Kansas Wheat Crop Tallies Near One Hundred Million Bushels
Reports from Kansas correspondents indicate the 1900s threshing season will yield about 93.4 million bushels, with potential to reach 100 million. Western counties show high per-acre yields while eastern areas vary. No. 2 wheat predominates in the west. quality is generally fine with some lower grades in central counties.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Dickinson
Harvey Countty
McPherson
Marlon
Rico
Balina
Sedgwick
Sumner
Mitchell Amd
Ottawa
Cloud
Harvey County
Missouri Crops OutlookShows Prospects for 182 Million Bushels
Missouri state agriculture officials report steady overall crop conditions with regional declines and gains. Corn on flat land suffers while rolling land yields improve. late frosts and rains may yield a fair Tate corn crop. Cotton condition rises in most counties but needs rain. hay harvests strong with good pastures and Clover seeding. Apple crop expected to be poor with about one third of a crop.
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Columbia
George B. Zilis
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Noutheast
Dunklin
Thieves Along Siberian Railway Reconvene Travel Warnings
A fragment notes that travelers on the Siberian railway risk baggage theft even when checked, warning that baggage can be stolen by reconvenientes among travelers. The item preserves a cautious tone about security on long rail journeys and the need for vigilance.
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Siberian Railway
Population and land area of British Somaliland detailed
The article estimates British Somaliland's population at 250000 and its area at about 68000 square miles. It notes Dutch Hollands boundaries, describing dykes protecting Holland from sea incursions ranging from ten feet to forty feet in height.
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Hollang
Holland
Not Go Remarkable Armless Child Performs Tasks
A striking note describes an armless child in New York who can grasp ping and needles with her toes. It also mentions a careless man with a crying baby who can pick up carpet tacks with his heels without looking.
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New York
Prize Offered for History of St Petersburg Anniversary
In celebration of St Petersburg’s two hundredth anniversary the Russian Academy of Sciences offers a prize of 12,000 roubles for the best history of that city.
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St. Petersburg
Ruswian Academy of Sciences
Pope Pius X Blesses Thousands At St Peter's
A Rome correspondent describes the scene after Cardinal Sarto became pope as crowds surged into St Peter's in a pandemonium then fell silent when Pius X spoke. Cardials and attendants gathered at the gallery window as the new pontiff blessed the assembly amid radiant robes and rising cheers.
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Pope Pius X
ST. Peter's Cathedral
Rome
Cardinal Sarto
Papal
St. Peter's
Pius X
Pius
Almont
Baantes
Cardinal Mathient
Mgr
Merry del Val
Pope to bless world from outside basilica crowd erupts
People back away from St Peter's area as excitement peaks at a papal blessing planned outside the basilica. A rush occurs among those previously pressing toward the cathedral, signaling a historic moment not seen since Vatican rule.
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St. Peter's
Vatican
Rome
Pope Pius X Blessing the World at Conclave
The vacant place and a mass below show two American pilgrims Father Lynch of Niagara University and Father McGowan of New York bearing flags. The crowd swayed as they moved, and cheers erupted as Pius X returned toward the Vatican terrace. Acclamations continued after the pope disappeared, and the vast throng left pleased with the conclave’s choice.
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Father Lynch
Niagara University
Father MeGowan
New York
Ani
Vatican
Pius X
Fort Monroe to Be Impregnable Fortification
Army officers say Fort Monroe’s improvements will render the fort impregnable. The War Department accelerates mining channel defenses with new mines and ready anchors from the Spanish American War era. Ten inch disappearing rifles are replaced by heavier, modern guns. The water battery is demolished for rapid firing emplacements.
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Fort Monroe
War Department
Plothresque
Tolstoi Pessimistic Views on Liberty and Government
Count Tolstoi argues in a Paria review that liberté declines under all forms of government. He contends obedience to law is enforced by autocratic, revolutionary, and socialist systems. He cites modern tech advances strengthening state power making revolutions by force impossible. He favors a religious acceptance of life as the path to true liberty.
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Tolstoi
Count Tolstoi
Paria Review
Professor on Bicycle Tour Seeks Witchcraft Lore
Professor George L. Burr of Cornell University travels by bicycle through New England to research witchcraft. He has long studied the Salem witch trials and related movements and hopes to gather more information from locations where witchcraft was practiced.
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George L. Burr
Department of Mediaeval History
Cornell University
New England
Burr
Salem
Oregon chemist claims production of gold from slate
Merlin ore chemist J Ta Rix reports development of a new metal called rixum from slate that could yield gold. He describes disintegration of atoms into unitions with strong acids and electric currents, gradually converting slate into a material enabling gold and silver transmutation. Government inspectors scanned his notes.
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Oregon
J. Ta Rix
Merlin
Bachelor’s Artistic Home of Amelia’s Six Rich Bachelors
Jumea H Hyde, one of Amelia’s six wealthy bachelors, owns what is described as the most artistic home in the land. The estate, near Tello L 1, preserves forests, features a lake and a small river with log-bark bridges. The dwelling blends luxury and convenience, with carved mahogany in the stables and harness cases. Matchmakers have made advances to Mr Hyde, but none have succeeded.
