Kansans Cite Various Local Developments and Incidents
Kansas brief notes report diverse items from several towns. Topics include a Nebraska-style legislative salary vote, a Topeka charity for horses, a Luverne building boom with a new court wing, and Missouri Pacific railroad ties to a chief justice position. Reports cover earthquakes in Guatemala, whiskey and tobacco concerns, coal shortages in Liberal, and a string of small-town projects, crimes, and civic concerns across the state.
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Connell Grove
Jupar Dosten
Supreme Court
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Missouri Pacific
Rogal
Hutchinson
State Reformatory
Reformatory
Boscort
Horton
Foster Humane Society
Topeka
Cr. Master
Kansas Avenue
Copeland Hotel
Society
Kansas Events and Miscellany From Parity Era
Integeted notes from Parvity era Kansas news detail local families of Atchivon, weather, politics, stock, and court items. It reports Owen old Tidwell and spouse wintering with son D. Bidwell, cattle weather remarks by M Campbell, election vote counts in Kansas and South Carolina, and various regional short items from Topeka, Wichita, and surrounding counties.
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Owen Old
Yea Tooxrutt
W. Tidwell
Atchivon
Wetmors
D. Bidwell
Tiswell
Governor Seeks Kennel Reform Cutting State Boards
Governor Stanley calls for sweeping reductions in state boards arguing wasteful pay and overlapping duties. He urges consolidating charities and penal institutions under single managers and folding all three educational boards into one to reduce costs. He says reforms would comfort taxpayers but anger politicians.
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Topeka
Thi
Teast
Kanaan
Stanley
Charities
Jubr
Storm Hits Chicago With Strong Winds And Heavy Rain
One of the year’s heaviest storms struck Chicago as wind reached fifty two miles an hour and rain poured in sheets. Officials reported no loss of life on Lake Michigan due to early danger signals, and by daylight no boats had left port. Telegraph and telephone wires suffered extensive damage across the city.
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Star
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Husband Rules Sandusky Home Head of Family Ruling
A Sandusky court held a husband may eject his mother in law from a home owned by his wife, conceding he is head of the family while preserving force only to prevent further disturbance. The case involved Oscar Green fined for assaulting Mrs Hebblethwaite of Topeka on December 5.
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Sandusky
Rourt
Oscar Green
Hebblethwaite
Reed Dies in Washington Former House Speaker
Thomas Brackett Reed longtime public figure and former speaker of the U S House died in his Arlington hotel room in Washington late Sunday night due to uremia. He deteriorated after early morning worsened condition and received saline transfusions as his kidneys failed. He remained conscious until 11pm before a coma and death an hour later.
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Washington, Dow
Thomas Brackett Reed
House of Representatives
Arlington Hotel
Ato O
The Winfield Well Fire and Gas Flow Incident
In Winfield on December 3 the big half ton drill bored six inches, releasing water, gravel, gas sand and gas into the air up to 75 feet. The flame ignited the temporary structure when a torch was used. A cap partially controlled the pressure as gas flow was estimated at one to three million feet.
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Mxpica
Storunes
K. U
University of Kansas
Kansas
Missouri
Rock Island
M. Holtzclaw
Din
Wixcrutin
Winfield
Dec
Heavy Loan of Lumber Sparks Destructive Fire
A spark in Ratportage Ont ignited cedar piles at Ratportage Lumber yards in Norman Ont. Twenty five million feet of lumber burned along with six steamboats two barges and warehouses. Efforts to stop the blaze aim to protect homes and chattels in the town. Topela Ont reports a bill proposal to extend chattel mortgage terms to match note life, reducing annual renewals and costs.
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Ratportage
Ont
Ratportage Lumber Company
Norman
Lemly
Topela
Hill
Russell
Anti-Combine Bills discussed in Washington House
A batch of bills to regulate commercial combinations was introduced in the House, none an administration measure. Attorney General Knox has not endorsed or rejected them, and attention will shift to his views when judiciary committee reviews the proposals.
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Washington
Knox
Judiciary Committee
el Dorado
Dec
J. ©. Brownfield
Jose Morrison
Dovwnfield
Mint Morrison
River flood forecast raises danger as Shreveport braces
The Shreveport area faces rising waters with the river forecast to climb 334 feet in three days and then recede. Residents, including hundreds of freed Black residents, evacuate to safety while city officials monitor high water and potential disruption to dwellings and roads. Local authorities report minimal overall danger so far despite scattered impacts.
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Shreveport
Threreport
Fragmented OCR: unclear warship training ship plan
The readable text describes a naval context with references to a training ship, costs around half a million, and a converted hull at a yard. Names and precise details are obscured by garbled OCR, leaving a partial outline of a proposal to convert or repurpose a cruiser into a training ship and the associated expenditure.
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Philadelphia
Twiget Soma
Aeliars
Bereiodel
Ate
Nigel
oDleh
St Jacobs Oil Proclaimed a Miracle Rheumatism Cure
A stream of endorsements claims St Jacobs Oil relieves decades of rheumatic back pain and boils down to rapid relief and quick return to daily work. Testimonials from publishers, doctors, and druggists praise its effectiveness and rising sales across Ohio, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Illinois.
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George Scleyer
the Triiton
Wis
Volkabote
Weed
Jacobs
F. Hadder
Cleveland
Ohio
C. L. Brundage and Son
Muskegon
Mich
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Louis Hinkel
East Poosti Kill
Herman Rittner
Manchester
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Palestine
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Reading
Woman sues for divorce over husband’s church devotion
A woman files for divorce claiming her husband “gives too much attention to the church.” The complaint suggests the move may unsettle other women who believed they understood men.
Transit of Venus A rare celestial event for distance measure
A transit of Venus occurs only four times in 288 years. It is of great importance to astronomers because it provides an opportunity to measure the Earth sun distance.
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Venus
Church Attractions by Rev Wilson Carlisle Shows Moving Pictures
London minister Rev. Wilson Carlile introduces moving pictures into church services and offers free coffee to all attendees as they leave the church.
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Wilson Carlile
London
Trouble In Australia Threatens Birds and Insects
A recent widespread distribution of poison for rodent extermination in Australia has caused unintended bird deaths. The resulting ecological impact threatens to unleash a pest of insects across the country as a consequence of the poisonings.
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Australia
The Hanson Family Credit Dodd s Kidney Pills Fame
Ashley North Dakota notes. J H Hanson credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with restoring work ability after rheumatic heart illness and dropsy. Mrs Hansen also reports improvement. Other scattered clippings about cures, bonuses, and habits follow in a typical late 19th or early 20th century newspaper miscellany.
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Ashley
N. D
J. H. Hanson
Dodd
Mr. Hanson
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