Taft pledges to Roosevelt policy on natural resources
In Spokane Taft says he will seek 10 million dollars in bonds to finish western irrigation projects halted by lack of funds. He defends alignment with Roosevelt on conservation, urges congressional authority to carry out policy, praises Ballinger and Pinchot, and calls for government control of water power sites with private development.
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Spokane
Wash
Jaft
Congress
Roosevelt
Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
Taft
Ten Die in Chicago Train Wreck Near Stock Yards
A passenger train bound for Cincinnati on the Pennsylvania railroad crashed into the caboose of a Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul cattle train near the downtown station. Ten men were killed and 16 likely fatally injured as the engine plowed through the caboose and debris caught fire. Six bodies were recovered within minutes as flames consumed wreckage and 16 others were rescued from the burning ruins.
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Chicago, Tl
Cincinnati
Pollock Reserved Decision on Bank Deposit Guaranty Case
Judge John C. Pollock of the federal court reserved decision for 20 days after arguments from bank attorneys opposing the state law. Both sides may submit added facts or citations within the period. The judge said the matter demands careful consideration rather than haste.
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Topeka
Kan
John C. Pollock
Federal Court
Oasis Saloon Burned In Mountain Top Sale Proximity
News from McMinnville Tennessee reports the Oasis, the state's only legal saloon, destroyed by fire on a mountain site four or more miles from any school. Prohibition law bans saloons within four miles of schools and legal challenges had already begun.
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McMinnville
Tenn
Tennessee
Dr Cook to Kansas City lecture on North Pole discovery
Dr Frederick A Cook will speak in Convention hall Thursday night about the discovery of the North Pole. George M Myers, president of the Priests of Pallas, announced receipt of a telegram from W M Gray confirming Cook would accept the invitation for the lecture.
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Kansas City
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
George M. Myers
Priests of Pallas Association
W. M. Gray
Kansas Bakers In Convention Opens In Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas hosts the first state convention of the Master Bakers of Kansas with 125 delegates. O P Lambert, former city commissioner, welcomes the bakers and Frank Rushton, convention president, responds for the delegates.
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Kansas Bakers
Leavenworth
Kan
Master Bakers of Kansas
O. P. Lambert
Frank Rushton
Rock Island Plans Comprehensive Pension System
Rock Island system with 45000 plus employees moves to a liberal pension framework by June 30 1910. Compulsory retirement at 70 and elective at 65, no initial age limit for hiring. Qualification requires 25 years service with benefits based on 1 percent of the average salary per year of service, totaling 25 percent after 25 years.
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Chicago, Ill
Rock Island
Historic Kansas dinner marks fiftieth Wyandotte constitution anniversary
A dinner in Kansas City Kansas celebrates the Wyandotte constitution's fifty year milestone. The Grand hotel hosts 200 guests Monday night October 18 under city and Mercantile club auspices. Invitations list Chief Justice Johnson, William Allen White, Victor Murdock, H. Madison, D Smith, and Senator Joseph L. Bristow.
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Kansas City
Kan
State of Kansas
Grand Hotel
City
Mercantile Club
Johnson
Supreme Court of Kansas
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Victor Murdock
Wichita
KE. H. Madison
Dodge City
F. Dumont Smith
Hutchinson
Joseph L. Bristow
United States
Kansas
Laborers Needed in Kansas Prompt Shortage Hits Salina
In Salina Kansas a labor shortage cripples business and farming. Street paving and street car track work stall due to few workers. Threshing machines run short, farmers seek corn huskers. Contracts for 10 000 feet of sewer await crews, start date uncertain.
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Salina
Kas
Kansas
Oklahoma Farmers to Meet in Shawnee
Guthrie Oklahoma Farmers Union calls convention in Shawnee on October 12 to discuss a central selling agency for marketing all farm products. The meeting will include cotton gins warehouses elevators mercantile and industrial concerns to formulate the agency plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Farmers’ Union of Oklahoma
Shawnee
Spain to Occupy Morocco with New Captain General
The Spanish government plans a captain general in Africa with headquarters at Ceuta or Melilla. Garrisons will be expanded to 15 000 men each. General Marina is cited as the first captain general at a salary of 30 000 dollars.
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Spain
Morocco
Madrid
Iit
Africa
Ceuta
Melille
Marina
Immigration influx swells Canadian homesteading ranks
J Bruce alker of the Canadian department of the interior reported after inspecting immigration in the Canadian Northwest that 75,000 American families, each with about $1000 in capital, crossed into Canada this year to seek homesteads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Balloon's Long Trip Lands Near Rockport
A weather bureau balloon from Bluemont Virginia rose to record temperature and altitude and landed at Rockport Missouri. The instrument in the basket was recovered and the balloon sent back to Bluemont.
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St. Joseph
Weather Bureau
Bluemont
Rockport
French Aviator Captain Ferber Killed Testing Plane
Captain Ferber, an officer in the French army, was killed near Boulogne this morning while testing an aeroplane. The aircraft turned over in flight and crashed to the ground, crushing him beneath the motor.
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Boulogne
France
Ferber
May Rival Klondike Rush In Fairbanks
In Fairbanks Alaska a stampede to Iditarod country rivals the Klondike rush. The steamer Reliance from In hok a confirms reports of rich placers on Otter Creek promising a mining surge and new prospecting activity.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Iditarod Country
Dawson
Reliance
Inhoka
Otter Creek
Sedan Oil Road Impresses Farmers In Kansas Hometown
Sedan KS adopts oiling of a country road south of town funded by public subscription. A mile long stretch cost about ten dollars after ten dollars raised for hauling and oil. Implemented in May the road remains firm with good drainage and strong surface drawing farmers from surrounding farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedan
Sedan Commercial Club
Kansas Professor Plans Fall Eastern Museum Tour
L L Dyche professor of Natural History and curator at the University of Kansas plans a late fall trip to eastern museums. He also arranges to visit explorer Doctor Cook, a close friend and former companion in the 1895 Pole expedition attempt.
