Wealth in tobacco prospects boost Kansas farmers
Reports from Leavenworth and western Kansas indicate a potential bumper tobacco yield as crop prospects improve. Farmers say favorable growing conditions and nearterm prices support expectations for strong returns, with some fields already planted and others advancing, while uncertainty remains over curing and market timing.
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Kansas
Leavenworth
Teaverworth
Ganuily
Taney Pri S
Aligalion
Portland plans cleanup drive urged by governor officials
An unclear notice from Portland Oregon dated August 28 states Governor Oswald West served city and Multnomah County authorities. The message mentions a Monday test and aims to institute a cleanup plan for the area. Details are fragmentary and the exact scope remains uncertain.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Anz
Oswald West
Portchard
Multnomah
Governor arrives. officials clash over cure for district
The governor, arriving from Salem, seeks support to push his program before his term ends January 9. City leaders argue that only creating a restricted district can hold back unfyrimates, warning a crusade will just move them to another hiding place. The scene unfolds in the mayor’s office as officials resist the plan.
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Indris
Portland
Salem Eardy
Ones Teley
Tor
A. G.ery
Soldier Sparks Romance Soon After Fort Leavenworth
A Soldier saw and loved a Georgia girl soon after meeting an officer at Fort Leavenworth. Cirpid established a new report in Ugloragy this month. Spurs ibis month when.
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Fort Leavenworth
Georgia
Colorado Springs
Col
Cirpid
Ugloragy
Spurs
Unclear fragmentary text from historical notice
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names and places but lacks complete facts or events. It appears to reference individuals with dates and locations but the record is too damaged to identify a clear incident, date, or outcome. No verifiable entities or actions can be established for a coherent summary.
Oklahoma Son Kills Father in Self Defense Claim
In Durant near Wade Lauderdale a 25 year old farmer shot and killed his father James Lauderdale at their home at noon. The son says he acted in self defense after his father threatened him with a pistol while drunk. Neighbors describe the elder Lauderdale as well to do but rough in character and recently jailed on a neighbor nuisance charge.
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Oklahoma
Durant
Abe
Peart Lauedderdale
Wade
James
Lauderdale
Lavilerdale
Kansas Sold 2 Million Acres and School Lands
Topeka reports Kansas sold 2 acres of school lands to States by the United States at colonization and received 2.06 for 21,082 in its permanent school fund. State auditor Davis notes 4 acres sold for 10,295.20 this year with 272 patents issued, while thousands of unsold acres remain and sums unpaid on others. A testimonial from Mrs PHL Brogait praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and croup, available from dealers.
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Topeka
Aue
Kkansas
United States
Kansas
Iw. E. Davis
European Wheat Rush Triggers U S Shipments
Galveston reports the greatest grain rush in its history as European buyers, hit by crop failures, place immediate orders for American wheat. Antwerp London Liverpool among ports waiting eight ships for 600000 bushels and a Texas crop forecast of 290 million bushels.
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American Southwest
Galveston, Tey
Galveston
Cvde
Te Tire
Antwerp
Holland
United States
Texas
Atwerp
Liverpool
Jlantever
Brewer
Harvey Chris
Tiania
Kirkswold
London
Gothenbury
Union Pacific adopts new line to St. Joseph route
Denver announces a 100 mile line plan linking Denver via Julesburg to Gibbon Nebraska Hastings and then to St Joseph. The route runs main line Denver Julesburg Hastings Grand Island and St Joseph with a 64 mile gap stated and a bond issue approved by stockholders.
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Denver
St. Joseph
Missouri
Unjon Facine Railroad
Denven
Julesburg
Gibbon
Nebraska
New Road
Hastings
Grand Island
Union-Pacific
Hastings & Northern Railroad
St. Joseph & Grand Island
Oklahoma farmers fear storage crunch for bumper crop
A farmer reports Oklahoma faces a storage shortage as harvests grow. Silo capacity, hay sheds, and additional storage structures are rapidly expanding to hold the expected bumper quantities. Farmers anticipate lower costs by avoiding Illinois and Iowa storage fees this year.
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Tilsa
Oklahoma
Cuticura Remedies Endorsed For Skin Ailments
Miss Elsie Nielsen testifies on December 29, 1911 that a pimples treatment using Cuticura Soap and hot water cleared her skin after a regimen of evening cleansing and bathing. She recommends the Cuticura remedies to others suffering from skin diseases.
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Misa Elsie Nielson
Fragmented Ad Copy on Dandruff Remedies and Lip Book
A damaged OCR fragment mentions dandruff removal and relief from irritation, with stray phrases about pregnancy, a fall season, genes, and a liberal sample. It references a Boston department and hints at an address and a Lip Book. The readable text is sparse and lacks coherent facts.
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Nuicura
Dept. T
Boston
Jade and Gold Uncovered in Alaska Findings
Tacoma reports two separate Alaska discoveries by Cliff Peterson and Ole Little near Port Wells in Prince William Sound. A foot ledge yields green gold, while Walter Koen claims Artic Mountain of Jade at Koskob River head, with jade valued by Eskimos and said to rival Japanese and New Zealand jade.
