Kansas Notes Highlight Oddities Across Towns
A kaleidoscope of Kansas tidbits from Clay Center to Wellington spans wind farm chatter in Winfield, a barber ruling by the supreme court, and Como roles for local figures. Oil brine flows in Abilene, rail and M C A growth in Coffeyville, and a diverse mix of local incidents from fires to raffles color the page.
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Coffeyville
University of
Belleville A
Manker
Centrale
Mitchell County
Vow
Western Canada lauded by a Minnesota professor after tour
Professor Thomas Shaw of Minnesota State University writes that Western Canada offers vast arable land and rich stock potential. He notes Manitoba Assiniboia Saskatchewan and Alberta host grain and cattle production with high wheat yields and improving stock quality. He highlights irrigation and railroads aiding settlement and invites inquiries to Canadian government agents.
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Thomas Shaw
Minnesota
University
St. Paul
Minnesota State
Western Canada
Western
Canada
Prairie
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Peace River
Athabasca
Rockies
Territories
Ontario
Named After Hanna Senate Says Secretary Names 500 Children
A Hanna related bill prompts the senator to note his secretary reports 500 children named after Hanna by 1896. The claim centers on naming trends connected to the senator and reflects ongoing public interest in honorifics.
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Hanna
Do Your Clothes Look Yellow Use Red Cross Ball Blue
Advises using Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothes, claims effect is snow white. Mentions a 2 60z package priced five cents.
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Packege
Two Ocean Vessels Collide in Fog Sinking San Rafael
In a dense San Francisco Bay fog the Sausalito and San Rafael collided near Alcatraz. The San Rafael sank within fifteen minutes with about twenty deaths, carrying 150 to 200 passengers. The Sausalito, unharmed, aided survivors and proceeded to San Francisco after rescuing many aboard the sinking ship.
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San Francisco
Sausalito
San Rafael
San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
Five Die in Gwyn Station Fire Near Altoona
A mother and her four children perished in a blaze at Gwyn station three miles north of Altoona Pennsylvania. The husband escaped with severe injuries after waking to dense smoke and attempting to extinguish the flames. Neighbors arrived too late to save the family as their home burned to ashes. The coroner suspects a lamp topple possibly triggered by the family dog.
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Gwyn Station
Altoona
Burk
Fuss Sparks Street Fight in Marysville Baptist Church
A street brawl erupted between A K Bigham a deacon and Dr T I Hatfield a dentist in Marysville Kansas after church tensions over Rev Rice and a Me Kinley eulogy. They were separated by friends. Bigham a 64 year old milk dealer aligns with Rices faction while Hatfield sits with anti Rice.
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Baptist Church
Marysville
Kan
A.K. Bigham
T. I. ‘Hatfield
Baptist-church
Kansas
Hatfield
State Board of Dental Examiners
Bigham
Tragic Miner Cage Collapse at Lambert Mine
At the Lambert mines near Mason town Pennsylvania eight miners plummeted 700 feet in a shaft. Three died after rescue efforts and the others endured fatal injuries including crushed chests broken limbs and a skull fracture. Six of the injured were Hungarians and Americans Peter Babyock Steve Latonski and Vincent Conaty were named among the injured.
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Lambert
Masontown
Peter Babyock
Steve Latonski
Vincent Conaty
Robbery on Chicago Street Ends With Window Throw
In downtown Chicago two highwaymen assaulted J. W. Rogge on Fifth Avenue near Mansion Street. One choked him while the other rifled his pockets, then they hurled him through a large plate glass restaurant window. Rogge escaped with bruises as the mob pursued the thieves into an alley.
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Chicago
J. W. Rogge
Rogge
Fifth Avenue
Manison Street
Desperadoes Rob Alliance Residents Steal Horse And buggy
Three highwaymen in Alliance Nebraska used wild west tactics to loot homes. They entered the Teeters residence and stole jewelry and $20 while a neighbor and son attempted to help, then rifled the home of ex Senator Williams with no gain. They confronted residents at a saloon and forced by revolver to surrender valuables before fleeing in a stolen carriage.
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Alliance, O
Margaret Teeters
Carl
Teeters
Silas J. Williams
Lawrence Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Fifteen Drowned In Nome Launch Disaster
The steamer Mio heard news of a launch foundering near Nome. The outboard boat was overcrowded and capsized as it approached the steamer St Pierre from the Isle of Pipes carrying thirty four prisoners and three women. Fifteen people died including Warden Andre in charge of the launch.
