Big Texas spending by Funston staff chief rogers
In San Antonio Colonel Harry L. Rogers, chief quartermaster of the southern department on Funston's staff, is described as the area’s biggest spender. The article notes large purchases including 75,000 army shoes, 100,000 mosquito bars, and gas prices from 21 to 26 cents a gallon, with San Antonio deliveries at 22 cents. It highlights stock shortages like 100,000 extra cots and the handling of large Uncle Sam checks.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Harry L. Rogers
Funston
Southern Department
Uncle Sam
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Rogers
Pillory Tames Bride Beater Then Releases Man
Kansas City judge uses walking pillory to reform wife abusers. Eight T Pike, 23, promised to live with his wife and be good after being paraded in chains. He was released, while R B Stephens refused reform and was sent to the workhouse for one year.
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Brady
T. Pike
Kansas City
J.H. Brady
Splitlog Avenue
Pike
R. B. Stephens
Man Falls Twelve Floors Survives Cement Pavement
John Gervieno, working on a New York construction site, fell twelve stories but survived after his descent was diverted by a thin scaffold frame at the second floor. He landed sitting rather than on his head and was severely injured though doctors expected he would live.
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New York
John Gervieno
Muskrats Threaten Roads With Burrowed Gravel
In Valparaiso Indiana muskrats are blamed for destroying road surfaces near Kouts. Over two days three cars wrecked after drivers hit burrows beneath gravel. A Chicago man with an arm in a sling reported his family’s car rollover at the same spot, with a woman sustaining a broken arm.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Kankakee
Kouts
Chicago
Ite Speed. Aunt Jennie’s Hoarse Power Remark
The Baltimore American notes Aunt Jennie’s bad cold does not affect her talking capacity, adding she has considerable hoarse power left despite the illness.
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Jennie
Baltimore
A Well Pleased Man Dialogue
A fragment from Filegende Blactter presents a witty exchange about marriage. A bemused speaker questions the idea while contrasting happiness and unhappiness in commitment, reflecting social attitudes of courtship and duty.
An Author's Odd Aversion to Social Dining
Edward Fitzgerald, famed for stoicism and a dislike of others enjoying meals, despised watching people eat. His biographer notes he lived on bread and fruit, apple and pear, sometimes cheese, and milk puddings, while only joining social meals for tea with bread and butter.
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Edward Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
A. C. Benson
Genius and Appetite in Victorian Thought
The piece notes Sir Francis Galton’s claim that a strong appetite signifies genius and cites Scott as agreeing. It compares the belief to a furnace that burns hotter with greater output and mentions writers like Tennyson Dickens and Thackeray as examples of hearty eaters who digest well. It also references a letter to Canning about an article for the Quarterly Review and eating boiled chicken to firm up the prose.
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Francis Galton
Scott
Canning
Quarterly Review
Tennyson
Dickens
Thackeray
London
Vast Distances Highlight Texas Size in Railroad Distances
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Texas spans enormous rail distances. Houston to El Paso covers 833 miles, San Antonio to El Paso 820 miles, and Echo Texas to El Paso 944 miles. Brownsville to El Paso exceeds 1 200 miles, surpassing New York to Tampa or New York to St. Louis.
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Texas
Lone Star State
Houston
el Paso
New York
Chicago
San Antonio
el] Paso
Pittsburgh
Echo
Tex
Brownsville
Gulf Coast
New York City
Tampa
Fla
Springfield
St. Louis
Philadelphia Ledger
Why must life insurance be examined by a doctor
A cartoon caption from the Detroit Free Press questions the need for medical examination to obtain life insurance. It pokes fun at insurers wanting proof of strength to carry coverage.
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Detroit Free Prees
Shoes and coins spark domestic quip in Houston Post
A humorous exchange appears in the Houston Post where a wife questions the length of her shoes and a husband answers with a punchline about coins. The brief dialogue highlights light domestic wit.
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Houston Post
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H. C. Rogers
Pillory
Wife Beater
Indiana
Colo
Webraska Prosperity League
Wesley P. Adens
John Albertson Merchant
Pender
der. C. C. Allison
Jorge Antil Investments
Blair
Z. M. Baird
J. L. Baker
J. W. Bender
Parmer, Mump
Alfred Bratt
SENCA
Chash
Brown Real Estate Invest
W. J. Burgess
Harry V. Burkley
M. Bushman
Hartington
Prin
Albert Cahn
Louis S. Stockman, K
M. Fairfield Real Estate Investments
John N. Frenzer Real Estate Investments
FR. Gilmore
V. Golden Capitalist, O'Neill Ferdinand Haarmann
J. J. Hanighen
Fredo ED. Hunker
West Point
Frank B. Johnson
Omaha Printing CO
J. Karbach
J. T. Keeley
J. Kelly
Valenting
Nobrara
Frank B. Kennard
Jacob Klein
Beatrice
Bud Latta
TEA
G. M. F. Leflang
ATH
John A. Mohrbacher
Wymore
Sophus F. Neble
Frank A. Nims
Falls City
J. J. Novak
Wilber
J. J. O'Connor
George Parr
Nebraska City
Watson L. Purdy
Madison
Theodore Reimers Stockman
Fullerton
Carl Rohde
Metired Farver
John G. Rosicky
Cc. Roth
Fremont
John Schindler
Stanton
Schmoller
Theodore H. Serk Stockman
Neligh
Shukert
Harry &. Giman
Paul FP
Skinner
A. F. Smith
N. A. SP
HON. P
William Invest
Stafford
Norfolk
Store Ments
Arlington
Robert C. Strehlow
George
Tyler
A. J. Vierling
Paxton
Vierling Iron Works
Theodore Widaman
Aurora CO
BS. Willey
Randolph
N. Wolbach
Grand Island
R. M. Wolcott
Central City
Otto Zublow
Schuyler
Kansas
Boys’ Industrial School
Nebraska
UNQ Encioimmatory
Chas. M. Harger
Kansas State Board of Corrections
Board of Commissioners of State Instituations
J. K. Codding
Kansas Penitentiary
Kansas Conference of Charities and Corrections
Lawrence
Roy T. Osborne
Independence
M. G. McKenzie
Reformatory In
Reformatory and
Industrial School
Nebraska Prosperity League
L. F. Crofoot
W. J. Coad
J. B. Haynes
Omaha
Frank T. Pearce
Diller
Record Office
Claude Ellis
Dennis Tr
Diller, Nebraska
Odell
O. C. Diehl
Ss.b.viers
Diller, Neb
Jefferson County
Monroe Davis & Son
First National Bank
Fairbury, Neb
Ouice
Aiaamahe Street
Washington, O. c
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