Powder plant explosion kills one and injures many
A serious blast at the Excelsior Springs Powder company glazing house near Dodson, Missouri, killed engineer Herman Kline and injured about thirty five others, with Rev. J A Brush among the lightly hurt. Several cars and nearby buildings were damaged, and the cause remained undetermined as workers were evacuated to Kansas City hospitals.
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Excelsior Springs Powder Company
Dodson
Herman Kline
J. BL Meluough
Ft. Scott
Kans
Kansas City Southern
Tnin
Arg. McDonough
Kline
Powder Company
Antin
Kamsas Ciy
McDonough
Ellen Steitz
Mvs
I. W. Rowe
Indianola
Okla
Ethel Schuitzer
Stauberry
Schnitzer
C. J. Liggett
Marisonville
J. D. Gamble
Uoxville
Lows
W. W. Hudson
LL U. Divlebiss
John W. Linney
Neusho
Jay
LL S. Whonas
James Foster
Fittsburg
Kansas
Conductor Potter
Ansas City
Constance Shearer and Alfred Snyder wed in Lawrence
Wedding in the Christian church parsonage followed by a dinner at Mrs. Nannie Wilson’s home. The couple will reside at 1101 Delaware Street. Both are well known in Lawrence, with Mrs. Snyder praised for being capable and accomplished. The piece also notes a Kansas governor’s daughter engagement and reflects social trends and local humor.
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Constance Shearer
Alfred Snyder
C. L. Milton
Christian Church Parsonage
Nannie Wilson
Mr. Snyder
New York
Congress
North Carolina
Baldwin
Suder Berger
Miss I Mel
Pippert
Berger
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ing
Milwaukee
Fave Inken
Jury resumes as Mrs Gunness fate looms in trial
In Laporte the jury selection drew to a close with ten tentatively accepted. Sheriff Sautver failed to locate Mrs Belle Gunness, and Worden had not supplied her address, leaving her whereabouts unclear as the case proceeds.
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Bella Gunness
Laporte
Dud
Laumpiere
Ceretain
Sheri Sautver
Worden
Belle Gunness
Markets by Wiebe grain and provisions notes
Kansas City market report lists wheat with Sept 74 cars, Dec 90 44c, May 1. Ye July 95 4e. cash prices include No 2 hard 1.02, No 2 red 1.04-1.06. Corn futures Dec 56 34e, May 57e, July 37 1/2e. cash No 2 mixed 58 44-59e, No 2 white 60 4 62 4c. Hay values noted, eggs 31e. Live stock shows cattle receipts 9,009 with price ranges 4.60-7.50, cows/heifers 2.95-6, stockers/feeders 1.75, bulls 2.50-4, calves 3.75-5.75. hogs receipts 000 with top 9.20. Chicago markets report wheat Dec 1.50-1.70. corn Nov 62 1/2-66 1/2. pork Jan 18.07, May 16.12. beef cattle receipts 7,000 with varied prices. hogs 000 with top 9.20.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Dee
Lord
Taft's Capitol Statesmen Gather at Hot Springs
Hot Springs Virginia November 12 Tafts party grows as the incoming leaders assemble in the mountains. President elect Taft hosts a large group of alitesmen and politicians including Vice President elect Sherman national committeeman William L Ward Senator Bourne Oregon Senators Husket Nebraska and Sout West Virginia arriving to join the entourage.
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Hot Springs
Virginia Mountains
Taft
Sherman
William L. Ward
New York
Theodore Kk. Burton
Cleveland
Bourne
Oregon
Senators Husket
Nebraska
Soutt
West Virginia
Lemuel King Dead Aged Lawrence Resident Remembered
Lemuel King died this afternoon in Lawrence. A well known, polite man, he was long a respected figure in town. Neighbors recall his bow and greet everyone warmly, and his death will be deeply mourned by many.
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Lemuel, King
Law-rence
Mr. King
Chester
Mysterious Stranger in Kansas City Love Tale
A Kansas City woman travels with a tall stranger amid rumors of abduction and elopement. An aging father, an actor’s mother, and hotel confusion fuel a curious, disputed tale tied to a theater troupe. The woman, Mrs Trebernstader, leaves by the first train after denying abduction rumors.
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Kansas City
Bowersock
Laney
Trebevnstader
Schmitz Seymour
Eldridge Hotel
Mississippi Street
Font
Marnard Trebernstader
Lofland
Tual Oflive
The
Journal
Luiland
Big student rally at university for Kansas Nebraska game
A large demonstration is planned at the university to boost enthusiasm for the Kansas Nebraska game in Lincoln on Saturday. Chapel ends tomorrow. no classes until the afternoon. About twenty five students signaled intent to go, seventy seven needed. The athletic board may fund the band with $30 but more is hoped.
