Kansas First Capitol Building Described in Old Pawnee Site
A special letter recounts the Kansas state house at Pawnee township built by boomers and used as the first capitol. The stone two story 49 by 80 foot building hosted an early legislature before moving to Shawnee Mission, later abandoned amid cholera and desertion, now proposed for preservation as a relic of western settlement.
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State of Kansas
Topeka
Pawnee
Kansas
Fort Riley
A. H. Reder
Cannon to Dissipate Clouds Over French Vineyards
Southern French vine growers deploy fifty two cannons across 2500 acres to halt hail clouds. Gunners and officers operate the posts as shots fired create a bombardment of the heavens. Government and agricultural groups share the cost as this method expands.
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France
Italy
National
French Agricultural Society
Electric Lights on Dogs Patent for Hunt Lighting
A Portuguese inventor has patented a device attaching an electric lamp to a hunting dog’s collar. The light guides the dog into burrows to flush and kill foxes and badgers, while colored illumination deters the quarry. The patent has been granted.
The Fear of Death and the Rich
The piece argues that fear of death grows with wealth and spending. It recounts cases including John Islip, who built a swinging cabin on a rocky Brychil island to escape death, and a fortune seeker who believed every motion wasted his vitality. Both men died early from fear and fatigue.
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John Islip
Mexico
London
Brychil
West Irish
Atlantic
Monastic Novice Joins Army For China Service
Fra Stanislaus Kosca later known as Oscar Bachstetz, a former Trappist novice at Gethsemane Kentucky, left the monastery to enlist in the U S Army Hospital Corps for three years. He had lived nine years in America after coming from Austria and served earlier in the Spanish American War era. He plans to return to monastic life after completing his enlistment.
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China
Oscar Bachstetz
Ill
Spain
Jacksonville
Alexian Brothers
Kentucky
Gethsemane
United States
Stanislaus Kosca
Louisville
Indictment of Legislature For Idle Workhouse
The Allegheny county workhouse report charges the 1897 Muehlbronner law, pushed by a Quay legislature, with creating idleness and disease by banning prison workshop machinery. It claims 3000 people were thrown idle, raising costs and taxes. The Western penitentiary reportedly sees similar harm and deaths linked to the law.
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Pennsylvania
Allegheny County
New York Post
Western Penitentiary
Costliest Modern Paintings Sell Amid Record Bids
Meissonier's 1814 and Mil lets The Angelus top modern art sales. M. Chauchard paid 850000 francs for 1814 and 750000 francs for The Angelus, about 170000 and 150000 dollars respectively.
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Meissonier
Millet
Will Merriwell and Iona Wray Court in July Train Ride
Will Merriwell, a young manager, cares for a mysterious basket of a stranger's child leading to a chaotic depot scene. A dog emerges from the basket. a furious woman accuses him of deception, but the incident ends with Merriwell and Iona planning a future together as coworkers and Bobby the chaperone watches over them.
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Frank Dempster Sherman
Twist & Taffeta
Will Merriwell
Iona Wray
Mail Orde
Iona
Saxe
Will Merrivell
Merrivell
Arizona
Ina
Northwestern Depot
Will
Bobby
Merriwell
Melrose
State Street
Snowflower
Oak Park
Miss Wray
Walnut Dye for the Ratr Hair From Walnut Husks Recipe
A historic hair dye method uses walnut husks simmered in water for three days in a warm oven. After straining, a touch of alcohol is added. A deeper brown comes from one third alcohol, a reddish tint from half liquid and half alcohol. credited F. N. T.
Demane and Demanza A Kaffir Fairy Tale
A brief Kaffir fairy tale recounted as Demane and Demanza, a married couple living in a cave. Demane forbids cooking while away, Demanza cooks, a cannibal’s visit leads to a throat burn that changes his voice, and he deceives the couple to abduct Demanza.
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Demane
Demanza
Fota Africa
London Mail
Cannibals and Bees Bring Down Fiendish Host
A tale details a cannibal luring guests to a lair where Demane frees Demanza and the couple escape. The cannibal is stung by a swarm from a sack, dies in a pond, and Da mane and Demanra seize his wealth. The piece links misdeeds to punishment and notes tales echo moral proverbs.
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Demanza
Demane
Damane
Demanra
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Kansas’ Old Capitol
Snowtower
Iona Wraylon
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