th century regional events without a single throughline.
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Federal Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Chancellor Hotel
Parkersburg
W. Va
Watonga
Bismarck
Swift Current
N. D
Campbell
Williston
Bismark
Washburn College
Topeka
Kan
Illinois Central Railroad
United States
State Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
National Conservation Congress
Kansas City
Frisco
Garfield
Ark
St. Louis
San Francisco
Galveston
Rogers
House
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Wilson
Taft
Congress
Maine
Deering
Rodney Diegle
Columbus
Ohio
Eldorado
Court House
Thomas Benton Murdock
Niagara Falls
McPherson
Kansas City Harbor Sees Eight Steamboats At Once
Shipping scene shows eight steamboats tied to the wharf at Kansas City harbor. Frank M. Watson confesses in Denver to taking part in the Southern Pacific Limited robbery at Reese Utah on January 1. Oscar A. Brindley sets American altitude record by rising 11 000 feet in a Chicago biplane. A man likely Arthur Dalton from Kingman dies by self harm near Great Bend on a Santa Fe train. Oklahoma tobacco dealers barred from allowing customers to try unsold pipes. D Houtz of Clyde threshes four acres of alfalfa seed yielding 63 bushels.
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Kansas City
Frank M. Watson
Denver
Southern Pacific Limited
Reese
Utah
Oscar A. Brindley
America
Chicago
Arthur Dalton
Great Bend
Kan
Santa Fe
Oklahoma
D. Houtz
Clyde
Series of local crimes and notable incidents across states
Veterans death after robbery attack in Leavenworth. a Telluride missing person found dead. skull unearthed in Wyoming. guard around Walter Witzen home amid kidnapping threat. Arrests include Floyd T. Brooks for blackmail. Potts wounded in Tulsa street fight. Aviator Atwood far along on cross country flight. Jurors in Virginia murder case. train wreck reward in Kansas City.
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John Loudermilk
Soldiers
Leavenworth
Sloan
Hadley
A. H. Myderdick
St.Louis
Ceive
Arizona
Lee Bearg
Telluriae
Col
E. B. Adair
Lost Spring
Wyo
Walter Witzen
California
Floyd T. Brooks
Columbia
J. W. Brockman
W. G. Beatty
Chicago
Richard J. Hanley
St. Louis
San Francisco
Annie Mastinger
St. Joseph Asylum
Kansas
John Potts
Reuben Marlowe
Tulsa
Gum Poisoner Bound Over In Missouri Case
Jeff Woods of Concord bound over to the September term of Callaway county circuit court on a $10,000 bond after a preliminary hearing in Hatton.He and Mr and Mrs Lee Boyd were charged with attempting to murder Edward McPheeters family with poisoned chewing gum. Boyd couple released for lack of evidence. Marshfield officers Hensley and Kinser bound over on a July 6 shooting of George Barthels near Marshfield along Frisco tracks. Barthels, no money, claimed no provocation. shot as he walked toward his hip pocket.
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Jeff Woods
Concord
Callaway County
S. C. McColintic
Hatton
Lee Boyd
Edward McPheeters
Boyd
Marshfield
Jones Hensley
Henry Kinser
Circuit Court
George Barthels
St. Louis
Frisco
Barthels
Bond Bidorg Macon County Refunding Issue Sold
The William R. Compton Bond and Mortgagee Co of St. Louis won the $750000 refunding bonds for Macon County. Payments start July 1 1912 at 30000 yearly for five years, then 40000 yearly for five years from July 1 1917, and 50000 yearly for eight years beginning July 1 1922.
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Macon
William R. Compton Bond and Mortgagee Company of
St. Louis
Macon County
Kirkwood Wins Bond for Light Plant Upgrade
Kirkwood voters approve a $10,000 bond issue to improve the electric light plant and water system by 445 to 51. The municipal light plant is the only plant in St. Louis county and began paying after a new management took charge about a year ago.
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Kirkwood
St. Louis County
Hotel Proprietor Marries in Chicago News
A Chicago message reports the wedding of Mrs. Alice M. Blackman owner of Sedalia’s Blackman hotel to David R. White a wealthy Ada Michigan resident. The nuptials surprised her Sedalia family and friends who believed she was visiting in Chicago.
