Governor Pushes World War Bonus Plan in Special Session
Topeka reports Governor J. M. presented opening message to the legislature urging rapid payment of World War I veterans bonuses. He outlined options including direct appropriation, bond issuance, referendum in 1924, or rotating claims, and noted the $25 million bond proceeds already available after prior sales. The message highlighted no new recommendations and stressed speed to resolve the bonus matter. Meanwhile, local notes report Charlie Sparks was dismissed for disturbing the peace after a domestic dispute and Ed Madi’s intoxication case was postponed.
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Ashe Ted 'Press
J. M. Ie
Kansas
Supreme Court
Ief
Vis
Bonus Board
Markets Report From May to August Commodities and Bonds
Markets page shows Chicago Wheat and Corn futures with Sept and Dec contracts, oats and lard and ribs pricing, Peace City Produce items like butter and poultry prices, and Liberty Bonds with a closing price around 344 and 30 seconds. Reads like a condensed commodity bulletin with terse bid-ask figures and bond quotes.
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Chicago
Peace City
Greaney
Baldwin News highlights from a busy weekend
Local notes record Miss Ethel Huff buying a new four door Ford sedan and a Delta Delta Delta sorority camping weekend at Conard park with many attendees. Visits span Baldwin to Princeton and Lawrence with Dr. Markham, the Douglas County cooperative elevator meeting, and a busy slate of church, school, and social events through the week.
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Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Conard Park
Baldwin
Chas. B. Shirk
Princeton
D. Butell
Maude
Overbrook
Ramona Kirkpatrick
Garnett
G. Markham
Virginia
Cascade
Colo
H. K. Ebright
Betty
Hopkins
S. S
W.M. Clark
Lorna Bailey
Lake Geneva
Wis
Baldwin Sunday School
F. M. Storum
Boulder
Blanche Case
Madison
Maurice Markham
Bernal Clark
Fredonia
Minnesota
Douglas County
Lincoln, Neb
Ray Trotter
Baker
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Thomas A. Evans
Lebanon
Ill
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Dee Potts
William Potts
Ray Vincent
Charles Bergtorf
Rantoul
Bunn
Flanders
W.M. Balch
Central Congregational Church
Topeka
John Morehead
Frank
Jack
Neodesha
Ebright
Frank Gallagan
Chicago
Showalter
Ralph. Twitchell
Kansas City
W. W. Junkins
Ottawa
J. H. Spurlock
North Seventh Street
M. W. O'Byrne
Hale
Funeral services held for David William Dixon in Eudora
Funeral services for David William Dixon were conducted from his mother's home in Eudora on Friday at 2 PM by Rev. P B Knepp of the Methodist church. Born May 13 1883 in Barton County Missouri he lived in Oklahoma and Missouri before settling with his mother in Eudora in 1911. He died recently and leaves his mother Sarah Dixon a brother Frank in Eudora and sisters Mrs Mary Williamson of Decker Montana and Mrs Ellen Sarden of Welta Oklahoma. The service included hymns sung by a ladies quartet led by Mrs Knepp.
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David William Dixon
Sarah Dixon
P. B. Knepp
Methodist
Barton County
Oklahoma
Missouri
Eudora
Sarah
Dixon
Frank
Mary Williamson
Decker, Mont
Ellen Sarden
Welta
Okla
Grace
Masthead Fragment: Local Names at Bonner Springs Fair
Fragmentary obituary and social notes list Catherine Gabriel Smith and Gladys Jones with pallbearers Herman Bohnsack Ed Diedrich Bert Daugherty John Dolisi Alfred Eisele and Jake Milburn. Interment noted at Eudora cemetery as street fair antics for a C P A picnic are mentioned along with Durr family motor trip from Kansas City.
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Harold Durr
Clifford Durr
Kansas City
Local visits mix with moving plans in Eudora and Lawrence
The text notes time spent in Eudora and Lawrence visiting relatives and hosting guests Mr. and Mrs. Otto Durr for a six o'clock dinner. Fred Ziesenis has accepted a position with Guenther's grocery in Lawrence and will start August 8. The Ziesenises plan to move to Lawrence in the fall once a house is secured, and Olson Bros announces Laundryette washing machines from Whirlers Dry.
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Eudora
Lawrence
Otto Durr
Fred Ziesenis
Guenther
Bus Driver Arrested After Driving on Wrong Side
A Kansas City Topeka bus driver Turmer was arrested at 3 PM by Officer Calhoun on a charge of driving on the wrong side of a street car. Turner allegedly drove around the left side of a stopped car. He posted $15 bond and will be tried in police court next Monday.
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Turmer
Kansas City
Topeka
Calhoun
Turner
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