Notes from Kansas in the early 1920s
Ex governor Glick turns 72 on July 4. Kansas wheat estimated at 90 million bushels. Madison post office robbed of stamps and money. Army worm damages western wheat. Parsons joins convention hall movement. Mormon missionaries active across the state. Burr O.k. man patents a three‑man cultivator. Coffeyville Journal adds telegraph report. Normal school class size 105. British buyers ship 180 horses to Cape Town. Kansas G A R suffers 4,000 deaths in seven years. Thousands of Labette chickens shipped to San Francisco. Epworth League set for Topeka convention June 1921. Sedgwick man trades shotgun for tobacco tags. Star route contract awarded to a woman. Jopeka hosts German Saengerfest June 17. El Dorado cows taxed at $7 each. Offstein brothers jailed for chicken theft. L T Merrill awarded damages after Katy Road accident. Burlingame man rechecks army musket after seven years. Parsons merchant Michael McInerney dies by suicide. Martin Bernes commits shotgun rope tragedy. Se ward manuscript on Kansas admission to Union secured. Arkansas City suit over husband’s death dismissed. Lucinda Smith Buchan scholarship awarded to Grace Lyon. Kansas City Convention Hall stone from Cottonwood Falls. Kansas City, Kan. agents feud over dummy agents. Legal action threatened to dissolve agent trust. Caldwell dealer builds large ward room. Anderson County retires from fair business. State auditor lists railroad assessments. Crawford loses first to Wyandotte. Counties with rail valuations over a million include Bourbon, Butler, Cowley, Crawford, Johnson, Labette, Leavenworth, Reno, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Sumner, Wyandotte. five counties show no rail.
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Glick
Kansas
Madison
Parsons
Burr O.k
Coffeyville Journal
State Normal School
Lawrence
Cape Town
Kansas G. A. R
Labette County
San Francisco
Epworth League of Kansas
Topeka
Grainfield
Grove City
German Singing Societies of Kansas
Jopeka
el Dorado
George Offstein
John
Salina
Kansas City
Kan
L. T. Merill
Katy
Merrill
the Chronicle
Michael ‘McInerney
Martin Bernes
Grant County
The
Union
William H. Seward
State Historical Society
Arkansas City
Lucinda Smith Buchan
Kansas University
Grace Lyon
Newton
Cottonwood Falls
Kansas City Convention Hall
Caldwell
Anderson County
W. B. Gowdy
Auditor of State
Crawford County
Wyandotte
Bourbon
Butler
Cowley
Crawford
Johnson
Labette
Leavenworth
Reno
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Sumner
Grant
Haskill
Morton
Stanton
Stevens
Pacific Railroad Settlement Ends Long Government Debt
The article praises the McKinley administration for settling the Pacific railroad subsidies. It details how the government recovered about 124.4 million of a 130 million debt, through court sales and reorganizations of Union Pacific, Central Pacific and related lines, with bonds and mortgage arrangements securing ongoing payments. It notes the roles of General Charles Dick and the attorney general in arranging the settlements and emphasizes the rapid, decisive collection and favorable terms achieved.
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Washington
McKinley
Charles Dick
Congress
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Executive Departments
United States
California
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Ocean
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Company
Central Pacfic Railroad Company
Missouri River
Ogden
Union Pacfic Company
Central Pacific
San Francisco
Pacific Railroad Companies
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
New Bishop Henry Moeller Named Bishop of Columbus
The Rt. Rev. Henry Moeller, recently appointed Catholic bishop of Columbus, has served as chancellor of the Cincinnati archdiocese for over twenty years. Born in Cincinnati in 1840, he studied at the American College in Rome and began pastoral duties at Bellefontaine before joining Bishop Chatard as secretary in 1879. He has served with Archbishop Elder since 1880.
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Columbus
Henry Moeller
Archdiocese of
Cincinnati
American College
Rome
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Chatard
London’s Strangers Population and Visitor Flow
London houses 5.5 million and records 120000 strangers daily. Some stay a week, some a month, yet year round an average of 120000 visitors remain within the metropolitan boundaries.
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London
Proposed Statue to Lord Roberts in Trafalgar Square
A proposal urges a statue for Lord Roberts to be placed on a vacant pedestal in the northwest corner of Trafalgar Square to honor his services to the empire.
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Lord Roberts
Trafalgar Square
Electricity In Capsules and the Power of Hostetter’s Bitters
An ad touts Electricity In Capsules as producing enough electricity from cheap chemicals and water to light a house or run a car, but claims far greater strength from Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. It asserts cures for indigestion dyspepsia biliousness liver and kidney problems.
Barber-Bay Rum Question Sparks Dismissive Reply
A brief dialogue shows a barroom exchange where a young man offers Barber-Bay rum to a stern Mr. Corn, who quickly states he never drinks. The exchange recalls a sharp social moment from the Baltimore American.
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Barber—Bay
Corntossel
Feller
Baltimore American
Did Not Spend It All at Harpers Bazaar
A shopper claims she spent only part of the money given to her by her husband and asks a doctor to prescribe for his wife. The tale opens with a quirky remark about avenging oneself by not imitating the injurer, from a Harpers Bazaar anecdote.
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Harper’s. Bazar
Binder Twine Special Inside Prices From Lars RomBuck Co
Binder twine at low prices offered by Lars RomBuck and Co. mail the quantity needed and desired delivery to Chicago for quotes that may undercut your supplier. Also advertised bright colored lawn skirts in Dolly Var den lingerie style.
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Standard
Manila
Lars, RomBuck & Co
Binder Twine Department
Chicago
Cheap Binder Twine Offer From T. M. Roberts Supply House
Readers are advised to write T. M. Roberts' Supply House in Minneapolis Minnesota before buying binder twine. The notice references a related offer elsewhere in this paper and notes the firm as reliable. A separate book offer for choice recipes from Walter Baker Co Ltd of Dorchester Massachusetts is mentioned. Green and white luncheons are fashionable.
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T. M. Roberts’ Supply House
Minneapolis
Minn
Walter Baker & Co. Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
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Iti
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Speyer & Co
Treasury
Central Pacific System
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Treasury Department
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Central Branch
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America
Rootheer
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Piso
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