Diverse town parcels and houses offered for sale
Realty listings describe 105 acres near the courthouse with cultivation and pasture, six wire fencing, and 1500 price. a 1.25 acre plot near schoolhouse with a small cottage and well at unknown price. a six room house with brick cistern four blocks from Main Street for 1950. quarter block near Allen Academy at 250. half block near Allen Academy at 500. schoolhouse lots at 10 each. 13 acres on town south side with a four room house, well and outbuildings at 1000. a four room house with pantry hall and two galleries, tub cistern and barn four blocks from courthouse renting 9 monthly at 650.
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Partstown
Main Street
Allen Academy
Flood Strikes Kansas City Area United Rail Lines Grounded
Desolate flood scene in Kansas City reports no rail service and widespread disruption. Water supply cut, depots flooded, wagons and telegraph lines down, relief efforts active as police vow harsh action against looters amid continuing uncertainty about Kansas City Kan. casualties.
List of Dead in North Topeka Flood
North Topeka flood list names known dead including Henry Jordan and Arthur Stitt as Kaw river runoff nears seven feet, 200 refugees on second floors face thirst and limited water. Missing Dr. H. C. Miner and son-in-law A. C. Keating. Keating later found. salvage and relief efforts continue.
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Topeka
Kaw
North Topeka
Henry Jordan
Mr. Ward
Arthur Stitt
Mr. Garrett
George M. Story
Louise Seahaven
Jackson
Henry Luddington
John Adams
Ida Montgomery
Karl
Amelia Rutt
Andrew Pretzel
Kan
H. C. Miner
A. C. Keating
Keating
Hutchinson City Struck by Flooding Damage
Hutchinson Kansas reports widespread flooding with the city and nearby valley under water. Officials estimate total losses in the Hutchinson area reaching two million dollars.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Mills Reopen After Nine Weeks of Labor Trouble
Lowell mills including Massachusetts Merrimack Boots Tremon Suffolk Hamilton and Appleton reopen after nine weeks idle. Lawrence mills partly back to work with about 4000 of 18000 operatives returning. Textile council reports show limited skilled help joining mills, while mill agents call response satisfactory.
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Lowell
Mass
Massachusetts
Merrimack
Boots Tremon
Suffolk
Hamilton and Appleton
Lawrence Mills
Conroy
Textile Council
Uunions
Asl
Civil rights sermon warns of possible uprising over disfranchisement
In Brooklyn at LaFayette Avenue Presbyterian church Rev. Dr David Gregg urged white responsibility for southern black conditions and warned that disenfranchisement threatens a return to slavery. He argued the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments must be upheld and said only wise, quick settlement can prevent a likely future uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
South
David Greggs
LaFayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Gregg
Same Old Excuse and the Old College Tour
An elderly minister visits his alma mater after forty years of service. He tours corridors, dining hall, and study, remarking on "same old" sights. A student defends a sister, and the old man realizes the familiar excuses persist in a humorous finish.
Wild Birds in Germany Get Winter Shelters and Food
A London Mail correspondent in Dresden reports Germans care for wild birds by building snow shelters in parks and gardens and supplying varied foods. Mountain ash berries feed thrushes and blackbirds while seeds support smaller birds. The mix is sold cheaply. In spring birds nest in wooden boxes high in trees to stay safe from cats.
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London Mail
Dresden
Woman Refuses Access as Mistress Not at Home
A Philadelphia Ledger note recounts Nora, asked to say her mistress was absent, hesitantly agreeing and answering callers with a needed firmness. The maid declares she will not repeat the request, vowing not to lose two chances for anyone.
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Nora
Philadelphia Ledger
Chicago murder staged as suicide to mislead police
Police investigate a staged suicide in Chicago after Giuseppe Pablo was killed Sunday night. Detectives believe the killing was premeditated for robbery or revenge, possibly tied to the Mafia. Suspects Vieto Leoso and Francisco Checko are being sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Guiseppe Pablo
Vieto Leoso
Francisco Checko
Most Addresses Anarchists at Chicago Picnic
Johan Most spoke at the Arbiter Zeitung picnic in Sharpshooters' Park Chicago on Sunday urging adherence to the U S flag and constitution and rejecting violence. a police detail patrolled the grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herr Johan Most
Sharpshooters’ Park
Arbiter Zeitung
Grove
Most
United States
State Health Officer Taber Attends National Health Board Meeting
Austin reports Health Officer Taber travels to Washington City for a national board of health meeting. The gathering Wednesday will discuss quarantine questions and public health matters affecting the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Taber
Washington City
Board of Healths
A boastful Scotch minister recalls long sermon
An aged minister boasts he preached two hours and twenty minutes last Sunday. Asked if it wore him out the speaker replies the congregation deserved the shut-in laughter rather than fatigue, highlighting his flair for long sermons.
His Interest
Gertrude accuses Vansant of only two weeks in the business and he admits an interest. He notes being two hours late this morning and the boss urges future interest in the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Vansant
Magazine of Humor
Conditional Car Sale Contract Filed in Texas Rail Deal
A conditional sale contract filed in Austin on June 1 shows the Texas and Pacific Equipment association selling to the Texas and Pacific railway several rail assets. The list includes two chair cars one combination mail coach 105 flat cars 200 stock cars and one switch engine with consideration 21879 pounds.
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Austin
State Department
Texas and Pacific Equipment Association
Texas and Pacific Railway
Swift Sermon Cautions Against Pride of Wealth Birth and Talents
In a sermon Dean Swift remarks on three kinds of pride wealth birth and talents. He notes the latter is irrelevant to his audience as none possess it and mocks the vice in a concise address to his brethren.
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Dean Swift
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Swift
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