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Date: August 07, 1879
Kansas Governor St. John is invited to speak on temperance at a camp meeting in August near Melvern, Kansas. Pastor Makeaney, writing from Quenemo, Osage County, Kansas, would prefer a…
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Date: July 17, 1879
J. C. Hebbard, from the Office of the Kansas Freedman’s Relief Association in Topeka, writes Kansas Governor St. John to request a copy of the Biennial Board of Agriculture Biennial…
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Date: August 19, 1879
Indian Agent J.M. Haworth introduces to Kansas Governor John St. John the names of four Indian Chiefs who will be representatives of the Indian Temperance Society at the upcoming Grand…
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Date: August 28, 1879
A letter from J.G. Dougherty of Ottawa, Kansas, addresses not only the issue of prohibition and its probable impractibility, but the inevitable massive migration of southern Blacks to Kansas.
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Date: September 10, 1879
Kansas Governor John St. John is informed by Thomas C. Crowder of North Lawrence, Kansas, that the Temperance meeting scheduled for September 16, near Shawnee, has been postponed.
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Date: August 20, 1879
A letter from J.C. Bontecou of Jackson, Michigan. J.C. requests a copy of the proposed Kansas prohibition constitutional amendment, and acknowledges the old Michigan prohibitory statute cannot be enforced.
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Date: July 07, 1879
Writing from Middletown, New York, W. J. Groos requests information about the amendment prohibiting liquor sales in Kansas, from Kansas Governor John St. John. Groos understands the amendment was proposed…
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Date: October 04, 1921-October 07, 1921
A young woman feeds her livestock corn on this Russell County fair poster. Fair officers are listed as J.W. Blair, president, and H.A. Dawson, secretary.
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Date: September 12, 1888-September 14, 1888
This Greenleaf, Kansas, fair poster features two girls holding a hand fan.
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Date: September 24, 1878
This poster advertises the Sedgwick County fair to be held in Wichita, Kansas. The Honorable John P. St. John is to give the annual address and General C.W. Blair is…
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Date: September 17, 1879-September 19, 1879
This is an advertisement for the Washington County fair that’s to be held September 17-19, 1879. It lists the rules, regulations, and premiums for the fair as well as the…
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Date: September 25, 1899-September 30, 1899
A poster advertising the Salina free fair in Salina, Kansas. Entertainment will be recreated battle scenes from the Battle of Manila Bay, featuring Pain’s World Fair fireworks.
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Date: September 24, 1891-September 26, 1891
Advertising the 6th annual fair in La Crosse, Kansas, this fair poster features people and livestock surrounding the agricultural hall. The fair was to take place September 24th-26th, 1891, with…
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Date: September 11, 1895-September 13, 1895
Horse racing and produce judging are featured on this poster advertising the Riley County fair in Riley, Kansas. Featured activities include an industrial exhibition, amusements, a ladies’ department, poultry exhibit,…
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Date: September 11, 1895-September 13, 1895
Produce judging and livestock are featured on this poster for the Riley County fair to be held in Riley, Kansas. Activities include an industrial exhibition, amusements, a ladies’ department, poultry…
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Date: September 14, 1899-September 16, 1899
A cow is being shown with the caption “she’s the best cow on earth, sir” on this Ness County fair poster. Some of the entertainment and activities listed include exhibits,…
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Date: September 14, 1899-September 16, 1899
A museum of fossils and petrifactions is advertised on this Ness County fair poster. Some examples will include a “tylosaurus proriger”, a gall sack, meteors, zinc ore and lead ore,…
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Date: September 14, 1899-September 16, 1899
A young girl climbs a fence on this poster advertising the Ness County fair in Ness City, Kansas. A caption reads “my folks are all going to the fair ain’t…
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Date: September 08, 1896-September 11, 1896
This is a poster advertising the Seneca fair to be held September 8-11, 1896.
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Date: September 08, 1896-September 11, 1896
Bicycle races are promoted on this Seneca, Kansas, fair poster. Only amateurs are allowed to participate with an entry fee of 50 cents a race. Prizes are displayed at Walter…
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Date: September 24, 1895-September 27, 1895
Professor Frank A. Squires, assisted by Mlle Corrine, are the featured performers on this advertising poster for the Paola fair in Paola, Kansas. The stunt they perform is to ascend…
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Date: September 29, 1896-October 02, 1896
Professor Montz Bozarth’s cannon act is featured on this poster for the Miami County fair in Paola, Kansas.
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Date: September 29, 1896-October 02, 1896
A bustling scene of the fairgrounds and another of produce being judged, cover this fair poster for Paola, Kansas. Items of interest are listed as an industrial exposition, a program…
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Date: January 20, 1902-January 30, 1902
Advertised on this fair poster is the Kansas-Mid Winter Exposition in Topeka, Kansas. It lists an exposition of natural and manufactured products of Kansas.
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Date: September 30, 1896-October 02, 1896
Professor F.T. Nash holds an exhibition in Paola, Kansas, on horse racing featuring Bell Star, a championship female rider and driver. Also featured is the riderless horse race, the Roman…
