Smithton Notes June Visit Norfolk to World Fair
Miss Edith Stoner of Kansas City visits Miss Bessie Griffin in Smithton. Miss Julia Brady leaves for the World's Fair. August Kroschim and wife shop in Smithton. E Hotsenpiller plans a new house. Ruth Hinsinger visits Aunt Mrs Sneed. Children's day exercises at M E church. Ed Ringen noted as a Sunny South seeker. Marie Morey returns home after uncle Rufus Money's death. Harry Sneed Captain John Sneed and Ed Monsees report a good fishing night. Dr Leavens and J A Myer travel to Smithton. Dr Ed Albers visits.
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Smithton
Edith Stoner
Kansas City
Bessie Griffin
Julia Brady
August Kroschim
Queen City
E. Hotsenpiller
Ruth Hinsinger
Harry Sneed
John Sneed
Ed Monsees
Striking Indian Nomenclature Describes Lakeside Spots
The article touts Canadian and American summer outing spots with Indian names like Muskoka and Kawartha. It notes easy access via the Grand Trunk Illinois Centre war route St Louis to Montreal and announces effective June 1 low round trip fares from the Southwest. Free descriptive literature and timetables available from the Grand Trunk Railway Advertising Department in Chicago.
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Muskoka
Magnetewan
Kawartha
Tasey
St. Louis
Mon
Southwest
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams St
Chicago
Geo. W. Vaux
Iola Loses Streak as Sedalia Ends 16-Game Run
The Goldbugs beat Iola 5 runs to 4 in Sedalia, breaking Iola’s 16 game winning streak. Curtis pitched well for Sedalia with six hits allowed. Root struggled. Errors, including a Shumeyer miscue, helped Sedalia win while Iola’s defense faltered.
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Curtis
Goldbugs
Iola
Sedalia
Root
Shumeyer
White
Rohn
Pee
Lola
Bauer Risley Shumeyer
Seigle
Davis
Wilson
Milsap
Scroggin
Lee
Hatter
Shanks
Change in skin color of Julius Jackson puzzles doctors
Julius Jackson, a ten year old boy from New Frankfort in Saline county, is reportedly shedding his black skin with parts of his body turning white and hair becoming straight. Doctors say there is no disease evident, leaving experts puzzled.
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Julius Jackson
Frankfort
Saline County
Hollister's Tea Promises Strong, Healthy Children
An advertisement by W. E. Bard Drug Co. touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as making children strong and well with a no pay guarantee if it fails. The offer lists 35 cents for tea or tablets.
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Hollister
W. E. Bard Drug Co
Ice Cream Soda Question Sparks Farris’s Endorsement
A reader asks where to find a good ice cream soda and is advised Farris’s as the place. The note reflects local loyalty and casual dining chatter from the era.
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Farris
Topeka Defeats Joplin in Low-Scoring Battery Match
In Topeka yesterday the Batteries beat Joplin in a tight game with final figures showing Topeka 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 and Joplin 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3. Players Ritter Van derhill Carter and Schrant led Topeka, while Van derhill and Carter contributed strong plays for Joplin alongside Ritter.
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Topeka
Joplin
Ritter
Vanderhill
Carter
Schrant
Leavenworth Springfield Batteries Listed in Record
Leavenworth and Springfield entities appear in a brief notice listing batteries involving Speer Schmidt Ford Ul rich along with adjacent codes 011600200-492 and 101000000-265. The terse item identifies the parties and places without extended context.
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Springfield
Leavenworth
Speer and
Schmidt
Ford
Ulrich
Baseball Notes From Fort Scott Pittsburg Game Postponed
Schranz played his first game for the Saints yesterday and performed well. He swung the bat safely in his debut as the Fort Scott Pittsburg contest was postponed yesterday.
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Fort Scott-Pittsburg
Schranz
Saints
Portland Cottage Rat Diplomacy Delights Kennebec Journal
A Portland man using a winter mercy tactic fed a Cape cottage rat weekly, trading sustenance for restraint. The plan, proposed by the owner after a failed trapping campaign, resulted in the rodent abstaining from further depredations in exchange for the promised bounty.
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Portland
Cape
Kennebec Journal
A Criminal Paradise on Spain's Zafarina Islands
Chicago News reports that Spain's Zafarina Islands host a convicts paradise where prisoners must stay on the island and return to prison at night unless granted leave The warders act as liquor sellers and illicit trading flourishes with knives revolvers and tools acquired in the hostleries and wineshops.
