Kansas Notes reveal oddities and local bets across towns
A mosaic of brief Kansan items notes a Topeka chiropodist shrugging at a harsh winter, pork fattening wit, and wheat burning in western Kansas. Reports from Lansing mention Clyde Mattox the penitentiary photographer while Emporia quiets on self-harm stories amidst heat. Maples Hill boys kill wolves, Kiowa hosts Smoky Mountain settlers, and Lawrence’s sun bakes diplomas. a mix of politics, agriculture, and small-town color across Kansas.
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Lansing
Clyde
Mattox
Ile
Emporia
Maple Hill
Iee
Topeka
Kansas Millers Association
Supreme Court
O. K
Pekin Deadlock as Powers Clash Over Indemnity Plan
Dispatch from Pekin reports ministers of Britain Russia and other powers divided over payment terms. Disagreement blocks a final agreement though progress earlier in June suggested a possible conclusion. Li Hung Chang presses for a complete plan while China seeks reasonable terms and ministers blame governments for the delay.
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Great Britain
Russia
Li Hung‘ Chang
Ife
China
Queer Actions of Iowan Husband Endangers Family
Melvin A Hammell, a farmer from Korningside, maimed poultry and livestock to tease his wife and abducted his eight year old son Clyde, fleeing in a buggy with a horse and taking another horse from a widow. Mrs Hammell fears for their safety and offers a reward of 25 for the boy’s return.
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Melvin A. Hammell
Clyde Hammell
Hammell
Monument Unveiled at Yokohama Commemorating Perry Landing
A Yokohama dispatch reports the unveiling of a monument at Kurihama honoring Commodore Perry’s 1853 landing. Rear Admiral Rodgers led the ceremony for the US squadron while Viscount Katsura spoke as Japanese premier. American and Japanese officials attended, with three American and five Japanese warships firing salutes.
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Yokohama
Kurihama
Commodore Perry
Rodgers
United States
Viscount Katsura
Prince Chun Arrives Near Shanghai Amid Floods Toll
Prince Chun, on a long voyage from Shanghai to Berlin, arrived at Woo Sung ten miles north of Shanghai. No official reception was planned as public opinion opposed recognition. Concurrently, floods on the Yangtze near Hankow caused hundreds of deaths.
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Germany
Shanghai
Coe
Prince ‘Chun
Berlin
Emperor William
von Ketteller
Ithe
China
Woo Sung
Prince Chun
Yang-tse Ver
Hankow
City liable for damages over street telegraph wire
Decatur city settled Mrs Hatfield’s $15 000 suit for about $7 500 after a private telegraph line across a street maimed Hatfield’s son and killed Lee’s son. A storm snapped the wire, parts fell into yards, and courts ruled the city allowed a dangerous street element to remain, making it liable. The cases were historically important as precedents.
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Decatur
Striking Steel Mills Tie Up Pittsburg Region
Reports from Pittsburg indicate the Amalgamated Association's strike order was broadly followed. About 74 000 workers idle nationwide with 2 500 in Pittsburgh 800 in Allegheny and 1 500 in McKeesport The Painter mill of the American Steel Hoop company closed as a non union plant was unexpectedly shut down.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
American 'Tinplate
American Steel
American Sheet
American “Tinplate ® Company
Monnessen
Weddquarters
Shaffer
American Sheet Steel
American Tinplate
American Steel Jroop Companies
Allegheny
McKeesport
American Steel Hoop’ Company
Painter
Dunns Startling Defense
New facts emerge in the case of Charles Dunn of Wallen Indiana held without bail for murdering little Alice Cothrell whose body was found in a cistern on the Dunn farm. Dunn claims his insane wife Mrs. Dunn urged him to move the body and that she killed the child in a moment of irresponsibility.
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Charles Dunn
Wallen
Ind
Little Alice Cothrell
Dunn
Mrs. Dunn
Little Alice
Posse Gives Up the Chase for Great Northern Robbers
Sheriffs posses hunting the Great Northern train robbers have abandoned the pursuit and are returning to their posts in Malta Montana. Only a few Pinkerton detectives and the southern boundary posse remain as leaders believe reports of the robbers' whereabouts were spread to mislead officers.
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Malta
Mont
Jyane
Pinkerton
Broomcorn Prices Climb Amid Kansas Shortage
Traders note a crop failure in Kansas and a looming shortage of broomcorn with estimates of 15 000 tons. A deal of 150 000 dollars worth was transacted near Mattoon Illinois in one day. Experienced broommen forecast prices rising to 250 dollars per ton as manufacturers plan higher broom costs.
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Union
Big Eastern
Combine
Kansas
Mattoon
Idl
Arrival of General Maximo Gomez in Havana Sparks City Welcome
Crowds filled Havana wharves awaiting General Maximo Gomez as his steamer delayed landfall. When he disembarked his family greeted him as he expressed pleasure with his US trip.
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Cuba
Maximo . Gomez
United States
Count Tolstoi Ill in European Russia Amid Surrender
A rumor says Count Tolstoi is dangerously ill at Tula in European Russia. Insurgent General Gebarro surrendered with seventy five men to authorities at Legaspie, signaling a shift in the uprising.
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Tula
Russia
Gebarro
Legaspie
Senator Gallinger Opposes Tariff Revisions and Free Trade
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire denounces tariff repeal and Free Trade as harmful. He warns the Democratic agenda, cites the Wilson Tariff, opposes Kasson treaties and Babcock proposals, and defends Protection. He argues Argentina and France treaties threaten wool and manufacturing, urging Congress to uphold protective duties and reject reciprocity.
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Gallinger
New. ‘Hampshire
Republican
Democratic
Ita
Babcock
United States
Argentine Republic
Cleveland
France
Kasson
Senate
Republican Party
Dows
San Francisco‘Chronicle
California
New England
New
York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Reciprocity Question in US Germany Treaty Talks
The text questions the US German reciprocity treaty negotiations and suggests our ambassador in Berlin may be pressed by German officials, noting doubt about his independent initiative and urging closer contact with representatives.
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Acan
United States
Germany
Berlin
Babcock Tariff Debate Spurs Trade Fact Review
Discussion of Representative Babcock’s proposal to repeal steel tariffs reveals that the steel trust does not fully dominate the trade, with many independent establishments employing large workforces. Critics doubt complete trust impact and warn against wage reductions for American workers. The piece notes that protections have expanded foreign markets by increasing exports in 1901, despite global tensions and trade frictions.
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Babcock
Steel Trust
Congress
Crawfordsville
Ing
Journal
Porto Rico
Hawaiian’ Islands
China
Farmers Growing Rich Says Western Bankers Boost Profits
Fragmented OCR note claims farmers in the United States are increasingly wealthy as banks profit from lending. It suggests abandoned farms and high mortgage trends are changing, with western farmers now $ borrowing and lending more money for goods.
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Florida has most land underwater. Wyoming least
Census returns show Florida with the largest water area and Wyoming with the smallest proportion of land underwater relative to size.
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Florida
Wyoming
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