Poison ivy dangers for vacationers warned by health service
Public Health Service broadcasts warn vacationers to identify poison ivy by its three leaflets and distinguish it from poison oak and sumac. Contact causes a red rash, swelling and blisters. washing exposed skin with soap, water and alcohol can avert or lessen symptoms. Baths in salt water or boric acid solution aid treatment. most cases subside in four to six days.
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NAA Naval
Arlington
Bureau of the United States Public Health Service
Washington
Public Health Service
Secon
Deaths and Funerals Mrs A G Planz
The funeral for Mrs. A. G. Planz who died Friday morning will be Tuesday at 4:30 PM from Rumsey Brothers funeral home. She is survived by her husband A G Planz her mother Mrs EB Perkins six brothers two sisters and other relatives. Rev C A Richard will officiate. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery.
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A. G. Planz
Rumsey Brothers Funeral Home
Stacking grain reduces losses and preserves wheat quality
The text argues stacked grain minimizes rains, bleaching, birds and animals damage, improving color and quality. Proper stacking offers cheap storage, speeds field clearance for future wheat, and prevents waste even if shocks are delayed before threshing. Also mentions a Topeka marriage and unrelated ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stackig
Soviet Move To Restore Petrograd Shifts Baltic Ports' Trade
Reval dispatch reports Soviet Russia’s push to revive Petrograd as gateway to North Russia harming Helsingfors Reval and Riga ports. Moscow diverts business to Petrograd, improves harbor for large ships, while Baltic ports lose priority and face reduced attention and ice issues. Odessa and other Black Sea ports are neglected in favor of Petrograd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reval
Associated Press
Russia
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Riga
Moscow
Latvia
Esthenia
Revel
Rus Sian
Baltic States
Zinovieff
Various Sport and Leisure Topics From Early 20th Century Notes
Notes cover coaching at Peabody College Nashville and a Blue Ridge league race, looming Maryland race track politics, Seattle’s Jimmy Walsh excelling in the Pacific Coast league, possible merges of Western and Southwestern leagues, Southeastern AAU swimming championships in Pensacola, Old Dominion Boat Club’s 43rd anniversary in Alexandria, Blue Grass league pennant pace drawing scouts, Virginia-North Carolina Thanksgiving game at Chapel Hill, wood choices for billiard cues, national municipal tennis championship in St Louis, Johnny Dundee entering his 30s as world featherweight champion, Cowes Week marking English yacht season with Royal Yacht Squadron roots and Elizabethan era ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody College
Nashville
Martinsburg
Maryland
Jimmy Walsh
Seattle
Pensacola Athletic Association
Southeastern A. A. U
Florida City
United States
Dpinion Boat Club
Alexandria
Blue Grass League
Virginia
North Carolina
South Atlantic
Chapel Hill
Brazil
St.Louis
Johnny Dundee
New York City
Cowes
Royal Yacht Squadron
President Coolidge Returns to Work After Funeral
President Coolidge arrives in Washington from Marion after attending President Harding’s funeral. He goes directly to the Willard hotel and begins shaping policy, plans to appoint a new secretary to succeed George B. Christian Jr., and confirms cabinet members will remain for now. A regular cabinet meeting is set for next Tuesday with subsequent Tuesday and Friday sessions.
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Washington
Coolidge
Marion
Harding
Willard Hotel
George B. Christian, Jr
Business College Notes Highlights Student Placements
The jail term opens September. Miss Ruth Parker vacations in Colorado. The Review, the school paper, is mailed to youths across Kansas and Oklahoma. H C Perry joins Security Benefit Assoc at Topeka. Elva Crockett serves as private secretary to the Dean of Home Economics at Kansas State Agricultural College Manhattan. Fleta Anderson Grim promoted to Assistant Cashier at Union State Bank Beverly. Employment Dept receives request from Commerce Trust Co Kansas City to recommend a candidate. Mrs Robert Reed, formerly Hazel Tinkler, visits. she now lives in Oklahoma City where Mr Reed teaches. Evelyn Garvin works for United States Accident Insurance Co Kansas City. she had best typewriting record last year. Enrollment for next year expected to rise. Pirsha Peale.
