Kansan Newspapers Back Exposition Drive Statewide
Kansas newspapers rally for the Semi Centennials Exposition urging public support through publicity committees. T I Marshall and C M Beeson named vice presidents. subscriptions opened at banks across Kansas for five dollar shares. goal to raise capital to forty five thousand dollars with nearly half already subscribed.
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PF. D. Coburn
Argentine Republic
Girard Press
T. I. Marshall
Osage City
Osage County
C. M. Beeson
Dodge City
Ford County
Kansas
Topeka
Aix
Problem of Wheat Sets Conjecture Train of Thought
Jars of Kansas wheat samples line the Commercial club table preparing for display at the Kansas exposition. A man muses that planting the contents of a jar each year for ten years could make one wealthy, as several men listen in the room.
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Mila
The Five Year Wheat Yield Forecast and Origin of Dude
A dialogue on farming yields calculates a five year wheat plan with escalating acres and bushels, projecting a $200 001 profit at 50 cents per bushel after expenses. The piece then discusses the word dude, tracing its uncertain folk etymology to English and Friesian roots.
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Wood
Auditorium Use Drives City Meetings and Events
The city’s auditorium proved essential, with growing demand after opening. The calendar notes Republican gatherings led by FR B Welch on October 7 and 31, a J R Burton speech for fusion committees, and other events including Newsboys meetings, teachers’ and temperance groups, poultry federation, and medal presentations, plus numerous hall-use requests with dates yet to be specified.
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Cty
FR. B. Welch
O10
McKinley and
Roosevelt Club
J. R. Burton
Great Rock Island Route Leaves Topeka for Denver Orbit
Colorado Flyer reports the Great Rock Island Route train departs Topeka on August 11, bound for Denver with planned stops and arrival details noted. The timetable lists precise mileages and clock times for the journey.
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Great Rock Island
Topeka
Belorade
Denver
White Death in North Park Silent Snowbound Tragedy
Ainstle's report recounts a February crossing by a five person party in a wagon where bitter cold and a sharp gunshot signal a deadly storm. A note warned: seek shelter or perish as one man dies by dawn and others fall sick with pneumonia like symptoms.
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Ainstle
North Park
Brillaney
White Death Ice Storm Survivor Warns of Dangers
A survivor recounts an ice storm that rained small frozen particles, saying transportation and exposure killed many. He warns travelers to cover heads to avoid fatal lung exposure and recalls a past winter when ice wiped out an Indian tribe.
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Ae Oon
Bridges While the Train Waits at East Creek station
Between sand nine o'clock yesterday morning a novel bridge experiment was conducted at East Creek station on the New York Central line about eight miles east of Littie lis. The No 450 bridge, built to carry flood water when East Creek freezes or the channel cks, replaces the old 75 by 60 foot structure with four tracks. A through plate girder bridge was erected beside the existing lines with ore car tracks removed to lay rails while traffic continued. A locomotive was placed on the regular track and attached to the new works.
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Utica Daily Press
East Creek
New York Central
Littielis
Trafic
Ott
Bridge relocation near tracks causes brief disruption
The bridge was moved to the south while work crews under Clifford changed the structure. A 250 ton beam swung into place in one minute, locking passengers out for two minutes. The operation was completed quickly and deemed satisfactory and successful.
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Clifford
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Frank P. Edson
West Eighth St
Prescott & Co
Gilchrist
W. A Gilchrist
Gilchrist Bros
Jackson St
Union News CO
Mostitjan
Committee On Publicity
T. L. Marshall and
Dude
Walter W. Skeat
The
Athenaeum
London
England
New York
United States
Lubben
Schambach
Duddig
Dumm
Stumpfelnnig
East Priesie
Koolman
Colorado Flyer
Eebuene
Mr. Hossfeld
GEO
Chaney & Morton
Kansas Ave
W. T Lawns
Pro St
Quincy Street
Littie
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