Smudges to Save Fruit at Yagey Orchard Near Hutchinson
In Reno County Kansas fruit growers plan smudge burning to ward off killing frosts in a 500 acre Yagey orchard. Fires will be lit on 180 acres using green catalpa boughs and wet hay to create artificial air currents and smoke. Experts vary on effectiveness. last year’s frost ruined crops, this spring resembles past conditions.
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Hurchtnson
Kas
Big Yagey
Fruit Valley
Cow Creek Valley
Yagey
Catalpa
Reno County
Notorious Capital Tragedy Sparks Civil Rights Debate
In final illness and weakened by disease a man died from slow strangulation after a fall. The observer calls the scene a blot on civilization and urges that such spectacles be made impossible in the nation’s capital.
Diamond Stud Presented to Harry Morlan on Retirement
Employees of the Postal Telegraph company presented a diamond stud to Harry Morlan, retiring manager, yesterday afternoon. A. B. Richards, district superintendent, made the presentation speech. Benjamin F. Rommel will succeed Morlan as chief operator.
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Harry Morlan
Postal Telegraph Company
A. B. Richards
Benjamin F. Rommel
Mr. Morlan
Dancer Adeline Genee Seeks Lost Gold Purse
The New York dancer Adeline Genee is attempting to recover a small round gold chain purse attached to a bracelet. The purse bears a gold plate engraved with the name Nita and was lost in New York on March 28, with Genee consulting morning papers for tips.
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New York
Mlle
Adeline Genee
Nita
Uncut blue stone missing after theater visit
Genee reported losing an uncut blue stone resembling a topaz sent by an old Nevada mountains friend along with bills and a puree bracelet. The items disappeared Tuesday after she returned to the theater following a dinner at Sherry's.
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Nevada
Genee
Sherry
Ruef Accuses Judge Dunne of Bias in Franchise Case
Abraham Ruef filed an affidavit alleging bias by Superior Judge Frank H. Dunne in the Park Side trolley franchise bribery cases. Ruef, a co defendant with W. I. Brobeck G. H. Ambsen and Joseph B. Green, seeks Dunne's disqualification before next Monday's trial.
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San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Frank H. Dunne
Ruef
W. I. Brobeck
G. H. Ambsen
Joseph B. Green
Dunne
Scott Opposed to Hanging Move Against Capital Punishment
Kansan reports in Washington that Rep. Scott of Kansas introduced a House bill to abolish capital punishment in the District of Columbia. He cited the Paolucci execution and Italian embassy intervention as context for the debate.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Scott
Kansas
Committee On Agriculture
Paolucci
Tom Amine
Changes at Port Leavenworth transfer of officers
An order transfers Lieutenant Colonel William A. Nichols from the Eighteenth Infantry to the Thirteenth and Lieutenant Colonel W H C Bowen from the Thirteenth to the Eighteenth at Fort Leavenworth. Nichols has Kansas roots and a long service record including graduation from the old infantry and cavalry school in 1887.
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Nichols
Thirteenth Infantry
Leavenworth
Kas
William A. Nichols
W. H. C. Bowen
Bowen
Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Fort
Kansas
Old Infantry and Cavalry School
Old Military Prison
Oklahoma Railroad Taxes and Valuations Reported
Oklahoma filings list fifteen railroads with a total valuation of 39.54 million dollars not counting interurban lines. Main line totals and per mile values vary, led by the Missouri Kansas & Texas at 11.89 million and other lines including Santa Fe Frisco and Rock Island with different mileages.
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Gutham
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Central
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Santa Fe
Frisco
Rock Island
Kansas & Arkansas Valley
Orient
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf
Katy
Fort Smith & Western
St. Louis
Reno &Western
Gat Colorado & Santa Fe
Colorado, Texas & Oklahoma
Midland Valley
Kansas City Southern
Arkansas Western
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Genle
Mills
Stone
Mlle, Adfline Genpe
Dancer
Port Leavenworth
Harvard Lampoon
Paris
London
Kansas City
STERN
Rocker
Brussels
Sworth
Axminster
Davenport
NIXON
Pischer Lindemann Kessler
Raymond, Krell, Styner
W. Car
Stern’s
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