Kansas Happenings Drug Stores for a Brewery
Attorney General Fred B. Jackson investigates a report that a brewing company plans a nationwide line of joint drug stores in Kansas. A registered pharmacist would manage the chain and file liquor permit applications with probate judges in each county. A brewing agent, tied to Val Blatz, backs the plan and has already prompted permit applications in several counties.
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Jackson
Kansas
Val Blatz Company
Less Wind in April Prof Snow Reports
Prof Snow notes April 1908 was near average for temperature and rainfall. He states 18 of 40 prior Aprils were warmer and 22 cooler, while 19 had less precipitation and 21 more. Four months of 1908 show rainfall 2.54 inches below the long term average. Only 3 cloudier Aprils in 41 years and wind total 9,008 miles is the lowest April on record.
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Snow
Wisconsin Names Educator Dunlevy to Chemistry Department
R B Dunlevy a Wisconsin educator and Southwestern college Kansas professor of chemistry is placed in active charge of the Wisconsin chemistry department with the title of assistant The nominal head will not perform regular chemistry work but focus on original research Dunlevy graduated from the state university in 1894 and has taught chemistry at several colleges most recently at Southwestern
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Wisconsin
R. B. Dunlevy
Southwestern College
Winfield
Kan
University of Wisconsin
Dunlevy
The
State University
Southwestern
Jas. B. Seager
Gen. Mar
Olds Power Co
Olds
U.S
Victory for Emporia Normal in state normal school debate
Emporia Normal defeated Oklahoma State Normal in a debate held at Emporia with Kansas winning by unanimous judge decision. Each side had three speakers and the panel consisted of Professor William B. Higgins, T. L. Williams, and T. A. McNeal.
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Emporia Normal
Kansas
Oklahoma State Normal Schools
Oklahoma
William B. Higgins
Kansas University
T. L. Williams
Clay Center
T. A. McNeal
Topeka
Humboldt County Personal Property Valuation Cut Significantly
County Assessor Schaffner reports Humboldt city personal property valued at 45000 this year versus 74000 last year, nearly seven times the prior tax base. Real estate valuation nearing completion, levy expected around 1.50 per hundred dollars, far below last year's near six dollars.
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Schaffner
Humboldt
Allen County Herald
Humboldt City
Madame prognosticating shop warned by Neodesha Sun
A Neodesha Sun notice cautions against a woman running a prognosticating shop on Fourth Street. It warns women to avoid excessive spending after recalling the Coffeyville money episode, noting the woman’s large male patronage and a man with a Vandyke beard selling horoscopes to women.
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Neodesha Sun
Fourth Street
Coffeyville
Kansan to become Tri-Weekly at Kansas University
The Kansan will switch from a semi weekly to a tri weekly schedule issuing on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. The change reflects university growth and aims to serve more students. Henry Clay Waters is editor and Claud A Gray is managing editor.
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K. U
Kansan
University of Kansas
A. Dadly
Henry. Clay ' Waters of
Galena
Nickerson
Missouri Wins Debate Over Direct Primaries
The University of Missouri defeated the University of Kansas two to one in a debate. The topic was: Resolved that all elective state district county and municipal officers should be nominated by direct primaries held under state regulation. Kansas debaters Frank E. Tyler and F. W. Brinkerhoff argued the affirmative.
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University of Missouri
University ‘of Kansas
Kansas
Frank E. Tyler
Clifton
F. W. Brinkerhoff
Ottawa
Ouster Suit Hearing In Anti Trust Case
Attorney General Hadley pursues an ouster suit against the International Harvester Company of America. The case, heard by Special Commissioner Theodore Brace in Jefferson City, questions whether the Missouri agent violates anti-trust laws by controlling output and prices of agricultural machinery. Directors and officers align with the New Jersey parent. stock held by C. A. Deering, George W. Perkins, and C. H. McCormick.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
International “Harvester Company of America
Theodore Brace
Missouri
International Harvester Company of
New Jersey
New Jersey Company
C. A. Deering
George W. Perkins
C. H. McCormick
Black Paper Ink Promise Could Cut Printing Costs
Wisconsin publishers push a plan to use black paper with white ink to save forests and reduce pulp costs. They claim black ink on recycled fiber could replace spruce or hemlock white paper, potentially halving prices. The proposal awaits review after congressional investigations in Washington.
