Kansas News Roundup From Free Press
The Free Press reports Clyde Joints closed by order of the mayor after an inquisition into Maquor Violations. Kansas Southern inaugurates Sunday passenger service from Arkansas City to Gentle Springs and Anthony. Conviction in larceny from Santa Fe Freight Cars carries one to seven years. A Florence fire destroys a tent and five horses. Alfalfa plans cited as impressive in Goodland. Brown County teachers scarce male positions. more women teachers available. Highland University and Milkland referenced with historic notes. Train fatality near Florence and a guardian arrangement for the victim’s son. Kansas Versus Colorado water rights case testimony and Supreme Court timing. State wins first point in Standard Oil trust case. James Lewis arrested for Wichita home burglaries. Captain P W W Comey urged as possible commander in chief of G A R. State Printing Building ground broken. harvest rates announced for June.
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Figter Lamotte
Santa Fe
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HE. Wolfenberger
Atchison, Toyoka
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Joes
Jamey Lewis
Wichita
Baey
Lewis
Dougings Avenue
Pabrique
P. W W. Comey
Kanese
Tates
Order
Topeka
State Printing Building
Kansas
Natural Ean
Acetylene light eyed to protect sight and schools
The article argues acetylene gas provides a clear steady light safer for eyes than kerosene or coal gas. It notes growing use in homes churches and schools and predicts fewer defective eyes, especially among children, as lighting improves. It also relays a moral anecdote about John Adams and a brief railway conductors convention stance on rate regulation.
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Chicsgo
Beere
Alice
Cnd
Miss C. Fount
Railroad Passes and Political Favor in 1882 Kansas
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer report recalls Lew Hanback of Kansas at the 1882 Republican state convention. He drew on a Union Pacific book of passes to help political allies, issuing three blanks to carry dozens by rail. An investigation later questioned the abuse of passes and the letter warned against using passes for many named individuals.
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Lew Hanback
Congress
Hanback
Sever
Topeka
Archie Williams
Atttorney
Union Pacific
Willams
Hantack
John Doe
Williamy
Mose
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Air for the House Thought to Reach Homes Soon
An old forecast argues squid air nitrogen and oxygen will be delivered to households within a decade for cooling at low cost. Inventors describe a plant producing squid air equivalent to 200 tons of ice daily, with pipes and coils integrated into home systems and insulated containers for domestic use. The piece notes nitrogen preservation benefits and possible ice removal from kitchen refrigeration.
Distressing Housekeeping Tales and a Gigantic Cannon Ball
Mrs Hetty Green discusses housekeeping perils noting accidents in daily domestic life. A Bellows Falls party dessert prompts a witty reply about false teeth. A Simmons baby recovers from chicken pox amid social chatter. The largest cannon ball weighs 600 pounds forged at Krupp Essen for the czar and fired from a colossal gun in Kronstadt fortifications.
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Hetty Green
Bellows Falls
Mary
Kdipp Works
Essen
Fred
Cronstadt
Niles
Soak Railway Sentries and Curious Repartee
The Siberian railway sentries complain engine drivers with suspected anti imperial leanings soak them by opening steam valves as engines pass. A distracted dialogue follows about leap year and banter on horseless transportation, mixing misheard words and playful repartee.
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Siberian
Veteran Joshua Heller Endorses Kidney Pills in 1899 Letter
Veteran Joshua Heller of 706 South Walnut Urleans UL praises Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney relief after 1899. He notes repeated effectiveness in attacks and endorses the product, available from druggists for 25 cents per box, amid broader ad copy and moralistic lines from the era.
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Joshua Heller
Walnut Street
Urleans
Dean
Billale
N. Y
The Value O Antiseptics Discovery Delicate Surgical Ops
The article notes antiseptics made possible operations once deemed impossible and reduced mortality. It contrasts forty years ago with today, describing safer abdominal penetration, quicker wound healing, and shorter bed confinement after amputations, though occasional cases remain risky.
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Geome
Food in Sermons: A Clergyman Praises Grape-Nuts
A hardworking pastor testifies that switching from oatmeal and eggs to Grape-Nuts with cream and Postum cured morning indigestion and headaches. He reports improved digestion, energy for work and sermons, and notes others have benefited similarly, mentioning a missionary to China.
England Prepares to Enter War as Europe Braces
Pars June 20 report says Franco German talks on Morocco stall with no progress and France may reject an international conference. Germany pressures France while Britain vows to resist threats to its interests. Prime Minister Rouvier pursues conciliation but demands yield to German terms. British cabinet unanimously seeks peace yet stands ready to act if Kaiser presses Britain. Villa Urra informs Madrid that Spain will follow other powers on Morocco conference moves.
