State Capital Notes on Druggists Tax Change
Kansas druggists may keep distilled spirits and wines for compounding medicines without paying the special retail liquor dealer tax under internal revenue laws. The ruling, prompted by Topeka pharmacist Matt Weightman, halves state revenue from such stamps and clarifies permissible stock for medical preparations.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States
Matt Weightman
Weightman
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
Invalid 1859 Kansas border claim for Frances Tolles
A dubious claim valued at 161.30 dollars for Tolles is rejected as invalid. The 480 dollar interest and a 1859 certificate issued by the Lecompton treasurer are not payable, having been issued under repealed laws and routed to the state auditor via a Boise City bank.
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Kansas Territory
State Auditors Office
Frances O. Tolles
Lecompton
Ierald of
Supreme Court Ends 14 Brewery Suit Batches With Settlements
The state attorney general reports all 14 brewery suits in the supreme court are settled. Four cases against W. J. Lemp Brewing Co Dick Brothers Quincy Brewing Co Miller Brothers Brewing Co and M K Goetz Brewing Co lingered two years but have now paid final costs and removed property from the state. The August Freitag decision enabling collection from patients in state institutions is cited as paving the way for further such recoveries.
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Supreme Court
W. J. Lemp Brewing Company
Dick Brothers’ Quincy Brewing Company
Miller Brothers’ Brewing Company
M. K. Goetz Brewing Company
Ross Named Special Assistant for High School Training
W. D. Ross of Peabody has been named as special assistant to the state superintendent of public instruction to oversee the installation of normal training courses in high schools.
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W. D. Ross
Peabody
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Auditor to Issue Special Levy for Back Taxes
State Auditor J M Natier lists delinquent state taxes by county totaling over 200000 dollars for 1904 to 1908 and plans a special levy to collect. Wyandotte owes 6000 dollars while Sedgwick Sumner and Shawnee have 9000 and 6366 respectively.
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Topeka
J. M. Natier
Wyandotte
Sedgwick
Sumner
Shawn
When Is an Accident Considered Serious Under New Law
State Labor Commissioner Johnson questions compliance with the 24 hour reporting rule for serious accidents. The law, in effect 24 days, requires all accidents to be reported. only 40 have been filed, including 12 from railroads, and factories seek interpretation for masher finger or scratch cases.
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Johnson
Kansas Fruit Crop to Shrink This Year Says Horticultural Secretary
Walter Wellhouse of the Kansas Horticultural Society reports a smaller fruit crop after tabulating county reports. He presents a table of fruit percentages based on perfect crops and compares them with last year. Milk dealers in Topeka challenge a section of the new weights and measures law defining bottle standards, arguing it discriminates against them.
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Kansas
Walter Wellhouse
Kansas Horticultural Society
Wellhouse
Topeka
School district bonds for repairs questioned by attorney general
Republic county School District No. 3 faces delay as the attorney general rules bonds issued to repair and rebuild the old school house have no legal authorization. He notes only bonds for building a new school house would be lawful. Assistant Attorney General Shukers cites the distinction.
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Republic County
Shukers
Bankers' Deposit Guaranty and Security names officers
The Bankers' Deposit Guaranty and Security company organized by national banks chose officers for its first year. President E. Ames of Topeka. Secretary John Morrisay of Kansas City. Executive committee members include W. J. Bailey Atchison George Murphy Manhattan C. Q. Chandler Wichita J. T. Pringle Burlingame F. E. Larabee Stafford W. H. Burks Wellington Charles Sawyer Norton and Jerome Berryman Ashland.
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Bankers’ Deposit Guaranty and Security Company
E. &. Ames
Topeka
John Morrisay
Kansas City
W. J. Bailey
Atchison
George Murphy
Manhattan
C. Q. Chandler
Wichita
J. T. Pringle
Burlingame
FE. L. Larabee
Stafford
W. H. Burks
Wellington
Charles Sawyer
Norton
Jerome Berryman
Ashland
Kansas Happenings Breaks All Attendance Records
The Kansas State Agricultural College reports 2306 students enrolled for 1908 09, the largest yearly total. 1536 men and 743 women span 28 graduates 171 seniors 243 juniors 381 sophomores 491 freshmen 521 sub fresh men 134 preparatory and 471 in short courses. Average ages run about 20 for all, 19 34 for freshmen and 23 for seniors. The college employs 145 faculty staff and officers including 27 professors 17 assistant professors 73 instructors 18 custodians clerks or officers and 10 experiment station staff.
McPherson Y M C A Building Fund Reaches Goal
After a ten day drive the McPherson Y M C A fund is completed when all factory whistles sound. James Richardson known as Uncle Jim Richardson donated a quarter section of farm land near McPherson valued at 15000 for endowment. Profits from the farm to sustain the building. gift requires a building of equal value to be erected.
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McPherson
Y. M. C. A. Bldg
James Richardson
Jim Richardson
Taft Warns Yale Alumni About GOP Future
President Taft told 1,800 Yale graduates at the annual alumni feast that the Republican Party risks becoming a minority force in Congress and at the head of the government if it fails to meet public expectations. He spoke extemporaneously on national affairs after light memories of college days.
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New Haven
Taft
Yale
Congress
Republican Party
Broomcorn Growers See Record Acreage This Year
Dealers report broomcorn acreage will triple last year due to high prices and rising demand. They are contracting in southwestern Kansas and northwestern Oklahoma, with planting finishing by late July. The crop won’t reach markets until late September.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Drift of Sand Buries Farmer in Hays
John Younger, a 63 year old farmer, was buried by a heavy sand drift at a pit in Hays. He was digging when the drift toppled, trapping him. Though missing initially, workers located him and efforts to revive him failed. He died at the scene.
