Various Kansan News Nuggets From March 31 1667
A scattered Kansan miscellany notes railways bought in Atchison for 75000 dollars, praise for The Times Democrat of New Orleans, and upcoming lectures at Louisville. It catalogs political shifts and suffrage talk, temperance implications, and tax disputes. Reports from Lawrence cite Capt Maskell, colored women’s franchise meetings, and mayoral tax exemptions. Topeka notes Gould railway plans, Eudora boom prospects, and regional investment interest amid mineral springs.
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Eudora
The Gover Ancosy Serial Offerings for March
Frank A. Maxsex of 18 Warren Street New York announces the current month’s offerings including Horatio Alger Jr Edward S Ellis and others. The March 19 issue features the opening chapters of Pirate Island a thrilling tale of a shipwrecked crew in the Southern Pacific. Six weekly serials plus numerous shorter stories sketches and articles are included.
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Gover
Frank A. Maxsex
Warren Street
New York
Horatio Alger, Jr
Edward $. Ellis
Southern Pacific
Kansas City & Topeka Railway Company charter filed
The Rock Island road filed another charter with the secretary of state styled The Kansas City & Topeka Railway Company. It plans locate build maintain and operate a line from Kansas City Kansas through Wyandotte Leavenworth Douglas Jefferson and Shawnee counties. Capital stock 2 000 000 with directors M A Lowe W F Evang C F Wilson W W Phelps and B A Parker. Estimated line length sixty six miles.
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Rock Island
Kansas City & Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Donglas
Jefferson
Shawnee
Guide Company
M. A. Lowe
W. F. Evang
C. F. Wilson
W. W. Phelps
B. A. Parker
Rosil
Kansas Cities Boom On Vast State Growth Prophecy
The passage argues Kansas will rival Belgium in density, predicting six to ten million residents for Kansas and thirty-six million if growth continues. It highlights booming Lawrence and Wichita with high land prices, Wellington's rise due to Santa Fe road influence, and Fort Smith freight advantages, underscoring state backing and expansive expectations.
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Ohio
Eogisnd
Kansas
Belgium
Lawrence
Wichita
Plains
Wellington
Southwest
Fort Smith
Topeka
Kansas City
The Mayor We Want In Lawrence This Year
Lawrence seeks a strong, progressive yet prudent mayor to lead a booming city. The Journal urges a brainy, public spirited candidate with ambition, a neat appearance, and commitment to progress, to meet present emergencies.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Kansag
State Orclesiona
Times
Journal
The Fast Mail and Kansas City Timetable Clash
The new fast mail from New York to St. Louis prompts debate in Kansas City and across Kansas. Officials discuss altering Santa Fe and Union Pacific schedules to connect with the fast mail, while Southern Kansas lines promise changes to enable connections. If Ottawa to Chanute towns lose the late train, local papers would face direct competition with St Louis dailies, unless an early morning extension is implemented.
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St. Louis
West
New York
Kansas City
Topeka
Santa Fe
Vilas
Chase
Kansas
Union Pacific
Kansas Road
Ottawa
Olathe
Garnett
Iola
Chanute
Cherryvale
Independence
Fast Mail
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Rising Plains Cities Claim News Supremacy
The text praises fast growing Kansas cities including Abilene Junction City and Topeka as eager for the latest, fullest news. It argues these plains towns rival larger urban papers in vigor and demand. The tone likens current journalism to a cyclonic sky over a great Kansas City daily.
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Rth
Atchison
Lawrence
Planeta
Railroad Rumors Signal Vast Future Interlocks
A flurry of railroad chatter swirls around possible Baltimore and Ohio expansion to Birmingham and a southern network. Other rumors claim A T & S F may acquire B&O, Richmond Terminal buys East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia, and a larger interlocking scheme looms. A Kansas University undergrad allegedly created a sensational burlesque tale and the editor encouraged a second piece.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Birmingham
Ats
Gulf
Virginia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Richmond Terminal Company
East Tennessee
Georgia
South
Richmond
Telegraph
Carlisle hints at Wichita move after term ends
The text claims Speaker Carlisle will end his congressional career after his next term and relocate to Kansas. It notes his son lives in Wichita and quips that if he settles there he should try real estate rather than politics.
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Carlisle
Congress
Kansas
Wichita
English sparrows target as bounty bill passes
Michigan House approves a bounty of 1 cent per sparrow head for destruction while Kansas workers push introduction of the nuisance birds here. Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy advertises a free cure for youth ailments and weakness. A missionary in South America claims a great discovery. Also noted is a Kansas rail yard loading 11 carloads of steel rails and 10,000 railroad ties for the Midland line at Winfield.
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Tox
Michigan
Kansas
South America
Josuiu T. Inwan
New York City
Midland
Winfield, Kansas
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
How to get Strong from Blood Purity Advice
The excerpt advises using exercise tools like dumb bells Indian clubs and a trapeze only when blood is healthy. It argues that poor or bile-poisoned blood wastes the body, hindering growth. It recommends Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery to purify and enrich the blood before exercising to develop rather than consume strength.
