Variety Store Ad Highlights Patterns Shoes and Meats
A storefront ad promotes over 1200 pattern ideas including 40 cent patterns and Seagon line. It urges viewing carpet samples floor cloth linoleum and a large shoe selection featuring Hamilton Brown Queen Quality and Douglas. Bargain tables offer low prices on children and ladies shoes. Also advertised is corn fed beef and other meats.
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Seagon
Kansas
Hamilton Brown
Queen Quality
Douglas
Grocery Value List From Aged Ledger
Aged ledger lists assorted items with prices and quantities including seven bars of white Russian soap and seven bars of Diamond C soap, seven cans of Lye, sauer kraut in three 3 pound cans, pumpkin in three 3 pound cans, tomatoes in three 3 pound cans, hominy, coffee per package, rice, prunes, and several cents per unit prices ranging from 10 cents to one dollar. The items suggest a bulk household pantry and cleaning supplies ledger.
Weathered thoughts on gloom and distant sun
The article blends a melancholy verse about cold days and fading youth with local news notes. It mentions The Rock Island completing a Frisco System purchase, a Supreme Court decision in the Jessie Morrison case, and a political remark about an ideal governor candidate.
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Supreme Court
Jessie Morrison
Strange politics shake city election across states
Fragmentary report notes Democratic gains in Ottawa and Concordia with Henry Allen and Geo Clark in local roles. Populist Bayse of Belleville loses council bid amidMachine politics critique tied to Cy Leland and the Washington Republican.
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Bill White
Emporiny
Ottawa
Henry
AML
Anit
Cy. Leland
Washington Republican
Governor Bailey’s straight approach to state appointments praised
The Kansas Star quotes K C Star praising Governor Bailey for his frank stance on patronage. He insists applicants for office must have business qualifications and warns politics should not be a dependent career. His open attitudes toward appointments challenge traditional patterns and seek capable public service.
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Lievér
Wim
Clifton News
Kansas
Bailey
Changing Times Shape Editor’s Public Image
A reflection on how newspaper editors once thrived on bold rivalries and sharp criticism. The piece notes modern readers now seek content that brings sunshine and happiness to others rather than airing faults and ill will.
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Blackguard
Pasture Study Shows Alfalfa Best Hog Feed Value
Kansas Experiment Station reports 98 day trials with 30 shoats show rape pasture yielding 11.90 per acre and alfalfa pasture 24.10 per acre. With six cent hog prices, alfalfa credits $23.10 per acre in pork value, rape $11.90 per acre, while seed bed costs were $1.80 per acre. D. H. Ors. Manhattan, Kan. April 28, 1903.
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Kansas Experiment Station
Additon
D. H. Ors
Manhattan
Kan
Something is wrong with churches today says editor
A reader laments that churches fail to meet people's needs in cities and towns. He notes many Sundays see empty benches despite abundant churchgoing potential and calls for reform in church practice and leadership.
Practical remedy sought amid blame for outcomes
Courtland Register notes that seeking a practical remedy is wiser than blaming the world, flesh, and devil, as blame does not change facts or affect results.
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Courtland Register
Store for Sale by Mrs Wheeler Aims for Cash Bargain
Advertisement notes entire stock for sale for cash at low prices. Mrs Wheeler adds a moral aside urging optimism and cheerful conduct, saying hardship should be met with honesty and smiling resilience rather than mourning.
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Lb. M. Wheeler
Wheat Farms Adverts From Rock Island Immigration Agent
An advertisement urges readers to contact Clement L. Wilson, Immigration Agent for the Rock Island System in Colby Kansas, to obtain descriptions of farms and prices and maps. It emphasizes prompt writing the day the ad is read.
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Clement” L. Wilson
Rock Island
Colby
Kansas
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Whitney’s Department Store
J. D. Fuller
Lathrop
J.D. Fuller
Fairbury
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