Silk shirts and store theft case lingers in Kansas City
Kansas City detectives focus on local participation in a $2,000 Carl Clothing store theft. A 17-year-old chauffeur Earl James admitted driving the suspects to Osawatomie Higginsville Paola with a $100 per trip payout. Two Negro men await trial in Lexington Missouri while authorities pursue further confessions.
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Carl Clothing
Kansas City
Owen Carl
Carl
Lawrence
Earl James
Temestoes
Osawatomie
Higginsville
Paola
Bell Dry Goods Company
Leavenworth
James
Culver to Leave Merchants Police Post for Interurban Night Work
J A Culver will retire after tomorrow night as Lawrence merchants police officer after two years and three months in the role. He will become night man at the interurban station, noting only ten absences due to illness in his tenure and praising merchant courtesy while seeking a better opportunity with the interurban company.
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J. A. Culver
Lawrence
Culver
Interurban
Vinland Chautauqua Set Five Day Event Near Library
The Vinland Chautauqua opens August 22 near the library and runs through August 28 with daily programs in the afternoon and evening. Homecoming day on August 26 features a morning ball and barbecue plans are in place. The event promises speaking engagements and entertainment. A Brown County candidate Chester L Shaw, a Thirty-Fifth Division veteran, is nominated for Brown County district court clerk on the Republican ticket. ton Kansas resident Ferdinand Gottlieb is visiting Lawrence.
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Brown County
Chester L. Shaw
4Ilivision
Te Bes Rence
Weather Forecast Notes Missing Details
The snippet shows a weather forecast from Kangas with fair and warmer conditions tonight. It includes fragments about temperatures yesterday and today but lacks specific figures and times for today.
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Kangas
Suffrage Vote Expected Delayed In Carolinas And Tennessee
North Carolina and Tennessee legislators signaled no vote on ratifying the federal suffrage amendment before Tuesday. Tennessee’s senate passed the measure 24 to 4, boosting suffragists, while North Carolina leaders warned action would likely come first in the senate with a heated house battle anticipated.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Senate
House
Senate
Raleich
N. C
Aus
North Carolina
Tennessee
Reds Work Around in Rear of Warsaw
Warsaw reports say Russian forces advancing toward the Novo Georievsk Zegreje sector north of the capital and massing against Nasielsk and Plonsk as Polish defenses repulse preliminary attacks. A peace delegation prepares to depart for the front with Moscow silent on travel clearances for correspondents.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Plonsk
Vistula
Novo Georievsk-Zegreje
Nasielsk
Nazielsk
Radzymin
Bug
Bialystok Raad
Poland
Moscow
Bolshevists
Tall Stalks Contest Tops Lawrence Bank Bid
The Lawrence National Bank Tall Corn Contest invites entries measuring height. It emphasizes stalk length over ears with a premium for the three tallest stalks. Measurements occur Saturday August 28. Charles Crowder took Will Hultz to the reform school yesterday. See 133 Agency for Insurance.
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Lawrence National Bank
Hultz
Charles Crowder
Will Hultz
Forrer
Stutchinson
Stronger Than Ever Before Fraternal Aid Union Leads
Dr. V A Young, president of the Fraternal Aid Union, unveils the American Four policy and a new rate plan. The change converts old assessment members to a sound hundred percent policy with rates tied to attained age and the American Experience Table Mortality. The union emphasizes stability, leadership, and potential membership growth toward a quarter of a million.
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V. A. Young
Fraternal Aid Union
Dr. Young
Eudora CPA Picnic Set for August 19 in City Park
Preparations are under way for the twentieth annual CPA picnic in Eudora next Thursday August 19. Richard J. Flopkins attorney general of Kansas will be the principal speaker. The Aid Union band from Lawrence will provide music along with sports races a merry go round and a Kansas City colored glee club as entertainment. Arthur Berement former Canadian MP was secretly deported from New York to Canada amid a five million dollar bond plot reported at Ellis Island.
