Governor John A. Johnson Dies After Surgical Operation
Minnesota statesman Gov. John Albert Johnson, three times elected governor and a former Democratic presidential candidate, died at St. Marys hospital at 2:25 a.m. after an operation. Born in 1862 in St. Peter, he rose from poverty to national prominence and was widely respected for his honesty and public service.
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Rochester
Minnnesota
J. A. Johnson
Minnesota
United States
St. Mary's Hospital
John Albert Johnson
St. Peter
Nicollet County
Minn
Gov. Johnson
Odd Fellows Parade Draws 10000 in Seattle Downtown
In Seattle Washington the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows held a major parade with about 10000 Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah marching downtown. The bannered patriarchs led in regalia while Rebekah motor-car units flaunted the order colors. Officials noted Atlanta will host the next convention and a foreign city like Copenhagen may host in 1911.
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Seattle
Washington
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah
Rebekah’s
Atlanta
Soverign Lodge
Copenhagen
Democratic daily newspaper planned for Kansas
Henderson Martin, chair of the Democratic state central committee, has pushed for a Kansas Democratic daily. Two Wichita weeklies, the Commoner and Democrat, now Democratic, will merge into a daily with funding from M. B. Murphy of New York. Kansas Democrats have contributed a substantial sum to finance the project.
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Democratic
Kansas
Topeka
Good Roads Meeting Called For Sedalia
Gov Hadley calls a statewide good highways convention in Sedalia on October 6 after a conference with the State Board of Agriculture secretary C B Elis and highway engineer Curtis A Hill. Every county and commercial group with highway interests is urged to send delegates.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Sedalia
State Board of Agriculture
C. B. Elis
Curtis A. Hill
Kansas City Priest of Pallas Sets Fall Week Festivities
Kansas City hosts the twenty third annual fall festivities calendar for the Priest of Pallas with events at Electric Park and Opera House. Highlights include an Electrical parade on October 5, P O P ball October 6, Motor Flower parade October 7, and opera Pinafore with multiple performances through October 11. An all week fair and exposition by the Missouri Valley Agricultural and Horticultural Society opens at Electric Park featuring displays of agricultural horticultural floricultural and dairy products poultry dogs home economics manufactures and arts.
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Kansas City
Pallas
Osage City School Parade on Governor's Day
Four hundred school children from Osage City will form in columns at their respective schoolhouses on Friday October 1 to march through town. They will pass a reviewing stand where Gov. Stubbs will review them and each child will wave an American flag while singing America. This marks the first such school demonstration to the state chief executive in Kansas.
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Osage City
Kansas
Farmers Form Drainage District to Improve Neosho Channel
In the Neosho and Cottonwood valleys near Emporia and Americus ten miles north, farmers meet to organize a drainage district. A committee will petition landowners to include lands prone to overflows from Emporia to a point north of Americus. Plans call for clearing snags and obstructions from the river channel.
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Neosho
Cottonwood
Emporia
Americus
Miporia
Kansas university paleontologist returns with marine fossil haul
H. T. Marton of the University of Kansas paleontological department returns from western Kansas with 25 boxes of bones and 75 specimens weighing 2000 pounds. The finds, from an inland sea era in the Cretaceous period, promise to greatly enhance the university museum’s fossil collection.
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H. T. Marton
University of Kansas
Kansas
Martino
University of Kansas Museum
Kansas Wesleyan Opens Fall Session With 150 Students
Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina opened its fall term with 150 students enrolled signaling solid early turnout for the semester.
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Kansas Wesleyan University At
Salina
Kans Northwestern Railroad Directors Seek Bond Subscriptions
At a Great Bend meeting the Kansas Northwestern railroad directors decided to ask for bond subscriptions payable when the road is built and in operation. Management already has sufficient support to build if Kansas people show faith in the enterprise, and officials expect to secure full subscription within a few weeks.
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Kansas Northwestern Railroad
Great Bend
Kansas People
Record hog price in Salina hits new high
Local hog price rises to 7.75 dollars, the highest paid in the region. Butchers report abundant current supply yet foresee a shortage as more sellers enter the market.
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Salina
Pittsburg Library Board Buys Site For Carnegie Building
The Pittsburg library board closes negotiations paying 7000 dollars for a 100 by 170 foot site to house a 40000 dollar Carnegie free public library building.
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Library Board of
Pittsburg
Carnegie Free Public Library
Canadians Threaten Retaliation Against U S Paper Mills
A Canadian retaliation plan threatens to move many American print paper mills to Canada if U S duties on Canadian pulp based paper rise. The dispute, tied to pulp wood pricing, could hit coal, cotton, iron, meat, fruits, autos, oil and livestock exports, with wood products valued at 30.04 million dollars affected.
