Harvesters Brighten West With College Boys
A Newton Kansas correspondent recalls harvest time in 1907 when college youths helped on farms by forming baseball teams and delivering day scores. Their efforts boosted morale, drew local girls, and even helped a Saline County candidate win by cooking for harvesters. Farmers note mixed impact but credit the visitors with energy and education promotion.
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Kansas
Saline County
College
Prairie States
Fromie Tenderfoor
Harvest Season Voices Westward Labor Struggles and Worker Mix
A worker recounts rough experiences in Kansas amid a long harvest season. He notes unfamiliar farming, the ten hour system, and the need for outside labor as wheat fields stretch across vast territory. He observes a mix of Western workers, tramps, and farmers arriving by train seeking work, with college boys and others stepping in to help.
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Kansas
Iinois
Indiana
West
Notable Elements of Marion Trouble Report
Notes from Marion recount arrests by Chief Brown on Water street for breach of the peace involving Ed Stone and Joe Irvine with prior trip to Springfield. Fines set by Judge Thomas, confusion over payment, and eventual dismissal after revocation of costs. Also covered are George dack jailed for carrying liquor, Chick Weathers fined for drunken conduct, and a Bardstown post office safe dynamite robbery with $20 and a tamper theft.
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Lebanon
Ed Stone
Joe Irvine
Water Street
Brown
Springfield
Thomas
George Dack
Walker
George
John Crome
Weathers
Bardstown
John B. Weller
B D Lakes Real Estate Bargains Across Springfield Area
Listing of numerous Springfield area farms and town lots with hundreds of acres, barns, tobacco land, orchards, timber, water, and residential dwellings. Prices range from $15 to $75 per acre, with various distances from Springfield and neighboring towns, and easy-payment options noted. Many properties include multiple dwellings, stock barns, outbuildings, and water access. broad market for buyers seeking tobacco land and pasture.
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Good Pike
Depot
Maud
Seld
Pike
Prine
Cate Calee
Nelson Colony
Stoner
Rae
Nelson County
Washington County
Sortoreid
Lebanon
Bloomfield
Couney Neck
Prke
Main Street
Grundy
Covington
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Dr. J. C. Mudd
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Dr.w.w. Ray
C.W. Hagan’s Grocery
J. H. Lampton
M. D. Ngfield
Opera House
Ella Adams
T. Scott Mayes
Atty-At-Law
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W. D. Claybrooke
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