Prohibition Debate and Local Notes Highlight Early April
The report covers Governor Emmerson vetoing a liquor enforcement repeal in Illinois, with wets vowing to fight repeal. It notes Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science name changes, Spanish exile trends, Alfonso and other monarchs leaving regimes, and local Fort Scott voting history including pre-suffrage voter counts and city election turnout.
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Emmerson
Illinois
Manhattan
Ny S.A
K. S. gCe A
Kansas State
College of ‘Agriculture and Applied Science
Topeka Journal
Led ‘the Musicaltatel Ool College
George’ Marble
2Fort
Tribune
Fort Scott
Colon
George Marble
Fort Scott and Wichita compare boom endings said 38 years ago
Crowd recounts past Kansas city fortunes with Marble noting Fort Scott and Florida booms ended similarly as towns moved through wild oats to stability. Mention of Wichita as example. Representative Johnson of South Dakota proposes Calvin Coolidge as House speaker, arguing the post is nonconstitutional. Daily Oklahoman critiques university investigation as aimed to hurt Oklahoma University.
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Fort Scott
Florida
Fort ‘Scott
Kansas
Wichita
Representative Johnson
South Dakota
Calvin Coolidge
House of Representatives
House
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Daily
Oklahoman
Oklahoma University
Old Home Town News and Socials From the City
Local notes report residents at home and traveling abroad. John Walruff ill at home west of the city. Jim Greig plans a business trip through New Mexico. Dr. Dunn of Minneapolis visits era friends, Miss Jennie at the University. Miss Gertie Bullene returns from a Washington trip. Mrs. Ney and Mrs. Benas visit from Kansas City. A Linwood marriage unites Hugh Perry and Jacie Tudhope. Miss Susie Faxon hosts health issues and nervous prostration. A25th anniversary party for Mr. and Mrs. Carmean features guests and a refined repast.
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John ‘Walruff
Jim Greig
New Mexico
Dunn
Minneapolis
Kans
Jennie
Gertie Bullene
Washington
3. Ney
M. Benas
Kansas City
Lawrence
City
S. Steinberg
Linwood
A. M. Richardson
Laurence
Hugh Perry
Jacie E. Tudh Iope
John Tudhope
Kansas Pacific Division
U.P. Railway
Susie E. Faxon
Kanwaka
Faxon
S. H. Carmean
Whitney
Lew. F. Green
Carmean
Campbell
Manhattan
Osmond
George Innes
Col
C. E. Learnard
Davis to Attend Washington Meeting on Educational Relations
B Davis head of the chemistry department departed today for Washington D C to join a gathering of the division of Educational Relations and the Commantes of the national research council for ten years ago on Thursday, April 16.
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Gare Council
B. Davis
Chemis
Washington, D. C
Division of Educational Relations
National Research Council
Lawrence woman celebrates 88th birthday after long career
Mrs J D Kennard marked her 88th birthday in Lawrence following a lengthy career in Kansas City. Friends and neighbors attended a party at her longtime home on Elmwood and noted several generations and local figures among the attendees. Births announced: Barbara Jane born April 14 to Mr and Mrs E Erwin.
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J.D. Kennard
Areer
Kanae
Lawrence
Daele
John Tudhope
Odwood
Reba’ Donaghey
Mitchell
Alma Sabol
Hope Selig
Hazel Song
Stubeck
Sallie Perki
Endergon
Florence
Martine
Maxwell
Ann John
Ciaronn Charlton
C. E. Friend
H. T. Jones
G. Carl
Will Motor
Leavenworth
Fort Link
T Mr
Xews E. Erwin
Mao
Barbara Jane
Nervous Indigestion Remedies and Compromise
The piece explains nervous indigestion after ruling out organic causes by history and possible X ray. It argues a patient may need to balance digestion with daily demands and suggests shifting meals so the digestive tract starts fresh after rest.
Kansas History: Delegates chosen for conventions in 1884
In Topeka a committee selects delegates to attend the national Greenback convention in Indianapolis and four delegates to the Anti Monopoly convention in Chicago. The 1885 note records a committee selecting the site for a federal building at Fort Scott.
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Topeka
Indianapolis
Chicane
Federal
Fort Scott
Flashes of Life News Roundup From Global Briefs
A varied digest reports Laurie Ste Marie Ont Bob Rennison retiring amid criticism after debarring women from Hackle club. J junior high principal Thomas J Hutton grants a fishing holiday to 50 students on trout season opening. Leicester writes room offers free stationery for traveling merchants. A Lisbon brunette known as Lita cleans storefronts without equipment earning medals for agility. London budget kibitzing anticipated with former chancellors attending including Churchill and Lloyd George. A peasant woman in Jassy dies after fearing a monster during train visit. In Dokszyce Poland Szolma Levisan drowns in a brewery beer tank. Marriage licenses granted to Jeneny and Woods and Straf and Cone, all in Kansas City.
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Associated Press
Laurie Ste
Leicester
Eng
St. Mark’s Church
Lisbon
Portugal
Lita
London
Snowden
Cellors
Winston Churchill
Austen Chamberlin
Robert Horne
David Lloyd George
Stanley
Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Reginald McKenna
Jassy
Rumanis
Toanna
Hanganu
Dokszyce
Poland
Szolma Levisan
Revenge Trail Narrows Across England in Wave’s Quest
Percival Christopher Wren frames a perilous pursuit as John Wave, alias St.Clair, tracks Limey Doc Simon Gunman Gryde Spider Schlitz and Chink Dorson who kidnapped his daughter. In England, Wave uncovers a nursing home ruse and the murder of Schlitz by Dorson over loot, sealing a doomed fate for the killers.
