Gargiulo and Honse Head Toward Salonica to Meet Miss Stone
A. A. Gargiuolo the first dragoman of the United States legation and Dr. Honse, missionaries, left Seres for Salonica to join Miss Ellen Stone and Mme Tsilka. Stone, strained by six months, cannot ride the horse trip and will rest at Strumitza before sea passage to Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Keb
A. A. Gargiuolo
United States
Legation
Salonica-Uskub
Miss Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Strumitxa
Salonica
Oleomargarine Production by State Reveals Kansas Rank
Secretary Wilson transmits a Senate report on oleomargarine production showing Illinois leads with 66 percent of output, Kansas second with about 22 percent and 16,686,400 pounds produced in Kansas in 1900. Illinois shown as top producer and other state figures cited though incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Senate
United States
Kansas
Illinois
Igor
To Negotiate Big Gas Deal for Prairie Oil and Gas
Parsons Kansas February 22 special J H Foster and C H Kimball left for Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to submit a proposal to Prairie Oil and Gas Company for the purchase of natural gas wells leases piping and all other property near Thayer Kansas The company recently offered the property to the city for 216000 but a mass meeting of citizens deemed the price too high A committee was chosen and Foster and Kimball were selected to seek more favorable terms with the company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons, Kas
J. H. Foster
C. H. Kimball
Pittsburg
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Nea Thayer
Kas
Messers
Foster
Kimball
Mmore
Kansan Star Blair Shatters in Hyde Park Meet
Clyde Blair, Fort Scott freshman, sparked the University of Chicago gym meet beating Hyde Park High. Blair won the 35 yard dash in .04 seconds equal to the world record and took the twelve-pound shot put with a 42 foot best. University of Chicago freshmen won 59 to 42.
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Chrcaco
University of Chicago
Hyde Park High School
Clyde Blair
Fort Scott Kansas
Blair
Crum to Take Office Tuesday as U S Marshal Kansas
Leavenworth Kansas February 22 1900 The commission of Lit Crum as United States marshal for the district of Kansas was received from Judge W C Hook Crum will go to Topeka Tuesday to present his bond and be sworn in to succeed W E Sterne who has held the post for four years
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Leavenworth, Kas
United States
Didict
Kansas
W. C. Hook
Hook
Topeka
Crum
W. E. Sterne
Sterne
Meeting favors Nelson plan to consolidate country schools
Superintendent Nelson's scheme for consolidating country schools gains strong support across the state. He lectured at Newton about the plan before nearly 100 teachers and has enlisted assistant D W Little to handle rising demand for further talks. A pamphlet on finances and student transport is in preparation, with 8000 copies planned and over a thousand already spoken for.
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Nelson
Newton
D. W. Little
Little
Cherokee County
Topeka
Herald
Nine Good Government Jobs Open in Topeka Examinations
The United States announces exams for nine government positions in Topeka over coming weeks. March 19 offers a Weather department messenger boy post at ages 14 to 20 with a $30 monthly pay. March 25 26 and 27 test desk officer in the coast and geodetic survey. April 2 selects an agrostological clerk in Agriculture for $720 yearly. Also on that date tests for pathologist dentist analytical chemist and steamboat inspection service roles paying up to $2 000 and $1 800 and $1 500 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Topeka
Weather Department
Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Department of Agriculture
Focal
Steamboat Inspection Service
Receiver Seeks Appointment for Modern Tonties Insolvency
Wrearra Kas Feb 21 In district court a 10 day motion seeks the appointment of a receiver for the Modern Tonties a fraternal insurance organization on the ground that the group is insolvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wreurra
Kas
Clean and Moral Town Garnett Praised by Traveler
A visiting man from Garatt praised Garnett as the cleanest best and most moral town in eastern Kansas. He said he expects to live and die there, remarking that there are not three towns better than Garnett.
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Garatt
Garnett
Kansas
Topeka Man Ware Dines With President Roosevelt
Eugene F. Ware of Topeka visited President Roosevelt in Washington on February 21. Ware thanked Roosevelt for his appointment to the West Point board of visitors and later shared luncheon with the President, accompanied by Representative Long.
