Land of Grain and Western Canada Grain Boom Prophecy
A travelogue praising Western Canada as a rising grain power with huge yields in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It cites 25 to 50 bushels per acre forecasts for wheat and 25 to 30 bushels for oats, notes high profits for settlers, and contrasts Canadian wheat’s quality and per acre output with U.S. production. It describes climate advantages, migrant optimism, and calls Western Canada a land of greater hope for American farmers.
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North
Canada
Land of Greater Hope
Dominion Provinces
Ual
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian
A. Kaltenbrusier
Regina
Rouleau and
Drinkwater
Moosejaw
Western Canada
Union
Western
United States
West
Canadian West
Rockies
Lfe
Kansas News Roundup: Boy Killed in Storm and State Figures
A severe lightning storm east of Glasco killed two horses and a boy named Hardy while four others sheltered under a tree during a drive home. Two boys escaped, alerted the town, and neighbors reported the incident. Kansas state Senator J M Hamme from the Twenty third district was found dead in Cottonwood Falls, likely from heart disease, after 15 years in the state. He previously coached at the University of Kansas for part of one season and served on the Kansas board of medical examiners. In Great Bend, the Rustler has merged into Triana Publishing, reducing papers from three dailies and five weeklies to two dailies and two weeklies. W P Feder, Democratic candidate for representative, will continue editing the Democrat weekly.
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United States
Canada
Dominion
Winnipeg
Alberta
Western Prairies
Calgary
Manitoba
Dominion West
Saskatchewan
Montana
Edmonton
Denver
Wyoming
California
New England
Japan
Great Wheat
Western
Glasco
Hardy
Kansas
J. M. Hamme
Cottonwood Falls
Peabody
University of Kanas
Kansas Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Liing
Pennsylvania
Great Bend Fapers Marge
Great Bend Rustler
Triana Publishing Company
Hustler
Stoke and Feder
The
Democrat
W. P. Feder
Tribune
Weekly
Register
Tom and the New Move Seaves
University Seeks Record Enrollment as Fall Term Opens
University of Kansas expects about two thousand four hundred students to enroll within two weeks after fall term starts. Past years show enrollment growing from 1708 at opening to about 2100 later, with optimism hinting at 2500 as the year progresses.
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University
University of Kansas
Ucaly
Kansas Corn Makes World Exhibition Splash
A Kansas man visited a London commercial exposition and discovered 128 products made from Kansas corn. The feature highlights Kansas pride in agricultural ingenuity and global reach of local crops.
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Kansas
England
Sol
London
Rushville Postoffice Robbery Reported
Bandits wrecked the Rushville post office safes located 15 miles south of St. Joseph along the Burlington railroad and stole 100 in stamps and money plus 50 in merchandise.
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Rushville
Leavenworth Masons Plan New Four-Story Temple
Trustees from six Leavenworth Masonic bodies bought buildings at 321 and 422 Delaware Street to construct a new temple. They already owned 425 Delaware and plan a four story structure with the top four floors fitted as a large Masonic lodge room.
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Leavenworth Masons
Atm Sonic Organizations
Leavenworth
Delaware Street
Masons
Delaware
Swat the Fly Motto Replaces Framed Wall Display
John A Greisel editor of the Golden City Register sues camp officials of the Modern Woodmen of America for 10000 damages alleging he was injured when resisting being branded during a board of health event. The incident centers on a shift from a crocheted motto to a black letter placard reading Swat the Fly.
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8. J. Crotmbine
State Board of Health
John A Greisel
Golden City Register
Elgct
Modern Woodmen of America
Abandon Old Headquarters In Topeka For Parties
After years of using the Copeland hotel as the Republican headquarters and the Throop as a Democratic fire room, both state central committees seek new rooms outside those hotels for their headquarters this year.
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Copeland
Topeka
Williams Family Reunites Across Generations in Wawego
At their fourth annual reunion at J. K. Stewart's home in Wa mego, 47 Williamees from three generations of the Williams family formerly of Marion Indiana attended.
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J. K. Stewart
Wamego
Williams
Marion
Ind
Cost of Keeping the Insane Across States
A Kansas per diem cost of 43 cents ranks fourth lowest among ten states. Illinois reports 39 cents, Iowa 42, Missouri 42, Ohio 40, Michigan 48, Indiana 49, New York 61, Pennsylvania 52, and Wisconsin 60. Differences reflect varied accounting practices. Per capita costs at state hospitals range 38 to 53 cents with Topeka 38, Osawatomi 38, and Parsons 53.
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Kansas
Thinnois
Iowa
Missouri
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Topeka State Hospital
Osawattomle
Parsons
Meteor Shakes Ellsworth After Night Sky Fireball
A bright meteor fell north of Ellsworth the other night lighting the countryside for miles and shaking windows and pictures in Ellsworth homes. No damage occurred. In Salina, John P. Morton a longtime Kansas traveling salesman for Wichita and Kansas City wholesale houses died of paralysis at age 14. He was a Masonic and Elks member with ties to Wichita.
