Progressive banquet promotes Kansas campaign effort in county
A long reading of campaign notes describes a Progressive Party banquet in the county aimed at rallying support for Stubbs and H. W. Homble, with speakers including Mr. White, Victor Larsen, and Miss Hele Backer. The event features a Kansas delegation, a High School orchestra, and a speech topic titled Progressive Pacty as attendees plan seating for about 250 guests.
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Eine Es Ielas
Vy Wink
Dian
Alfione
Heobas
Allen
Allen, Whi Couittyi Hewman
Kansa
Mr. White
Kansas
Bull
Moore
Lawrence Par
Vilizenz
Hele Backer
Kansisi
Ipallewioy Veel
Stubbs H. Mitvtelh
H.W. Homble Beeen
Victor Larsen
Xew
Missy Laurson
Fen Pildens
First Regimental Band Postpones Concert and Ball
The First Regimental Band postpones its annual concert and ball due to ongoing Bolin meetings. The dec planned date has shifted. a concert will be followed by a dance as normal, with the band aiming to maintain the music program.
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First Regimental
Thad
Sonbert
Resignation Accepted as School Superintendent Nominee Plans
The resignation of the nominated superintendent was accepted by the school board. Prof Price is said to have objected to a pane the where and endine tie at the paper. Prof Skilton intends to tour Parsonsville giving a lecture on American Folk Music and an organ recital. Mrs. E T Maser, a 1910 graduate, is an organist at Parsonstown. Skilton will also speak in Bartlesville the next evening with Miss Mudgson contributing.
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Vref
Pri
le School
Price i
Prive
Skilton
Parsons Lomorrow
E. T. Maser
Parsonst
Bartlesvite
Rand
Vt Ali
Noted Safe Blower Killed After Memphis Raid
In Memphis Tennessee a noted safe blower Bergen, linked to a large gang, was killed by city detectives after a tense raid on a house outskirts. The operation ended with Berg en captured earlier, escaping, then returning and dying in a battle with officers. Detectives had surrounded the building and detained other party members without further trouble.
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Memphis
Tenn
Dee
Kinney
Bergen
Sai Blower
Frank Holloway
Shep
Middlewest
Rubbey
Swiddr
Tk Yuew Uttda Wom
Armas
Houes
New Brick Garage Rise On Donnelly Barn Site
Dorney Brothers plan a new brick building on the former Donnelly Barn site on Harmpshide Street. The structure will grade into a garage and house Ford cars in Lawrence, to be occupied by Stone and Suwart, Ford agents, signaling a commercial transition after the recent fire destruction.
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Donnelly
Dorney Brothers
Lye
Vile ‘Old Rivers
Harmpshide
Ford
Lawrence
Stone & Supwart
Lovin Ford
Roosevelt Urges Inter State Business Commission
Roosevelt urges creation of an interstate business commission and harsher controls on big industry. He speaks at a Progressive conference in Chicago praising honest leadership and calling for government supervised banking reforms and farm support, while criticizing the Chicago convention.
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Inter* State Business Commission
Ayile Edtisiinier Sso
Capper Declares Won't Contest Kansas Governor Race
Arthur Capper Republican candidate for governor states he will not pursue a Senate contest, urging dismissal of the 3,000 vote dispute. He says the court’s ruling on these ballots should end the matter and pledges to support a progressive, efficient Kansas government regardless of party. An unknown British steamer sank after a collision off the coast.
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Topeka
Kan
Daz
Arthur Capper
Sxovernor
Senate
Hay
Supreme Court of Kansas
Ighest Tribunal
Jodkins
Byuard
Kansas
Ench
Davenport
Erland
Dee
Centirron
Water purity debate stirs Lawrence voters at school meeting
An unsettled discussion at a high school auditorium in Lawrence centers on pure water and the town’s water commission. The paper urges the public to demand pure water, urging decisive action and urging the commission to act in the people’s interest.
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Lawrence
Eirry
Mary
Nhoth
Setiline
Secretary Knox Studies Grey's Note in Taft Cabinet Meeting
The Doed Mall Gazette reports Secretary Knox examining Grey's note and planning a reply to President Taft on a matter raised at cabinet meetings. The piece notes family officials and Perlin HEM apiters fudity references to Panama aqueducts, with discussions of a potential belated response and considerations of neutral wording.
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Knox
Grey
Taft Axl
Feomdan
Doed Mall Gazette
MURBEL REFUSES APPOINTMENT TO ALLOY WAR DUTY
Murlbel refuses to take time away from his fort as Governor Stithins to appoint him to wartime duty. Marble, noted in the Scott Tribune, reports Marble's refusal and the governor’s push to fill the vacancy. The newspaper notes the ongoing tension around the appointment and Marble’s stance.
