Sugar beet growth boosts western Kansas economy
The Topeka State Journal reports on sugar beet cultivation expanding in western Kansas, with four carloads sent to Rocky Ford and more planned. Rail access via the Santa Fe enables profitable beet transport as soil and climate prove suitable, signaling broader population growth and a shift in agrarian wealth away from wheat and cattle toward sugar beets.
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Commonwealth of Kansas
Arkansas Valley
Ford, Finney
Garden City
Rocky Ford
Santa Fe Road
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas
Controversy Over Washburn Football Withdrawing From Denver Game
The article condemns Washburn College football players for leaving the field in Denver after disputed calls, arguing quitting harms the sport, disappoints paying spectators, and jeopardizes team finances. It warns that public opinion will blame the quitting team regardless of motives.
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Washburn
Fiehh
Denver
Deceer Wheel
Warren Gul
Ike
Foothall
State fair revival plans aired at Commercial Club meeting
Topeka business leaders discuss reviving a state fair after the levy for improvements failed at Tuesday’s election. A new company would raise about $25,000, using bonds or stock, and seek city property to lease for the term of perhaps years. Major Anderson urges decisive action to prevent rivals from moving the fair elsewhere.
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Commerceial Club
Shawnee
Topela
Kansas Avenue
Commercial Club
Topeka
Shawnee County
Thorn
Brace
Stace Fair Company
Aisiintelsea
Enyw
Anderson
Belgium Seeks Indian Corn As Regular Food Supply
Belgium shows rising interest in importing corn from the United States as a staple diet item. Propaganda begun in 1555 by Col. Charles Murphy aided Belgium’s receptiveness. Laborers benefit from corn’s nourishing value and Belgium’s climate and dense population hinder large domestic corn farming, signaling continued favorable reception of Indian corn despite existing mills and duties.
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America
Belgium
United States
Charles Murphy
Department of Agriculture
Ulere
Movement to spread maize across Europe gains pace
The article notes rising European maize consumption from 1891 to 19, with Belgium contributing to the total. It cites the U S exhibit at Paris showing maize appeal and argues for an organized push to introduce corn continent wide, promising new table dishes and widespread benefits for American farmers as European markets open.
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Europe
Belgium
United States
Globe Lights Gossip and Advice on Love and Society
A string of lighthearted items from Atchison GlobeJ notes weather easing coats, suggests a lodge brother will be noticed, and questions whether to hide or act when talked about. It parades dating woes, marriage aims, and a tailor’s jab at a flashy suit amid chatter about a so called Woman Against Woman.
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Atchison Giobej
Drake Watson
Mr. Watson
Wether
Pointed Paragraphs on Life and Language in Flannel News
A quirky collection of aphorisms and witticisms on love work and society. Observations range from poets and proofreading to marriage and domestic life. The snippets mix humor with social commentary and a touch of old newspaper chaff.
Quaker Reflections From The Philadelphia Record
A collection of short witticisms and anecdotes touching on Burns jokes hoaxes hotel insurance and local characters. The pieces include lines about peo ple seeking fresh air in salt towns and a fish story from Ketcham with humorous local flavor.
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Philadelphia Record
Scott
Robert Burns
Enest
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A satirical column discusses gender dynamics and romance with wry observations. It contrasts male fear of other men with confidence around women, notes gossip, and jokes about money, family ties, and social pretenses in modern romances.
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New York Press
Havieen
Pride & Man
Book Notes on White Paine Works and Huguenot Tales
A Topeka note outlines William Allen White and Albert Bigelow Paine new book collaboration Rhymes of Two Friends and Paine's The Little Lady His Hook with a photograph display by Kurts Lam In addition reviews Of A Light House Village by Louise Tayne Sibing and A Daughter of the Huguenots by Elizabeth Champney, highlighting themes of American literature and historical romance with vivid excerpt examples.
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Topeka
Vovgs
Willian Lon White
Scribners
Ramses
Mr. White
Asher
Kurtslam
Kansas
Albert Bigelow Paine
Fort Scott
West
Willkm Alen White
Wall
Mr Paine
New
Metropolis
Flis
Henry Artemus Co
Philadelphia
Mabel Humphrey
Lou
Raya
Elizabeth W. Champney
Cold, Mead & Co
France
New Rochelle
Wek
Renee
Fouls XII
Ta Rochelle
St. Bartholomew
Ite
Lo Island
Swand
Tongs
Yvonne
Moore Book and Stationery Co
Heuchton Mifflin Co
Boston
Louise Tayne
Don Sibing
Mra Sibley
New Tongland
Rock Hound
New England
Massachusetts Socialists Hold Ground as Prohibitionists Fall
Boston reports unofficial returns from 30 percent of cities showing Socialist Labor and Social Democratic votes steady, while Prohibition plummets over 40 percent. Republican and Democratic totals drop. the result signals shifts in the statewide political balance amid incomplete tabulation.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Socialist Labor
Prohibition
Social Democratic
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Zanses Ave
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