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Canada
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
United States
Dominion
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
Hale
United States Senate
House
Prizes for the Boy Farmers at Missouri Valley Fair
Missouri Valley Fair offers prizes to boys in corn breeding with two age contests at Electric Park during Priests of Pallas week. Exhibits must be 1909 grown, named, and labeled, with a display of at least ten cars per corn variety. Contact A. V. Wilson, secretary, at Electric Park.
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Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Electric Park
Agricultural Department
A. V. Wilson
Missouri Labor Men Elect Joplin Leader at annual convention
Owen Miller of St. Louis was elected president of the Missouri State Federation of Labor at its eighth annual convention. Jefferson City was chosen as the 1910 meeting place. Other officers: C. B. Dysart, C. Bauer, J. Lefever, J. T. Smith, J. F. W. Altherde. William Holman chaired the legislative committee with Walter Stotts and Oliver Weakley. George Manual named AFL delegate.
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Joplin
Missouri
Owen Miller
St. Louis
Missouri State Foderation of Labor
Jefferson City
C. B. Dysart
Meoberry
C. Bauer
J. W. Lefever
John T. Smith
Kansas City
J. F. W. Altherde
William Holman
Walter Stotts
Oliver P. Weakley
George Manual
American Federation of Labor
Engineer Dies at Post on CB&Q Train Near Herndon Kan
George Pronger, a veteran CB&Q railroad engineer, died of heart disease at his throttle aboard a passenger train on the St. Francis branch near Herndon Kansas. Fireman quickly brought the train to St. Francis after noticing the engineer's rigid pose.
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Berver City
Nebraska
St. Francis
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Herndon
Kan
George Pronger
Balloon Tests Delayed By Explosions In Midwest
In Indianapolis and Omaha meteorological tests were postponed after two of fifteen balloons imported from France exploded. Dr W P Islak, in charge of Mont Weather experts, was in Omaha with assistants who telegraphed for instructions. Balloons carried registering instruments of various kinds.
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Indianapolis
Minn
Omaha
France
W. P. Islak
Charg
Mont Weather
Neb
Lim
Covered with Hives Child in Terrible Plight
A distressed child is described as covered with hives for two months causing itching and irritation. The report notes the child's dreadful condition and suffering.
Cuticura Remedies Said to Cure Dreadful Hives
Mrs. George L. Fridhoff of Warren Michigan reports a six year old daughter suffered hives for two months from contact with infected children. Daily hot baths with Cuticura Soap and body application of Cuticura Ointment relieved itching and quickly healed the sores within weeks. June 30 and July 13 1908. Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Boston sole props.
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George L. Fridhoff
Warren, Mich
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Bole Props
Boston
Nelson and Cap Gibson Recall Fooling Them Thirteen Years
Former Kansas state superintendent Frank Nelson now leads a Minnesota college. In a memory from the statehouse Gibson recalls teaching before quitting when teachers no longer required certification. Cap Gibson says he fooled them thirteen years.
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Frank Nelson
Nelson
Cap
Kansas City Journal
The Three Eternal Roots of Altruistic Energy
Chesterton outlines three grounds for helping others justice equality before law charity tenderness toward all individuals and free will to choose aid. He adds a final idea that the helper and helped will face consequences from the act in time.
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G. K
Chesterton
The Man with Greatest Command of Language Quote
An aphorism notes that true mastery of language comes from knowing when to remain silent. It emphasizes restraint as a mark of linguistic skill and eloquence.
The Doctor's Wife Endorses Grape-Nuts For All Ages
A nurse lauds Grape-Nuts as delicate and adaptable for the sick and healthy alike. She suggests soaking the cereal in water, mixing with egg white and fruit juice, and serving with milk for babies or the elderly. She notes her husband uses it for patients and praises a ten day trial for recovery.
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Wellville
Fisherman's Trip Prompts Household Banter
Mrs W and Mrs H discuss a husband going fishing. Mrs H jokes he will bring home fish if not luck, noting he always carries his pocketbook on trips. Conversation framed as light domestic chatter with a touch of humor.
Baltimore to pave street with cobblestones
The Brooklyn Standard Union notes that rural critics of Manhattan may soon witness Baltimore city council paving a street with cobblestones. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first appeared 46 years ago and purport to revitalize the stomach and bowels with sugar coated granules. In India the widow count reaches about 26 million.
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Baltimore
Brooklyn Standard Union
Manhattan
Dr. Pierce
Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Endorsed By Patient
A Marlton New Jersey woman reports decade long female troubles resolved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy as made from native roots and berries, narcotics free, with many cures cited and free confidential advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
N.J
George Joney
Lot 40
Marlton
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
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