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Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Oeture
Washington
Coppered vegetables barred from entry after January
Washington reports the board of food and drug inspections ruled on copper treated greens. From January first next year vegetables treated with copper salts will not be admitted under the pure food and drugs law, unless copper use is disclosed on the label and the current year's contracts have already been made.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Board of Food and Drug
Cortelyou, Wilson and Straus
Freight Rate Hearing Delayed by Kansas Railroads
In Topeka Kansas the railroads request in federal court a temporary injunction to halt the Kansas board of railroad commissioners from implementing new freight rate schedules. Judge John C Pollock is away east on cases and no date for the hearing is set. A restraining order blocks the maximum rate schedule from taking effect during the postponement.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Board of Railroad Commissioners
John C.pollock
Favored Forest Reserves in U S Policy Remarks
Senator Depew discusses forest reserves and presses the scale of federal action. He notes that a daily newspaper press consumes ten acres of spruce and praises the acreage set aside by Presidents Cleveland McKinley and others, while citing France's $50,000,000 forestry program to curb flood damage to homes and property.
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Washington, D. C
Depew
Cleveland
McKinley
France
Typhoid Follows Banquet in Rockwell City
Forty typhoid fever cases appear in Rockwell City after a men's banquet at the Methodist church on April 14. All victims are prominent locals. the outbreak’s cause is not known.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Rockwell City
Methodist Church
Tension Grows Over Mexican Troops On Guatemala Frontier
Reports say Mexican troops are near the Guatemala frontier and the Guatemalan government has asked Washington for an explanation from Mexico. The request signals rising diplomatic friction between Guatemala and Mexico over border presence.
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Mexico
Guatemala City
Washington
Naval Conference Reaches Broad Accord on Appropriation Bill
Conferees in Washington have reached substantial agreement on most amendments to the naval appropriation bill. The only major holdout is a proposed increase in enlisted men's pay, which has not been addressed.
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Washington, D. C
No Negroes for Canada Rejected by Immigration
Winnipeg authorities refuse entry to 20 American Black workers slated for irrigation canal work in southern Alberta Cotts. The decision blocks their admittance to Canada under immigration rules.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Cotts
Alberta
Potting Strawberries Methods for Propagation
The article outlines three potting methods for strawberry propagation. It describes sinking two inch pots in loamy soil with runners centered in each pot, then transferring rooted plants to a frame. An alternative uses cuttings two inches long placed directly in pots, and a third method from Orange Judd Father levels earth and trains cuttings in pots before rooting. Each method varies in cost and effort, with the first best for beginners and the third noted as efficient but more complex. Potential drawbacks include cost, transportation, pot-bound risk, and risk of carrying pests.
How to Make Weatherproof Zinc Tree Labels
The article explains making durable zinc labels by cutting thin zinc sheets into narrow strips, tapering one end, and writing with a pencil. The zinc gains an indelible mark over time and resists weather, though Bordeaux mixture erodes zinc. Copper tags withstand Bordeaux but require different marking methods.
THREE-TOOTH GARDEN MARKER FOR EASIER WEEDING
A Prairie Farmer illustrated wooden garden marker with three teeth suited for planting beds. Holes are bored to insert teeth, wedged, and braced to the handle for stability. Planting shrubs and trees around a house can significantly raise resale value later.
Peruna described as tonic and catarrh remedy
Peruna is both a tonic and a catarrh remedy. The text argues catarrh requires a mucous membrane action plus general tonic effect on the nervous system. It cites HYDRASTIS CANADENSIS with CUBEBS COPAIBA and tonics like COLLIN SONIA CANADENSIS CORYDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON SEED as forming an ideal remedy. Manufactured by Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio.
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Peruna
Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
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