Winter’s irony boosts schooling costs while easing tax load
A fragment outlines the board of education securing a 11.4 percent salary increase for next year without raising the school tax levy, erasing this year’s deficit of 50,000. Teachers celebrate the raise and taxpayers welcome not funding more. The passage also faintly references a misquoted Kansas City Star column about Ben Davis apples surviving frost.
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Board of Education
Ben Davis
The
Kansas City Star
First Emporia News printout signals Kansas ad era
The article notes Emporia Gazette reporting Emporia's first newspaper in 1857 edited by Preston B. Plumb and highlights early advertising by Lay Fence merchants. It discusses tax policy debates on sales tax versus income tax and critiquing proposed shifts in taxation and burden distribution.
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Lawrence
Kansas
St Prairie Settlement
Emporia Gazette
Emporia
Preston B. Plumb
United States
Emporia News
The Tax Dilemma and Hidden Burden in Reform Talk
Taxation experts search for a stealthy revenue system that does not feel burdensome. They doubt such a plan exists and favor direct income tax for transparency. The debate hinges on whether the government should abandon hopes for a felt tax and rely on visible levies.
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Fed
US Japan Yap stance and pest roundup noted in Kansas Star
An editorial urges careful negotiation over Yap with Japan, warning against hasty moves or saber rattling while recognizing Japan's possession. It stresses diplomacy and mutual concessions, then shifts to Kansas crop pests listed by the Kansas City Star, noting the absence of the historic old cinder beetle.
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United States
Japan
Yap
Yao
Sabre Guttlers
Mongors
Kansas City Star
Kansas
San Jose
Poppy Lady of France remembered in American charity drive
A feature honors Mme. Anne E. Guerin and the Poppy Lady role as the French war dead are remembered through a program by the American Children's League. The piece stresses cross cultural memory and the act of wearing a poppy to honor brave fallen soldiers.
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Ciisiens
Els
Pie
Bland Dare Pheu
Fred
Tor Argriva
France
van Iratitajie
Fragmentary Emporia Syrup Tales From a Rough Night
A garbled regional note describes desperate locals in Lyon County facing shortages of alcohol and snake bite remedies. Warnings about hoarded stock and strange remedies mix with repeated misspellings and unclear references to museums and dead snakes.
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Emporia
Lyon County
Fifty Years Ago In Lawrence Chronicle Fragments
Reprinted from the Republican Daily Journal dated April 20 1871. Notes recount a copper shop accident at Walraifs brewery injuring Mr Jacob Haug and items about local industry weather and commerce. Foreseeable storm damage includes a smokestack at the Delaware mills and various brief mentions of local happenings in Lawrence.
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Republican Daily Journal
Jacob Haug
Walraif
Lecompton
Perry Ile
Delaware Mills
Sears & Winchell
Engeland
Bunker Hill
Eta'tion
State University
Lawrence papers note free silver stance and local road plans
Reprint from Lawrence papers records the Democratic convention adopting strong free silver resolutions, protests against federal delegates, and mentions plans by Stenlard Oil and a fuel tax contract. references Drewe of the FEn daca News and expanded wagon service to county towns.
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Stenlard Oil Company
Lawrene
Toeis Avent
Suinta Eners
Sunite
My. Gritin
Reunion at Potsdam and the decline of German leadership
The article recalls a Potsdam reunion where old German generals like Hindenburg and Ludendorff appeared before the world to honor the late empress. It contrasts that display with the new German leaders, described as petty and indecisive, signaling a break with old policy and doubtful prospects for continuity and global respect.
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Imperial
Germany
Hindenberg
Ludendorff
Mackensen
von Kluck
Editorial Comment on Home Brew Movement and Rum Trade
An Ottawa editorial laments rising home brew activity in Ottawa and nearby counties as drinkers migrate to Chanute Emporia and Lawrence. It notes enforcement pressure drives supply to other towns while pleading over antitrust concerns and neighborly cooperation amid rising prices and a shifting booze market.
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Ottawa
Chanute
Emporia
Lawrence
Ottawa Herald
Jewelers Press to End Luxury Taxes in Kansas Convention
Hutchinson April 20 resolution: jewelry is a necessity and should not bear luxury taxes. Jewelers urge equal taxation on fines and public services, support graduated income tax without exemptions. Chas. A. Wilson elected Kansas Retail Jewel Association president. Miss M. L. Add is co-president. Clarence E. Fears secretary-treasurer and Buffalo delegate.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Chas. A. Wilson
Wichita
Kansas Retail Jewel Associaton
M. L. Add
Wopeka
Clarence E. Fears
Buffalo
N.Y
Sheep Shearing Circuit Arrangements for Spring Clip
County farm agent St. OL Smith arranging a Douglas county sheep-shear circuit for the spring clip. He urges all not yet arranged to book with him. an experienced shearer is secured to start as scheduled for continuous work. Seed corn ready for county corn club girls and boys. seed labeled and available at Watkins National Bank. Bond transfers and estate notices list several property transactions. The note ends with a local belief about luck and a stray line on moving pictures and petroleum production.
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St. OL Smith
Douglas County
O. J. Zane
Watkins National Bank
Obituary of Mrs A Richards of Lecompton Kansas
Mrs Edith Martin Richards born near Lecompton Kansas March 29 1875 died at her country home west of Lawrence March 21 1821 age 45 years 11 months 26 days she was child of Mr and Mrs David Martin married 1891 to Charles Arthur Richards five children four of whom survive funeral held at home Wednesday morning by Rev Frank Jennings First Baptist Lawrence interment Maple Grove cemetery Lecompton.
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A. Richards
Jose Edith “Martin
Lecompton
Kan
Lawrence
David Marin
Lane University
Sorew
Charles Arthur Richards
Frank Jennings
First Baptist Church of
Maple Grove
Le~compton
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Lawrence Daily Journal
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Fendaca News
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Stony Point
Daniel Gaumer
Stony Point Cemetery
C. B. Hosford
A. FE
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Douglas County Building and Loan Association
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Moving Pictures
Thames
Lawrence Steam Laundry
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Journal-World
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Stege Tride
China
America
American Committee For China Famine Fund
Ka. J. Herald
Terry Gaskill
A. E. Glass
Great State Life Insurance Co
J. H. Bell
Watkins National Bank Capital
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CG. A. Hill
Chatman
D. C. Asher
Dick Wilt
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C. H. Tucker
C. A. Hill
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D. Bishop
T. C. Green
F. V. Miller
Farmers State and Savings Bank
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