Kansan Notes Sketch Local Happenings and Quirks
A miscellany of short items from Kansas towns. Elmer Casebier joins Jefferson county bar in Oskaloosa. Gardner deposits reach 112000 dollars. Nordica plans Topeka concert March 3. Topeka street railway sale noted. Parson and Clay Center politics loom. Fort Scott minstrel shift noted. Cabaret and restaurant quirks appear. Ed Breetces shatters corn record in McPherson. Pension agency moves to Metcalf and Lawrence. Miscellany ends with local anecdotes on speech, manners, and ambition.
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Elmer Casebier
Oskaloosa
Jefferson County
Gardner
Jonly
Remarkable Vogeler Curative Compound Endorsed by London Physician
A medical physician questions the remedy but many eminent doctors credit Vogeler's Curative Compound for its curative properties. Mrs Nettleton from Brighton Road recounts relief from dyspepsia and kidney troubles after taking the liquid, claiming renewed health within months and a saved life. The piece notes testimonials from grateful users worldwide and offers free samples through St Jacob's Co. Baltimore.
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A . Brothscian
London
Nettleton
Vogeler
Bill
Nattleton
St. Jacob’s Ot
Clay
Street
Baltimore
Brighton Road
Berlin cab system claims world’s cheapest fares
The Chicago Record Herald correspondent reports Berlin operates the West cab system with over 17 000 cabs and taximeter dials. The base fare is 12 cents covering 800 meters for two, 1600 meters for four, with increments for additional passengers and distance, totaling about 1714 cents per mile.
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Berlin
Chicago Récord-Herald
Rejected Article Sparks Debate Over Faith and Work Age
A Boston writer named Heason faced rejection after submitting an essay on aging workers. He attributed the decision to religious faith guiding his perspective. The incident follows a recent sermon focus and raises questions about editorial boundaries.
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Oan Heason
Boston
Heveeps
Trains Collide in Tunnel Killing Many
In New York City a rear end collision occurred in a tunnel under Park Avenue between a South Norwalk local of the New York New Haven Hartford line and a White Plains Harlem branch train. Fifteen passengers were killed and about thirty injured as two crowded commuter services collided at 8 17 am. Initial reports warned the death toll could rise.
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New York ‘Central
Park
Aye
Nye
New York City
Norwalk
New York, New, Haven, & Hartford
White Plains
Harlem
New York Central
Nebraska Supreme Court Decides Against Rock Island
The U S Supreme Court rules against the Rock Island railroad in the 1894 Lincoln wreck case. Executives of two Nebraska men sue for damages, with about 25 000 total at stake including interest. Nebraska 1867 statute praised for passenger protection, while railroad argues it violates the federal fourteenth amendment.
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United States Supreme Court
Nebraska
Rock Island Railroad
Lincoln
Zerneke
John R. Matthews
T. C. Munger
Evans
Rock Island
Supreme
Munger
Supreme Court
Prosecutions Considered Against Western Packers and Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission in Chicago reveals plans to prosecute major western packing concerns for preferential rate violations. Officials say a national rail pool could be sought if lawmakers approve. The commission also pressed leaders like J P Morgan James J Hill and H Harriman to attend a meeting or face harsher action. Evidence indicates railroads admit abandoning tariff maintenance for packing house products except briefly each year.
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West
Interstate. Commerce. Commission
Chicago
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
The
Community of Interests Idea
J. P. Morgan
James J. Hill
H. Harriman
Army Officers Annoyed by Unofficial Movements to Philippines
Army officers at the headquarters and Fort Crook express annoyance over unauthorized notices claiming the Tenth Infantry is ordered to the Philippines. Colonel McClernand, adjutant general of the Missouri department, says he has no knowledge of any contemplated movement and has warned Colonel Lincoln at Fort Crook not to be alarmed.
