Kansas Notes: scattered items across towns and people
A collage of short Kansas notes from varied locales. Reports touch on industry interest in railroads, flooded farms, strikes and local curiosities, including names like Leavenworth Osage county Bridgeport and Fort Scott. Bildungs ruminations mix with humorous vignettes and a Lincoln anecdote.
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Ellis
Leavenworth
Frog Creek
Osage County
Bridgeport
Nortonville
Emporia
Dry Creek
Lyon
Cohunty
Topeka
Wellington
el ‘Dodaro
Coffey County
Gray County
Pratt
Great Bend
Bright
Fort Scott
Muscotah
Belle Plain
Kansas City
Tipp
Allen County
Burlington
Cherryvale
Ave Maria
Avenue
Maria
Maggie Black
Fort .Scott
Kansas
Italy
Alps
Moulton
Yale
Harvard
Marion
W. .T. Burgess
Wichita
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Burgess
Lincoln
United States
Ito
Presbyterian Church Adopts Eleven Overtures Revisions
The Presbyterian General Assembly voted unanimously to adopt the revision report, adding major declarations about infant salvation, God's universal grace, and the role of Christ as head of the church. The assembly rejected a request to recommit revision work and each overture passed.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dispatch
Presbyterian General Assembly
Vandyke
Lehigh Presbytery
St. Cloud
Presbyterian Church
United States of American
Lipton’s Shamrock Fleet Leaves Gourock for Sandy Hook
Sir Thomas Lipton sails from Gourock with Shamrock III Shamrock J Erin and Ocean tug Cruiser 170 men to contest the America’s Cup. Great send off with flags bands whistles and cheers as pleasure steamers accompany to Arran island. Lipton vows to uphold the old flag and aims for victory before he sails to New York on June 17 aboard Oceanic.
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Gourock
Scotland
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Erin
Sandy Hook
Arranisland
Sir Thomas
Thomas
New York
Riot Breaks Out as Officials Try to Halt Railway Construction
In Crawfordsville Indiana city officials clashed with a construction gang seeking to lay tracks. Fire department water hoses were used, a hose was cut, and bricks and pickets flew as workers and officials tangled. Sixty workers and two road attorneys were arrested following the riot call.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Fire Department
Fragmented political verse hints at Iowa farm finance
Snippet shows cryptic lines about political darkness and farm prices with references to Mulhall Sioux City and a boastful wisdom line. The text is incomplete, displaying odd capitalization and stray phrases, making concrete facts hard to extract.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Everyday Consumer Tips
An array of advertisements notes Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75c. Tobacco products from Lewis' Factory in Peoria promote a hand made straight 6c cigar and 10c premium cigars. Household goods tout Klean Kool Kitchen stoves and Defiance Starch value. Several social formulas comment on life, clothing, and budgeting.
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders Adverts in New York
Cure fever ishness and teething disorders in children with Mother Gray's Powders. Used by Nurse in Children's Home New York to move regulate bowels and destroy worms. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents sample free address A S Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Mother Gray
New York
A. S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N.Y
Brick souvenir from Hall of Records brick shown to officials
John B. McDonald presents a brick from the old Hall of Records prison vault to George L. Rives with three photographs on a white enamel face. The brick, linked to Ethan Allen era and the building’s demolition, honors the corporation counsel’s role and prompts plans for more mementos for Mayor Low and others.
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John B. McDonald
George L. Rives
Corporation Counsel
Hall
Ethan Allan
McDonald Sai
Rives
Low
Grout
Allexander BE
Orr
August Belmont
Johnny and the conflicting lesson tale
The excerpt follows Johnny resisting a lesson about the word postpone and a punchline about misused language. An uncle recalls boyhood antics as Johnny mocks school rules and jokes about language and even a quip about the electric chair and an accordion. The piece blends humor with a child’s misinterpretation of instruction.
Expert Testimony Promotes Postum as Coffee Alternative
An expert testifies to Postum Cereal Coffee as a healthful substitute for coffee. He details personal recovery from coffee’s effects, claiming Postum restored nerves and heart, improved health, and eliminated coffee cravings after switching to Postum from Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Postum
Battle’ Creek
Mich
Maher Refuses Help After Ring Knockout in Texas
Peter Maher lay insensible after a knockout by Fitzsimmons at Langtry Texas. His seconds struggled to revive him while trainer Peter Lowery offered comfort but Maher cried out that he was in a stupor and told his corner to hold their tongues.
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Johnny
Pete
Peter Maher
Fitzsimmons
Outline of gentlemanly conduct by Nature's gentlemen
The late Frederick Temple described true gentlemen as those who are selfless in small things and constantly give themselves up for others. Rank, education, or wealth do not matter. genuine humility and unselfishness in daily relations mark the real gentleman.
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Frederick Temple
Church
England
Inimitations and insurance echo in quiet lives
A reflective note on imitation as flattery and the idea that ordinary people who lead peaceful lives carry accident insurance. The piece closes with a striking, almost prosaic line about a clock.
Women urged to use Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Sensible advice offered for women facing change of life symptoms. The ad cites long testimonial letters praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from dizziness, hot flashes, back pain, and kidney pains after four years of health decline. A Roslindale Massachusetts correspondent is named in the excerpt.
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Wome
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lydia KE
Beixa Ross
Montclair Ave
Roslindale
Mass
Doan and Dean Kidney Pills Featured in Grippe Versus Kidneys
Advertisements from Aurora New Mexico Barrie Creek Mica Point Pleasant and Puryva llage praised Doan and Deans Kidney Pills for kidney relief bedwetting in a child back and limb swelling in adults and for improving urine clarity and frequency. Testimonials claim the pills regulated urination reduced sediment and eased pains including back and hip discomfort.
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Aurora
New
Mexico
Doan
J. C. Luczno
Barrie
Creek, Mica
Dean
Grand Trunk R. R
Gro. Girronp
Pury
W.va
Hooff
Daan
Jas, A. Lannam
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Christ
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Iowa
Mulhall
Sioux City
Price
Grippe
Hasidted
Thompson
Wabash
Omaha
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Tmg
Cannes
St. Louis
Boston
Saratoga
N. Y
Detroit
Baltimore
Chicago
Oss
Buffalo
Harry
G. A
Nebraska
B. Hires Co
Botyirs
Foster-Milburn Co
State
Ottawa
Canada
W. W. Bennett
New York Life Bldg
Neb
Eas
THE
Es Paxton CO
Columbus. Ave
Union Lincoln
Omaka
Denver
W. N.U
Lincolnee No
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