Kansas Notes: Oddities and Local Cries Across Towns
A collage of brief Kansas items: Parkerville pays a principal $50 monthly. Neosho county register of deeds collected $1,700 in six months. Seneca boosts a girl band. Axtell clamors for a brass band. Holton youth goes missing with $43. a Marion cigars theft. topeka fishermen serve 100 spring chickens at a reunion. Topeka warning about street railways. Nine Mile creek catsfish tale. Seneca horse ride reports. Arkansas City debris hot stones. Irving surf lullabies. moving post office tips at Chetopa.
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McPherson
Nerigha
Rue
Sharon
Santa Fe
Kansas
Axtell
Burrton
Marion
Holton
Rooks County
Topeka
Edna
Butter Trust
Clay Center
Lyons
United States
Kinnison
Nine Mile Creek
Leavenworth Times
Senéca
Baileyville
Bucklin
Lock
Arkansas
Mitt
North Pole
Chetopa
Sam
Irving
Pontiff Dies After Final Benediction and Deathbed Ordeal
The pope died at 4:04 pm Monday in Rome after a period of unconsciousness and a peaceful final act of blessing. Cardinal Oreglia and other cardinals were at his bedside as the pontiff uttered his last words. Cardinals Vannutelli Rampolia and others witnessed the scene while Dr. Lapponi administered restoratives. The death sparked mourning across Rome and speculation over the intended successor. Born March 2, 1810, he entered the Jesuits at eight, earned a natural science prize at eighteen, and was ordained in 1837 with a career as papal governor and church leader.
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Lapponi
Rome
Cardinal Vannutelli
Oregolia
Bisicti
Oreglia
Rampolia
Vannutelli
Della Volpe
Vives Y Tuto
Cardinal Oreglia
Jesuits’ Academy
Viberbo
Academy of Noble Ecclesiastics
Gregory XVI
Cardinal Odescalchi
St. Stanislaus
St. Andrea
Papal
Brento
Perguia
The
Sacred College
Pope Leo XIII and a Lincoln Burn Victim in Illness and Hardship
The report details Pope Leo XIII enduring a severe, near fatal seizure with periods of clarity and devotion to the church, recounting his long pontificate and key milestones. Separately, a Lincoln case describes Mrs. Pierce, burned tending wax flowers, left destitute with three young children after moving from Pennsylvania for health.
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Holy ‘See
Europe
Turkey
St. Peter
Edward
Germany
Pierce
Lincoln
Neb
Twist and Twine: A Printer’s Tale of Twists in English
A dated anecdote recalls a Frenchman bragging of French euphony and a doctor challenging him with English words that twist and twist again. Dr Johnson is said to record twelve lines showing how twist and twister warp language, ending with intricate entwining of cords and strings.
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Wallis
Johnson
Deaf Mutes Run New York Barbershop Sign Language Service
The New York Telegraph reports a unique barbershop in New York where all workers are deaf and mute. Two skilled talkers were replaced by deaf graduates, the proprietor also deaf, enabling patrons to receive services through sign language and pantomime. A slate and pencil aid communication for any issues.
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New York
New York Telegram
Spelling Reform Prevails In Office Dispute
A stenographer challenges an employer over mis-spelled words in a private office scene. She cites reading on spelling reform and demonstrates that dictionaries and magazine articles prove many spellings can vary with language change.
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New York Times
Eye Operation Comment Sparks Doctor's Retort
A patient just after eye surgery protests that fifty dollars is steep for a ten second procedure. An eminent cenlist replies that in learning the operation in ten seconds he has spotted more than two bushels of eyes.
Notre Dame University ad and Catarrh Cure appeal
Notre Dame University promotes its preparatory and collegiate offerings with emphasis on thorough programs and free catalogues. The article then pivots to a Hall’s Catarrh Cure advertisement by F J Cheney Co, claiming constitutional treatment and a $100 cure guarantee with sold by local druggists at 75 cents.
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Notre Dame University
West
J. Edward's Hall
University of Notre Dams
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Quote and protest note from Minneapolis reader
Readable letter quotes a pessimist view of people and a jab at Piso's Cure and a jab about suffragists. The letter is dated January 6 1906 and signed by J W O Brien of 322 Third Ave North Minneapolis.
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J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave. N
Minneapolis, Minn
Storekeepers Cite Defiance Starch Superior Quality
Storekeepers report that the extra quantity and the superior quality of Defiance Starch make it next to impossible to sell any other brand.
Moral suasion backs with proper backing
A compact note argues that moral persuasion is effective only when supported by solid backing, implying practical force or authority enhances ethical appeals. It emphasizes alignment between rhetoric and real-world consequences to achieve compliance or change.
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children Ad
An 19th century advertisement touts Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children by a nurse at a New York Children's Home. Claims cure for Summer Complaint Feverishness Headache Stomach Troubles Teething Disorders and Worms. Sold by druggists for 25 cents with free sample by mail. An aside mentions shallow beauty among young girls.
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Mother Gray
New York
Allen S
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Lewis' Single Binder Cigar Ad From Peoria
Advertisement promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigars as the richest utility cigar at five cents. Riven is praised for reliability, while a ten cent option is noted as lower quality. The copy urges charity to the living and notes the Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois.
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Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Prominent Jacksonville Woman Endorses Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Anderson of Jacksonville Florida daughter of the Recorder of Deeds West endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites cures for years of womanly ailments and urges trust in the remedy noting it restores strength and appetite and tones the system. A $5000 forfeit clause is offered for forgery of the testimonial.
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Lydia Beacham
Mus
R. A. Anderson
Washington
Jacksonville
Fla
Nee
Experience Ami
America
Pinkham
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Parkerville School Board
St. Nicholas
Wichita
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Seneca
Augusta
Neosho County
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Cook
Philippines
Fort Scott
Pope
Pope Leo Xlll
Boss
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Indiana
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