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Ellsworth
Kansas
John P. Morton
Kansas City
Wichits
Salina
Wichita
Wichita Elks
State School Fund Apportionment Allocated
The August apportionment of the state school fund is set at 49 cents per child for 508,870 pupils, totaling 249,346.20 dollars. Large counties Crawford Shawnee Sedewick Leavenworth receive 7908 8177 7223 5940 respectively.
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Crawford
Shawnee
Sedewick
Leavenworth
Saline County Checker Champ Nathaniel Wilson Dies at Home
Nathaniel Wilson, lifelong Saline resident and father of J O Wilson president of Saline Telephone, died suddenly at his Saline home at age S1. The noted central Kansas checker champion played a game 40 minutes before his death after settling a Saline County claim in the early 1970s.
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Nathaniel Wilson
Saline County
J. O. Wilson
Saline Telephone Company
Saline
Central
Kansas
Canned Tomatoes Seized in Parsons Case of Labeled Size
A consignment of 8 160 cans branded 43 ounces each weighed only 39 ounces and was seized in Parsons on a complaint by Assistant United States Attorney J S West. The goods shipped from Dixon Missouri to Jewell County Normal Broke Record in the local trade district. The article also notes the Jewell County Normal Institute closed its thirtieth annual session with over 200 teachers. It then shifts to Kansas state finance figures for the year ending 1908 and Ottawa school enrollment data.
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Parsons
United States
J. S. West
Fort Scott
Dixon
Jewell County Normal
Jewell County Normal Institute
Kansas
State of
General Revenue Fund
Boland Says He Raises Big Crops In Sand Hills
TD Boland of Garden City area reports large yields from sandy ground with minimal irrigation. He asserts his harrowing twice weekly keeps soil soft and mellow. He showcases exceptionally large homegrown potatoes and broom corn stalks as proof.
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C. TD. Boland
Garden City
Annd Hitla
Mr. Boland
Worcester woman climber and a man conquer Mont Blanc
Worcester, Massachusetts native Fannie Bullock Work and William H. Hobbs, professor of geology at the University of Michigan, gain fame abroad this summer. Hobbs surpassed prior Mont Blanc records, reaching the summit and returning in seven and a half hours from Grands Mulets. Hobbs, son of the late Captain Horace Hobbs, is noted for geological studies abroad and his prior near-volcanic proximity at Vesuvius. He is a 1883 graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and has studied at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and German universities. He formerly taught geology at Ann Arbor and Wisconsin, earning the nickname the crazy American for his bold Vesuvius approach.
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Worcester
Masa
Fannie Bullock Workan
William H. Hobbs
University of Michigan
Horace Hobbs
Mont Blanc
Grands Mulets
Hobbs
Mt. Vesuvius
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Harvard College
Ann Arbor
University of Wisconsin
Cyclone in Nebraska Tops Tables and Trees
A June 4 tornado siege hit Buffalo County and Kearney, Nebraska, with seven twisters. A photographer credit shows a caster and bottle twisted from a table, the base lodged in a walnut tree, and bottles found shattered with twigs packed in their necks.
Fatal Defect and a Fading Newspaper Mystery
A fragmented transcription hints at a vanishing paper titled The Argas and Brown's papers. The dialogue notes a good paper that faded and wonders what became of the papers, suggesting a sudden decline or disappearance without clear details.
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Brown
Glib Verse Notes And Social Snippets From Atchison
A string of humorous and gossipy quips from Atchison, musing on manners, marriage, and perception. A bride shifts from praising her husband to snide remarks about him, while a man’s gaze is linked to his trade. The column hints at gendered social judgment and the irony of public opinion.
Quaker Meditations From the Philadelphia Record
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record features quips and wordplay on money debt faith work and humor. Jests touch on hoaxes baseball in Japan and observations about wealth and generosity attributed to various characters and a Chicago News pickup.
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Phailadelphia
Boylet
Joax
Hoyle
Gotrox
Wace
Firat Mencherite
Japan
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James Oliver Curwood
Papa
George
Commercial Club of
Great Bend
Barton County
Suy
H. K Doane
Corps of
Ottawa
City of
A. L. Bell
Vs. Hobbs
the Crazy American
Cata
Philadelphia Press
Washington Star
Maude
Chicago
Stubb
John
Chicago Daily News
Philadelphia
Tom
the Tattler
Nebraska
New York City
Buffalo County
Kearney
Edward
Bricker
Globe Lights
Atchison
Europe
Chicago News
Kansas City Directory
Rus Turros
Nebraska Clothing CO
Main St
VELIE
John Deere Plow CO
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