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France
Germany
London
Paris
Rouvier
William
Lord Lansicwne
Great Britain
Madrid
Senor Villa Urrutia
Baby falls from window and foundling rescue at Union Station
News briefs describe a baby falling to its death from a cay window near St Louis as sixty one infants from New York Foundling Asylum are saved under trains at Union station. Infants are to be sent to Texas for adoption while other disjointed items report a torpedo explosion killing Koreans, resignations in St Petersburg, and shipping unease in London.
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St. Louis
New York
Union Station
Telay
Joseph Brown
St Louis
Texas
New Tribal Tax Wrinkle In Creek Nation Tax Case
Muskogee attorney W J Crump argues tribal tax applies only to the quarter in which a professional works, paying 6 50 for the June 30 quarter while the order demanded full year payment. He declines to state his years practicing in Muskogee, hoping to win the legality challenge. Pope Receives Students in Rome Twenty American seminarians ordained this year met the pope at private audience on Trinity Sunday. Monsignor Kennedy presented Professor J Edwards of Notre Dame and 150 guests attended a dinner at the American College with Archbishops and bishops among the attendees.
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I. T
W. J. Crump
Pope
Rome
Monsignor Kennedy
American College
United States
J. Edwards
Notre Dame University
Indiana
Archibishop Ryan
Philadelphia
Keane
Dubuque
Garvey
Altoona
General Gomez Dies in Havana Quietly at Vedado
General Maximo Gomez is dead in Havana. He died at a temporary home in Vedado after returning from Santiago. He leaves a wife and five sons. A congress funded sum of $100,000 was handed to one son by the secretary of the treasury, plus $50,000 previously approved by congress and Palma.
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Jue
Maximo Gomez
Vedoda
Santiago
Gomez
Secretary of the Treasury
General Gomez
Congress
Palma
Taft denies retirement story of Chief Justice Fuller
Washington June 20 Secretary Taft and Fuller supporters denied a widely publicized tale that Fuller plans to retire from the bench on returning from Europe to head the international board of arbitration and that Taft would replace him. Taft said he knew nothing and the president had not mentioned the matter.
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Washington
Taft
Friends of
Europe
International Board of Arbitration
Cincinnati
Obie
Coal land bids rejected in Choctaw nation
Washington June 17 bids for segregated coal and asphalt lands in the Choctaw nation were rejected for being too low. Five bidding rounds drew St. Louis bidders including Missouri-Lincoln Trust Company officers and Rev J T M Johnston. A Kansas City bidder offered just over 10100 for a tract amid concerns over coal extent and the USGS report.
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Washington
Intellor
Igat
St. Louis
Missouri-lincoln ‘Trust Company
J. T. M. Johnston
Delmar Avenue
Baptiat Ehurch
Sweden Rejects Norway Revolution Recognition
Premier Ramstad says the Swedish government will refuse to recognize the Norwegian revolution and will present motions to the riksdag aligned with this stance. He believes the riksdag will adopt the view and that no foreign power will recognize Norway against Sweden's will.
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Brockheim
Ramstadt
Riksdag
Noresy
Swedua
Calumet Baking Powder and Indian Rubber Trees
A brief compilation notes Calumet Baking Powder and a remark on India rubber trees tapped for sap over twenty years with oldest trees yielding the richest sap. includes a curious quote about an Indian chief and a Cheyenne Sun item mentioning smoking and a South Bend company.
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India
World tone era snippets mix of ads and oddities
A collage of vintage clippings mentions a Seemeer te Errno address and calls for world payment to sing, a Cuban land prospectus, a youth’s appeal about his father’s sobriety, defiance starch praise, a postage stamp note, and a remark on Chinese wealth and vast lands used not for pasture.
Pink Pills Restore Strength After Fever, Miss Midendorf Says
Miss M B Midendorf credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with rapid recovery after a fourteen week typhoid illness. She says tonics failed, but after half a box she improved greatly and two boxes finished her comeback. The ad touts the pills as a blood builder, strength giver, and remedy for debility and nerves.
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Willams
Witte
Williams
Miss Midendorf
Dr. Williams
Alice
Misa E. B. Midendorf Myes
Park Street
Quinny, IL
Arminia
Alabastine Company in Grand Rapids suit
A court action involving the Alabastine Company based in Grand Rapids Michigan references address 105 Water Street. The brief item notes the corporate party and location but provides no further details on claims or outcomes.
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Alabastine Company
Grand Rapits
Mich
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