Kansas Plan for Experimental Farms in Each County
Representative Scott proposes 11 one acre experimental farms per county to demonstrate best farming methods. Lands to be supplied by farmers under Department of Agriculture experts direction with no new federal funding. January 1908 was unusually warm and dry with Pratt county hottest at 60.8F and Coolidge coldest at 31.4F above zero. Alcohol must be pure standards notified to wholesale druggists. shipments below standard must be labeled. Coal found near Dodge City with several veins reported. Gray and Hodgeman counties show seven to seven and a half feet seams. Howe's review questions accuracy of Border Ruffians tale and places Kansas history under scrutiny.
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Scott
Iota
House Committee of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Mr. Scott
Agricultural Department
Kansas
Government Weather Bureau
Topeka
Pratt County
Coolidge
Ashland
Clark
J. Crumbine
State Board of Health
Dodge City
Arthur Grebaugh
Hodgeman County
H. Stites
Orebaugh
George Redfeld
Cave
Gray County
George Slocum
Ford Line
Slocum
Ford County
Jetmore
Santa Fe
Rock Island Railroad
Howe
Atchison Globe
Leavenworth
Horder Ruffans
Davy Atchison
Lawrence
Robinson
John R Brown
Margaret Hendricks
Stranger Creek
London
Missouri
Edgerton Takes First Honor in West Point Evacuation Class
Glen Edgerton son of J E Egerton superintendent of city schools Manhattan earned the first honor cadet title in the evacuat ing class of West Point Military academy at seventeen. He was the third youngest in his class and completed four years before entering the academy after studies at the State Agricultural college Manhattan. Diplomas were presented by Secretary of War Taft.
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Edcerton
West Point Military Academy
Glen Edgerton
J. E. Egerton
Manhattan
Eidgerton
State Agricultural College
Taft
Watered butter case hits John Stewart Produce Dublin Concordia
The John Stewart Produce Company of Concordia and John Stewart faced penalties for handling watered butter without government approval. The Internal Revenue Department seized butter in Chicago and St Louis, with fines totaling 1500 dollars. The butter will be returned after renovation to meet legal standards.
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John Stewart
John Stewart Produce Company
Concordia
Internal Revenue Department
Stewart
Chicago
St. Louis
Big Bourbon County Hunt Ends With Rodent and Bird Totals
The southwest Bourbon county and northern Crawford county wolf chase yielded fewer wolves than hoped but many jack rabbits and about 1 000 crows were killed. In Leavenworth two masked men robbed a saloon, taking $300 from the safe and cash register. A Harper County sportsman bought shells, borrowed a shotgun, and traveled 13 miles to hunt, returning with one rabbit and a sore shoulder. The Fifth District Republican convention for delegates to the national meeting was set for March 45 in Abilene.
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Bourbon County
Crawford County
Leavenworth
Charles Wahlenwits
Harper County
Binter
Pitta
Abilene
Paraffine Plant Put in Operation by Erie Refining Co
A large paraffine plant the first of its kind between Ohio and the Pacific coast is now operating at the Erie refinery of the Great Western Oil Refining company. Installed at a cost of 100000 dollars, it includes refrigerating machinery and wax presses to boost output and utilize residue, with a capacity of 240 barrels per day. Lawrence Banks Form Clearing House. For the first time, the town’s five banks unite in a clearing house association, led by president J D Rowersock and officers M Newmark Brometsick and March.
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Erie
Ohio
Pacific Coast
Great Western OU Refining Company
Great Western
Lawrence
Lawrence Banks
Lawrence Clearing House Association
Clearing House Association
J. D. Rowersock
M. Newmark
Brometsick
March
Kansas Printer Roberts Appointed Foreman at Government Printing Office
David J. Roberts of Emporia named foreman of printing at the Government Printing Office in Washington. He serves in an official capacity with the agency and receives an annual salary of 2500 dollars. Roberts is a familiar figure to Kansas newspapers and was once a partner of Jake Admire, owners of the Osage City Free Press.
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Kansas
David J. Roberts
Emporia
Washington
Roberts
Fraternity of
Jake Admire
Osage City Free Press
Country Boys Win Narrow Rabbit Hunt At Stafford
In a recent local event between town and country youths at Stafford, the country boys triumphed by 13 points, 458 to 445. Each side had two runs, with ten teams and five wagons present. The town group funded the supper.
