Drug error costs Lawrence firm big verdict in Atchison court
Mrs. Luella Daniels of Lawrence won a 5100 damages verdict against a local Lawrence druggists firm in Atchison district court after alleging gross carelessness in filling a prescription. She sought 25100, claims permanent health impairment. The jury earlier could not agree on damages. The case, first of its kind in Atchison county, sets a precedent holding pharmacists liable for prescription results. A separate 6000 damages suit by her husband, J. Daniels, is pending. Defendants have appealed. Kansas Horseshoers Elect Officers at Salina convention. T. Lantan topeka president and others named to executive board.
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Luella Daniels
Lawrence
Atchison
Daniels
Atchison County
Maniels
Kansas
Missouri
District Court
Kansas Horseshoers
Kansas Blacksmiths, Horseshoers and Wagonmakers' Association
Salina
T. &. Lantan
Topeka
W. C. Johnson
Cotteyville
Austin English
Honerary
Charles Anderson
W. G. Miller
Wichfin
Edward Bohrer
Lyons
Smoked Out Convicts From Tunnels Under Plant
Three prisoners who escaped from the state penitentiary were smoked out of tunnels beneath a brick plant. Fire built with straw piles and fan circulation forced them to crawl out, nearly suffocated and starved for food.
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State Penitentiary
Narrow Escape From Blaze In Olmix Residents Saved
An elderly Olmix resident, Henry Moyle, was burned out of his home as flames swept the property. Boyle and three children narrowly escaped death, first rescuer breaking in to save Moyle while others hauled the children from the upstairs bedroom. A local fire response prevented further tragedy.
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Menry Moyle
Olmix
Boyle
Hoyle
Kansas Mills Lead State Flour Output In 1912 Report
Kansas ranked second to Minnesota in flour production for the year ended June 30 1912 with 10.3 million barrels, enough to supply many states from Kansas mills. North Dakota and others notched large outputs while Kansas City mills added about 2 million barrels. The University of Kansas electrical department offered guidance to cities on electric plants, balancing municipal ownership with private utility returns. A Wapaw Gas well near Augusta produced 4 million cubic feet daily from a 1470 foot depth, the deepest south in the field. Five counties joined a Wichita road meeting to press Meridian road improvements. Commerce Trust took control of United Kansas Portland Cement at Iola to resolve financial issues.
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Kansas
Minnesota
Pacific
Kansas City
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
Nevada
California
Washington
Oregon
Kansas Mills
New England
R. E. Sterling
Northwestern
University of Kansas
Geeze
Shaad
Cies of Kansas
Wapaw Gas Drilling Company
Augusta Browght
Augusta
Finsl
United Kansas Portland Cement Company
Iola
Commerce Trust Company of
Oldest Saline County Man Dies at 95 in Saline County
Michael Brogan, aged 95 and lifelong Saline County resident, died near Salina after forty years in the county. Sterling Postmaster Thomas A. Dilley, born Roseville Illinois May 7, 1843, and a Civil War veteran, has died. A convict loaned from Lansing Prison to the state reformatory at Hutchinson was used to install machinery for making rooms at the institution.
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Saline County
Michael Brogan
Salina
Dex
Lansing
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Gmat
Unpopular Tax and Public Reaction Across Centuries
A commentary recalling England's income tax backlash after its 19th century introduction and Lincoln's warnings. It contrasts popular opposition, petitions, and calls to burn records with modern views, urging reflection on the political costs of taxation while noting the enduring stigma attached to income taxes.
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Edward Gibbon
Rome
House of Commons
London
Commons
Brougham
Gladstone
Abraham Lincoln
England
Ilinois
Great Replaces
Wilsons Mexican Policy and the Danger of War
The piece warns that President Wilsons push toward war with Mexico risks a ruinous conflict. It argues war would be unrealizable to consolidate Mexico and would burden the United States, urging avoidance of any policy that could lead to conquest or integration of Mexico into the U.S. system.
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Wilson
Mexico
Plea for Party Unity by Fairbanks Urges Cooperation
Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks argues that past Democratic division is over and Republicans must unite through tolerance and patience. He asserts the GOP will regain strength as Republicans cooperate without coercion, echoing President McKinley’s view on politics and grudges.
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Charles W. Fairbanks
Democratic Party
McKinley
Taft on Judges and the Election Process
The former president views electing able judges by the people as exceptions proving the public can salvage a flawed system. He challenges adherents of turning the judiciary into a political battleground to the detriment of the nation.
