Kansas Notes Bitterly Lighthearted Local Curiosities
A mosaic of brief anecdotes from Kansas towns recounts quirky local sights and events. Coffeyville boasts a flaming red auto while Medicine Lodge endures a "Jack the Peeper" nuisance. Lawrence scores a win. Ottawa raises police pay. Pratt counts threshing machines on a hill. Chanute fines a man for whisky with a young girl. Other items include droughts, trains, road tickets, church life, geese worries in Cowley, and scattered mischief along streets and farms.
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Coffeyville
Esbow
Medicine Lodge
Jack the Peeper
Wichita
Meade County
Berne
Katy
Lawrence
Pratt
Ottawa
Lola
William Rats
Fort Scott
Halstead
Atchison County
Washington Firm on Canal Treaty After Senate Ratification
The state department refrains from action on the canal issue pending the ratification date September 22. Officials say Bogota must ratify the identical treaty if Colombia desires an isthmian canal, while dismissing unrest rumors as irrelevant. Dr Herran and others deny US backing for upheaval. Separately Admiral Cotton reports four detainees after a Turkish attack on the vice consul in Beirut and notes strengthened American representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Beaupre
Bogota
Hay
Senate
Colombia
Dr. Herran
United States
Herran
Panama
Congress of
Congress
Cotton
Navy Department
Beirut
Constantinople
Brooklyn
Circus Man Weds Heiress After Heroic Rescue
Arthur L. Roberts of Holland Nebraska a Main's circus cowboy married Mies Ethel Gould heiress and society leader at her Cortland County home. He rescued her from a frightened horse racing toward an embankment by roping the mustang during the parade.
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Binghampton
N. Y
Arthur L. Roberts
Holland
Lancaster County
Nebraska
Main’s Circus
Mies Ethel. Gould
Cortland County
Main’s
Miss Gould
Roberts
Glariat
Sisters of Pope Pius Reunite in Venice Rome Visit
The three sisters who lived with Pope Pius at Venice arrived in Rome after a six week separation. A special railroad carriage carried them, and the reunion was moving as the pontiff embraced them. They planned future arrangements and stayed at a convent until an apartment at the San Angelo bridge is ready.
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Pope Pius
Venice
Rome
Pius
Beppi
San Angelo Bridge
Cattlemen Commit to Removing Fences on Public Lands
United States District Attorney Dean reports assurances from leading cattlemen in northwest Kansas to obey government order to dismantle fences around public lands. Federal suits begun to compel action may be dismissed if compliance continues.
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Kansas City
United : States
Dean
Kansas
Fire destroys block in Pittsburg area with several factories
Fire in Pittsburg Pa. consumed an entire block between Liberty and Spring avenues from Sixteenth to Seventeenth streets. It endangered the Pittsburg switch and signal plant, Comstock Brass Manufacturing, Theumber Manufacturing, Sands stables with nine horses, five dwellings, and storage houses. Losses estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Pittsburg
Liberty Avenue
Spring Avenue
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Street
Comstock Brass Manufacturing Company
Theumber Manufacturing Company
James’Sands’ Stables
Shamrock Yachts Await Departure From Erie Basin
Shamrock II and Shamrock III lay at the Erie basin wharf awaiting prep for their voyage home. Shamrock III still has her racing mast while the jury mast sits on the wharf. The defeated challenger’s crew plans to sail home around September 14.
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Shamock
Thomas Lipton
Erie Basin
Shamrock III
Governor La Follette’s Wife Sets Early Summer Pace
Mrs. La Follette, wife of Wisconsin’s governor, leads a strenuous summer routine at Lake Kengonsa. She rises before 6, runs two miles, then swims, often adds a long walk, such as a seven mile trek to Stoughton, outpacing the group.
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Stoughton
Lockouts in South Wales tinplate industry end by arbitration
In Swansea the long running wage dispute ending August 29 led to a lockout affecting 20 to 30 thousand workers and 41 works. A joint masters and men meeting referred all questions to arbitration and 41 plants will reopen this week.
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Swansea
Wales
Rome
Naples
Demand for Dismissal of Beirut Vali Shocks U S Officials
United States Minister Leishman demands the dismissal of Reshid Pasha, vali of Beirut, citing danger to American lives and property. The Ottoman Porte has not replied, Nazim Pasha’s Beirut arrival signals possible settlement steps, but consuls still deal with Reshid Pasha as the city remains unsettled.
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United States
Leishman
Reshid Pasha
Vali
Beirut
Porte
Nazim_ Pasha
Damascus
Nazim Pasha
May Organize Republic on Isthmus to Rival Bogota
Representatives of powerful interests on the Isthmus of Panama, headquartered in New York, consider a plan to cooperate with Panama and Colon factions to form an independent Panamanian government. They blame Bogota for the failed canal treaty and argue a new republic could negotiate a direct treaty with the United States.
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Panama
New York City
Colon
Bogota
United States
Accident at Wahoo Post Office Injures Two
A runaway horse caused a carriage crash near the Wahoo Nebraska post office. Carl Anderson, fourteen, was knocked unconscious and feared fatally hurt, while Mrs. Claude Smith suffered a broken leg and serious bruising.
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Wahoo
Neb
Anderson
Carl
Claude Smith
Home Destroyed by Fire in Franklin Nebraska
The east Franklin residence of D. L. Haines was totally destroyed by a blaze not discovered until it was too late to save anything. Mr and Mrs Haines are in Indiana visiting. they are elderly and carry no insurance, making the loss especially severe.
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D.L. Haines
Franklin
Neb
Haines
Indiana
Protests Prompt Cheyenne Board to Ease Sheep Dipping Order
Sheep owners win relief as Cheyenne Wyoming board of sheep commissioners amends the order on dipping to permit flocks without scab to hold clean bills of health. Inspection to begin at once.
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Board of Sheep Commissioners
Cheyenne
Wyo
Mob Demonstration in Belgrade Narrowly Stopped
A mob in Belgrade Servia demonstrated against newspapers that supported the army. Officers were arrested recently. The crowd tried to approach the Turkish legation but was dispersed by police. Several persons suffered minor injuries.
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Belgrade
Servia
Legation
General Strike Hits Nelson Morris Plant in St. Joseph
A general strike was ordered at the Nelson Morris packing plant in South St. Joseph at noon Thursday. The plant is practically at a standstill as about twelve hundred men walk out over the discharge of a fireman accused of unfair treatment to union workers.
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Nelson Morris Packing
Chinese Merchant Ho Sang Allowed to Land in New York
Sam Ho Sang, a wealthy Chinese merchant of Himvara and a British subject born on the island, is permitted to land in New York after bonds were furnished by friends. He had been detained aboard a ship for almost a week by immigration officials under the Chinese exclusion act.
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New York
City
Sam
Ho Sang
Himvara
Peru Train Collision Sees Ex President Hurt Officials Say
In Lima a regular passenger train bound for Croya carrying ex President Romana and his party collided with a descending train. One person died and thirteen were seriously injured. Romana and Mr MacCune escaped unharmed.
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Lima
Peru
Croya
Romana
Alfred MacCune
Senor Romana
MacCune
Open Air Concert Narratives and Nighttime Ruckus
An open air free band concert on a vacant lot blends music with street chaos. Vivid sounds and antics from vendors, dogs, horse carts, and curious spectators unfold as the crowd endures mosquitos and gasoline odors while the band plays on. A Ratatorium anecdote about a poodle trainer adds a utilitarian moral.
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Leland
Tweedie
Bill
Willie
Tige
Nero
Smusié
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