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Date: 1867
This resolution from the House of Representatives mandates that the requirements for settlement under the Homestead Act of 1862 be extended to lands in Kansas recently purchased from the Osage…
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Date: August 16, 1935
This very brief article describes how Fred Bailey, an enterprising citizen of Dodge City, Ford County, began a business for “dusting” attics. Thanks to the dust storms of the 1930s,…
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Date: February 20, 1937
According to this article, the dust storms that swept through Kansas during the “dirty thirties” generated high levels of electricity. Fred Ellis, a Western Union telegraph operator who was interviewed…
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Date: March 23, 1935
This article recounts the harrowing experience of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Blender of Monument, Logan County, who were caught unprepared during a dust storm in 1935. The couple was trying…
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Date: June 26, 1896
Jones acknowledges receipt of copies of Ross’s history of the presidential impeachment trial and will share it with leading Democrats in Chicago during the campaign convention.
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Date: May 27, 1885
Letter by Johnson congratulating Ross on his recent appointment to the position of governor of New Mexico and comments on politics in Kansas.
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Date: January 19, 1869
Letter written by Whitney informing him of a state senate resolution to censor him for his vote against impeachment of President Andrew Johnson and demanding his immediate resignation from political…
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Date: December 29, 1869
Senator Ross writes to his wife commenting upon the publication of pretended disclosures in the impeachment proceeding against President Andrew Johnson. He states he thinks there is a concerted plan…
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Date: June 12, 1868
Letter written by Hill stating that he supports Ross as a just public official in the presidential impeachment proceedings of Congress against Andrew Johnson. He notes that many in Kansas…
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Date: 1935
This is a general business journal for the Economy Used Clothing Company, 308 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. The business was owned by the Einstein family.
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Date: May 24, 1868
Letter written by John W. Horner to Fannie L. Ross concerning her husband’s vote of acquittal to impeach President Andrew Johnson. He urges not to take too seriously the clamor…
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Date: December 12, 1905 -October 16, 1906
Dr. Samuel Crumbine kept this letter press book of outgoing correspondence during the first two years of his tenure as secretary of the Kansas State Board of Health. The letters…
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Date: November 30, 1905 and December 7, 1905
This reminiscence, published in two parts, details the experiences of Orinda S. Baker and her family, who moved to Centralia, Nemaha County, in 1860. The Bakers, like other Kansas families,…
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Date: March 22, 1879
This concise article describes the dire results of a string of prairie fires that hit Harvey County, including the destruction of property in the area of Mount Hope, Kansas. Lives…
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Date: September 22, 1899
In this brief article, A. Bailey of Mankato, Jewell County, reminisces about the grasshoppers invasion of 1874. Although that year proved to be a trying one for Kansas farmers, Bailey…
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Date: Bulk 1872-1984
These reports by the State Board of Agriculture include the proceedings of the board, reports for the previous year, maps of counties, abstracts of counties, miscellaneous articles, and reports of…
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Date: May 1894
The Farmer’s Wife, a Populist newspaper published in Topeka, Shawnee County, printed this poem that illustrates the importance of farmers’ work. While farm prices were “fixed by members of the…
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Date: September 1891
This article, originally printed in William Peffer’s Kansas Farmer, explains the reasons behind the growth of the Populist movement. Consequently the article focuses on corruption within the government, which has…
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Date: February 8, 1882
This article from The Kansas Farmer (edited by Populist William Peffer) discusses the need for “cleaner politics.” According to the unidentified author, it is the people’s responsibility to hold politicians…
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Date: July 30, 1892
According to this Populist article, while the “professors of capitalism” (meaning the Republicans) continued to maintain that capitalism benefited the common laborer, the numbers spoke differently. The federal Department of…
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Date: June 25, 1892
This article discusses how the “public highways” of the country (meaning the railroads) were under the control of capitalists instead of being the property of the people. The article, which…
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Date: August 1891
In this brief clipping the publishers of this Populist newspaper, Ira and Emma Pack, list the main beliefs of the Populist movement. They began publishing The Farmer’s Wife in 1891,…
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Date: November 5, 1892
This article presents a condensed version of the Secretary of the Treasury’s 1890 report on how much paper money was currently in circulation. Most of this money, according to the…
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Date: September 24, 1892
This article, which illustrates the Populists’ belief that capitalists and businessmen exploited American workers, relates the story of African-American laborers employed by the Wilkes Barre and Eastern Railroad in Pennsylvania.…
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Date: November 12, 1892
This article announces the results of the Presidential election of 1892. It also lists which states voted for each candidate. The candidates were Grover Cleveland (Democrat), Benjamin Harrison (Republican), and…