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Stafford
Prison Twine Price Set by Penitentiary Board
The penitentiary board fixed prison twine at seven and a half cents per pound for orders of five thousand pounds or more and eight cents per pound for smaller lots.
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Prison Twine Lower
the Pententiary
Salina to Become Regular Freight Division Point
Salina will be a regular freight division point on the Union Pacific railway starting March 4 to shorten runs. Junction City and Ellis stay as division points. Kansas land sold for 150 dollars an acre. record price set when A. D. Walker sold a 80 acre Holton farm at 150 per acre to F. H. Cope of Jefferson County.
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Salina
Union Pacific Railway
Junction City
Ellis
Kansas
Seilirg
Jackson County
A. D. Walker
Holton
F. H. Cope
Jefferson County
Love Affairs of George Washington in His Youth
This article portrays George Washington as a lively, social young man who enjoyed dancing and horse riding. It recounts his early heartaches with Miss Frances Alexander, Miss Lucy Grymes, Miss Mary Phillipse, and Miss Mary Cary, plus a pivotal romance with Martha Custis leading to marriage in January 1763.
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George Washington
Washington
Virginia
Lucy Grymes
Sally
Fairfax
Betsy
Thomas Adams
Willamsboro
Sultler
Williamsburg
Mary Phillipse
Hudson
West Point
Aquarium
Miss Phiilipse
Col. Washington
Williams Ferry
Mary Cary
George
Maury Cary
Henry Lee
Harry
Custer
Mount Vernon
Marties
Capla
Capla's — and Pow Lays Ssf Sr
Martha Parke Custis
Martha Custis
America
Old Dominion
Time Thief Eats Minutes Hours Days From Industry
A satirical portrait portrays a time thief who robs workers of minutes and hours, intruding in busy offices at peak times. The piece frames his charm and habit of interrupting work as a pernicious but oddly sociable crime, predicting he may endure as long as time itself.
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Mil
Jane
Gorillas Terrorize Congo Natives in Explorer’s Tale
Alfred Yorke, a young explorer returning to London from the French Congo, recounts encounters with immense gorillas in a region spanning the French Congo and German Cameroons. He describes tribes driven off, caravans attacked, and how heavy clubs and ample ammunition helped his party escape.
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Congo
Alfred Yorke
London
French Congo
Lim Airee
German Cameroons
Mr. Yorke
Color Photography Breakthrough at The Times Report
The London Times notes color photography pioneers have reached a promising stage with a two plate system. A fairly satisfactory hello chrome transparency may be produced with a single exposure and little more effort than making an ordinary negative.
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The
London Times
Why He Fought in Magistrate Court
A record of a magistrate hearing where the complainant insists on a fight claim. Pat Murphy testifies he wore a clean shirt and was provoked, stating he accepted the costs and costs to be settled in court.
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Pat Murphy
Canadian land boom lures settlers to Alberta wheat belt
Frank Morrey of Kelvington Saskatchewan recounts 1905 1907 experiences near Wadena on the Canadian Northern Railroad. He praises Alberta grain yields from 30 to 60 bushels per acre and oats 75 to 100, notes available homesteads mostly taken, Germans and Americans settling, ample fuel water and wild fruits, urging inquiry through Canadian Government Agent E. T. Holmes in St Paul Minnesota.
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Rene Ne Ee Dink
Dakota
Montana
Canada
Rhine
Russia
Lancashire
Yorkshire
United States
Pence
Mississippi
Pacific
Alberta
T. Holmes
St. Paul
Minn
Wadena
Canadian Northern Railroad
Frank Morrey
Kelvington
Sesk
The Old Lady Was Willing Delinquent Reader Threatens Editor
A dunned subscriber sends a violent note to the editor in chief vowing to beat him, prompting the assistant editor to invite the man to the office. The wife reportedly says the editor has the devil in him and urges action.
Betrayed by His Language in a Short Exchange
A terse exchange with a stern policeman ends in a brisk test of language and social perception. The dialogue touches on visible means of support and a strained joke about a missing wife, followed by a dated advertisement for Bronchial Traches cough cure.
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