Topeka State Journal carries wire from Associated Press update
The Topeka State Journal prints a full leaser wire digest from the Associated Press including finance and public notices. It notes a shift in war tax revenue and a push to raise congressional salaries, with remarks on money supply, bank circulation, and a Springfield Mass drug store described as a single line specialty shop.
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Associated Press
Bae Journal
Uted Press
Topeka
Springfield
Mass
New England
Mile production pays dairy farming gains says state report
A state article argues dairy and creamery sectors promise prosperity across the growing region. It cites profitable returns from butter, milk, and cheese when quality, proper feeding, and farm management are applied, warning that low grades and neglect hinder earnings despite favorable conditions.
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Ture
Tairyman
Cairying
Baltt
Wellington Officials Defy Prohibition Law in Liquor Saloons
Dispatches from Wellington and Shawnee county reveal city officials including the city attorney and town council accepting license money for saloon operations while planning to abolish saloons. The report questions official immunity from arrest for violators as law officers themselves break the prohibitory statute.
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Wellington
Kna
Tanyer
Shawnee
Topeka
Kansas
Offcera
Bound Laws and Prohibitory Rules in City Ordinances
Judge Hazen rulings on Hurrel law and a city ordinance reveal why prohibitory laws falter. Drafting flaws arise from non experts and ill drafted amendments, creating invalid laws. A commission should prepare precise guidelines and avoid common drafting errors to ensure enforceable prohibitory statutes.
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Hazen
Markini
Blackstone
Sugar beet experiments hailed as promising in western Kansas
Secretary Coburn reports on beet trials in Finney, Kearney, and Hamilton counties showing early profits despite poor conditions. Farmers lacked irrigation and consolidation, yet net gains ranged from 25 to 1 per acre with potential growth to 6 to 100 dollars per acre after experience. Colorado factories paid beet raisers handsomely, with the largest in Hocky Ford distributing about one million dollars.
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Coburn
Finney
Kearney
Hamilton
Kansan
Colorado
Kansas
Hocky Ford
Sugar Beet Prospects in Western Kansas Rural Rise
The article argues sugar beets can boost Western Kansas agriculture with rainfall patterns and irrigation needs, comparing land value to wheat and cattle areas. It highlights bottom lands as highly productive and envisions population growth tied to beet production, praising the crop’s potential. It also notes irrigation challenges and the role of machinery.
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Kansas
Western
The Only and Original Uncle Tom's Cabin Revival
An old time theatre satire notes the endless adaptability of productions titled The Only and Original Uncle Tom's Cabin. It lampoons zeroing in on ever changing acts and sensational extras while praising the revival in New York of Harriet Beecher Stowe's original work.
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Plinger
Ophelia
St. Claire
Harriet Beecher Stawe
New York
Topeka reviews Uncle Tom's Cabin play and ad convention
A Topeka write up lauds a stage version of Uncle Tom's Cabin as a great dramatic success with vivid characters from Simon Legree to Eva and Uncle Tom. Arrangements are under way for a general advertisers convention at Delmonico's New York on January 29 and 30 with a banquet and speeches by leading publishers.
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Mra Stewe
Simon Legree
Topsy
Cassie
Haley
Maris
Eva
Uncle Tom
St. Claire
Gris
Vermont
Ophelia
Topeka
Delmonico’s
New York
Whitey
Fomer
Ah Elite AM
Newark
Cincinnati
Chris
Ereror
SLOBE SIGHTS. Atchison Globe fragment on beliefs and humor
A fragment from the Atchison Globe reflects on how people accept rumors and ideas, noting habit for predicting others motives and retelling stories. It mentions writers, undertaker spouses, spiritualists, and the social dynamics around Christmas bills and conversations.
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A collection of aphoristic observations about men and his behavior. Witty maxims discuss favors, honesty, love, theft, work, hesitation, and social habits with humorous contrasts and moral quips. The piece also notes weather, drinking, and domestic finance as social prompts.
Quaker Reflections and Society Snippets in The Philadelphia Record
A collage of quips on luck money and manners from the Philadelphia Record, noting hoaxes jewelry fraud and social snubs. It humorously critiques credulity and vanity with pithy lines about watches, Christmas trees, and the milkman. Several lines reference words and phrases like cheap skate and a failed attempt at cleverness.
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Philadelphia Record
A Fortunate Mix of History and Literature Notes
The column reviews several new books and editions. It notes Kipling's rising fame and popularity of Kim as well as Plain Tales from the Hills. It highlights portraits, maps, and source material that illuminate Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. It praises teaching method volumes emphasizing fundamentals and classroom practice.
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John Smith
Katharine Pea ‘Oods
Doubledky, Page & Co
Atlantic
Smith
Pocahontas
Dying Man Plays Violin in Bowling Green
Austin Fowler, a 76 year old resident, died while playing his violin with a group of youths in Bowling Green Ohio. He collapsed mid hymn Nearer My God to Thee after a meal. A doctor advised him to give up drinking and smoking before death.
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Bowling Green
Austin Fowler
Flo
Topeka Reader Praises Dean’s Kidney Pills
Mr George Howard of 241 Shawnee avenue testifies after ten years of back and kidney pain he found relief with Dean’s Kidney Pills. He bought at Rowley and Snow’s drug store and reports the first box helped, with ongoing improvement after subsequent boxes. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents in the United States. Remember the name Dean’s.
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Topeka
George Howard
Shawneeavenue
Dean
Rowley & Snow's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
United States
Fragmented OCR Reading About Students and Medicine
A garbled passage mentions youth, medicine, and study with references to Iowa and “professor” style terms. The legible content points to a discussion of medical study, youth affairs, and unclear names, lacking coherent events or outcomes.
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Preand
A fragmentary reflection on bachelor life and the social scene. The prose touches on cooking, poetry, and attitudes toward women, noting a husband’s view of a wife’s hat as a measure of value and a woman’s idea of sympathy linked to romantic plot twists.
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New York
Roine
Iery
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