Kansas Notes Roundup of Oddments and Local Vices
Coffey County sheriff offers reward for Clark Miller described as a sneak thief with two rows of teeth on the lower jaw. In Salina Mr. Swan Brodine fined $3 for slipping into the river. Topeka barred a negro paper from second class mail possibly as blackmail. Ulysses raid pockets sheriff seized the pot but left players and kitty. Coal seam found near Aurora Cloud County twenty inches thick. Seneca joint keepers pledge to quit liquor with Hoke Smith among signers. Capital basement cleaning eyed by executive council. janitors may be blamed. Emporia stores two months water reserve. Fizz water to appear on Kansas Day banquet menu beside cigars. Caldwell News notes judges may wear gowns at times. Finney leads tame hay production. some counties exceed in hay but wild like Topsy. White and Chase fight proposed to settle Boss system opinions in Kansas. Jewell County leads poultry and eggs. eggs now called jewels. Downs buyer purchases 37,297 poultry in eight weeks weight 205 444 pounds cost over 10000. Collin writ of coram nobis under advisement by Judge Hazen. Atchison lodging cheaper than horse keeping. Mrs Lysander Appleton to board at exclusive livery stable. Doniphan farmer helps overturn wagon. two chickens missing next morning, rest stolen by stranger. Kansas Day club ban on Judge Gristlebone for annual banquet. Gristlebone has not received New Year’s lithographs from railways. Wait list to M A Low Hurd Wagner yielded no results. Judge laments public fare and yearn for state service. political snub at Topeka January 23.
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Ulysses
Aurora
Cloud County
Bo Realis
Seneca
Hoke Smith
Kansas Day Club
Adna P. Gristlebone
Leavenworth
Kansas
Judge Gristlebone
a_ railway company
M. A. Low
A. A. A. Hurd
B. P
Wagner
Topeka
Adna Petesit
Karisas
Grand Island Man Killed in Hay Wagon Accident
Linwood Bisheld a Grand Island Nebr. resident and Union Pacific shop employee died when hay shifted in a wagon he drove near town. He crushed ribs and lung, but recognized his children before dying. He left nine thousand dollars in four life policies to his wife and four children. Bisheld, a German immigrant with ten children, had lived in Grand Island for over twenty years. His family planned to return home on the first train after notification.
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Ahton Bischeld
Grand Island
Neb
Thischeld
Union Pacific
Oklahoma
Bischeld
Doctors Alive in Webster Denies Obituary Lynching Tale
Dr. Sidney J. Goodmanson of Webster, D. D., disputes repeated obituaries claiming he was lynched in Oklahoma County Washington for killing his second wife. He notes earlier trial over his first wife's death in Pender Illinois ended in acquittal and says his second wife, alive, lives with him.
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Sidney J. Goodmanson
Webster
D. D
Illinois
Washington State
Nebraska
Oklahoma County
Washington
Goodmanson
Argo
Sioux
City
Pender
Laura Roder
Tiskilwa
Ill
Princeton
Nebraska Appeals for Funds to Represent State at 1903 Exposition
Governor appoints a private fund drive to raise Nebraska’s share for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis. Commissioners urge patriotic Nebraskans and corporations to contribute to fund a proper exhibit of the state’s resources, with Mr. RE. E. Bruce as treasurer in Omaha.
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Nebraska
St. Louis
France
Louisiana Territory
United States
West
Commonwealth
RE. E. Bruce
Omaha
Neb
Gurpon
J. Sterling Morton
C. H. Rupes
H. 8. Wuhr
KE. J. Bruce
Indian Hangings Reported Near Rosebud Agency
Word from the Rosebud Agency says John Yellow Wolf, released from a Lawrence County jail in South Dakota two weeks earlier, was hanged for horse stealing before reaching the reservation. After leaving Deadwood he rode an old horse first then a bovine thief’s steed, was pursued, found hanging near White River, and the lynching party’s organizers remain unnamed though stockmen are suspected.
