Capital awaits its lost chief funeral train to Washington
Chicago and Clinton crowds witness the Harding funeral procession as the presidential train travels from the Pacific coast toward Washington. Governors, officials, and noncommissioned officers prepare guard duties while three presidents Coolidge Wilson and Taft follow the casket along Pennsylvania Avenue for the nation’s homage.
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Coolidge
Taft
Wilson
Pacific Coast
Marion
Mr. Harding
White House
Capitol
President Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft
Pennsylvania Avenue
Silent Respect Follows Harding Funeral Train to Omaha
Thousands in Omaha and Chicago paused as the Harding funeral train passed. Floral tributes decorated the bier while crowds pressed at stations waiting rooms. The Marion party led by Dr Carl W Sawyer met the train in Chicago as Lawrence planned burial observances with church services at a set hour.
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Iowa
Illinois
Omaha
Chicago
Associated Press
George T. Harding
Carl W. Sawyer
Marion
Ohio
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Harding
Chicago and Northwestern
Union Pacific Railroad
Finley
Tornado injures worker in Garden City and damages property
A Garden City tornado on Saturday afternoon injured Gladys Bayon, a bakery employee, with minor injuries from falling bricks. The storm caused thousands of dollars in damage, uprooted shade trees, demolished several small buildings, and destroyed the second floor of the Garden City Herald building. The temporary bridge approach over the Arkansas River was overturned as the storm passed near the town center.
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Garden City
Kan
Gladys Bayon
Garden City Herald
Arkansas River
Murder Mystery Darkens Lyon County Death
August 6 1922 Emporia Kansas reports the death of Isaac Smith a Hartford recluse from a fatal attack Friday night with a gas pipe blow to the skull He died after surgery in Emporia hospital Police say robbery was the motive though no suspect is named Smith had a money belt and cash totaling 3750 with 260 left unaccounted for.
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Emporia
Kas
Isaac Smith
Hartford
Lyon County
Smith
Bag Worm Epidemic Persists Around Lawrence
Lawrence reports show no let up in a bag worm outbreak affecting Cedar trees around hundreds of homes in town and country. Local remedies include a Journal-World publisher hiring a boy to pluck worms and a county farm bureau agent recommending a spray of arsenate of lead in water with resin in oil to help the mix adhere to trees.
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Lawrence
Journal- World
County Farm Bureau
Prowlers Reported In East Eleventh Street Area
Residents near the 800 block of East Eleventh Street alerted police around 1 AM that a colored prowler was prowling the neighborhood. A second call at 1 15 AM reported from Eleventh and Delaware. Officers searched but did not find the offender.
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East Eleventh Street
Eleventh
Delaware
Clawson on Three Weeks Vacation at Father’s Home
John C. Clawson of General Electric in Schenectady is spending a three weeks vacation at his father Rev. W. W. Clawson’s home at 941 Alabama street. Clawson graduated from KU in 1922.
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John C. ‘Clawson
General Electric Co
Schnectady
W. W. Clawson
Alabama Street
Clawson
K. U
German marks near zero mark
German marks depreciated forty percent over the weekend in New York trading. The local market quoted the mark at 63 cents a million or 1,886,792 to the American dollar, down from 89 cents a million on Saturday. Reports of Germany floating an internal gold ban bonds or small denominations were seen as foreshadowing paper marks’ disappearance and substitution by gold bonds.
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New York
Germany
Governor Davis III Hospitalized With Influenza
Topeka Aug 6 The governor's fever rose to 104 and doctors feared pneumonia though lung exams showed no pneumonia. Dr L M Powell said the condition was satisfactory overall with irregular sleep and headache for two weeks as he remained confined to the executive mansion.
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Topeka
Davis
L. M. Powell
Associated Press
J. M. Davis
I. M. Powell
Frovernor
Powell
Crumbine to Speak at Dairy Officials Convention
De. S. Jo Crumbine of New York City, longtime Kansas health officer and pioneer of food and sanitary controls, will be one of the speakers at the Twenty Seventh annual convention of the Association of American Dairy Food and Drug Officials in Duluth Minnesota August 14 to 17. He will address the Friday session August 17 on methods of publicity to popularize food and drug control. Crumbine is associate director of medical service for the American Child Health association, focusing on nationwide child health care improvements.
