Kansas Notes Show Floods And Fervor In Early 1900s Towns
A mosaic of Kansas headlines notes Topeka flood damage and hopes for a retreat, a Lawrence mill washed away, and towns debating politics and weather lore. It cites Osawatomie, Belle Plaine, Hiawatha, and Vermillion with quirky anecdotes, court rulings, and new rail service choices.
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Topeka
Clyde
Kansas
Lyons
Rudyard Kipling
Lawrence
Athens
Venice
Belle Plaine
Sumner County
Joseph L. Bristow
North Topeka
John Stoffer
Brown County
Hiawatha
the World
Burton
Albert Griffin
State Agricultural College
Osawatomie Graphic
Bowersock
A. H. Limerick
Winfield Chautauqua
Council Grove
Yates Center
Oliver
James’ E. Reed
Mulvane
C. N. Higginson
Illinois
Reeds
Justice Pollock
Supreme Court
Syracuse
Battlements
Abilene
Salina
Wichita Eagle
Hutchinson News
Stephen Quaife
The
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Emporia
la Junta
New Fashion Tricks From Bellevue Avenues Fashion Shifts
An unconventional young society girl on Bellevue avenue in New port debuts hair down her back setting a new summer fashion. Observers in her circle approve while others imitate. The piece links style to influence from princes and high collars, noting evolving hair trends and coronet dreams for the well off.
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Bellevue Avenuee
Newport
Prince of Wales
Hebrides
Bermudas
Lenox
Pulitzer Reflects on New York Papers in Anniversary Chat
In a fifteenth anniversary reminiscence the New York World editor recalls a chat with Joseph Pulitzer. Asked which paper is greatest in New York he named the New York World but Pulitzer insisted the New York Herald is the finest in the city and world.
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Pulitzer
New York World
Barrymore's Chicago Dinner Wink Returns Heartbeat Reply
During Ethel Barrymore's final Chicago engagement she attended an after show dinner in boxes with guests. A young man tried to impress her by winking during the third act. He sat next to her and whispered the gesture, prompting her to reply loudly that she heard her heart beat.
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A.masher
Ethel Barrymore
Chicago
Miss Barrymore
A Wise Man Stops Arguing With A Woman
A proverb notes that a wise man avoids arguing with a woman not for gain but to spare her pleasure, framing disagreement as unhelpful for both.
What the Average Man Knows Compared to His Beliefs
The saying contrasts common knowledge with presumed understanding, likening the average man’s grasp to a fly beside an elephant. It underscores the gap between assumed and actual insight in everyday judgment.
Parable on Wise and Foolish Starts and Quick Action
A reflective saying contrasts the wise man who begins small and grows, with the fool who starts large and abandons effort. It counsels seizing opportunities quickly and notes social signals of wealth. It concludes with a remark on memory souring.
Real Crank Is Plainly Marked A Coffee Change Story
A New York City agent recounts drinking Postum to replace coffee. He describes coffee as harmful and credits Postum with restored health. His family initially mocked the change but eventually joined him and they all drink Postum now. Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich. is cited.
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New York City
New York
Postum
Postum ‘Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Self-Confidence as Key to Success in Youth
A Philadelphia Ledger essay argues self-confidence drives success and should be nurtured in youth. It contrasts excessive ego with prudent self-belief, noting self-respect births confidence and urging young people to test their abilities through real-world effort and learning from others.
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Napoleon
Montaigne
Philadelphia Ledger
World’s Finest View From Lookout Mountain Summit
William B. Curtis writes in the Chicago Record-Herald about Lookout Mountain’s summit at 2300 feet and the panorama over Chattanooga. He compares the scene to Sparrow Hills and Moscow’s domes, noting visible states and the industrial and natural silhouettes across the landscape.
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Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
New Jersey
North Carolina
Texas
Chattanooga
Sparrow Hills
Moscow
Volga
Cumberland Mountains
Missionary Ridge
Raccoon Mountains
William B. Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Chinese Chief Chew Qui Yet Led Grand Chinatown Funeral
A large Chinatown funeral in San Francisco honored Chew Qui Yet head of the Kong Chow Asylum the oldest Six Companies. Mourners wore blue and white robes while dolls in court attire burned with the body. A band led a long procession followed by mourners, officials, and merchants in mourning robes amid feasting offerings at the grave.
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Chinatown
Chew Qui
Kong Chow ‘Asylum
San Francisco Chronicle
Hadeen
Canton
San Francisco
Kong Chow Asylum
Delayed Advice Echoes in a Family Dinner Scene
A anxious mother scolds a son who visits twice weekly as a daughter defends him. The dialogue implies a tense family moment with a note of cost for a single supper counted as eight pence.
Ambition's Reach and the Comfort of New Goals
Within Range the text reflects a philosophy on achievement. It asserts that a person who attains a goal gains the quiet assurance of easily pursuing further aims. The passage emphasizes continued ambition and the solace found in possible future successes.
Rattlesnake refuses food for twenty six months in Paris museum
A North American rattlesnake at the Paris museum refused all food for 26 months, baffling curators and highlighting the animal’s exceptional endurance while under display.
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Museum
Paris
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Praised by Woman
A testimonial letter from Mrs Laura L Barnes of Washington D C extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments and long term support for headaches backaches irregular periods and nervous issues. The letter urges other women to trust the remedy and promises the genuineness of the endorsement.
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Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia BE. Pinkham
Laura ‘L. Ibarnes
Second St
N. E
Washington, D. C
Laura L. ‘Barnes
Burnside
Post
Lydia E. Pinkhaim
Work Before Pleasure Golf Lessons Delay Golf Contract
A friend invites the energetic author to join a golf lesson at the links, but the author declines to finish a contract for a series of golfing stories for Grabbler's Magazine. The exchange highlights work commitments taking precedence over leisure plans.
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Grabbler’s
Allen's Foot Ease Powder Ad
Foot care powder promises quick relief for tight shoes and burning feet. Advertises use for swollen hot sweating feet corns and bunions with a 75 cent price and sample offer, listing Allen S Olmsted LeRoy New York.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Defiance Starch Claims Best Starching Results
The advertisement touts Defiance Starch as yielding the best results with no cooking required and promises a quantity discount of four or more for some money.
Missouri court punishes man in lynching expedition
A Missouri court sentences a man who led a negro lynching expedition to ten years in the penitentiary and assigns him to the doodle gang of convicts.
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Missouri
Chicago Tribune
Humorous Epigram on Good Deeds and Divorce Trends
A wry aphorism notes that bending to pick up a banana peel signals kindness while warning that reckless marriages feed the divorce courts. The piece humorously links everyday actions to social outcomes.
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Peter’ McVicar
Washburn! ' College
Supreme ‘Court
Craddock
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Sabetha. Star
Presbyterian ‘Church
Vermillion
Brother Layburn
Bern Gazette
Rootbeer
Bootfree
Cuikens
Hires‘co
Maltera
Thompson's
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