Oklahoma Governor Haskell resigns as Bryan treasurer
Chicago reports Oklahoma Governor Charles N. Haskell has resigned as treasurer of the Democratic national committee amid a flurry of charges involving Standard Oil, oil and labor issues, and political funding. Haskell attacks critics while Bryan campaign aides and Roosevelt administration officials publish rebuttals and supporting statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil
Foraker
Taft
Roosevelt
Hearst
Chicago
Charles N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Haskell
Oklaoma
Norman E. Mack
New York City
East
Wall Street
Ohio Standard Oil
Kern
Rascal Downs
Gov. Haskell
William R. ‘Hearst
Detroit
Mich
William J. Bryan
Gov
Democratic Party
Washington
White House
W. R. Hearst
Democratic Campaign Committee
Ohio
Bryant
Prairie State Oil & Gas Company
Oklahoma Apany
Mr. Bryan
Art
State University
Mr. Haskell
the State University
Mastodon tusk found near Concordia Kansas shocks locals
Fred Dutton of Concordia discovered a huge ivory tusk protruding from a clay bed on the Republican river bank north of the town. The nearly eight foot long relic crumbled into pieces when dug free, with a six to seven inch diameter. Exhibits show portions now in town while Dutton plans further search for the mastodon skeleton. Previously a lower jaw with teeth was found in Cloud county years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Fred Dutton
Concordia
Scandia
Republican River
Dutton
Nelson Township
Cloud County
Huscher
Iola Hosts Preliminary Farmers Institute Meeting
A preliminary meeting in Iola discussed forming a regional farmers institute for Allen Bourbon Anderson Woodson and Coffey counties. Representative Charles F. Scott spoke on government aid to agriculture. An institute is planned for December in Iola lasting at least a week with lectures by government and state experts and practical instruction in soil treatment and crop care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute For
Iola
Farmers’ Institute
Allen
Bourbon
Anderson
Woodson
Coffey
Charles F. Scott
Alumni Association Plans Endowment for Campus Building
At a Kansas University Alumni Association meeting plans were adopted to incorporate the group and organize an endowment to fund an alumni building on the campus. The association has kept Fraser Hall as its headquarters for two years and the secretary’s work has increased, justifying a building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University Alumni Association
Fraser Hall
Topeka School Strike Continues Amid Segregation Stand
The Topeka Lincoln school strike enters a second day with no clear solution. Parents press for separation of white and Negro students while Superintendent Whittemore requires each striker to produce a parental note before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Lincoln
Whittemore
Teacher and Pupils Drown After Flooded River Ford
After a heavy rain and hail storm in Chase county an attempt to ford the Cottonwood river led to the drowning of Miss Myra King a country school teacher and two pupils Victor Rector and Etta Foltz. Three other children in the buggy reached the bank safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase County
Cottonwood River
Myra King
Victor Rector
Etta Foltz
Pioneer John Gallagher Killed in Leavenworth County Runaway
John Gallagher aged 87 one of Leavenworth county’s oldest residents was killed in a runaway at Springdale twelve miles west of Leavenworth. He left a large family and was prominently connected through the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth County
John Gallagher
Springdale
Leavenworth
Gallagher
Skeleton found in Geneseo tied to Easter murder
A man who died by his own action was found in Geneseo with a laudanum bottle dated July 25 nearby. He left a letter to Citizens of Denver claiming church officials pursued him and bidding farewell to his family. Police suspect involvement in the killing of Father Leo in Denver on Easter Sunday of that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearst
Monnett
Guv
Haskell
Oklahoma
St. Louis
William © Randolph Hearst
J.B. Foraker
Columbus
Mr. Herst
Mr. Foraker
John D. Archbold
Mr. Archbold
Standard Oilman
Foraker
United States Senate
Jones
Arkansas
Broadway
New York
J. D. Archbold
J. B. Foraker
Washington, D. C
Washington
D. C
Standard Oil Company
Mr. Hearst
Senator Foraker
C. N. Haskell
Democratic National Committee
Mennett
Ohio
Bennett
United States
Standard Oil
Associated Press
Attorney General's Office
Attorney General’s Office
Standard
M. R. Keith
S. C. T. Dodd
Joseph H. Choate
Virgil P. Kline
Cleveland
D. In
Keith
Kline
Record
Choate
Dodd
Geneseo
Denver
Father Leo
Second Annual Kansas Spanish War Veterans Reunion
The Kansas department United Spanish War Veterans adjourned in Abilene after a banquet. E. C. Little of Abilene was elected commander and John Karberg of Kansas City, a member of the Semite ne memorial Monument, attended. Next year’s session will be at Salina during the Twentieth Kansas reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Department
United
Abilene
John Karberg
Kansas City
Rence
Arer
Kansas
SaHna
Governor Reappoints Officials Amid Shuffle
Ambiguously worded OCR notes a governor reappointing officials, with scattered references to Hoch and Manhattan. No clear names, dates, or positions are readable enough to specify roles or outcomes.
Gallatin Man Credits Dean's Kidney Pills For Cure
F A Rippy of Depot Ave Gallatin Tennessee recounts fifteen years of kidney disease with back pain gravel attacks and bloody passages. After four boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills his condition improved rapidly and he claims no recurrence. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY percent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Rippy
Depot Ave
Gallatin
Tenn
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Small Urchin Seeks Willie’s Whistle Amid Pond Rescue
A playful urchin pleads with a major fallen into a pond to help locate Willie’s whistle. The scene veers into an aside praising home laundering and starching, urging Defiance Starch for crisper textiles and better results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major
Willie
Museum Banter Over Found Antiquities in Dialogue
In a humorous fragment a British museum guide argues a Cicero volume once belonged to the orator while an American counters with feats, boasting about a Noah’s Ark lead pencil in an American museum. The exchange lampoons national pride and specimen collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Cicero
Noah
The Intelligent Witness Quips in Court
A humorous historical aside from the Atlanta Constitution recalls a witty witness. Asked what he saw, the man replies in dialect that the defendant was “a- raisin’ of the devil and a-doin’ of nothin’” drawing a judge’s wary smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Peruna Endorsed by Public Figures in Testimonial
A pasted testimonial from George W. Honey and Jed L. Hebard praises Peru na for catarrhal ailments and grippe. The letter notes Peruna in tablet form after years of research by Dr Hartman and his assistants, with confidence in its curative and tonic properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Honey
George W.honey
Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry
State of Wisconsin
State of Texas
G. A.R
First St
N. E
Washington, D.C
Jed L. Hebard
Kansas City, Mo
12Th
Grand Aves
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles .N. Haskell
Charles B. Squire
Frank S. Monnett
Cincinnati
William R. Hearst
Standard People
J. B
Foraker of
Standard, Oil Company
John ‘D. Archbald
Archbald Cave
Gen. DuPont
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
T. Coleman DuPont
Delaware
National Committee
DuPont
Frank H. Hitchcock
EB. I. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company
Republican Party
W. Hoch Ias
Manhattan
Empalming
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!