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Elva Crockett
The
State Agricultural College
Manhattan
Kans
Fleta .Anderson Grim
Union State Bank
Beverly, Kans
Robert Reed
Evelyn Garvin
United States Accident Insurance Co
Kansas City
Garvin
Elks Bowling Scores and Fair Baseball Plans
Elks bowling saw Phillips 236 247 257 248 and Hartig 234 248 258 266 with high marks Phillips 222 and Hartig 223. County fair board secured Lone Star and Worden baseball teams for opening day games and seeks two more teams as opponents. Minnesota students hiked from Mankato to Winnipeg on vacation. Mrs Ellis Dorris, wife of Franklin County sheriff, captured an escaped prisoner recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Hartig
Harttig
County Fair Board
Lone Star
Worden
Fair Board
Minnesota Normal School
Mankato
Winnipeg
Ellis Dorris
Franklin County
Lil
Kansas and Missouri to Meet at Kansas City Speedway Labor Day
Kansas and Missouri rivals on the gridiron will race for motorcycle honors on Labor Day at the Kansas City speedway. The Missouri Kansas amateur championship is a 25 mile event open to amateur riders from both states. Town eliminations precede a Aug 27 final at the speedway to determine each state’s contestants for Sept 3. A professional national race will precede the amateur events, with other speedway programs listed for Labor Day.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Kansas City Speedway
Smith
Kansas City Speedway Association
Mis ‘Souri
Speedway
Labor Day
Husband Sues for Divorce Over Cruelty and Neglect
W L Eubanks files for divorce from Mamie Eubanks in district court alleging extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty. The suit cites personal hardship and disruption of industry linked to riding and driving, including mentions of steel stirrup craftsmanship and a fading local industry. An unrelated note mentions a discovery of a large aluminum bearing deposit near Tapolcza Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Eubanks
Mamie Eubanks
Kansas Cities Build Parks and Playgrounds for Tourists
Kansas municipalities report rapid progress on parks and playgrounds to accommodate travelers and residents. Chanute plans free utilities for bona fide tourists with clearway signs. El Dorado expands electric light and water for auto visitors. others add pools, swim programs, and new park spaces as July projects unfold across Burlington, Douglas, Garden City, Lawrence, Marysville, Minneapolis, Parsons, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kansas
John G. Stutz
League
Chanute
el Dorado
Fredonia
Burlington
North Third Street
Red Cross
Garden City
Lawrence
Marysville
Minneapolis
Parsons
Neosho Park
Baldwin News Local Notes and Visiting Friends
Baldwin locals report visits by I F Swallow and daughter Margaret, Dr and Mrs Fleming and daughter Jane arrive from New Jersey, Topeka business, and numerous Baldwin residents hosting guests and attending events. A farm sale noted, car orders placed, and a sleeping porch added. community life centers on travel, schooling, and family gatherings across Baldwin, Ottawa, Lawrence, and nearby towns.
Buyout of Jorand and Co elevator completed this week
The deal closed Wednesday. Memorial services for President Harding were held in Baldwin on Friday afternoon under Masons auspices and a general memorial followed at the First M. E. church. Mrs Stella Wageman of Cherry Vale visited her niece Mrs Jasper Griffin and Mr Griffin. Mrs C N Bailey returned from an extended visit in Long Beach Cal and other points in the state. Mr and Mrs C C Claridge left for Wyoming to make their home. Prentice Variety store moved to the old Palmer dry goods building. Miss Lulu La Brant on vacation from President Fleming's office, left Thursday for Holton to visit her sister.