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de. S. Jo Crumbine
New York City
Kansas
Association of American Dairy, Food and Drug Officials
Duluth Minn
County Fair Association Meeting Sought Tomorrow
Douglas county fair association will hold a meeting tomorrow at 1 30 PM in the Chamber of Commerce building. Department superintendents are asked to bring suggestions as the fair opens at Woodland Park in three weeks and swift work is needed to finalize plans. President Chris Schaake urges full attendance.
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Douglas County Fair Association
Chamber of Commerces
Woodland Park
Chris Schaake
KU Student Takes Brief AP Vacation In Topeka Return Planned
A. P. DeVaughn E. Francis, KU junior and former Associated Press bureau employee in Kansas City, is on a two weeks vacation. Afterward he will spend the summer in the AP office in Topeka and return to KU to finish his work this fall.
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A. P. DeVaughn
E. Francis
K. U
Associated Press
Kansas City
Topeka
Tornado injures three in Springfield Merrick section
A tornado swept over the Merrick section of West Springfield at 2 PM yesterday, causing probable fatalities for a woman and child, serious injuries to a man, and property damage estimated over 100000 dollars.
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Springfield
Mass
Merrick
West Springfield
Kansas Weather Forecast From Shattered Thunder Showers
The forecast shows scattered thunder showers this afternoon or tonight with cooler air arriving tonight. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with warm conditions in the southeast, and highs around 50 degrees.
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Kansas
Special Session Opens as Legislators Gather in Topeka
Topeka August 6 The Associated Press reports a majority of Kansas lawmakers from both houses arrived by noon for a 4 pm special session. The big issue is the bonus with most members saying they will consider only that, while some might push other items. Speculation runs from two days to a week for a short session. Photographs of President Harding draped in bunting hang in both chambers as Governor Davis prepares to deliver his message, read by clerks due to the governor's illness.
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Topeka
Associated Press
Senate
Harding
Davis
Poultry Culling Demonstrations Slated Across County
County agent H. C. Colplazier will conduct poultry culling demos on local farms over two weeks to separate poor quality stock from first class birds. Demonstrations will include D. K. Rice and H. B. Victor of Lawrence on August 15, Fred M. Brown and S. O. Gentry of Lawrence on August 9, A. W. Grosdidier of Eu Dora and Bowman and Son of Sib ley on August 10, among others. Lawrence poultry dealers will pay one cent above market price for cuts during the week of August 13.
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H. C. Colplazier
D. K. Rice
H.B. Victor
Lawrence
Fred M. Brown
S. O. Gentry
A. W. Grosdidier
Eudora and Bowman and Son
Sibley
Guy Bigsby
R. G. Engie
Overbrook
Loyd Coffman
Twin Mounds
George Sullivan
Richland
H. B. van Tries
Wellsville
I. D. Harris
Madora
Marshall
Baldwin
Baldwin and ©. W. Kilgore of Clinton, August 16; George B. Jenson
Evans Predicts Rain for Ten Days Ahead
J C Evans, a weather observer, forecasts more clouds and rain over the next ten days, a prediction that would be welcomed broadly if it comes true, noting clouds and rain and coalers near the eleventh.
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J.C. Evans
Man Falls Through Train Window in Leavenworth
A temporarily deranged man named George Stengel of Cincinnati plunged through a Missouri Pacific passenger train window in Leavenworth injuring himself seriously. He boarded at Kansas City, and papers on him identified him. Separately, Cordley Field work at Lawrence High School nears seed completion with a woven wire fence pending delivery from Chicago, possibly delaying installation.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Missouri Pacific
George Stengel
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Cordiey Field
Cordley Field
Lawrence High School
Stadium Field
Chicago
Commissioners In Session At County Courthouse Meeting
County commissioners opened their first monthly session at the courthouse this morning and approved July bills against the county, assigning payments and noting routine county expenses for the month.
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Court House
Dale party heads for New York road trip
Mr and Mrs Bert Dale and Mrs Eberhart including Mrs Dale's mother left by car for New York. They plan a six week trip. Also noted is Mrs Ardrey Chiropractors with a $15 Massachusetts reference.
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New York
Bert Dale
Eberhart
Dale
Ardrey
Chiropractors
Snyder Charges Prompt Investigation Demand in Kansas
Topeka Aug 6 Rep O E Snyder of Atchison County says he will seek a legislative inquiry into charges that he was blocked by a Democratic administration to fix political appointments and win prisoner releases at state institutions He also plans an inquiry into claims that 2 percent of state employees salaries are being diverted to a Democratic state fund The move follows a Republican caucus slated before the 4 p m assembly opening Snyder a Democrat faces scrutiny.
