Topeka boom and treasury plans dominate Kansas news
The Journal notes a booming Kansas mood with talk of a big treasury bond call of 10 million dollars and investments in real estate. It predicts Assistant Secretary Fairchild will become treasury secretary, and mentions Col. Mausa Murdock and Helen M. Goughar as possible governor contenders.
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Treasury
Fairchild
the Treasury
Jim Burns
Col
Mausa Murdock
Col. Murdock
Helen M. Goughar
Barker for Mayor Promises Lawrence Boom and Progress
The piece notes George J. Barker as the Republican candidate for Mayor and lauds Lawrence as an education, manufacturing, and business center. It urges his election, praising Barker's intellect and suggesting a progressive future for the historic city amid references to local politics and a two column advertisement.
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George J. Barker
Lawrence
Barker
Lawrentive -Lumhokl Union
Wabash line adds three through trains and faster times
The Wabash St Louis and Pacific railway will boost service between St Louis and Kansas City to three first class through trains daily with faster schedules. The morning train departs St Louis at 9:00 a.m. and arrives Kansas City at 7:20 p.m. The new 8:25 a.m. departure serves local business and reaches Kansas City at 8:10 p.m. The night train keeps the old schedule. Also noted is speculation that Senator John Sherman will be the Republican candidate and possibly the next president.
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Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway
Louis
Kansas
St. Louis
Kansas City
Sherman
Nashville
John Sherman
Republican Party
Statewide Kansas Prospects Across Cities and Growth
The Topeka Journal notes rapid growth statewide with macadamized streets in Emporis, three new Kinsley additions, a flourishing Concordia board of trade, and large Mennonite immigration to Roswell county. Topeka leads in city registration growth while mass construction looms in Pratt and Topeka. A federal raid in Sumner county targets an illicit still, and a Deviphan stock company plans coal drilling near Deviphan village.
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Emporis
Kinsley
Norton
Board of Trade
Concordia City Council
Concordia
Roswell County
Topeka
Kansas
Leavenworth
Pratt County
Sumner County
United States
Deviphan
Voorhees town in Stevens county aims for land office
Anew town called Voorhees in Stevens county near No-Man's Land markets town lots last Thursday and nets 310000. It does not seek county seat but would claim the land office if the neutral strip opens for settlement. Named after The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, eighty miles south of Garden City.
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Wichita
Southwest
Voorhees
Stevens County
No-Mal's
Kansas
Gazette Ad Policy Change In Abilene
The Daily Gazette of Abilene states that starting November Ist it will refuse to publish advertisements for meetings of all kinds including religious social political or business. Exceptions include church service notices in Sunday issues if copy arrives by 3 pm Saturday. Advertising rates will remain in effect and no exceptions will be made.
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Gazette
Abilene
Barber Bro’s
Dr. King
Southwest Kansas city to rise in Stevens Morton land
A bold claim foresees a powerful city springing up in southwest Kansas within Stevens or Morton counties or possibly No-Man's Land. The note seeks the exact section and range to define the location and asserts it will outpace rival cities in the region including Wichita.
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Kansas
Stevens County
Morton
No-Man's Land
Southwest
Wichita
Fort Scott Monitor Expands to Larger Quarto Format
The Fort Scott Monitor expands to twice its former size in quarto form, signaling growth and major pride for Fort Scott. Community support remains strong as residents patronize the newspaper, boosting local pride and the paper’s prominence.
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Fort
Fort Scott
Monitor
Real estate boom sweeps the sunflower state
The text notes rapid land seizure as towns report rising values and cheap or vacant lands being taken. It mentions widespread interest, with the Sunflower State drawing more eastern attention than most places except California, and hints at April showers to come.
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California
The Mystery of the Four Letters Name of God
The article traces the elusive four letter name JHVH or YHVH once spoken only by the high priest on the Day of Atonement. It surveys historical hints, rival pronunciations such as Jehovah Yahweh Yahvon Yehoveh and the belief that the true sound was lost with Jerusalem's fall in AD 70.
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Home Journal
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God
Galatiaus
Moses
Sals
Christ
Josephus
Kamzar
Leusden
Amsterdam
Lensden
America
Capgel
Yahvon
Furst
Yehoveh
Mareer
Yehveh
Wright
Pen and Scissors and a Patchwork Tale
A garbled column mixes notes on pedestrians, a Mr. Saubter and Rev. Dr. Calvin Johnson, honey making, and a coat of railway updates. It mentions night mail on the Kansas City line and a Santa Fe plan to add sidings at Emporia, alongside ads for Bowden’s German syrup and Electric Bitters.
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Athens
Saubter
Calvin Johnson
Unrivaled American Ingenuity In Patents
Washington letter notes Americans lead in patent applications with steady growth since 1836 when the Patent Office began as a separate bureau. Only one filing that year rose to 106 the next, then 21,797 in 1886, totaling about 355,000 patents granted since 1836.
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Washington
Europe
Great Britain
France
Germany
Patent
Where Women Are in Great Demand in Frontana and Montana
A Somerville Journal reader notes a hunger for wives among thirty thousand Frontana bachelors focused on sheep farming cattle growth and mining. The piece highlights domestic demand in Montana and hints at insomnia solutions while mirroring a provincial, optimistic tone.
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Chicago Journal
Frontana
Montana
Sensational 19th Century Patent Remedies Promoted in Rural Trade Paper
An ad laden page markets Hood's Sarsaparilla, Woolford's Sanitary Lotion, Kemp's Balsam, Parker's Tonic and other tonics and cures. Claims urge quick relief for itching, mange, coughs, throat and lung ailments, with guaranteed refunds. Mentions a sensational kidnapping case in Rossville and local druggists Barber Bros. in Lawrence.
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Woolford
Barber Bros
Lawrence
Rossville
Hood
John W. Ferrey
Remarkable Buffalo Duel on the Cannonball River
J M Trimbie recounts a spectacular fight between two buffalo bulls on the Cannonball River in Dakota observed by a lone witness. An old patriarch and a younger challenger clash with brutal force, injuries, and eventual defeat, leaving the elder to wander the prairie to die in loneliness.
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J. M. Trimbie
San Francisco
Campenball River
Dakota
Spain
Rome
Mexico
Plaina
Cannonball River
Hia
Inie
Bewen Chauipwu
Conference on Baltimore & Ohio purchase possible system join
The Staynor Ive party met Brice Thomas group to discuss joining the Baltimore & Ohio network after control transfer. No definite details could be obtained about the roads or the operating arrangement.
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Baltimore & Ohio
New York
Brice-Thomas
Baltimore & Ohio Purchase
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