Needed 10 Protect North Kansas Republican unity in districts
Republican conferences across five Kansas districts last week rejected the Democratic push to adjourn politics. Voters urged electing a solid Republican delegation to Congress and supporting the party’s wartime stance, citing contrasts with Southern Democrats and price concerns.
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Kansas
Washington
United States
Congress
Wilson
Ottawa
Emporia
Manhattan
Hutchinson
Wichita
Kanaas
Virginia
America
Real Men On Ticket With Congressmen D Jn Rt
Kansans rally for strong leadership in Congress as Real Men on Ticket support D Jn Rt Anthony Jn in the First B C Little in the Second P P Campbell in the Third Homer Hoch in the Fourth James G Strong in the Fifth Hays B White in the Sixth J N Tincher in the Seventh C C Mack in the Eighth endorse a capable delegation to lead national affairs.
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Kansas
D, Rt. Anthony
B.C. Little
P. P. Campbell
Homer Hoch
James G. Strong
Hays B. White
J. N. Tincher
C. C. Mack
Kansans
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Government to issue Fourth Liberty Loan at 4 percent
Secretary McAdoo announces the Fourth Liberty Loan bonds will bear 4 percent interest. He warns that a one quarter of one percent rise on $10 trillion of government bonds would add $25 million yearly in interest, funded by broader taxes for all citizens. He urges financing the war at a stable 4 percent to prevent rising rates. Patriotism and support for Liberty Loans are not measured in fractions.
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McAdoo
Draft rules fix August 5 as deadline on marriage exemptions
Washington reports revised selective service regulations dated September 25 declare August 5 as the date from which draft boards shall ignore marriages of men who registered on September 12 as exemption grounds. Orders direct boards to stop accepting late registrant cars on Monday to allow serial numbers to be attached to registrations. Crowder will set the call drawing date next week.
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Washington
Crowder
General Crowder
Hills and river scene with moving notice of community
Landscape poem opens with a hillside and river glow then shifts to social notes. The many friends of S D Ford and family regret they plan to move to Joplin next week. Others include C E Burlingame and W R Fitch returning to Bartlesville after city visits. Miss Carmen Logan travels to Oswego Parsons and Labette Kansas. Dr Will McKinney departs for Chicago after furlough with his wife and child.
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S. D. Ford
Joplin
Will McKinney
Los Animas
Colo
City to Build Municipal Water Works and Wells
The city will readvertise for bids to drill a 1200 foot well with a 10 inch bore for the first 500 feet and 8 inch the rest. A 76 foot by 20 foot reservoir is planned to store emergency water, with capital assets totaling about 200000 dollars. Additional bonds may be needed for service lines. The council adjourned to Friday to consider the Occupation Tax Ordinance. The band of night policeman C H Upson was accepted for 1000 dollars. city clerk W P Howard seeks a salary increase from 200 to 900 dollars per year, with a decision expected by month’s end.
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C. H. Upson
T. P. Lewis
J. W. Kaltenbach
W. P. Howard
Howard
Ore and zinc operations swing into full gear near Picher
Two ore shafts at 200 and 220 feet show a 20 foot face, prompting OKO to install hand sign layouts, crushers, and rolls. Rialto Mining near Picher plans October 2 restart after a three month layoff following a transfer to Carmean and Squieres of Joplin. Edgar Zinc Company’s Cherryvale plant to resume full capacity this week as fourteen of sixteen blocks come online.
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A. Mayerhoff
Commerce
Edgar Zinc Company
St. Louis
Cherryvale
Kan
Producers Sinking Shaft Near Tar River Mill
The Producers Company in northwest Picher is sinking a field shaft one thousand feet west of the mill on Tar river. Drilling shows a promising face of lead and jack, with dirt transported to the mill shaft. The operation runs one shift and reports good recovery. H. L. Jones serves as superintendent.
