Guthrie Develops Polled Hereford Cattle Strain in Kansas
Gen W W Guthrie of Atchison reports a new polled Hereford breed variant developed from careful crosses. He notes hornless cattle promising milking quality and robust frame, with trials comparing to standard Herefords and Jersey crosses. He claims progress from seed stock in Chase County and Atchison experiments, aiming to improve milk yield and herd performance.
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W. W. Guthrie
Atchison
W. W. Guth
Ford
Aedds
Chase
Hereford
Wright
Flewar
Guthrie Hex
Colvet
Guthrie
Emporia Clergy Bounced in Library Seating Dispute
In Emporia a religious conflict arose as ministers press for library room seating access. The Protestant ministers, led by Revd Eaverter and colleagues, meet with a city committee amid refusal to confirm seating changes. A ministerial inquiry group is formed to press for clarity while the library committee remain noncommittal. The dispute involves local clergy and council representatives with names listed.
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Emporia
Pets
Fainisterial
Roikigtol Eireles
Justae
Anauchon
Miniviers
Ely
Aroha
Revd
Eaverter
Ferguson
Coker
Walker
Whites
Tanner
Tolda
Wright
Sellers
Ower
Staith
Ween Morley
Kerr
Hewitt
Buseser
Holley
MM Steele
Wilkinson
Nottington
Dob
Gardiner
In Jim Lanes Day Captain Henry Booth Tells Kansan Trials
Captain Henry Booth recounts early Kansan hardships and travels across plains. The narrative describes oxen crossing deserts, July heat, scarce provisions, and the longing to reach Eliman oasis, with reflections on life and endurance in the pioneer era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Lanes
Henry Booth
Swindling arrest in Wichita ties to bogus checks
Wichita police report RL Ramiston arrested on charges of wholesale swindling by means of bogus checks. The case centers on checks cashed at First National Bank of Hannay City and Fourth National Bank in Kansas City. Edmiston attempted another $50 check while a driver CJ Fuller assisted in cashing the initial check. Police recovered funds and detained accomplices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Ramiston
First National Bank of
Hannay City
Ph.ippertern
CJ Fuller
Fuet National Bank
Karas City
Edmiston
Kaneas Ciy
Edmiston Accused as Bank Check Fraud Suspect
Last evening a Kansas City tank reported the fourth National check incident involving Edmiston with checks from several other banks. Edmiston lacked funds and was not known to them. Telegrams from Job Evans & Sons Sevury and E O Stilwell Robens Faille claimed victimization by Edmiston and requested his arrest.
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Kansas City
Fourth National
Kansas
Edmiston
Job Evans & Sons
Sevury
E. 0
Stilwell
Robens Faille
Edrpivton Aad
Soldiers Home Report Details Expenditures and Pensions
Washington Fea t according to the report of the animal inspection of the Leavenworth roudters horay submitted to congress yesterday expenditures shown by vouchers and Transfers were 688 778 leaving a balance of 346 129 and a balance in the general fund of 38492 Improvements contemplated are a building for Insane for 5200 and a quartermasters building water filter boilers guard fous and barracks for 874 For repairs 264 For pinshene 2 and a balance pensioners of 16 was for dune 90 1806 there were 2246 forsluner ae against 2107 the year the Seysatyllur pensioners had bal nyices or Of Which exceeded 580 Home store restaurant and beer hall receipts were 600 Brick plant pe celpts were 3 8h0 And xpenditures were Hi 2i and the plant Gis been sold The brary contained 8 02 valiumes The Keeley beur had no members The average daily Sirk as 117 96 in hospi tel and 805 in convalescent condition Where were WA deaths Gi cases of Ine ganity agi 13 of blindness
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Washington
Fea.t
Leavenworth Roudters
Balan
Seysatyllur
Keeley Beur
Ine Ganity Agi
Dynamite Finds Water at Burr Oak Well
Last summer H. Masters drilled two and a half miles north of town and found no water after drilling to sixty feet. A few days ago Ed Stills used 12 pounds of explosive to shock the old well, blasting and extending the bore to ten feet deeper. The blast released 54 feet of water, which investigators say appears to have staying power.
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Burr Oak
Masters
Ed Stills
Mr. Stills
Wilson County Jail Model of Its Kind
Fredonia February 11 The Wilson county jail is completed and approved by commissioners at a cost of 3500 dollars The structure measures 26 by 22 feet with a 16 foot high ceiling Walls except the front are rubble stone cemented eight inches thick Interior divided into two apartments Walls lined with steel plates riveted The ceiling is corrugated steel covered with cement and stone eight inches thick
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Fredonia
Wilson County
Celine
Fort Riley Car Line Plan Seeks Electric Route
A proposed electric line from Junction City to Fort Riley is taking shape with Junction City named to oversee construction. The project has secured capital and requests only right of way and local support, in a plan discussed over two months.
