Kansas Notes From A Busy State Ledger
A rolling list of Kansas items notes a creamery need at Goodland and a $2000 cemetery improvement in Parsons. It reports 473 delegates to the Democratic state convention, a saved wheat crop, and a 3 337 member soldiers home at Leavenworth. There are mentions of elections, industry, law suits, court house moves, and travel, with various locals and figures such as Grover Cleveland invited to Wichita poultry show and 107000 for Topeka shop upgrades.
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Goodland
Parsons
Conway Springs
Kansas
Leavenworth
Shackleford
Atchison
W. R. Burton
Abilene
Grant Hornaday
Lincoln County
A. G. Stacey
North ‘Arkansas Mining Review
Harrison, Ark
Jake Stotler
Baldwin City
Wichita
Grover Cleveland
Gray County
Western Kansas
Texas
Sheldon
Topeka
Angola
Wenodson County
Drug Department
Santa Fe Hospital
Haddam
Great Bend
Jimmy Connor
Lawrence
Hays
Cripple Creek
Santa Fe
J. M. Dgudrie
Atchison Blacksmith
John Eversole
Tattie Landersole
Lindsborg
Winfield Courier
Tire
Brown County
Ewing Herbert
Professor Georgeson
Seattle
Alaska
State’ Agricultural College
Nanhattan
Stanton County
Corner
Iola Register
Parsons Eclipse
Snow
State University
State Normal
H. H. Bryant
the Gazette
Rtchison
Pomeroy
Stata ~University
Arts
Law
Fine
Veylalan
Watering the Land and Irrigation Progress in Idaho Farms
The article describes irrigation as simple Western farming, with water drawn from mountain snowmelt into canals and laterals. It explains cooperative canal schemes, irrigation companies, and land settlement potential in southern Idaho. It cites immigration, state efforts, and pamphlets mailed from Oregon Short Line agents to promote settlement opportunities.
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Boise, Idaho
Lotter
Union
Idaho
Nile
Oregon Short Line
Sats Juake City
Smallpox Distributors Howth Germs Spread by Moldy Wall Paper
The article warns that the spread of smallpox is aided by rotting layers of wallpaper and paste on walls. It urges replacing with a sanitary material like Alabastine, a rock-base cement, to disinfect infected rooms and prevent further outbreaks.
Bermuda Islands Host Native Birds and Visiting Species
Naturalists note Bermuda harbors only seven native land birds while welcoming at least 123 visiting species. Many migratory birds spend summer in the United States and use Bermuda as a convenient winter resort. Some bats and other travelers also appear among the wildlife.
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Bermuda Islands
United States
The Value of Labor for Women in a Sermon
A 1900 sermon extols women's toil, arguing industry secures safety and happiness, condemns idleness, and urges women to pursue any work they can do well. It contrasts refined society's views with historical labor by women, advocating practical skills and self-sufficiency.
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Elopseh
Alexander the Great
Bayaux
William‘ the Conqueror
Augustne
Eden
Eve
Arabella Stuart
Miss Hosmer
Rosa’ Bonheur
Miss Mitchell
Lydia
Lucretia Motty
Quaker Meeting House
Epheara
Stake
Inquisition
Princess and Smuggler Whisker Bill’s Brightened Life
Pearson's Weekly recounts Whisker Bill the Isle of Wight smuggler who rose from crime to aid and was blessed by the Princess of Wales. A sovereign given in gratitude revived him, and he later funded an exhibit. The tale ends with royal sympathy altering his fate. The second feature laments gondola decline in Venice as steam boats replace graceful boats and disturb city quiet.
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Princess of Wales
Bill
Isle of Wight
Alum Bay
Pearson
Iife
Freshwater
Payi
Wfe
Venice
Italy
Ceram Earthquake Might Precede Krakatoa Outbreak
The Ceram earthquake may join Krakatoa as one of the deadliest in memory, reports claim about 4000 fatalities. Ceram lies northeast of Java, within the region of the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, and observers fear a new volcanic surge may follow this quake.
