Advances in Medicine and Cancer Research
A Western Kansas World piece notes rapid medical progress in the early 20th century highlighting declines in tuberculosis, mosquito linked diseases, serum therapies for hydrophobia and diphtheria, and smallpox germ isolation. It discusses pneumonia and cancer as persistent challenges, mentions laboratories and cancer hospitals, and credits Rockefeller and Carnegie for funding American research efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of American Physicians
United States
America
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Engine of Death and Energy for Projectiles
A fragmented historical note discusses Birkeland hydroelectric experiments for an electro-magnetic gun, calculating that imparting high muzzle velocity would need vast copper wire and kilowatts, mentions Spacil and explosive-to-electromagnetic energy concepts, and ends with social and political asides on law and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belse
Birkeland
Christiania
Apo
Spacil
Sirkeland
Sign-reading Saltville clerk spots two visitors in drizzle
In Saltville a grocery clerk deduces two young women visiting Miss Gray from the drizzle and mud, noting their yesterday forenoon arrival. The pair purchases dates, finger-snaps, and crackers, with the clerk jokingly revealing how he reads such signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltville
Two German Family Keeps Two Dogs in Terse Quirk
A German family with two dogs, one a puppy and the other old, are the subject of a humorous misunderstanding. Young Fritz claims the oldest dog is smaller than the six month old puppy. His sister corrects him and apologizes for her brother’s English, noting his language is imperfect.
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Fritz
Kansas Happenings And Oddities From Prairie Oil And Gas
A Kansas page notes continued Prairie Oil and Gas pipe line expansions from Caney to Neodosh Gus Camght, with a fourth line ordered. It reports a farmer, John Doran, dead from an accidental rabbit-hunting shooting near his Munker’s Creek home, coroner’s jury deeming accidental. Also covers McPherson divorce publication limits, Union Pacific double track Topeka to Kansas City, Dewey’s lower court case denial, ex marshal boycotts, large Cherryvale paving, attorney J A Smith barred, Wa verily road meeting, Campbell prison term, miners’ strike funds, Hutchinson livery fire killing 32 horses, and a note on Kansas graduates seeking east work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Camght
Feece
John Doran
Munker’s Creek
Council Grove
Weather and meals quoted from Youth's Companion
A fragment quotes a saying about weather and meals, noting a person’s late arrival and suggesting three meals as the average. The line reflects a casual, conversational tone from a youth publication reference.
Monument Teases Love and Loss in Stray States
A fragmentary exchange portrays a widow and a timid man discussing past marriages and future matches. The dialogue hints at pride, longing, and social expectations as the widow jokes about not remarrying the first husband’s appeal and dismissing the timid suitor.
Wireless Robberneck Arms 32 Antennas For Message Net
New York inventor Roberneck declares his rooftop pole bearing 32 active antennas gathers wireless messages sent to him. The development raises a legal issue as top authorities affirm a man’s property rights extend from earth’s center to the sky, prompting questions about rights over messages transmitted through air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paying Cherokees in Tahlequah Reveals Mixed Fortunes
A historical account details honest acts and notable deceptions in Indian tax and debt settlements. An elderly full blood woman discreetly settled eleven accounts by passing coins and balances. greed and manipulation surfaced with a saddle charge hoax and bookkeeper falsifications. Bankers and collectors in Claremore gathered for large sums, with sums described in dramatic terms, including near half a million dollars in treasury notes and widespread practice of charging 25 cents to change a hundred-dollar bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahlequah
John Doe
Claremore
Coffeyville
Treasury
Big Commercial Increase from U S Exports 1906 Report
A Bureau of Commerce and Labor bulletin shows US exports for the first eight months of fiscal year 1906 exceed 1905 by 190,900,000 in value while imports exceed the 1905 level by 71,000,000. Exports of manufactures rise 35,000,000 and agricultural products 123,000,000 with notable gains in cotton goods iron and steel cars leather and oil. Provisions rise 32,000,000. coffee falls nearly 12,000,000 and sugar declines. Police buttons sold in Manchester for 29 after a case of cast-off uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Iname
Rumors and Remedies and Royal Ashes of Empire
A mixed snapshot recounts a testimonial for Dosa's Kidney Pills claiming health revival after heavy backache swelling feet and high colored secretions. The column also cites brief notes on Lord Beresford Raleigh potatoes Mary Queen of Scots lineage Leconfield and Fisher with comments on Boer War landholdings taxes and naval modernization.
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Fell
Ocean Ave
Jersey City
N. J
Dosa
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Charles Beresford
Walter Raleigh
Ireland
Calle
Peru
Alfonso
Princess Ena
Mary Queen of Scots
Europe
Hindustan
Lord Leconfield
Lord Rosebery
Edward Clarke
John Fisher
Gladstone heir elected Oxford Union secretary
At Oxford, William Glynne Charles Gladstone, grandson of the crest commoner and heir to the Hawarden estate, was chosen secretary of the Oxford Union. His grandfather held the post 76 years ago as the Hawarden estate, managed by uncles during minority, prepares to pass to the heir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williiam Glynne
Charles Gladstone
Crest
Hawarden
Oxford Union Society
Mr. Gladstone
Herbert and
Henry Gladstone
Bread Dyspepsia and the Digesting Element Lost
The article explains bread dyspepsia from starch digestion failing in the stomach. It describes a wheat berry deposit turned into diastase in saliva and pancreatic juices, essential to break starch into grape sugar. It argues modern flour removes this natural digester, causing digestive issues and potential appendicitis risks. It mentions Grape-Nuts as a remedy.
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Atlantic
Henry H Rogers
Fairhaven
Mast
Alfred Marwghall
Mamaroneck
Mackay
Roslin
L. 1
da Grove
Prince Benny
Benjamin Benny
Norfolk
Neb
Walter Russell
Benny Boy
Pasadena
Cal
Russell
Longworth
Dames
Tormerly Corporation Counsel of Cincinast
Congressional
Kansas
Iipe Enterprises
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Himeras Dulltrom
Caney
P. J. Galle
McPherson
Atformers
United States Supreme Court
Kansas City
Union Pacific
Topeka
Rock Island
Dewey
Chauncey Dewey
District Court of
Norhim
Supreme Court
Wii
A. W. Baker
Girard
Cecil Sturgeon
Beker
Cherrivale
East Main Street
West Third Street
Labette Street
Smith Disharrea
Johnston
J. A. Smith
Smith
Lyon County
Campbell
Wyamdotte County
Frank M. Campbell
Miners’ Union
Coolides
Merees
Hutchinson
McKee
Mvory Company
General Electric Company
Foe
Wireless
Rusberneck
Gein
Manchester
England
Fortress Monroe
Jef Davis
Gua Ard
Chicago Record-Herald
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