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L. L. Dyche
University of Kansas
Doctor Cook the Explorer
Dyche
Cook
Dr. Cook
Osage City Claims Record Tall Corn of Year
Henry Blakenship, a local farmer, presented Citizens State Bank with a corn stalk that stands 14% feet tall. One ear towers beyond a six foot man while another is within reach of an average man. The plantings followed the June flood.
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Osage
Henry Blakenship
Citizens State Bank
Herington Lines Up Test Well for Better Water
Herington council seeks to improve the town water supply by leasing land south of the city and drilling a test well after months of supply problems and public dissatisfaction.
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Herington
Kansas Child's Neck Broken in Barn Accident
Kenneth Peterson two year old son of Hans Peterson a well known farmer living six miles east of Hiawatha was killed while playing in the barn. He stuck his head through the manger and a board dropped on his neck, found dead within minutes.
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Kansas
Kenneth
Hans Peterson
Hiawatha
Law rence street railway begins operation with partial line
The electric street railway in Law rence has begun business with one line from the Santa Fe station to Haskell. A large force is at work extending the line, and in a few weeks the town will have a complete street car system.
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Lawrence
Santa Fe
Haskell
City Council Rejects Petition On Commission Form Election
Abilene city council refused a petition for a special election to decide adopting a commission form of government. The measure failed because the petition lacked six-tenths of one person of naming 40 percent of the city's qualified voters.
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Abilene
Pine and Penalosa Wheat Prize Winner Listed
In the Kansas wheat contest at Wichita the best bushel prize of 300 dollars went to A J Plush of Penalosa Kingman county. The next 11 prizes were 20 and 10 dollars.
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Whichita
A. J. Plush
Penalosa
Kingman County
Salina Considers Water Works Bond Issue
Salina voters will decide in a November 2 special election on buying the municipal water works from a corporation. The board of appraisers values the plant at 203 749 dollars and the vote will authorize bonds for that amount.
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Salina
Board of Appraiser i
Dog Returns After Theft During Circus Visit
Sheriff L P Heck of Saline County recovered a collie stolen August 8 during a Salina circus. The dog, valued at $100, had wandered back to the sheriff’s home thin and footsore after a long journey.
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L. P. Heck
Saline County
Salina
Early Saline County settler Barnard Martin dies at 74
Barnard Martin, among the first farmers in Saline county, died at his home near Bavaria. Born in Ireland, he came to Kansas in 1874 and lived there for many years. He was 74.
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Barnard Martin
Saline County
Bavaria
Ireland
Kansans
Pure white lead guarantee through Dutch Boy tester
The article argues good painting requires pure white lead and describes the National Lead Company seal with the Dutch Boy trademark as a purity guarantee. It offers a free lead tester and painter’s outfit from the National Lead Company at 1902 Trinity Building, New York City, upon request.
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Painter
National Lead Company
Trinity Bldz
New York City
Trinity Building
New York
Filthy Lucre in Early Church Bishop Qualities
The passage cites Timothy and outlines bishop qualifications. It praises a bishop as blameless, married to one wife, vigilant, sober, hospitable, not quarrelsome, not greedy for filthy lucre, and patient. It emphasizes a moral, temperate standard for church leadership.
Starch Choice Emphasized For Fine Fabrics This Summer
The popularity of fine white goods this summer makes selecting starch crucial. Defiance Starch claims to be chemical free and safe for fine fabrics, offering strong stiffening with half the usual quantity for a perfect finish equal to when the goods were new.
Harlem Man Names Twin Sons Theodore Roosevelt and Taft
An upper Harlem man named his twin sons Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft. A friend asked how they were getting along. The reply was that they are famously similar. William digs steadily into his breakfast while Theodore yells and pounds him with a spoon.
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Harlem
Theodore Roosevelt
William Taft
New York Sun
William
Theodore
Hamlins Wizard Oil Endures Beyond Fifty Years
An advertisement extols Hamlins Wizard Oil as a long trusted remedy like a family doctor and warns against imitations. It urges customers to prefer Lewis' Single Binder cigars and to follow divine guidance for daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlins
Red Cross Ball Blue Marketed for White Clothing
An ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue for keeping whites bright in grocers two ounce packages priced at five cents. The text also notes Palm tree prosperity is unaffected by weather and advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pains at twenty five cents per bottle.
The True Christian Will Do Many Things Beyond Duty
The phrase notes that a true Christian acts beyond what is required, performing many compassionate deeds not mandated by obligation. It emphasizes virtue through voluntary service and generosity beyond mere duty.
Operation Avoided by Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Women from Paw Paw and Chicago share success stories praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female ailments. Emma Draper reports improved health after years of inflammation and congestion. Mrs. Alvena Sperling credits the remedy with avoiding surgery and restoring well being.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Emma Draper
Chicago
Ill
Lydia EE. Pinkham
Alvena Sperling
Langdon &J
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East
Lewis
Lydia E.pinkham
Paw Paw, Mich
Arkansas Valley
Colorado
Two Buttes
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
Pierce
People’ S Common Sense
Resinos Chemical Company
Baltimore
Francis A. Groves
Boston
Mass
Spohm Medical
Ind
U. S.A
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