From Coal Fields to Scenic Park in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg Kansas a once coal rich area near Crawford County State Park has become a popular scenic spot. Years of misfires on a zoo project gave way to a natural park drawing tourists and residents. The region once lay on unbroken prairie before coal mines expanded and powered the town’s growth.
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Harold
Taylor
Pittelure
Sun
Kansas Prairie
Pitteborg
Gew
Mississippi
Pittsburg
Tide of tragedy and industry in a single report
The fragment describes a coal mining scene with a steam shovel lifting overburden near Pittsburgh, coal production, and ships heading to markets. It shifts to a drowning incident off a Mediterranean coast involving a youth party and a helper, then mentions Ohio State University hiring Mexican ambassador Dr Salvador Martinez de Alva for a Latin American studies program starting June 18, noting his prior posts. It closes with an obituary for Frederic Alan Bates, aged 72, former chairman of Cunard White Star shipping.
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aPtton Coal & Mining Co
Pittsburg
Cagliari
Sardinia
Terranean
Artorico
Sin
Columbus
Ohio
Venezuela
Salvador .Martinez de Alva
Ohio State University
Latin America
de Alva
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Ecuador
Roma
Mexico
League of Nations
Crunsellor
Méxican Sea
London
Frederic
Alan
Bates
Japan
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Cunard
White Star Shipping
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Editor Spoofs Town Promoters in Territorial Kansas
Kansas Chief editor Sol Miller lampoons promoters claims of booming towns in Kansas Territory. He cites mock examples like Tadpole City and Gopher City, describing inflated town plats and amenities including a whiskey shop and a large hotel, to illustrate how promoters exaggerate growth and promise rapid progress along the Missouri River routes.
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Sol Miller
Kansas
White Cloud
lUnton
Nebraska
Tadpole City
Prairie City
Opossum City
Buncombe County
North Carolina
Missouri River
New Orleans
Dispersed Dairy Herd Sells at Auction in Kansas
The Holstein herd from a State Hospital farm near Rock Island is being dispersed. Auction opened with top cow at $600, bull at $440, buyers from Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and beyond. Officials discuss substitutes for rail service amid regional transport concerns.
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All County State Hospital
State Hospital
Hospital Farm
Yester
Gosport
Phillipsburg
Kas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Pacific Ocean
Rock Island
Topeka
Kansas Corporation
Mission
Ger
Blow & Skinner
Bullfrog
Bet- Street
Gopher City
Iter
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Sea Line
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Kansas State Historical Society
Meach
Unitted States Brewers Foundation
F Nieble
USBF
Smolene
Tk County
Wirfield
Ottawa
Attica
Wichita
Topera
Irard
Anthony
Eranda
Hoenecoming
Gelanistion
Flint Bills Neteford
Arkaseas Citt
Yo—Ellinwood
Harvast
Creat Bend
Santa Fe
Hiawatha
Kamover
Aanover
Pony Express
United States Brewers Foundation
Tegelem
Stei ‘Am
Pharmacy
Fankhauser Drug
Haeers
Bob Pheasant
Garden City
Concinee
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dad
America
Mercury
Montclair
Milson
Motor Company
East Fulton
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