Winter Storm Brings Sleet and Cold Across State
Rain and sleet battered the countryside with a biting wind and heavy ice. Some relief arrived Sunday as the sun returned, though stock faced discomfort and conditions remained hazardous. Western Kansas endured a weeklong storm with drifting snow, while eastern areas suffered swollen rivers and limited snow. Roads remained poor and horses suffered sprains. blacksmiths struggled to keep up. The weather yielded a bright Sunday and a forecast of more good days ahead, though cattle stock suffered in parts of the state. Ridgeway of Denver reportedly treasurer for a railroad leadership shift, while J D Avaloneda offers Spanish lessons in the Kress Building and L J Phillips & Co sells stencils and fabrics at 820 Mass. St.
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Kansas
Elgin Watch Aims To Be One Of A Kind For Dyche Trip
Elgin watchmakers craft a unique timepiece for Professor L K Dyche to accompany Cook on a Alaska expedition and to mark his North Pole interest. The defunct Cook watch controversy spurred Elgin to pursue a never stopping model. The project proceeds under expert Elgin hands and may be presented to Dyche by the company.
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Cook
Waltham
Prof. Dyche
Tae
Alaska
Elgin Company
Dyche
North Pole
Dyehe
Conk
Railroads and unions seek a compromise in pay talks
Washington reports the general managers association of thirty-two Eastern railroads plans to hear employee demands late this week. Officials say no hostility exists while unions press for wage increases, with freight rate considerations also in play.
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Washington
General Managers” Association
Oper 1 Iymen
All In
General Managers’ Association
Explosion at KC building kills two and injures several
Explosion in a Kansas City wholesale district basement caused the collapse of two lower floors at 910 Broadway. Two men died Janos Boley and James Cox, with Andrew Meyers among the seriously injured. A passerby expressman was killed. others, including the janitor and two workmen, were hurt. Nearby stores reported shattered windows and panic as occupants fled to the street. A second incident in Woodward Oklahoma involved a Santa Fe freight engine derailment and a fatal engineer’s death, Ellis, and fireman Saunders.
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Kansas City
Broadway
Janos Boley
James Cox
Andrew Meyers
Tons Bros
Santa Fe
Woodward
Okla
Dee
Alchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Gerlach
Ellis
Saunders
Amarillo
Texas
Fragmented notices mix lost items and local ads
A garbled page fragment combines lost wallet and handbag notices, missing clothing, and rent ads with stray editorials on segregation. It lists Bell phone numbers, rewards, and various Kansas City area items, including a property rental and a piano display, all in disjoint phrases.
Dumas Ward Wedding Details In Lawrence Society Notes
Miss Maud Dumas and Vert Ward wed at the Congregational parsonage at six with a grand supper at the bride’s home at 600 Maine Street. The event, richly decorated, follows with receptions and social events across campus including Chi Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma activities, student jokes, and upcoming wedding notices, dances, and a busy university social calendar.
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Lillian Spurlock
Kings City
Studies Ward
Hcane
Pennsylvania Street
Ward
Lawrence
Wart
Aird
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone
Alice
Maide
Maui
Marines Transfer From Stranded Prairie to Dixie
Philadelphia December 6 The transport Dixie with 700 marines and all equipment transferred from the stranded Prairie and passed out to sea early today en route to Central America. Admiral Kimball and the marines may be sent to Colon and possibly Nicaragua. they are three days behind schedule. The Prairie will likely be dredged from mud in which she is stranded after running aground off Pea Patch Island Delaware River Saturday night.
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Philadelphia
Dixie
Prairie
Xen
Central America
Kimball
Colon
Nicaragua
Pea Patch Island
Delaware River
Navy Department
Congress Eyes Fiscal 1911 Cuts in Treasury Estimates
Washington December 6 1910 Congress begins a long session with MacVeagh figures showing total estimates for the fiscal year ending June 20 1911 at 732 223 075 a reduction of over 123 million from 1910 and 103 million from the current year Taft orders end of padding with new requests only for essential needs large reductions hit public works army navy and military establishments while no new ships are requested for the navy the session opens as lawmakers prepare for the presidents annual message tomorrow and adjournment honors are paid to late leaders Lassiter Armond and Johnson
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Washington
House of Representatives
Taft
Treasury Department
War Department
Panama Canal
Navy Department
Meyer
Tstherndan Canal
Dee
Congress
Alsowra
Altheuwith
Heaun
Senate
House
DeArmond
Missant
Johnson
North da
Lassiter Oirginia
Public Schools Add New First Aid to Injured Course
The New York Journal reports public schools in the city expanding first aid training. Henry M Leipziger authorizes indefinite continuation. Pupils learn anatomy, ventilation, and treatment of fainting, sunstroke, burns, and poisoning. They practice stretcher use and home care, including sickroom methods and thermometers. Also listed are window glazing, art books, and a bookstore display at Wolf's store.
