Dandelion Use as Savory Spring Food Advised
Miss Vina J. Anderson of the University of Kansas Home Economics Department champions dandelions as a nutritious spring food. She notes their mineral content, especially iron, mild laxative effect, and versatility in dishes such as soup timbales salads and stuffed potatoes. Leaves should be washed and cut carefully, with many serving ideas offered to broaden the household menu. Spring, she says, brings fresh produce and color lacking in winter.
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Vina J. Anderson
Home Economics
University of Kansas
Jagdelsons
Anderson
Miss Anderam
Saving oil and gas through a regional engineering survey
Prof Berley E Walker Dean of the University of Kansas leads a survey on conserving oil and gas products across Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas northern Texas and northern Louisiana. He notes millions of dollars lost yearly to waste collecting data from schools companies engineers and refineries to propose safer materials and machinery and share conclusions with interested parties.
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Berley £. Walker
School of Engineering
University of Kansas
American Seriety of Mechanical Engineers
Dean Walker
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American airmen receive Polish farm land plan
Nine Kosciuszko squadron flyers awarded 40 acres each near the Polish eastern boundary under a government land program. Most plan to return to America in summer. rights may be forfeited if land is not cultivated. Several were raised in Poland but eager for flight memories may keep them from settling as farmers.
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Warsaw
Soldiers of Fortune
Poland
Kosciuszko
America
President Harding Invited to World Press Congress in Honolulu
President Harding has been formally invited to attend the Press Congress of the World meeting in Honolulu next October tied to his Alaska trip. Raymond C. Brown presented the invitation on behalf of the congress, with Dean Walter Williams of Missouri announcing. The president, a newspaper publisher, showed strong interest and desire to attend as journalists and government representatives from nearly every nation are expected.
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Columbia
Harding
Press Congress of the World
Honolulu
Alaska
Raymond C. Brown
Congress
Walter Williams
University of Missouri
Brown
May Day demonstrations banned in Faris area
Administrative Commission of the General Labor Federation will not permit May 1 meetings or parades in Paris and other large cities. Transport services will halt to prevent absences. Demonstrations support the International Syndicalist Federation calling for socialization of major transport means. Also notes a Davis Cup banquet in New York and local advertising for Buick and a Lawrence cigar.
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Faris
General Labor Federation
Paris
International Syndicalist Federation
United States
New York City
Obituary for Margaret James of Belleview aged 69
Mrs. Margaret James wife of Charles James of Belleview died at home last Thursday from a paralytic stroke. Born September 13 1851 in Casey county Kentucky she moved to Kansas in 1865 married February 1 1893 and leaves a husband two sons one daughter seven grandchildren three brothers and one sister. Funeral held Sunday afternoon at home with Rev Chas Davis and interment at Vinland cemetery.
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Margaret James
Charles James
Belleview
James
Margaret Jane Jones
Thomas M
Elizabeth N. Jones
Casey County
Kentucky
Kansas
Charles A. ‘James
Chas, Davis
Budora
Tyre
Vinland Cemetery
Proposed by Law West Virginia Legislation Would Marry Folks
A biting bill in the West Virginia legislature aims to curb “vamping” by couples. It allows a spouse to charge an affair before a justice of the peace, issue a written warning to the involved party, and have the offender arrested if the warning fails. A guilty party could face a fine up to 100 dollars.
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Wien A
West Vnia
Clarksburg
Big Festival Plans at State Normal School Pittsburg Kan
Preparations are complete for the largest musical festival at State Manual Training Normal School in Pittsburg Kansas. The event opens Monday with a pageant by the women’s physical education department led by Miss May Long. The festival closes Friday with the eleventh performance of The Messiah. Florence McLeth, soprano of the Chicago Grand Opera Company, performs tonight with the Hambore Trio and J Camp. Tuesday features Melnitess, English baritone, and Wednesday includes Hincatha’s Wedding Forest and Plantation Songs. The Interstate high school musical contest runs Wednesday and Thursday with hundreds of entries and more than 1,000 students from Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma expected. Some solo contests will feature up to fifty competitors.
