Kansas senator race and prohibition stance spread in St Louis talk
The Kansas continues to back a spokesmen in the United States senate. Voters hear Charles Curtis support for prohibition in St Louis meeting. A Missouri audience comments on Hyde and the Kansas candidate, with locals noting the strong Kansas voice. Also a note about Warsaw tourism spoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
United States Senate
Charles Curtis
St. Louis
Arthur M. Hyde
Missouri
Governor Allen Endorsed in Douglas County for Second Term
The article notes broad support for Governor Allen, citing endorsement in Douglas County as reflecting his energy, resourcefulness, and crisis leadership. It mentions political backlash from foes, a call for a showdown, and predicts a statewide consensus favoring a second term. Congressman Bil Little also secures strong Douglas County endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen May
Douglas County
Tl Glas
Allen
Kansas
Bil Little
Sturdy Well Turns Gas Woes Into Frontier Folly
In a rugged column the author mocks a gas well mishap where a planned oil strike yielded gas. Drillers faced a dangerous cave-in as overland tubing lagged and untethered gas threatened ignition, while owners watched money burn away. The piece lampoons the infant gas well and its proud yet troubled birth.
Allies Fight Bolshviks In Poland Clash Reported
A terse report notes that allied forces failed to act to bar bolsheviks from Poland and warns of greater danger ahead, signaling mounting tension and potential military reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Look for Him in Line in Missouri Gubernatorial Race
Signs indicate a mysterious figure in the Republican lineup may be the next gubernatorial candidate. The Missouri Republicans nominated a young man aiming to appeal to the best element of voters, with apparent intestinal qualifications for the job. He stood up in a partisan scene, showing a dry stance and indifference to scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Straner
Howat-Hook: Lewis Versus Howat in Kansas Miner Strife
John L. Lewis denounces Alexander Howat and his strike group, accusing them of lawlessness and idle, costly disruptions in Kansas. He vows to curb Howat’s influence, calling for an end to the chaos that bleeds miners dry and derails orderly work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Alexander Howat
Howat
Storm
Lewis
Howatland
Autobiographical and Political Events Across North America and Europe
Today marks the 200th death anniversary of Anne Finch Countess of Winchelsea praised by Wordsworth. Senator Harding to speak at Ohio State. Primary nominations set for November elections. Imperial Press Conference opens in Ottawa with Governor General welcome. Northwestern Hotel Men and state hotel associations meet in Milwaukee. Call issued for an international peasants union congress at Cologne including nine European nations.
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Anne Finch
Canada
Northwestern Hotel Men’s Association
Wisconsin State Hotel Association
Illinois State Hotel Association
Milwaukee
Cologne
Union of Peasants’ Societies
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Bulgaria
Rumania
Today’s anniversaries through history
Crowds greet Queen Victoria in Dublin and mark her first Ireland visit in 1849. Other notes include U.S. Army flogging abolition in 1861, Gen. Philip Sheridan death in 1888, Britain recognizing Madagascar protectorate in 1890, nurses pensions in 1892, Walton tercentenary in 1893, Li Hung Chang’s audience with Victoria in 1896, Keushovo palace bombing in 1903 killing 50 Turks.
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Dublin
Victoria
Ireland
Philip H. Sheridan
Nonquitt
Mass
Albany
N. Y
Great Britain
Madagascar
of Congress
England
Izaak Walton
E. Ilung Chang
Queen Victoria
Osborne
Governs Palace
Keushevo
Birthdays of Blanch Bates Beckham Howe Jewell today
Today marks anniversaries of Blanche Bates the famed American stage actress born in Portland Maine 47 years ago. J C W Beckham longtime U S senator from Kentucky born Bardstown Ky 51 years ago. Dr Thomas Carr Howe president of Butler University born Charlestown Indiana 53 years ago. Rear Admiral Theodore F Jewell retired born Georgetown D C 76 years ago. Thompson Photo Studio 615 Mass.
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Blanche Bates
Americanstage
Portland
Gre
J.C. W. Beckham
United States
Kentucky
Bardstown
Thomas Carr Howe
Butler University
Charlestown
Ind
Theodore F. Jewell
LU. S. N
Georgetown
D. C
PLAN BIG DRYDOCK Naples to host major Mediterranean dock
Washington reports Italy plans the largest Mediterranean dry dock at Naples and a smaller facility at Baia Avendo as part of postwar expansion. A lake Averno canal and port improvements are planned with Italy bearing about half costs for 25 years and eventual government ownership.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Naples
Industri
Baia Avenuo
Lake Averno
State health data show births and marriages in six months
The state health department records 18,650 births in the first six months of this year, up from 16,906 last year and 17,954 in 1917. Marriages total 11,109 in the same period, versus 3,457 in 1919 and 9,659 in 1917. June set a state record for marriages with 2,527, while deaths reached 1,873 in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Health
Tronta
Labor Minister Priest Berlin Named German Official
Aug. 5 report says Germany’s labor minister is also a Roman Catholic priest. Dr. Heinrich Brauns, 52, served 10 years as chaplain and vicar at Crefeld and Borbeck near Essen, led the Volksverein for Roman Catholic Germany at Gladbach since 1900, and was later elected to the National Assembly. His writings on the Catholic labor movement are extensive.