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Jumea H. Hyde
Amelia
Tello. L
Tate
Hyde
Rent Free Tenant Ends Thirty Year Stay in Uptown Lot
A wealthy New Yorker who bought a lot uptown years ago kept paying taxes while a man built a shanty and squatted there. The long-term renter raised a large family and eventually bought the property from the retiring owner at a private sale for far more than the original price.
Historic Rheinfels Castle Ruin Collapses on Rhine
The 700 year old Rheinfels Castle at St. Goar on the Rhine, famed for its height above the town and as a major ruin, collapsed last week. Built by Count Die Trier II of Katzenelnbogen, it witnessed sieges and changes of hands from 1692 through 1797 before its sale in 1812. It was later bought in 1843 by Prince William of Prussia.
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Rheinfels
St. Goar
Wilhelm der Grows
Rhine
Diether II of Katzenelgbogen
von Goers
Count Tallard
Prince William of Prussia
Salem to mark whipping of Quakers with monument design
A descendant Frederick Fancing Ayer proposes a monument in Salem to commemorate the whipping of Quakers Lawrence and Cassandra South wick for prophecying in Puritan days. His plan features a statue of a fiendish figure above a half stripped woman with a man clawing at a whip as onlookers watch.
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Lawrence
Cassandra Southwick
Salem
Frederick Fancing Ayer
Two Remarkable Families in Webster County WV
In Webster County West Virginia two notable families stand out. Currence Gregory, 72, has thirteen sons all over six feet tall and weighing more than 180 pounds. his wife, aged 66, handles all housework. Nearby Benjamin Hamrick, six feet five inches tall, heads nine sons, all over six feet tall and weighing 155 to 226 pounds.
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Webster County
West Virginia
Currence Gregory
Gregory
Benjamin Hamrick
Gregorys
Clever Laundry Manager Sings To Collect Debts
A Greenwich Avenue laundry manager uses a chorus to press an impecunious young man to pay a longstanding bill. She and her employer chant We are washing and waiting for thee, and on the third rendition the man pays $3 and begs them to stop.
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Greenwich Avenue
New York Times
Bustice Ayres Claims South America Largest City
A writer from Bt. Nicholas reports that Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, is the largest city in South America and the southern hemisphere south of Philadelphia. He says it is the largest Spanish-speaking city globally, with an estimated population near 900,000 and rapid growth.
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Bustice Ayres
Bt. Nicholas
South America
Philadelphia
Two incurable Crazes in Society and Politics
The New York Press notes two incurable crazes that resist cure. One drives entrance into society through turf and tanbark events, with vast sums spent on horse show circles. The other, the race for political office, consumes money without breaking into haut monde.
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Imanl
New York Press
Are You Ready Go Mrs John Petera Family Scene
Mrs John Petera, mother of restless children, seeks quiet at table as blessing time arrives. She commands Allea to be still Eddie to speak no more Maud to notice the father waiting and calls John to the moment. The scene portrays family ritual and parental control in a domestic setting.
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John Petera
Dimenity
Allea
Eddie
Maud
John
Bearded Man Would Reach Twenty Seven Feet If Never Shaved
A Dubin scientist who has spent time on calculations estimates that a beard grows about three millimetres per week. At this rate a man aging eighty four with no shave would accumulate a beard roughly twenty seven feet long in a year.
Lreates Suspicion and Accusations in Baltimore Scene
A Baltimore News item reports a suspect named Charcoal Eph allegedly hurling a brick at a horse and contemplating domestic violence against a wife, Mistah Jackson, amid rumors of monotony and tension at home. The fragmentary OCR hints at a dispute and possible criminal conduct.
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Mistah Jackson
Baltimore News
Presbyterians establish mission beyond Khartoum on sobat river
The American Presbyterians have opened a new mission along the Sobat river beyond Khartoum, about 2100 miles from Egypt. The region is unetrikized, and the language shares roots with its neighboring area culture.
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Barbariena
Sobat River
Khartoum
Egypt
British Railways Earnings Drop in Late 1901
The twelve largest British railways report a combined decrease in net earnings for the last half of 1901 amounting to more than 250000 pounds sterling.
Allan's Foot-Ease Powder Ad in Shoes Cures Foot Ailments
An 1880s ad promotes Allan's Foot-Ease a powder to shake into shoes offering relief for swollen sore hot callous sweating and ingrowing nails. It claims to ease tight new or worn shoes and offers free samples mailed to Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY. The text also includes a provocative line about will versus a woman's wont.
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Allan
Allen
Ts Anitaboe
Allen S Olmsted
le Roy
Supreme Court Sustems the Foot Butaio
Fragmented OCR text mentions Supreme Court proceedings and a variety of garbled phrases about football and market actions. Readable facts include reference to a legal matter, a named time frame, and scattered mentions of individuals and activities amid damaged text.
Alton resumes fast St Louis train service
The Alton resumes its fast night train from Kansas City to St Louis with chair cars and sleeping compartments. Passengers bound for St Louis and points east should use the Kansas City gateway to secure the early departure at 9 p m and arrival at 7 am. Contact traveling agent for rates and accommodations.
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ALTON
ST. Louis
St. Louie
Pointa East
Kasleas City
Chicago & Alton
Kansas City
Cooper
Chicago & Alton Railway
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