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Chicago
Alice M. Blackman
Blackman
Sedalia
David R. White
Ada, Mich
Jobbing House Debuts in Kirksville Marketing Local Shoes
A $50,000 jobbing house was incorporated at Kirksville to market the output of the local shoe factory. Before fall, 50 shoe salesmen in the West and Southwest will be putting Kirksville back of their names on divers hotel registers.
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Kirksville
Methodist church selects athletic director for new department
The Wagoner Memorial Methodist church appoints an athletic director to run its newly established athletic department in a competition with another St Louis church that recently named a young woman its general social manager.
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Wagoner Memorial Methodist Church
Cat Uplifts Grocer in Rocheport Blaze Rescue
The pet cat woke owner H. Grossman at Rocheport’s grocery and meat market as flames neared his living quarters. The animal’s mewing alerted Grossman to the fire, saving his life and likely preventing greater damage to the store.
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H. Grossman
Rocheport
Grossman
Bennett Sentenced to Three Years for Manslaughter
Irvin Bennett was found guilty of manslaughter in the third degree for the killing of his brother Lilburn Bennett at a dance in Eldridge last October. The jury assessed a three year sentence in the penitentiary.
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Bennett
Irvin Bennett
Lilburn Bennett
Eldridge
St. Louis Official Killed by Freight Train
William T. Maginnis 69 chief clerk in the office of the St. Louis license commissioner was instantly killed when struck by a Missouri Pacific freight train in Glendale His body was hurled about 100 feet as investigators reviewed the scene
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St. Louis
William T. Maginnis
Missouri Pacific
Glendale
Breaking Machine Kills Contractor In Dredging Work
W. E. Jedkins of Joplin a contractor died while dredging in Bates county near Rich Hill when a brace on a steam shovel broke causing the dipper to fall on him. He was supervising the rock removal in the drainage ditch.
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W. E. Jedkins
Joplin
Bates County
Rich Hill
Railway Brothers Seek Schedule Revisions on MKT Line
The Brotherhood of Engineers and Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway workers unite to demand a revision of current work schedules. Engineers and firemen currently operate under separate timetables.
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Brotherhood of Engineers
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Park in Honor of Boone Marker Unearthed Five Years Ago
Citizens of Millersburg Indiana in Calla way county establish a public park at the site where farmer James Frost found a Daniel Boone marker five years ago. The ham shaped stone measures 7 by 3 inches and weighs about 400 pounds with the inscription D Boone 1790.
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Boone
Millersburg
Callaway County
James Frost
Daniel Boone
D. Boone
Drowning of 14-year-old boy near Kirksville
Small Boyned Willey, a 14 year old son of Willey of the Kirksville Democrat, drowned in a pond near Kirksville. A younger companion tried to rescue him but could not.
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Willey
Kirksville
Agronomy Exhibit Planned by College of Agriculture
G Stevenson of Columbia North Carolina secretary of the National Corn Exhibition has arranged for the College of Agriculture to present an exhibit from its agronomy department at the upcoming winter exhibition.
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G. Stevenson
Columbia
N. C
Nationa Corm
College of Agriculture
Persistent Burglar Foiled Twice By Homeowner
Mrs. Louise Swain of St. Joseph woke to a noise at her bed room window then later checked the dining room. The burglar fled the first time. on a second entry he stole her purse containing $200 as police arrested grocery clerk W. H. Elders who confessed and indicated where the money could be found.
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Louise Swain
St. Joseph
Reward Offered for Inch of Tongue in Girl’s Cure
Mrs J L Long of Independence mother of Miss Inez Long reports daily letters and telegrams after offering a reward for an inch of tongue to cure her daughter who nearly bit her tongue off in a motor car accident. One writer suggested 30000 dollars for an inch.
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J. L. Long
Independence
Inez Long
Millersburg and Williamsburg Pledge Road Upgrade for State Highway Opening
Citizens at mass meetings in Millersburg and Williamsburg signed pledges from the state board of agriculture promising the highways in their localities will be improved for the formal opening of the state highway in September. The pledges were sent to Curtis Hill, state highway commissioner.
