Kansas Notes: Oddities and Local Happenings
Kangaroo of short items from Kansas towns with quirky notes on public bans at waterworks, long distance buggy miles, flood fears, lost gear, centenarian relatives, and small town misadventures. Notable mentions include a lost log chain in Kearny county and a story of a 100th birthday celebrated by a Coffeyville woman.
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St. Marys
Jewell County
Oakley
Phillipsburg
Little Eva
Smith Centre
Smith Center
McPherson
Arkansas City
Archie” Williams
Topeka
Trego County
Reno County
Shawnee
Dick Berlin Dead in Omaha Office
Richard S. Berlin a prominent Lincoln figure and legislator was found dead in his Omaha office from gas from a small stove. The death occurred likely eight to ten hours before discovery by Dr. H. R. Foster and cousin Robert W. Patrick. Berlin planned to travel to Colorado to discuss a 35000 gold mine sale.
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Richard S. Berlin
Omaha
H. R. Foster
Robert W. Patrick
Berlin
Mr. Berlin
Colorado
Lincoln
Iowa-Nebraska Boundary Commission
1903 Nebraska State Fair Gets Ready for September
The 1903 Nebraska State Fair runs September 4 to 11 with extensive grounds work and new buildings. Contracts for a sheep barn hog barns and a public comfort building top a $2300 and $3000 investment, plus a $1000-plus band stand by American Steel and Wire. Entries for races and county exhibits are coordinated by Secretary R. W. Furnas, with stalls and pens assigned by department superintendents. Nebraskans urged to attend and show loyalty by visiting the fair at least one day.
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Lebraska
American Steel & Wire Company
J.B. Dinsmore
George B. Simpkins
Lincoln
Simpkins
R.W. Furnas
Brownvile
Furnas
David Hanna
Wood Lake
E. Filley
Beatrice
L. W. Leonard
Pawnee City
R. M. Wolcott
Archer
Supreme Court Justice Calls Lynchings Murderous Act
Milwaukee reports Associate Justice David G. Brewer states lynching or burning a negro is murder in the same degree as individual murder. He notes possible extenuation but foresees a public reaction and potential legislation or remedy.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Dispatch Sage
David G. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Brewer
Odell Fire Destroys Half the Town in Thunderstorm
A blaze originating in A. Durfee’s livery stable during a thunderstorm swept Odell Nebraska on Monday night at 10 15 destroying half the town’s business district. Charles Walker Co lumber yard John Fyerbend general store Dr Woodward office Henry Kasta rek furniture store were burned. Loss estimated around 35000 with seven horses and all carriages and vehicles burned or destroyed.
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A. Durfee
Odell
Neb
Charles Walker & Co
John Fyerbend
Dr. Woodward
Henry Kastarek
Hailstorm Ravages Polk County Near Osceola
A Sunday afternoon hailstorm near Osceola, Polk County, lasted about an hour with gale winds and darkness. Town damage was minor with broken glass. countryside four miles north and east suffered complete destruction of wheat oats and corn as trees shed foliage. Hailstones packed two feet in ravines where gathered.
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Cropa Polk County
Osceola
Epworth Assembly Presents Park and Talent Souvenir
The Souvenir of Talent for the Nebraska Epworth Assembly highlights Epworth Lake Park as this year’s venue August 6 to 13. It lists notable speakers Bishop Isaac W. Joyce Rev Sam Jones R S MacArthur Captain Hobson Lou Beauchamp Dr McClary Frank Roberson Thomas Nicholson Hugh E B Smith Wilber Craft Louis Favour and performers Fred Wimerson Brooks Roney Boys Chicago Glee Club and Karl Germaine. Lincoln excursion rates available from Nebraska and Kansas towns within two hundred miles.
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Nebraska Epworth
Merrimac Fame
Lou Beauchamp
Indiana
McClary
Apatsota
Frank R. Roberson
Thos. Nicholson
Cornell
Hugh EB. Smith
California
Wilber F. Crafts
Washington, D. C
Louis Favour
Fred Wimerson Brooks
Roney Boys Concert Company
Chicago Glee Club
Karl Germaine
Wonderful Magician
Cleveland
Lincoln
Nebraska
Kansas
Nebraska National Guard Ordered to September Maneuvers
General Culver reports from the War Department that Nebraska National Guard units will drill in September and join fall army maneuvers at Fort Riley or Fort Robinson. No camp of instruction required. government pays all costs and guardsmen receive regular army treatment for instruction. New Stragjorgenson rifles expected to be issued before maneuvers.
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Nebraska National Guard
Culver
War ‘Department
War Department
Fort Riley
Fort Robinson
New Duties for Wu Ying Tang Minister Conger at Peking
Conger informs the state department that Wu Ting Fang, former Chinese minister to the United States, is appointed second assistant in the corps of under secretaries. He notes the position is nominally clerical but may allow use of Wu’s foreign knowledge if the foreign office desires.
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Wu Ying Tang
Conger
Peking
State ‘Department
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham remedy for tumor cure
Mrs. E. F. Hayes of Roxbury Mass reports a tumor disappeared after months of following Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and professional advice. She praises the treatment as worth five dollars a drop and invites others to write for guidance and testimony.
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E. F. Hays
Dudley St
Boston
Roxbury, Mass
Mas
Pinkname
Lydia E. Pinkham
E. F. Hayes
Roxbury
Mass
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Scandia
Garnett
Howard Courant
Howard
John M. Shook
Coast Artillery
Army
Robert Foster
Armourdale
Guthrie
Okla
Atchison Globe
Governor Bailey
Ellery
Syracuse
Virginia
Coolidge
Clinker
Concordia
Homer, Kennett
Pennsylvania
Kennett
Central Branch
Dick Berlin
David J. Brewer
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Epworth Assembly
National Guard. of
Mrs. Hayes
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia BE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Ayschel
N. Y
R Lincoln
Defiance Starch CO
Omaha, Neb
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