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Eudora
Richard J. Flopkins
Kansan
Fraternal Aid Union Band
Lawrence
Kansas City
New York
Arthur Berement
House of Parliament
Canada
Ellis Island
Marriage Held By James M Ray and C E Lindley
Married today at Ozawkie and Oskaloosa by probate judge C E B Lindley are James M Ray and Ella Francis Foster. A license was issued yesterday to T C Allen and Marie Dunn of Kansas City Missouri. County commissioners meet Lecompton over repair of Lecompton bridge.
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James M. Ray
Ozawkie
Ella Francis Foster
Oskaloosa
C. E B. Lindley
T. C. Allen
Williamstown
Marie Dunn
Kansas City
Missouri
Lecompton
Board of County Commissers
Jefferson County
Lecompton Bridge
Merchants Committee Proposes Basement Room at YMCA
The new Managers' Committee of the Merchants' Association in Kentucky announces a drive for higher revenue and more memberships to fund a basement room in the YMCA building. They aim to create a rest room for merchants and improve efficiency, with plans to shut the space off as needed and eliminate duplications of work.
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Tly, KY
MC. A
Niiiners
Alsoviings
W. C. McConnell
Memta
Cie
Soeny Bhat
Jhas
Chamber of Commerce
Ponzi Smashup Upsets Boston Amid Bank Collapse
An examination continues into the Ponzi scheme tied to Hanover Trust and Charles Ponzi. Federal filings name Allen and others as officers of Foreign Exchange companies facing bankruptcy. Receivership actions and hearings are scheduled, with deposits and liabilities under scrutiny.
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Ce Street
Ihis City
Heng
Hanover Trust Company
Ponta
OL Colaney Forsign Exchange Camboovs
Gdday
Raymond Mei Myers
Chas. M. Teipenecsd
Gunnar Th. AL
Creditans
Bering
Polish Americans plan citywide Poland aid demonstration
Polish descent residents in Chicago announce a mass demonstration tomorrow to urge President Wilson to send help to Poland. Organizers emphasize urgent appeals and broad community turnout across the city.
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Wilson
Poland
Tolay
Court Rules Tighten Handling of Pleadings and Papers
Tadge C. AL Smart of the District court orders no pleadings or papers removed without written court permission naming recipient and duration. A true copy must be filed for opposing counsel. The rule takes effect September 1 and aims to curb missing documents after recent removals.
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Tadge C. AL Smart
Aeday
Werk
Court House
Ion
Autowheel Accident Injures Girl Outside City
A car battery service vehicle lost a wheel and rammed a sidewalk, injuring a Haskell student and a girl named Miss Jacobs. Emergency workers reported broken bones and bruises with hospital authorities confirming injuries. The incident occurred near a street hill and involved a vehicle approaching from the former base area.
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Carlee
Genese Daeobs
Haskell
Jacobs
Flaskell Paspstal
Ieaeridert
Jacghe
DANNENZIO IN NEW HOVE Trinte
Fragmentary OCR describes reactions to a reported action involving poet Gabriele DAnnunzio and his followers amid tensions over territorial limits and demarcation. The text references a national council and a looming state fair with uncertain specifics.
Preacher Arthur Braden joins Kansas City church
Arthur Braden, reputedly chosen preacher, accepts invitation to lead the First Christian Church of Kansas City. He will be assisted by workers to avoid overburdening the Bible chair at Myers Hall. The church stands at Eleven Focus streets in Kansas City.
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Arthur Braden
Trond
Pre N Bible
Ehmir
The
Unity
Kansas City
Mewsto
Mr. Braden
Myers
Cox Addresses West Virginia Convention
Governor Cox spoke at Wheeling as parts of West Virginia gathered for the state convention. Voters selected a candidate for the supreme court, two presidential electors at large, and twelve district electors, with a platform to be adopted and an address to be delivered. Earl Brown, held on a child desertion charge, was released on a $500 bond yesterday.
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Wheeling
West Virgin'e. Ave
West Virginia
Supine Court
Lsten
Cox
Earl Brown
Yastenlay
Many candidates overlooked expense affidavits in primary
In a county tally, only 35 of 54 candidates filed expense affidavits within ten days of the election per George Brene. Frank Dodds led with 149.19 as the highest reported expense. several candidates reported no expenses while others filed varied sums, including entries like 45.00 and 128.69 among numerous names and amounts.
