Havers Dominates Golf Scene with Long Drive Records
London August 6 Arnthir Havers asserts himself as Britain’s open golf champion after dethroning Walter Hagen at Troon. He wins the 1000 guinea event at Gleneagles and posts a 450 tournament record at St. Albans with drives often 300 yards. Old Sandy Herd, 31 years his senior, shoots 69 on the same day, but Havers’ rise underscores the game’s shift to youth.
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London
Arnthir Havers
Great Britain
Walter Hagen
Troon
Havers
Gleneagles
Selec
France
James Ockenden
St. Albans
Sandy Herd
Tecumseh Beats Green Brothers in 6 to 1 Baseball Game
Tecumseh baseball team defeated Green Brothers Athletics by 6 to 1 yesterday afternoon in Tecumseh. Local rivals face Lecompton here next Sunday as junior twilight league officials plan a schedule for the remainder of summer. Additionally, Kansas railroads announce reduced state fair fares from Hutchinson for September 15 to 21. Charlies Sparks faces trial after a police-court arrest for alleged wife beating. Corine Orchard, of Joplin, Missouri, was arrested for street-walking and ordered to leave town by noon.
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Tecumseh
Lawrence
Lecompton
Junior Twilight Baseball League
C. Carl
State Fair
Hutchinson
Kan
Kansas
State
Public Utilities Commission
Corine Orchard
Lin
Adolph Ewing
Speeding Charge Seizes Kansas City Speaker
A Kansas City speaker was arrested yesterday on a fort-to-fort road for speeding. He posted bond and will appear in justice court Friday at 10 o'clock.
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RLM
Speaker
Kansas City
Fort-To-Fort
Justice ‘Court
Forfeited a Bond and Speeding Fines in City Courts
Police report a bond forfeiture for PB A Simons of Topeka after a speeding arrest. May McKellar, driver of a meat wagon, paid a $10 fine for speeding on Bridge Street. The article also references laundry wringers and unrelated remarks about Chinese people and foods.
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PB. A. Simons
Topekix
McKellar
Bridge Street
North American Trapshooting Championships Draw Strong Entries
Chicago Aug 6 A P entries already promise a strong turnout for the 1923 North American Trapshooting Championships with the Grand American Handicap set Aug 20-25 under amateur control. Eleven amateur titles contested across five days amid 1,000 targets, led by defending and leading shooters, with entries closing Aug 11.
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Chicago
A. P
Starr Matthews
Matthews
Toe
Dave Faulkee
Worthington
Minn
R. A. King
Wichita, Falls
Dallas
Texas
P. R. Miller
Frank Hughes
E. C. Wheeler
C. A. Gunning
Prairie Zone
George Gray
Philadelphia
B. Chapman
Clarksburg
W.va
Woolfolk’ Henderson
R. O. Heikes
B. C. Griffith
C. W. Floyd
M. Diefenderfer
R. D. Gupitil
Barber Rogers
J. J. Blanks
Fred Harlow
Fred Shattuck
Riley Thompson
Harvey Dixon
W. E. Phillips
Hootman
Wolfolk
Henderson
L. B. Clarke
J. F. Wulf
CG. H. Larson
J. D. Henry
G. W. Lorimer
Albert L. Ivins
Een
Coaches School Ends at University of Michigan
Ann Arbor reports the close of the summer school of Athletic Coaching and Physical Education at Michigan. Over 150 students from 32 states attended this year, with one student from the Philippine Islands. The group included high school and small college coaches, with 16 women among enrollees. A banquet for instructors capped the term with 145 attendees.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Secoot
University of Michigan
Phillipine Vs.lands
Seversl
Kentucky
Michigan
Lade Oni Hi Iid
Tiger Coach Here New Missouri athletic director visit
Chester L. Brewer named new athletic director at the University of Missouri travels via Lawrence en route from California to Columbia with his daughter Eleanor. He has long been associated with the University of California athletic department and was entertained here by Patsy Clark football coach. Mrs. Brewer and remaining family to join by train later.
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Chester L. Brewer
University of Missouri
Lawrence
California
Columbia
Eleanor
Brewer
University of California
Patsy” Clark
University
Webworm outbreak risks alfalfa stands in Kansas
Kansas State College entomologist R C Smith warns of a garden webworm invasion in central Kansas alfalfa and truck crops with a second brood likely by early August. He urges growers to harvest sparingly, protect stands, and spray alfalfa fields and surrounding border strips with arsenate of lead to curb larvae and save future crops.
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Manhattan
Kon
Aug
Kansas
R.C. Smith
Kansas State Agricultural College
Prof. Smith
Gifalfa
Floating Rock publicity at Hutchings and Biggs Shoes
Register free at Hutchings and Biggs 832 Mass St for a chance to win a pair of shoes by guessing the weight of the floating rock on display. No obligation to buy. Promotion promotes high quality shoes at low prices with a marvel to attract customers.