Historic Masonic Emblem Worn By Rev T J Smith
Randolph February 7 Rev T J Smith of this place owns a Kora Arch chapter uniform item described as a historic Masonic emblem. It features sik and satin with Royal Arch embems and gold thread, entered as a valuable heirloom inherited from a great ancestor.
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T. J. Smith
Randolph
JT Smith
Gabe
Tre Washington
McTionald of
Postoffice Defalcation Hearing Delayed to 17th
Hutchinson post office defalcation case against Miss Heer faced a second postponement as the preliminary hearing was continued to the 17th. United States Attorney Berry Wan requested continued proceedings. In Barnes, Feb 1, a misreported Rogers vindication celebration was clarified: no funds were awarded, and only torches were lit during the planned procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Wichita
Miss Heer
Mitchinson
United States
Berry Wan
Rogers
Barnes
State Journal
GI Rogers
Thie Place
Lino
Kansas News Roundup From Salina to Abilene
Salina appoints Miss Mabel Martin county superintendent to audit her deceased brother. Neodesha opens will of Elizabeth Williams with a $500 bequest to Presbyterian church. Salina county commissioners drop medical attendance plan and seek petitions to contract with physicians. Litchinson bar petitions legislature to keep Ninth judicial district. Abilene Postmaster Els ton Mais notes a Continental novel sale from 1773 theater history and a family possession after generations.
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Salina
Mabel Martin
Mary
Saline
Elizabeth Willams
Presbyterian Church
Aanner of
Congress
Creamery project in Batina gains citizen support in Abilene
Batina citizens raise funds for Belle Springs Creamery after Abilene firms propose building it. Cash bonus of 000 and land plots are part of the deal, with about 00 already raised as the effort moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elston
Abilene
Belle Springs Creamery Company
Batina
Masonic Lodge to Confer Master Mason Degree Tonight
Siloam Lodge No 255 A F and A M will confer the Master Mason degree on Philip Eastman in a lodge of Past Masters at the Masonic Temple on Jackson Street. Every station will be filled by a former Master of Siloam Lodge with all living Masters in attendance. Postmasters listed include C H Lockwood and Bester F Brown among others. large attendance expected.
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Siloam Lodge
Masonic Temple
Jackson Street
Siloam Lodge No. 255
Philip Eastman
Elloam Lode
Sirou Lodge
C.H. Lockwood
Bester F. Brown
W. Blood
Charles J. Webb
Bynum and Cockran Slated for Posts in Einsey Administration
A Washington dispatch reports President McKinley has asked the treasury for details on the board of customs appraisers stationed at New York. The nine-member board includes five Republicans and four Democrats. The $7,000 annual salaries cover duties tied to the gold standard. Cochran of New York and W. D. Bynum of Tadling are said to be named for seats on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Washington
Ester McKinley
Treasury Department
Board of Customs
Newart
Lawmakers Act to Extend Mulett Law to Cities
Des Moines report notes the house approved a bill by Brant of Cedar Rapids to apply the mulet law to special charter cities, aiming to fix a defect the supreme court flagged yesterday. Senate debate featured Bronson objecting to the relief type. bill sent to tomorrow.
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Des Moines
House
Brant
Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court
Bronson
Senate
Ali
Venezuelans Pleased With Judge Brewer Appointment
A Caracas dispatch reports Venezuelans favor Judge Brewer of the US Supreme Court as a member of the Anglo-Venezuelan arbitration tribunal. Officials say Brewer’s role as head of the boundary commission gives him insight into the boundary dispute and supports the arbitration’s jurisdiction over the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Brewer
New York
Caracas
Venesueli
Herald
Mayne
Jun Tee Beever
United States Supreme Court
Justicon Brewer
United States Boundary Commission
Venezuela
Iulana
Auditorium meeting to consider legislative request
The mayor calls a special auditorium meeting for tomorrow night at the Commercial club’s auditorium committee. The agenda asks lawmakers to authorize turning over 51,000 for gymnasium funding. The committee plans to petition Congress to place the matter on the spring election ballot for public vote.
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Commercial Club
Corbett Reaches San Francisco for Nevada Fight Plans
James J. Corbett arrived in San Francisco from the east this morning and will stay several days while arrangements are made for a Bis Sight bout with Pitzsimmons at a Nevada location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbett
San Francisco
James J. Corbett
Nevada
Pitzsimmons
Marvelous Results Reported for Dr King’s New Discovery
A Dimondale Michigan pastor’s letter describes his wife recovering from pneumonia after La Grippe using Dr King’s New Discovery. He notes severe coughing and nearly fatal illness but attributes rapid improvement to the medicine. Trial bottles are offered free at J K Jones Drug Store Fifth and Kansas Ave. Regular size 1.