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Topeka
O. E. Snyder
Atchison County
Snyder
House
Wilson to Attend Harding Funeral Despite Lameness
Washington August 6 Woodrow Wilson said in a public letter to President Coolidge he would esteem it an honor to take part in President Hardings funeral procession on Wednesday but his lameness makes attendance in the Rotunda services impracticable. He asked that his car be assigned a position in the procession and said he and Mrs Wilson and probably Admiral Grayson would occupy it. He expressed grief over Hardings death and praised his honorable conduct in office and hoped for satisfactions under the Coolidge administration.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Coolidge
Hardingon
Capitol
Wilson
Harding
Tourist Wreck Near Campus Highlights Need for South Gate Road
A touring car driven by Ray Elltsler of Tescott Kansas was struck by a southbound street car near the campus intersection. The party, en route for a vacation, escaped serious injury and left town after notifying potential damage claims. E O Sherwood and others urge opening a south campus road for seven years, asserting it is urgently needed despite prior promises.
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Ray, Elltsler
Tescott
Kansas
Butsler
University
Louisiana Street
Grover Hammond Adjudged Insane
Grover I Hammond was adjudged insane this afternoon in two hearings before Probate Judge C. E. Lindley. He will await commitment to some state institution.
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Grover Hammond
Grover i Hammond
Shearing
C. E. Lindley
Turco American Treaty Signed Brings Relief to Americans
Lausanne Sug Associated Press reports the Turco American treaty was signed at 4 12 p m after long negotiations. It grants Americans most favored nation treatment and replaces the 1830 agreement. It clarifies Turkey's capitulation era status and sets a system for foreign real advisors to handle complaints over arrests of foreigners. Grew led the talks facing Ismet Pasha as chief Turkish negotiator amid delays and hesitancy.
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Lausanne
Sug
Associated Press
Turkey
America
Joseph C. Grew
Switzerland
Ismet Pasha
Emancipation Picnic at Woodland Park a Big Success
Colored attendees praise the two day Emancipation picnic at Woodland Park held Friday and Saturday. Large crowds attended both days with 1,500 on Saturday night. Speakers included Prof. Jeff King and Dr. Tompkins of Kansas City who spoke on advancement of the Negro race.
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Woodland Park
Jeff King
Tompkins
Kansas City
Hutchinson Oil Co Cuts Gasoline Price Four Cents
Hutchinson Kansas will see a four cent a gallon gasoline price reduction starting Monday morning announced by Lacy Rosier president of the Hutchinson Oil Co The new price will be 1812 cents a gallon at the fourteen stations operated or supplied by the Hutchinson Oil Co Rosier said the public paying high prices compared with crude oil and wholesale tank car market.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Lacy Rosier
Hutchinson Oi Co
Hutchingon Oil Co
Rosier
County Bonus Board Clarifies Post Camp Service Payments
A letter from Carl R. White at Topeka informs the county bonus board that money will not be paid to Officers Training Camps members who saw service after camp release. With the service period extended to July 2, 1921, men discharged after June 30, 1919 need not reapply. all applications will be checked and extra time added automatically. Applications arrive at a rate of about one per day.
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County Bonus Board
Carl R. White
Topeka
Jess
Market Steady After Confidence Expressed By Leaders
New York trading opened with stock and bond prices holding firm as banking and industrial leaders voiced confidence in the new Washington administration. While some stocks fell, the overall market showed gains in early dealings.
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Prides
New York
Aug
Washington Administration
Tourists Seen Fewer in Lawrence as Travel Declines
Tourists pass through Lawrence in heavy traffic but daily car counts show a decline. Despite fewer vehicles, travel remains busy with many traveling appliances seen on the road. The trailer carrying luggage is notably popular with visitors this summer. Rided bicycle Hanna.
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Lawrence
Vacation season empties Lawrence as workers take trips
Vacation time has descended upon Lawrence with nearly every business house reporting staff on holiday. Most employees are leaving now for mountains or seashore and plan to return by early September, with Colorado the favored destination for many residents and most traveling by car.
