Kansas Farming News and Local Commerce Updates
A Kansas paper relays tales from farming village trade and a no-nonsense ax bargain. It notes Iola plans a permanent Chautauqua, and details Boys Corn Contest growth and 100 acre potato plans in Douglas county. Also covered are water rights fights, Wyandotte court damages, Trego bridge bond issues, Kaw valley cabbage and potato farming, and the evolving Kansas City postal growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas Farmer
Ihaw
Tml
Trego County
Paul Boucke Larmber Company
Wakeeney
W. F P. King
J. W. Lynn
James Walsh
Board of County Commissioners
Kansas
Freeman Va. Chanute
Supreme Court
First New Potatoes Grow For John Martin in Emporia
The Emporia Gazette reports John Martin raised the year’s first new potatoes with experiments that outshine famed growers. He brought a sample potato to the Gazette, left it on an Oriental divan, and it exploded due to office heat. Martin lights his garden with electric lamps so vegetables grow day and night and he expects rhubarb for market by mid month.
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Emporia
John Martin
Luther Burbank
Emporia Gazette
the Gazette
Concordia Presses For Federal Building
Postmaster Sawhill of Concordia reports a message from the supervising architect of the Treasury Department asking for information on post office need and space for a proposed federal building. The inquiry also requests details from the local weather bureau, marking Concordia’s closest approach to securing a federal facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia
Sawhill
Treasury Department
Washington
Federal
Long
Calderhead
Weather Bureau
Comcordia
State Treasury Suit Over Haskins & Sells Bill
The supreme court rules Haskins & Sells may recover 10000 for state treasury account examination of Treasurer T T Kelly. Kelly had refused 2377.95 bill after the audit conducted for Gov Finch. Also notes Model Roads project at Fort Leavenworth and the arraignment of George Tennyson for his father David Tennyson’s murder in Marysville.
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Haskins & Sells
T. T. Kelly
Supreme Court
Gov. Finch
State Treasury
Kelly
John T. Woshell
Good Roads Bureau
The
Agricultural Department
Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation
George Tennyson
David Tennyson
Marysville
Advocates Use of Parasites on Green Wheat Pests
Professor H J Hunter of the University of Kansas declares the artificial introduction of parasites to destroy green bugs a practical method. He urges starting as soon as the pests appear to check their advance and resists delaying large scale attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. J. Hunter
Department of Entomology
University of Kansas
Hunter
Experience of Mr Woods and Kidney Pills
The article recounts how kidney pills helped Mr Woods after fifteen years of kidney issues. A testimonial claims strong personal benefit and urges purchasing the Dean's Kidney Pills sold by Foster-Milburn Co. in Buffalo for 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Itching Humor on Boy Cured by Cuticura in Four Days
Mrs Frank Donahue reports a severe itching eruption on her son spreading over his hands and body. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with nightly applications, the boy was fully cured in four days, as described from Kokomo Indiana on September 16 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Donahue
Fremont St. Kokomo
Ind
Luckiest devil of luck and death in authors note
In Luck Dennis-Hinnisy is called the luckiest devil that ever walked as a character quips over a borrowed five dollars promised next week. A magazine line adds a brief vignette about fate and fortune tied to a humorous exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis—Hinnisy
Patrick
Dennis
No Blessing for the Girl in Prayer
A boy named Ralph who loved a pony prayed nightly for the pony but asked God not to bless the girl who owns the pony after its sale. The tale captures a child’s innocent yet blunt sentiment toward the new owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uttle
Ralph
Harold Harband and Snowball Threats in Comical Tale
A curious excerpt threads between a lighthearted scene where Harold Harband nervously watches a father figure with a gun and a playful warning about snowballs, and a later, unrelated medical ad touting Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials and distribution details.
Inactive Koreans and Odd Cures Mentioned in Ad Snippet
A garbled sample discusses Koreans doing nothing as a national occupation and cites Dr R Ho Kline with claims of cures for nervous disorders. It also contains fragmented quotes from a 1908 pledge and a Red Cross laundry advertisement urging whitening with a 2 oz package priced at five cents.
Peruna testimonials from clergy praise cures and new tablets
Rev Troutman of Washington Missouri and Rev Tate of Cincinnati report dramatic relief from catarrh throat spasms and grippe after using Peruna. Swanstrom of Grantsburg Wisconsin says Peruna cured chronic diarrhea and catarrh. Dr Hartman and team announce Peruna tablets now available equating to one dose of liquid Peruna for those who prefer solid form.
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Aly
Ti. W. Tate
Lincoln Avenue
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Ohio
P. EB. Swanstrom
Grantsburg
Wis
Hartman
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Tola
Douglas County
8. F. Harris
Lecompton
Kunkle Place
Jackson
Carbondale Investment Company
Carbondale
Osage County
Kansas City
Senate
Medicine Lodge
Tod
Yankton & Gulf Railroad
M’gamish
W. H. McCamish
Wyandotte
Michael Kirby
Trice
McCauteh
Kirby
J. G. Groves
Edwardsville
Groves
Mr. Woods
Knelrem
Tenderloin
Seventh Avenue
Isaac
Kneirem
Stork
John Reichenbach
Brookline
Pennsylvania
Brown
Mann
Channing
Winglow
RESOL
Jon
Mr. Woolfson
Harold
Harold Harband
Teattmontain
Tebe J
St. Vitus
Kline
Neves Hestauer
R. Ho Kline
Arch St
Philadelphia
Mencius
Ation
Garheld T
Ealbisi
Froude
Lewin
Dodds
Cardui
Cardus
Annie Hamilton
Stetsonville, Wis
Rev. Troutman
George A. E. Troutman
Washington, Mo
Peru
Joan
Earl S.sioan
Boston
Moss
U. 5
State St
Chesebrough Mfg
Neew
York City
Bell
Defiance
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