K U Miners Break Records in Coal Car Load
In Lawrence Kansas on December 5 1918 Herbert Cavaness notes the K U miners set records mining a coal car while joking that the KU football team could mine coal better than play football. The Associated Press dispatches and local notices accompany this issue with postal and circulation details.
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Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Lawrence
Kansas
K. U
Herbert Cavaness
Miners question Guardsmen skill at Pittsburg mines
Some striking miners at Pittsburg say the National Guardsmen guarding the mines do not know one end of a gun from the other, though none has yet moved to test the claim.
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Pittsburg
National
Paris Feels Jazz Craze As Dance Halls Overwhelm Cafes
Paris crowds abandon cafes and theatres for dance halls in a wild craze over jazz. Yet warnings of overindulgence surface as authorities push for regained sanity and a crackdown on the music’s growing influence.
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Paris
Kansas City Police Chief Notes Crime Dip With Homebound Nights
The Kansas City chief of police says prowlers and housebreakers falter when residents stay home at night. He links the drop in crime to the cold wave and fuel shortage, suggesting continued homebound nights would help even without the fuel issue.
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Kansas City
American Consuls Leave Mexico Amid Rising Hostilities
Reported exodus of American consuls from Mexico reveals many prefer kidnapping or prison as threats surge. If this trend continues, the United States may curtail almost all relations with Mexico in practice, beyond formal diplomatic ties.
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Mexico
United States
Preparedness note on dye industry as war risk control
President Wilson called Congress to assure continuation of the American dye industry begun in wartime. He noted that dyes now produced in the United States could replace German supply and that dye plants can be repurposed into munition plants during war. This, he argued, is a key point of national preparedness.
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Wilson
Congress
United States
Wood-Gathering Day In Olathe Amid Fuel Shortage
A fuel shortage drives many in Olathe to woods for firewood as all businesses close and proprietors and clerks venture with axes. Other towns join on a smaller scale depending on their shortages, while Kansas forests face heavy reliance amid scarce fuel.
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Kansas
Olathe
Kanssa
Judge Anderson Buckles Down on Miners and Operators
The judge, known for citing miners' union leaders for contempt, has begun proceedings against operators amid an antitrust investigation of the general mining scene. He asserts a fearless hold on enforcing the law despite potential backlash from miners or operators.
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Anderson
Summoning Leaders of the Wainers Union for Contempt
The piece notes a contempt action looming against leaders for urging miners to stay off work after an official end to the strike. It mentions Mr Howat of Kansas, who reportedly forgot the injunction, as the federal court may consider his activities.
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Wainers’ Union
Howat
Kansas
Coal fields clash over mine control and workers
The Kansas dispute pits Governor Allen against coal mine owners as Missouri considers adopting a Kansas style public mine operation. Governors conference yields no plan. Missouri eyes state takeover with volunteers. Veterans warn strikers of tough retaliation from trained workers. Birthdays noted for Jellicoe Currie Butler, Sumner, Garden. Rankin’s Drug Store advert.
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Allen
Kansas
Pittsburg
Howat
State of Kansas
Missouri
Lawrence
Gov‘nor
Gardiner
Mid-Western
Gardner
Cal
Editorial Comment A Tip To Strikers From Pittsburg Dispatches
Dispatches from Pittsburg Kansas describe aid to attempts to burn and wreck shipments, aiming to thwart Governor Ken's coal relief plan for fuel shortages. The report notes Isharers and soldiers aiding coal fields and mentions ex service men returning on a special Topeka train, many veterans who had seen combat.
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Pittsburg
Ken
Topeka
Fless Drug Store promotes Pine Balsam cough syrup ad
An advertisement from Fless Drug Store promotes Sun Tox Pine Balsam cough syrup as the only guaranteed remedy on their shelves, listing Lewis at 70914 Mass Adv.
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Lewis
Fless Drug Store
Fleet Surrenders to Allies in Turkish Port
The entire Turkish fleet surrendered to Allied forces and was interned in the Golden Horn, marking a decisive end to hostilities at the harbor and shifting naval control to the Allies.
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Golden Horn
Pope's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Pope's Cold Compound for instant relief from stuffed nose headache and feverishness. A dosage every two hours for three doses is claimed to break up a severe cold with quick action and inexpensive cost at drug stores.
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Pape
Red Haney Visits Lawrence with Friends
Red Haney known as a sergeant in Company H 137th Infantry visited Lawrence yesterday with friends. The well known mba figure in the regiment drew a small crowd as he spoke briefly about his service and shared memories from his time in the unit.
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Haney Wats
Charlie Haney
Red
Lawrence
Haney
137Th Infantry
Mother and Daughter Doing Well
A local advertisement claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy improves stomach and liver trouble and bloating. The testimonial says the harmless preparation removes mucus and allays inflammation, benefiting the digestive tract and even appendicitis concerns. One dose allegedly convinces, with money-back promise.
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Mayr
M. P. Heads Railroad Men Appointed Supreme Head
London December 5 J H Thomas member of parliament has been appointed supreme head of the National Union of Railwaymen with a salary of 5000 dollars per year exclusive of his parliamentary salary of 2000 dollars. He is allowed traveling expenses.
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M. P
London
J. H. Thomas
National Union of Pailwaymen
Johnston’s Choco lates as Christmas gift idea at Rankin’s Drug Store
A 5‑lb box of Johnston's Choco lates is suggested as a fine Christmas present from Rankin's Drug Store Ady. The crater of Mount Loa waits in Hawaii, twenty miles in diameter, with lava streams sometimes fifty miles long.
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Johnston’s
Rankin’s Drug Store
Ady
Mount Loa
Tong
McCulloch's Drug
Steel firm seeks injunction against Cleveland mayor
The American Steel and Wire Company asks a federal court for an injunction to stop Mayor Harry L. Davis from arresting as suspicious persons workers brought from other cities to operate steel mills. The suit accuses the mayor of aiding the strikers.
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Cleveland
American Steel and Wire Company
Harry L. Davis
No'more Catarrh remedy ad claims and cure
Round Corner Drug Co advertises No'more Catarrh a breathing inhaler promising relief from catarrh croup and throat troubles. It asserts daily use clears coughs colds and winter ailments with money back guarantee and notes a rubber pocket inhaler device included with purchase from druggists.
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Round Corner Drug Co
Delegation to Sail From Brest for New York
Under Secretary of State Polk and other U S delegates to the Peace Conference are scheduled to sail from Brest today for New York. Step in and get some Nyal s Cold Cream. Just the thing for chapped hands. Renkin s Drug Store.
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Polk
United States
Brest
New York
Nyal
Renkin
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Frank Crane
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Arthur Somers Roche
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Maurice Level
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