Kansas News Snapshots From 1907 Local Pages
Fragments note plans to visit James town this summer and reference 122 organized school districts with 5728 inhabitants in Republic County. Clyde Republican predicts a strong ball team after this week. A remark questions Sunday ball play. Globe mentions a cannon cracker imagined by a boy and a Kansas State Board of Agriculture report for 1907 providing county data and geography.
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Republic County
F. D. Coburn
The
Clyde Republican
Clyde
Kansas State Board of Agricultural
Kansas
Renowned Kansas Politician Ex-Senator Lucien Baker Dies
The career of Kansas lawyer and ex senator Lucien Baker ends with his death Saturday morning at his Leavenworth home after nearly a year of illness. Baker was elected to the U S Senate by Kansas Republicans in 1895 and lost renomination to J R Burton in 1901. He then practiced law and amassed a large fortune.
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Kansas
Lucien Baker
Leavenworth
United States Senate
Republicans of
J. R. Burton
Nothing in the Paper Today Says Thanks for No Tragedy
A reflective editorial urges readers to appreciate days with no fires deaths or crimes. It notes that calm, ordinary days prevent sorrow and asks readers to be grateful when newspapers report no misfortune in the city.
Teach him to value labor and honesty above all
An exhortation to instill strict work ethic and virtue in a child. It urges teaching that dying rather than lying, starving over stealing, and labor over idleness build character and future success, emphasizing knowledge as power and worship of labor.
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Aga
A Bull's Eye on Critics in Legislature
A commentator criticizes opponents who opposed the machine crowd in the last legislature and praises good laws enacted last winter. He argues many laws originated from the Square Dealers and that the state tax commission might not exist without their influence, implying political self interest and shifting stances.
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Crummer
State Tax Commission
Mer
Square
Morality Shaping Operation Reported in Missouri Boy
Local news notes a controversial throat procedure performed on a Missouri boy claiming to alter his behavior. Report states growths on the organ were cited as influencing his moral standard and warns the method could gain popularity.
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Missouri
Women should remove hats in church says Kansas editor
A Kansas editor argues women should remove hats in church, claiming hats obstruct preaching and create a distracting scene with dead birds, stuffed weapons, chameleon skins, ribbons, beads, sticks, straws, corn tassels and thistle down, making sinners feel lost in a wilderness.
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Kansas
Lindsborg News
Local Verse Praises Northern Kansas Milton Parody
A reader notes a Northern Kansas poet described as a modern Milton figure, citing a local unsigned poem titled Slander. The piece opens with a compelling stanza intended to seize attention and carry a moral warning, reflecting on authorship and critique.
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Kansas
Gray
Milton
Paber i
Slander Sowing Strife Across A Village Poem Fragment
Fragmentary poem verses describe gossip as wicked slander harming reputations and families. A girl is driven away after rumors spread, a speaker laments anger and sin from falsehoods, and a plea to readers urges caution with words to avoid mortal consequence. The piece references Scandia and a letter test to counter slander.
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Scandia
Topeka Journal Riddled With Unclear Phrases And Product Mentions
A fragmentary Topeka Journal snippet mixes dialogue about forgiveness with disjointed phrases. It mentions a potential author inquiry and sporadic product names like Stovepipe Enamel and Happpers insect powder implying a miscellaneous or adlike clipping. The overall item reads as a damaged, reader-facing note.
Syrup White Pine Tones Colds at Palace Drug Store
An ad promotes Syrup White Pine with tar to treat colds and coughs. The compound notes a price of 2i ents at Palace Drug Store.
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PaLace Drug Store
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Scandia Journal
BR. Kimball
Wwo
Jamestown
Globe
Mankato
Belleville
Hall
Scandia Orchestra
B. T. Bullen
T. D. Fitzpatrick
Salina
Rev
H. E. Sandstedt
Earl V. Brown
Concordia
Association Park
Rydal
Dickason
Goodwin Dlbr. Co
Dickason-Goodman L’ B’r
General Banking
J. H. Cullers
L. M. Brigham
New York
Leipsic
Germany
Slaby
Charlottenburg
Wireless Telegraphy Company
Berlin
Poulsen
Literary Digest
Schlomilch
Topeka. Journal
Happers
Norway
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