Carnival Queen and political chatter in Lawrence Kansas
Lawrence Kansas columnist laments local politics and national affairs with notes on a carnival queen, the Dreyfus case, Western Union Cuba plans, English Boers war talk, Kansas agriculture, and a likely Kaw Valley Fair at Bismarck Grove. It jokes about civic pomp, railways, and local figures while musing on patriotism and upcoming nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dom Paul
Avery Day
Podron
Karteus
Kentucky
Kenana
Ibby
Bismarck Grove
Atchison trip highlights Kansas political winds
A mosaic of Kansas notes shows Atchison beating Iola’s team and a bank collapse ripple. discussion of anti imperialism funding and Democratic stance on free silver. Mentions Goebel Kentucky, New England professors, and national figures while detailing local fairs and a catarrh remedy.
Man Eating Lion Strikes Indian Labor Camp Tragedy
Reports recount a man eating lion attacking Ugends railroad workers. Across weeks it killed 28 coolies and an overseer, then vanished. An armed guard and insurer party finally cleared the area and work halted briefly. The laborers laid down tools until the danger was removed.
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Mons
Biss
Andhia
Hon
Coolle
American book market drains old Shakespearean treasure
The lid on rare volumes tightens as collectors cross borders. A Lacitivel Phillips collection once in Rhodesland's Martin J. Perry hands sparked bids when catalogued items moved to sale. Now a prized British library item travels to the United States, with a focus on British printers and poetry.
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Lacitivel Phillips
Bari
Martin J. Perry
Rhodesland
Shakesperry
Colleetar Tren Amerie
Otter
United States
Pievadilly
Local Classifieds From Kaw Valley Fair and City Streets
Advertisements present at Kaw Valley fair entries and local streets list items for sale including cook stove, Round Oak stove, bedstead, and various household goods at 934 Mississippi and 1003 Rhode Island. Also notice wanted nurse girl and a good horse for sale at 1205 Delaware, plus rent offers for a large front room at 1313 Massachusetts and a seven room house near 7a Kentucky.
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Mississippi Street
Benit
Kentucky Street
Curiosities and a Burglary Tale Highlight Old Diary Pages
A plate of rare bibliophile items including a “Boke of Bt. Albens” and bindings by famed artisans sold to an American via C. C. Toovey, with prices in five figures. Beneath, a London wedding gift list for Lewis Vernon Jarcourt and Ethel Baron contrasts bride gifts with bridegroom generosity, followed by a midnight attic burglary alarm, then light quips about mosquitos and a North Pole mystery, concluding with a plug for Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure.
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Uredenres
Boke
Bt. Albens
Xorcus
Lewis Vernon Jarcourt
Ethel
London
North Pole
Weddell Sea
Filipino schoolboy lessons on United States revealed in Manila Letter
A Manila Letter from Leslie's Weekly quotes a Filipino student manuscript teaching the United States geography and government. It notes North American location, boundaries, federal republic form, capitals, and major rivers and mountains with misspellings. The piece contrasts Filipino schooling with American prominence and hints at social tensions.
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Oreso
United States
Malolos
United States of America
Nigridia
Mexico
North America
British America
Atlantic Ocean
Bahama Channel
Strait of Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Grande
Pacific) Ocean
Colorado
St. Renee
Cumberland
Rockies
Washington
New York
Local Lawrence endorsements boost Doan's Kidney Pills
A Lawrence man G W Hamilton 527 Sycamore attests to relief from kidney and bladder pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports buying multiple bottles and notes occasional recurrences but says pills curb serious attacks. Dick Bros drugstore promotes customer reports and Doan's price is 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole US agent.
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Lawrence
G. W. Hamilton
Ottawa
Kans
Doan
Dick Bros
Dean's
Foser- Milburn Co
Buffaloo NY
United States
Aubrey Ec
Olivia
Barcelona
Spain
Aiken
S. C
America
All America
Barber Bros, Druggist
Kipling Curse quoted from Seasite Library text
Extract presents Kipling’s harsh curse on the United States about theft of intellectual property and cultural satire. It cites a Nikko bookstore finding a Seasafie Publishing collection and includes archaic language about governance, language, and social ills as described in Bookman notes.
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United States
Continent
Nikko
Yokohama
Seasaide Publishing Company
Seasife Library
Alaska
Florida
Drinka
Vie Dens
Atate
Frazee
Pioneer Mail
Bookman
The Wool Shearing Scene at Holinda Vale
A Melbourne bound report describes Australasian sheep shearing with the Wolseley machine. Lincolns beat Leicester in cross with Merino for brighter wool. About 70 000 sheep are shorn at Rupert Clarke's Holinda Vale station, with 44 shearers and a team of pickers. Fleeces are baled, stamped, and shipped to London.
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Australis
Rupert Clarke
Holinda Vale
Melbourne
Leicester
New Zealand
Claaser
London
In a Bookstore Banter and Oddities Parade
A humorous boothside dialogue unfolds in a bookstore as a man tests clerks with pun bites and quick quips about ink wells, bindings, and ledgers. Separate features recount apple trees found on Mull and Iona shores growing from wreckage seeds, and a string of dental and health ads from periodicals.
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Mull
Iona
Labrador
Lomson Daily Chronicle
Seothond I
Cincinnati Enquirer
Pension Bureau report on Evans and reform proposals
Chattanooga Tenn September report by GA R member Case supports H Clay Evans pension department as lawful though laws viewed as rigid recommends service pension with 60 year age limit and an amendment allowing 160 acre homestead pre emption for honorably discharged Civil War soldiers on federal lands
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Chattanooga
Tenn
B. Case
Ga.ro
H. Clay Evans
Case
Commissioner of Pensions
United States
Industrial Commission Back Meets, No Witnesses Heard
Washington notes the Industrial Commission reconvening with no witnesses called. The panel authorized Prof Jentas and a subcommittee member to attend a Chicago trust conference starting September 11 to seek information on the trust question, without committing the commission to any findings. Additional items report local accidents and heat records in St Louis and Chicago, a St Patrick’s church governance development, a Missouri freight collision, and a catastrophe at Sheepscot.
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Washington
Industrial Commission
Jentas
The
Civic Federation
Chicago
Thor
Farmers Loss After Thrashing Machine Fire
A spark from a thrashing machine engine ignited a fire that burned eight stacks of wheat and the entire 100 acre crop owned by D. al. Williams, two miles north of Sedalia. There was no insurance.
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Sedalia
D. al. Williams
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