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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
6
An official in Washington questions dime scarcity arguing prosperity keeps coins in pockets. The piece notes most dimes minted in last 20 years remain out of circulation and estimates about three dimes per person may be in existence. It also discusses other obsolete coins and general monetary circulation.
J H Crutchfield, a cotton broker, shot his wife Sallie Crutchfield after discovering an affair with a railroad man who lost his legs in a railway accident. The wife survived. Crutchfield was jailed but allowed privileges as the case heads to criminal and divorce trials amid strong public sentiment in Atlanta society.
An old time reporter recalls a hard man who owned a newspaper and banked, with estates across town. One day the deacon entered a saloon, ordered beer, and left a single nickel tipped on the bar as he sipped and listened before resuming his stern, unmoved stance.
Oren Hoot, nephew of the secretary of state, was recently named vice president of the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company of New York. He started as a laborer and worked up from the bottom, climbing the ladder to reach top posts before entering executive duties.
A patient describes ten years of kidney trouble and disability with diszy spells and limited activity. They credit Doan's Kidney Pills with rapid relief and eventual cure, claiming life saved. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box.
A historical piece extols Western Canada’s farming boom driven by wheat oats and barley yields. It cites 1906 harvests totaling about $92.6 million with free homesteads and rail expansion fueling settlement. Cites J. J. Hill praising rural growth and contrasts Canadian land prices and yield advantage with the US.
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