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Limey
Simon
Gryde
Spider
Schlitz
Chink Dorson
John Wave
England
Waye
St.Clair
William
Machado
Schiltz
Dorson
Corson's Nemesis Emerges in Silent House Mystery
A doomed narrator recounts his vigil in a quiet house after killing a murderer connected to Rosemary. He hides behind a curtain to observe Doctor Charters and Machado, drafts a bold scheme, and discovers Rosemary’s living double in the monastery nursing home, triggering a flood of emotion and revelation.
The Unusual Rest by Mary Graham Bonner
The Little Black Clock guides John and Peggy to a tired man seeking rest in a valley. He builds a soundproof dwelling to escape noise from planes, radios, and distant life, but time tricks reveal friends tracking him. He realizes rest may not be needed after all.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Pye
John
Peggy
Robber Binker not yet caught after bank holdup
In McPherson-Homer area a robber named Binker remains at large following the Citi zens state bank raid at Moundridge last Saturday. Binkley pleaded guilty at a preliminary hearing and is bound over to the June district court term with a $20 000 bond. A posse overtook him soon after the holdup. Pittsburg-George Pryor, 58, died by suicide yesterday. His widow and a daughter survive. Emporia-County Atty C V Beck to file fourth degree manslaughter charges against Reuben Fisher 18 for the motor car collision that killed Charles Thompson 10 Tuesday. coroner’s jury found excess speed.
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Binker
McPherson
Homer
Binkley
Citizens State Bank
Moundridge
District Court
Pittsburg
George ©. Pryor
Emporia
C. V. Beck
Reuben Fisher
Charles Thompson
Fisher
Baldwin Garden Club Holds Meetings and Awards
The Baldwin Garden club met at Mrs. Alfred E. Leach’s home for papers on Delphinium Peonies and Roses with new members listed by secretary Mrs. John Davison. Yard improvement contest plans were finalized with judges named and prizes non monetary. Mrs. Lota Fairchild hosted a Delta Zeta gathering where Mrs. Harriet Knepp announced her engagement to Mr. John Francis Alderson of Moberly Missouri.
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Delta Zeta House
Lota Fairchild
Harriett Knepp
Theta Kappa Nu
John Francis Alderson
Moberly
Th Baldwin Garden Club
Alfred E. Leach
South 8Th Street
Ralph Gilman
Alvin F. Baker
Emil
Liston
John Davison
Edward Pardee
Edward Huey
Anna Jenkins
A. A. LeMaster
T. J. Keohane
Charles Spahr
Gilbert Atherton
R. C. Reb
Uliene Lesses
Helen Gill
Lois Dean
Mildred Black
Ferne Kennedy
National Garden Club
Baldwin
Emil S. Liston
Thomas A. Evans
Baldwin Garden Club
A. E. Preston
Judge Huff Celebrates 90th Birthday in Baldwin Kansas
Judge William W. Huff marked his 90th birthday on Sunday April 12 at his Baldwin home with a family dinner prepared by his daughter Mrs Ida Adriance and Mrs Elsie Schnebly. The event included a large cake decorated with candles for his 90 years and letters from absent daughters Mrs O E Blake of Coldwater and Mrs Elden Meller of Chicago. Born April 22 1841 in Canada he left at 25 and has spent over six decades in Kansas mainly Baldwin where he served as mayor school board member and police judge. He was city assessor until two years ago and is noted as the oldest living Mason in Kansas with sixty two active years.
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Arden Project
W. J. Adriance
John Baker
William W. Huff
6Th Street
Ida Adriance
Elsie Schnebly
Judge Huff
O. E. Blake
Coldwater
Elden Meller
Chicago
Canada
Kansas
Baldwin
Hull
United States
Masonic Lodge
The Tunnel era in Kansas news briefs
Rapid growth of blue stem grass in the Flint Hills signals early grazing season openings this week. Cattlemen report less than half the available acreage leased for the year. In Coffeyville a Chautauqua county district jury heard witness O K Rinker from Bartlesville Oklahoma as another participant in a robbery case named Joe Stein.
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Associated Press
Cottonwood Falls
Flint Hills
Coffeyville
Chautauqua County
O. K. Rinker
Bartlesville
Okla
Joe Stein
Veteran Civil War veteran welcomes eighth child at 86
Edward A Propst, 86, a Civil War veteran, became the father of an eight and a half pound son yesterday. A related item mentions a duck owned by H Goldberger of Waterproof Louisiana with jet black eggs.
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Greenview
Edward A. Propst
Anda
H. Goldberger
Waterproof
Wisconsin Woman Lost 11 Ibs
An advertisement claims Kruschen Salts can aid fat loss and boost energy. It asserts a 11 pound loss in six weeks from one bottle, lasting four weeks, priced at five dollars. The copy promises health benefits including clearer eyes, improved mood, and reduced pimples, with a money back guarantee.
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Round Corner Drug Co
America
Gas bloating relief through water and Adlerika claim
An ad promotes a quick routine to stop gas bloating by drinking water and performing belly pushes. It urges adding Adlerika to water to cleanse both upper and lower bowels, promising removal of poison and improved sleep and calm, ending with a call to buy Adlerika tomorrow.
Gly-Cap relief for neuritis touted by Ottawa man
A Santa Fe Railroad worker from Ottawa Kansas describes severe neuritis pain that kept him from working and sleepless nights. After one box of Gly-Cap, he reports bowel regulation and near elimination of neuritis, leading to better sleep, health, and daily work. Gly-Cap is sold by Round Corner Drug Store Lawrence and other local druggists.
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Santa Fe
0. B. Duding
West Seventh St
Ottawa
Kansas
Round Corner Drug Store
Lawrence
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