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Pittsburg
Kan
State Manual Training Normal School
Department of Physical Education
Dix
Mav Long
Florence Moc Leth
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Cital
J. Camp
Hincatha
Kansas
Missonui
Oklahoma
Travel relaxations widen travel to Netherlands and Belgium
The Hague eases passport rules for American tourists for six months with no reentry or registration for stays under one month. Belgium mirrors the move but imposes US visa fee parity, charging Americans the same as the US. Miss Margaret Bondfield rises as secretary of the British Women Workers Federation described as an adept organizer.
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The
Hague
Holland
America
Belgium
United States
Margaret Bondfield
British Women Workers’ Federation
Eskimo Tribes Are Aeto Have Free Trade Arrangement
Copenhagen reports the Danish Royal Commission on Greenland struggles to settle whether Greenland Eskimos should have free trade with all nations. A pro free trade faction argues monopoly harms prices and efficiency, while another faction wants to shield the Eskimo from alcohol and degradation, noting illegal traders exploit natives for spirits and beads.
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Aeto
Copenhagen
Greenland
Christian
Greenard
Coyrespondent
iGreenland Eskimos
Royal Commission
Melba Plans Australia Tour After Illness Recovery
Paris reports Madame Nellie Melba, famed opera singer, will sail from England in June for the United States before a six month stay in Australia. She spent a month in Paris recovering from a serious illness at Monte Carlo, and her doctors ordered a long sea voyage. Despite illness, Melba sang at Monte Carlo Opera.
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Paris
Madame Nellie Melba
Australia
Monte Carlo
Madame ‘Melba
England
United States
Melta
Monte Carlo Opera
Duchess Marlborough to Marry Balzan in Riviera Tale
April reports say the Duchess Marlborough formerly Vanderbilt is engaged to M Balzan a wealthy Riviera landowner. She replies to inquiries while plans for a luxurious villa in Eze are noted. A well paid commercial traveler urges women to learn broadly to attain success in business.
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Nice
Marlborough
Vanes
Vanderbilt
Eze
M. Balzan
Riveria
Oldest Spinster in Central Europe Celebrates 128th Birthday
In Warsaw on April 22 Poland, Anna Dobek of Chocholow is described as Central Europe’s oldest spinster aged 128. Active and sharp, she handles daily chores, jokes about longevity from never having a man in the house, and dislikes cats.
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Warsaw
Poland
Carrins
Europe
Anna Dobek
Chocholow
Fossil Elephant Remains Found in France
Parts of a prehistoric elephant fossil, believed ancient, were unearthed in clay at a Chagny tie works near Chalons sur Saone, in what may be Europe’s first such discovery. The skeleton could become fairly complete after further search. Betty Casement, daughter of an English officer, travels abroad to serve as doctor, dentist, nurse, and consultant along sixty miles of Newfoundland coast. Also advertised: Gillette Safety Razor for 100 at the Gilt Shop by A. Marks.
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Paris
Chagny
Chalons Sur Saone
Europe
Betty Casement
Newfoundland
Dr Doran to Visit Lawrence for Free Consultations
Experienced physician Dr Doran with 25 years in medicine offers a free examination and consultation in Lawrence at Eldridge Hotel on Monday May 2 from 9 am to 4 pm. No surgery or venous procedures listed. treatment costs extra if pursued. Married women should accompany husbands, children with parents. location given as Medic Laboratory of Dr Doran at 335 336 Boston Block Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Eldridge Hotel
Doran
State of
Kansas
Atibome
Dr. Doran
Boston Block
Minneapolis
Minn
Smuggling Booze Now Trickle Across Border
A garbled report describes smuggling of whisky across the Vermont border shrinking to a trickle as new Dominion laws take effect on April 2. Alcohol moves north by rail and road in crude, hidden forms while authorities warn against larger attempts. It notes Coolidge era social details and women in pharmacy.
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Rlington
Vermont
Prohibition
Dominion
Unitéd Tes
Jorge
Fm Bay
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Leavenworth
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Dover
Eide 3
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Melba
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