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Newspaper
The Chanute Times
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1901
Page
3
A jumble of children’s verses and a long tale about Mrs. Spider living near a bathroom window. The stories contrast a naughty boy who teases girls with a spider defending her home against brooms and the North Wind helping tidy up.
A Wisconsin paper reports an elderly man living for years in a hollow linden tree near Marquette. He is a skilled cabinet maker who moved from Detroit and carved a door, window, and inner walls. The space includes a circular seat, fur bed, oil stove, and music from fifteen instruments.
Workers digging for a plot foundation along the Wanebeck at Sheepwesh, Northumberland, uncovered a very old bridge arch 12 feet below the river bed. The vaulted structure remains largely intact, though the date of construction is unknown.
A Pike County farmer, Wm. C. B. Sullivan, aged 49 and brother to ex Representative Sullivan, credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with a miraculous recovery after two years of kidney trouble and rheumatism. He went from crippled to able to work daily, praising the medicine as a true miracle. A Prussian minister with French Huguenot heritage is noted as elevated by Emperor William.
One of the oldest nurseries and experimental grounds in Kansas situated at Lawrence. Proprietor A. H. Griesa offers famed fruit varieties including Superb Apricot, Mele Strawberry, Kansas, Lawrence and Cardinal Raspberries. Also originator of early Melon Apple, Russian Olive, Catalpa Bunge and the new Tamarix.
The ancient birthplace at Mantua, long silent, is revived after nearly two centuries as local efforts move to erect a monument. Community leaders announce groundwork and fundraising to honor the poet Virgil with a commemorative site, signaling cultural restoration.
A jumble of ad copy and notes praises for Wizard Oil Red Cross Ball Blue and Yellowstone Park scenery from Oregon Short Line Railway. Mentions druggists grocers and stamps to obtain a promotional booklet while referencing women and stepmother in a fragmented column.
Missouri Pacific Railway operates double daily service from St. Louis and Kansas City to Colorado Utah and the Pacific coast. Trains leave St. Louis 9 am and 10 10 pm Kansas City 6 pm and 9 pm. Through sleeping car between St. Louis and San Francisco. Excursion tickets on sale. For details contact H. C. Townsend, G P A, St. Louis.
An extended Yellowstone Park tour is planned by the American Tourist Association with Atom Campbell as general manager. The itinerary features long stops at places like Pike's Peak and Garden of the Gods, plus a Salt Lake City visit. Alaska and northern extensions may be included. Costs cover tickets and expenses, with full particulars on application to Bleckley, Wichita.
The article extols Yellowstone National Park as a world class sight with geysers like Old Faithful and Giant. It describes their heights and intervals, notes 33 notable geysers, and highlights travel by Oregon Short Line to Monida Montana with stagecoach routes and affordable hotel options for visitors.
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