The Ring of the Man by F H Lancaster
Molly Cartwell faces a wedding dilemma as Gus Holden offers a ring and a marriage, while Max Barton, a joyous but impecunious newspaperman, vies for her heart. Molly weighs romance against money and social expectations as the ring's glitter tests her choice.
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Wey
Ring of the Man
F. H. Lancaster
Gus Molden
Molly Cartwell
Maxwell Barton
Mississippi
Molly
Max
Dowsword
Righter
Juanita
Rio Grande
Gue Holden
Mins
Gus Holden
Bla
Max Balt
Holden
Mr. Holden
Tom
Kansas Notes of Oddities and Local Incidents
A collage of Kansas items reports highway robbery in Topeka, divorce pleadings in Coffeyville, a Kirwin pastor's hymn miscue, and a graft tale on hunting rights. It cites Topeka sugar beet hopes, Opal in Smith county, a Wichita mail carrier shooting, a Columbus fatality, lace from Salina, and various curios from Saline to Fort Scott. The piece notes a Supreme Court case link and a range of peculiar local anecdotes with named places and people throughout Kansas.
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Topeka
Coffeyville
Hon
Kirwin
Kansas
Opal
Smith County
Concordia Empire
George Chanteau
South Emporia Avenue
Wichita
Albert Cor Nett
Chouteau
J. A. Briggs
Columbus
Salina
Mankato
Greenwood County
United States Supreme Cout
Sumner County
Toronto
Canada
Leavenworth
Fort Scott
Flint Hills
G. M. Lee
Arkansas City
North Ninth Street
Grant Hornaday
Evan
Iola
John T. Stewart
Wellington
Kansan
Bobo
Salemburg
Giant turtle specimen mounted at university museum
Lawrence reports a giant turtle specimen collected by Charles Sternberg for western Kansas has been mounted at the university museum. The shell spans ten feet, the sand leg is four feet long, and the forelegs reach six feet. It is described as the most complete specimen of its kind in any museum.
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Lawrence
Charles Sternberg
Kansas
University
War artist cites water saving in hotel sign
Frederic Villiers, famed war artist, warns guests in an Australian town hotel not to use soap for washing as water is scarce for tea. In Pearl Harbor, Hod Hawait, the Oahu Swear company cuts first cane crop on Ford Island, part of land sought by the United States government to fortify the harbor.
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Richard Harding Davis
Gen. Roberts
Bobs
Weil
Frederic Villiers
Roger Canson Hawait
Oahu
Ford Island
Pearl Harbor
United States
Eallant
Sheridas
Jack
Veterans Tribute and Civil War News From Vicksburg Camp
A vivid Civil War era piece documents Blue and Gray veterans gathering at Vicksburg with leaders from the National Military Park Commission and local groups. Speakers praise bravery, recount Sheridan’s cabbage-field incident, and note headstones for war dead and National Guard reforms.
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Vicksburg
Miss
National Military Park Commission
Board of Trade
United Daughters of the Confederacy
W. T. Rigby
Vicksburg National Miliary Park
Wisconsin
O. B. Christian
Marion
Ohio
Buckeye
Stephen D. Lee
Grant
Tennessee
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Cerious Misenderstaniinas
Philadelphia
Grace
Mal
Ranssans
Waseline
MPG CO
State Street
Rabat Beer
Bera Detierr
Senate
Tod
Wekiertepe
Ike
Lemersa
Tel
Sheridan
Ron
Tord
Bragg
Nashville
Edgefield
Tennesserom Neshvill
Owe
Phil Rhéridan
Jvision
Phil Sheridan
Uniil
Jeffers
Peach Tree Creek
Louisville
Boston
West Rutland
Washington
National Guard
Army and Navy Journal
Congress
National Board
Lee
Tralia
D. A
Connecticut
Sams
Derby
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