Kansas Notes From Across The State Circa Early Year
A mosaic of short items from Kansas towns notes local oddities and rural life. Highlights include a Negro girl jailed in Weir, alfalfa planted to deter sandburrs and sunflowers in Jewell County, a 350 acre Kaffir corn and cane field yielding an estimated 1000 tons of feed, and various curios from Concordia to Atchison reflecting community quirks and small events.
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Hbr
Atchison
Jewell County
Smith County
The Haunted House and the Betrothal at Sea Villa
In a tale of secrets and reconciliation, Mr. Cowley clears a deadly past and unearths a child's skeleton beneath a haunted room. Rose and Vernon, amid family tensions, wed at a seaside villa as the moon rises over the water, doubts fading with the new union.
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Horne
Italy
Mr. Cowley
Rose
Cowley
Vernon
The Only Heart Her Own Has Sought
A vivid romance unfolds around a devoted husband and his wife Rose in a peaceful seaside cottage. Their happiness masks a tragic past and echoes of Hollow Ash Hall linger as a mining camp scene unfolds with Susie and her mother facing hardship and slow progress.
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Murillo
Rose
Ash Hall
Teside
Mecklenburgh Square
Macarthy
Catharine G
George
Vernon
Australia
Hollow ‘Ash Hall
Injun Jim Seeks Susie in Remote Washoe Settlement
A fragmented narrative excerpt follows Washoe Indians in western Nevada as an aged, battered guest demands his Injun girl Susie. The teacher recoils, while Indian maidens observe with stoic astonishment as the scene focuses on a talk of a supposed death and a living claim.
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Susie
Wanda
Chloride Hill
Frere
Institute
Nevada
Garpeto
Jim
Pats Knife Misunderstanding Over Dinner
A humorous exchange where Pat’s wife scolds him for biting his knife during a meal. Pat asks in astonishment if she wants him to put the knife in his eye, revealing a cartoonish misunderstanding typical of old Irish humor.
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Pats
Pat
Glorious Sight Describes Dense Wheat Fields in Western Canada
A Duluth reader recounts a Western Canada trip where wheat yields reach twenty five to thirty bushels per acre. He notes thick shocks hindering passage and mild winters aided by chinook winds compared with Duluth, urging readers to seek government land offers in Saskatchewan valley.
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Duluth
Canada
Saskatchewan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wayeas
Kansas
Kirwin
Citertain
Cel Eter ‘Association
Zzie
Weir
Tola
Concordia High School
Alps
Missouri
Gray County
England
Phillipsburg News
Devil
Pas ‘Sherman
County
Coronado
Law and Order” League
Leavenworth
Downs
Sherman
Lola
Richard Doe
Oskaloosa
Claffin
Barton County
Nthe
Marquette
Margar
Stanley ‘Vernon
Hostese
Ellsworth
Bangor
Sumpter
Or By & Contonet, Sie Agnor
Land of Plenty
Tenarat Eeartment of Interior
Ottawa
New York
Ite
Omaha
Newburgh
N. C
Piso
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