Kansan Notes of Late Rains and Local Happenings
Late rains aid faltering wheat across Kansas. Burling ton excitement stirs as a “Battle Royal” flares in public curiosity. North Topeka woolen mill machinery arrives for installation. Franklin Light and Fuel gains charter in Paola with $2200 capital. Washburn College sustains a glee club. Mr. Palmer of Jewell City exclaims with moral fervor. Two Wichita girls run away, blamed on red paper hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Topeka
Franklin Light and’ Fuel Company
Paola
Washburn College
Palmer
Jewell City
Wichita
Kansas
Quantrell
Missouri
Arkansas City Traveler
Buffalo
Czolgosz
Cuss
Kansas City
Kan
Summer ‘County
Wellington
Fort. Scott
Kansas News Bumper Crop Tales and Odd Local Incidents
A mosaic of Kansas items recalls Thanksgiving prep as turkeys vanish in Blue Rapids while plums ripen in Western counties. Reports mention a five year old with bank deposit, Baker University enrollment to 800, a YMCA convention in Fort Scott, and legal troubles in Emporia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Rapids
Kansas
Teavenwworth
Valley
Wellington
Napoleon of Finance
Howard
Assassination Trial of McKinley Killer Ends in Death Sentence
Czolgosz stands trial in Buffalo for the murder of President McKinley. He admits no accomplices and, after a dramatic courtroom scene, is sentenced to death in Auburn prison. The judge orders the execution for October 28 as bailiffs lead the prisoner away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Fudge
Czolgosz
White
Truman C. White
Supreme Court
Buffalo
Advan
Cis Fade
Czolgogz
Titus
Penny
Detroit
Cleveland
Gues
White—‘Czolgosz
Justice White
Mahac
Court House
Odd Rule Favors Women In Swedish Dining Traditions
A note on old customs in Sweden where inns and restaurants traditionally charge women less than men, based on the belief that women eat less. The practice reflects historical attitudes toward gender and dining behavior in public eateries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
End of the Boer War Seen Imminent
The Boer war, raging for two years, is expected to end soon according to latest advices. Peace news will be welcomed, as war has caused immense suffering though some claim stomach troubles have caused more deaths.
Twenty Miles a Lean London Expansion
Twenty miles a lean London is twelve miles broad one way and the other and every year about twenty miles of new streets are added to it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Household goods and cures touted in late 19th century ads
A collage of product pitches highlights inexpensive household starch from Magnetic Starch Co Omaha Neb the Brain and nerve tonic Virtuamia Tablets health claims for men and women and Garfield Headache Powders. Also notes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry use and a provocative line about women kissing to provoke male envy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rand
Magnetic Starch Co
Omaha
Neb
Kind Drug Co
Rigg
O Street
Lincoln
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the Journal
Scandia
Wheely
Lindsborg
Burlington
Baker University
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
Fort Scott
John Martz
Emporia
Atchison
State Agricultural College
Glee ‘Club
Crawford’s
Eager
Ellsworth
Polis
Florence
Filmore
Ingston
Sion
Leon Czolgosz II
Regan
Lewis
Mishaeled
Lea
Philippines
Sulu
Philippine Islands
Custom
Slaést
Tapul
Sully
Aloe
Penney
Brooklyn
N.Y
St.Jacobs Oil
Price
Boston
Mass
Phelps Brown
Brown
Newbureh
WM. M’kinley
Dearborn
H.h.green
Atlanta
Zollinger & Sperry, Publishers
Columbus
W.N.U
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