Missouri and Kansas News Roundup Highlights Rewards and Disasters
Gov. Stubbs offers 250 reward for murderers of the Bork family near Frontenac with total rewards reaching 1,000. Typhoid reappears at Park College. A collision near Parsons kills fireman T S Wayman and injures engineer Patrick Lanahan. Anti-Saloon League meets in Chicago. Legal actions in Ducks Store case. Sugar refining shares fall after trust disclosures. Harriman tomb watchman clock reports. Missouri officials plan forester funding. Fire in Kansas City wipes out a livery barn with 125 horses. Frontenac residents post 500 reward for Bork murderers. Washington sale of Washington’s tent for 5,000. Tulsa jail prisoners attend Thanksgiving services. Indiana sues to ban football. St Paul mine sealed with 200 bodies still unrecovered. Missouri University topples Kansas 12 to 6 in Kansas City with 30,000 gate receipts. Suffrage sermon questions movement. Gov Stubbs and Clarke pledge 750,000 for Central Branch improvements. Burlington to spend 1,000,000 on freight terminals. Atchison church closes as minister fired amid competition for hires.
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Parsons
Kan
T. S. Wayman
Patrick Lanahan
Anti-Saloon League of America
Chicago
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Supreme Court
Ducks Store and Range Company
Aldrich Ip
Economic Club of
New York
Harper
Kansas
H. Otis Blaisdell
Missouri Valley Commercial Teachers
St. Joseph
Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger
Congress
Hadley
Missouri
Southern Commercall Congress
Washington
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Pacific Coast
State Forestry Association
Kansas City
Frontenac
Bork
George Washington
Valley Forge Museum
Pennsylvania
Tulsa
Indiana
St. Paul
Cherry
Ill
Missouri University
University of Kansas
Parkhust
Gov. Stubbs
C. 8. Clarke
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Central Branch
Burlington Railroad Company
At Joseph
Atchison, Kan
Nation Eyes Nicaragua Invasion Efforts Amid Global Tensions
Reports cite U S focus on intervening in Nicaraguan affairs as rumors swirl over foreign policy restraint. Other items note a severe cholera surge in Kansas and high gas rebates in New York.
Cannon Replies to Senator Cumming Insurgents Prodded
Cannon defends Taft and Payne tariff, rebuking insurgents led by Cummins La Follette and Bristow. He cites rising imports and exports under the new law, asserts revenue gains and prosperity, and warns agitation will not overturn enacted tariffs before the 1912 convention. He recounts votes, compromises, and predicts improved conditions as implementation continues.
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Kansa City
Cannon
Kulfe and Fork Club
Chicago
Cummins
Iowa
Joe
Congress
Department of Commerce and Labor
Winona
Taft
Mr. Bryan
Lincoln
South
la Follette
Bristow
Finance Committee
la la Follette
Aldrich
Payne
Delry
New York
United States
Winona Feech
Bryan
LaFollette
Ballinger Outlines Years of Public Lands Work
Washington November 2 Secretary Ballinger annual report to the president discusses public land policy under Garfield era praising prosecutions of land frauds and urging continued strict enforcement. He favors private enterprise under national supervision for development and calls for remedial legislation and reclamation funding up to 10 million dollars.
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Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
James R. Garfield
Ballinger
Public Lang
Hitchcock
Garfield
Congress
Asylum Death Triggers Inquiry at Nevada State Hospital
In Nevada Missouri, the death of John Riley, an elderly patient who suffered broken ribs and died after a week with no medical care, prompts superintendent Dr J W Lamson to hold an inquiry into alleged mistreatment of insane patients. Dr C W Rooks, in charge of the men's wing, returns from Kansas City to review the case. Another item notes the defeat of an anti corner rule at the Chicago Board of Trade by 409 to 369, with provisions to fix value on final delivery day and possible expulsion for unjust cornering.
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Eleanor Wels
Rockville
Major
Missouri
Supreme Court
Rockefeller
Shanghai
China
Eugene Higgins
New York
Maieira
Cook
Taft
Judge Stilwell
Erie
Kan
James L. Davenport
Paulhan
America
Cannon
Knife and Fork Club
Kansas City
Cummins
Theodore Roosevelt
Europe
John Rogers
Kansas Penitentiary
Stubbs
James Stewart Kennedy
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Hadley
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Pole
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Austin
Tex
John Riley
Nevada
J. W. Lamson
State Hospital
Riley
C. W. Rooks
Rooks
Chicago
the Board of Trade
Contracts Made on Feast Days
The fixed date for Easter matters greatly in continental Europe where rent and other contracts are written on feast days rather than at New Year or May Day, while in the United States the date seems of little concern.
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United States
Europe
Forage Requisition Question From Army Service Corps
In a wartime moment the Army Service Corps N. Co. O. asks an officer's groom if he has a requisition for extra rations. The groom replies he has no requisition but brings a bucket, reflecting a humorous exchange from On Maneuvers.
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Army Service Corps N. Co. O
Good for Something Subbubs Fishing Preserve Lot
In Brooklyn Life a speaker asks what is planned for a Swamp hurat lot after purchase. Commuting replies plans to convert the property into a fishing preserve.
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Swamphurat
Brooklyn Life
Cold Breaker Remedy From Whiskey Pine Compound
A historical remedy claims to break a cold with a mixture of whiskey glycerine and concentrated pine compound. Instructions specify shaking the bottle and dosing a teaspoon to a tablespoon every four hours, with the pine product sold in half ounce air tight bottles.
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Mothera
Marks on Sterling Silverware Patent Indicate Genuine Silver
The term Sterling confirms genuine silverware and the word patent shows the article’s design is patented, indicating authenticity. The note clarifies that patent marks signal both genuine silver and a patented design.
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H. F. Hedges
Syracuse
University Medical School
Rosedale
Oklahoma National Guard
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Chandler
Richard Parr
Port of
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England
Germany
Teneriffe
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Alsop
Japan
Mars
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Hell
Heaven
Earth
Payne Law
Reclamation Service
Reclamation
Indian Bureau
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Youembe
Carters
John I, Brown & Son
Boston
Mam
Publius Syrus
Rane
Western
Canada
Delliver
Conunla
Jand
Dsea
Enullah
Pettlong
Tomei
Mmigraton Ottawa
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Bell
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