Mennonites Move West to Kansas for Free Homesteads
Syracuse Kansas November 19 Fifty or more Mennonite families from Marion County have preempted homesteads across Hamilton County in the Arkansas and Cottonwood valleys. They arrived under the federal homestead law, bringing seeds mulberry trees and silk hopes, but only wheat and general farming thrived. The families, led by Will and Robert Austin and Carl Kaesler, built sod houses then wood and brick homes, prospering in dairy poultry and crop yields. The Santa Fe railroad helped them settle, while other Lutherans and Catholics followed into nearby valleys. The community is now thriving, with windmills, gardens, orchards, and a growing local economy in Syracuse and surrounding farms.
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Hamilton County
Bear Creek Valley
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
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Austin Boys
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Farm Kitchen Demand Sparks Standstill Hay Duty
Incapacitated man refuses to pitch hay after being told by the farmer's son to do farm chores. The exchange centers on authority and reluctance, with the man claiming his illness prevents him from working. The dialogue ends as he refuses both the son and his father.
An Ancient Invitation to a Corn Soup Tradition
The text links ancient inviting customs with a tale of Adam and a corn based soup. It cites Professor H W Wiley noting sweet corn stalks may yield high quality sugar, peaking when ears are pulled, and that sugar converts to alcohol, suggesting potential farmer gains from corn stalk sugar recovery.
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Adam
H. W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Humorist Sholem Alekshim Arrives in New Land
Russian writer Sholem Rabinovits, known as Sholem Alekshim, recently arrived in the United States. Regarded as a literary anomaly among Hebrew writers from czarist lands, he trained as a rabbi but chose humor and literature after an early life marked by anti Jewish riots in Kiel. He endured a long journey by land to a seaport before sailing to this country.
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Dew
Sholem Alekshim
Sholem Rabinovits
Kiel
Anti Germ Phones Offer Airborne Disease Shield
In an English telephone the mouthpiece is omitted to prevent disease transmission. The device combines receiving and transmitting in a compact metal case kept at the ear during speaking and listening. It is so delicate that close mouth spoken sound is not required for operation.
Porter Had Change and a Tip to the Porter
Chevrolet comments on American railways calling them superb yet costly. As he travels to Florida, he thanks a porter for attentive service and considers tipping generously, asking if fives are preferred.
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Porter
Chevrolet
Florida
Kansas News Briefs on Soldiers, Law, and Local Events
Old soldiers of Lawrence push a plan for a broader relief law exempting homesteads from taxes up to 1000 dollars for honorably discharged veterans and widows, plus a state soldiers monument and home funding. Other items note Livery business growth in Stockton, a Topeka G A R court martial, corn yields in Marshall county, criminal case against McDonald, dynamiting of a Conway Springs joint, a potential Bryan address to teachers, and various newspaper and railroad issues.
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G. A. BR
Kansas
Fort Dodge
Kaw
Mother Bickerdyke
Kangss City Plans Western Amusement Park Venture
A new stock company intends to build the greatest western amusement park in Kangss City. Capitalized at $200,000, funds will buy ground and prepare the site for concessions. The completed park with up to date carnival features is projected to cost about $500,000.
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Kangss City
United States
Mary Hunter recalls Clay banquet scandal and fall
The memoir recalls a North Carolina banquet for Henry Clay in Asheville where gossip linked him to a freed octoroon. The tale, once suppressed to protect attendees, mirrors a political scuffle that ended with Clay's defeat. Hunter later moved to Minneapolis, labored from childhood, and now seeks charity after injuring her back.
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Asheville
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Henry Clay
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Edward Ekman
Clock to Control Lights in England Patent May Save U.S. City Costs
Consul Albert Halstead reports a patented automatic gas controller now on sale in England. A clock-based device can light and extinguish street lamps at varying daily times throughout the year, adapting to seasons. It requires winding every two weeks and needs no annual resets, promising less maintenance and lower lighting costs for municipalities.
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Albert Halstead
Birmingham
England
United States
Scientific American
Saved from the Flames by Heroic St Bernard
A gentleman praised his St Bernard Bruno for saving a horse from a blazing stable. The dog bit the halter rope and led the horse to safety while the owner could not return due to flames. The tale highlights canine bravery and devotion to farm animals.
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Rink
Ted Stowt
St. Berman
Happiness parity in a homegrown philosopher quip
A homegrown philosopher notes that a bachelor with $50,000 is less happy than a poor married man with seven marriageable daughters. The reason given is that the bachelor desires more than he has, while the married man has more than he desires.
The Duet and Rounder Ad Lib Dialog from Boston Transcript
Dialogue fragments from the Boston Transcript presenting a humorous exchange about honesty, temptation, and the conflict between conscience and deceit while suggesting a social club setting and a risque lean. The excerpts hint at domestic strain and comic mischief in a light, period voice.
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Tippler
Boston Transcript
Consolation in Life Insurance Exchange
A terse dialogue shows Mr Hussel fearing death if he does not work harder, while Mrs Hussel questions whether life insurance coverage provides real consolation or security. The exchange highlights anxieties about mortality and financial planning.
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Hussel
Crisis of Girlhood and Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
A testimonial extols a young girl’s recovery using Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with Motherly advice offered by Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts. It urges sick girls to write for free guidance toward healthy womanhood as Lydia E Pinkham’s daughter-in-law continues a 25 year advisory service to women.
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Soe & Finkhan
Lysia
Schools Teach Card Playing In Elite German Schools
Card playing has become widespread among German upper class women and is now taught as a regular subject in fashionable boarding schools for girls.
The Scotsman’s Diet Feature on Oats and Strength
A note on oats as a staple in Scottish cuisine claiming mental and physical strength. Promotes Quaker Oats as the best rolled oats. Readers offered a large family package for 25 cents with a free imported china piece.
Cactus as a Timepiece Descriptions from Mexico
The article describes several Mexican cacti used as timepieces and tools. One stores toothpicks in a hollow, another has ribbed spines like combs, another with curved spines resembling fish hooks, and yet another imitates a sea urchin. A red haired cactus is nicknamed the red headed cactus, plus varieties with blooming schedules. Cereus nycticalus opens at seven PM and closes at seven AM, others at eight or nine respectively until morning.
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Mexico
Boon
Rheumatism Cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills
Mrs Cota of West Cheshire Connecticut narrates years of rheumatism pain in feet ankles and knees. After failing with other medicines she took Dr Williams Pink Pills and rapidly improved with pain relief and recovery restoring her ability to perform household duties. She notes the cure is achieved by cleansing and enriching the blood addressing the disease at its source.
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Henry Cota
West Cheshire
Conn
Dr. Williams
Trey
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