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Hutchings Biggs
Mass
Hutchings & Biggs
Water Works Head City A Woman Fills Job Like Any Man
Salina Kansas honors Alla Bell as possibly the only woman city water works manager in the United States. After her husband’s death she ran the department, overcoming delays from railroads and rain to lay mains for a paving program, proving herself equally adept in the ditch and the office. She embraces the work and rejects gender limits.
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Salina, Kuns
Salina
Alla Bell
Jupiter Flavius
Mrs. Bell
History of the Lawrence W C T U and its long campaign
A condensed history prepared by Miss Cassie Quinlan traces the Lawrence W C T U from its 1878 organization in the Baptist church with Drusilla Wilson as first president through decades of temperance action. It covers petitions for liquor licensing reform, legislative efforts, travel by Drusilla Wilson and her husband, and sustained meetings, outreach, and protests. The article notes fluctuating member interest, 300 public meetings, over 3,000 miles traveled, growth to 260 members by 1922, and a 1918 quota of 800.
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Lawrence W.C. T
Kennard W. C. T. U
Cassie Quinlan
Lawrence W. C.T. U
Baptist Church
Lawrence
Lawrenet
Drusilla Wilson
Lawrence Union
Bands of Mercy
Union
United States of America
Unite Farm and City alliance for farmers and workers
Chicago August 4 Associated Press C F Lowrie former president of the Montana Farmers Society of Equity opened a small warehouse to unite farmers and city laborers against high marketing costs. He said coop societies exist nationwide and his group will handle honey potatoes and fruit for farmers and resell furniture and clothing back to them. They began with 50000 pounds of Idaho honey.
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Chicago
Associated Press
C. F. Lowrie
Montana Farmers’ Society of Equity
Idaho
City farmers urged to stay on farms and curb city competition
Discouraged farmers flock to cities as city laborers are urged to help farmers remain on the land. An alliance with the South Chicago Labor Assembly yields a warehouse and a cooperative venture selling Montana apples Tennessee walnuts Minnesota potatoes cigars gloves and clothing to farmers. The group claims no political ambitions and seeks a nation wide alliance of urban cooperatives and rural farmers.
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South Chicago Labor Assembly
Montana
Tennessee
Minnesota
Mr. Lowrie
Madl Hearing Set Over Liquor Charges at Court House
The hearing for Ed Madl on liquor possession selling liquor and maintaining an illicit residence is scheduled for tomorrow at 2 PM in the courthouse. Also set for Wednesday at 10 AM is Apgid Korb charged with neglecting to provide for his minor children.
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Ed Madl
Apgid Korb
Real Estate Transfers to Ada Olson and Zeta Chi Association
Real estate transfers listed include Anna Hess to Ada Olson with consideration 12000 dollars for Lot 89 on Mass, Zeta Chi Atum Association to Markham with 1200 dollars for Lot 110 and other lots in 13 EL 4, Baldwin W C Markham to Zeta Chi Association for 2500 dollars covering multiple lots, and Philip Meshman to Simon K Punk with one dollar and exchange for Lat 184-6 high Street and 2013 Int Street, Baldwin.
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Anna, Hess
Ada Olson
Mass
Sty Zeta Chi Atum Association
High St
Int
Baldwin
Hospital Dublin Kilmainham to be converted for Free State parliament
The Irish Builder and Engineer reports the Royal Hospital Kilmainham is being converted into a parliament house for the Free State parliament. It is expected the Dail will use the building as the seat of government.
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Dublin
Royal Hospital
Kilmainham
Free State
Dail
To Speak at Topeka Kansas Republican Revival
Mrs Medill McCormick wife of Senator from Miners publisher of the Chicago Tribune will be the woman speaker at the Kansas Republican revival meeting in Topeka on Saturday October 20 She is daughter of the late Mark Hanna and has promised to attend unless sickness or death intervenes Chairman Wilbur C Hawk urges county chairmen to ensure representation of each county with at least one Republican for every 100 votes cast for secretary of state Mrs McCormick will speak on the influence of women in politics and will mingle with women during the day and speak at night to share the limelight with Postmaster General Harry S New.
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Topeka
Medill McCormick
Miners
Chicago Tribune
Kansas
McCorthick
Mark Hanna
Wilbur C. Hawk
McCormick
Harry Sr. New
Hawke
Wonder
Earliest Egyptian marriage pact shows four dollar bridal gift
London reports Egyptologist Professor W Flinders Petrie, recently knighted, describes ancient marriage norms. He cites a 590 B.C. pact in which the husband gifts four dollars, vows mutual care, and allows withdrawal only with legal grounds, with a possible seven dollar penalty for leaving. Chinese children begin formal alphabet learning at age three, hearing about 1,000 letters in three months, while North Star light is about 190 times the sun’s.
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London
W. Flinders Petrie
George
Egypt
Linand
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