Latest Kansas Events and Oddities
Two boys report finding a teve with human bones on Bartlett farm near Osawatomie. City leaders investigate and recover two skulls. one skull wired by a phrenologist. Separately, electricity blamed for wheat crop damage across western Kansas. farmers form Lyon County Drainage Association to curb floods. Arrests for tax dodging and a fatal wagon collision in Kansas City area also noted.
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Kansas
Bartlett
Osawatomie
Ohl
To Build Kansas Pipe Line
Sunflower Oil company plans a pipeline from western Kansas to eastern Colorado and southwest Nebraska to supply oil. Work to begin next week and finish within a year, per information from Salina.
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Kansas
Sunflower Oil Company
Salia
Colorado
Nebraska
Will Be Voluminous Ballot In Primary Elections
The official list of candidates for four parties for presidential electors, state officers, U S senators, supreme justices, representatives and district judges appears on a certificate sent by Secretary of State C E Denton. The ballot will fill nearly six feet of length across county ballots, with many offices up for election this year.
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C. E. Denton
United States
Proposal Dilemma Puzzles Wordplay Challenge
A playful exchange frames a riddle about a hypothetical marriage answer. The speakers, labeled He and She, tease wit and ambiguity as they test each other with a clever conundrum about commitment. The banter hinges on tone and clever wordplay rather than literal intent.
Two Cures of Eczema Promoted by Cuticura Remedies
A Louisville reader recalls eczema relief after using Cuticura products for a child in 1884 and later for himself in a severe outbreak, claiming rapid improvement and cure. The letter ends noting dates in 1907.
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M.W. LaRue
Seventh St
Louisville
Telepathic Thirst and Wireless Wonders on Display
The Palmyra Journal notes rapid news travel via wireless telegraph and telephone. A Lyons Elks fair winner brings home whisky to a welcoming crowd of church members officials and band members. It praises Defiance Starch as safe for fine fabrics and a strong stiffener reducing quantity for a perfect finish.
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Palmyra
Lyons
Distrust Raised After A Marriage Omission
A dialogue from the Houston Post recalls tension between two spouses. One accuses the other of distrusting judgment, while the reply hints at past marital arrangements as the source of mistrust. The exchange centers on remembered marriage and the strain it creates in their relationship.
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Houston Post
Castoria and Everyday Life Snippets in a Fragmented Page
A collage of vintage ad lines and dialogue snippets: Castoria promotes infant safety and decades of use, a job seeker boasts a trackwalker trade for air travel, Defiance Starch promises crisp home laundered shirts, and a moonlit train wait leads to a walk with a companion. Also mentions Red Crossall Blue for restoring faded clothes.
Scraps of Advertisements and Sayings Amid Fragments
A collage of faded public notices and ad snippets mentions starch strength, wood swelling, health remedies, and teething relief. Vague lines hint at products like Defiance Starch and Winslow's soothing oils, with whimsical asides on ships, spinsters, and flowers in a fragmentary press page.
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White Cloud
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Bliss
W. T. Lynds
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Fred Bower
Millers
Millers’ Club
Northern
Delphos Mill
H. H. Starkweather
Snell Mill and Grain Company
Clay Center
W. A. Thompson
Hogan Milling Company
Junction City
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Pollock
State Tax Commission
State Auditor Nation
Tax Commission
New
Santa Fe
Topeka
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L. D. Mansfield
Memphis
Supreme Court
International Harvester Company
Chicago
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Martin Moody
Coffeyville
Kansas Conference of Charities and Correction
Wichita
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Tkodol
Aula
W. Gibson
Hee
Prohibition
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Christian Endeavor
Fifth District
Christian Endeavor Association
Parsons
Helen Osgood
Frank Armstrong
Columbus
Henry Draper
Oswego
Olive Turkington
Cherokee
Donald S. Alford
Nome
Alaska
Lawrence
Business College
Hartford
J. L. Bristow
C. A. Reynolds
Leavenworth
Kniper Soo
Katy
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
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Germantown
Winfield
Salina
Saline
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Uncle Sam
Fifth and
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Philadelphia
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Winslow
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Paxton Toilet CO
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Rockies
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Ee City
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Eadache
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Universa
Universal Adding Machine Co
SAT Gened
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le Clede Avenus
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Lake Shore
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Canada
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Tenth and Walnut Sts
Douglas Wallace
Warren J. Lynch
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Defiance
Toe Aage
Defiance Starch Company
Omaha, Neb
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