Editorial on Boer War Blunders Aligns With Boers
From the Topeka Herald an editorial argues English conduct in the Boer War is cruel and unjust. General Hudson backs the Boers, claiming American sympathy should flow to self rule movements including the Boers and Filipinos, drawing parallels to the Revolutionary period and criticizing American actions.
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Topeka Herald
Hudson
The
Herald
Amerns
England
Great Britain
United States
Kansas City Times Becomes Independent Republican
The Kansas City Times, once a Democratic paper for about thirty years, was bought by the Star publishers and will run as an independent Republican sheet. The sale ended the paper’s telegraphic franchise, alarming Democrats who feared losing a daily organ. The Democrats, briefly at a loss, arranged a pact with the Kansas City World to provide an opposing Republican voice.
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Kansas City Times
The
Star
Times
Kansas City World
General Buller Replaced by French Over Ladysmith Speech
General Buller was dismissed by the British War Department after a speech urging Ladysmith’s surrender. General French assumes command as Buller declines to resign. The move signals trouble for British forces.
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Buller
British War Department
Ladysmith
French
Britains
Postal routs require department selected mail boxes
The Tax post office department announced that rural route mail will only be delivered if patrons install a box chosen by the department. Many existing boxes are condemned, forcing patrons to supply new ones or lose mail service. The piece argues this favors box manufacturers, noting a patron could use a cheap pine box but it would threaten the department’s profits.
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Eagle
Postal Department
Kansas Adds Bank Examiners as Political Jobs Count
The state increases its bank examiner staff by one, creating a new office to employ another Republican. The move appears aimed at filling a political quota amid broader efforts to reduce a surplus in the national treaty.
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Kansas
Union Men Aroused In Strike Picketing War
Judge Kohlsaar in the United States circuit court granted a permanent injunction restraining Re liable lodge No. 253 and others from picketing or intimidation of workers at Allis-Chalmers. He termed striker assaults civil warfare and warned unions that workers may quit without violating conspiracy laws. Pickets were posted at Allis-Chalmers as a crisis looms with 2000 striking workers.
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Carcaco
Kohlsaar
United States Circuit Court
Reliable Lodge
International Association of Machinists
Kohisaat
Chicago
Allis-Chalmers
Guardian editorial condemns camps in South Africa
In Manchester the Guardian denounces concentration camps used on Boers, likening them to Weyler era Cuba. It criticizes Colonial Secretary Chamberlain over fees charged for prisoner families and recalls Salisbury's warning to Abdul Hamid about inevitable national disasters.
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Manchester
England
the Guardian
South Africa
Weyler
Chamberlain
Lord Kitchener
The
Guardian
Marquis of Salisbury
Abdul Hamid
New Rochelle Writer Urges Kansas Patriots Rally in Louisville
G. W. Lovp of New Rochelle New York writes that an Actrator of Octrith shows the need for a new party name to rally Kansas patriots. He predicts a meeting with comrades at Louisville Kentucky in April to make a strong pull together.
Kansas Politicians Form Telephone Co Franchise in Oklahoma
Several Kansas politicians organize a telephone company to operate in Oklahoma under the name of Frank L. Brown. Key figures include Cy Leland Matt Albaugh Ike Lambert and S. Jobes. The firm is headquartered in Wichita.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Frank L. Brown
Cy Leland
Matt Albaugh
Ike Lambert
S. Jobes
Wichita
Rockefeller Plans Another Donation Amid Gasoline and Coal Oil Rise
The text suggests Rockefeller intends another donation to a church or college. It notes gasoline costs rose by one and a half cents per gallon in the past week and coal oil increased from one and a half to two cents.
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Rockefeller
Lone Elm News Highlights From Weekend Activities
Lone Elm residents report visits by Fred and Mrs Lamb, Whitney family trips to Emporia, and a seventy nine year old anniversary celebration. Dances, water worries, and new business district improvements are noted alongside post office relocation to Reeve block. Local trips to Kansas City and several sick with scarlet fever are mentioned plus a carpet tack party hosted by Mrs Mamie Lamey.
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Wat. Lamb
Fred Lamb
la Harpe
Whitney
Emporia
Items From Central City and Local Notes
Mrs Denaham a long time resident died Monday the 14th and will be buried in Emerald. She was Catholic and leaves three daughters Miss Mary Mrs Catherine Grant and Mrs Maggie McNight. Miss Winnie Ramsay returned from visit near Kansas City. A light frost and scarce stock water alarm farmers. Some dig wells in faith water may be found. Arthur Shermerhorn and wife plan to move to Oklahoma. Ray Gage returns from Baldwin after a mild smallpox attack.
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Central City
Denaham
Emerald
Mary
Catherine Grant
Maggie, McNight
T. C. Hudson
Arthur Shermerhorn
Oklahoma
Deafness Cure Claim By Constitutional Remedies
An advertisement claims deafness results from an inflamed Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, and promotes Hall's Family Pills as the best remedy from P. J. Canney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
P. J. Canney & Co
Toledo
Red Lights Spark Dinner Jest in Garnett Chronicle
A playful note recalls Garnett's famed 20 cent dinner, describing the Red Lights as staging a humorous return to the memorable meal era. The item captures local cultura irony and communal whimsy without detailing dates or broader events.
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Garnett
Public reaction to tin can price rise urged at ballot box
An appeal argues the tin trust raised can prices from 18 to 30 per thousand this season. It questions paying inflated costs, suggests manufacturing cans for the people at cost, and urges voters to act at the ballot box to curb the trusts.
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Tin Trust
Morgan Promotes White-Lead Combine Imitating Steel Trust
The Appeal to Reason cites a plan by a Morgan promoted company to imitate the steel trust by gaining control of the nation’s white lead supply. It notes a capital stock of 150 million dollars and claims Morgan has influence across many major industries.
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Morgan
Steel Trust
British Baptists Refuse War Service Prompting Conscription
The Baptists decline to volunteer for the South African conflict, pressuring the government to impose conscription to secure soldiers. A likely revolt among the British public is anticipated in the near term.
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South Africa
Large New Jersey mosquitoes blamed for fatal attack
A resident describes New Jersey as unsafe after a woman was killed by a very large mosquito. The note ties mosquitoes with trusts and anarchists, suggesting the state is an undesirable place to live.
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New Jersey
Parrot misadventure ends with poultry massacre
A man given a claimed wood talker parrot by his niece fails to elicit speech. In a fit of frustration he shakes the bird and throws it into a yard coop with thirty chickens. Inside the coop the parrot is seen holding the last chicken by the neck while shouting uncle in a garbled indecent vent.
Staves Blacked and Put Up by Local Worker
Louis R. Walker offers stave blacking and setup to a high standard. Helian brings years of experience and guarantees satisfaction. Leave orders at the aggregate office or call at his residence south of Catalde Lechoot House.
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Louis R. Walker
Helian
Call
Catalde Lechoot House
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J. Bull
Boards of County Commissioners
Topeka
Salida
Starvard Oil
Lone Elm
Tems
Kansas City
J.D. Hester
Sanday
T.C. McDowell
J. Q. Bidwell
Winnie Ramsay
Kanaas City
Ray Gage
W. A. Gage
McCabe
Baldwin
Rocky Mountain
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Dr. B
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