Mystery of Rain Follows County Fair Week
The article notes a lingering question about why it rained yesterday instead of during the county fair week. It mentions President Wilson plans to send a letter by airplane to the Prince of Wales today, possibly to ensure Wales reads it before his coronation. It also references Salina residents rebutting a story about a bank wreck and praising a cemetery's profits.
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Wilson
of Wales
Wales
England
Packers Face Public Pressure Amid Hostility
A Missouri valley paper hopes persecutions against the meat packers end. Many observers note the packers endure the pressure well and some would welcome similar suffering if it stops.
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Missouri Valley
Kansas City landlord limits rentals to nonfamilies
A Kansas City landlord announces he will not rent apartments to families with children or newlyweds. The piece notes the proposal as a safe move and links it to potential social tensions, arguing saloon openings could worsen labor and race strife and heighten violence.
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Kansas City
T. A
Kansas voters consider Republican nomination in Eighth District
Public spirited citizens report hardships in service to the people. Stories from Washington allege congressmen wear patches and wash their own cars due to high prices. Ten men have offered to accept the Republican nomination for congress from the Eighth Kansas district.
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Kansas
Tax levy compares favorably with Kansas towns
Lawrence residents may see a tax rate just under 2.5 percent this year but a comparison with other Kansas communities shows the levy kept low. More crucial is how the funds are spent with officials urged to maximize efficiency and public return on the Douglas County budget.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Douglas County
Rumors Swirl Over Bandits and Publicity Stunts
Reportedly Renteria may have been killed by an American airstrike only to fake death for publicity. A senior officer still must pay the ransom balance for two aviators, while Villa’s status confounds papers as bandits reportedly imitate his feigned demise.
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Renteria
Villa
County seeks bids to surface remaining Douglas road sections
To advance the fort-to-fort road project the county will again advertise for bids to surface sections in Douglas county not yet contracted. If the fourth bid attempt fails, officials will have done all they can and delays will be unavoidable, though a contractor might complete part of the grading this year. The aim is an uninterrupted road across the county so the large investment starts paying dividends as soon as possible.
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Fort-To-Fort
Douglas
Advice to Ginger Jag and a coyote race in Ford car
A public notice mocks Ginger Jag for a drunken stunt using Jamaica ginger and laments his wasted prospects while praising civic and state safeguards. It also reports T Maitland and W Y Tharp driving a Ford to beat a coyote on Oxford road, claiming a true race before the animal was killed. The segment ends noting public concern over wheat prices at $326 per bushel.
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Ford
Wellington
Mark Twain
T. Maitland
W.Y. Tharp
Automatic Bookkeeping Register Company of
Kansas City
Oxford Road
Wells
Wheat Prices And Farm Costs From The Capital
A Topeka Capital item examines the wheat market showing 1 Shawnee county farmer threshing costs at a bushel rate that yields 1.80 with 20 cents seed and 60 cents other expenses, illustrating a $2.26 per bushel result amid high price rhetoric from the Pennsylvania state grange.
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Pennsylvania
Shawnee County
Topeka
Sputtering Reflections and Colorful Vignettes by Wamba
A humorous column notes electric fans as busy, mentions cobwebs in an office, credits Rufe King with shallow plowing, reports reporters forming a union, jokes about girls and low pumps, recounts a Kansas City hold up victim, and parodies Captain Matlack in Mexico along with a jab at President Wilson and wage issues.
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Kansas City
Today’s anniversaries from 1887 to 1917
A compact list of historical anniversaries notes events from 1887 the first railway to Paris and St Germain opened to 1917 air raid near Verdun. Entries include rail accidents fires battles declarations and aviation milestones with places and nations named.
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St. Germains
Louis Phillips
England
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Revere
Mass
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Min
Peterhof
Duncarn
Japan
M. Latham
Rheims
Quincy
Townland
Berlin
Brest-Litovsk
Birthdays Dominate Dominion Cabinet Minister and Notables
Today marks 45th birthdays for Gideon Robertson of the Dominion cabinet and author Zona Gale born in Portage Wisconsin. Rev James J Keane archbishop of Dubuque born Joliet Illinois 42 years ago. Senator Joseph T Robinson from Arkansas born Lornoke Arkansas 47 years ago. Major Robert Morton head of Tuskegee Institute born in West Virginia 52 years ago.
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Dominion Cabinet
Welland
Ont
Zona Gale
Portage
Wis
James J Keane
Duguque
Joliet
Joseph T. Robinson
United States
Arkansas
Lornoke
Ark
Trobert R. Morton
Tuskegee Institute
West Virginia
Five Cornered Track Meet For Disabled Soldiers
Des Moines reports a telegraphic competition among five reconstruction army hospitals. Events include a 50 yard dash for patients a 30 yard hop for single amputees a 50 yard wheel chair race for double amputees and a 30 yard crutch race. Surgeon General Ireland will judge via telegraph in Washington.
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Des Moines
Reconstruction Army
United States
Sureon General Ireland
Washington
The People’s Voice on Road Funding and Farmer Labor
A letter urges reform of road funding stressing wartime costs and mortgage risk. It suggests paying workers year round, tying pay to road condition, and improving drainage before any hard surfacing, arguing current farmer driven work is inefficient and costly. It notes wartime spending as a burden on households.
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Journal-World
Congress
Rudolph Hellstrom
Poor Woman Sacrifices for Mayr’s Remedy
A distressed neighbor who spent years treating indigestion and gas found relief with Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. The testimonial claims the product clears catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and reduces inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. Money back guarantee supports the claim.
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Mayr
Lawrence Soldiers Return Home from Hospital Stay
Roy Laster of Lawrence nears discharge from Fort Des Moines Hospital to resume home life. He had been a doubles champion in a croquet tournament for convalescent soldiers. Chaplain Dickson plans to move his family to Fort Sill after serving with the Second Division in France. The Lawrence school janitors prep buildings for the September 8 opening. Karl Schlademan may begin duties at the University before term start.
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Roy Laster
A. N. Laster
Lawrence
Fort Des Moines
Laster
Journal- Word
Thomas
Dickson
Fort Sill
Karl Schlademan
Sugar profiteering probe extends to Midwest shipments
Federal agents opened inquiries into sugar dealers shipping surplus stocks to Kansas City Missouri Sioux City Iowa Omaha and other western cities to dodge prosecution in Chicago. Investigators suspect shipments aimed to divert attention from food hoarding and profiteering investigations.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Sioux City
Iowa
Omaha
Tire deal for Ford at Cut-Rate Tire Shop
An ad claims a good tire for a Ford costs $9.06 at Cut-Rate Tire Shop located at 1105 Mass Street.
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Mass
Missing Aviators Searched From San Diego to Border Patrol
Army aviators from Rockwell and troops from Fort Rosecrans resumed the search for Lieut Cecil Connelly and Frederick Waterhouse who have been missing since last Wednesday. They are detailed to Mexican border patrol duty with orders to find them dead or alive. The first annual meeting of the Commissioners on Uniformity Laws throughout Canada opens today at Winnipeg.
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Calif
Rockwell
Fiela
Fort. Rosecrans
Cecil Connelly
Frederick Waterhouse
Canada
Winnipeg
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