Kansas News Roundup Laced With Odd Local Tales
A mosaic of small items from Kansas towns includes Matfield Green planning a new bank. Colby, Cygne, and Belleville misadventures. Hutchinson and Meade health notes. Topeka humor with bill collectors. and oddities from Yates Center to Ottawa. Reports mention egg famines, garlicly dog taxes, and crops, plus piano-like dances and bottle-red stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matfield Green
Colby
Ola
Hutchinson
Belleville
Meade
Wichita
Wilsey
Yates
Center News
Clay’ Center
Phillipsburg
Douglas County
Salina
Madison
Sterling
Dana
Rock Island Road
Goodland
Holdington
Kansas
Lola
Atchison
Frisco
Mr. Smith
Yates Center
Odd Fellows Lodge
Leaverworth
Larned
Wellsville
Republican Valley
Junction
Topeka
Abilene
Santa Fe
Lyon
Franklin
Ottawa
Imminent Bulgaria Turkey War Feared in Press
Officials and revolutionaries warn war with Bulgaria and Turkey may erupt without formal declarations. Reports cite thousands of insurgents across the frontier, refugees arriving at Odrumku, and Macedonian leaders claiming 12 000 to 15 000 insurgents ready for a general uprising this week.
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Bulgaria
Turkey
Macedonia
The
Autonomie
Constantinople
Germany
Sofia
Ferdinand
Malkouirnovo
Urumku
Malkotirnovo
Zontohoff
Macedonian Committee
Jankoff
Divorced after years Charlotte Elliott seeks decree against John Elliott
Charlotte Elliott known as Charlotte Wolfe of Shubert seeks divorce from John Elliott of Nemaha county Nebraska. She says they married before the Civil War in Missouri and he volunteered in 29th Missouri Infantry. She asserts his desertion, later remarriage in California, and now resides in Auburn as a paralytic.
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Charlotte Elliott
Charlotte Wolfe
Richardson County
Nebraska
Shubert
John Elliott
Nemaha County
Elliott
Missouri
Twenty-ninth Regiment of
Missouri Volunteer Infantry
Wolfe
John“Elliott
Jack
Auburn
Neb
Plains
California
Glenrock Precinct
Nomaha County
Chesterfield Camp
Fashion shifts to long muffs and boas this season
The article notes fashion favors large long muffs and boas with emphasis on style and color. F E Voelker of Lincoln leads state supply with a Parisian influenced line and offers made to order garments guaranteed for worth style and fit.
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F.E. Voelker
Lincoln
Voelker
Detektiv Hans Bonds Out After Court Appearance
Fréd Hans, a detective for the North Western Railroad, jailed in Ainsworth Nebraska, on indictment for the killing of David Luse about two years ago, was released on an appearance bond of 10000 dollars at the October term. The bond was signed by leading local stockmen.
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Fréd Hans
Northwestern Railroad
Ainsworth
Neb
David Luse
Temporary Receiver Appointed for New York Building and Loan
Justice's August decision names a temporary receiver for the New York Building and Loan Banking Association amid a reported asset deficit of 817600 dollars. The ruling places a court overseer over the firm to protect creditors and manage assets.
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Augro
Supreme Court of New York
New York Building and Loan Banking Association
Nebraska State Fair Opens With Lincoln and Labor Day Observances
The Nebraska State Fair gates open September 4 with Lincoln Day and Labor Day events at the fairgrounds. Lincoln, Neb and local offices close for visitors. Labor unions attend in force in the afternoon. Tuesday features Crescents and a record-trotting horse. Wednesday is Fraternal Day with drills and parades. Thursday promises special attractions, and Friday showcases a grand stock parade, growing each year.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Spirit of Revolution Gains On Isthmus After Canal Treaty Rejection
A Panama dispatch notes growing revolutionary fervor after Colombia’s senate rejected the canal treaty in Bogota. Huertas, Panamanian commander at Fort Chinariqui, is the key officer menaced yet sympathetic to the canal project, while naval power rests largely with Americans and pro American Englishmen. The isthmus’s position is deemed unassailable, with attacks limited to Colon and Panama harbors, and Bogota lacking funds for warships.