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Alaska
Tacoma
Wash
Cliff Peterson
Ole Little
Hagriman Fiord
Prince William Sound
Tidewater
Port Wells
Kosbok River
Artic
Maska
Walter Koen
Koen
Yia Nome
Japan
New Zealand
Local Auctioneer Faces Fines After Wealth Claim
The excerpt describes Spencer reading a letter that triggered fines for the excited auctioneer, following a claim of wealth by a young Scottish man and a remark about $500 more than repaid kindness. Harris notes he was not surprised by the silence from the Scottish man.
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Robinson
Harris
Catholic Sisters to Open Soule College in Dodge City
Bishop Hennessy of Wichita and Mother Alou ix with Mother Raiier met in Dodge City last week to arrange the purchase of Soule College. The Sisters of Saint Joseph will establish an academy here modeled after schools in Leavenworth Abilene and Wichita. The former Soule property becomes theirs after the Methodist Church sold the buildings and 40 acre campus. The Catholic society plans to invest about fifteen thousand dollars to rebuild and remodel the property for school use.
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Dodge City
Kany
Hennessy
Wichita
Alouix
Raiier
Soule
Sisters of Saint Joseph Will Es
Sisterood
Leavenworth
Abilene
A.T. Soule
Catholic Sisterhood
Methodist Church
Catholic Society
Wild soldier Burke captured after months of hiding
Junction City Kan Aug 25 after living like a wild beast in woods near Junction City and Fort Riley for four months Alatt hew Bourke a private in the Fourth Artillery was captured last night by a detail from the post A farmhouse ransacked for food and Burke found near his den a hole in the mail with canvas He wore a tattered Kiaki uniform hair grown long and shoulders bedraggled Also a druggist endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a long trusted cure sold by all dealers.
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Junction City
Kan
Andort Riley
Alatthew Bourke
Burke
Tramp’s Benefactor to Receive Heirloom Fortune
Knoxville postmaster reads letter revealing William Robinson, once befriended by Joe Harris twenty four years ago, has died in Brisbane leaving Harris a 2 000 000cknowledged bequest. The donor from Scotland funded Alaska trip era and gold fields near Cape Nome. The tale unfolds from Suvarre Hotel to Nashville and then Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Lewuuse
Joe Harris
Harris
Scotland
Col
Cary F. Spence
Willian Robinson
Brisbane
Ansaha
Alaska
Gape Nouse
A.D. Smythe
Suvarre
New York City
Smythe
England
Jearn
Wills
Nashville
Ch. Spencer
Sisters of St. Joseph to build Parmentier High School
In Brooklyn the Sisters of St. Joseph will erect a four story brick and stone high school for Catholic girls in business training, funded by Miss Rosine M. Parmentier’s bequest of the Parmentier mansion and $40,00 in cash. The school will be named the Parmentier Memorial High School and staffed by the order’s nuns.
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Sisters of St. Joseph
Brooklyn
New York
Rosine M. Parmentier
Bridge Street
Parmentier
Sisters of St. du
Sisterhod
Parmentier Memorial Highs School
The Hopper Chick Story From Jones Chicken Yard
A peculiar Arkansas City note describes grasshopper irruption in mid July drawing grasshoppers to a yard light. Chickens adapted to feeding habits, with one bird adopting grasshopper-like hopping and a unique head feature noted among the flock.
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Arkansas City
Nur
J. C. Jones
Juves Ves
Jones
Makes You Ho ry to Look atte By Mrs ite Aleensie Hills EF
Recipe fragment from Boston Cooking School era shows a quick useful cake for unexpected guests. It describes a custard like mix with sugar egg yolks butter and flour, plus a simple chocolate or cream topping option and a dusting of sugar for finish. The note reflects era cooking language and shorthand.
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Ite
Aleensie Hills
Boston
KC Baking Co. Ad Claims Baking Mix With Cocoa
Fragment reads an ad from a Chicago company offering KC Baking Pek mix with flour salt sugar and chocolate. It mentions sending a colored certificate and packing in every twenty five der, with a tantalizing promise of delicious cookies or pancakes upon receipt. The OCR is garbled but references names Rogk and KC Cooks and shows instruction style for a cake or cookie mix.
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Send . Co
Chicago
Despondent Wichita Woman Attempts Suicide in East Park
Hazel Wilford, 24, of Wichita, attempted death by drinking in East Park after failing to find work during hair week. She threw the bottle into the river, fainted, was aided by two boys and nearby residents, and regained recovery within hours. She had recently come to the city seeking a position and reportedly faced eviction from a hotel.
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Hazel Wilford
Wichita
Eolorado
Anz
Tazet
Wilford
Comely
East Park
Haeal
Hazel
Kept Taft Off In Topeka Political Platform Row
Topeka council adopts Republican platform denouncing making support of Taft and Sherman a test of party fealty. Secretary of State Sessions must decide if names of Taft and Sherman can run. court action expected to compel him to remove them from the ticket. Also notes Irvin Bybee and a kidney health testimonial from OOP Barber & Son.
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Topeka
Luessepablican Party Council
Sessions
Ham
Taft
Sherman
Chicago
Jeav
Wants Baby Boy Gets Girl Kills Self In Chicago
A man in Chicago shoots himself after his wife gives birth to a girl instead of the boy he wanted. The event ends a troubled episode in which the husband stated a preference for a son.
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Chicago
Ite
Pete
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