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Washington
Eugene F. Ware
Topeka
Long
Roosevelt
Ware
Board of Visitors
West Point
Fire devastates Lafayette stores and bank early morning
A large Lafayette blaze destroyed Loch and Rene’s dry goods, Deventer & Co hatters and furnishers, McCormick’s department store, Grieve’s shoe shop, and the National Fowler bank. The fire heavily damaged the Times, Journal, and the Call offices. Origin not determined by report.
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Lafayette
Loch & Rene
Deventer & Co
McCormick’s Department
Grieves i Shoe
National Fowler Bank
Times, Journal
the Call
Triple Tie notes a lively evening and a couple wed in Central City
President Glass appointed a committee to plan last night's Triple Tie program. Miss Earnest sang to a hearty encore, followed by more songs and a recitation by Mrs. L. D. Dobbs. A comic song by Mr. and Mrs. Whithead pleased the members. Doctor Scott spoke of council proceedings. At 2 o'clock Feb 23 in Central City, Ben F. Kinney and Dora E. Hunt married by Rev H G Mathis. Kinney works for Missouri Pacific. they will live in Garnett.
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Glass
Earnest
L. D. Dobbs
W. E. Whithead
Doctor Scott
Supreme Council
Central City
Ben
F. Kinney
Dora E. Hunt
H G. Mathis
Presbyterian
Kinney
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Mrs. Kinney
Garnett
Waived Preliminary Trial For Bay Mare Theft
Frank Brown, charged with stealing a bay mare from Walter Corley at Westphalia, waived his preliminary trial in Justice Gordins court. He was committed to county jail and faces possible five years at hard labor at the upcoming district court term. Officers maintained they had the right man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brown
Walter Corley
Westphalia
New Style Cabooses Adopted by Santa Fe Railroad
The Santa Fe began removing platforms from way cars or cabooses on this division. The change, first on this line, will alter car arrangement with steps at each end and middle sides, similar to locomotive steps. Two cars, Nos. 291 and 169, have been placed in Topeka shops for the purpose. Ottawa Republic reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Topeka
Ottawa Republic
Moves to Oklahoma from Anderson County to Woodward
Robert Mundell, long time Anderson county resident, traveled to Woodward county Oklahoma and this week sold his farm 34 miles southeast of Greeley to an Iowa man. Mundell plans to move his family to the new country and settle there. The Texas Supreme Court on February 10 upheld Hunt county court in the case of H D Wood versus Missouri Kansas Texas, affirming damages awarded for smallpox exposure to Wood and his family.
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Robert Mundell
Anderson County
Woodward County
Oklahoma
Greely
Iowa
Mr. Mundell
Supreme Court of Texas
Hunt County Court
H. D. Wood
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Wood
Tolstoi Sinking Again and Ground At Haskell
Tolstoi's health worsened with low temperature and general weakness as of a 9 PM bulletin from Yala Crima. In Washington the House passed an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill by Rep Bowersock Kansas to buy about 300 acres of land at Lawrence for Haskell Institute adjoining its grounds.
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Yala
Crimea
Count Tolstoi
Haskell
Washington
House of
Bowersock
Kansas
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Institute
Settled Out of Court in State Bank vs Manspeaker Case
The district court case over a farm sale between Long and Manspeaker was settled this morning. Manspeaker's notes funded the deal, later assigned to an Olathe capitalist who endorsed without recourse. The bank sued for recovery but reached an amicable settlement at the term.
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State Bank
Manspeaker
District Court
Long
Olathe
Kans
Wheat supply tightens in McPherson County Kansas
Mill owner J Stromquist notes a decline in local wheat stocks at McPherson County and forecasts little new market activity until the next crop. Farmers feed significant volumes to livestock, with reports of feeding ranges from 300 to 1,490 bushels and some large holdings already committed or liquidated.
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Mcpherson, Kas
J. Stromqusst
McPherson County
Jove
Railways To Test McGee Well Near Depot
Missouri Pacific representative conferred with Geo McGee's attorneys about testing the McGee well near the depot. Santa Fe superintendent Barnes said engineers from his line would also test the well in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Geo McGee
Lit Crum Sworn In as U S Marshal for Kansas
Lit Crum was sworn in as United States marshal for Kansas in Topeka on February 25. He had been kept from the office for several weeks because Judge Hook of the United States court, who administers the oath, was away on a pleasure trip to Old Mexico.
