Kit Carson Retold as a Happy Warrior of the Old West
Stanley Vestal’s new Kit Carson biography reexamines the frontier hero against authentic western life. It argues earlier Lives turned Carson into a legendary figure while omitting his human traits, explores his motives for travel with Fremont, and recounts his death at Fort Lyon in 1868 after a simple meal.
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Hus
Kit Carlson
Houghton Mil Hn Company
Stanley Vestal
Walter Stanley Campbell
University of Oklahoma
Kit Carson
Kit
Southwest
America
George ‘Bent
Col
William Bent
Washee
Watan
Watonga
Wolf Chief
Edmond Guerrier
James Robert Sameer
Bancroft
George Bird Grinnell
Edwin I. Sabin
H. M. Chitteneden
R. A L. Thwaites
Blanche C. Grant
Carson
Daniel Boone
Davy
Crockett
Sam Houston
Mr. Vestal
The
Odysseus
Robin Hood
Round Table
Achilles
Bit
Horace Greeley
Oregon Trail
Billy the Kid
Madison County
Kentucky
Missouri
Franklin
Santa Fe
Hiis
West
Fremont
Rockies
Vestal
Josepha
Fort Lyon
Colo
Duddeen
Death
Punishments in ancient Rome described
The text lists penalties used in Roman law including fines, bondages, public disgrace, and loss of office. It notes corporal punishments such as scourging and beheading and mentions exile, banishment, and death by various methods.
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Rome
Robur
Silence Fueled Senator Lodge's Political Rise
A fragment notes that trusted silence aided the late Senator Lodge of Massachusetts in maintaining influence. It mentions an occasion involving Washington correspondents, implying strategic media discretion as a factor in his sustained power.
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Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Washington
Protective aims of blue sky securities laws
The blue sky laws vary by state but share core aims to regulate stock and security sales. They penalize fraud in sale or negotiation and grant designated officers power to investigate such securities transactions.
Silent stance sparks public questions in senate debate
The dean of the scribes warns a senator for silence on key public issues. The senator defends silence as a sign of holding an important position in public affairs.
Signs Ordered Off Roads Prompt Action by Highway Engineer
Topeka reports Kansas rights of way must be cleared of advertising signs by June 15 per W V Buck Kansas highway engineer. Supreme Court earlier ruled signs on state roads forbidden. Kansas women may vote by age over 21 with birth certificate only if doubt arises. Covert tragedy: Albert Kaser family of eight perishes in a farm home fire near Covert. Santa Fe forecasts winter wheat yield at 378 million bushels across eleven states with Kansas leading at 165 million.
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Kansas
Topeka
W. V. Buck
Supreme Court
William A. Smith
Viola Watson
Wichita
Republican County Central Committee
Covert
Albert Kaser
The
Santa Fe
Kansas highway commission seeks 1929 road plans by July 15
The Topeka based Kansas highway commission asked county commissioners to submit proposed road work for 1929 by July 15. This is two months earlier than last year and aims to finalize the program for an October meeting and let contracts early in the spring.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Kansas hotel commissioner targets garages above hotels
Topeka reports Kansas hotel commissioner Phil Zimmerman will refuse licenses to any hotel or rooming house occupying floors above a garage, deeming such operations dangerous. The move aims to shut down facilities built over garage spaces and enforce safer lodging standards.
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Topeka
Kansas
Phil Zimmerman
Five Kansas state banks to pay dividends to depositors
Topeka reports that five failed Kansas state banks will pay dividends to their depositors within the next two weeks. Charles W. Johnson, general receiver for the state banking department, announced that four banks will issue a second dividend while the fifth makes a first payment.
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Topeka
Kansas
Charles W. Johnson
State Banking Department
Parole Board Recommends 110 Inmates For Release
At Hutchinson the state parole board recommended parole for 110 inmates from the state reformatory. Judge A S Foulks the pardon attorney announced the result at the July hearing.
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Topeka
State Reformatory
State Parole Board
Hutchinson
A. S. Foulks
Wheat Prospects High In Arkansas Valley
Farmers predict yields reach thirty five bushels per acre as wheat thrives under unparalleled growing conditions in the Arkansas Valley.
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Bebe City
Arkansas Valley
Fatality after child struck by car near Fort Scott
Irene Shaw nine year old daughter of W M Shaw of Fort Scott was fatally injured when struck by a motor car driven by J W Fox of Kansas City on U S highway 54 west of Fort Scott. She died en route to a hospital.
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Fort ‘Scott
Irene Shaw
W. M. Shaw
Fort Scott
J. W. Fox
Kansas City
Here
Lightning kills two men sheltering under tree
Alfred Pearson and Robert Williams, brothers in law, were killed when lightning struck a tree they sheltered under while fishing east of Chetopa.
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Chetopa
Alfred Pearson
Robert Williams
Here
Topeka Men Drown When Boat Overturns in Mill Creek
Topeka residents Topeka F H Jordan and Richard W Seaman drowned when their trotline boat capsized in Mill Creek near Maple Hill the other night. Witnesses reported strong current and unstable craft leading to the tragedy. The incident prompted rescue efforts and a formal inquiry is expected.
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Topeka
F.H. Jordan
Richard W. Seaman
Mill Creek
Maple Hill
Merger Approved for Russell Banks to Form Russell Farmers State Bank
Stockholders of the Farmers State Bank Russell and the Russell State Bank, both of Russell, approved their dissolution and merger into the Russell Farmers State Bank effective July 1 at special meetings held in Russell.
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Russell
Farmers State Bank
Russell State Bank
Russell Farmers State Bank
Car Crash Injures Three In Lawrence Area
Three Topeka men were injured when their motor car skidded and overturned on the North Lawrence Topeka highway three miles north of Lawrence early today. Two were seriously hurt.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Tailored Linens for Children Fashion in 1938
A 1938 Western Newspaper feature notes daytime costumes in linen and cotton for children, highlighting fagoting seams, tucks, and appliques. It describes one-piece lines, plaited skirts with sleeve-less blouses, and jackets in linen or contrasting fabrics with trims like rick rack, soutache, and pockets.
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Paris
Chil Ten
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Elmo Scott Watson
Ible
Axxo
Julia’ Bottomley
Volon
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