Russia bans 1500 intellectuls and other war notes flash
Russian decree banishes 1500 intellectuls accused of stirring counter revolution. Kansas corn crop losses estimated at ten million bushels in five days. Kansas Guardsmen finish two weeks training at Fort Riley returning home surprised at not being called out. Trotzky signals Russia will act if France invades German territory. Soviet plan to advance communism abroad continues. Federal aid funds for highways used in Kansas to build hard surfaced roads amid mixed results elsewhere. Trade and farm notes include Tarmedrs leaving Nonpartisan League and ongoing public events in Chester New Hampshire Wisconsin State Fair Pennsylvania College Industrial Organization session Marion Illinois grand jury for mine strike killings and Inter-Parliamentary Union in Vietnam.
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Russia
Pos
Intellects
Kansas
State Secretary of Agriculture
Kansas National Guardsmen
Fort Riley
Trotzky
France
Rapallo
Europe
Germany
Chester
N. H
Milwaukee
Pennsylvania State College
Marion
Ill
Lester Strip
America
Inter- Parliamentary Union
Vietna
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Maintenance of Way
Salt Lake City
Supreme Council
Scottish ‘Rite of Freemasonry
Souther
Washington
Boston
International Apociation of
Printing House
Strange economic shifts spark worker leverage and idle time
The piece notes a minority of workers may gain power to halt work while many seek only to keep jobs. Vacation time dwindles and city schools brace for the upcoming term. In Mexico, federal forces lost three privates amid a clash with insurrectionists, with rebels praised for shooting and judgment while generals remained plentiful.
Kansas as a Prophecy State in Emporia Gazette
Editorial notes Kansans live longer because they never tire of a spectacle. The piece cites constant events from cy clones to wheat crops, industrial courts to hatchet-wielding ladies, and winds as evidence that Kansas acts as a theater where fate cues history. It frames Kansas as lively prophecy rather than a mere state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Howe
Kansas
Emporia Gazette
Bellamy Storer Celebrates 75th Birthday Eminent Lawyer and Diplomat
Bellamy Storer, born in Cincinnati, turns seventy five today. A Harvard graduate of 1867, he served as Assistant U S District Attorney, five terms in Congress, and held high posts in diplomacy including Minister to Belgium, Madrid, and Ambassador to Austria Hungary before retiring in 1906.
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Bellamy Storer
United States
Chicinnati
Harvard
Cincinnati Law School
Congress
Ohio
Belgium
Brussels
Madrid
Spain
Austria-Hungary
Storer
Land Office Work Up In Washington Aug 26
Washington reports the General Land Office has most divisions current for the first time in years. Policy to clear back work, endorsed by Fall, shows two divisions behind only slightly. Patent Office and Pension Bureau also near peak efficiency amid rising patent applications. Land Office saw complaints cut over 50 percent in six months. June grants: 131,705 acres approved to states. 661,594 acres to railroads.
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Washington
Associated Press
General Land _ Office
Secretary of the Interior
Fall
Land Office
Terror Department
Patent Office and
Pension Bureau
Patent Office
General Land Office
Washburn Adds Three Business Courses for Practical Education
Washburn College Topeka announces new offerings including commercial law accounting and office management to provide practical training. Enrollment expected near 1500 with a female majority. Budget rises to 180000 and endowment reaches 700000 as a major campus building program unfolds with a new girls dormitory and a redesigned law building.
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Topeka
Kan
Washburn College
W. W. Women
Washburn
Oddball quotes and ads mix in chaotic column
A jumble of quips and notices appears, quoting TOM SIMS, Lloyd George, and King George with humorous asides about ethics, aging, farming, and travel. Local business references Douglas Radio Co moving, Cunningham Bedding Co and tire seller in Lawrence appear among disparate jokes and short lines.
Resurrection Rock Mystery Opens at Lake Superior
In 1919 a Chicago scene shifts to Michigan and Lake Superior as Lucas Cullen builds a vast St Florentin estate while Resurrection Rock holds a guarded, locked house. Ethel Carew, arriving on a Chicago bound train, meets a mystery man from France bearing a warning note about Philip Carew, her unknown father, killed in June.
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Lucas Cullen
St. Floren Ui
Lucas
Cullen
St. Jlorentin
Lucuy
Neplewman
Marquis de Chen
Cecilia
St. Plorent
Michigan Forest
Touaine
Deborah
Wyoming
Jamer' Lucas
John
Ola | Lucas
Law Luron
Chicago
St Florentin
Lake Huron
Resurrection Rock
Resurrection + Rock
Ethel Carew
Tower Four
John Cullen
St. Florentin
Leutenant
Quesnel
Fidel
Guiak
Earcept
Baghey
Lucus Cullen
Bagley
Carew
Ethel
Ia Carew
Miss Carew
St Florentia
Ilu
Jie
Beiceve
Pla
Bijou
Aga
Asa Stedbird
Barney ~Loutrette
Asa
Mr. Loutraite
Barney_Loutrelle
France
Adventure Trails Blazed by Ned and Ted on River Camp
Two boys Ned and Ted explore a riverside camp site and uncover Indian artifacts including flint scrapers, a rare arrowhead, a squaw’s needle, a hammer stone, red ocher, and a nearly perfect gouge. They imagine use and origin, while cataloging each find with enthusiasm.
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Ted
Ned
Columbus
San Salvador
America
Ben
Junction of
Two Rivers
Nor
Lifeboats on rails touted as safety feature aboard ship
London reports the steamship Mecklenburg in maiden voyage between Folkestone and Flushing with lifeboats arranged on deck rails to reach launch points despite ship list. The article also notes Alpine quarrying of marble for London County Hall council chambers and mentions Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop run by F. P. Hormuth at 1011 Mass.
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London
Mecklenburg
Folkeatone
Flushing
Tondon
Blue Ribbon Shoe Shop
F. P. Hormuth
Mass
Poor When in School Now Highest Paid in Insular Service
A Wichita tale of Harry Lee Hershey whose youth on a bare bronco and a degree from Fairmount College led to becoming the United States insular service purchasing agent. From a Kechi homestead to the Philippines clerkship and head of the education bureau, Hershey now handles vast sums with New York as his base. His mother recounts his ascent and a decisive 1905 civil service exam top score.
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Wichita
Kan
Associated Presa
Harry Lee Hershey
Fairmount College
United States Insular Service
U. S. Insular
Hershey
J. W. Hershey
Kechi
Fairmount
United States
Philippine Islands
Bureau of Education
Bureau
Harrison
Philippines
Kansan Trave
New York
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Douglas Radio
N. H. St
Phil Eastman
St. Fe
TX the Days News
New Washburn
Tom Sims
Lloyd George
Michigan
Sing Sing
King George J
Elie
Lawrence
Fritz
Cunningham Bedding Co. Call
Wes
Lake Superior
Krance Ndher Tantealltes
Farayt Stockades
England
Ifab
Sault Sainte Marie
Escanaba
Barney
Philip Carew
Lewis Allen Browne
Merry Maakings
Georry Mayhew Adams
Douglas County
Woodland Park
Merchants National Bank
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