Union Units Yearns for Local News in Kansan Notes
Jim Fisher of Seneca Kansas visits relatives last week with John White and Kathrineberg family members. Several neighbors report visits to Tom Vandeveer and Concordia while others travel to Republic City and Litchfield Minnesota. Seward Slives is arrested on a warrant for disturbing the peace. Mrs Nellis Vandeveer remains ill but improving.
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D. A. Davis
Republic City
Union
Davieson
V. McClure
Tom “Vandeveer
Local Notes and People in Kackley and Surrounding Areas
The Kackley News reports residents traveling to Formosa for a tournament, trips to Concordia and Jewell City for business, and visits among neighbors including Miss Opal Smaitley and Miss Gladys Willis. Weather and cyclone recovery updates are noted alongside community events like the Woodmen Log Rolling at Ahilane and various health notes.
Swedish Methodist Jubilee in Scandia Celebrates 25 Years
L Nelson reports a busy week as Scandia prepares for a jubilee marking twenty five years since the Swedish Methodist Church was organized. Six preachers and six elders will attend the reception and jubilee next Wednesday night. The church has been refreshed with repainting, new carpet and lamps. Bishop John W. Hamilton will preach at City Hall on Sunday.
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Scandia
Tate
Ublic
Sécandia
United Brethren Church
John W. Hamilton G. D
Subscription Credits Update This Week
The bulletin lists credits due this week for subscribers. New subscribers are marked with a star while cancelations are noted with a dagger.
Salmon Catches Rise in British Columbia 1899
The Canadian fisheries department reports 765,519 cases of salmon packed in 1899 and 36,744,912 pounds taken, valued at ten cents per pound. The take rose by 18,102,460 pounds over 1898 but remains 12,000,080 pounds below record years of 1807.
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British Columbia
Canadian Fisheries Department
Average Total Precipitation in the United States
The average annual precipitation in the United States is 1.4 cubic miles of water. This amount of rain would more than double fill Lake Ontario. Restoring this water to the clouds would require 500 million horses working ten hours daily for years.
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United States
Lake Ontario
Paching Sweet Corn In Matos
Packing sweet corn in Maine has grown rapidly with New York and Missouri leading Maine. Last year about 22,000,000 cans were produced.
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Matos
Maine
New York
Mois
Growth of Orthodox Russian Church Dramatically Increases
Statistical report shows adherents rising from 48,060,000 in 1870 to about 70,000,000 today, comprising roughly two thirds of the empire's population.
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Empire
Gynod
Mexican Women Tourists Visit U.S. Schools
An American chaperone Miss Harriet C. Fay leads eight recently graduated Mexican women touring the United States to study schools. Vera Cruz funds all expenses with stops in St. Louis Chicago Buffalo and other cities during the journey.
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Harriet C. Fay
United States
Vera Cruz
St.Louis
Chicago
Buffalo
MecMonnies to Receive Gold Medal at Paris Exposition
Frederick McMonnies of Brooklyn will win the gold medal for his Paris exposition exhibit. The seven pieces include Bacchante Sir Henry Vane Shakespeare Venus and Adonis two horse groups and marine and army groups.
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MecMonnies
Frederick McMonnies
Brooklyn
Bacchante
Henry Vane
Venus
Adonis
Empire State Sugar building Lyons beet plant orders autotrucks
The Empire State Sugar Company plans a large beet sugar plant at Lyons New York and has ordered ten autotrucks of five tons capacity to haul beets from contracted farms. The company has 5,500 acres of land under contract for production.
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Empire State Sugar Company
Lyons
N. Y
Negro Professor of Farming Invited to Paris Address
J. Wesley Hoffman colored professor of agricultural biology at the State College of South Carolina recently went to Paris after an invitation to address the International Society for the Advancement of Science. He specializes in horticulture and scientific farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wesley Hoffman
State College of South Carolina
Paris
International Society For the Advancement of Science
Hoffman
Lord Campbell Urges Bigger Port-Holes for Ship Safety
Lord Archibald Campbell writes to a Glasgow editor criticizing New York harbor disaster. He asks why laws do not force shipowners to have larger port-holes so a person can escape when doors are blocked during a fire.
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New York Harbor
Archibald Campbell
Glasgow
American Woman's Club in Berlin Aims at Cultural Ties
The Foreign Woman's Club in Berlin forms the American Woman's Club organized in 1894 by Mrs. Mary B. Willard. It now counts nearly 300 members. Mrs. Bunyan was the first president, followed by Mrs. Uehl. current president is Mrs. White. The club runs German classes, hosts monthly gentleman’s receptions, and benefits from generous American supporters.
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A. M. Heifner
Jérico Springs
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Berlin
Prussia
Mary B. ‘Willard
Frances Willard
Bunyan
Uehl
White
Sentlémen
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Tom ‘Vandeveer
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Harry Larson
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KK. J. Huerlin
Formosa
Joe Kackley
Concordia
Julia Nelson
White Rock
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Jamestown
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Kansas’ City
Joe Monson
Opal Smaitley
Glasco
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Hub Davis
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Anna McGregor
J.T. ‘William
Orlo Willis
Ahilane
Della’Shaver
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Jewell City
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Peter Moe
Julius Olson
Ole Olson
N. R. Rimol
G. M. Preble
Geo. Gay
Greenwich
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Foreign Woman's Club
Thedford
Chattanooga Medicine Co
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C. B. M¢Farland
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