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I. F. Swallow
Missouri Synod
Margaret
Kansas City
J. H. Dill
W. B. Fleming
Jane
New Jersey
W. H. Hobbs
Topeka
F. D. Allen
Beth
Ottawa
Dorothy McAdow
Helen Hobbs
Baldwin
Lola Burton
Alberta Button
Winona Bailey
Arlene Foster
Gladys Keohane
Harold Downs
Florence
Oklahoma
John Ruchty
Downs
C. W. Bailey
M. R. Pyle
Dona Ames
Lawrence
D. T. Lawson
David
Chester
Chester Lawson
Clay Center
G. M. Liston
Colorado
Fern Stephens
Garnett Clark
Muskogee
Okla
Chas
B. Shirk
Princeton
A. M. Clark
Iva Clark
Anna Clark Jillson
Iva Dorothy
George Griggs
Harry C. Case
W.C. Markham
Washington, D. C
Os . C. E. Beeks
W. B. Flemming
Bolton
Helen
S. A. Lough
Denver
Wisconsin
Jorand and Co
Harding
The
Masons
M. E
Stella Wageman
Cherryvale
Jasper Griffin
Griffin
C. N. Bailey
Long Beach
Cal
C. C. Claridge Weft
Wyoming
Prentice Variety Store
Palmer Dry Goods
Lulu la Brant
Fleming
Holton
Asir Emir Deaths and Independence Highlighted by NatGeo
The National Geographic Society notes the death and burial of the Emir of Asir in Sabia and his succession by his son. The tiny Arabian principality lies on the Red Sea coast and has remained largely autonomous despite Ottoman and Turkish presence, with a history of religious fanaticism and resistance to Christian and Turkish rule.
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Washington
Associated Press
Asir
Sabia
National Geographic Society
Arabian
Red Sea
Turkey
Italy
Constantinople
Geysers in California Tap Steam Power for Large Turbines
A San Francisco style article notes how refrigeration and freezing techniques aid mining in water-bearing porus formations and deep shafts. It states a group of California geysers in Sonoma County now harnessed to generate electricity, using steam to drive turbines and large water pumps.
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America
Sonoma County
California
Scottish pistol making in Perth Stirling and Dundee
Before the American revolver era, Perth Stirling and Dundee in Scotland were major pistol making centers. Scottish pistols gained fame by 1615 and were exported widely. at one period nearly a hundred firms operated in the industry across Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth
Stirling
Dundee
Scotland
French agriculture shows gains in livestock since war end
Official figures reveal the postwar vitality of French farming with 1,250 cattle,000 fewer in the country since 1918, while pigs rise by 1,200,000, sheep by 900,000 and horses by 400,000. The Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees of America will hold its annual convention in Oakland, California, in September.
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Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
Oakland
Calif
City Drug Store Displays Fragrant Pipes For Special Week
A window display at the City Drug Store advertises pipes made in Lawrence. The copy invites customers to come in and inspect the items, claiming a cool fragrant smoke with no strong taste or burnt tongue. Special price offered this week for advertising purposes.
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City Drug Store
Lawrence
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Werter Harford
Helen McClenny
C. E. Lindley
Olson Bros
Memphis
Miles
Association
SPORT
Business College Notes
Ruth Parker
Review
H. C. Perry
Security Benefit Association
Commeree Trust Company of
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Tapoloza
Hungary
Kansas Cities
Baldwin News
Jackie Goodwin
Ruby Lierle
Mildred Keohane
Joplin
Ozarks
Mary Counts
Davenport
Iowa
J. W. Counts
Claude Berks
Fern Cochrane
Emporia
W. A. Uhl
Henry I. Bailey
Boston
H. K. Ebright
Eighth Street
John Wellborn
Coward
Florence Harrington
Prentice
Ninth and
Grove Streets
J. C. Wise
Mary Ickes
Toledo
Ohio
Douglas County Cooperative Association
BeLoans
Ralph Ward
Toronto
Journal-World
Zas
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