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Rosebud
John” Yellow Wolf
Lawrence County
South Dakota
Deadwood
Rapid City
White River
Young Crow Dog
Old Crow Dog
Spotted Tail
Prairie Range Destroyed by Fire Across Border
Great Falls dispatch reports extensive prairie fires crossing the international boundary. The stretch between Milk River and Leth bridges is burned, destroying hundreds of tons of hay and threatening sheep ranches in the Sweet Grass Hills. Ranch owners face the urgent need to find new winter quarters for their flocks.
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Great, Falls
Mont
International Boundar EY
Milk River
Lethbridges
Sweet Grass
Bold Diamond Robbery at Glendive Station
Four men entered the Northern Pacific Glendive Montana station baggage area at night and stole two trunks containing uncut diamonds valued between ten and twenty thousand dollars from C B Clausen of S H Clausen Co Minneapolis. The trunks were hauled through a baggage room window and broken open nearby. An express agent slept adjacent. one suspect has been arrested.
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Glendive
Mont
Northern Pacific
C. B. Clausen
S. H. Clausen & Co
Minneapolis
Southern Train Held Up Near Spiro Oklahoma
A southbound Kansas City Southern passenger train was robbed by seven masked men about 11 pm near Spiro I T. The express and mail cars were entered. the safe in the express car was opened but nothing taken. The robbers rifled the mail car and reportedly secured registered mail. United States marshals pursue the robbers as three suspects, miners, are reported arrested. Estimated booty about 2000 dollars.
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Kansas City
Fort Smith
United States
Poteau
Express
Whale finds and feast on Norwegian shore amaze locals
About two years ago a huge whale was driven ashore on Norway's coast. Its bones and oil were valued at $12,500. A banquet was held inside the whale after removing the blubber, with seating for thirty guests.
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Norway
Itv
Bible Revision Draws Mixed Reactions From Readers
The new revision of the Bible updates language while preserving meaning, attracting both supporters of change and thousands who prefer the original text. Advertisers praise Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a trusted remedy for sick headache nervousness indigestion dyspepsia and liver and kidney troubles.
Garfield Tea Herb Cure Promoted in Brooklyn Ad
An old Brooklyn newspaper notice touts Garfield Tea, the Herb Cure, claiming universal praise. It describes the remedy as a pure, natural herbal medicine cleansing the system, purifying blood, and aiding digestion for all ages.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Garfield
No fits or nerves with Dr Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer
Ad claims spring fever signals laziness and promotes a pill for permanent cure. It offers a free 82.00 trial bottle and treatise from Ds. R. A. Kuve, Ltd. Philadelphia. The ad questions the fate of a child who held its breath.
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Dr. Kline
Ds. R. A. Kuve, Ltd
Arch St
Philadelphia
Pas
Putnam Faceless Dyes Sellable At Drugstore 10c
Faceless dyes named Putnam are advertised as fast to sunlight and washable by rubbing with a 10 cent per package price sold through druggists. The snippet also notes a remark about praising a cigar and the cigar naturally feeling puffed up.
Miners Killed in Ada Mine Cave-In at Carlington
Four miners died and one was fatally injured in a cave-in at the Ada mine in Car terville Missouri. Several others were seriously hurt in the disaster.
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Ada
Carterville
Double Murder at Holt Home Near Greenleaf Kansas
Carl E Holt aged 55 and his niece Hilda Peterson aged 30 were found murdered at the Holt home three miles from Greenleaf Kansas. Holt had a bullet to the head and Peterson a bullet to the head and neck. she was raped. The house was rifled and a thousand dollars and Holt s fine team were stolen. The coroner s jury returned verdict murder for robbery.
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Carl E. Holt
Hilda Peterson
Holt
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Salina
Swan Brodine
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Finney
William Allen White
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Jewell County
Banner County
John Collin
Hazen
Atchison
Lysander John
Appleton
Doniphan County
Doniphan
Kangas
Linwood
Newal
Louis
Hamlin
Superior
LaCrosse
John A. Salzer
Seed Co
la Crosse, Wis
Chesebrough Mfg. CO
State Street
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Sheridan Coal
Smith Refining
Ccoo
Covingil
Bluffs
Daad
Nenetie
Omaha, Neb
St. Jacobs Oil
Conmay the
the Stromberg
Carlson Tel, Mfg. CO
Chicago
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Western Canada
Manitoba
Assinboia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Western
Canada
BP. Pedley
Ottawa
W._V. Bennett
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