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Kansas Tales of Storms and Wheat across Kansas
A long memorial of Kansas events reports lightning hitting the Santa Fe depot at Cherryvale, a threshing machine fire near Lincoln Center, heavy wheat yields in Ford and Reno counties, rising cattle shipments from Solomon, and a surge of bets on state crops. It notes droughty conditions, log rolling events, civic projects, and local incidents across multiple counties, including deaths, robberies, and public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Cherryvale
Wim. Molman
Lincoln Center
Solomon
Ford County
Nebraska
Canvarsing
Kansas
Stephen Booth
Larned
Henry Booth
John Strum
Wellsville
Winfield
Pottawatomie
Wabaunsee
Alma
Sixth
Kansas Cavalry Association
Galena
Lane
Missouri Pacific
Sedgwick County
Penitentiary
Beloit
Chicago
Henry Grother
Paola
Reno County Christian Endeavor Association
Pretty Prairie
Richmond
Ottawa
Isaae G. Reed
Wellington
Pennsylvania
JW. Parks
JS Parks
Elolt
Atchison County
Supreme Court
HU E. Wilson
John Brows
Harper's Ferry
Shaywnee County
Overbrook
J. M. Beebe
Norwich
Independence
Marion
Indiana
Pratt County
Xen
Sterf
Pulloing
Marysville
Leavenworth
Express
Bishop Pink
Visco
Galeos
Benison Linsergata
Scu
Gapital
Hhis
Mit
Missouri
Kinnsas Agricultural College
Fort Haye
Congress
Doe
New Media
Elder Plains
Salina
Caney
Concordia
Dickinson
Shawnee County
U.S. Battery
Riley
China
Kingman
Kansas Wesleyan University
Arthur Stewart
Dickinson County
Codey
General Chaffee
Kansas Supreme Court
Indies of Medicine Lodge
Sylvia
W. FE
Saline County
McPherson
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York Life Insurance Company
Sallie B. Hillman-Smith
Toston
State Oil Inspection Department
Sheri Smith
Comanche County
A. Dougherty
Eudora
Ward Kinney
McPherson County
Fort Scott
Eno
Shorne Enanty
Kane “Pan City
Coates
Millet Af Winsard