Thanksgiving Reflections on Prosperity and Faith in Wichita
The Daily Eagle cites gratitude for Wichita’s growth in worship, education, and industry. It notes drought relief and better crops in Kansas, stresses agriculture as key to statewide prosperity, and critiques political efforts to centralize city government while urging focus on Missouri River and Mississippi trade improvements.
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Wiebna
America
Teres
Wichita
Kanes
Kansas
Ue Winnle
Grover ‘Cleveland
Jefferson Davis
Galne
Wichita Thieves Surge Prompt Calls for Police Rise
A Kansas City Times railing warns that Wichita faces an influx of thieves and criticizes the city’s police leadership. The piece blames misgovernance and says the government has been removed from the people, urging stronger police powers and accountability to curb crime.
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Belicmen
the Times
Wichita
Kansas City Times
Hureelf
Axs to Grind and Festivities Highlight Wichita Papers and St Joseph Parade
The Wichita papers defend the Santa Fe after years of criticism, while Mulvane Record notes the line of freight on Santa Fe switches. Kansas tribes of the Improved Order of Red Men plan a July Fourth gathering in St Joseph with a street parade and celebrities from several states. Bret Grady of the Atlanta Constitution critiques Confederate symbols as a needless controversy, urging common sense in the debate.
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Santa Fe
Wichita
Grand Old Santa Fe
Mulvane
Kansas
Improved Order of Red Men
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Topeka
Wyandotte
Order
Wrothera
West
Bret Grady
The
Atlanta Constitution
Belleville
Dunkards
Kingman
Beloit Doo
Marysville
Great Bend
Nickerson
State University
Sumner County
Wellington
Hawant County Court House
St. Louis
Alva Porter
Pittsburg
Winfield
Reform School
Sam Jones
Burlingame
Childres
Cs. A Vanle
Paola
Peibilie Streets
Ad Residences
Weils
Satpetine
Munthias Splitlog
United States
Monet W. Clay
Splitog
Jed Davis
Dodge Cry
George Cera
Unites States
Mike
Saya
Pin Feathers and a Nebraska City Prison Break
Quinn Bohanan, a smooth tongued criminal in Otoe County Nebraska City, escaped Thursday after a four year confinement. Guard Richard Kloke aided the escape and is under arrest. A $500 reward is offered for Bohanan’s recapture. The item includes scattered notes on a New York paper claim about farm laborers and other assorted briefs.
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Quinn Bohanan
Otee
Nebraska City
Richard Kloke
New York City
Wichita Prohibition Debate Draws Broad Local Attention
The Medicine Lodge Crescent cites alleged lawlessness tied to Wichita and argues the local press inflates woes. It notes a mix of Kansas town developments, including new depots, schools, churches, and reforms, while reporting on Prohibition era tensions and civic actions across Belleville Kingman Wellington and Pittsburg.
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Medicine Lodge Crescent
Wichita
Wichita as an Educational Center of the World
A visionary piece extols Wichita as the future Athens of America, detailing multiple institutions under construction or endowed, including seven corporation schools, a business college, several universities, and female colleges. It asserts immense endowments, calls for advancing knowledge, and highlights historic figures who exemplify education's power to propel civilization.
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Texas
Wm. Bitters
Omaha High School
Jackson
Tenn
Land Office For
West Tennessee
John W. Cates
Register of the Land Office
Wichita
Wich ‘i
Southwest
Athens
America
Orient
Corporation School
Lewis Academy
Garfield University
Judsons University
Central University
Wichita University
Fairmount Female College
John Bright University
Franklin and Kane
Livingston and
Stanley
Africa
Joanpey
Lord Rose
Columbus
Genoa
Isabella
Galileo
Morse
Cyrus
Tucsidge
Beethoven
Newton
Wichita man drives stone shipments to Climax build sites
A Greenwood Republican note describes a Wichita gentleman loading two carloads of stone at Climax for shipment to Wichita. The piece jokes about Wichita eclipsing the Flint Hills for building stone as it ramps up housing projects this summer. Ed Crebo is referenced in a rhetorical query.
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Don Cossacks
Winfield
Anheuser-Busch [Rowing Association
Wichita
Kansas
Climax
Flint Hills
Crebo
Greenwood Republican
Lives and legends on the page of history and daily life
A reflective piece contrasts heroic figures like Napoleon and Alexander with ordinary folk. It traces their journeys from obscurity to wealth, travel to monuments, and return to a life of work and duty, while noting Harlem of years and the steady passage of time shaping memory.
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Napoleon
Alexander
Italy
Switzerland
Washington
Hime
Aheead
Warren
Agata
New England
Lexington
Willman
Macy
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Runipe
Jack Hussey
Hahn
Dunkirk
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Royal Humane Society of London
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Goo, W. Crape & Co
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Pascal
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Wilken Jones
John Milton
Geseni
Mt Bist Wat
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William Cullen Bryant
St Paul's Cathedral
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St Peters
Rome
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Smal
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Bateste
Savoy
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