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Taft
Statesman
White House
Always Minority Party in Civic Strife
Opinion notes that the Democratic party has long served as a minority party nationally. It argues power arises only when the Republicans are divided and that the Democrats will stay ascendant while that division lasts. The piece asserts a political dynamic rooted in party fracture and national balance of power.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Indians Defy Officers On Beautiful Mountain Camp
In Santa Fe New Mexico a group of Navajo Indians allied with Pittesn defenders fortify on Beautiful Mountain thirty five miles southwest of the Shiprock Agency. They defy United States Marshal Hudspeth who seeks to arrest them on warrants charging horse stealing assault and bigamy. Two cavalry troops have been requested and the War Department has referred the matter to Major General Carter who leads the border patrol. The fortified position rests on a high table mountain reachable by a single winding road.
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Santa Fe
N.M
Pittesn
Beautiful Mountain
Shiprock Agency
United States
Hudspeth
War Department
Carter
Border Patrol
Mail Car Robbery On Southern Pacific Train
A masked bandit seized control of a mail car on a Southern Pacific Shore Limited train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, between San Jose and the city. Three mail clerks were bound and gagged as the robber rifled through registered mail, discarded money orders, and escaped as the train slowed in the yards.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
San Jose
Kansas preacher returns to Edna after mysterious disappearance
Reverend C. B. Littleton, who vanished from Edna after his wife Jane died, reappeared in Coffeyville. He refused to discuss his absence or provide any statement about the disappearance when contacted by telephone.
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Coffeyville
Kan
C. B. Lattleton
Edna
Jane
Littleton
One Dead and Other Dying Found in Hotel Room
In Toleda a woman and a man were found shot in a hotel room. The couple registered as James E. Griffith and wife from Elsberry Missouri. The coroner believes the man killed his wife and then fatally wounded himself after examining her body for hours. He cannot recover. He previously lived in Altoona Pennsylvania.
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Toleda
James E. Griffith
Elsberry
Altoona
Tragic Train Crash Near Centerville Claims Baby Life
A passenger train from Dardanelle to Ola passed a weak bridge nine miles east of Centerville after the engine and tender cleared the danger. Three coaches went through causing the death of a month old baby to Mrs H L Baker of Dardanelle and serious injuries to Mrs Baker, plus injuries to six other passengers and a child.
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Port Smith
Ark
Dardanelle
Ola
Centerville
H. Ll. Baker
Railroad strike ends in Texas Louisiana
Houston reports the Southern Pacific line workers in Texas and Louisiana ended their stoppage after the railroad agreed to meet a coordinated committee of the four unions. Orders were given to resume work at once and within half an hour idle wheels began turning in the Houston yards.
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Houston
Tex
Southern Pacific
Texas
Louisiana
Real D A R Danks Dies in Fond du Lac At 43
D A R member Wilamre CR. Danks aged 43, daughter of Captain Luther Rice, an officer in the American Revolution, died in Fond du Lac after residing there about fifty years.
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Fond du Lac
Wil
Merc Faces Arson Charge in Chicago Case
Chicago clerk Chicago-Clement Thacher, once hailed a February hero for waking tenants during a house fire, was arrested on arson suspicions. He is accused of setting fires in four nearby houses. In New York a four year old girl named Sarah Keele lies dying in Bellevus Hospital from alcoholism, with her mother charged for neglect.
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Merc
Chicago
Clement Thacher
New York
Sarah Keele
Bellevus
Joshua Crossing Jordan Lesson at Moody Bible Institute
Larry Sellers outlines a November 30 lesson text from Joshua on crossing the Jordan. He frames the march as orderly and prayerful, with the ark leading and God accompanying his word with presence, urging implicit obedience and faith to move from wilderness failures to Canaan’s life.
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Joshua
The
Jordan
Jesus
Red Sea
Moses
Pharaoh
Moses Joshua
Israel
Canaan
Christ
God
Adam
Rom
Jericho
Abraham
Jacob
Western Canada yields and settlers shine in 1913 report
An overview praises Western Canada for high grain yields and strong farming. Wheat yields reach 40 to 110 bushels per acre in places, with heavy oats and barley as well. A Battleford district story of a self-made farmer expanding to 480 acres illustrates prosperity and debt freedom. Danish immigrant Kay near Saskatoon clears mortgage and plans to visit Denmark. Large-scale farming using new machinery grows profits for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Over 400,000 settlers arrived in the past year, many to farms.
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Savocte Avai Tie Cee
Darley
Canada
Battleford
Kay
Saskatoon
Denmark
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Love and wealth drive a doomed aristocratic romance
A short passage depicts a young heiress and a forsaken nobleman in a love marriage. Critics note the heiress praises sincere affection while observers counter that the husband pursued wealth. The exchange hints at conflicting motivations and a precarious union.
Clersyman Testimony on Dodds Kidney Pills
A clersyman from Wigton Pa testifies that after one year of dropsy with swollen limbs and fatigue, Dodds Kidney Pills reduced swelling. He reports improved health and reaffirmed faith months later. Advertisements include remedies, music, recipes, and piano placement tips.
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Edmund Gesinp
Wigton
Heston
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
N.Y
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