World News in Brief From Oklahoma to Missouri
This roundup reports an infernal machine failing to explode at County Attorney J A Fagin in Lawton Oklahoma after death threats tied to liquor prosecutions A large dry farming congress opens in Billings Montana a 21 year old dies of infantile paralysis in Larned Kansas and a Missouri electric road charter valued at 5 million dollars is issued A gun battle at a Muskogee Oklahoma school leaves one officer dead and the assailant Jack Willis killed A Panhandle railroad wreck near Collinsville Illinois kills six Finished steel monthly US Steel October sales reach 84000 tons A dairy train to boost Kansas farming and apple yields in Decatur County Kansas are noted Kansas State Agricultural College plans institutes and hiring for a college publishing post Also reported are indictments over Kansas corporate reports and naval tests on a Dreadnought class ship with speed near 22 knots plus various state fiscal and academic notes and a public sale near Salina Kansas
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J. A. Fagin
Lawton
Billings
Mont
Larned
Kan
Missouri
St. Louis
Kansas City
Jack Willis
Muskogee
Willis
United States Steel Corporation
Kansas Agricultural College
Panhandle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Collinsville
Askew
Oklahoma
Denton
Kansas
Hunter
State University
San Jose
Park College
Parkville
Taft
University of Kansas
J. D. Plunkett
Nashville
Tenn
Thomas H. Swope
Leavenworth
Robert E. Peary
Washington
Knud Rasmussen
Dr. Cook
Postoffice Department
Los Angeles
Cal
Jasper
Chicago Election Board
State Board of Miners and Mining
Skipton
Salina
Electric line to connect St Louis Kansas City eyed by investors
Capitalists in St Louis Kansas City and Denver revisit plans for an electric line from St Louis to Kansas City. Scientists note life expectancy rising with 150 years deemed reachable. The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets in Omaha and Kansas aims to curb school land patents until paid. A bank robbery at Manley Nebraska fails after two hours with no access to cash. Counterfeit $5 bills traced to Italy surface in New York. Kansas City area murder reported with husband found dead and no clue to killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Omaha
Farmers’ State Bank of
Oklahoma City
Farmers’ National Bank of
University of Georgia
Kansas
State Board of Education
Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Pleasanton
Olathe
Manley
Neb
Auditor Nation of Kansas
Chicago
Cook County
Executive Council
The
Federation of Labor
Department of Labor
Philadelphia
Secret Service
New York
Italy
New York Tribune
Horace Greely
Alonzo van Royen
Spanish cabinet resigns after Ferrer execution agitation
Foreign Affairs reports the new Spanish cabinet is expected to abandon the war in Africa as unrest following Ferrer’s execution in Barcelona triggers resignation. A Munich street bombing caused pavement and building damage with no explanation. The coroner’s jury ruled W S Buchanan’s London death as natural. Copenhagen University refuses access to North Pole records of Dr Cook.
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Africa
Munich
W. S. Buchanan
London
University of Copenhagen
North Pole
Cook
Ferrer
Barcelona
Mount McKinley expedition lines up Dyche with Dr Cook
Chancellor Strong has offered Prof Dyche's services to Dr Cook for the Mount McKinley expedition to recover records. The move comes as Dyche, an experienced explorer, joins the effort following university approval. The article also notes several other Kansas and Missouri events including deaths, arrests, and a tuberculosis sanitarium offer by Andrew Carnegie.