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J. Gunderma
Dimondale
Mich
de. King
Combine of Lines in Session to Reorganize Rail Traffic
New York February 11 Joint Traffic association officials meet in Newark to reform the eastern railway trust and curb rate cutting. The session faces friction among carriers while canceling rail rate differentials. Through shipments from Chicago rise, with capacity and reorganizing aims in focus. The board orders rate cancellations not later than February 3, excluding Lake Michigan shipments by boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Newark
Eastern Railway
Chicago
Gawhul
Lake Michi-gan
Destinaon
Snake in Box Stops Freight Open at Hutchinson
The Phoenix report recounts a prank where a box mailed from Hutchinson to G. W. Davis in Phoenix contained a rattlesnake and a Gila monster after the box was opened for assessment of 2.09 in charges. McWilliams and Flanery moved to open it, encountering the live reptiles. The incident raises questions about the prank and mislabeling of indigenous goods.
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Phoenix, Artix, Gazette
Mutchinson
Kane
G. W. Davis
Phoenix
Aris
Davin
R. McWilliams
McWilliams
Arizona
Vome Kanaan
Hutchinson
Toen
Multiple Rail Freight Moves and Accidents Across Regions
Notices from Atchison and St Louis report cost cuts at Missouri Pacific with one layoff daily despite upbeat freight activity. Santa Fe hires storage space and eyes ice capacity for shipments. Aboard the Frisco, management changes occur as the board of managers reshapes the traffic committee. A brakeman on Blue Valley Road dies in a freight train incident near Garrison after two days on duty. Atchison official Hilton surveys Morrison Bry, following a trip from Topeka.
Rock Island Grain Rates and Santa Fe Agent Change
New Rock Island Grain Estes Chicago, Feb. 11. The Rock Island has filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a rate of eight cents a hundred pounds on coarse grain from Iowa points Council Bluffs and Omaha to southwestern Missouri river points. Hope, Feb. 11. This town is to have a change of Santa Fe agents. Agent Pritchard will go to México and SF Taylor, who was at Hope several years ago, will return improving Mo. Pacific Track. Garnett, Feb. 11. The Missouri Pacific has a construction gang at work lowering the grade of the road just West of the depot. The place is called the "hI" and is one of the steepest grades on the road. Train of grain for Galveston. Atchison, Feb. 11. An extra freight train, composed of 22 cars of export grain, left Atchison over the Santa Fe yesterday for Galveston. The Galveston run is assuming gigantic proportions.
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Mo. Pacific
Atchison
Missouri Pacific
New Rock Island
Stoops
Hope
Santa Fe
Pritchard
México
SF. Taylor
Galveston
Carnegie Stays Unmoved on Wages in Iron War
Pittsburgh February 11 Andrew Carnegie arrived in the city and met with Carnegie Steel officials who offered no public comment on the recent billet and rail pool collapse or the iron combination’s potential dissolution. Industry insiders note Carnegie Steel’s wage scale with a 10 percent bonus that can be removed at will and its two newly completed large blast furnaces as giving a competitive edge, while ore strategies and rail access shape future market leverage.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Steel Company
Iron Arm
Carnegie
Mountain
Mesata Range
Rockefeller
Butler and
Carnegie Company Bx
Tie Lakes
Washington's sister home at Fredericksburg Kenmore
In Fredericksburg the Kenmore house stands in excellent preservation as the home of Betty Washington, sister of George Washington, now owned by William Key Howard. The article describes the mansion's simple interior, grand drawing room, historic windows and stucco ceilings, its Civil War damage, grounds, and current status as a town showplace visited by thousands annually. It also notes German glass water pipes and a dental ad for DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
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Fredericksburg
Betty
George Washington
Fielding Lewis
Lewis
Kenmore
Washington
William Key Howard
Seth
Sundry civil appropriation bill totals over fifty million
Washington Feb 11 The house appropriations committee completed the Sundry Civil bill for the next fiscal year with a total appropriation of 50 664 742 dollars, less than estimates but well above the current year. Major items include river and harbor work and public buildings in cities from Allegheny to Savannah and Milwaukee to Buffalo. The report urges rapid survey and potential deep waterway examination between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean with Army engineer oversight.
