Kansas shale boom draws capital to Smoky Hill region
Western Kansas World reports on the Trego and Ellis shale fields attracting Topeka interests led by Col. W. H. Rossington and J. J. Frey. Imperial Mining Co plans a $10,000 reduction works at Smoky Hill with chemist F. W. Miller claiming a $1 per ton extraction cost. Oil feuds emerge as Standard Oil and Waconda Oil & Mining Co begin land purchases across Ellis Gove Mitchell and Logan counties as Eldridge predicts Kansas will become a top oil field with oil seeps along Smoky Hill and Saline rivers.
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Trego
Ellis
Topeka
W. H. Rossington
Carlos Blood Smith
Eugene Hagan
Hi. P. Dillon
A- F. Williams
George W. Veale, Jr
A. F. McManus
C. K. Holliday
S. 8. Ott
Jerry Black
F. W. Freeman
E. W. Poindexter
J. K. Rowley
C. F. Foote
W. A. L. Thompson
Fred Gay
Frank Lewis
Charles J. Langtry
Strong City
J. J. Frey
Santa Fe
P F. J. Close
Ellis County
Holliday, Veale
Imperial Mining Company
F. W. Miller
St. Louis
Imperial Company
Smoky Hill
Hays City
Charles J. Lantry
H. P. Dillon
Lovewell and
Gage
F. Burleigh Johnson
Ellis-Trego
Chicago
Union Pacific
Standard Oil Company
Northwest
Kansas Oil Field
Kansas Field
Beaumont
Tex
Waconda Oil and Mining Company of
Ellis, Gove
Mitchell
Logan
Saline
J.B Eldridge
Union Pacific Railway Company
Kansas
Eldridge
Gove
Smoky Valley
Mr. Eldridge
John M. March
Leavenworth
Wa Keeney
Trego County
Smoky Hill Valley
Los Angeles
Cal
Pennsylvania
Florence
Colo
Missouri
Indiana
Life Saved by Chamberlains Calic Remedy
A Missouri man credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life nine years ago after doctors said he could not live. He reports instant relief and enduring good health, adding the medicine has stayed in his home. Also a poem excerpt laments migrants returning to Kansas and promoting moving wagons across the plains with a regional voice from Topeka Capital.
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Chamberlain
Chaguerlain
A. E. Lafalette
Gregory Landing
Clark County
Tam
Alwas
Jones & Gibson
Odd Newspaper Humour And A Goat Tragedy
A Oklahoma paper recounts the death of O Grady’s goat after it ate yeast and an umbrella during a rain storm, causing the umbrella to rise inside the goat and kill it. Also noted is an ad touting Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to revive torpid livers and improve digestion, priced at 5 cents with free samples at Jones & Gibson's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Price
Jones & Gibson's
For Sale Column and Local Notes from Pratt Area
A mix of items including a land trade offer in Trego county and a Pratt town exchange, brief notes on a Princeton address, plus local anecdotes. Also mentions a diarrrhea remedy anecdote from Whedon and a Pratt wheat field description with Randle’s cultivation method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisworthy County
Kan
Direct Union Pacific Route Promises Fast California Travel
San Francisco boosters tout Union Pacific fast trains as the quickest link to California with direct routes and low interior rates. Pamphlets on California travel are available via agent Gro. C. Schuarren. The piece also notes Kansas settlers selling land to Standard Oil and advertises Grove’s Tasteless Chill Conquer for fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
San Francisco
Notable Ad Rhetoric On Patent Medicine And Editorial Needs
The excerpt cites Grove's Tasteless Chill Cure as iron and quinine in tasteless form and notes the paper prints personal notices for free while urging reader subscriptions. It comments that editors require practical sustenance beyond scenery and expectations, joking about pork beans and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Land tract near Wa-Keeney offered by W. E. Saum
West half of section 7-12-23 in Trego county presents prime farming land just one mile from Wa-Keeney. Offered by W. E. Saum. Subscribe for the WorLD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trego County
Wa-Keeney
W. E. Saum
Low Rate Burlington Route Summer Excursions
Burlington Route advertises very low summer excursion rates with daily and biweekly trips to wide West and East destinations. It promotes Homeseekers' excursions, cheap round trips to Buffalo Exertion and eastern resorts, and weekly departures from St. Louis and Kansas City. Written rates and circulars available from RM Crozier and Edward Elliott, general manager.
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Burlington Fonts
Commie Utah
Black Hills
Homeseekers
Northwest
Lrons
Buffalo
Sea Shore
Adirondacks
Canada
Michigan Lakes
Mackinaw
Chicago
Detruit
Clevela
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Lake Superior
Burlington
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Rite Us
RM_ CROZIER, IW, WAKELEY
Tpa
Maia St
Edward Elliott
St. Lois
Pollman Ordinary Sleeping Cars for Tourists
Pollman Ordinary Sleeping Cars are promoted as the most comfortable travel option for large parties and homeseekers, operating daily on the Union Pacific from Nebraska and Kansas to California and Oregon. Cars are fully fitted with bedding and amenities, with uniform porters to ensure passenger comfort. marketed as modern and nearly first-class in quality. Also advertises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy via a local pharmacist, Jones & Gibson, highlighting one testimonial from Druggist J. Goldsmith of Van Etten, NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S. Whedon
First National B
Winterset
Town
Chamberlain
Jones & Gibson
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Kansas
California
Oregon
J. Goldsmith
van Etten
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E. A. Guschewsky
Kans
Denver
Pacific Coast
Imva Duce
Pickeke
Schuster
Agens
A B Jones
Wa-Keeset
Karsas
V. —. Saum
Attorney AT Law
Eney
John A. Nelson
HEAL
Folt
BOS' Land CO
Young Quimper
Ellermeier
Dark Bay Percheron Stud
Monarcha
Kentucky
Allermeyers
WaKeoney
Littlechild
William, JR
Netonian
Black Howk Morgan
Hickman
McAtee’s
Ftimentine Descespriox
Sisa
A. Spitenaigle
Hurley Spitenaugle
Wall
Arego County
Aransas
Kaewas
Pouibeast
County
John Zeman
Kequay
Jowmph Papas
Weewes
Seradal
Harm Wilson
Uold
W. Grove
Por Satz
Iequire
Princton
L. King
Princton, Lo
Blue Rapids
Doninic
Pratt
Union
T. Randle
Randle
Epworth
Suly
Mun Union Pacific
Missouri River
Gro. C
Scuarren
Smith Center
Gaylord Herald
FO Sale
Cash Grocery
J J. Drummond
Pollman
Weutrseron
Efisworth
Union Pacific Lands Co
C. Black
Wa-Keeney, Hays City
Ellis. . H. Swiscerr
Wa-Keeney - Kays
W. H. Swiscerr
J. Ferris & Co
Frank Wollner
W. S. Gorrell
Moser’s
Fredin
Smith's
McCleary
Manactr
N. E Corroth & Main Sis
Henderson
Sid St
C.O. D
Ssunda
Iife
Amp Pree
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