Abilene Bank Cashier Vanishes With 20000 Shortage
John A. Flack, cashier of the Abilene State Bank for five years, is missing after turning over a farm home and personal property. Directors have made good about $20,000 in losses. Deputy bank commissioner William I. Watson confirmed the bank’s sound condition. Flack, once probate judge and a Democratic candidate for Congress and state senate, was active in community circles.
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Abilene
Kansas
John A. Flack
Abilene State Bank
William I. Watson
Flack
Buckeye Street
Panama Canal Fortifications Planned by Joint Board
Washington plans call for Panama defense fortifications with 14 14 inch rifles 12 6 inch rifles and 28 12 inch mortars. The project totals 14 104 203 dollars and includes submarine mine defenses barracks and artillery emplacements awaiting General Wood approval before presenting to Secretary Dickinson.
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Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Army and Navy
Wood
Dickinson
Taft
Canal
National Association of Mexican War Veterans Disbanded
Mrs. Moore Murdock, secretary, adjourned the National Association of Mexican War Veterans in Indianapolis after its final convention. Twenty eight survivors, none under 79, declined to continue the group with Conrad Gashe of Fulton County as the last living member responding to roll call.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
National Association of
Conrad Gashe
Fulton County
United States Volunteer Infantry
Pension rolls in Southwest states show totals and payments
Figures from the United States pension bureau list Missouri with 45,873 pensioners receiving 8,185,218 dollars annually, Kansas with 35,506 pensioners receiving 6,900,817 dollars, and Oklahoma with 13,097 pensioners receiving 1,797,189 dollars.
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United States Pension Bureau
Southwest
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wheat Train Off on Trip Across the State
The Rock Island pure seed wheat train is traveling the state in cooperation with the state board of agriculture and the agricultural and mechanical college. The train will be active until September 15 with stops including Guthrie Oklahoma.
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Guthrie
Rock Island
State Board of Agriculture
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Gaynor Receptive Candidate for Governor Hope
New York Mayor Gaynor will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor but the New York Times reports he is a receptive candidate. The article notes his possible influence and comments on statewide ambitions.
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Gaynor
New York
The
New York Times
Holton Boy Named for West Point Exam Conduct
Representative D R Anthony announced Frank Ellsworth Mc Corkle of Holton Kan is chosen as principal in the West Point examination in Leavenworth Kansas.
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Holton
West Point
Leavenworth
Kansas
D. R. Anthony
Frank Ellsworth, McCorkle
Kan
Swope Told Of Marriage In Civil War Claim
M Peck testified in a deposition for Elmer Swope estate claimant that Colonel Thomas H. Swope spoke of a marriage to a New Jersey woman at the war’s start and a later separation over secession. He recalled Swope also described buying horses for the government at the war’s outset.
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Kansas City
T. A. Milton
Elmer Swope
Swope
M. Peck
Baldwin, Kas
Thomas H. Swope
Colonel Swope
Mr. Peck
Western governors quit St. Paul amid convention setback
The Western governors led by Brooks Wyoming Vessey South Dakota Norris Montana and Hay Washington announced immediate departure from St. Paul after deeming the National conservation congress effectively over for them. Norris voiced sharp denunciations while others maintained a brief hopeful stance before exiting.
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St. Paul
Minn
Brooks
Wyoming
Gov
Vessey
South Dakota
Norris
Montana
Hay
Washington
National Conservation Congress
Congress
West
Gov. Norris
Pinchot Tribute Sparks Roar At Conservation Congress
In St Paul the conservation congress saw a sharp rout of states rights faction after Theodore Roosevelt’s rallying assault. Senator Beveridge of Indiana delivered a fiery address opposing the Western Idea of conservation and lauded Pinchot, provoking a strong demonstration for the chief forester deposed by Taft.
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St. Paul
Minn
National Conservation Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Committee of Resolution
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Congress
Beveridge
Pinchot
Fatal rear end collision in Kansas City train crash
A Rock Island freight train struck the rear of a Union Pacific cattle train on the city west limits. One man named Patrick Brown of Emmet Kansas was killed outright. Two were seriously injured and several others lightly hurt as cattle were killed and wounded. The Rock Island crew faced blame for ignoring signals.