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Dr. Cook
Chancellor Strong
Dyche
Mount McKinley
Arthur Schick
Smoky Hill River
Abilene
Walter S. Dickey
Kansas City
Hadley
J. A. la Folette
Cambridge
Coffeyville
Kan
Taft
Texas
Houston
R. L. Reynolds
Clarinda
St. Joseph
Fred Riske
Independence
Eleventh Street
Grand Avenue
Andrew Carnegie
State of Pennsylvania
Allegheny Mountains
Strong
University of Kansas
Cook
James McMahon Confesses in Farmhouse Murders
James McMahon confessed to killing his two sisters Rosa and Mrs. Van Royen and Rosio McMahon on the Reidy Road farm October 20. He named Patrick McMahon and Patrick Lamb as accomplices and said he acted alone in the murders. The revolver and incriminating items were found on the farm before the trio was moved to the state prison at Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansas
James McMahon
Alonzo van Royen
Rosie McMahon
Reidy Road
Patrick McMahon
Patrick Lamb
McMahon
James
James Patrick
Lamb
Lansing
Albert Becker
Rosa McMahon
van Royen
van Royer
Henry T. Zimmer
Kansasity
Kan
Taggart
Whitsett Guilty of Murder in Richmond Missouri
Richmond Missouri jurors found John Whitsett guilty of the murder of Albert Albright. He was sentenced to 30 years in the penitentiary. The case stemmed from a quarrel over a line fence. Albright died October 29, 1909, after shooting Whitsett and blinding him in one eye. Circumstantial evidence and an unproven alibi led to the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Missouri
John Whitsett
Albert Albright
Albright
Whitsett
House Wrecked by Acetylene Gas Explosion
Beattie Kansas. The new home of Frank Totten in South Beat tie was wrecked by an acetylene gas explosion. Mrs Totten was dangerously injured when she lit a match after detecting a gas odor. The blast tore out a side of the house. she lay in the yard with serious wounds. Other family members escaped harm.
Massively valued Alaskan tooth destroyed at KU museum
Lawrence Kansas reports a rare ten foot long tooth from Alaska, once the unique mas todon fossil, was kicked over by a museum passerby in the University of Kansas Natural History museum. The ancient relic, thousands of years old, was broken and trampled, ending its distinguished display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
University of Kansas Natural History Museum
University
Alaska
Night Riders Blast Tobacco Barn In West Virginia
In Huntington West Virginia authorities report the first night riders outbreak in the southwest in over a year, striking in Cabell County where Everett Blake’s large tobacco barn and a crop of several thousand pounds were destroyed after Blake refused to pool his tobacco.
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West Virginia
Huntington
Cabell County
Evertt Blake
Blake
Pioneer meat packer John Dold dies in Buffalo home
Buffalo New York. John Jacob Dold president of the Jacob Dold Packing company and one of the pioneer meat packers of the United States is dead at his home in this city. Mr Dold was a native of Germany and was 8 years old.
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Buffalo
New York
John Jacob Dold
The
Jacob Dold Packing Company
United States
Mr. Dold
Germany
Gen C O Howard Dies in Burlington at 79
Oliver C. Howard, last of the Union commanders of the Civil War, died at his Burlington home of heart disease. He was 79 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Howard
Burlington
Vermont
Oliver C. Howard
Rush of 49 brings Stockton to life with gold rush scenes
Stockton celebrates the Rush of 49 reenactment recalling the placer gold discovery’s stampede. Citizens stage stirring scenes of the era across the city as part of the commemorative event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
California
Chicago Schools Too Full Force Half-Day Attendance
Chicago faces severe overcrowding as more than ten thousand students are required to attend only half days due to insufficient seating accommodations. The situation reflects strained resources in the city’s education system and prompts concern over classroom capacity and student access.
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Chicago
Thresher dies as bridge collapses in Rose Creek
Belleville Kansas report says C Bastain a farmer near Narka was killed when a threshing engine crossing Rose creek caused a bridge to collapse. The engine and Bastain went down with the structure, ending a local harvest day.
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Belleville
Kansas
C Bastain
Narka
This County
Rose Creek
Rastain
Nebraska Man Drawn First in U S Land Lottery
William J. Engel of Butte Nebraska became the first name drawn from the envelope pile in the federal land lottery for Cheyenne and Standing Rock Indian reservations conducted in Aberdeen South Dakota.
