Davis Predicts Breadshortage Amid Wheat Price Rally
Prominent Kansas figure Wood Davis, once with the Michigan Central and Union Pacific Kansas branch, argues in the October Forum that global wheat output lags demand. He cites rising needs, stagnant bread bearing areas, and historic deficits to warn of an impending breadstuff shortage.
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Woop Davis
Michigan Central
Kansas Ta‘ Eifle
Kansas
Union Pacific
Arkansas
Fremont
Wichita
Kan
England
Russia
Intelligent Elephant Toby Delights Paris Zoo Crowd
London correspondent reports Toby the young elephant at the Jardin d Acclimation in Paris wins laughs with tricks. He plucks a congressman’s hair, waves it, and examines spectacles, then returns them. The public expects Toby's fame to grow and aid the zoo's fortunes.
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Toby
Jardin d
Toasind
Parie
London News
Menelik
Atran
Pha
Domenalih
Ford
Paris
Congressionial
Only ExSoluler Geare Returns Pension to U S
Clark Geare of Monrovia is hailed as the only man known to have returned a United States pension. He sent back his certificate and $50 in back pension after receiving arrears as his health recovered and he neglected to apply. The 57 year old Civil War veteran with a gray beard and four sons classified himself self-reliant and returned the funds to Washington.
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Hirowkota, Brive ‘ Manrnet) Pénatdat Clark Geare
United States
Monrovia
Clark Geare
Pension Buréau
Hia
Falm
Geare
Anl
Indianapolis
Waablegton
Batr
Destruction of Old U S Stamp Plates At Navy Yard
Reporters describe the removal and destruction of the last 15 060 pounds of United States postage stamp plates at the Navy Yard on Thursday. Commissions supervised the disposal after decades of accumulation, with experts noting the loss of valuable philatelic history.
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United States
Pontroyaul
Navy Yard
Postoffica Department
Gary
Furndee
J. H. Reevas
Sun
Nathan Smith
Sabouc
Wasrington
New York Sun
Money oligarchy and the case for government banking
The piece argues land and money are monopolized by financiers. It asserts government should create and distribute money to serve the people, not private banks, detailing how a government banking system would eliminate panics, lower interest, and curb oligarchic control. It cites 1896 election context and calls for public money in public hands.
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B. BE
Ewing
Gorrey
Joan Wind
Cowitey
Banketk
Bne
Wall Street
Monster
New
Enuslannis
Trenta
Yeats Land
Daialas
Prosperity With Blow Boles In St
The article questions Kansas prosperity by citing estimated state production valued at 176 million and farm assets at 578.6 million. It argues average family wealth is about 665 dollars, criticizing plutocratic farmers while noting large farm mortgages and salaries of officers. Bradley-Martins referenced.
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Boles
Kansas
Tyal
Bradley-Martins
Land, Labor, and Ownership in Civilizational Progress
A quoted fragment argues that land ownership enables civilization advances by boosting productive power. It asserts labor without land remains powerless and that wealth concentrates with landowners, forcing others to seek permission to work for wages.
Fragmentary OCR: Local notices unclear
The readable text is fragmented with scattered phrases and numbers. No coherent event, names, or places emerge to form a full news item or identifiable notice.
Largest sale ever known and travel ads distract readers
The clipping touts a largest sale ever known with ads for patents and inventions including a mechanical lead pencil and a one wheel racing sulky. It also promotes tours from Omaha to San Francisco and Chicago tourism literature, plus numerous consumer ads and health tonics amid a jumble of notices and travel schedules.
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Mlyehjnetor
Sues & Co
Bee Building
Omaha
Neb
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