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Scott
Willian
Scott Tribu
Market Wheat Rally Follows Fresh Price Record
Chicago December report shows May wheat futures briefly hit a season high above 9 but closed slightly lower. prices moved from around 87 3/4 to 80 1/8 with minor declines before rallying and stabilizing near 59.1. Trading activity reflected a strong opening followed by a mild correction as the market digested supply signals.
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Chicago
Women 10 Study Politics Discuss Water Talk in Lawrence
A Kansas State College event features Professor Jones speaking on water issues. The meeting aims to form a permanent organization for women to study political questions and participate in public affairs.
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Lawrence
Prof. Jones
Death of Charles Strah in Civic Tragedy
Fragmentary OCR reports the death of Charles Strah in a violent incident near Captiin lisrelies. Authorities say Strahl died at Mer Poe Sirald cay Paerlieg att fast. Witnesses mention a confrontation with police and Rig payker Anauerniend Com patty in a chaotic scene. Details are unclear due to text corruption.
Plans for the Exposition and university committees
Students at the university discussed plans for an exposition and chapel section. A prominent group favored a prominent project while committees were elected. Endorsed by the student body, the leadership included W. Wingurt and others with September 2 noted.
Lost-One Mail Wagon White Sank Bike Mystery
A scrambled fragment describes a mail wagon incident and a collapsed or demolished scene. Details are obscured, but references to a fort or center and a telephonic or signaling line suggest a disruption near a center or depot. The text is incoherent with no clear dates or names.
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Cine Centre
Man kills wife then ends own life in suspected murder suicide
Police say a man shot his wife then killed himself in a suspected murder suicide. Detectives found the couple in their bed with a revolver nearby and papers suggesting the husband was the inventor of a patent.
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Menvyr
Mnitedituser
Ulea
Lowith
Institutive Sleuth
Petytred
Elusou
Kansas Weather Report Preview
Dus colder tonight with a 9 p.m update. Yesterday’s conditions, fair to partly cloudy, show a warming trend for Wednesday. forecaster notes include cooler evening temperatures and light winds across the state.
Belated Invitation Found Hidden in Woods Looted Mail Theft
A belated invitation card stolen from a mail pouch and hidden in woods near a Kingston area is tied to Mrs Rankin of Thirty-first Street. The letter, sent to a Ms Naneas City woman, had not reached its recipient for years and was recovered with its contents advertised. Mrs Rankin responded after seeing the notice, recalling a past event in Lawrence.
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Alsa
Lawrence
Naneas
Winiell
Stendt
Plenty
Rankin
Cody
New Englanders Plan Annual Bank Banquet in Lawrence
About 200 members of the New Englanders Society in Lawrence prepare for their annual banquet at a hall in Lawrence. Hon. Charles Gleed of Topeka will be principal speaker. Officers and committees are listed, with events expected to be finalized and a push to revive memories of the past.
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Charles Gleed
Topeka
Engand Society
Lawrence
Heser
Pilevins
Law Hiner
Eharwe
Drowned in St Croix River near Hadaun Wis incident
Report describes a drowning in the St Croix River near Hadaun Wisconsin. Details are fragmentary with references to a male companion and a woman whose arms and hair are described as snagged on ice as two bodies were near the river channel.
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St. Croix River
Wis
Tikeelina
Lakel
Gauk
St.ve
Insurance boom as war risk coverage expands on Galician frontier
London underwriters report an unprecedented surge in war risk insurance on property along the Galician frontier dividing Russia and Austria-Hungary. The volume of business, described as the most extensive ever seen during any crisis, reflects heightened demand as regional tensions rise.
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Ftochen
Ag Cuore
Simonal
Eitemn Motion Las Bay
Hussia
Austria-Hungary
London
Movement for Commission Form of Government in Lawrence Boosted
A public meeting at the High School auditorium rallied roughly 100 citizens in support of replacing the council system with a city commission government. A Ten‑member committee was formed to circulate petitions asking the mayor and council to refer the proposal to voters, with J. P. Van der listed as secretary and R. R. Price as chairman.
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Lawrence
Out
Eits
Clarence Ball
She
Cal Pyks
Connect
E PL Smith
J. P .van der
Meeling
Brady
Kansas
Gover
Forni Sfgov
Iyterment
Lawrencve
Illveston
Texas
Iers
Demandinie
Eein
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