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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1901
Page
5
An old clipping notes Secretary Gage takes far fewer holidays than Root and past Chicago life, while an advertisement promotes a starch product claiming to restore washable fabrics. Other items mock and praise various wares and a Manila execution cited as a sign of officer care for local sentiment.
Topeka reports state educational funds hold about 1.5 million dollars in bonds issued by Kansas municipalities. From the last six months, several funds reduced debt. Shawnee county dominates debt in multiple funds with large holdings. Oklahoma counties and other states’ bonds finance the college fund. A second item notes a roundhouse explosion victims identified amid widespread property damage. Cleveland reports more water works tunnel accidents along Lake Erie with new casualties.
A large explosion at the Atlantic Refining plant in Philadelphia destroyed a massive tank area. Five men died and many were seriously injured as over a dozen tanks of benzine and petroleum burned. The loss runs into millions of dollars with extensive damage to facilities and machinery.
Topeka Aug. 20 State Auditor George B. Cole will prepare a bill detailing Kansas paid in Quintrell raid scrip. Lenders sought federal compensation for losses, the state advanced funds and issued scrip, now compiling figures to present to Congress for reimbursement. The total is about 500000 and Kansas hopes its delegation can push the measure through.
Lawton attracts diverse newcomers from across the United States and beyond as new frame buildings rise on townsite plots. Brick yards face delays, wells pose hazards, freight congestion continues, and rail activity remains busy with no serious injuries reported. Nearby items note labor disputes in Columbus and Lakeview fires, with national political mentions and Kansas irrigation tensions amid schoolhouse developments in Lawrence.
In Guthrie Oklahoma on August 26 authorities report the final appraisal of all 40 acre tracts in the Kiowa and Comanche lands district. Lessees’ 160 acre limits remain. topographical records are being made and bidding will determine possession for three years at the appraised value. Funds aim to recover losses from surrendered leases.
Cloudburst damage hits Collinsville Alabama as batteries at Fort Morgan suffer storms losses. Pensions disbursements total 84 million dollars in the late 19th century. Indian school study manuscript moves to printers. Knights Templar in New Mexico form grand commandery. Mina mines in Matewan WV hire two unions as strikers depart. Women retail clerks organizing nationwide with organizer Jack Winters. A San Francisco gold heist suspect pleads guilty and gets 15 years. Shatter plans to end steel strike remain undisclosed. Dockery announces militia disbandment near Pierce City over mob killings. Waldersee criticized after China trip. Union Pacific depot fire engulfs freight at Council Bluffs. Townsend’s water value cited after New York streetcar theft. Hawaiian-born Chinese granted U.S. citizenship by judge. Whitesboro Texas racially charged killings. Chicago trolley-train collision kills five, injures ten. Youngstown ammonia explosion kills three, injures eleven. Pacific Northwest ships thousands of heaves to Dawn. Gulf coast relief aids sent. Elma Iowa loses block of blue nest houses. Union Pacific land sales totals and government allotments cited. Oklahoma land allotments under dispute. Endowment gift to Columbia University for Chinese chair noted.
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