Kansas Notes and Hints of Drought Tales
A parade of short items from Kansas towns mentions a joyful visitor in Canton and a tannery plan for Sedan. Reports cover bids for street railway franchises in Chanute, a mayoral election in Emporia, a mayoral lineage in McPherson, tobacco tags, and a suspension of Surprise Star. Weather and wheat prospects show Kansas leading winter wheat output with an estimated 116 million bushels amid favorable growing conditions.
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Chanute Council
Miss Boots
Linh County
Gray County
Emporia
McPherson
Santprise Star
Terprise
Kansas City
Kansas
Delphi
Lawrence
B H. Puckett
Galena
China
John E. Martin
John Martin
Topeka
United States
Little Shore Acres
Lincoln County
William Allen White
Supreme Court J
Utopian Association
Agricultural Department
Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin
Missouri
Indiana
California
Nebraska
Ohio
Minnesota
Gerais
Growth of Humanity in Civil Law Reform Views
The passage cites William H. Prescott arguing civilization drives humane penalties. It notes lawmakers study methods to reduce human suffering, focusing on reform over punishment for the future rather than past crimes.
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William H. Prescott
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Comfort for Feet
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease powder. It rests the feet and cures corns, bunions, swollen and sore feet, hot callouses, aching, sweating feet, and ingrown nails. Makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Sample mailed. Address Allen Olmsted LeRoy N Y. Nature provides enough for all but unevenly divided.
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Allen’s
Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
Southwest prompts readers with free business pamphlets offer
The message invites readers to request free pamphlets titled Business Chances about Kansas Indian Territory Oklahoma and Texas. It urges actie travel and not to miss opportunities. Requests should be sent to Katy at 403 Wainwright St. Louis.
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Southwest
Kansas
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Texas
Katy
Wainwright
St. Louis
Defiance Starch Offered Across Markets
An energetic sales line asserts Defiance Starch is for sale everywhere with unmatched quality and quantity. The ad rhetoric claims no rival equals it and ends with a wry note about marriage expectations and widows.
Farms Cash Rate At Four Dollars Per Acre In Iowa
Sioux City records show farms paid four dollars per acre cash on balanced crops. The note cites Mulhall as a symbol of industry and good fortune, stressing time and self-reliance in rural work.
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Iowa
Mulhall
Sioux City
Man complains wife will meet relatives herself at home
A husband explains he will no longer fetch female relatives from the train after a comic fiasco. He sent himself to the station to meet a cousin in a black coat and blue body, only to find hundreds of women in black and no identifying plume. He seeks a detective agency to ensure his wife greets guests alone.
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Ver Mont
Iwaiting Rom
Grape-Nuts Credited With Cure For Chronic Bowels
A Reading Pennsylvania club treasurer touts Grape-Nuts as a health cure after a five year battle with a mysterious bowel condition. After starting the cereal in May 1901, the patient reports steady improvement within weeks and full recovery over a year, attributing the change to Grape-Nuts and stopping medicines.
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Treas
Punt
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Large yields praised by Western Canada homestead advocate
Stirling Alberta writer Mr M Pickrell, a former Beechwood Kentucky resident with the Canadian Government, extols Western Canada for mild winters, rich soils, abundant crops, and easy home ownership opportunities. He cites oats 80 bushels per acre near Edmonton, 110 bushels near St Albert, and a rising beet sugar industry at Raymond, urging settlers to inspect Edmonton Lacombe Wetaskiwin and Lethbridge districts.
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Stirling
Alberta
Free Homestead Lands
M. Pickrell
Beechwood
Western
Canada
Terra
Firma
Edmonton
St. Albert
Raymond
Lethbridge
Lacombe
Wetaskiwin
Western Canada
Ponoka On
BE. R. R
Manitoba
Ying
When the average actor proclaims himself a star
A quip notes that actors who call themselves stars often prompt colleagues to mock the term by reversing it. The remark plays on vanity in show business and suggests backstage skepticism about bright titles.
Lewis' Single Binder Cigars Offer at Five Cents
Ad promoting Lewis' Single Binder cigars described as the richest quality on the market at straight 5c. The copy claims reliability and mentions a price of 10c for cigars, with a garbled closing line.