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Topexa
Crum
United States
Kansas
Hook
United States Court
Old Mexico
Marriage Licences Issued by Probate Judge Higgins
Probate Judge Higgins issued marriage licenses over the past two days naming several couples. John Vaughn and Anna Hutchison of Garnett. Lyman Sproad of Colorado Springs and Agness J. Kildoo of Garnett. Wm. F. Hurst and Ora Cleveland of Andersen county. J. A. Frank Swonger Jr. and Edna M. Woods of Lynn county.
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Higgins
John Vaughn
Anna Hutchison
Garnett
Lyman Sproad
Colorado Springs
Col
Agness J. Kildoo
Ww. F. Hurst
Ora Cleveland
Andersoo County
J. A. Frank Swonger, Jr
Edna M. Woods
Lynn County
Theodore Roosevelt Jr Goes Home From Infirmary
Mrs. Roosevelt chose to remain in Washington tonight. Theodore Roosevelt Jr was moved from the infirmary to the train at four this afternoon in Groton Massachusetts as part of the plan.
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Groton
Mass
Scarlet Fever Epidemic Strikes Topeka Focuses on Ties Study
Topeka reports a scarlet fever outbreak with signs across the town though no deaths yet. The Santa Fe Railroad conducts tests on wooden ties using various treatments and woods, including crude-oil soaking at Somerville Texas, with Prof Herman von Schroenk of Shaw School of Botany observing the program.
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Topeka
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Somerville
Tex
Herman von Scchrenk
Shaw School of Botany
Saint Louis
Queer hereditary deformity noted in Leavenworth family
W Killiom, an engineer who recently moved from Lowa to Leavenworth, bears a thumblike deformity with only one finger joint besides the knuckle on each hand. He cites a five generation pattern and reports two children with the same condition on hands and feet.
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W. Killiom
Leavenworth
Killiom
Lowa
Mail
Breeze
River dispute heads to Supreme Court as states contend over Arkansas water
Attorneys General Goourd of mungad and Post of Colorado travel to Washington with Eugene Ware of Topeka as special counsel for Kan sas to argue the Arkansas River diversion case. Kansans insist irrigation water be returned to the river bed after use, while the piece also oddly digresses about newspapers and real estate advertising.
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Goourd
Mungad
Post
Colorado
Washington
Arkansas River
United States Supreme Court
Eugene Ware
Topeka
Kansax
Arkansas
Doctor’s Lung Balm Promoted Amid Pain Testimony
A reader recalls severe lung pain and breathing difficulty blamed on a doctor’s care. After using Dr Kay’s Lung Balm samples advertised by De. B. Adical, the pain subsided and the patient credits the remedy with relief. The note mentions bronchitis risks and urges readers to request a free sample and price list.
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Nettlead
Jang Holm
Cauala
Lung
Hi Lung
Dora L. Grd
Westwood
Wood
Nef
Kay
Giats
de. B. Adicalante Springs
To Cure a Cold in One Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement notes the claim to cure a cold in one take with Laxative Bromo Quinine. It warns that the remedy fails to cure and includes a signature from E. W. Grove offering one box for 25 cents with a money back promise.
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E. W. Grove
Public Road View Notice in Anderson County Kansas
Local officials notify residents of a road view survey and possible vacating proceedings to begin March 14 at the old road start near Harris. Viewers and county surveyor to assess damages and report claims by interested parties, with deadlines to file written notices.
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Stratsop Kansas
Anderson Coumte
Board of County Commission
Anderson County
Kansas
Harris
J R Cassity
Joho P Son
Richard Hagan
Toad
Joho
Rankin
County
Chen
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Theo, Jr
Southern Kansas Division
Kansas City
Independence
Thumbs
River
John Neville
Dr Kay
Palmer
Glen Falls
Miles
Akip
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Dr. Kay
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J. G. Standard
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