Warm weather returns to Kansas boosting corn hopes
Topeka August 22 AP warm spell returns to Kansas boosting corn prospects. U S Weather Bureau chief D F Flora notes eastern Kansas at 69 and 65 degrees while western areas hover around 60. Sun and moisture raise expectations as river levels rise with Smoky Hill near flood state beyond Salina.
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Topeka
Kansas
D. Flora
United States Weather Bureau
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Smoky Hill
Weather Bureau
Salina
Solomon
Bankers Association Ends After Eighteen Years In Kansas
The Kansas State Bankers association is dead after eighteen years, born from the bank guaranty law and dissolved as the guaranty fund failed. Its Topeka office closed in 1909 records turned over to a local banker, and secretary Fred G. Bergen became assistant receiver for a Marshall County bank that recently failed. The group, once aligned with national and state banks, did not survive the insolvency of the guaranty fund.
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Topeka
Aug
Kansas, State Bankers Association
Fred G. Bergen
Association
Marshall County
Kansas State Bankers Association
Kansas Bankers Association
Bankers’ Association
Kansas
American Bankers Association
Salvation Army Doughnut Girls Return to Paris Mission
The Salvation Army under Commander Evangeline Booth will bring thirty war workers to Paris for a second AEF invasion, reenacting 1917 1918 huts with doughnut and coffee centers at Paris Chateau Thierry Verdun and the Marne to lift morale.
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New York
France
Salvation Army
Evangeline Booth
Paris
Chateau Thierry
Bellesy Wood
St. Mihiel
Verdun
Argonne
Marne
Booth
Montiers
Dr and Mrs Hislop Return From New England Motor Tour
Dr and Mrs E Hislop returned to Lawrence Saturday night from a motor tour of New England. Traveling via Washington they covered the mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont and spent time at the sea shore. They reported a delightful trip.
Topeka Fair Sees Youths Seek Fitness For Marriage
Aug. 22 AP Young single adults dominate early entries in the Topeka Free Fair eugenics exhibit and fitter family examinations. Dr Florence Sherbon notes a young farmer with a B rating in mental and physical tests previously failed to win a Capper medal but now believes he is fit to marry.
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Topeka
Are women smarter than men say Harper's September
New York August 22 AP reports Bernard de Voto Northwestern University teacher weighs in on gender intelligence. He argues women resist simple repetition and require careful presentation of facts to gain intelligent opposition. The piece reflects a debate on educational methods and gender differences.
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New York
Bernard de Voto
Northwestern University
Harper's
Chicago Chinese Move Brings Chinatown to Wentworth
The Chicago Chinese community shifts from Twenty-second Street near Archer to Wentworth Avenue area between Twenty-third Street as widening of the former street requires relocation. On Leon Tong merchants build a new four story headquarters west of Wentworth, costing $500000, to open in October with ceremonial events.
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Chicago
Twenty-second Street
Archer Avenue
Wentworth Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Leon Tong
Should Not Be Made in Training for Women in Politics
Newark New Jersey August 20 AP. County politics should not be a training school for women seeking a political career says Mrs Elizabeth A Harris Essex County Freeholder She argues jobs are hard and exacting a married woman with mature judgment is preferred and she must have courage Two fire alarms were answered by the fire department Saturday at 715 New York Street a bed was on fire with no other damage A second alarm at Sixth and Louisiana streets was caused by a generator short in an automobile triggering a small blaze
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Newark
N. J
Elizabeth A. Harris
Board of Freeholders
Essex County
New York Street
Sixth
Louisiana Streets
Lawrence Visitors and Local Social Callers Reported
Lone Star r and Mrs Gottlieb Neider were Lawrence visitors Wednesday. Nise Esther Flory Clifford Ulrich and son Robert and Mrs Lillie Ulrich and Mary Flory spent Tuesday at the Eldon Ulrich home. Minnie Dietz returned from Topeka where she had been working. Margaret Curtis dined Sunday at the William Pelzel home. Sunday visitors at Joe Flory included Mr and Mrs Walter Nelson and children Leona and Viola, and Mrs C W Miller and sons Wayne and Wilford.
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Will Curtis
Roy
Lawrence
George Hagerman
Jack
Porter Bond
Frank Flory
Eldon Ulrich
Ralph Childs
Lon Childs
Jolly Stitchers Club
Charlie Banning
Katherine Frantz
Kansas City
Helen Dunn
Marvin Bond
C. C. Potter
Jane
Kenneth
Beryl
Jolly Stitchers’ Club
Homer Flory
Arthur Flory
Robert Flory
Mart Flory
Gottlieb Nieder
Jances Ward
Everett Kingery
C. B. Sanders
Joe Flory
C. A. Ward
Leo Percival
Lloyd
Mil
Dred
Anita Flory
Lila Anderson
Cyrus
Lottie
Florence
Roth Anderson
Esther Flory
L. M. Flory
Marion Childs
D. F. Smith
Fred Simons
Pauline
New Watts
Marguerite Anderson
D. W.anderson
William Kabrick
New York
Bertha Dietz
August Dietz
Charles Mowder
Lillie Anderson
Frances Ward
Gottlieb Neider
Nise Esther Flory
Clifford Ulrich
Robert
Lillie Ulrich
Mary Flory
Eldon ‘Ulrich
Minnie Dietz
Topeka
Margaret Curtis
William Pelzel
Walter Nelson
Leona and
Viola
Mock wedding staged by Folly Stitchers marks evening
Mrs. Peter Dreher died Tuesday August 9 1927 Magdelena Heck Dreher born June 5 1861 in Baden Germany married Frederick Heck Jan 29 1885 came to Douglas county in 1893 they raised six children all living nearby except one daughter in Oklahoma He died 1919 she married Peter Dreher July 15 1926 left three sons and three daughters and many grandchildren services conducted with care and reverence
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Peter Dreher
Maganise Capois
Baden Germany
Frederick Heck
Douglas County
Oklahoma
Heck
Alfred
Fred
Emil Heck
Marie Houk
Edwin Schowengerdt
Lawrence
Otto Sitz
Nowata
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Michigan
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Venita Bond
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Schenectady
N.Y
Southern California
Lone Star
Gladstone
Arthur S. Wettig
Jcpenneyco
Mass
J.C. Penney Company
Manhattan
Stetson
Folly Stitchers
Magdelena Heck Dreher
Bath
Pettit
Neen
Fred Laptad
Skofstads
Lawrence National Bank
Th Lawrence National Bank
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