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Ceram
Java
Krakatoa
Wall paper and the craft of paper hangers in history
The passage notes that wallpaper did not hang itself and mentions a paper hanger as the person responsible. It references Arras France, famed for tapestry known as arras. It states 958 wall coverings and the workers who installed them were employed long before modern wallpaper.
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Arras
France
Goebel Slavers Warrant Issued for State Leaders
A Frankfort dispatch reports warrants issued for Secretary of State Caleb Powers, Captain John W. Davis, ex Secretary Charles Finley, John T. Powers and W H Coulter in connection with the Goebel Governor murder case. Warrants issued but not served.
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Jasned
Powers
Gapbel
Frankfort
W. H. Coulter
Sweeney
William Goebel
Williams
Caleb Powers
John W. Davis
State Capital Square
Charles Finley
John T. Powers
Senate committee backs Hay-Pauncefote treaty amendment
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with a defense amendment authorizing U S use of force to protect the canal and maintain order. The committee was nearly unanimous, with Senator Morgan of Alabama voicing slight objection but not opposing the measure in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Foreign Relations Committee
Morgan
Alabama
Senate
United State
United States
General French Reports Clear Front as Boers Disorganized
From Poplar Grove Orange Free State dated March 9 General French says his front line is clear of the Moors with other reports confirming Boer disorganization in Transvaal and Free State. The advance toward Bloemfontein seems unopposed though ammunition losses were noted including boxes of explosive bullets marked Manufactured for the British government.
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Orange Free State
French
Alond
Moers
Transvaal
Free State
Bloemfontein
Bondsmen to Face Legal Action Over Lynch Shortage
Platte County supervisors have instructed the county attorney to sue Lynch bondsmen for about 14 000 as a settlement of the ex-treasurer J A Lynch shortage. Lynch served as treasurer before January 1, 1896 and his initial shortage was 30 000 with over half repaid.
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Lynch
Platte
Columbus
J. A. Lynch
Marely Escapes Lynching and Transit to Wabash Jail
A tramp Fred Dunker who attacked and chloroformed Mrs Henry Wise near Marion Indiana was moved from Marion jail to Wabash jail after mobs threatened him. The crowd twice nearly seized him but he was protected by sheriff. Telegraphed from San Francisco Dr Gassoway reports a Chinaman who died under plague suspicion had lived there fifteen years with six months of treatment for other diseases and probable death from congestive pneumonia.
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Marely
Fred Dunker
Henry Wise
Marion
Ind
Wabash
Sr. Francisco
Gassoway
San Francisco
German barrier on American meats persists in Reichstag
Dispatches report continued German insistence on blocking American meat imports. Other items note the Paris Comedie Francaise rebuild for the exposition. Politicians in Chicago nominate Adrian C. Anson for alderman in the Third Ward.
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Reichstag
Adrian C. Anson
Democrats
Chicago
South Africa
London
James Koutnik
Joseph Schaffer
Iman
Butte
Mount
Spriggs
Stone
Pennsylvania
New York
Albert R. Goslin
Brooklyn
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Magnetic Starch and Stomach Bitters Endorsements
An advertising snippet urges rest for the eyes and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to relieve constipation and indigestion. It also touts magnetic starch for fine linen and lightly notes social flattery about pretty women as a casual aside.
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Aria
Giante
Welby
Abyssinia
Uganda
Lake Rudolf
Nile Valley
San Francisco Chronicle
Capt
Stanley
Smallpox Distributors
Talmage
Becen
Gort
de Stnel
Colorado
Amun
Philadelphia
Baggrey
Calico
T.pwept
Penn
Broadway Clean
Solomon
Jesus
Judea
Goebel
John M. Smyth Company
West Madison Ar
Mera
Dartise
Hood
Santa Clara Manufacturing CO
Omaha
Nes
Magneti
Gracera
Gregory
Eva
América
Ai On
Seaneane
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