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Millersburg
Williamsburg
State Board of Agriculture
Curtis Hill
Mosquitoes Wake East St. Louis Yardmaster Burglared
Stephen D Bridges of East St Louis a railroad yardmaster woke to a swarm of mosquitoes and found the bedroom window screen broken and his masonic charm ring and watch and chain valued at 300 dollars stolen.
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Stephen D. Bridges
East St. Louis
Bridges
Three Years for Fratricide in Lebanon Case
Irvin Bennett, a young farmer, found guilty of murdering his brother Tillburn Bennett in a feud over a girl. He was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary after a quarrel with Ted Hanford ended with Tillburn stabbed to death.
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Irvin Bennett
Lebanon
Tillburn Bennett
Ted Hanford
Irvin
Hanford
Tillburn
Eugene Field Guitar Aims for Family Heirloom Status
Charles B. Dunian of Columbia plans to leave the battered Eugene Field guitar to his children. The instrument, once played by Field during his University of Missouri days, is the chief treasure of the printer.
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Eugene Field
University of Missouri
Charles B. Dunian
Columbia
Columbia Would Not Create Great White Way
City council declined to pass an ordinance to establish a Great White Way in Columbia. Officials said the project would wait, relying on a moonlit future rather than immediate plans.
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Columbia
Death of James Fennell Former Armour Kansas City Official
James Fennell aged 47 former superintendent of Armour and Co Kansas City plant died at his home after an overheated day. He bathed in cold water and was found unconscious in the tub. Fennell had worked for the packing company for thirty years until his recent resignation.
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James Fennell
Kansas City
Armour & Co
Fennell
Packing Company
Tour Quits Santa Fe Trail Route in Missouri
The St. Louis to Kansas City automobile reliability tour abandoned the Santa Fe trail at Waverly Missouri. Pilot car guided the convoy south via Higginsville Odessa and Oak Grove and the Blue Book route into Kansas City.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Lexington
Waverly
Higginsville
Odessa
Oak Grove
A P Kanotzor of Centralia Dies at 62
A P Kanotzor, 62, died at his Centralia home after a long illness caused by paralysis. He formerly ran a nursery and laid out the Kantotzor addition to the city years ago.
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A. P. Kanotzor
Centralia
Kantotzor
Peaches Bring High Prices as Local Shipments Halt
Koshko nong district fruit faced a shipping closure though it yielded about one tenth of a crop. Peaches were uniformly good in quality, with 37 cars shipped mostly to Chicago commission men at $2.60 per crate.
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Koshkonong
Chicago Commission
Vérfiaf Dies at 113 in Missouri’s Oldest Person
Mrs. Rachael Blount dies at her Howell County home aged 113. She is believed to be Missouri’s oldest resident, passing away in the county where she lived.
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Vérfiaf
Rachael Blount
Howell County
Missouri
Nevada mine fire kills ten at Ghrous Consolidated shaft
Ten workers at the Ghrous Consolidated mine near Ely Nevada perished or were fatally injured after a fire broke out in the 1 400 foot level of a new five compartment shaft. Six died and four were critically ill after escaping the flames to surface. John Wilhelmy and four others escaped the cage while five remained and were hoisted to the top. One died at the surface and four were hospitalized.
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Ely
Nev
John Wilhelmy
Grows New Wheat Variety in California Tests Show Gain
In Chico California H E Blanchard of the agriculture department has isolated a pure white seed from a Turkestan wheat variety named chule. Field tests show the new wheat yields 15 to 20 bushels per acre more than the standard white Australian variety. Blanchard calls the separation a major advance in wheat culture.
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Chico
Cal
National Plant
United States
Turkestan
H. E. Blanchard
Department of Agriculture
Blanchard
Oil and gas field eyed near Beattie Kansas
Marysville reports a new potential oil and gas field spanning about fourteen miles by several miles centered near Beattie. Dr. H F Hersch of Jola has surveyed the area and secured over six thousand acres. A test hole will be drilled soon to confirm yields and prompt development if viable.