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Lawrence
Colorado
Vinland votes again on rural high school bonds
A special Vinland election for a $10,000 rural high school bond was held today after irregularities in notice publication. Bids for the new building await the result, with total funds from insurance and bonds totaling about $36,000 poised to construct a modern school. Until completion, classes will be held in the Presbyterian church, as they were last spring after the old building burned.
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Vinland
Rural District School Board
Presbyterian Church
New Farm Service Opens Weekly Office in Baldwin City
Starting the first week of September county agent H C Colglazier will spend one day each week in Baldwin City to aid farmers in the district. With H C Prentige allowing office space in his variety store, a regular Baldwin City day will be set for local farmers to confer. The regu lar farm bureau meeting noted the plan to establish the Baldwin office to save trips for residents who would otherwise come to Lawrence.
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H.C. Colglazier
Baldwin City
H. C. Prentige
Baldwin
Lureau
Baliwin
Lawrence
Intake Ready for Service After Mud Cleanup
After over a month of disruption the Kaw River intake is being cleaned and prepared to supply city mains again. Crews remove ten to twelve feet of mud from the intake and fourteen feet around it, using a temporary pump to restore pressure to normal.
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Kaw
Atilene
Water Department
Parents seek missing Kas. teen Carl Karns
Pratt Kansas August 6 Carl Karns 17 son of Mr and Mrs Karns Bucklin disappeared from his home Saturday last seen Greensburg prior to going missing He is about 5 feet 8 inches tall 135 pounds blue eyes light complexion wearing khaki shirt pine overalls and heavy shoes Believed to be temporarily mentally unbalanced by heat according to his parents
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Pratt, Kas
Carl Karns
KK. N. Karns
Bucklin
Greensburgg
Carl
No Special Session Hint in Coolidge Talks
Washington reports President Coolidge shows no definite plan for an extra session of Congress yet. Officials and visitors today left with the impression a final decision has not been reached. County Attorney A B Mitchell to vacation in Colorado Springs. C H Hobart to act as county attorney pro tem during absence and will be at the county attorney’s office from 11 to 12 in the mornings and 1 30 to 2 in the afternoons.
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Chicago
Iowa
Ilinois
Harding
Washington
Rochelle
Clinton
Mississippi River
Dixon
Marion
Ohio
Sterling
White House
Capitol
East Ream
Masons, Elks
Knights Templar
Boy Scouts
Knights of Columbus
American Legion
Daughters of the American Revolution
Omaha
Trans- Missouri West
Warren G. Harding
East
San Francisco
Coolidge
Congress
A. B. Mitchell Willl
Colorado Springs
C. H. Hobart
Belief in Coolidge From Governor Stubbs Cited
Governor W R Stubbs expresses strong confidence in President Coolidge and predicts he will steer the nation effectively. He has long believed Coolidge is a capable leader and will guide the country successfully through the current period.
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Coolidge
W. R. Stubbs
Army Plane Through Lawrence Heads Northbound
An army plane mounted on a truck and several truck loads of military equipment passed through Lawrence this morning heading south. Destination not learned.
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Lawrence
Larsen to head advertising for Schrader’s Sons in NYC
Lawrence music and drama figure Victor Larsen has been named advertising manager for A Schrader's Sons, the New York City based auto accessory maker with branches in London, Toronto, Paris, Chicago and Akron. Larsen, formerly a Y M C A publicity leader, will oversee all company advertising and plans to visit Lawrence Newton and Harper in August to sing at local church services.
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Victor Larsen
Lawrence
K. U
A. Schrader’s Sons
New York City
London
Toronto
Paris
Chicago
Akron
Larsen
San Francisco
San Francisca
Philharmonic Orchestra
Anl
First Presbyterian Church
Trinity Baptista Church
Brooklyn
David Bispham
Signor
Enrico Rosati
Newton and
Harper
Union
South Park
County road crews grade and plane highways in need repair
County road workers are busy grading and planing the county highways. Recent rains were not sufficient to cause notable damage, but crews are smoothing and improving roads. George Lamb, assistant county engineer, leads the project in the absence of county engineer E. E. Trueblood, who left yesterday for a car trip to Indiana.
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George Lamb
E. E. Trueblood
Indiana
Ladies Auxiliary to Meet at 4 Ferrell Dorsey Post Rooms
The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion will meet tomorrow night in the 4 Ferrell Dorsey post rooms over the Peoples State Bank. The meeting is set to commence at a o clock.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American Legion
Ferrell Dorsey
Peoples State Bank
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