Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1910 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Dr. H. L. Bonner, 69, who attained note because of an abnormal appetite, died Monday at Marion, O. Up until a few days ago Bonner indulged in many eating contests and succeeded in outdoing some of the most famous eaters of the world. One day he ate a double steak as heavy as a roast, twelve large potatoes, two dishes of onions, two loavesfSQf bcaatL with a pound of butter, and finhdtgL the meal by eating three dozen hard boiled eggs. Overindulgence of his appetite brought on diabetes. The long-looked-for petition of John/ R. Walsh, asking for clemency 4refn the president, has not been received at |jfhe— department of justice and doubt is expressed as to whether the movement for a pardon was undertaken with the sanction of the aged financier. Basing his estimate on recent reports from the wheat belt of the state. Charles Harris, director of the state free employment bureau, has announced that Kansas will need about 40,000 harvest hands this year. His earlier estimate was 20,000.