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University
Lincoln
Kansas
Nebraska
Wind reshapes hats and milliners adapt in Lawrence
A Kansas wind alters hat styles with large green feather wings on Lawrence women. Many hats were trimmed to lay feathers back toward the crown to withstand gusts. Women report trims look new again, though the wind caused many revisions.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Postmaster General Announces Historic Postal Deficit
Washington Nov 12 Postmaster General Meyer states the postal deficit for the year ending June 30 1908 is 16910279 the largest in department history The $9801321 rise stems from congress approved pay increases for railway mail rural and city delivery staff and post office clerks Ex sheriff John D Sharpe is arrested in Nashville Tenn on charges of murder and aiding and abetting in Senator Carmack’s killing last Monday.
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Washington
Meyer
Post Office Department
Congress
Carmack
Nashville
Tenn
John D. Sharpe
E. W. Car
Mack
Plans for Central Warehouse by Farmers Union in New Orleans
New Orleans on November 12 plans for a large central warehouse for the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union were outlined after an executive session. The committee to oversee the project was announced this morning, with J. Y. Callahan of Oklahoma named as a member.
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New Orleans
Farmers
J. Y. Callahan
Oklahoma
Manila Water System Opens After Three Year Build
Manila reveals its new water system completed after a three year effort at a cost of 2,000,000. Water released at the Mariquina Valley source begins a twenty mile flow to the city. Reports from Peking say China’s emperor is very ill today. A gasoline launch wreck near Buffalo results in six drownings. A prisoner escape and local notices appear, with assorted classified items and sales pitches.
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Manila
Mariquina
Ity
Peking
China
Buffalo
N. Y
Birth of Secretary Cortelyou's daughter reported in Washington
Washington dispatch notes Mrs. Cortelyou, wife of the secretary of the treasury, welcomed a daughter today. The mention sits amid a jumble of other notes including Thanksgiving offerings and local shopping references at Wiedemaen's and Boughton's in Lawrence.
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Washington, D. C
B. Cortelyou
Secretary of the Treasury
Mrs Taft Hats Draw New York Attention in Campaign Style
New York women discuss the coming first lady Mrs William Howard Taft. She buys hats in New York. two campaign hats were simple and quiet to please the president elect. One hat features mushroom shaped felt in toupe with amethyst velvet trim. another is a black beaver sailor with black and white wings.
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New York
Land
Wiliam Howard Taft
Taft
Federal Council meeting in Berlin draws heavy speculation
Berlin November 12 The foreign sffuka committee of the Bundesrath federal council meets today amid intense speculation. Officials suggest the aim is to thwart Emperor William from pursuing an independent foreign policy, though no statement is issued and secrecy surrounds the gathering.
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Berlin
Sffuka
Bundesrath
Federal Council
William
Disaster at Radbod mine in Hamm Germany
An explosion of fire damp at the Radbod coal mine in Hamm Germany today traps hundreds underground. Twenty seven bodies have been recovered with about 300 workers still in grave peril. four hundred men were in the pit, seventy saved and many injured with one dead. Shaft No 2 reportedly holds 150 men believed doomed.
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Hamm
Westphalia
Germany
Bishops In Session Methodist Church Meeting In Topeka
Topeka Kansas November 12 bishops of the world Methodist church gather for a five day annual session of home missions and church extension branches. Twenty Height arrived by special train from Kansas City and will join business sessions during the day.
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Methodist Church
Topeka
Kana
Methodist Church of the World
Home Missions
Lehurch Extension
Kansas City
Tax roll expansion hits Lawrence area lenders and estates
Lawrence and Emporia reports indicate County Assessor Spencer added to the personal tax levy several loans secured by mortgages. The state tax commission instructed taxing all such mortgages, potentially adding about a half million dollars to taxable property. An additional twenty two thousand dollars was added to Henry Schmidt of Olpe's personal property assessment.
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Emporia
Kan
Spencer
James Phe SO
Thompson
Rogers
State Tax Commission
Henry Schmidt
Olpe
Walling's Corner Ranch for Rent in Benton County Mo
For rent a 1200 acre ranch in Benton county Missouri forty miles south of Sedalia in a good neighborhood with fine water. Owner will stock and give a share of increase. Terms favorable to the right party. 47 room nearly modern house. Price twenty dollars per month. For details see Leroy N. Wae Real Estate Exchange 1007 Mass St. Lawrence Kansas. Both phones.
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Walling's Corner
Benton County
Sedalia
Leroy N. Wae
Real Estate Exchange
St. Lawrence
Kansas
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