Dakota House Defeated Moon’s Surfage and Statehood Odds
In the Daily Eagle MARSHALL section a discussion notes the Dakota territory’s path to statehood tied to its bonds. It cites the railroads owing the government 147,024,000 and reviews political figures, appointments, and legislative battles across Kansas and national scenes with several named entities and updates on local public offices.
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Dakota House
Wo Moon
Trion and
Central Pacific
Milliken
Boston Herald
Washington
Bisine
United States
Protect Our Boys and Girls from the Cigarette Craze
A Kansas legislature appeal urges laws to curb cigarette sales to youths and remove obscene images on packages. The letter praises Kansas youths, pleads for protective laws, and cites public figures debating Samoa policy and Consul Sewall’s conduct as a contrasting national issue.
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Kansas
Shrewd scheme to force woman suffrage exposed
A 19th century editorial condemns Hemtor Manderson's plan to grant voting rights to all US citizens with electoral qualifications, arguing it would compel every state and territory to adopt universal suffrage and dilute representation. The piece ridicules the tactics and warns of rapid, indirect expansion of the ballot for women and others.
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Hemtor Manderson
United States
Ion
Congress of the
Conmgnes
Fragmented Southern notes on Gen Sherman and future contracts
A garbled dispatch discusses Gen Sherman’s stance on aiding indigent southern soldiers and a letter from Mayer Stewart seeking Confederate honors in Austin. It also covers a Vicksburg court ruling on future contracts, noting a judge’s finding of enforceable actual deliveries and the exchange practices in question.
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Mayer Stewart
Trans
Austin
Cieneral Sherman
Sherman
Great
Appomattox
Lewis
Hill
United States District Court
Vicksburg
Sis
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Out Among the Suckers and Illinois Wheat Report
A letter from Great Bend Kansas and reports from central Illinois describe unusually healthy wheat due to a mild dry winter. Farmers own large acreages and cattle prices are weak while corn sells for 25 cents a bushel. Peoria sees coal mining and whisky manufacturing, and Springfield discusses the Chicago sewer issue amid state house exhibits.
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The
Eagle
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Springfield
Lincoln
Sedgwick
Joe Fier
State House
Chicago
Peoria
Hlllnois
U. S. Treasury
Oklahoma boomers clash in Washington debate
A chaotic dispatch from Washington reports Oklahoma boomers and opponents rallying lawmakers and delegates from several nations and states. It describes Kansas City, Topeka, and Wichita figures, plus ex governors and editors, gathering to press the Oklahoma bill amid interstate commission cautions on excursion tickets and rate notices. The piece notes preparations for a large state event on March 11 and 14 with social features likely to surpass prior gatherings.
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Globe-Democrat
Chirkens Javerence
Kins Bugene Ware
Dart Fulter Marsh
Murdock
We C
Wichita
Eximons
Sumithe & Cili Norris Ly
Topekay Canish Coach
Wellington
Isan
D. Orner
Rone Midge
David Laity
Oklahoma
T. B. Buliene
Web Withers
J. A. Graham
D. 8. Dyer
Willard’s. Jude
John F. Phill Jipss
Ebbitt
Mile W. Reysoldix
National
Allen
Morrison Munford
Tiiis Delasnip
Senate Committee On Territories
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
T Pepsido
Ce Emporia
Woman's Reef Corps
Eacel
Mystery Legend Of A Mountain Church Pastors Laugh
An old tale from the mountains recalls a pastor who could not read the sermon and a faithful congregation that sang in simple, wary tones. A long-forgotten church plot sits in a hollow, where locals say the quiet pastor once laughed in the pulpit during a service.
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DeBlaemegan
Pone
Marsland
Amy Hemming
Wwer
Peter Rooke
Pete Seis
Anid Waa
Sen
Backsions, Jr
Exchange of rates and political reform prompts in Kansas
The piece argues for state board power to curb discriminatory freight and fare practices and critiques rate politics. It notes governors’ salaries across states, discusses a new judge’s stance on juror bias from newspaper comments, and mentions Western lumber dealers gathering in Sheridan.
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Kansas
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Tegal
Isue
Kansas Notes Mix with Coal and Court House Plans
A Kansas roundup reports on a revived project in Evanuet, a $100,000 courthouse and new Missouri Pacific union, and a Kansas City Star note about poetry and horses. It also covers Hiawatha’s infamous resident, Salina coal prospects, school bond purchases near $100,200 since January, and upcoming Kansas Masonic meetings in Wichita. Additional snippets mention a Medicine Lodge baby show, Kickin Bird’s Oklahoma expansion, land patent transfers in Atchison County, and Pleasant Valley church milestones.
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Misouri Pacificks
Kansas City Star
Kansas Notes
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Graphic
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Hiawatha
Salina
Bnd Coal
Clay Geeter
Clay Center Dispatch
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Kicking Bird
Milt Reynolds
Washington
Oklahoma
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Barber County
Muscoth
Atchison County
Pleasant Valley
Pea Winfield
Payis
Portrait of a Courtroom Farce With Obscure Mockery and Anaconda Metaphors
A garbled account mocks a courtroom scene where a witness faces aggressive cross examination and a lawyer’s dramatized questions. The piece cuts between wild metaphors, clipped dialogue, and chaotic imagery, depicting tension, sarcasm, and theatrical legal rhetoric.
The Mysterious Case of Disappearing Scissors Scene
A long disjointed excerpt describes a peculiar obsession with scissors and other objects vanishing through a mysterious force. It links witchcraft fears to modern instrument myths. A voice hints at a new scheme and a searching inquiry into the social undercurrents behind these disappearances.
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