Footwear price move denied by trade group amid dispute
The National Boot and Shoe Association denies plans to raise footwear prices. In Oregon a Portland judge rules officials may not be barred from soliciting bribes under state law. A Peabody Kansas man offered ten thousand dollars yearly to run a Brazilian hog ranch. Jetmore Kansas reports mail delays since Christmas due to heavy snow.
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National Boot and Shoe Association
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Peabody
Kan
Brazil
Jetmore
Kane
Midland Valley
Wichita
Arkansas City
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Foreign Missionary Board
Presbyterian Church
Olathe
Maryville
Vets
Premier Caillaux Resigns. Delcasse Named Foreign Minister
French cabinet reshuffle sees Premier Caillaux resign alongside colleagues while Theophile Delcasse takes the post of foreign minister. Elsewhere in Europe, a coal mining strike vote and various international incidents unfold as rail disasters and naval rescues occur.
Prominent Figures and Incidents Highlight Early 20th Century News
A woman is appointed to the Los Angeles police force, and Denver's Sarah Platt-Decker seeks the Colorado Senate seat. A gasoline iron explosion injures Jessie Bierly in Garnett Kansas, while Taft and cabinet members attend Rear Admiral Evans funeral. Andrew Carnegie to testify January 10 before steel trust hearing. Union Pacific disruption hits western Kansas. trains stopped in Denver and Ellis. An ice saw accident at Blue Rapids costs Thomas Kelley his leg. Carnegie to appear under subpoena after invitation refusal. A Milligan Neb. farmer, Peter Bors, kills his wife and child then himself. Senator Lorimer testifies denying campaign funds. Gov. Hadley paroles an 18-year-old. judges censured for minor offenses. Henry Olsen and family stranded on a raft in Potent Kan on the Republican River. J. H. Kelly works as a miner at the Yankee.
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Ruth Hearing
Los Angeles
Sarah Platt-Decker
Denver
United States
Colorado
Jessie Bierly
Garnett
Kaw
Taft
Washington
Robly D. Evans
Andrew Carnegie
Steel Trust Committee
Union Pacific
Kansas
Ellis
Thomas Kelley
Blue Rapids
House Steel Trust
Peter Bors
Milligan
Neb
Lorimer
Congressional Committee
Gov
Hadley
Circuit
Henry Olsen
Nebraska
Texas
Potent Kan
Republican River
J. H. Kelly
Eczema remedies touted in early 20th century ad copy
A fragment from a medical advertisement praising Resinol Ointment and Soap for eczema and skin eruptions. Includes testimonials from West Philadelphia and notes on soothing syrups for teething andDigestive aids, plus historic quotes and product claims.
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West
Philadelphia
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Womanlike. Crawford-How did your wife buy you suspenders
A courtroom exchange turns on a sly joke about a wife buying suspenders for her husband. The judge accuses a witness of implying wives choose gifts, prompting lighthearted banter in a domestic dispute context.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
Cant Agree on Anything Gaumpers Says
Old Brother Gaumpers explains a stubborn domestic dispute in humorous dialect. He and his wife cannot agree on the same thing at the same time though they align on most matters, making joint decisions impossible.
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Gaumpers
Puck
Man Registers Wife After Signing Own Name
A man visits the Getty House in Yonkers wearing new clothes and signs his name with flourish at the desk. He then registers his wife, who questions his behavior as he proudly adds her name.
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Getty House
Yonkers
Maling
No Faith Needed in Matchtown Diet Claim
An Ohio woman, age about 40, recounts how two years of Grape-Nuts daily improved her deranged stomach and overall health after years of illness and morphine use. She says her energy and mental sharpness increased, aiding her business work, and the Postum Co. cites her story with the slogan There's a reason.
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Ohio
Postum Co
Battlesootnia Mich
Court action seeks equal gas supply for Kansas towns
John Dawson the attorney general obtained an ancillary Supreme Court order against Ottawa to prevent it from keeping gas pressure high. Ottawa’s injunction aimed to equalize supply for all towns prompting hearings before the public utilities commission. The dispute extends to Lawrence Topeka Atchison Leavenworth and Kansas City Kan with Ottawa and Olathe cited for similar pressure actions.
