Table and Kitchen Christmas Dinner Menu
A dated Christmas dinner guide lists menus and dishes including cocktails canapes and soups. It details turkey preparation with method, turtle meat, artichoke canapes, mushroom forcemeat, baked squash, turnips, Christmas salad, plum pudding, and chestnut garnishes. Decorations feature pumpkins and fruits. Inquiries answer chocolate souffle and currant jelly with roast duck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otter
Christman
Hanie Tun
Mra CA
The Vital Question by Moraine on Civil War veterans plight
An excerpt urges readers to study General Moashes and the plight of veterans from the Civil War era. It notes suffering and depleted health among survivors, referencing testimonies and inquiries by a pension commission and urging support for a book on the topic. The Nature’s Foot Company offers a free edition by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tara Oba
D. Avanriiery
JM &Pprry
Naturet Foot Company
Niagara Falls
Cnok
Solerm
Pine and Green Paint on Court House Rooms
W E Sterne is chosen to decide cake effects and decor for walls of the court house offices. Two rooms have been painted County Auditor Welch's room in summer pink. The county commissioners’ room is verdant. Forethought of colors unknown. Suggestions include Sheriff Lucas’ room with a frieze of prisonene in lock top and mileage tickets. Probate Dick Hayden’s...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Sterne
Welch
Lucas
Dex
Dick Hayden
Reunion of old guards recalls Prairie Grove battle gear
In Emporia Kansas a turnout of veterans from the 13th Missouri regiment gathers for a reunion at the Whitley. They celebrate the baptism of fire at Prairie Grove and display a historic flag made by local women despite shortages. Mrs Young of San Diego presents a key flag item on Sixth Avenue.
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Emporis
Kan
Republcan
Preston
Trumb
Prairie Grove
Whitley
Emporia
I. &. Perley
Jacob Stotler
Pike
Mesdames
FE. Perley
Jacob Stoller
Storrs
Edward Borton
Sixth Avenue
Commercial Street
State Bank
Fannie Yenkly
Dr. Young
San Diego
Cal
Interest in Kansas Historical Society report noted
Secretary George W. Martin presents the year’s work of the Kansas Historical Society, detailing accessions of books newspapers maps and manuscripts, correspondence totals and the push to map the Santa Fe trail. He notes aging correspondents, ongoing research needs, and upcoming semi centennial anniversaries plus Daughters of the Revolution efforts.
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George W. Martin
The
Historical Society
Martin
Mist
E Xchang
Kapsas
Kansas
John Brown
Quantrill
Lawrence
Louisiana Purchase
Unese
Kansan
Fantin
Thompson
State of
Srk
Caxi Junction
Riley the Hoosier Poet Performs at Auditorium Event
At the auditorium on Monday December 7 Riley the Hoosier Poet, famed partner of the late Bill Nye, presents an entertainment of fun and pathos.
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Riley
Bill Nye
Topeka Sale Offers 50c Tickets For Rare Chance Excursion
Tickets including reserve seats are offered at 50 cents, with other cities charging $1.50. Reduced rates apply from Lawrence, Emporia, Ottawa, Baldwin and nearby Kansas towns. On sale at Stansfield's Drug Store starting Thursday December 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Emporia
Ottawa
Baldwin
Kansas
Stansfield’s
Kansas 1904 to Bring Pride and Historical Revival
The article foresees 1904 as a year of renewed local and state pride in Kansas. It urges communities to collect and preserve history, noting past flood myths and the lag in historical effort since 1876, with emphasis on school districts and western counties embracing a centennial spirit.
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Kansan
Mille
Kansas
New Interest Grows in Local History Across Western Counties
Fragmentary remarks note older residents urging update of state history and that newer western border counties may take an interest in their local past while many early settlers remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IUIL
Irrigation Convention Program in Garden City Kansas
The two day irrigation convention runs December 9 and 10 with sessions on underflow of sheet water by Prof. Haworth of Kansas State University and sheet water irrigators by J. C. Starr. Other talks include experiences at Experiment Station, John H. Churchill on Western Kansas agriculture history, G. I. Miller on National Irrigation plans, Captain Charles Holland on colonization, F. Dumont Smith on Kansas Colorado salt relations, Thos Soynd on sugar beet culture, Z. W. Swink on Arkansas Valley irrigation, S. 1 Robbins on western Kansas policy, plus short addresses by regional leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kan
FL Haworth
State University
Lawrence
J. C. Starr
Scott City
Chaney
Hays City
Kansan
John H. Churchill
State Board Agriculture
Dodke City
Ogden
Utah
G. I. Miller
Gara City
Charles Holland
Salvation Army
Amity
Coto
F. Dumont Smith
Kinsley
Rocky Ford
Colo
Arkansas Valley
Z. W. Swink
Kansas
Robbins
Syracuse
Notable Obituaries From Across the Nation
Brief telegraph notices report the death of Edward M. Brown former commodore of the New York Yacht Club and fruit trade figure aged 64 in New York Helen Douglass widow of Frederick Douglass dies in Washington at 65, and other terse items from San Francisco Washington and New York detailing appointments, sailings, wage cuts and industrial notices across several states including California New Jersey and Oklahoma.
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New York
Edward M. Brown
New York Yacht Club
Fruit Commission
Washington
Helen Douglass
Frederick Douglass
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Illinois Life Insurance Company
Topeka
Lidk Ames Wills
Marinette D Building
Chicago
Manning Co
Ohio
Emporia Veterans
James Whitcomb Riley
San Francisco
W. T. Wood
Department of California
George E. Andrews
Gener
Twentieth Infantry
Admiral Evans
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Oregon
Albany
Cincinnati
Yokohama
Honolulu
New
Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Kauri
Kansas City
Berlin
Dee
Ofreichstag
Mecklenburg
Berin
Tllinois
Alabama
Kearsarge
Massachusetts
Admiral Barker
Kearsarse
Passaic Steel Company
Christ
Pris
Munich
Bavaria
Toch
Surnham
Alca
Joseph Mayer Ux-Burgonuster
Trez Island
Fort Mason
Qherammergau
Christus
Arid
Sharon
American Steel Foundries Company
Monessie
Feild
Pittsburg
Guthrie
Oklo
Gtvhiur Live Stock Company
Ponca City
Thas
Cardui
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