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Army
Aft Ar
Fort Crook
Tenth Infantry
Philippines
Lincoln
McClernand
South Omaha
Hammond Packing Company
Hammond
Ind
St. Joseph
South
Omaha
A. H.’ Noyes
St. "Ieogeph
Cuban Customs Revenues for Islands of Cuba 1901
The division of insular affairs of the war department releases a statement showing total Cuban customs revenues for the eleven months ended November 30, 1901 at 14,855,000 dollars, up from 14,565,202 in 1900 and 13,378,557 in 1899. Exports duties were abolished April 1, 1901. Export duties collected in the first three months of 1901 totaled 67,440 dollars. in eleven months ended November 30, 1900 they were 893,703 dollars. Customs revenues excluding export duties rose 416,060 dollars or 3 percent from 1900 and 1,382,548 dollars or 11 percent from 1899.
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Cuba
Acquittal in Denver Murder Case Stuns Court
Mrs. Jane Perry of Lincoln Nebraska was acquitted of murder for shooting her son in law James Devore in a Denver restaurant on Decoration Day. The courtroom wept as the prosecuting attorney urged acquittal and the jury quickly agreed after the dramatic testimony of Devore’s treatment of Perry.
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Jane Perry
Lincoln
Neb
James Devore
Denver
Devore
Eleanor Perry
Miss ‘Perry
B. T. Lasher
Sales
Three Men Die in Bluestone Quarry Dynamite Blast
A massive dynamite charge detonated at the Bluestone quarries near Connelsville causing a fatal collapse. Three quarrymen were killed and buried in earth as a rock avalanche followed. A fourth man was flung hundreds of feet and survived.
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Heer
Connelsville
Train Wreck Kills Fireman Near Ogden in Fog
A wreck on the Rio Grande Freight No. 15 near Roy Station ten miles south of Ogden in thick fog killed Fireman Franke Cowell of Salt Lake City instantly.
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Rio Grande
Roy' ‘Station
Ogden
Franke Cowell
Salt Lake City
Buffalo herd owner James Phillips of Fort Pierre
James Phillips of Fort Pierre owns the world’s largest herd of blooded buffalo, totaling sixty head, purchased from the late millionaire half breed Indian Peter Du Pree.
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James Phillips
Fort’ Pierre
8.D
Phillips
Peter du Pree
New Uses for Damaged Banknotes in Government Waste Efforts
A clipped, dated note discusses destroying nearly half a billion dollars in worn currency annually and amusingly suggests its pulp used for railroad wheels. It then shifts to praise for Hostetter's Stomach bitters as a cure for indigestion dyspepsia constipation biliousness and malaria with a persuasive call to use it.
Back-Seat Giggle Sparks Churchyard Debate
Report notes some people regard the worst possible disruption at church as a person in the back seat who giggles during service, drawing smiles and murmurs from congregants.
Mother Grays Powder and Wizard Oil Endorsed by Nurses
Historic ad clippings describe Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used at a New York Children's Home to treat feverishness stomach disorders teething and bowel regulation with 80000 testimonials. Also promoted Wizard Oil for injuries Defiance Starch for whitening clothes and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with broad mixed ad copy and moral quips.
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Gray
New York
Allen 8
Olmsted
Miss Bonnie Delano Praises Lydia Pinkham Remedy
A Chicago woman recounts illness after three years of irregular painful menses and nervous health. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health within four months and claims lasting relief for over a year.
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Lydia Pinkham
Bonnie Delano
Indiana Ave
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Kansas
Nordica
Topeka
Modocs
Gevy
Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Ian
Savenburg
Athena
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Fort Scott
Parsons
Clay Center
Carrie Nation
State University
Bill” White
M. A. Low
Copeland County
Pension Office
Metcalf
Aguinaldo
Funston
Lindsborg
Anna Carlson
Emporia
Ed Breetces
Little Valley
McPherson County
Wellington
Holton
Tribune
Marion
Chatauqua Assembly
Ottawa
Topeka Pension Agency
Lawrence
Topeka Commercial Club
Clyde Advocate
Barton
Clyde
Chanute
Prisnoner
Phillipsburg
Harmon Wilson
Ao Young
Sion
Iena
Mother Gray
Dean Mrs. Prixham
DRS
Sheridan Coal
W.N.U
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