Columbus Day and the First Landing in the New World
The article recounts Columbus on October 12 as he first sighted the New World, landing at Guanahane named San Salvador, and the crew’s oath of obedience. It describes Native peoples, their awe at the Spaniards, and the initial reception of beards, armor, and gifts.
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Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Ilinois
Indiana
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Kentucky
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Christopher Columbus
Washington Irving
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Martin Alonzo Pinzon
Vicente Yanez
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Ysabel
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Rodrigo Sanchez
Thejarrow
Coulumbus
India
Gold
Africa
Guanahane
San Salvador
Cat Island
Watling’s Island
Lucayos
Bahama Islands
Northwes
Florida
Hispaniola
Columbus Sails Home and Records Loss in Ocean
A 1493 voyage recount describes Columbus saving his account of discovery by sealing it in a barrel and casting it into the sea near the Azores. He faced a deadly storm, prayed for posterity, and lamented that the precious chronicle was never found.
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Columbus
Spain
New World
Santa Maria
Azores
Thade
America
S. W. Rosenbach
Big Kansas crop year forecast by officials
Kansas faces a banner crop year as J. F. Jarrell of the Santa Fe reports the southwest may see its best ever harvest and government data place Kansas atop crop condition figures. Secretary J. C. Mohler predicts the year will be the largest for farming in state history.
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Topeka
Kansas
J. F. Jarrell
Agricultural Development Department
Santa Fe Railroad
Southwest
J. C. Mohler
Kansas Board of Agriculture
State Board ‘of Agriculture
Kansas counties to receive increased gasoline tax share
Topeka reports counties will gain 50 percent more funds than the previous quarter from $1,600,000 in gasoline tax receipts for the third quarter. Under the law 40 percent is shared equally among counties and 60 percent based on county valuations. distribution will be made at once.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Highway Department
Accident claims life of 18 year old hunter near Dodge City
Dodge City reports Raymond Riepe of Dighton was accidentally shot to death while duck hunting twelve miles southeast of town. He stood in front of three companions Kenneth Folliff Michael Murphy and Bailey when a shot from another gun struck him in the head.
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Raymond Riepe
Dighton
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Riepe
Kenneth Folliff
Michael Murphy
Bailey
Topeka Bank Merger Announced By State Banking Dept
The state banking department announces the merger of the People State Bank of Whitewater with the Bank of Whitewater effective at the close of business September 8 in Topeka. Mrs. Sarah Kelly 87 longtime leader in Atchison County W C T U and church affairs is dead. Her Civil War veteran husband preceded her in death. Pittsburg miners in district 14 Kansas approve a new wage scale by 172 votes after a September 1 temporary rate.
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Topeka
People’s State Bank of Whitewater
Bank of Whitewater
State Banking Department
Atchison
Sarah Kelly
Atchisan County
Pittsburg
District 14
Kansas
Death of 13 year old from arm fracture after slide incident
Reginald Dean Hanshaw, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. R V Hanshaw, died from complications of a broken right arm suffered while using an improvised slide for life on September 13.
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Girard
Reginald ‘Dean Hanshaw
R. V. Hanshaw
Vaudeville Performer Talks Asthma Coping
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a cheerful vaudeville performer saying a touch of asthma is no fun but he is getting off some routines despite wheezes. He remains upbeat about his stage comeback.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
No Sale! Cedar Chest Promoted by Clerk
A playful classified style line features a clerk offering a cedar lined hope chest to customer Phylis with promise of long lasting beauty and durability in a catalog tone. The snippet reads like a product pitch and dialog between buyer and seller.
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Phylis
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Saliee I. L. Fischer
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