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Clivage
Hays
James E.,armstrong
Englewood High School
FCA
Irl
Olr
Englewood
Chicara oriental commis_sion
al Graeber
Crcater City
Itenry M. Leipzger
Board of Education
New York Journal
Appointments in Kansas Draw Bristow and Curtis Talk
Washington reports Kansan politicians Curtis and Bristow in town as Taft weighs federal posts. Dated notes discuss district attorney H J Bone pension agent Wilder Metcalf and U S marshal Mackey term expirations, with hints of endorsements for future offices and cabinet talks.
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Washington
Kansas
Taft
Curtis
Bristow
H. J. Bone
United States
J. M.simpson
Wilder S. Metcalf
Topeka
W. H. Mackey
Metcalf
Col
A. W. Smith
McPherson
Cyrus Leland
Curtis and
Charles F. Lcvut
Ola
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Scott
The Taste Tells at Wiedemann's Ice Cream Menu
Menu reads Chocolate Lee Cream Vanilla Ice Cream Raspberry Ice Cream Apricot Tee Cream Pineapple Ice The Taste Tells AT WIEDEMANN'S Tables and Post Cant Albywus at Boyles.
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Wiedemann's
Boyles
Aviator Fernandez Killed in France Flight Attempt
Near Nice on December 6 M Fernandez a noted French aviator was killed when his aeroplane dropped from about 1600 feet after water explosion during maneuvers. He is the third fatality in motor powered flight following Lt Selfridge and E Lefebvre who died in earlier Wright machine crashes.
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Nice
France
M. Fernanez
Fernandez
Lieutenant Selfridge
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
E. Lefebvre
Woman Found Dead in Porch Suspected Suicide
Goldie Engberg was found dying on her porch and neighbors testified she had told a neighbor she did not care to live. Coroner's inquest in Pittsburg indicated suicide amid rumored murder.
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Goldie Engberg
Pittsburg
Felon Dee
Blazer
Miss Engberg
Supreme Court Denies Morse Writ of Certiorari
The U S Supreme Court denied Charles W Morse's petition for a writ of certiorari leaving in place his fifteen year sentence. The court granted certiorari in the contempt cases of Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell bringing the Buck Stove and Range matter to review. Bishop Daniel Ayres Goodsell dies in New York after illness and surgery. Ohio National Guardsmen in Bridgeport total 1900 as strike tensions ease with possible early troop withdrawals.
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Supreme Court
Gompers
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles W Morse
New York
Morse
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Offeers
American Federation of Labor
Goodsell
Daniel Ayres Goodsell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Woodsell
Newburgh
N. Y
Christian Advocate
Corn Exposition Opens in Omaha with International Greetings
The third National Corn exposition opens in Omaha on December 6 and runs through December 18. Telegrams greet the event from Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and Mexico's President Diaz. The item list includes pennants, leather pillows, and hangers at C. C Bemwir's Indian Store. Also advertised are Sealshipt Oysters at Dunmire's.
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Omaha
Neb
James Wilson
Diaz
Mexico
C. C. Bem Wir
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Advan
Ridgeway
Mundge
Denver
A. C. Ridgeway
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
H. Amndge
Mr. Ridgeway
Lawsrenue Nan
J.D. Avaloneda
Kress Bldg
Bell Phone
Mass
Aly
Billy Sunday
Joplin
Deve
Billy
Connor Watel
Gay T. Humes
Fred Firey
Walter Miller
Tre Econ
F. W. Young
Squires
W Parsons
Jeweler
Bell
Indiana St
Fred Seale
Lawrence, Kans
R. Bell - Tel
Tennessee
Kress
Smth
Flelwig
Dunakin
Bridge Street
Finder
Teward
Whipple
Lecompton, Kansas
Garat
Home I Laundry
Frank Roberts
Kennedy Bros
Mass. Street
Wiedemann’s
I T
Ed. W. Parson's
Chi Omega Sorority
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Anderson
Phi Delts Pheta Fraternity
Willl
Sedgel
Munderstaml
Euch
Ran
Leving Sen
Maineth Leary
Ved Ennisey
Miss
Leary Tamsey
Rumsey
Marshall
Barmeey
Deming
Glee Club
University Glee Club
Strandad
TRANSPORT _ DIXIE
Wursing
LT. Phillips & Co
St. Beth
Studia
Lena Badsky
China
Jackson 1
Sur
Wolf's Book
State Department
Calbomn
Chiesa
Ellis Qase
Little Rock
Ark
W. Y. Elba
N. P. Willis
Lea
Dunambe’s
Orleans
Nachman
Old Rose
Light Cay
Edson
Eddy Black
Deesbeb
felser, A _ discount sinep
Brirte
Bridgeport
Ohio
Aetna Standard Mills
Ohio National Guards
Dunmires
Newman
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