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Bogota
Panama
Huertas
Fort
Chinariqui
United States
Colon
Burned by Carbolic Acid In Lincoln Couple Suffer
A.V. Watson of Lincoln Nebraska suffered severe burns after Mrs Watson, intending to apply liniment for a backache, grabbed carbolic acid by error. The acid burned his neck to hips, and his wife’s hands were also severely burned. A physician treated them for two hours.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lipton skip visit and tragic dog bite death in St Louis
The note says Sir Thomas Lipton will not visit St Louis this time. Martin Husey aged seven died in a city hospital of hydrophobia after being bitten by a dog five weeks earlier. The report mentions the fourteenth annual convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers meeting August 29 in Syracuse. A tracer located a loaded bridge lumber car in a Minnesota ditch destined for Norfolk Nebraska and another carload was ordered.
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Thomas Lipton
St. Louis
Martin
Husey
National Association of Letter Carriers
Syracuse
Nob
Norfolk
Neb
Minnesota
Board Bill Squared and a Smallpox Ruse
A tale from a Philadelphia Daily Telegraph item recounts a New York gambler lodging with his wife and child in a dull hotel. A phony doctor extorts a ten dollar bill to clear the room by spreading smallpox fears, allowing the pair to be removed as the landlady seeks to protect her business.
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Scott
New York
No. 47
Philadelphia Daily Telegraph
Bookworm Verses and a Dinner of Margins
A humor piece tells of a bookworm who eats the margins of novels laid out for lunch. The narrator leaves him to dine as the bills say the most read books, then returns to find the creature asleep after devouring margins rather than the text.
Note mix up with Dr Smith on envelope joke
A boy brings a message intended for a relative visiting Dr Theobald Smith at Columbian University. The boy thinks the note is for another Dr Smith. After confusion, the doctor checks the envelope and confirms the note is indeed his.
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Theobald Smith
Columbian University
Washington
Dr. Smith
Corncob Sidewalk Advocates A Travel Tale
A traveler in Iowa reports encountering corncob sidewalks in several grain shipping towns. He notes the cobs are rough at first but become smooth once trodden down, making a surprisingly decent walking surface.
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Iowa
New York Tribune
Trade with China Dominates Yangtse River Region
A consular report analyzes the United States role in Yangtse trade noting British, German, Japanese, and American shares. British lead, followed by German and Japanese, with American at 1.6 percent. The Yangtse drains China’s largest productive area.
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Yangtse
China
United States
Bry District Ruse by a Liquor-Soaked Straw Plot
A druggist devised a scheme to soak drinking straws in liquor so customers tasted alcohol in their soda water. The ruse fooled patrons into believing they were drinking from a regular glass.
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Bry
Ryck
Vanibert
Rodrick
Returning Youthfulness in Walter Craig’s Hair Color Change
Walter Craig of Cadiz Ohio, 35, known for snowy white hair and beard in recent years, is rapidly turning black again. The report notes the striking reversal in his facial hair coloration.
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Walter ‘Craig
Cadiz
Odd Cure for Whooping Cough In Ohio Mill Tale
A flour mill owner in Zanesville Ohio was asked by a caller if bubstones were used in grinding grain and replied yes. A richly dressed woman with a baby boy about three months old arrived, claiming an aged friend said a buhrstone remedy could cure infant ailments. She sat the baby atop a hopper near a running buhrstone and left after briefly watching the child play in the corn dust before driving away.
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Hoop Bros
Zanesville
Ohio
Leisurely marriages may lead to later regret
A reflective note on marriage timing suggests that choosing to wed without urgency can result in regret. It cautions readers about rushing commitments and highlights the value of thoughtful decisions in union choices.
An Old Soldier's Experience in Dentard Arkansas
An Arkansas reader recounts long term ailments after Civil War service and credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing pains, sleep issues, and fatigue. He reports starting with three pills daily, later six, and says he now feels like a new man with renewed health and appetite.
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Dentard
Ark
E. J. Hicks
Mr. Hicks
Dodd
English and American Harvesting Compared in Harvest Labor
A London letter contrasts English clerks who joined harvest efforts in Kansas and the Dakotas with London workers sent to gather wheat. American volunteers earned $2 to $3 a day with board and lodging, often dissatisfied. farmers say labor shortages are solved. The piece notes the debate over paying for the harvest and the appeal of next months’ work.
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Kansas
London
Doctor praised Grape-Nuts and Postum aid
An Illinois reader recalls spring indigestion and relying on Grape-Nuts and Postum. After one package, meals improve and health strengthens, as the doctor’s recommendation proves effective. The letter highlights the product’s digestibility and promises a copy of The Road to Wellville in each package.
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Thad
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mith
Wellville
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