Kansas political column on local matters and figures
A verbose Kansas newspaper opinion piece discusses Democratic and Republican dynamics, Burton’s resignation, the need for decency in Douglas County, and the second district contest between Henry Allen and Charles Scott. It critiques party machines, praises public integrity, and warns against graft while stressing voter guidance toward a Scott-backed delegation.
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Douglas County
Chas. F. Scott
Emporia Gazette
Henry Allen
Tom Kelly
Stubbs
Kelly
Stobbs
Charlie Scott
A Prosperous Year Foretells Strong Christmas Era
An editorial notes a remarkable year of prosperity driven by abundant crops and labor, with confidence restored by the Republican Party and securing stability under McKinley and Roosevelt. It credits good crops, plentiful labor, and political steadiness as key factors behind widespread wealth and investment.
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Daver
Kamas
Republican Party
McKinley
Roosevelt Bassino
Big Trial to Probe Beef Trust Prices January Ninth
The 21 firms indicted for conspiring to fix meat prices face a landmark trial on January 9. Prosecutors, backed by the president, seek to curb a powerful beef trust amid high expectations that justice will be served despite immense wealth and legal skill.
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Lawrence
Strayed Black Sow Strays Near Jewett Place
Black sow about 150 pounds missing. finder urged to notify George Stuart on Jewett place by bell 474.
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George Stuart
Jewett Place
Bell Phone
Buenos Aires Reaches One Million Population Milestone
Buenos Ayres, capital of Argentina, hits the 1,000,000 population mark becoming the largest city in the western hemisphere outside New York Chicago and Philadelphia. The article notes rapid growth, Argentina's large area, and exports including food products outpacing the United States in many measures.
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Buenos Ayres
Chicago
Berlin
Argentina
United States
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Haunt Women’s Clubs Enforce Guests Rule
Humorous clash with male visitors at large ladies’ clubs prompts strict rule that no member may entertain more than three guests at tea. The Pineapple and love apple terms cited as examples of fruit naming quirks. Honolulu showcases a “stone that breeds” from Kau Island, claiming the stone multiplies when placed in a jar with water.
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Says
Louden
Honolulu
Kau Island
Indian White Queen Dead in Ebimet Nation
Askaganda the Ebimet ruler of a tribe near Lake Superior and Hudson Bay has died after about 20 years on the throne. Her son Sachago succeeds to rule over roughly 400 full blood Indians. News reached the agent John Franken via an Indian runner. The queen arrived from Montreal years ago as a missionary and became wife and chief after her husband’s death. Report notes the tribe’s cave of gold and wealth witnessed by two white visitors.
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Tower
Minn
Askaganda
Lake Superior
Hudson Bay
Sachago
John Franken
Montreal
Ehimet
Birthday Dinner for Dog in Louisville
Louisville hosts a birthday dinner for Boots the cocker spaniel, honoring her eighteenth birthday with a multi course meal. Arthur K. Lord and wife describe Boots as a constant, faithful companion, noting her silver plate and special cooled delicacies.
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Louisville
Arthur K. Lord
Fourth Avenue
Boots
Dream warns of death as train kills lover
Gloucester City reports Elmer Gibbons struck by a train while saying goodbye to his fiancée Miss Laura Turner. He died at Counter hospital, Camden. Turner had dreamed of his injury at a shipyard, then waited at the gate fearing his fate. He reassured her before departing for work.
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Gloucester City
Elmer Gibbons
Couner Hospital
Camden
Laura Turner
Gibbons
Miss Turner
New York
Visionary statue unveiled at Llanthony Abbey festival
At Llanthony Abbey in Monmouthshire a vision statue was unveiled to mark a festival honoring Our Lady of Llanthony. Father Ignatius recounts apparitions beginning August 30 1880 with luminous mist and a woman’s figure in a light circle over the meadow. The event drew worship and dramatic description of rising light and divine forms.
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Llanthony Abbey
Ignatius
Rufus
Hugh de Laci
Walter Savage Landor
Father Ignatinn
Veshers
Ignatuus
Sharman Shot in Back at Cashing Me
In Cashing Maine W M Sharman was shot in the back as social disorder and medical claims unfold. The ad-style notice promotes Electric Citters as a cure for kidney trouble and related ailments. Dick Bros. druggists guarantee relief with a 59 cent price.
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W. M. Sharman
Dick Bros
VAGARIES OF THE PUBLIC ADVERTISING TALE
A commercial traveler notes how a crowd on Seventh Avenue overlooked five elephants passing by and how a famed advertising man recalls a failed trip to the South. He rented musicians to liven his Chicago stay, illustrating how attention shifts with context and event.
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Seventh Avenue
Chicago
Oveck
Chicago Encounter Ends Artist Free-Show Experiment
The narrator recalls riding through Chicago with musicians, observing pedestrians ignoring the arts scene. He laments the city’s supposed lack of taste for fine arts, judging his experiment costly at over $200 and declaring retirement from promoting arts by free methods. The field notes reflect a deflated Windy City reaction.
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Chicago
Windy City
Nervous Ailments Down as New York Rises
The New York board of health notes a steady decline in nervous ailment deaths since 1878 as urban growth, transport, and tall buildings rise. Despite more intense city life the rate fell from 28.62 per 10,000 in 1878 to a low in 1903, with travel speed cited as improving worker calm.
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New York
Board of Health
Notice of Appointment in Douglas County Estate
By the probate court of Douglas County on the Mth day of Tire 1905, Ranga was appointed administrator of the estate of Henrietta Reatz, deceased. Lizzie Read named as administrator. All parties interested are to govern themselves accordingly.
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Pal Otice
Tire
Douglas County
Ranga
Henrietta Reatz
Lizzie Read
Notice of Appointment in Estate of Naomi Carter
Notice published in the Lawrence Daily Journal on December 1 1905 states that on December 1 1906 the probate court of Douglas county Kansas appointed WM Carter as administrator of the estate of Naomi Carter, late of Douglas county deceased. All parties interested are notified to govern themselves accordingly.
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Lawrence Daily Journel
State of Queens
Douglas County
Nanmi Carter
Kansaa
Kansas
Naom! Carter
WM. Carter
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