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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1901
Page
2
A Christmas tale blends hymns and humor, recounting Rev Stanwix and Appleburg ladies besieging him with slippers as a marriage push. Jane Wilkinson’s clumsy yet charming box leads to a wedding proposal and a happy, if unconventional, end.
The readable fragments discuss President Roosevelt and ongoing vote patterns. It notes that names of presidents and Americans receiving votes mention Roosevelt and Bryan in a college town context. Several sentences reference letters appearing in names and exclusions, but the exact facts remain fragmentary.
Interior Department rules prohibit commutation of homestead entries for townsite purposes under section 24 of the 1890 act in Kiowa Comanche and Apache reservations. Lawton cases of Beal and Wood are blocked from proof of claim, with a 14 month limit, while many projected townsites lose patents at $1 per acre. Regional weather: Sioux City and Crosse report severe cold with zero to 40 below readings and blizzards in several states.
The Topeka report says county clerks charged with selling laws meant for Justices of the Peace and township trustees. A corrected list will be compiled and distributed to clerks with orders for proper delivery, while each official will receive notice by postal card that copies have been sent and he may obtain his own by calling. In Tennessee, a Black man escapes from a stockade plantation and aids kidnapping charges against Ben Nilam, a former slave in Lawrence County. A communications outage from London floods northern lines, while a Kansas man inherits 94000 dollars from a Kansas woman after a postal romance ends in fortune.
A fragment from a legislative report notes Senators from various states sparring over a migration bill that would restrict entry for non Canadians, fund resettlement expenses, and grant United jurisdiction over lynching cases. It mentions Senators Tilman and Laurin from South Carolina and a controversial proposal to set aside land for industrial institutions and Chinese immigration restrictions.
A crowded hall heard updates on various measures as lawmakers debated the Hay Pauncetote treaty and related bills. Officers announced routine business ahead of executive season while committees discussed canal projects and pension provisions.
Martin Veneman returned home to his wife after an unsuccessful job search when he received a letter from Pittsburg stating he has fallen heir to $100,000 from his grandfather's estate.
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railroad directors accepted W G Purdy’s resignation and elected William B G Leeds as the new president in New York on December 14. The move follows Purdy’s stepping down, signaling a leadership transition at the RR I.
The secretary of war shifted the transport Kilpatelek from the New York Manila line to the San Francisco route to expedite sending troops and supplies. The vessel, now at Manila, will help move troops between the two routes, a voyage estimated twice as long from New York to Manila as from San Francisco. Governor Ferrason declines to comment on Oklahoma patronage endorsements, suggesting Delegate Flynn handle matters.
A notice praises Prof Adkin of Vitadopathy offering free diagnosis and treatment for any disease. He claims power to cure at distance and in person, citing testimonials from doctors and patients, and urges readers to write for assistance regardless of condition.
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