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Nome
St. -Pierré
Isle of Pipes
Andre
Quail Hunt Ends With Mass Bag by New York Party
Marshall Warren and companions from New York City return to Emporia after a big hunt in the Indian Territory. They reportedly bagged 800 quails, 19 wild turkeys, 2 deer and mallards, 40 squirrels, and numerous prairie dogs, coyotes, and other game.
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Marshall Warren
New York City
Emporia
Congressman Wilcox Seeks $10 Million Hawaii Improvements
Honolulu papers on the steamer Miowera publish extended accounts of Congressman Wilcox’s plan to ask Congress for a ten million six hundred thousand dollar appropriation for improvements in the islands. Leper patients in Hawaii accuse the board of health of neglect and misdemeanor over food and water supplies and call for a state commission to investigate.
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Honolulu
Wilcox
Washington
Hawaii
Board of Health
Miners Stranded at Unalaska to Receive Relief
The United States government prepares relief for 115 Cape Nome miners reported stranded at Unalaska. Captain Healey of the Revenue Cutter Service is ready to command the cutter McCulloch to the far north, with an estimated ten days to reach Unalaska.
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United, States
Cape Nome
Unalaska
Healey
Revenue Cutter Service
McCulloch
Unalasia
Kansas Education Absentee Rate Under Scrutiny
Frank Nelson, superintendent of public instruction, completes an educational inquiry into Kansas schooling. The study estimates 190000 of 400000 school age children in the state do not attend school, highlighting gaps in compulsory education enforcement and attendance records.
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Frank Nelson
Kansas
Kanesas
Water Famine in Kansas Editorial Rants at Editor
The Fort Scott Monitor editor is criticized for not allowing the prefix Prof to interfere with running the paper. He defends his operation of the turrets and denounces an unnamed group as puny-faced weak-lunged and evil-smelling. The passage decries vice and ignorance among children.
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Andie L. Diggs
Washington
Topeka Advocate
Bill” Reeder
Sixth
Reeder
Woodland
Neal Wellington
Dave
Hanna
Abe Ellis
Sam” Hawk
John Royce
Logan
Reeders
Washiton
Suck O'Diamonds
Fort ‘Scott
Monitor
Tragic double tragedy ends in stabbing suicide
From St. Louis Missouri comes the report that Joseph Flory a clerk employed by an ice company murdered his wife Lena with a hunting knife stabbing her three times in the breast then killed himself both dying instantly after a quarrel over money earlier in the day authorities report the frenzied act followed drink.
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St. Louis
Joseph Flory
Cleri
Lena
Flory
Pekin Pigeons Flight With Aeolian Piping Singers
In Pekin a scenic feature shows pigeons released for exercise carrying small whistles or pipe sets on their tails. The devices emit a musical aeolian sound that frightens hawks and creates a sweet sad harmony as the birds fly overhead.
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Pekin
Armless Baptist University President Elected in Raleigh
The Rev Dr Vann, newly elected president of the Female University of Raleigh N C, has no arms. As a boy he lost his left arm above the elbow in a sorghum cutting accident but can read turn pages pour water and drink with his remaining limbs and perform daily tasks.
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Vann
Female University (Baptist
Raleigh
N. CG
A Clergyman's Discovery in Fredericksburg
Rev. E. P. Stevens claims discovery of a kidney remedy after years of suffering. He says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his incontinence and led to full recovery. The pills are advertised as effective for Lame Back Rheumatism Brights Disease Diabetes and other kidney ailments.
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Fredericksburg
Ind
E. P. Stevens
Dodd
Bright
Fragrant Herbs Share Sweet Leaf Fragrance
Lavender sweet basil and rosemary offer modest flowers yet their leaves perfume the air with a sweeter aroma than any bloom. The note highlights how leaves carry enduring fragrance beyond visible blossoms.
Allen's Boot-Ease Promises Foot Comfort Cure
Advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen smarting burning sweating corns bunions. Shake into shoes. 25 cents at druggists and shoe stores. Sample sent free. address Allen S. Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Quote on blame and profit from mistakes
A quotation argues that a man should not be blamed for his mistakes but credited when he profits by them. The proverb emphasizes learning from error and leveraging outcomes for gain.
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Carrie Nation
David Nation
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Winfield
Francescas Quartette
Fort Scott
Aman
Fond du Lac
Wis
Inquirer
Reno County
Reno Mination
Kk. D. Adams
University of Kansas
Leland Stanford University
Paradise
Jewell City Republican
Winnipeg
San Francisco Bay
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Frairie
View, Neb
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Cage
Wili
Educational Law
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Marr J. Jonnson Co
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