Guard families cared for. guardsmen in coal fields
National Guardsmen in the Lawrence area have families likely supported by Red Cross home service, a policy aligned with state responsibility for service members on duty. The piece notes dependents among Lawrence company men and cites wartime precedent and state duty. It also mentions a Kansas City switching strike yielding no gains and causing a yard disruption.
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Red Cros
Lawrence
Home Guard
National Guard
A Polish professor estimates Russia’s population trend
A Polish professor on Russian affairs says population grows four persons per minute in normal times but now declines by twelve to thirteen a minute. He notes it is only a matter of time before conditions improve or worsen, depending on the trend.
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Russia
Topeka
Carbondale
Osage County
Shawnee County
Soldier Creek
Kiro
Topeka Journal
Governor Allen Rallies Kansas Miners For Coal
Governor Henry Allen mobilizes volunteers from Lawrence to mine coal in the Kansas fields as he bypasses red tape and aims to prove the feasibility of rapid production. The first volunteers arrive wearing division insignia overcoats, signaling the effort’s urgency and scale.
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Henry Allen
Kansas
Lawrence
Allen
France
Fuel rules save towns from a total shutdown in Kansas
Kansas cities and Lawrence regulate fuel use to prevent a coal strike crisis. towns without limits face shortages and idle industries while Lawrence tracks fuel supply and stays ahead. The piece notes a fake anarchist attempting a deportable ruse and ends with an odd water note about McNish and an advised airway.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Pioneer Conrad Altenbernd’s Long Kansas Life Remembered
Conrad Altenbernd born January 8, 1837 in Horn Lippe Detmold Germany emigrated to the United States at 23. He settled five miles east of Lawrence on the Altenbernd homestead and married Wilhelmine Sigges December 12 1860. He died November 17 at age 82 after Kansas pioneer hardships and later family reunion notes recount a gathering at the Gander home with relatives and veterans of Civil and Spanish American Wars.
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Conrad Altenbernd
Horn
Lippe Detmold
Germany
Leavenworth
Kansas
Lawrence
Altenbernd
Wilhelmine Sigges
Altenbérnd
William
Conrad
Altanbernd
J. H. Gander
G. M. Gander
Coffeyville
James
Vinland
C. L. Sorens
Elsie May
Whitewood
South Dakota
Misa Lucy Somers
Aberdeen
Corwin HH. Gander
Kansas City
Edna Kalb
Caroline
Phillipine
Jas. H. Gonder
Home Owner Inclines To Stability In Unrest Debate
The Topeka Gazette outlines that industrial unrest centers in large cities with giant corporations, but argues homeowners value stability and community pride, shaping a more cautious view of direct action. It contrasts small towns where workers own homes with broader unrest dynamics and cites Topeka coal field relief ideas.
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Steel Corporation
Birthdays of notable figures observed today
Frederick E Farnsworth of Detroit is 67, Carolina White the operatic soprano age 33, Sir Alfred W Dale 64, Louis C Crampton 44, Rev Dr Alexander Mann 59. An unrelated chiropractic ad notes a 15 to 25 minute adjustment by Dr Albright at 1101 Mass St.
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Frederick E. Farnsworth
American Bankers’ Association
Detroit
Carolina White
Dorchester
Mass
Alfred W. Dale
University of Liverpool
Louis C. Crampton
Congress
Michigan
Lepeer County
Mich
Alexander Mann
Trinity Church
Boston
Protestant Episcopal Church
Geneva
N. Y
Today’s Anniversaries From 1848 to 1916
A compact roll of historical anniversaries notes events from 1848 Ferdinand abdication and Francis Joseph rise, 1869 women physicians organized in Detroit, 1883 John Carlisle elected speaker, 1894 England warns Turkey over Armenian outrages, 1916 battles near Monastir with German casualties. Includes Hamburg America line neutrality breach in New York.
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Dor Pedro II
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Paris
Ferdinand
Austria
Francis Joseph I
Medical Society of Women Physicians
Detroit
John G. Carlisle
Kentucky
U. S. House of Representatives
England
Turkey
Belpride
New York
Monastir
Bitro-Phosphate Promises Restore Health and Vigor
An old ad claims thinning or hollow appearance stems from phosphorus deficiency. It promotes Euro-Phosphate tablets from druggists to restore nerve strength and energy, noting caution for those avoiding weight gain to restrict fats.
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He Oden
Danderine Ad Promises Hair Growth and Strength
An old advertisement urges readers to buy a small bottle of Danderine to stop hair loss, cleanse the scalp, and promote strong thick long hair. It claims after several applications hair stops falling out and becomes soft glossy and double as beautiful.
Surplus Food Distributed After Women’s Banquet
Mrs. Tom Kennedy, via the Social Service League, handed out surplus from the Business Women’s banquet last Friday. Eight dozen rolls, three quarts of chicken broth, three quarts of milk, and a gallon of peas were given Saturday. King Nicholas’ deposition and President Wilson signaling plans for the Peace Conference are noted.
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Tom Kennedy
Social Service League
Business
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