Kansas and national news digest from September 23 1905
A Kansas City fruit meeting discusses Ben Davis apple varieties. Topeka eyes an asphalt street repair plant. Roosevelt plans a New Orleans visit to boost trade. Delaware editors confront graft and push honest elections. Reports note Kansas bank capital, Santa Fe dividends, and imperial taxes.
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Ben Davis
Kansas City
Missouri
Newton Journal
Peabody
State of
Delaware
Wilmington
Bowster
Digest and Politics From an Early Twentieth Century Page
Mixed items note health claims for Royal Baking Powder and medical chatter about President Harper of the University of Chicago. Kansas politics and railroad rates. a $100,000 Chicago strike loss. Judge Garver’s appointment in Topeka. pensioners and campaign finance from New York life. tribute to John Hay in Newbury Connecticut. odd trunk business. and local medical cures including Buckeye’s Arnica Salve.
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Chicago
St. Louis Globe Democrat
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Perkins
McCall
Republican Campaign Fund
Hrgan
Ailvar
Newbury
Ozora S. Davis
John Hay
Washington
Horse flesh consumption in Germany noted by observers
The Scientific American reports rising use of horsemeat among moderate earners in Germany with a licensed slaughterhouse in Ber Mu under police and veterinary oversight. Horse slaughter rose from 7,267 in 1895 to 30,815 in 1900 and about 12,006 in 1904, yielding around 2,990,000 pounds for sale in 64 shops.
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Germany
Greifswalder Strasse
Ber- Mu
Scientific American
Berfig
Fragmentary OCR describes German river flow to Baltic and Mediterranean
The readable text sketches a note about how a river and its waters travel from Germany toward the Baltic Sea and eventually reach the Mediterranean via a brackish path. It mentions the Ostsee, Alsaes, and a sequence of riverine reaches, though many words are garbled.
Desultory Reading Dangers and Remedies Featured
An essay warns that desultory reading destroys mental order, urging systematic study. It notes chaotic minds from skimming and stresses lasting knowledge comes from orderly, focused reading rather than rushing between books and papers.
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OL 8 Maiden
Sutecess
Hans
Lawrence Committee plans press agent for Old Home Week
The Lawrence Committee held a regular meeting ahead of Old Home Week. They appointed a permanent press agent and committees for circulars and membership while reporting $1,900 raised for the celebration and efforts to tidy roads and decorations.
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Lawrence
A. Whitman
Good Roads Committee
W. C. Hoad
Oad
Huad
Good Roads Organization
Lawrence plans and interurban talk dominate council
Discussion shows the former roads group led by Sheriff Woodward did good work before ceasing operations. A Fremen tournament in Lawrence next year during celebration week is proposed, with the Southwestern Horse League also reassessed. Chairman Sanborn cited talks with Indiana Traction Co about an electric line Kansas City to Topeka, possibly triggering an interurban franchise if Stranger road enters.
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Roads Organization
Sheriff Woodward
Fremen
Lawrence
Southwestern Horse League
Sanborn
Transportation Committee
Indiana Traction Company
Kansas City
Topeka
Indianapolis
Stranger Road Condluctey
Are You Going East ZyIn Making Your Vacation Plans
Summer travel advice highlights the Wabash line as a fast convenient shortcut to St. Louis Detroit Toledo Pittsburg and Buffalo with through service to New York and Boston. Local agents can arrange tickets over the Wabash and a second hand store advertises at 734 Massachusetts street offering shoes and clothing bought sold and exchanged.
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ZyIn
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Pittsburg
Buffalo
New York
Beston
Massachusetts Street
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Lawrence Journal Co. Publishers
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Portland
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Corea
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Harper
University of Chicago
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T. F. Garver
Chamberlain
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Connecticut
Chas. F. Lemberger
Syracane
N. Y
Barber & Son
AMT
Santd Fe Hotel
Chris. Epley’s
Mount Hope
Opee
A. CiOriesa
General House
Work
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North Lawrence
J. B. Moore
Lake Street
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Chambermaid
Eldridge House
Losti
Dease
Teonesses Street
J. Gordon Gibb
Rudiger
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I. B. Rhuswell
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Sara
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Realdenca
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Alvo Modern
J. B.grae
Pole
Povolsk
Arctic Ocean
North Pole
Lark
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Hue
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Fray J. Coxney
F. J. Cazeney & Co
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Hane
Frank J. Cheney
Denambar
A.D
Gleason
Hall
F. J. Chenry & CO
Draggiats
Dean
Gay Drug Store
Trust
Bagley
Cleveland
Decatur
Lawrence Granitoid Mfg. Co
C. E. Funnel
Collies
Mass
National Biscuit Company
Uneeda
Uneeda Biscuit
Burien FL Mills
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Yen
Burhvile
Ind
Messra Ely Brog
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Aline
R. M. Beastly
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Dell M. Potter
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Arizona Mining Co
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Henry St
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Lawrence Weekly Journal
Associated Press Report
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