Kansas notes count of newspapers by counties and totals
The survey lists Kansas newspapers by county totals with 807 total papers across dailies weeklies semi weekly monthlies semi monthlies bi monthly quarterlies and occasionals Sedgwick leads with 22 Shawnee 47 Wyandotte 15 and total counts per county include Allen 11 Anderson 8 Atchison 10 and many others, Wichita listed among counties with one.
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Kansas
Shawnee County
Sedgwick
Labette
Wyandotte
Allen
Anderson
Atchison
Baker
Bourbon
Barton
Frown
Butler
Chase
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Clark
Clay
Cloud
Coffey
Comanche
Cowley
Crawford
Decatur
Dickdinnon
Doniphan
Douglas
Eli
Edwards
Ellis
Ellsworth
Finney
Forth
Franklin
Geary
Gove
Graham
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Greenwood
Hamilton
Harper
Harvey
Haskell
Hodgeman
Jackson
Jefferson
Jewell
Johnson
Kearney
Leavenworth
Lincoln
Linn
Logan
Lyon
McPherson
Marion
Marshall
Meade
Miami
Mitchell
Montgomery
Morris
Morton
Nemaha
Neosho
Ness
Norton
Osage
Osborne
Ottawa
Pawnee
Rawlins
Reno
Republic
Phillips
Pottawatomie
Pratt
Rice
Riley
Rooks
Rush
Russell
Saline
Scott
Seward
Shawnee
Sheridan
Sherman
Smith
Stafford
Stanton
Stevens
Sumner
Thomas
Trego
Kansas News Roundup of Projects and Population Notes
A Kansas summary notes a Denver firm feeding 19 000 sheep with Almenu, Emporia normals planning a new gym costing 10 000, and Hutchinson raising 30 000 for a 55 000 court house with work starting now. It also mentions a windless March forecast, rising telephony stats, and various local anecdotes including a 104 year old groom and a 50 year marriage with no baths in eight decades.
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Denver
Emporia State Normals
Kansas
Galena
Hutchinson
Court House
Twenteth
Transvaal
Leslie Rhndolph
Nortonville News
Hamilton County
Arkansas
Telephone Exchange
Chicago
Coffeyville
Beore
A notable stand in Nueva Caceres during Luzon operation
General Otis reports 2200 troops landed on San Miguel bay Camarines province advancing in three columns toward Nueva Caceres. Engagements near Kilimanan Libmanan Netiva Caceres yielded 64 enemy dead and 140 total casualties. Insurgents retreat to mountains while Legaspi Albay sees nightly harassment of foreigners.
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Otis
Luzon
Manila
Bates
Engineers
Signal Corps
San Miguel Bay
Camarines Province
Neuya
Caceres
Godwin
Kilimanan
Neuva
Goodwin
Gallaher
Codwin
Neuva Caceres
Camarines
Albay
Sorsogon
Libmanan
Fortieth
Nétiva Caceres
Paragua
Chinese reformer Leong Kay Tng arrives in Victoria
Emissary of Kang Yu Wei, a fugitive from China after the empress dowager coup, lands in Victoria with brother Leong Kay Chew in Honolulu. He claims a posse of twenty six is sent to kill Yang Yu Wei, but says he is well guarded as he tours toward potential northern action with Siam’s king inviting Yang Yu Wei. The British government provides him a bodyguard.
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Leong Kay Tng
Kang Yu Wei
China
Victoria
B.C
Leong Kay Chew
Honolulu
Revolutionary Party
Yang Yiu
Japan
Yang Yu Wei
Siam
Mrs Wolcott Granted Absolute Divorce in Denver Suit
Before Judge Allen in Denver district court Mrs Francis M Wolcott was granted an absolute divorce from Senator O Wolcott on the ground of desertion. The senator was not present and no defense evidence was offered.
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Allen
District Court
Denver, Colo
Francis M. Wolcott
Senator O. Wolcott
Senator Wolcott
Dawes County Sheep Losses Strike New Investor
I Griffith, a recent sheep investor in Dawes County Nebraska, reports the loss of nearly 300 sheep over as many weeks. An initial shed incident killed about 200, followed by a storm stampede a day later that killed around 100 to coyotes. He is described as a new entrant with no other losses in the area.
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I Griffith
Dawes County
Neb
Telegraph Line Cut in Basutoland Suspected Boer Bribe
Dispatch from Maseru Basutoland reports the telegraph line between Mafe king and Maseru cut with a whole section removed. It is believed natives were promoted or bribed by the Boers to carry out the act.
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Maseru
Basutoland
Mafeking
Collision on G and I Road Kills Two Miners
A miners train with 400 workers north of Brazil collided with a local freight on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line. The caboose and two cars were destroyed. Melvin Easter and Charles Cranes died instantly. over forty injured, many gravely. Rescuers fought a stove fire to save pinned men as crowds gathered at the Brazil depot.
