Editorial Rabbits and Road Schemes Stir County Politics
A Belleville Freeman excerpt mocks county commissioners and party loyalties as the Manhattans papers hype a Rock Island line from Manhattan to Bawnee City Nebraska. It warns that railroad projects take long to materialize, citing Scandia as a cautionary example.
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Manhattans
Rock ‘Island
Manhattan
Bawnee
City
Nebraska
Scandia
Belleville
Freeman
Miller favored in county contracts at reduced legal rates
In Topeka reports a sequence shows Miller and the Freeman bidding on county legal printing with Miller receiving 60 percent of standard rates while the Freeman matched with 50 percent. The Freeman later offered 78 percent of legal rates for similar work. McLaughlin a Democrat handled cement walks and related tasks. the narrative notes opaque decisions by county authorities and courtroom deductions.
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Miller
Freeman
Topeka
Arnica salve advertised for skin sores and ulcers
See Backlen's Arnica salve praised for easing fever sores indolent ulcers piles and skin diseases. It claims excellent results with gentle action and promised care for various ailments.
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Philpipjns
John
Kemp
East
Oisfield
Home town mail order peril warned by stoves and hardware desk
A regional caution warns farmers and townsfolk that relying on mail order houses threatens local shops. The piece envisions a thriving town suddenly overwhelmed by distant catalogs, causing factory closures and blank store shelves if residents abandon home merchants. Local retailers are urged to promote hometown commerce through newspaper messages.
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Alway
Carey
Cael
Boms
Dts Stokes
Seould
Hob Cor Linus
Ialing
Royal
Stijsport
Dagonet in Camelot Weeps in the Dismal Stair
A dark arcanum from Lucile Rutland in Cosmopolitan portrays King Arthur's forlorn climb at Camelot. A hidden voice laments a failed love and the lonely struggle of a heart betrayed, offering sobering counsel on pain and longing.
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Dagonet
Arthur
Camelot
Lucile
Rutland
The
Cosmopolitan
Worth of a Girl in Albania Sparks Social Debate
An article discusses how some observers estimate a girl's value in Albania by the money she wears on her head during a party. The piece notes the practice as a troubling social custom and questions its implications for women.
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Albania
End of the Wooden Warship Era in the British Navy
The last line-of-battle wooden sailing ships were never commissioned as they were superseded by armored steamships almost immediately after construction.
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Kackley
Ays
Black Horse
Intoal
Gashels Alfalfa
Kingman
Buckeye
Olof and
FE We Son
A. Ellingson
C. Anderson
Scandia Journal
Kansas
Unio
Board of Commissioners
Ghitblaing
Anderson’s
Dickason-Goodman
B’r. “Co
G. H. Ward
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