Unique Topeka Cemetery Endowment Nets Million Dollar Gift
A Topeka merchant assigns a $25,000 start to a novel endowment combining Mount Hope Cemetery with Washburn College and the YWCA YMCAs. The trust yields two thirds of lot sale proceeds to the college and associations, with perpetual care funded for the cemetery and long term stewardship.
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Young Women's Christian Associations
United States
Topeka Y. W. C. A
Topeka
Whiting
Mount Hope Cemetery
Christian Associations
Young Women’s Christian Association
Kansas Adopts Storm Drill In Brown County Schools
Brown County Kansas schools will include cyclone cellars as daily drills under a school board order. Teachers must lead pupils to the refuge when a tornado sign appears, replacing fire drills in city schools.
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Leavenworth
Kan
School Board of
Brown County
Kansas
Carrie Nation Dies After Prolonged Temperance Campaign
Carrie Nation died in Leavenworth Kansas after a life dedicated to destroying saloons. Born Carrie Moore in Kentucky in 1846 she became famous for wielding a hatchet to demolish bars and fight liquor. Her campaigns spanned the nation and she earned both fame and controversy.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Carrile Nation
Kansas
Kentucky
Carrie Moore
David Nation
Carrie
Carrie Nation
Modern brick schoolhouses planned for rural areas
More than $100,000 will be spent to build new rural schoolhouses featuring brick construction, basements for furnaces, and a specially constructed cellar for refuge, replacing the old white pioneer style buildings.
Dog Saves Boy From Cow In Rushville
In Rushville Indiana a shepherd dog that has long been the companion of John McKibben saved a boy by holding a cow that attacked him. The animal knocked the boy down and stamped him before the dog grabbed the cow by the nose and restrained it until McKibben could reach them.
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Rushville
Ind
John McKibben
McKibben
Hubbard Goes Bald After Bet In East Aurora Barber Shop
Elbert Hubbard loses his hair in East Aurora New York after a $509 wager with William Marion Reedy of St. Louis. A barber clippers the famous head, producing Fra Elbertus without his long flowing locks. The $500 bet is paid on the spot.
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Elbert Hubbard
East Aurora
N. Y
William Marion Reedy
St. Louis
Elbertus
Typhoid in Ice Linked to Polluted Water
Walter G. Sackett reports that typhoid bacteria can survive in ice made from polluted water but are largely destroyed when frozen. He notes few outbreaks are tied to ice, citing a 39-case outbreak at St. Lawrence hospital in Ogdensburg traced to ice from the river near a sewer outlet.
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Parke
St. Lawrence Hospital
Ogdensburg
N. Y
St. Lawrence
Prisoner of Wealth: Mrs Russell Sage Burdened by Fortune
A New York profile portrays Mrs Russell Sage, 80, haunted by the 65 million fortune left by her husband. She endures relentless appeals, unread mail, and scrutiny while seeking to do the most good without leaving her quiet New England conscience.
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New York
Russell Sage
New England
Mrs. Sage
Mr. Sage
Novel Dainties Kumquats and Alligator Pears Becomes Household Mystery
A kitchen guide describes kumquats served on endive with sugar and sherry from an uptown chef and oil and vinegar dressing. It also details alligator pears best served very cold, halved on lettuce and filled with French dressing, eaten with a spoon.
Ings Worth Knowing: Home Care Tips For Cane Seats
Relax cane seats and treat by turning the chair upside down. Pour boiling water over the seat, scour in hot soapsuds, and rinse in boiling water if the cane contracts. Make floor and furniture polish from equal parts vinegar, boiled linseed oil, and methylated spirits. Remove paint marks with lime and soda paste left for 24 hours.
Sweetbreads With Peas Served On Toast Diamonds
Wash and parboil sweetbreads fifteen minutes then cut in pieces. Sauté in butter, add peas, cook until brown, stir in flour milk and cornstarch to thicken. Serve with diamonds of toast around the dish.
Eliza's Baked Onions Recipe Instructions
Roll four Bermuda onions about ten minutes. When cool remove the centers. Chop about three of the centers with ten cents worth of cold boiled ham. Mix this with buttered bread crumbs and stuff onions. Place in pan with a lump of butter on top. Make a thin white sauce and pour around. Bake covered 45 minutes, uncover, sprinkle with buttered crumbs and brown 15 minutes.
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Bermuda
Destructive Cup M Ants Ravage Brazilian Timber
In Rio de Janeiro Brazilian ants nicknamed cup m invade forests in great numbers attacking both hard and soft woods. They enter felled timber from the outside toward the heart, tunneling with mud and hollowing the wood similar to a toredo. Pine from the United States used for railway work showed heart destruction after two years.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Niles
Dogma Leads to Jail Sentencing in Arkansas Banker
Centertown banker H. P. Fair was sentenced to one year in jail and fined $500 after drawing a pistol on his brother in law James H. Stroud over baptism beliefs. Fair, a Methodist, defended infant baptism dogma as a core faith amid a dispute sparked by a baby’s christening.
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Centertown
Ark
H. P. Fair
James H. Stroud
Stroud
Fair
Husband Afraid of Water Sparks Divorce Suit
Marion Ohio reports Charles 8. Winch a 41 year old farmer refrains from bathing despite good health. He wades to bathe, objects to baby's bath, and wears the same clothing until it is worn to shreds. His wife sues for divorce.
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Marion
Charles
Winch
Curiosity Costs Fingers In Torpedo Accident
In Wilmington Delaware seven year old August Farren explored a railroad torpedo. He battered it with a brick to see inside. The explosion tore off several fingers ripped an leg and burned his face.
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Wilmington
Del
August Farren
Mail Bonded Couple Weds by Mail in Calgary
Lawrence Haut singer of Calgary and Agnes Taft of Jamestown New York married after a mail based courtship and a signed marriage contract exchanged by post. Haut singer plans to come to meet his wife in Calgary as they start life together.
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Calgary
Alberta
Lawrence Hautsinger
Agnes Taft
Jamestown
N. Y
Rat as Fish Bait in Nashville Catfish Catch
John Wilderson killed a rat after running out of bait and used it on his hook. The rat bait worked, catching a catfish weighing 31 pounds in Nashville, Indiana.
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Nashville
Ind
John Wilderson
Ridgepole Destruction Reduces Palm Shack Structures
In two months ridgepoles three or four inches in diameter in palm shacks have been destroyed, signaling widespread damage to lightweight roofing supports and signaling potential housing instability for inhabitants reliant on palm structures.
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Stroy
Tree Dies With Planter In Indiana Farm Tale
In Hagerstown Indiana the death of 86 year old Mrs Rachael Silvers draws notice to a willow on her father's farm. She planted the tree on her wedding day seventy years ago hoping it would echo her life. Now decaying the tree mirrors her passing.
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Hagerstown
Ind
Rachael Silvers
Crow Defeats Blacksnake in Hazel Sandpit Duel
In Bangor Pennsylvania at the Hazel sandpit near Mount Bethel a crow fought a blacksnake and defeated it the bird evaded fangs and pecked the snake's eyes out by the pit.
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Bangor
Mount Bethel
Man Criticizes Laziness Over Winding the Clock
A pithy local remark contends that a man cannot expect good times when he is too lazy to wind the clock. The quip frames daily life expectations against personal responsibility.
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Kansas College
Topeka, Kan
Washburn College of
Topeka Young Men’s
Arkansas
Jetter
Sage
Underwood & Underwood
Eliza
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