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Pierce
Through Sleeping Car Service From Kansas City to Jacksonville
A through Pullman Buffet sleeping car line will run daily from Kansas City to Jacksonville via the Gulf route beginning November 25, in connection with Mem. & Char., E. T. V. & G., and S. F. & W. railroads. The through car departs Kansas City at 6 45 p.m. and travels via Memphis, Chatanooga, Augusta, and Macon. Also offered is a daily first class coach service between Kansas City and Bristol, Tennessee via Memphis, Chattanooga, and Knoxville. A first annual sale at Mexico saw ninety head of horses and mules sold, Duluth Jr. bringing the top price of 1800 dollars. Bodalis, Missouri water may be sold to a St. Louis firm contingent on shipment details.
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Kansas City
Jacksonville
Fla
Mem. & Char
Bristol
Tenn
Memphis
Chattanoog
Knoxville
Mexico
Duluth, Jr
Amazing Escape of Colonel Shelley from Chihuahua Indians
The article recounts Colonel Shelley’s dramatic capture by Mescalero-Chihuahua raiders while he ran a ranch in the Banos valley. Bound and tormented, he endured three days on a sapling, then escaped with the aid of a chief squaw. He killed both guards, fled with ten ponies, and rode 225 miles back to Garcia, describing the ordeal in vivid detail.
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Chihuahua
Banos Valley
Slorrs Madre Mountains
Shelley
St. Paul Globe
Eyrie
A Shower of Dogs Expedition Ends with Unlikely Catch
An Atlanta Constitution report recounts a famed hunting tale in which a group of hunters chasing a possum under a fallen tree at Flint River end up confronting a billy goat. The testy chase, dog tenacity, and the goat’s counterattack culminate in both hounds and the goats being thrown from the tree.
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Atlanta Constitution
Crawford
Zebulon
Bluse
Flint
Blue
Foue
Bull
Old Bagley
Whispering stones and a playful page at the Capitol hall
A Washington correspondent notes the whispering stones in Statuary Hall near the north door allow deafening whispers to be heard at the south doorway. A New York bride and groom toured the hall when a House page, in good humor, asked the bride her age, causing blushes and awkward explanations amid the crowd. Montana reports extreme cold with people and cattle dying in the bitter weather.
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Hovoy
Washington
National Capitol
Statuary Hall
House of Representatives
New York
Montana
The Weapon Wielded by Captain Reid at Fayal
Colonel Samuel G Reid presented to Congress the battle sabre of his father Captain Samuel Chester Reid who commanded the brig Armstrong at Fayal in 1814. The action pitted a 24 ton 7 gun ship against a 186 gun British squadron, ending with Armstrong’s brave stand and Reid’s fortified convent refusal to surrender. The piece argues Reid’s defense altered the Louisiana outcome and boosted U.S. sovereignty, urging Congress to honor his bravery with a lasting testimonial.
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Reid
Khermepyim
Congress
Samuel G Reid
Samuel Chester Reid
United States
Armstrong
Fayal
Azore Islands
Plantagenet
Reta
Carnation
Ocean
Louisiana
Admiral Lloyd
Lloyd
Jamaica
Lord Cochrane
Earl of Dundonald
England
Mississippi River
France
Napoleon
Washington
Baltimore
Negril Bay
Lloyd’s
New Orleans
St. George
Cor. N. F. Times
Magnetic Appliance Offer for Women Relief and Cure
Advertises an Abdominal Belt and Magnetic Foot Batteries claiming relief for rheumatism neuralgia nervous exhaustion dyspepsia and various female ailments. Promises perpetual power, money refund after six months, and mail or express ordering from The Magnetic Appliance Co. Chicago with measurements and shoe size required.
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Jame
Express C
the Magnetic Appliance CO
Dearborn St
Chicago
Ill
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Tawrenos
Kas
Tue Atchison Street Railway
the Times-Democrat
Jonx Sullivan
Louisville
Ronnie
United States Supreme Court
Parsons
Detroit
Tribune
Ingalls
Capt
J. G. Maskell
Lawrence Improvement Association
Tuk Colored Indies
Kansans
Tru Murray
Tur
Iowa
Cook County
Envonta
Emporia Republican
Mk. Mansixe
Europe
Manning
New York Bank
Torexa
Kansas, Nebraska & Dakota Road
the Mayor
the Fast Mail
The
Kanans University
Hildebrand
Robert C. Schenck
House
Vino
Sunoes
Aye
Regen
Sali
Ndaree
Seeare
Andre
Ei & Ai & Surgical Institute
Cor
13Th SL
Capitol Ave
Omaha
Neb
Ash
P.O
Express
Bank Dreft
Salvo Chemical Co
Houth Sixth Sweet
Q. I
Korhnle
Merchanta
Northwestern
Conservatory OF Music
Enneapolis
Minn
Plane
Corps of Taschers
Kave
Charles I. Morse
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