Fort Hays and Its Storied Past in Kansas History
The Fort Hays story traces its rise as a military post and its long decline, with a frontier life filled by trials against raids, the bravery of colored regiments, and the evolution toward college use. It notes Congress funding for schools, the fort’s transfer to agricultural and normal institutions, and early weather bureau upgrades to warning towers for maritime ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Frontier
Fort Hays
Congress
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Kansas
State Normal School
State Agricultural School
Hays
Wallace
Harker
George Forsythe
Soccor
Roman Nose
Fort Hass
Fort Fletcher
Pope
Hays City
Boot Hill
Bill
Abilene
Marakal
John Hays
Ninth Infantry
Ightera
Henry Lamas
Gen
Forsythe
Nere
Agricultural College
Atate Normal School
Wilson
Weather Bureau
Tureau
Well-Merited Retort From a 19th Century Lawyer
A New York lawyer Leatherland Tenny, former assistant U S attorney, graduated from Columbia Law School in 1875 with first prize. A disappointed rival mocked his illegible thesis and age. Tenny replied that applying the same standard to all his work would improve the rival's results.
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United States
Leatherland Tenny
New York
Columbia Law School
Tesaney
Faculty Bans Wedlock For Divinity Students
Divinity faculty at the University of Chicago imposes a rule barring marriage for scholarship holders, threatening withdrawal of stipends above 33 dollars per quarter if students wed while receiving aid. Students protest as unjust limits on liberty and happiness while faculty argue married students can no longer claim university support.
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Divinity
University of Chicago
Divinus School
Love and Liberty Behind Mexican Bars
Senorita Maria Gonzales and her sister break into a dungeon at Jimulco to free Frank A Howard, an American conductor on the Mexican Central railway. Five days earlier a local native had been injured by a train, leading to Howard’s arrest. With help from a roundhouse worker, Howard escapes, travels by train to El Paso, Texas, proclaiming Americans prefer liberty over Mexican legality.
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Senorita Maria Gonzales
Jimulco
Mexico
Frank
Howard
Mexican Central Railway
Arsenic in German fabrics sparks cross border row
A Coburg report notes arsenic in German textiles and furniture coverings, triggering a dispute with Sweden over test results. Germans deny the traces, while officials debate chemical testing methods and impurity causes. The feud centers on carpets wallpapers and exports.
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Conaul Hughes
Coburg
Germany
Hughes
Resolutions Adopted by Ohio Congregational Association
The Elyria meeting of May 7 1900 adopted resolutions opposing liquor interests and urging Christian voters to support temperance laws. It endorses the Anti-Saloon League and the Clark legal option bill, calls for electing legislators aligned with temperance, condemns the Canteen law interpretation, and urges rapid enactment of the Bowersock Canteen bill. It condemns exporting intoxicants to overseas possessions and asks the president to curb this traffic, praising J P Reidinger’s Lorain county temperance instruction work and urging expansion.
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Congregational Association of Ohio
Elyria
Aquar
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
Lawea
Veveral
United States
Bowersuck Az
House Committee On
God
Lorains County
J. P. Reidinger
Classified Advertisement Rates And Employment Notices
Advertisements under this head must be paid in advance. Rates listed include twenty five cents for ten words, three days, twenty five cents for one week. additional lines or proportional rates available. Help wanted and sale notices mention insurance in Evansville and Western life companies, items for sale include a base stove and heater, a family for hire, a horse and harness, and rooms for rent on Went Bridge Street.
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Tidus WY Tuab Insurance
Eviani
Lorice
Reltibbe Western & Southern Life Insurance
Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand Java and Mocha Ad
A vivid puff for Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand Java and Mocha coffee. It claims the coffee is the best available, packed in parchment lined bags with careful selection. The copy extols healthful, pure coffee with deep color before cream and a strong after Cream experience.
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Chase & Sanborn
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Divinity Studenta
Scholarsbioa
Chicago University
Lowe
Yarry
Love
The
Chicago Tribune
Hebaliding
Spurgeon
Tadies
Fast Second St
Kent
Washington Avenue
W.jousstoon
Willvere, Brown
West Bridge
Went Bridge Street
Penfield
Kelner
LaGrange
I. A. Webster
West Bridge Street
John McNely
Acond
Cleveland
Brown Bros. Home Outfitters
Blue
Ontario St
Cleveland, O
D. Lewis & CO
Janice Meredith
Knight of Kings Guard
Caney Fork
Marlow
Ione March
Eldred & Company
E. E. Williams
Chas. R. Flower
Grocer
West Broad St
H.starr& Co
Middle Avenue
B.H. Starr
G. Bell
Ramson
Lorain County Banking CO
Andwar
Authority Capital
Geherst
Parnas Foeter
F. L. Fuller
Sommer B.day
A. B. Tayion
Aest-Cashier
Eady
H. J. Eady
Giasa & Sandor’s Coffees
Boylan Bros
W. S. Adam & Co
Elyria Hardware Co
Nichols Block
Columa
Chas
J. Smith
New Nanai W
Broad St. Elyria
H. Smith
North Amherst
Patrick
Board of Education
Risa Tavenship
Lorain County
Cinestryet
Ruse Gownabip
Ober
Liranecounty
So Toyelol
Rusa
All
Edu
Iit
Paewdent
GW Kiszey
Jerk
Rosain
Twvn
East Broad Street
Mont
Knox
FEF. O. Williams Toplitt Block
Hatter and Outfitter
Vine Street
Clinton Street
Eleventh Avenue
Fourteenth Avenue
South Lorain
Ase
Sheffield Land and Improvement Company
Furnit the
Zering
Crystal
Parkside
Cheapside
Whiteman
Elyria, Lorain & Lorain Co
Lorain City
Broadway
Frank M. Whiteman
Court St
T. BE. Jefferson
StRaker
Otee Elyria Block
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