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Kansas City
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Patrick Brown
Emmet
Kan
Coal Strike Ends as 30,000 Miners Return to Work
Kansas City reports that after five and a half months of stoppages miners and operators reached an arbitration agreement. The new contract will see 30,000 miners resume work as the dispute is settled in the middle West.
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Kansas City
Middle West
Rural carriers pick Leavenworth for next Kansas convention
The annual rural mail carriers of Kansas closed a two day session in Leavenworth. Leavenworth was chosen as the site for the next convention with Manhattan also mentioned as a nearby hub.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Leavenworth
Masked Robber Loots Bank in Morenci
The Gila Valley bank at Morenci Arizona was robbed by a masked bandit who held the cashier and his assistant at gunpoint and took 2500 dollars.
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Bank
Clifton
A. T
Gila Valley
Morenci
Resinol Ointment Promoted for Skin Cure at Home
A nationwide ad extols Resinol Ointment as a cure for all forms of skin disease when used early. It claims rapid relief for burns, wounds, rashes, sunburn, and hemorrhoids, and recommends Resinol Soap and Ointment for households. A free booklet on skin care is offered, from Resinol Chemical Co. Baltimore Md.
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Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Comeback Request Over Tombstone Wording Sparks Dispute
In a comic exchange a husband objects to the epitaph on his wife’s stone asking the stonecutter to place “Requiesca in pace” with the word Husband. The stonecutter explains the translation and finalizes the signature as requested.
Last Here The Minister In The Next World
A fragmentary piece shows Puck speaking of a minister and a supper in the afterlife with Tommy predicting his shine when the minister arrives. The excerpt uses dialogue to hint at themes of heaven and social recognition.
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Tommy
Puck
Very Very Easy Meta Exchange About Money
A brief dialogue contrasts money dependence with the idea that one can run in debt. Patrice asserts that money is not strictly required to act. The exchange frames reliance on finance as a challenge and suggests alternative action without funds.
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Patrice
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Ends With Quotation
Tiny ad promotes Red Cross Ball Blue laundry product for home use. Mentions a 2 oz package priced at 5 cents and quotes T. T. Munger, D.D., on daily meaning.
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RED Cross
Coming Man of Business Chronicle of Archie Thompson Riot
A greenhouse windows row leads Mr Viner to offer 10 shillings for the glass culprit. An informer accuses Archie Thompson, suiting reward claim, while the schoolmaster and glazier plan repairs. The boy confesses in a twist, claiming he is Archie Thompson.
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Mr. Viner
Archie Thompson
London
All Up-To-Date Nousekeepers Use Red Cross Ball Blue
Advertising copy promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a laundry product making clothes clean and sweet as new. Notes it is available from all grocers and implies a proverb about appreciating beauty vs. homeliness.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Women Health Notice
A Brookfield Missouri reader testifies two years of weakness and low weight improved after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges women to seek Mrs. Pinkham's confidential free advice from 26 Lynn Mass, noting the product helps with irregularities, pains, and nervous prostration.
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Brookfield
Lydia E. Pinkham
Saran Tousignont
Livingston Street
Stookfield
Lydia FE
Pinkham
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Southwest Pension List
Baldwin, Kansas
New Jersey
Conservation Congress
Kansas City Limits
T. T. Munger, D.D
Cascarets
George Kryder
Napoleon
Rockefeller
Fitzgerald & Co
Pat.Attys
Box K
Washington, D
Western
Canadas
United States
Canada
Tobirson
Maidstone
Bask
Cedar Ulls
Iowa
Coeur d'Alene
Leonard Douglas
Breuler
Alberta
Owell
L.A. Will
Brainerd
Landis
Sask
Frank J. Zimmer
Mrs
Richard Henry Ebinger
Taylors Falls
Camrose
Azrel Nordstrom
Wilton
North Dakota
Peter A. Nelson
Vesta, Minn
States
Geo. Paskewitz
Vesta
J. S. Crawford
W. Ninth Street
Kansas City, Mo
Standard Oil CO. (Incorporated
Crescent Mig. Co
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