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Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
Allegheny
Boise City
Sésho
Muftalo
Cheyenne
Wyu
Denver
Col
Mint
Helena
Mont
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Wis
New York City
Newport
Portland
Ore
Pueblo
Dat
South Omaha
Neb
St. Paul
Secretary of War
Philadelphia
Smith
Windmill
Pety Islands
Calveston
Great Lakes
Chicago
Duluth
Buffalo
Hursboldar Bay
Cal
Savannah
Cumberland Sound
Georgia
Florida
Boston
Dunkirk
N.Y
Delaware Bay
Delaware
Winyow Bay
South Carolina
Sabine Pass
Texas
Cleveland
Superior
Gray's Harbor
Herr Island
Six Mile Island
Springgate
Upper Monongahela
Yarie
Vickshoro
Bayou Plaquemine
Cumberland
Nastville
Falls of the Ohio
Loulaville
Ohio River
Smouth
Beaver River
Chicago River
Whowanee Bay
Lake Superior
Mississippi
Ohio
Cache River
Beachride
Missouri River Paul
Dubuque
Muscatine
Missouri
Sioux City
Nebraska City
Wilamette
Yamhilla
Oregon
Davis
Committee On Commerce Today
Atlantic
Army Engineers
Isritten
A Crisis at Cedar Rapids The Sal oons All Closed
Cedar Rapids faces an emergency as the supreme court nullifies the mulet law in special charter cities. Many saloons closed voluntarily. no defined plan exists yet to meet the crisis. An immediate appeal to the legislature will be made as news reports indicate the House passed a bill to amend the muict law.
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Cedar Rapids
Supreme Court
Gene Field Monument Effort Reported in Kansas City
Col J West Goodwin, promoter of the Gene Field Memorial, toured Kansas City to raise funds for a Columbia monument. He announced over $900 collected from voluntary subscriptions and vowed to continue lectures to boost the campaign.
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J. West Goodwin
Kansas City
Revalla Haxod
We Hfe
Gene Field
Tie City
Columbia
Fickl
Topeka to Santa Fe Route Excursions and Daily Pullman Service
Santa Fe Route Limited runs Topeka Thursdays and Sundays with vestibuled sleepers and dining cars. The Californian Express leaves daily with Pullman Palace and Tourist cars. Home seekers excursion dates February 16 March 2 and 1. Contact passenger depot foot of Fifth Street or Cromwell & Jef fees at North Topeka post office. Agent W C Garvey J P A W J Black J P A Topeka. Also local ads for Peerless Steam Laundry and Palace Clothing Co services.
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Topeka
Pullman Palace
Californian Express
Fifth Street
Cromwell & Jeffees
North Topeka
Harper's Weekly marks forty years of service and plans for 1897
Harper's Weekly celebrates forty years of publication and outlines aims for 1897. It pledges continued coverage of science, arts, and letters to advance human knowledge and conditions. The issue previews new stories, serials, and features including New England tales, tales of Turkish uprisings, and a sequel to The House Boat on the Styx, with Amateur Sport highlighted as a key department. Subscriptions for one year are 4.00, with free offers to readers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
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Harper's Weekly
Far East
Europe
New England
Mary H Witkins
E. Benson
Styx
John Kendrick Banga
Peter Newell
W.D. Howell
Martin
Harper & Brothers
United States
Cansida
Mexico
P. O
N.Y. City
Harper's Bazar
Cameda
P.O. Bex
N. Y. Citwe
Harper's Bazar 1897 plans and offerings
Harper's Bazar outlines its 1897 program with Katharine De Forest on Paris fashions, New York fashions, patterns, and weekly contributions from notable writers. It highlights departments on women and society, music, etiquette, housekeeping, and readers’ questions. Subscription details offer $4.00 per year with postage free to the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
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Katharine de Forest
Paris
New York
Santos, Raude
Chapuis
Red Bridge
Maria Louise Pool
Father Quinnallion
Octave
Viola Assebora
Margaret Sutton Briscoe
Union
Good Housekeeping
T. W. Higginson
Harners Mason
Harper & Brothers
Poor Old Vet Charge Arrests Clairvoyant in Fort Scott
Ruth Want King a dressed young woman was charged in Fort Scott Kansas with defrauding Joseph Dugan an old soldier of 360 dollars he had just received. Officers located her in the city and she disappeared as they approached. She faced a charge of securing the money to buy tour tickets for Dugan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Scott
Kan
Ruth
King
Joseph Dugan
Inauguration Costs and Funds Turned Over to Mrs Thorpe
A fragmented state notice reports inauguration costs for Governor Leedy and Populist officials. An election test night by the inaugural committee reviewed receipts and bills, noting funds collected by Mr Aiel and Mpurra Baker. The committee found most spent, with remaining funds voted to Mrs Thorpe for use as she sees fit.
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Mra Thorpe
Leedy
A.aliel
Mpurran Iaker
Thorpe
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Soldiers Home Report
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