Water finds soft underground supply in western Kansas
A Parsley well near Coolidge shows soft water at 240 feet connected to the Arkansas underflow. The railroad company proved a wide underground reservoir along its western Kansas line, with new wells near Syracuse and other farms yielding steady flow. neighbors drill more as the stream supplies orchards, gardens, livestock, and local industries while further testing may reveal deeper sources.
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Pacusé
Kan
Edward Parsley
Case
Coolidge
Atchison, Topeka & Santa In
Kansas
E. P. Taylor
Kansas Valley
Parsley
Coolige
Main Street
Syracuse
Dakota
Akota
Arkansas
Parsley Well
Taylor Ranch
State Line
Colorado
Lewis ‘Mathews
Hamilton
West Bridge
Bridge
Plum
Sand Nsas
Hamilton County
Rgtous
Mitchener
Syracuse Creek
Henry Block
Syracuse Journal
Block
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Modern Ocean Travel Mirrors an Age of Machinery
The essay notes faster ocean crossing times on Provence and Deutschland liners, with luxury accommodations and world news printed daily. It argues machinery boosts productivity across industries, citing sewing machines to paint factories, while workers historically resist change yet benefit overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Europe
Provence
Leslie’s
Elbert Hubbard
New York Plans Marine Museum and Astronomical Observatory
The city plans a large marine museum and astronomical observatory in Bronx Park near the botanical and zoological gardens. The facility will exhibit ships models, navigational tools, marine engines, and instruments, with research access for qualified investigators. The observatory will house a large telescope, magnetometers, seismographs, and timekeeping services for chronometer rating.
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New York
Great Marine Museum
Astronomical Observatory
City of
Bronx Park
Botanical Garden
Zoological Park
Nautical Museum
Cure for Whooping Gough in Mine Therapy Report
Irwin Pa through Jeannette area notes a Pittsburgh physician endorsing a mine cure for whooping cough. A ten month old baby is taken daily into the Penn mine by her father for two weeks, with sessions alternating surface and underground exposure to relief severe fits and spasms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gough
Irwin
Penn Mine
Pittsburg
Western Hamlet Criticism From 1878 Read At Dinner
Clyde Fitch read from his scrapbooks a dated 1878 western critique of Hamlet. The critic laments too much chinning and calls for hair raising situations and detectives, urging more action and love making with a sensational finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Fitch
Hamlet
Two Cent Fare Agitation Spreads Across States
Harrisburg secretary of the Pennsylvania state board of trade released letters from governors of several states supporting a uniform two cent maximum fare for steam railroads. Some western governors say time is not ripe due to sparse populations, while eastern states push for sooner reform as population grows.
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Harrisburg
S. M. Williams
Pennsylvania ‘State Board of Trade
United States
Mexico celebrates independence in Monterey ceremony
Monterey Mexico observes independence day with flag-raising at dawn and a salute from the barracks. The governor with his staff attends a Juarez Theater ceremony featuring readings of the decoration of independence and the national hymn. No trouble reported in Tamaulipas Nuevo Leon or Coahuila along the merged railway lines.
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Monterey
Mex
Mexico
Juarez Theater
Tamaulipas
Neuva Leon
Coahuila
New Yorker Rosebrook Arrested on Kansas Grand Larceny Charges
Frederick E. B. Rosebrook a Brooklyn merchant was arrested in New York on grand larceny charges from Kansas. Cowley County officers, with governor signed requisition warrants, allege Rosebrook as president of J. P. Baden Produce of Winfield made false statements about the bank’s funds.
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Kansas
New York
Frederick EB. Rosebrook
Brooklyn
Cowley County
Hoch
Rosebrook
C. A. Martin
First National Bank
Winfield, Kan
Cuban Hostilities Suspended to Seek Peace
Havana announces indefinite halt to hostilities after consulting arrested leaders and rebel emissaries. Government aims to reach peace before Secretary Taft arrives or U S intervention.
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Havana
Cuba
Taft
United States
Taft and Bacon Sail for Havana to Assess Cuban Situation
Secretary Taft and Assistant Secretary Bacon left Washington Sunday for Tampa to board a naval vessel bound for Havana. They travel under President Roosevelt's orders to ascertain the exact political situation in Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Bacon
Cuba
Washington, D, DC
Washington
Tampa
Fla
Havana
Roosevelt
General De Dioulin to Succeed Trepoff in St. Petersburg
Gen De Dioulin former prefect of St Petersburg will succeed the late Gen Trepoff as commandant of the imperial palace in St Petersburg Russia.
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de Dioulin
Trepoft
St. Petersburg
Russia
General Trepoff
Imperial Palace
Count Witte Arrest Sparks London Crowd Turmoil
The Daily Mail Berlin correspondent reports Count Witte arrived at Bad Soden to find a crowd surrounding his motor car outside his hotel. A man from the crowd spoke briefly to Witte before a policeman arrested him. Others in the crowd were detained in solidarity with the arrested companion, while police offered no details on the prisoners.
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London
Eng
The
Daily Mail
Berlin
Count Witte
Bad Soden
Count
Oklahoma Opening Celebration At 101 Ranch
Bliss Oklahoma hosted the thirteenth anniversary opening of the Cherokes strip with a wild west show and Indian exhibition. About 500 Indians and 400 cowboys participated in roping and riding events, making it the region’s largest gathering in years.
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Oklahoma
Bliss
Okla
Cherokes
Southwest
Lydia Pinkham and the cure for women's ailments
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health to tired women. It portrays chronic fatigue and neglect as a common problem and presents the product as the sure penalty for illness reversed by its use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia BH. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
Miss Kate McDonald of Woodbridge recounts how Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her female troubles including irregularities and weakness. The letter praises the remedy and notes Mrs Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn Mass for twenty five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Kate McDonald
Woodbridge
N. J
Pinktman
Education in Sweden Shows Universal Schooling System
The Craftsman notes Sweden mandates education for all children from seven to fourteen unless privately educated. About twelve thousand common schools exist, with ambulatory schools in thinly populated districts reducing term length to about half.
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Sweden
America
Rip Van Winkle on Stage Through the Ages
The piece traces Rip Van Winkle from 1829s first efforts to 1849 Washington Irving adaptation with Charles Burke and Joseph Jefferson. It notes Dion Boucicault’s 1865 London Adelphi production starring Thomas Jefferson in a Boucicault version.
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Rip van Winkle
Joseph Jefferson
Washington Irving
Charles Burke
Walnut Street Theater
Philadelphia
Mr. Burke
Rip
Mr. Jefferson Seth
Thomas Jefferson
Dion Bouccicault
London
Adelphi
Nervous Wreck Recovers Health After Pink Pills
Mrs. Green of Franklin Georgia reports massive recovery after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. Once bedridden with weakness and nervous trouble she gained from 104 to 180 pounds and regained sleep and energy. Pills sold by druggists or by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady New York.
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Williams
Green
RE. D. No
Franklin, Ga
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
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