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Topeka
Kansas
John Dawson
Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Court
Ottawa
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Lawrence
Atchison
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Kan
Bishop
Kansas Natural
Olathe
Railroad Officials Snowbound In Great Bend Snowstorm
In Great Bend Kansas railroad officials including Superintendent Kerns and Train master Ashcraft traveled from Topeka with a snow plow to inspect the Scott City branch. The train is stranded on the line as wires are down and the region endures the season's worst storm.
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Great Bend
Kansas
Railroad Commission
Kerns
Ashcraft
Topeka
Scott City
Chanute approves $25,000 park bond plan
Chanute Kansas voters approve issuing bonds totaling 25 000 for park sites and improvements. The proposition wins by 24 votes in a total of 1214 cast with little opposition. The plan includes one park on the east side and one west of town center.
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Chanute
Kansas
Flat Wheel Halts Milwaukee Road Traffic Between Aberdeen and Milbank
A flat wheel on a passenger train of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line broke rails between Aberdeen and Milbank South Dakota, demoralizing traffic. Crews repaired the damage and trains were halted at multiple stations along the route.
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Aberdeen
South Dakota
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Milbank
S. D
Farmer Frozen to Death Near Defiance Iowa
George Baker a young farmer living near Defiance Iowa was found frozen to death on the road near his home. He had started home with a load of coal and was pinned to the ground by an overturned wagon and coal.
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Defiance
Iowa
George Baker
Miles Held for Murder Trial in Springfield After Branson Killing
James Miles, once linked to the Bald Knobber gang killer of Capt. Kinney, is held in Greene County jail for a second murder trial. He fatally shot Enos S. Bush at a Branson meat market after a quarrel outside a Taney County store. Miles previously faced Kinney in Forsyth and was acquitted on self defense.
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Springfield
Missouri
James Miles
Capt
Kinney
Bald Knobber
Greene County
Branson
Taney County
Miles
Enos S. Bush
Tat Place
Forsyth
Rush
Campbell Included on House Rules Committee
Washington D C The Republic reports insurgents in the house made a vain attempt to block P P Campbell representative from the Third Kansas district from joining the house committee on rules.
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Campbell
Washington, D. C
House
P. P. Campbell
Kansas
Archduke's Palace Burns in Vienna Fire
A large fire engulfed much of Archduke Frederick's palace in Vienna. The blaze severely damaged the main structure while other buildings on the site suffered lesser harm. Fire crews fought flames through the night with authorities assessing the extent of the destruction.
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Archduke
Vienna
Austria
Archduke Frederick
Heartsease and the neighbor in Riis rising at Ashley Hall
Riis lauds Young Mary V. McBee and tells of Heartsease a woman who helps troubled neighbors in a West Side fronting house. She welcomes drunks and distraught women with care and faith while funding relief through sold soaps stamps and gifts, aiming to move toward a better life.
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Jacob A. Riis
Ashley Hall
Charleston
Mary V. McBee
East Side
New York
Cypress Hills
L. L
Northfield
Mr. Moody
Larkin
A Train Load of Tobacco Bought for Lewis Cigars
Frank P. Lewis of Peoria has purchased twenty four carloads of fancy grade tobacco for his Lewis Single Binder Cigars. The lot, selected from the finest crop in years, will supply the factory for more than two years and required an extra price. The Peoria Star notes the purchase as a major haul for the U S tobacco trade.
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United States
Frank P. Lewis
Peoria
Peoria Star
Prohibition and Laxative Claim in One Ad
In school wordplay references a dry spell while an ad touts Bromo Quininf as Laxative Bromos in One. It cites BEW. GRO signature and World over Cure a Cold in One with ag 6c. A man gains knowledge at twenty one that he may forget by fifty.
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GRO
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