Kansan Notes of Interest From Chanute to Topeka
Across Kansas items report Clifton waterworks finished and 244 revival conversions at Wellington. A Topeka district attorney appointee, McKeever, and a Mulhall Oklahoma gas oil lease. Lawrence court house site bids, Moran town women in public roles, and smallpox counts. Sugar beets, railroad changes, and a Topeka school site proposal appear amid varied state notices and local updates.
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Clifton
Wellington
Stone
Topeka
FE. D. McKeever
District of Kansas
Mulhall
Oklahoma
Douglas County
Lawrence
Edward D. McCoy
Wilmot
Kansas
Bowersock
Kansan
Mellin- Tey
Southern Stock and Grain Company
St. Tavis
Sallan
Salina
Garden City
Indian Agency
White Rooks
Utah
Myton
White Bowls
Martin
State Capitol
Mell Adams
Smith
County
Joseph T. Speer
Chandler
C. V
Ernest Fahrig
Philadelphia
Trego
Kaunas
Jas. Wiggins
Santa We
State Board of Charities
Leavenworth
Atchison
Wichita
Kansas City
Doster
Pittsburg
Moran
Fort Scott
Missouri Pacific
Onvy
Scott County
Cass
Uf. S. Supreme Court
Kansas Day Club
T Representative Hall
State House
Cudahy
Anmour
Washington
Janary
J. W. Stone
A. R
Barton County
Great Bend
Keystone
Sterling
Henry Ueitfelt
Idaho
Seneca
Kas
Auprems Court
Syracuse
Iis Commercial Club
Empire
Galena Pastidion
Chanute
Phy
Tts
Uuterfon
Nortoy Tolf Club
Uie
Smith County
Ems
The Day of Days Recalled In Ancient Verse
A fragmentary verse recounts joy at a destined return and a hopeful dawn. The speaker imagines hearts made ready to welcome a long awaited event as a winter gives way to summer and lights a new birth.
Christmas Eve Train Companions Share Quiet Resolve
Snowbound travelers on a Western passenger train discuss the plight of a poor widow with two children and vow to give the youngsters a Christmas. A drummer, cowboy, and cattleman join the plan after hearing the mother’s struggle since her husband’s death. The children sob as they await an uncertain holiday.
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Olaleter
Ian
Aieep
Inet
Parson
Christmas on the Cold Prairie Car
A cattleman and a traveling man share Christmas aboard a snowbound train car. They help two children with a handmade tree and gifts acquired from a baggage car, culminating in a hundred dollar bill for the mother. The scene contrasts rugged generosity with mystery around a merchant’s judgment and a father’s character.
Homemade Christmas Candies A Guide To Crafting Treats
A vintage guide urges readers to gift fancy boxed candies as prized, affordable alternatives to store bought sweets. It covers making peanut candy with molasses, hints on nut blanching and using decorative baskets, waxed paper, ribbons, and rosettes, plus tips on wrapping and presentation.
Christmas Liberty Aboard a Warship In Navy Lore
An ardent naval officer describes how sailors on a battleship celebrate Christmas with near total liberty. Rules loosen, meals and hours relaxed, and the ship’s routine gives way to a pandemonium on deck and in the cabins. Some crews seek land leave in port, while chaplains offer simple services and the captain’s authority fades for the day.
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Bes
Lemat
Cours
Expensive Kitchen Cutts of the Spanish Court
The piece notes the Spanish royal kitchen as the costliest, valuing the cooking ware at about 76 000 dollars and describing gold fed pots and gemset plates used at the royal table. It speculates a full contents sale could fetch over five million dollars.
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Peralula
Avetten
First Bohemian woman earns doctorate at Prague University
At Pakinsot Kips last week Franzeln Dr. became Bohemia's first woman to receive a doctor's degree from Prague University. Promotion to doctor of philosophy required admission form and a ceremonial kiss as a sign of close union. The London Telegraph notes the occasion amid broader European population comparisons and land allotments in Britain versus Norway.
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Pakinsot Kips
Bohemia
Franzeln
Prague
Sete
London ‘Telegraph
Low rise buildings in Japan urge four story limit
Architects in Japan enforce a four story height rule to reduce earthquake risk. Earthquakes are frequent, sometimes two in a month, but damage is seldom great.
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Japan
Garden of Eden claim spurs Western Canada interest letter
A 27 May letter from Jas G Armstrong of Meltford Saskatchewan praises Western Canada as a rich outdoor paradise. He notes abundant fruit wild and cultivated, cattle and horse grazing, flowering prairies, lakes and rivers, plus timber and mountains, inviting others to visit and contact the Canadian government agent for more information.
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Reed City
Michigan
Canada
Government of Canada
Churchill gifts book to General Tucker in India tale
Winston Spencer Churchill once gave a copy of his first book to General Tucker then stationed in Secunderbad. The young Churchill asked if it was meant to be read and joked that he keeps it in his dressing room and tears a page each morning to wipe his razors.
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India
Winston Spencer Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Gen. Tucker
Hhs
Secunderbad
Churchill
English novelist's life touched by horseshoes and history
Mrs Arthur Stannard, author of Jolim Strange Winter, recounts finding horseshoes at home which inspired her literary breakthrough. She notes the Palestine Exploration Fund's excavations in western Judea over two years reveal remnants spanning fifteen centuries, defining two main proto- periods across Jewish, Seleucid, and Roman eras.
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Xnila
Arthur Stannard
Lfe
Jolim
Jatex
Palestine Exploration Fund
Omer
Judea
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Kansad
Anmeree
Fort Beott
Bedgwick
John Guthrie
Topol
Topelen
Argentine
Polrunry
Franklin County
Norton County
Shawnee County
Nevada
Jos. Smith
Pratt
Panhandle
Fowler
New Jersey
Helolt
Weis
Calderbend
Kanass
Dakine and Currency
Distriot
Avery Turner
Peros, Valley
Santa Fe
Nichols
Arkansas City
Kansas Southwestern
Frisco
Knsas City Packers
Barney Lintry
Lantryy Company
Henry Warn
Santry Company
Sveral
Tomn
Strong City
Union Pavilic
Grainfield
Bend
Chas L. Seagraves
Colorados
Edwein H. Brown
Girard
Union Pacific Railroad
Joplin
W. B. Smith
Board ‘of Railroad Commissioners
Senta Pe
Memphis
Santa Claus
Balit
Nick
Claus
Ray
Santa Clara
Mpanion
Pat Santa Claus
Ciel
Cattlerman
Cottieman
Norway
Europe
Saskatchewan
Western
Garden OF Eden
Alberie
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