Ill Luck and a Lane Lineage in Kansas Senate History
The article traces Kansas Senate succession from 1861’s James H. Lane through multiple reshuffles, resignations, and impeachments. It notes Burton’s recent conviction and compares the “fatal succession” to earlier misfortunes, detailing key figures like P. B. Plumb, Ross, Caldwell, Harvey, Baker, and Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
J. R. Burton
Congress
Kansas
Ingalls
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
St. Louis
Burton
Lane
James H. Lane
Co En
P. B. Plumb
Gov. Humphrey
W. Perkins
John Martin
Plumb
Lucien Baker
Baker
Heir to Russia's Throne Portrait of Grand Duke Alexis
Grand Duke Alexis heir to the Russian throne is pictured at Tsarkoe-Selo. He will be two on August 12, shown as a healthy infant contradicting reports of illness. He has five sisters including Olga born 1895 and Anastasia whose birthday is June 18. Empress born June 1872.
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Anastasia
Empress
James van Alen
Mr. Collier
St. Mary’s
Mr. van Ale
Mr. Martin
Papa van Alen
Frederica Webb
Ralph Pulitzer
Caroline Phelps Stokes
Robert Hunter
Steward Webb
Frederica
Andrew Carnegie
Nancy Negie
Delicate Asparagus Dishes in Savory Styles
Prairie Farmer presents an article by Mary Foster Snide outlining cooking methods for asparagus. Recipes include soup cream of asparagus, escalloped asparagus, asparagus with eggs, asparagus salad, and chicken asparagus cases with step by step guidance for steaming, boiling, and baking to avoid overcooking.
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Ladies’ World
Mary Foster Snide
Millionaire Daughters Rule Altar of Wealth and Power
The article surveys how heiresses and their marriages shape fortunes. It chronicles Wilhelmina Busch, Helena Zimmerman, Mrs. Burke Roche, and others, detailing how their fathers, financiers, and social elites bend to daughters' marriages, elopements, and schemes, often altering wills and estates. It notes Van Alen, Oelrichs, and Zimmerman's responses, highlighting patriarchs yielding under daughterly influence.
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Wilhelmina Busch
Helena Zimmerman
Burke Roche
Dames van Alen
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Cloud
8S. C. Pomeroy
Senate
Kansas Territory
Crawford
Edmond C. Ross
Ross
Johnson
New Mexico
Alexander Caldwell
Robert Crozier
James M. Harvey
Caldwell
Harvey
Joseph R. Burton
Supreme Court
Russia
Grand Duke
Alexis
PF. T. Fehrenkamd
Devoe
Moulton, Texas
Papa Missionaire
G. R. Clarke
Owen Swett Marsden
Papa Millionaire Busch
Lieut. Scharrer
Daugh
Mr. Scharrer
Pasadena
Adolphus
New York
Europe
Campania
Miss Evans
Cincinnati
Sie Evans
Papa Zimmermar
Paris
Papa Busch
Busch
London
Tanderagee Castle
Aunt
Guardian
Papa Zimmerman
Eugene Zimmerman
Helena
Duke
Cynthia Burke Roche
Miss van Alen
Robert Collier
van Alen
William Astor
America
Grover Cleveland
Italy
William Waldorf Astor
England
Sara
Lord Mandeville
Frank Work
Mer Duke
Despie
Saran Vawalen
Amo
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