Roosevelt urges tariff revision and anti trust reform
A special message from the president to Congress calls for tariff revision after careful study and endorses modifying the Sherman act to permit legal combinations for innocent and necessary purposes. He urges heirs to labor and farmer interests and supports a permanent waterways commission and postal savings banks.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
Senate
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Permanent Waterways Commission
Resignation of Kansas State Agricultural College President Nichols
President E R Nicholls resigns from Kansas State Agricultural College announced in chapel. He cites unspecified future plans and will sever ties July 1 1909. Nicholls served 19 years with the college, nine as president succeeding W R Will after Gov Stanley’s administration.
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Nichols
E. R. Nicholls
State Articultural College
Agricultural College
Gov. Stanley
W. R. Will
Notices Served On Seventeen Leavenworth Property Owners
Attorney General Jackson sent notices to seventeen Leavenworth property owners warning their buildings used to violate the prohibitory law to abate nuisances at once or face criminal and civil actions. Suit could go to the supreme court, and prevailing civil actions would cost the defendants.
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Leavenworth
Frtom
Jackson
Supreme Court
Architects Organize Kansas State Business Association of Architects
At a meeting in Topeka’s Commercial club rooms architects from across the state formed a permanent body titled the Kansas State Business Association of Architects. T H Lesher of Topeka was named president, C E Hair of Salina vice president, J F Stanton of Topeka secretary, and W E Wellman of Lawrence treasurer. A committee led by J C Holland chaired by Charles Chandler and J H Skill of Newton framed the organization and elected officers.
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Topeka
Kansas State Business Association of Architects
T. H. Lesher
C. E. Hair
Salina
J. F. Stanton
W.e.wellman
Lawrence
Ae Retura
J. C. Holland
Charles Chandler
J. H. Skill
Newton
Leavenworth Mineral Water Attracts Sanitarium Plans
Leavenworth leverages sulpho saline water from its coal mines with state chemists analysis showing similarity to Excelsior Springs water. New owners of the Planters House are converting it into a sanitarium and have begun using the mineral waters.
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Leavenworth
Col. McKibben
Lawrence
Kansas
Excelsior Springs
Planters
State Editorial Association Meet in Emporia April 20 21
The State Editorial association will convene in Emporia on April 20 and 21 with plans for a premier Kansas gathering. Over 100 Kansas newspaper men and their wives have signaled intent to attend, and many more are expected to respond to roll call.
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Emporia
Emoria
Kansas
Brother shoots brother during play injures seven year old
Seven year old Fred Cheney, son of Dr E R Cheney of Gypsum Saline county, was shot just above the left knee by his 15 year old brother Rollo while playing robber with loaded rifles. The older boy discharged the gun while running downstairs. The wound is described as dangerous.
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Fred Cheney
E. R. Cheney
Gypsum
Saline County
Rollo
Disagreeably Honest Quip Reprints in Free Press
A Winfield Free Press editorial column quotes a remark that an honest man may be overly puffed up about honesty and could be more agreeable if he stole something. The piece uses a sharp, humorous tone to critique pretentious virtue.
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Winfield Free Press
New Bisonte Hotel Opens in Hutchinson with Dinner
Hutchinson hosts a dinner by the Hutchinson Commercial Club celebrating the opening of the Bisonte, a Santa Fe hotel in Hutchinson. The English style building, about a month old, was designed by Louis Curtiss of Kansas City. Out of town speakers included Lt. Gov. W. J. Fitzgerald of Dodge City and William Allen White of Emporia.
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Hutchinson
Hutchinson Commercial Club
Louis Curtiss
Kansas City
W. J. Fitzgerald
Dodge City
William Allen White
Emporia
J. R. Koontz
The
Atchigan, Glopeka & Santa Fe
Saline County Banker Benjamin F. Dunn Dies at 71
Benjamin F. Dunn longtime Saline county banker and director of the national Bank of America died aged 71. A retired farmer, he owned a 1000 acre Saline county farm and extensive holdings in McPherson.
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Salina
Benjamin F. Dunn
Saline County
Plational Bank of America
Mr. Dunn
McPherson
Kansas Delegates to Denver Convention Set for Dusters and Hats
Kansas delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Denver will wear light dusters and white plug hats as part of their formal attire.
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Kansas
Denver
Public land opening in Big Horn Basin Wyoming
Government irrigated land totaling 245000 acres in the Big Horn Basin Wyoming will open for settlement on May 12 under the Carey Act. The program offers low cost irrigated farms with easy payments and only three days residency required. The Irrigation Department in Chicago publishes full information and maps. free copies available on request.
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Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Irrigation Department
Chicago
Poor George Punch Line from Juvenile Skit
Cartoon dialogue recalls a boy and his father debating Washington era attire. Johnny jokes about not being alive to see George Washington as a boy due to his father's hatless snowball throwing.
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Johnny
George Washington
Neuralgia the Meaning and Treatment Described
The article explains neuralgia as nerve pain caused by blood impoverishment and nerve weakness. It asserts pain relief comes fastest from St Jacobs Oil and that the underlying cause is addressed by nourishing, toning foods for the muscles and nervous system.
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ST. Jacobs
Woman's Rule and the Push for Suffrage
A Lady's Pictorial editorial argues that women will gain the franchise and calls for a generous male reception. It praises the reasonable claim for suffrage and urges women to plead in a feminine, non confrontational manner without portraying men as inherently vices.
Cautionary Notes and Patented Remedies Advertised
An assortment of old patent medicines and products appears with brief quips about Castoria for infants, Lewis' Single Binder cigars, Garfield Tea for skin and headaches, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and a general remark on action with purpose. The ad copy alternates between humorous lines and product mentions, ending with a price cue for the syrup.
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