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Picher
Tar
H. L. Jones
New Mill for Douthat Mining Company Secures 200 Ton Plant
The F and F Mining Company in the Douthat district has proved a forty acre mineral lease, joining the Wilson property to the south. Rich ore deposits appear in the upper run from two shafts. The firm, now planning a mill, has purchased the Yellow Jacket plant on Spring river north of Joplin and seeks bids to tear down and move the 200 ton capacity steam driven mill to the new site.
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F. and F. Mining Company
Douthat
Wilson
Yellow Jacket
Spring River
Joplin
Silver Plume Mining to Start Milling Next Month
The Silver Plume Mining Company is finishing a new 300 ton steam driven mill north of the Rebeca mill at the state line. Contractor John Chatman of Joplin dismantled the Onamena No 4 at Duenweg, which Silver Plume bought and is rebuilding. Milling expected by October 20 with pay dirt on dumps. Ground shows rich deposits of lead and jack ore. drifting begun from the first shaft. W H Logan serves as general manager from Blue Donnett mill in Hockerville. A rich lead ore strike on the OKO lease near Premier mine on Main Street in Picher prompts immediate jig installation. The 40 acre lease is underlain with jack deposits. two shafts have been drilled.
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Silver Plume Mining Company
Rebecca Mill
State Line
John Chatman
Joplin
Onamena No. 4
Duenweg
Silver Flume Company
W. H. Logan
Mr. Logan
Donnett
Hockerville
Oko
Main Street
Picher
Cannot Raise Franchise Rates for Knoxville Gas Co
Federal Judge McCall ruled that the Knoxville Gas Company franchise contract remains binding. He conceded relief is needed due to wartime conditions but said the court cannot act in the case as a court of equity. The decision serves as a test cue for similar cases in Southern cities.
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Memphis
Tenn
McCall
Knoxville Gas Company
Kilburn Dies in San Antonio Railway Accident
Friends in this city received a letter from Mrs Hermina Kilburn announcing the death of her husband in a railway accident early this week in San Antonio Texas. Kilburn was killed when a locomotive derailed in the Southern Pacific yards while he rode the foot board of the tender.
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Hermina Kiaburn
San Antonio
Texas
Kilburn
Herman Tensions
Ermann Tenessee
Edward Klaburn
Southern Pacific
Miners Push Exemption Demand Across Industry
Washington reports a nationwide drive by the American Mining Congress to educate operators on avoiding excessive depletion of war power through the draft. The group has generated hundreds of inquiries for blanks and guidance, prompting miners to seek broader employer exemptions. The campaign urges industrially essential workers to request deferred classification and to be recognized as part of The U. S. Industrial Army.
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Washington, D. C
American Mining Congress
Washington
War Department
The
Mining Congress
France
Wilson
United States Employment Service
U. S. Industrial Army
Horror of War Told by Soldier Knight Speaks on Liberty Bonds
Lieut. Lewis D. Knight described wartime horrors from the front in the Library hall audience of full seats. The Missouri native praised community patriotism and the Liberty loan effort, urging Americans to back the government with resources. He warned that German outrages abroad could reach the United States unless unity and bond purchases continue.
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Lewis D. Knight
Lieut. Knight
France
Belgium
Still More Call For It Work In Kansas And Nations
There will be another shipment of carpenters masons tenders and laborers over 21 years old. Pay ranges from 40 to 70 cents an hour plus overtime. Applicants should go to the Chamber of Commerce. Calls include steamfitters plumbers engineers and machinists for student army cantonment work in Manhattan Kansas Edgewood Arsenal Maryland and Nashville Cherryvale to Erie shipments.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Kan
Edgewood Arsenal
Maryland
Topeka
Nashville
Tenn
Cherryvale
Erie
Conservative Christmas buying urged by Kansan council
The Kansan council of defense women’s committee urges early Christmas shopping in October and November and limiting gifts to truly useful items for children. Merchants will close evenings during Christmas week. gifts should be mailed before December 5. Mrs. David Mulvane emphasizes women’s role in this conservative effort to support liberty bonds.
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Women's
Kansan Council of Defense
David Mulvane
Merchants of
Kansas
National Council of Defense
Women’s Committee
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