Unison Importers Deny Responsibility for Penitentiary Conduct
The Board of Unison Importers of Wis seuri denies responsibiling for the penitentiary management. They claim they have no voice in appointing the institution's officials and note they established a civil service exam system not fully followed. They argue inspectors’ recommendations targeted by the presege administration and accuse political influence in appointments.
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Board of Unison Importers
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Rewarded For Bravery And Tax Dividend News
A dispatch recounts a 1909 dividend declared by J T Trotter of the First National Bank of Topeka for creditors, with specific sums from the State, Shawnee County, and Topeka. It also notes rail freight rate resistance in Kansas and Odd Fellows anniversary events in Council Bluffs honoring Gen. Grenville M. Dodge.
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State of Kansas
Shawnee County
City of Topeka
C. J. Devlin
Odd Fellows Order
Grenville M. Dodge
Thomas Bowman
Gen. Dodge
Council Bluffs
Army of the Tennessee
Warden Seizes Large Quail and Prairie Chicken Shipment
Territorial Game Warden Watrous and Deputy Warden Bailey with a bird dog recovered a major in-territory shipment of game near Enid Oklahoma. The haul included 19 barrels and two trunks of quail and prairie chickens totaling nearly 1,000 birds. Warrants issued for the shipper duo from Okeene in Beaver County.
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Dee
Watrous
Bailey
Okeene
Binine County
Track walker Murphy assaulted near Parsons bridge
Patrick Murphy, a track walker for the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway, was attacked by two African American men as he crossed a bridge north of town. He was knocked 28 feet into a creek, beaten unconscious, and authorities report no crew has been obtained.
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Parsons, Kan
Patrick Murphy
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company
Murphy
New Japanese Ambassador Appointed to United States
Washington December 26 Viscount Sinzo Aoki has been named Japanese ambassador to the United States. The appointment was conveyed to Secretary Root by Hiroki the Japanese chargé d affaires. Viscount Aoki is a member of the privy council and of the first class order of the Rising Sun and holds the highest diplomatic rank.
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Washington
Viscount Sinzo ‘Aoki
Root
Hiroki
Viscount Aoki
Privy Council
Order of the Rising Sun
Fire ruins Exchange Hotel in Uniontown. guests flee
A Pennsylvania hotel blaze in Uniontown on December 26 gutted the Exchange Hotel interior and contents. About 150 guests fled into the streets in their night clothes as flames swept through the building.
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Uniontown
Exchange Hotel
Minor News Items From Across The Nation
A string of brief dispatches reports deaths and injuries from fires, accidents, and violence. Notables include a Seattle fire kill and 31 horse deaths, a New York tenement fire losses amounting to 500000 dollars, and several fatal runaways in Delphos and Meridian. Also noted are political shifts in Portugal, a Christmas fatalities spike in Louisville, and remarks on the Morocco conference and Odessa bloodshed.
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Murray F. Tuley
Chicagd
Penoyer Canitarium
Kenosha
Wis
Meridan
Miss
Portugese
Charles
Louisville
Market Reports Kansas City and Chicago Live Stock
Kansas City receipts show cattle and hog markets higher with steers to 4.76, hogs around 5.90 to 6.40, and cattle and sheep gains noted. Chicago listed strong cattle demand, hogs up to about 6.40, and large lamb and sheep totals. St Louis reports higher beef and Texas entries with varied prices across cattle, hogs, and sheep segments.
Missouri fruit growers push modern orchards and laws
Macon Missouri December 25. C H Dutcher vice president of the State Horticultural Society testified in a case against a railroad for burning an orchard. He praised scientific care, pruning, and spraying and noted Missouri’s famed Jonathan and Grimes Golden apples with progress on The Delicious. He urged laws to require orchard spraying and pest control to protect farmers’ gains.
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C. H. Dutcher
State Horticultural Society
United States
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Grimes
Jonathan
Horticultural Society
Horticultural Society to Meet in Kanene City
The Society invites members to a winter gathering on the 28th 29th and 30th at Kanene City with experts from Nebraska Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois and Arkansas. Officials include President Doctor J C Whitten Columbia first vice president C H Dutcher Warrensburg second vice president W G Gano Parkville treasurer W T Jour ney Marionville and secretary L A Goodman.
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W. G. Gano
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Marlonville
L. A. Goodman
Productiveness of Missouri soil praised in 1906 report
Columbia Missouri December 23 1906 in a weekly agricultural letter notes Missouri soil productivity surpasses many states by four year average corn yields. Missouri averages 82.8 bushels per acre over 1902 1905 tied with Illinois for top status. Iowa Nebraska and Kansas show lower yields.
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Columbia
Missouri farmers urged to raise average crop yields
Geo. B. Ellis, Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, argues that four years show yields from 40 to 80 bushels per acre and asserts no reason Missouri’s statewide average cannot reach at least 40 bushels per acre with science based seed selection, cultivation, and proper fertilizer use.
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Missouri
Geo. B. Ellis
Board of Agriculture
Question on value of leaders vs thinkers in society
A writer ponders whether society should prize the highly paid corporate president or the professor with ideas but little money. The speaker presents a provocative contrast, calling someone impractical and a failure while raising questions about true worth.
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Steels
Corporation
What is He Worth
A discussion of salaries contrasts high pay for corporate and insurance presidents with lower college professor wages. It notes Equitable and Mutual Life bosses earning tens of thousands to six figures, professors earning roughly two thousand to five thousand, and questions the societal value of scholars versus wealth, ending with a critique of labor and capital.
Missouri Soil Shown Superior to Other States in Corn Yields
Columbia, Mo Dec 95 An official report by Secretary George B Ellis of the State Board of Agriculture asserts Missouri soil is more productive than most crop states. Over 1902 to 1905 Missouri averaged 32.8 bushels per acre, corn yielding 130.4 bushels per acre, while Iowa Nebraska and Kansas fell short by about one to six bushels. Ellis says Missouri farmers could push state yields to around forty bushels with scientific seed selection cultivation and fertilisers.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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United States
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Columbia
George B. Ellis
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Washington
Hills
Cattle and grain prices mixed in Omaha and futures notes
Omaha market strong with cattle receipts 1800 and hogs 4500 up to 10 cents higher. sheep steady. Prices shown for native steers cows and heifers Western and Texas cattle. cash grain bids listed for Kansas City and Chicago mixes, with December wheat and corn futures mixed. Minneapolis and St Louis futures also noted. eggs reported in Kansas City.
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Omaha Neb
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