Lo the Poor Indian and the Hair
A provincial rant decries proposed limits on Native American dress and culture. The writer rails at government plans to force plains tribes to abandon long hair painted faces skin robes and tepee life while mocking a college football player nicknamed the chrysanthemum-haired kicker and asking whether “sachems and braves” should surrender their attire. The piece questions modernization and cultural erosion.
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Prairies
Eugene Field Re creations and a political gridiron mix
A discussion of Eugene Field biographies shows Mrs Field objecting to Thompson's portrayal and preferring balanced life recreations. The piece notes Field's humor and inner life, argues for preserving his multifaceted character, and cites a Springfield political mix involving Cannon Yates Lorimer Hopkins Curtis and a push for Curtis as speaker. It ends with a quip about population growth and space.
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Eugene Field
Curtis
Springfield
L. S. McCabe Announces Candidacy for State Senate
L S McCabe declares intention to run for the state senate subject to the Republican convention. He asks Republicans who approve of his candidacy to support him as the party voters prepare for the upcoming convention.
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L. 5. M’cabe
Population rank, census data and political quips across the nation
A late census bulletin places the United States fourth in world population with 84,233,009 including territories and services. The piece notes growing US numbers, Parkhurst’s football sermon critique, Virginia’s battleship naming resolution, and a remark on President Roosevelt to receive a thoroughbred Arabian steed.
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United States
Philippines
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
Guam
American Samoa
China
British Empire
Russian Empire
France
George W Johnson Declares Candidacy for State Senate
A Topeka announcement by George W Johnson seeks support for his state senate bid. In a separate note from Winfield area, two farmers found a 12 year old boy dead by a creek seven miles away. The boy wandered off, froze in the snow, and his identity remains unknown as guards dogs watch the scene.
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Topeka
Kan
Winfield
Death Penalty for Slayer Harry Hartmann in Sioux City
Harry Hartmann, the slayer of Miss Florence Porter, was sentenced Tuesday to hang March 12, 1903, at Cherokee. The prisoner showed no emotion. The notice reflects a harsh era justice, with the case featuring in Sioux City reports and court proceedings from January.
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Sioux City
Harry Hartmann
Florence Porter
Cherokee
McGovern urged to prove bravery with home chores
The writer mocks Terry McGovern’s boast of being a better man by suggesting he stay home to saw wood for his wife. The piece notes Paraguayan insurrection fights center in the chamber of deputies and comments on South American revolutions. It also questions Wa Ting Fang about Chinese emigration and defends the exclusion act.
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Terry McGovern
Corbett
Paraguay
Chamber of Deputies
Wa Ting Fang
Missouri minister urges girls to propose in new republic
A Missouri minister questions the idea that women should propose in society. He argues girls already control much of courtship and suggests assisting a young republic just beginning to form.
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Missouri
Republic
Train Hits Carriage Near Hammond Ind Kills Four
A Michigan Central passenger train struck a carriage carrying five people returning from a cemetery near Hammond Indiana at dusk Tuesday night. Four occupants were killed and the fifth injured. names were not available at the time.
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Chicago
Michigan Central
Hammond
Ind
Grain and livestock prices on Chicago and New York markets
Chicago market notes show flour dull. wheat corn oats barley mixed. Pork and lard softer in Chicago with cash and forward quotes. Eggs and butter firm. live poultry higher. New York prices steady for flour wheat corn and oats with small shifts in options.
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Chicago
Burbanks
New York
Chicago Livestock Markets Rise After Early Weakness
Hogs show late strength with sales mainly at 4.60 to 6.50 for pigs and 5.90 for rough packing. Mixed heavies reach 6.37 while heavy packing and shipping lots run around 6.16. South Omaha reports steady to stronger cattle with native steers to 55, cows and heifers near 55, Western and Texas steers higher, calves to 7.00 and feeders to 4.60. Hog prices ease 10 cents to 6.10 in parts, lambs steady with fed muttons at 6.00 and ewes around 4.10 to 4.50.
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Chicago
South Omaha
Neb
Texas
Verse clues spark reform request in Yonkers exchange
Mrs Church recalls her husband writing verses before marriage. Mrs Gotham notes a trove of such scheming poetry. The exchange hints at reforming him through revealing his writings and the marriage's consequences.
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Church
Gotham
Yonkers Statesman
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Ley Loanedori Real Estate
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