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Brazil
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Caboose
Melvin Easter
Charles
Thomas
Barrowman
Will Dodwell
William Lumsdam
Samuel Lynch
John Dickson
Thomas Davis
John Little
William Vesper
Stock Yards Planned at Chadron for Young Stock
Chadron moves to establish permanent stock yards within days under W R Johnston and William McGannon. The facility will sell all kinds of young stock, mainly cattle, aiding both large and small herdsmen in the surrounding region.
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Chadron
W. R. Johnston
William McGannon
Fatalities in Kentucky At Rural Dance Tragedy
Millard Hughes was killed at a Smallwood's resort near East Bernstadt during a dance. Leonard Smallwood Hamp Gragg and others attacked Hughes over an old grudge. Hughes and bystanders were struck by stray shots. Leonard Smallwood and Hamp Gragg were arrested with Edward Smallwood and Lizzie Smallwood as accomplices. Near Pittsburg Kentucky Edward Freize was fatally stabbed by an unknown man.
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Millard
Hughes
Smallwood
Bernstadt
Kentucky
Leonard Smallwood
Hamp Gragg
Millard Hughes
Edward Smallwood
Leonard
Lizzie
Pittsburg
Edward Freize
Poisoned by Eating Cheese in West Point Neb
Dr. 5S A Sammons was summoned to the H J Lammers residence to treat a family with suspected poisoning after consuming brick cheese from a local merchant. Stomach pumps were used and doctors worked through the night. The family’s condition improved and is believed to be out of danger.
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Margaret Ingalls
John J. Ingalls
Kentucky House of Representatives
Goebel
Miss Ingalls
Marius Ingalls
Louisville
Severy
D. Beichier
Dickinson County
Kansas
A. Sammons
H. J. Lammers
West Point
Neb
Sammons
Representative Devries Proposes Paper Duty Repeal
Rep Devries of California introduces a joint resolution for repealing duties on white printing paper and its base materials and directs the attorney general to enforce anti trust law against monopolies in the paper industry.
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Representative Devries
California
Forty Thousand to Oppose Roberts
Wilkinson in the London Morning Post reviews front dispatches and contends the Boers cannot oppose Lord Roberts with more than 40 900 troops unless they abandon Natal.
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Roberts
Spenser. Wilkinson
London Morning Post
Lord Roberts
Natal
Prisoners Make a Break on Boer Escape Attempt
Report states Boer prisoners on the Paardeberg convoy unsuccessfully tried to escape from the train. Eleven hundred Cronje followers are held aboard British steamers Mongolian and Manila in Table Bay.
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Paardeberg
Cronje
Mongolian
Manila
Table Bay
Col Carr Returns to New York on Ponce Enroute to Manila
Col C C Carr of the Fifth United States Cavalry was a passenger aboard the steamer Ponce arriving in New York from Puerto Rico. He has been ordered to proceed to Manila.
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Col
C. C. C. Carr
Fifth United States Cavalry
Ponce
New York
Puerto Rico
Colonel Carr
Manila
Irrigation Deepens West Prosperity in Snake River Valley
A private letter extols Idaho irrigation, claiming certain harvests and abundant fruits. It praises western farming for dependable crops, large wheat yields, and rich fruit, potatoes, and prune production. The writer urges eastern farmers to move west, citing the Snake River valley’s 3,000,000 acres and canal networks.
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United States
Tennessee
Idaho
Union
Snake River
Oregon Short Line
Snake River Valley
Oregon
Salt Lake
Can't Change Its Color Chameleon Blindfolded
A chameleon loses its color changing ability when blindfolded, its entire body stays the same uniform tint and cannot adapt its appearance.
Ink-cleaning potato pen-wiper described
A surprising pen-wiper uses a piece of raw potato to remove ink crusts from steel pens and deliver a smoother ink flow. The tip highlights practical novelty for writers seeking cleaner lines.
Our Increase of Insanity
A discussion on rising insanity linked to high living and money rush. Healthperspective urges Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for stomach ills like constipation dyspepsia and biliousness. Sandpaper advice notes removal of lime or mortar stains from floors prior to washing.
Canadian Pacific issues immigration pamphlets for 1900 West Western Canada and British Columbia
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company issues two immigration pamphlets titled Western Canada and British Columbia. The guides provide helpful information about settling west of Lake Superior, with free distribution in Britain, the United States, and the Dominion. For copies contact J Francis Lee Gent Agt Pass Dept 228 S Clark St Chicago IL.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canada
British Columbia
Lake Superior
Canadian Northwest
Great Britain
United States
Dominion
J. Francis Lee
Clark St
Chicago
Ill
Positioning of the Bride in Jewish Marriages
A note on matrimonial custom states that in Jewish weddings the bride stands to the right of the groom while in other nations she is placed on the left. The observation contrasts Jewish ritual with international practice.
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Kansas Newspapers
Clark County
Wm. Wright
Barber County
Washington
Cimarron
Nueva Caceres
Dred
Party In America
Colornado
West
Medison St. Lla
Chicago, Ill
Hood
Miss Pearle Griffin
Baldwin, Mich
Walter
Western Canada
St. Paul
Minn
St.Paul
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Alberti
M. W. Bennett
New York Life Bldg
Omaha
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