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Marysville
Kan
Beattie
H. F. Hersch
Jola
Renges
Big Money in Alfalfa Crops
Humboldt Kansas alfalfa yields large profits as farmers plant more. J C Dornbergh threshed 100 bushels from eight acres earning 125 dollars per acre. H F Schmidt harvested 24 bushels from three acres earning 80 dollars per acre. Seed price 10 dollars per bushel.
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Humboldt
Kan
J. C.dornbergh
H. F. Schmidt
Thieves Take Mail Pouches in Kirksville Post Office
Four pouches containing registered mail bound for transfer to the Wabash railroad were stolen from the Kirksville Missouri post office after burglars pried open a window.
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Kirksville
Wabash Railroad
Sand Flies Carry Pellagra Alarm in Kansas Towns
The sandfly, the insect blamed for Pellagra transmission, has been found in Kansas, triggering widespread alarm in several towns as residents worry over possible disease spread.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Premier McL de Warns on Reciprocity Ties With Canada
Premier McL de says U S resources are exhausted and that Washington hopes to control Canadian resources through reciprocity. He warns the United States trusts and combinations are shifting toward Canada as the pact nears.
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Victoria
B. C
United States
Canada
Purcell Mob Executes Burned Suspect in Main Street
Peter Carter, identified as the assailant who attacked Mrs. Minnie Spraggins and set her afire, was burned to death on a brush pile in Purcell main street. Two deputy sheriffs trying to stop the mob were locked in a courthouse room.
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Purcell
Peter Carter
Minnie‘ Spraggins
Conductor Killed In Fall From Train Near Nelagony
W J Souttar a conductor on the Missouri Kansas & Texas railway fell from his train two miles south of Nelagony and died. The incident occurred while the Katy line train was in motion near Parsons Kansas.
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Katy
Parsons, Kan
W. J. Souttar
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Nelagony
Harvesting Wheat at Night in Argyle Minnesota
Eugene Labine of Marshall County operates a single binder to harvest five hundred acres of wheat in Argyle Minnesota. He works two eight hour shifts by headlamp and night work to finish the crop.
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Argyle
Minn
Eugene Labine
Marshall County
Wiley Supporters Win in Pure Food Association
Duluth Minnesota elects Lucius P. Brown of Tennessee as president of the Pure Food association backing Dr. H. W. Wiley. Dr. W. P. Cutler of Kansas City led the opposing no Wiley faction.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad Testimonial
A reader from Creston Iowa reports relief from pain nervousness and headaches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad cites numerous testimonials and invites women to write for confidential advice to Mrs Pinkham in Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Wm. Seals
W. Howard St
Creston
Iowa
Lydia Pinkham
Beautiful Post Cards Free Art Post Cards Club Offer
Advertising notice for free beautiful embossed birthday flower and motto post cards by Art Post Card Club at 731 Jackson St Topeka. Readers are invited to send a 2c stamp for five samples featuring colorful designs.
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Art Post Card Club
Jackson St
Topeka
Fight Follows with Belief in Universal Peace
Hewitt proclaims belief in universal peace and asserts confident threat, while Jewett questions the need as Hewitt claims he can defeat any man in the place.
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Hewitt
Jewett
Avoid Disputation in Friendship Says Hugh Black Quote
The quote argues disputation harms friendship and urges peace and concord as central to true companionship. It compares external conflicts with inner life, presenting friendship as a sanctuary free from contention where harmony should reign.
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Hugh Black
Remarkable Fish Encounter at Farm Stand Tackle Trade
A puzzled sportsman complains of no fish in the area while Farmer Corn tessel explains the fish are present but wary. He notes the fish would admire but not bite at the brand-new tackle, preferring to keep their distance and not damage the gear.
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Farmer Corntessel
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Bargaed
Eng
Australia
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Hamburg
Germany
Thomas Edison
Paris
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David Lloyd-George
Sydney Buxton
Board of Trade
T. B. Armstrong
H. C. Ericsson
Cho
Cicero County
Harry N. Atwood
New York
R. H. Ireland
Elign Speedway
Rock Island
Havvelick
Neb
Harry Clay Beattie, Jr
Chesterfield
Chicago Great Western
Nevada
U. S
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Texas
D. W. Kempher
Post
Pany, Lad
Rass Cos Fak
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