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Spain
Zafarina Islands
Islands
Chicago News
Christmas Package Plea From Nome News
A verse recounts a costly Christmas package carried from fifteen shops to a home in Nome. The wife greets the parcel with icy rebuke, asking where it came from and ordering the husband to bed as a moral tale of acquisitive excess.
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Nome
Umbrella Lock Averts Misuse With Hidden Combination Device
An eastern inventor introduces a device that encloses an umbrella spring latch to stop unauthorized opening. It includes a simple combination lock. the owner can open it in darkness, with clicking sounds indicating the correct combination during operation.
A Much Married German
A German man from Dreglingen has married eleven times. His first three wives died young, the next two drowned, one killed herself, three died in succession, the tenth was gored by a bull, and his eleventh bride recently wed after a postponement caused by her leg amputation after a railway accident last year.
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Dreglingen
Germany
Missouri Leaders and Heritage Highlight State Pride
Missouri is extolled as a diversified and independent state while the Old Missouri Harmony Singing Class of Morristown Indiana, founded in 1873, marks its thirty first reunion with survivors aged seventy six to eighty six. The Missouri World’s Fair commission outlines prize plans duplicating cash awards won by Missouri livestock in global horse jack and mule classes.
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Missouri
Old Missouri Harmony Singing Class
Morristown
Ind
Missouri World’s Fair Commission
Actress Julia Marlowe Endorses Peruna Nerve Tonic
New York actress Julia Marlowe writes in support of Peruna the nerve tonic from The Peruna Medicine Co. She praises its digestion aiding properties and vitality boosting effects for nervous systems especially in spring. The ad promises testimonials nationwide and offers refunds if benefits are not met.
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Peruna Medicine Co
Julia Marlowe
New York City
Peruna
United States
Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Exposition livestock prize plan and prize fund distribution
The plan outlines prize allocations for cattle hogs sheep and goats at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. It sets a $50,000 prize pool upon classification by the livestock chief and divides any remaining balance up to $20,000 among animals by head counts: horses 12, cattle 10, hogs 8, sheep 6, goats 4. Poultry exhibit receives $7,000 separate from these sums.
For Rent Roomy BeigrPt House on West Broadway
For rent a room in a modern conveniences house at 209 West Broadway. Apply 20 percent West Broadway.
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Beigrpt
West Broadway
Broadway
Lake Shore Summer Tours promotion brochure
The Lake Shore Railways book titled Summer Tours to help plan vacations will list mountain lake and seashore destinations. It can be obtained by applying to B. P. Humphrey T. P. A. at the Boston Building in Kansas City or C. F. Daly chief A. G. P. A. in Chicago.
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Lake Shore
B. P. Humphrey
Boston Building
Kansas City
C. F. Daly
Chicago
Jolly Old Maiden Lady Drinks Rocky Mountain Tea
A portrait of a refined woman who always uses Rocky Mountain Tea before bed. The ad from W. E. Bard Drug Co highlights a sensible habit tied to a high society persona and a preferred health product.
Missouri Pacific Train Passes Offer Limited June Fare
ST LOUIS passengers can ride Missouri Pacific trains for five dollars starting June 6 for seven days. The deal excludes baggage checks and sleepers, with no baggage check service available on the fare.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Train Service Schedule From Sedalia to Colorado Springs
Denver route unchanged with daily chair car and sleeper options from Sedalia to Colorado Springs and Denver. Train departs Sedalia at 2 20 PM daily.
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Sedalia
Colorado Springs
Denver
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J. A. Myer
Ed Albers
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Treal
Iola Gaslighters
Pittsburg
Bauers
Sebeaugh
Baerwald
Pirates
Stoner
Armstrong
Vanderhilt
Topeka Journal
Regis
Cannon
L. Pet. Iola
Pitsburg
Severe
PO A
S. B. Cook
Secretary of State
State Treasury
Lucy Ann Pritchard
DeKalb County
Maysville
St. Joseph
Weston
Sugar Lake
BP Lile
Sherwin-Williams
Arlington Pharmacy
Albert I. Loewer
Elks
Baseball Notes
His Package
The
Enterprise Oil and Gas Co
Standard Oil Co
B. B. Wheeler
General Mgr
Muskogee
Indian Territory
Commercial National Bank of
N. W. Henry
C. L. Steele
B. A. Randle
First National Bank
John R. Thomas
United States District
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