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George Brene
Frank Dodds
Ueconpte
Stewart
Tstelle Northrep
Simro
Twain
William Messenheli
Mitchell
Brooker
Will Jonas
tHarry
AE Cox
John Hover
AY Andress
Pichler Soc
City Rescues Water Supply With Coal Deliveries
Three coal cars were delivered to the city water plant sidings averting a threatened shortage. The supply will last about a month and eased the plant’s near empty condition. Kansas field coal shipments reached the ice plant while local users received several cars improving the situation.
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Kansas Field
Unitarian Picnic Planned at Roehring’s Grove
Unitarian Church members and Sunday school riders will attend a picnic tomorrow at Roehring’s grove east of Lawrence. The party departs the church at the regular Sunday School Hour to spend the day in the grove. A general strike at all Italian ports has been declared, the London Times dispatch reports from Milan.
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Unitarian
Tie Unitarian Church
Roehring’s Grove
Lawrence
London
Milan
London Times
Harrel
Frank Harrel
Sibleyville
Fairglow
Olympic Stadium Opens Across Antwerp Amid War Throes
A formal opening marks the Olympic Stadium as flags and banners frame a multinational crowd. About 300 American athletes join a cosmopolitan audience while nations war-torn since World War I are represented by new flags, including Czechoslovakia, with hundreds of U.S. soldiers in attendance.
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Antwerp
Olympic Stadium
Stockholm
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia
Rhine
Lagerwall Accepts Shawnee County Engineer Post
A. C. Lagerwall, longtime resident engineer on the Fort to Fort road in Douglas county, has been offered the county engineer role in Shawnee county. He will begin in Topeka on September 1. The resignation of the highway engineer is to be presented, with several engineers under consideration for the post.
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A. C. Lagerwall
Fort
Douglas County
Shawnee County
Topeka
Lagerwall
Fort Real
Board of Commissioners
Troops Prepare for Fort Riley Camp Arrival
Soldiers from the Machine Gun company and a second unit organize equipment for shipment to Union Pacific. Tomorrow morning they board trains for Fort Riley Reservation to set up under canvas for two weeks of field work with Lt Holmes commanding Company B and Captain Jones leading the Machine Gun company.
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NationGpaikts Nen
Lawrence
Union Pacific
Fort Riley Reservation
Dutins Holmes
McKone
Perry
Jones
Legion Delegates to State Convention Honor Picks
Eli Dorsey of the American Legion will send a full delegation to the state convention in Pittsburg from August 23 to 25. The Warsaw selection includes Thendoye Charlton C P Holmes George Dunkley Roy Pamkley Dinsmore Alter Tiltus Marks Earl Endecott Curtis Strong and Shirley Peters. The group represents the local post in the yearly gathering.
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Eli Dorsey
American Legion
the Légion
Pittsburg
Thendoye Charlton
C. P. Holmes
George Dunkley
Roy Pamkley
Dinsmore Alter
Tiltus Marks
Earl Endecott
Curtis, Strong
Shirley Peters
Start Monday housing fund aims to aid women students
The university faces 111 room applications with no rooms available. A housing committee led by Mayor Kreeck will canvass for subscriptions to raise 20000 dollars to rent and outfit properties for women students. Seven trustees will manage the association, forming in five years or sooner by subscriber vote.
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Housing ‘Committee
Kreeck
Hugh
Blair
Williang Docking
Dark Friend
T. J. Sweeney
Ithe
Vthem
University Housing Association
Hugh Blair
T. J. ‘Sweeney
Lindley
Wm. Docking
Alberta Corbin
Carl Priend
YM. C. A
Lawrence
Y M G A Seeks Discouraged Jazz Records For Talking Machine
The Y M G A requests discarded phonograph records to replenish their jazz collection. Secretary Jack Naismith says any age is welcome, stressing that they want records rather than specific eras.
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Jack Naismith
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