Local notes from Wellington and vicinity reveal busy civic life
A long column of short items records travels of Himer Doebbert, George Prook, W T Johnson and others across Kansas City Lexington and beyond. local farming activity includes cattle loads, car shipments, and a new bakery’s early success. Births, marriages, land deals, and public notices fill the page along with church events and town council snippets. The piece notes a civil war roster project, school enrollment 254 children, and upcoming sermons at Little Blue Baptist Church.
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Albin Stewart
Odesss
Charles Gaveman
Dick Calimesa
Lexington
John Goodbrake
Boonville
Sons of Veterans
George M. Mountjoy
Mutual Life Angurance Company
Spring Carpet stock highlights versatile home goods
Advertises a spring sale of carpets rugs mattings linoleums shades lace and portier curtains plus related dry goods. Lists prices for yard wide carpets room rugs small rugs mattings Bombay and quarter Bombay patterns window shades lace and portier curtains curtain poles and claims the store keeps the largest apartment in the county and invites customers to test their selection and service.
Dividend Declared by Morrison Wentworth Bank Directors
A regular meeting of the Morrison Wentworth Bank directors announced a semi annual dividend of three percent. The dividend is payable on or after May 27.
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Morrison- Wentworth Bank
Cattle and Hog Markets Report From Kansas City
Three day cattle receipts reach 21,000 while Chicago totals 47,000 for the period. Prices show a steady sale on good beef cattle with top cows at 4.80 per cwt and short horn cows 3.60 to 4.15. Hog receipts total 36,000 with trade opening slow, then firming and closing weaker by about 25 cents. bulk sales around 6.30 to 6.50. Consignments invited by Rite Bromens, Commission Merchants, Kansas City.
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Chicago
Curtis
Riverton and Glen Oak Enrollment Drops Noted
School enumeration shows 3244 total students with 230 colored students and 474 in the grand total 1648, indicating a decrease of 48 from last year. Officials attribute the decline to many families moving away from Riverton and Glen Oak.
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Riverton
Glen Oak
Old Princeton Laws The college rules from 1803 era
The Princeton Alumni Weekly presents early Princeton rules from Laws of New Jersey 1862 revision. Rules cover study hours from dawn to 5 pm with room common, gown wearing at prayers, campus Sunday restrictions, no horses or taverns without officer permission, no student clubs resisting authority, 67 cents for general repairs, noise limits, meal gathering etiquette, and parental circular urging compliance with modest expenses. Signed by Joseph Bloomfield, governor and ex-officio president.
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Princeton Alumni Weekly
Princeton
Callegs
New Jersey
Board of Trustees
Dole
Joseph Bloomfield
Queer Russian Hospitality in St Petersburg
An American describes Russian hospitality as a taxing, liquor drenched evening in Kuselan houses. Guests are pressured to drink heavily from the host’s private liquor, then dine for hours, smoke, attend theater, and return home for late supper and music. The night continues with card games and gambling until the early hours.
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Eles
St Petersburg
St. Paul Globe
Saucy Jack Rabbit Race Dare on Kansas Rail
An engineer asks permission to exceed 65 miles per hour after a jackrabbit near Olath e Kansas persistently taunts him. The clever rabbit hovers ahead of the train, winks at the engineer, and signals mockery as the loco moves by. A Kansas paper calls the tale true.
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Kansas
Jack Rabbit
Jack
Olanthe
Kan
Holmes Table Talk Echoes Emerson Wit at Atlantic Dinner
The piece recounts a lively Atlantic table talk with Dr. Holmes rivaling Emerson in wisdom and wit. A recalled remark attributed to Holmes contrasts architectural orders with a quip about life death and immortality, linked to a misquotation in a Lowell study.
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Emerson
J. T. Trowbridge
Atlantic
Dr. Holmes
Lowell
Wendell
James
Underwood
Holmes
Inquisitive Folks Debate Inside Information
Readers of the Washington Democratic newspaper discuss the value and annoyance of inquisitive people. The column notes how curiosity can yield inside information yet often irritates others and prompts playful commentary.
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Washington (In
Democrat
Mexico Constitution Bans Monopolies Across Economy
In Mexico the constitution prohibits monopolies, aiming to preserve competition and regulate market power across sectors. The rule targets consolidation, seeking to prevent dominant control by single firms and protect consumer interests.
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Buckingham
R. P. Hall & Co
Hashus
County News
Wellington and Vicinity
Himer Doebbert
George Prook
W.T. Johnson
Kansas City
Gidy Jennings
Herman Scoppenhorst
Kanass City
J A. Sholtz
Josish Mann
Little Blue Baptist Church
Ray County
James Drummond
Lorimer Fulton
Mesters
John Strodiman
Woentermeyer
Hugo Buddemeyer
Stephenstates of
Napoleon
James Gtrodithman
Board of Education
H.S. Kinkond
R. L. Mann & Co
Tle
James Hancock
Will Greale
Mo P, R. RB
Waverly
F. W. Mann
Walter Mahan
Dr. W. Frick
Frank
James Yeager
Harry Harris
T. B. Ramsey
Nancy Huston
Gordon White
Georgia Ragaind
Grace Batterly
Detroit
Minch
Dover Doings
Fletcher Cox
Corder
Frank Gordon
Miss True White
Addie Hodges
N. Swagger
AB. Reynolds
Jonette Redd
Roy Bertrand
Independance
Eula Longest
Mayview
Fanny Caldwell
Messrs. Jaomes
Taylor Winn
Sasie
Minnie McGue
Ben Vaughn
Buckner
Annie Tabb
Jouette Redd
J. W. Reynolds
B. Reynolds
Blanton Vaughn
Triadle
Warrensburg
The
Baptist Church
Chas. Love
Colorado Springs
John W Prince
Louis Zully
Odesan
Reynolds
Karl
Eliz
Shumaker
Huma Stewart
Odessa
S M Reynolds
Ed H Natham
Fred Klos
Wellington
Rovilla A Reynolds and Husband
Diamond Coal Co
Robin Sams
Oscar J Mullins
A R Wolfenbarger
Tol W Reoick
R Wolfenbarger
Wm F Dalton
Bettie Manypenny
Wm H Groves
Joe Wilkes
S Allender
Lovin Higgynsville
Thos J Powell
JP Powell
David J Powell, Jr
Mion S Powell
Quinlin
Milford Riggs
John Davidson
White
Omaha
Buffalo
Missour
Missouri
Gentry
Sedalis
Agricultural Division
J. O. Allison
New London, Mo
Laning-Harris Coal and Grain Co
Carter Mine
Union Mine
Cone
Roadhead
Pigginaville
W. F. Kerdcliff
W. R. Carter
W. G. Wcausland
Stock Market
Range
Veronica
Crenshaw & Young
QUEER
Saucy Jack-Rabbit
Mexico
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