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John, Younger
Hays
Mr. Younger
Blackman Sues City For Injuries In Jail Incident
George Blackman sues Wichita for 5000 alleging injuries from prisoners in the city jail months ago. He was unemployed and asked for protection but says he was locked up without offense and attacked by inmates who “kangecroed” him, injuring his back and preventing work.
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City
George Blackman
Wichita
Blackman
Woman Editor Secures County and City Printing Contracts
Mattie Bishop, editor of the Democrat, won both county and city printing for Abilene and Dickinson counties and Abilene city. She bid 12 percent for the county contract last winter and 15 percent for the city contract this week, beating rivals at 70 percent.
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Mattie Bishop
Abilene
Dickinson
The
Democrat
Messiah Chorus Director Takes Year Leave for James Town Move
Prof. Samuel Thorstenberg director of the Messiah Chorus and Bethany piano teacher resigns after 18 years in Lindsborg. He accepts a call to the First Lutheran Evangelist Church in James town New York and requests a year’s leave of absence.
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Messiah
Samuel Thorstenberg
Messiah Chorus
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Thorstenberg
First Lutheran Evangelist Church
Jamestown
N. Y
Bethany
Kansas Hotel Keeper Mowry Dies at 90
Washington J. Mowry a pioneer Kansas hotel man died at his son's home in Kansas City Kansas at age ninety He was born in Oxford New York and moved west in 1870 later part owner of the Wilder House Fort Scott and in 1871 took charge of the Central Avenue hotel in Arkansas City.
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Kansas
Washington J. Mowry
Kansas City
Kan
Mr. Mowry
Oxford
N. Y
Fort Scott
Central Avenue
Arkansas City
Miner Killed by Fall at Central Coal Mine No 38
Manuel Llamilton a black miner was killed by a rock fall in Mine No 38 at Central Coal and Coke Co Curranville near Pittsburgh Counts.
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Manuel Llamilton
Central Coal & Coke Company
Curranville
Pittsburg
Two Men Die After Sleeping On Tracks Near Deerfield
Nevada Missouri reports two young men aged about 21 found dead beside the Missouri Kansas & Texas rail line two miles west of Deerfield. Coroner's jury verdict rules accidental death by being struck while asleep on the tracks. Papers on the bodies identify Charles Brown of Wichita Kansas and Allen Wilson of Chicago.
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Nevada
Missouri
Deertiett
Deerfield
Charles Brown
Wichita
Kan
Allen Wilson
Chicago
Railroads Fails to Obtain Appeal Bond in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission refused to grant an appeal bond or writ of supersedeas for 17 railroads seeking an injunction in the state Supreme Court to block enforcement of the uniform accounting order. The order requires submission of reports ratings and accounts to the commission for tighter control of public carriers. The commission said the uniform accounting order is not subject to appeal.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Corporation Commission of Oklahoma
Supreme Court
Corporation Commission
Body Found in Box Car in Parsons Kansas
A deceased man in an advanced state of decomposition was located in a box car on the Missouri Kansas and Texas line near Parsons. A bottle with a small amount of carbolic acid was found in one shoe. A scrap in a coat packet bore “Mach Nelsons” and the address of the dead man’s brother Hugh Nelson Zanesville Ohio. The paper was dated Wednesday June 22.
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Parsons
Kansas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Mach Nelsons
Hugh Nelson
Zanesville
Ohio
Storm lashes Texas coast near Brownsville and Padre Island
A severe storm off Point Isabel devastates Tajon Beach at Padre Island with several fishing boats and a gasoline launch swept away. Sparse reports describe inhabitants facing uncertain fate as the harbor area endures extraordinary weather.
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Brownsville
Texas
Tajon Beach
Padre Island
Point Isabel
Railroad Raises Passenger Rates in Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway company will raise passenger rates from two to 2.14 cents per mile on all one way tickets. The increase takes effect July 3 following court rulings that the two cent a mile rate law was unconstitutional.
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Philadelphia
Supreme and Common Pleas
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Butter dealer sentenced for selling oleomargarine as butter
Max Goodman and his brother Jacob Goodman of Chicago were convicted of manufacturing and selling oleomargarine as fancy butter. Federal Judge K M Landis sentenced Max Goodman to two years in Leavenworth prison.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Max Goodman
Jacob
K. M. Landis
Leavenworth
Kansas
National Liberal Party Executive Committee Meeting Postponed
The meeting of the executive committee of the National Liberal party scheduled for St. Louis has been postponed indefinitely.
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National Liberal Party
St. Louis
Back Aches Warn Kidney Trouble Say A G Smith
A reader from Liberty Missouri reports kidney pain and backache relieved by Dean's Kidney Pills. The testimonial notes dizziness and urinary issues, claiming full recovery after treatment and seven years without kidney trouble. Sold by all dealers for 59 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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A. G. Smith
E. Mills St
Liberty
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Post Office Food Crusade Slashes France SOS Cases
A three year effort against meat consumption among French post office workers reduced SOS incidents by half. In 1906 there were 1,048 cases, dropping to 505 last year as reform measures took effect.
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France
Examine CASTORIA for infants and mothers health use
The notice urges examining CASTORIA bottles for infants care and aims to reassure mothers about a safe remedy for children.
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Castoria
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertises Ice Cream Night Fancy
Fragmentary ad text notes a desire for ice cream and a joke about cold behavior. The fragment mentions Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product in a 2 oz package priced at 3 cents.
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Red Cross
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