Rail officials pledge track repairs after Kansas conference
A Kansas conference between the state railroad board and Missouri Pacific executives led to an agreement to inspect Kansas lines and repair dangerous track conditions as funds allow. Clark and Middleton will be joined by an expert engineer to review the lines and coordinate repairs with available money.
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Topeka
Kan
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
George J. Gould
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Clark
Wall Street
C. A. Ryker
Kansas Board
Middleton
Refuses Pittsburg Pastorate to Stay in Topeka
Rev Charles M Shel don of Central Congregational church Topeka Kan says he will not consider the $10 000 pastorate offer from Second Presbyterian Pittsburg Pa He has served the Topeka church nearly 25 years and will not leave his present post.
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Topeka
Kan
Chaaries M. Sheldon
Central Congregational Church
Second Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Edward Young
Swindlers in Council Bluffs Iowa Reported
Investigation follows tips from Greeley Colorado about a man swindled of 12300 through a fake horse race in Council Bluffs. The scam is part of a series run by a well organized gang with roots in the city for months using fake races foot races and prizefights to steal large sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Greeley
Col
Woman Dies of Tetanus After Dental Work
Mrs Arthur Walters of Belvidere New Jersey died Tuesday from lockjaw following tooth extractions last Sunday. Doctors linked her illness to tetanus after the anesthesia used during the dentist visit. The condition worsened Monday with unmistakable tetanus symptoms and severe suffering.
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Belvidere
N. J
Arthur Walters
American Race Horse Sold to Austria after Weststake heats
Allen Winter, noted Readville handicap and Grand Circuit winner, was purchased by I Schlessinger of Vienna Austria for 50000 dollars after a showing in three Weststake heats in Lexington Kentucky. The sale marks a high value for a race horse export from the United States.
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Austria
Lexington
Allen Winter
I. Schlessinger
Vienna
Mission Board to hold 1910 centennial in Boston
The Foreign Missions Board in annual convention in Brooklyn decided to hold next year’s session in Minneapolis and to celebrate the 1910 centennial of its foundation in Boston. In Topeka Kansas construction on the Topeka Southwestern Railroad line to Council Grove will begin next Monday as announced by president C K Holliday after a directors meeting.
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Foreign Mission Board
New York
Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Brooklyn
Minneapolis
Boston
Topeka
Kay
Topeka Southwestern Railroad Company
C. K. Holliday
Council Grove
Yale Students Earn Over Two Hundred Thousand in Work Study
Yale University reports that students earned about 214499 dollars during the year ending March 20 through part time and full time work. The self help bureau at Yale documented the earnings as part of its annual review.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Bureau of Self-Help
University
Muskogee approves $550000 water and sewer bonds
In Muskogee Oklahoma voters approved a bond issue totaling 550000 for water and sewer extension projects in the Breda area during Thursday election day.
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Muskogee
Kansas Slayer Convicted in First Degree Murder
Independence Kansas Henry Behner was found guilty of first degree murder in the spring killing of Tobias Sawyer after a trial that lasted from Wednesday evening to Thursday morning The verdict led to Behner fainting and a request for a new trial The defense claimed insanity while evidence suggested an apparent plot involving Pearl Behner and a demand for money The case hinged on the un written law as the foundation of the defense
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Independence
Kansas
Henry Behner
Tobias Sawyer
Behner
Pearl
Sawyer
Pearl Behner
Bitler Escape Guarded After Change of Venue
In Greensburg Kansas Samuel Bitler charged with murdering Mrs. John Rosenberger was granted change of venue to Ford County and escorted in handcuffs to jail amid a 200 strong crowd. A militia guard of 36 men from Hutchinson kept watch as Bitler was moved to Hutchinson for confinement ahead of January term trial.
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Greensburg
Kan
Samuel Bitler
John Rosenberger
Bitler
Ford County
Stephenson
Hoch
Anti-Horse Thief Association Concludes Missouri Iowa Meeting
The Anti-Horse Thief Association of Missouri and Iowa wrapped up its 27th annual convention in Kahoka Missouri naming Kahoka as next year’s site. Officers elected include P. Cunningham president of Mexico Ehitt Stewart vice president Kahoka W. C. Porter secretary treasurer Reeds and W. E. Flowers marshal Meadville.
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Anti-Horse Thief Association
Joplin
Anti-Horse Thief Association of
Missouri
Iowa
Kahoka
Order
P. Cunningham
Mexico
Ehitt Stewart
W. C. Porter
Reeds
W. E. Flowers
Meadville
Indian Charged With Bigamy in New York Court
Henry Standing Bear a fullblood Sioux Indian and Carlisle Indian School graduate formerly a Carlisle football fullback was arraigned in New York on a bigamy charge. The complainant Hazel Moran of St Louis a graduate of Smith College Northampton Mass reported the marriage.
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New York
Henry Standing Bear
Uate
Carlisle
Hazel M. Moran
St. Louis
Smith College
Northampton
Dry Farming Congress Planned for Cheyenne 1909
At the board of control meeting in Cheyenne the next dry farming congress was scheduled for February 23 to 25, 1909. The event, second in importance to the irrigation congress, is expected to attract about 1,000 delegates from 20 western states and foreign countries.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Board of Control
Nordica Sings for Masons at New Washington Temple
Madame Lillian Nordica performed in the grand new Masonic temple auditorium in Washington DC during a formal dedication night. In Illinois, John Hook, 78, killed himself in the county jail a month after murdering Mrs Edna McLennan. his trial was planned for November.
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Nordica
Washington, D. C
Lillian Nordica
Masonic Temple
Champaign
Iil
John Hook
Edna McLennan
Banker's Million Dollar Gift to Presbyterian Hospital
New York banker James S. Kennedy, president of the Presbyterian hospital, announced Wednesday that he has donated 1,000,000 dollars to the institution.
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New York
N. Y
James S. Kennedy
Presbyterian Hospital
Honduran Minister Recalled From U S Mission
Washington reports the recall of Dr. Angel Ugarte as Honduras minister to the United States was announced on Thursday, with details pending on his replacement and diplomatic duties.
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Honduras
Washington, D. C
Angel Ugarte
United States
Wireless Station Opens in Willemstad Curacao
Wireless telegraph station established on Willemstad island Curacao and set for official opening on October 19.0.
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Willemstad
Island of Curacao
Putting It Up to Billie
A scene from Everybody's Magazine describes a morning as the famed circus wagons roll by. Ten year old Billie and his five year old brother Robert scramble to dress while their mother feigns sleep, urging each other with humor and help as the show passes.
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Billie
Robert
Mother
Everybody’s Magazine
Atlantic City Ride Sparks Youthful Neck of Time Talk
Silas boastfully says the ride makes him feel fifty years younger, while Mandy reacts with disbelief and jokes about past handling, capturing a casual, humorous dialogue in Atlantic City.
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Silas
Mandy
Public notices and ads from a 1907 newspaper snippet
A collage of medical testimonial for Cuticura products and miscellany advertising lines. Includes eczema cure claim by Mrs Hyde of Brentwood Essex dated Mar 8 1907, along with brief notices on fashion, phonograph compliments, soothing syrup for teething, and farm rental offers listed by J Mulhall in Sioux City Iowa.
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T. W. Hyde
Brentwood
Essex
England
Big Bonanza silver mine unearthed in 1873 legend
A historical note recalls the Big Bonanza mine discovered in 1873 after a pick stroke. The mine is said to have yielded ore valued at 160 900 000 over the years, reflecting a legendary treasure hoard tied to capital and hope.
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Hope
Bonanza
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