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Berlin
Germany
Heinrich Brauns
Crefeld and
Borbeck
Essen
Volksverein
Gladbach
National Assembly
Brauns
One Year Ago Today Highlights and Oddities
A retrospective note recalls the League of Nations approval by the Senate, the Prince of Wales Canada visit, quirky birthday customs in Japan, a Texan’s big tobacco bet, atomic energy insights, and a sales pitch for Kryptok Eye Glasses by Lawrence Optical Co.
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Chitian
League of Nations
Prince of Wales
England
Canada
Sir Demo
Kryptok Eye Glasses
Lawrence Optical Co
Bond Registration Totals Rise in Kansas July
Topeka Aug 6 Further signs of prosperity show in Kansas municipal bond registration for July totaling 8,290,745.09, over three times July 1918 figures. Bonds funded road paving, schoolhouses, electric plants, sewers and water works, with a new high daily home record and numerous county and city improvements across the state.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas
Office of State Auditor
Fred
Knapp
Zena County
Good Roads
Colby
Pratt
Arkansas City
Great Bend
Amy
Reno
Cloud County
Wyandotte
Clay-Washington
Atchison County
Jefferson
Lane
Mion
Brown
Johnson
Ness
Shawnee
Osage
Kearney
Salina
Pawnee
Marion
Dickinson
Lincoln
Fordson Demonstration At Gleed Farm Draws Crowd
Five hundred people witnessed a Fordson demonstration yesterday at Spotts farm southwest of Gleed's store. The exhibit showed the machine in freshing silage cutting and other farm work. A. E. Hildebrand, farm power expert, and Prof. F. E. Call of the state agricultural college of Manhattan addressed the farmers.
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Fordson
Spotts Farm
Gleed
A. EK. Hildebrand
FE. Call
State Agricultural College of Manhattan
Burial of Mrs Edythe Knox in Wichita Kans
The body of Mrs Edythe Knox drowned in an irrigation ditch in Oregon was brought to Wichita for burial. Her brother Frank Samuel adjutant of the Kansas American Legion accompanied Franklin Wooker head of the Legion to Denver and Stenver to learn of her death. Mrs Knox widow of an army officer who died of influenza at Camp Funston was visiting relatives in Oregon to regain health. Many former servicemen and Legion officials attended the funeral.
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Knox
Wichita
Kans
Edythe Knox
Oregon
Frank &. Samuel
Kansas dePartment of the American Legion
Denver
Franklin Wooker
American Legion
Stenver
Topeka
Teeter Family To Return Home After Year Away
Mrs. Virginia Teeter and her son Francis return from Virginia after a year and will live with Mrs. Francis Browne. The notice promotes Rankin's Drug Store remedies for relief from mosquito bites.
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Virginia Teeter
Francis
Virginia
Rankin's Drug Store
Community Gossip and Local Visits in Fairview
Fairview residents share Sunday visits with neighbors and relatives including the Constant, Riley, Mitchell, Davis, and Meek families. Traces of farm work show thrashing and plowing to begin. The death of Mrs. C. G. Sizer at the County Home prompts funeral arrangements as Ida Mitchell of California is expected to attend. Local teachers and boarders are noted, with Violet Mitchell assisting Moore and Tearl Smith securing a boarding place for the coming year.
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C. H. Constant
E. J. Brown
F.C. Riley
Reno
Sizer
Ida Mitchell
California
Fred Jones
Mae
Mildred
Thers
Clarence Meek
Berryville
Arkansas
Violet Mitchell
Moore
Walter Howard
Peters
Johns
Margaret
Ruth
Martha Kannenberg
Paul Koehler
Vinton Peters
Leary
Schlegel
Elsie
Carl
Oklahoma
Adam Hunsinger
Harold Marshall
Homer Brownlee
No B. Frown
Willey
Mitchell Home
Tearl Smith
Miller
Obituary of Larindskull Lemon from Kansas era
Larindskull Lemon born October 18 1840 near Newton Falls Trumble County Ohio died July 28 120 at the home of her daughter in Arnett Kansas aged 7H years 9 months and 115 days married to Wm Lemon September 4 1858 Humboldt Kansas mother of three sons and two daughters Lawrence Charles Ramsey Wm C Lemon Houston B W Lemon Denver Mrs WF McIntosh Garnett Kansas Charles Lemon Lawrence Kansas 16 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren and one brother Horace Hull Clay Center Kansas resided in Ornest Lawrence for about 30 years charter member of the North Lawrence Church shut in two years life faith comforted by Savior who she trusted to take her home to be with Him and loved ones.
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Larindskull
Newton Falls
Trumble Co
Ohio
FH. Mclntosh
Arnett
Kansas
Wm. Lemon
Humbold
Kans
Charles Ramsey
Lawrence
Wm C. Lemon
Houston
Tex
North Lawrence
Dicker
Quit Tobacco Easy Stop Chewing with To-Wake Tablet
An advertisement claims To-Wake tablets curb all tobacco cravings. Users place a tablet in the mouth and cease desire. a money back guarantee from the druggist promises refund if cravings return. No owners’ claim of reliability is stated.
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Hutchinson
Kansas State Free Employment
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Tokio Abilene
Tokio
J. H. Engle
Kansas Sunday School Association
Paul
Vancouver
B. C
Everett True
Tobacem
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Callahan
E. J. Hilkey Peoples Bank
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Western Automobile Insurance Company
Ft. Scott, Kansas
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Farmers State and Savings Bank
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