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Nebraska
Aberdeen
South Dakota
William J. Engel
Butte, Neb
United States
Cheyenne
Standing Rock
Missouri Forest Output 1908 Highlights Strong Lumber State
Missouri forest products in 1908 brought 22 955 014 to timbermen, cutters and cooperage owners, with output including 468 028 000 feet of lumber and 17 493 000 feet of logs leaving the state. Walnut timber remains sought along the Missouri River while New Madrid and surrounding counties lead production. Governor Hadley appointed five nurses board members, and court actions include a $50 fine for a rural carrier applicant. The state association of county clerks plans a St. Louis meeting in 1910 with officers named.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Ozark
St. Louis
Kansas City
Cairo
Chicago
Bureau of Labor Statistics
St. Joseph
Springfeld
Mississippi River
Calvo
Mound City
Ohio
Cincinnati
Louisville
St Louis
Peniscot
Dunklin
New Madrid County
Butler
Carter
Wayne
Missouri River
Hadley
State Board of Examiners and Registration of
Maud Landis
Levering Hospital
C. B. Forrester
University Hospital
Ida Gerding
Superintendent Lutheran Hospital
E. A. Tooker
Springfield Hospital
Springfield
H John W. Shaw
Howard County
United States District Court
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Shaw
Force of Habit Vacation Weight Jokes
Hodge-Hefty faced a strenuous vacation with weight changes from 200 pounds to 149 pounds. The exchanges reveal a punchline about his girlfriend, who, rather than leaving him, proves frugal as a bargain hunter and accepts him at a reduced price.
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Hodge
Dodge
Sea village tale of a city man in oilskins
A city visitor on vacation at a seafaring village adopts yellow oilskins and a pipe to blend in. He is scrutinized by a retired captain of the old American merchant marine who, after a long pause, comically salutes him with the remark that all he needs is a wooden leg to be a real admiral.
Cure for itching humor from Cuticura remedies
O L Wilson of Puryear Tennessee describes a three year battle with itching swellings that covered his face neck and arms. after using three sets of Cuticura remedies he reports the sores nearly healed and eventual full recovery. Vater Drug & Chem Co Boston props.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Wilson
Puryear
Tenn
The Steady Man Who Keeps His Quiet Pace
A portrait praising a steady worker who rises early, toils long hours, and avoids shirking. It contrasts him with schemers in city politics who chase quick tricks and flashy influence, predicting their downfall, while admiring disciplined routine and measured effort.
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Los Angeles Express
Delicate childhood tale from Arkansas hills
A woman recalls a fragile early life born weighing four pounds and cradled in a cigar box, telling friends with vivid detail in a Kansas City Times anecdote. Her vivid memory draws surprise and curiosity from listeners as she shares the rough start of her upbringing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Hills
Kansas City Times
The Final Transaction Reflection
A dialogue about the ultimate consumer, defined as the last person in a product’s life cycle. The exchange likens this figure to a hotel guest who orders chicken hash, illustrating a humorous, satirical take on consumer reach and end use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollo
Washington Star
Experienced Non Com Recruit Exchange About Powder Smell
A brief dialogue shows an experienced noncommissioned officer asking a recruit if he has smelled powder. The recruit replies he did so in a drug store before enlisting, conveying a light wartime recruitment exchange.
Red Cross Ball Blue ad slogan fragment
A fragmented OCR line presents quoting of quirky phrases and product references, noting ball blue and a cigar mention, with stray punctuation and mishmashed wording. The readable bits imply an advertisement or promotional copy from a historic catalog or newspaper page segment.
Actor in Hard Luck Seeks Quarter for Shave and Hire
A stern woman and a bearded wayfarer dispute in a town scene. The actor asks for a quarter for a shave and haircut to land a Virginius role. She retorts to pass the shave and cut and aim for Rip Van Winkle instead as she unchains the dog.
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Virginius
Rip van Winkle
Do You Know Him A Mocking Portrait Of A Rude Fellow
A snappy character sketch describes a man who laughs at mean behavior as a joke if it targets others, labeling him a surfaces-only cynic. The piece hints at social judgment of small but sharp misdeeds without naming persons or events.
Golden Seal and Peruna Use in Catarrh Remedies
Golden Seal, the root of the plant, is a valued remedy in dyspepsia catarrh and as a general tonic. In summer many gather it in woodlands and thousands of pounds are used annually in Peruna. This explains why Peruna is widely used for catarrh.
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J. J. Neim
J. C. Patterson
Democrat- News Company
Marshall, Mo
Boonville
Frank Totten
South Beattie
Dold the Packer
L. Moser
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Association of
Sullivan
W. B. Cloud
Greene
Cuthura
RED Cross
Lewis
Ahnnay
Mure
Root
Sloan
Lie
J. P. Evan
Mt. Alry
Pam
Dr. Earl
Boston, Mass
U.S.A
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