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Date: October 23, 1919
In this letter, George W. Jacobs of Philadelphia, asks President Wilson to consider a system of county and state courts for the purposes of settling disputes between capital and labor.…
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Date: 1885
Written by Fidellas, this item advocates through prose and verse, the Liquor License Law. He also wishes to congratulate his friends in the House and Senate of the 1885 Kansas…
Medium: Text
Date: 1885
S. B. Bradford, Kansas Attorney General in 1885, compiled this list of official letters that gives facts and figures on the enforcement of the Prohibitory Liquor Law in Kansas.
Medium: Text
Date: April 24, 1914
A flyer produced by the Rock Island Railway comparing their No.999 locomotive of 1913 with No. 999 of the Empire State Express in 1893. Pictures of both locomotives and comparison…
Medium: Text
Date: 1870-1900
This brochure advertises the Rock Island Railway’s various lines to California. Included are The Golden State Limited, Rocky Mountain Limited, the Californian, Colorado-California Express and the Colorado Flyer. Timetables and…
Medium: Text
Date: October 21, 1892
This brochure promotes the Great Rock Island Route of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway in conjunction with the Chicago’s World Fair. On one side are timetables connecting Chicago…
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Date: 1928
These two documents advertise the Cafferty-Hayden Tie Tong, a device for handling railroad ties. The small folder has photographs of men handling railroad ties on the job with this make…
Medium: Text
Date: May 1, 1876
This paper advertises for sale land, formerly owned by the Pottawatomie Nation, from 1837 to 1868, and then purchased by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail Road Company. On…
Medium: Text
Date: 1878?
A large poster distributed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to encourage land settlement in the Pottawattomie Reserve in eastern Kansas. Included on the poster is a full…
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Date: May 1, 1876
This paper advertises for sale land formerly owned by the Pottawatomie Nation from 1837 to 1868, and then owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail Road Company. On…
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Date: April 1873
This publication by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad was printed by the Atchison Steam Printing Company of Atchison, Kansas. It contains articles that are aimed at promoting the…
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Date: April 06, 1882
One of a weekly series of booklets titled “The Inter Ocean” published by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to promote the settling of Kansas. The topics in this…
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Date: Between 1880 and 1900
Regarding an upcoming election, this address to the public asks them to vote against the sale of liquor and in doing so would be a vote against the saloon business.
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Date: 1890
A compilation of writings and editorials from prominent men and newspapers focusing on prohibition in Kansas.
Medium: Text
Date: 1890
A compilation of writings from prominent men on how to achieve prosperity. The pamphlet also includes a table showing population increase from certain states during one census to another.
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Date: Possibly 1890
A poem on prohibition in Kansas. At the end, the poet states that the place to go for liquor is Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date: July 20, 2007
Buchanan was inducted into the United States Army in 1943. Interviewed by Marian Poe on Jul 20, 2007, Buchanan talked about military experiences in the Second World War. The 2005…
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Date: December 18, 1889-December 19, 1889
Proceedings of the Inter-State Temperance Union held at Omaha, Nebraska, on December 18 and 19, 1889. Also listed is testimony of the public officers of Kansas in regard to the…
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Date: 1889
A statement on prohibition in Kansas by Honorable N.C. McFarland, late Commissioner of the U.S. Land Office and President of the State Temperance Union, and by Reverend Dr. F.S. McCabe,…
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Date: October 12, 1887
A speech on prohibition in Kansas by J.L. Eldridge of Topeka, Kansas, delivered before the Baptist State Convention at Salina, Kansas.
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Date: December 25, 1886
This pamphlet includes lines on temperance and prohibition read before the First Baptist Church’s Sabbath School and members by church clerk J.L. Eldridge, in Topeka, Kansas on December 25,1886.
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Date: May 24, 1885
A speech on prohibition delivered by James A. Troutman of Topeka, Kansas, at Elm street Methodist Episcopal Church in Toronto, Canada, on May 24, 1885.
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Date: 1884
A booklet by James C. McGinnis on prohibition. He states that prohibition is a violation of the rights of the citizen, is not sanctioned by the Bible, and is not…
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Date: 1882
This small pamphlet argues that the prohibitory amendment to the Kansas constitution violates the rights of the people of Kansas as citizens of the United States.
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Date: 1856
A map of Eastern Kansas by E.B. Whitman and A.D. Searl, General Land Agents, Lawrence, Kansas. The map illustrates a portion of Eastern Kansas which depicts trading posts, post offices,…