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Lewis
Uphill Push Against Luck Highlighted
A brief motivational note urges readers not to rely on luck to improve fortunes, emphasizing steady effort and discipline as the path to advancement. The message underscores action over chance for personal progress.
Red Cross Ball Blue Adette Like Old Whites
An old newspaper ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes with a 5 cent package offer. It appeals to readers seeking brighter fabrics and lists a small price for the product.
Disappointed genius and its hair cut may define name
A terse remark links a gifted but unhappy mind to a distinctive haircut as a public identifier. The line hints at how appearance can shape perception of talent and frailty.
Weather and crop conditions in 1902 03 and April 1908 summaries
The issue presents brief weather and crop condition notes from the 1902 03 fall and winter, noting August progress, September seeding delays, October wetness, November soil moisture, December cold, and February snows. It also includes an April 1908 update on warm early April, showers, rainfall in Platte river counties, farm work progress, oats and spring wheat planting, and winter wheat conditions with regional caveats.
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Platte River
Children Burned In Barrel Play At Peru Nebraska
Ross Thompson aged four and Phillip Thompson aged three, sons of Robert Thompson, were badly burned while playing in an empty rain barrel in Peru Nebraska. Ross is expected to die while Phillip suffers severe and painful injuries after they lit matches inside the barrel and their clothing ignited. They crawled out as the barrel overturned and cries brought prompt aid and medical care.
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Ross Thompson
Phillip Thompson
Robert Thompson
Peru
Neb
Coffelt Case Goes to Jury in Third Trial
Winfield dispatch reports the Coffelt murder case after twenty two days of heated arguments. Seven attorneys presented, seventy eight witnesses for the state and fifty three for the defense. No verdict today as jurors were discharged. case involves George C Montgomery and the famous 101 ranch connection.
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Coffelt
Winfield
Kan
Winfield, Kan
W. Coffelt
George C. Montgomery
Santa Fe
Montgomery
Kansas
Aged Woman Fatally Injured in Chicago Cable Car Incident
Mrs. Louis E. Parks, seventy eight, former vice president of the Young Women's Christian Association, was killed in a cable train accident on Wabash avenue. She failed to hear or see the approaching train, was knocked down and dragged several feet, then removed to her home in an unconscious condition.
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Louis E. Parks
Young Women’s Christian Association, Sas
Chicago
Parks
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Detroit Woman
A Detroit woman Miss Gannon testifies Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured months of weakness and misery. She urges other women to use the remedy and notes the authenticity of her letter, asserting cures among hundreds of testimonials.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
EF. Pinkham
Guila Gannon
Jones St
Detroit
Sec’y Mich
Amateur Art. Association
Lydia Pinkham
Miss Gannon
Mrs. Pinkham
Sunday school tale described as caution against drinking
A visitor to the Sunday school tells a sobering story about a drunk man who, after a girl covers his face with a handkerchief bearing her name, wakes, pawns the covering, and seeks another drink. The exchange ends with a child’s quip about telling tales to children.
Conductor August Manns Responds With musical Litany
The eminent conductor August Manns, on his 77th birthday, sent a musical litany in reply to a London Chronicle invitation. He prays for relief from ambitious singers with bad voices and from fiddlers who play out of time, even from Wagner disciples without talent.
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August Manns
London Chronicle
Bishop Mallagheu Story At Chelsea
Dr. Upham of Drew Theological Seminary told about Bishop Mallagheu of the New England M E conference at Chelsea. Upham quoted the bishop saying he does not sing when visiting very sick parishioners.
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Upham
Drew Theological Seminary
Mallagheu
New England M. E
Chelsea
Waited and Saw Wairréns Corners Patient Cured by Kidney Pills
An elderly man from N X area recalls years of kidney pain and urination trouble. After four days on Dodd's Kidney Pills his pain spiked then faded, and by day five he felt better and soon fully recovered with no relapse months later. The account ties to a local doctor’s claim of lasting cure.
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Wairrén
S. Corners
N. X
A. B. Smith
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Nebraska Weather Bureau
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