Jardine to Cabinet Reflects Kansas Voice in Agriculture
Kansas educator William M. Jardine is chosen as President Coolidge's secretary of agriculture, signaling policy favoring farmer self-help over heavy legislative relief. His White House interviews suggest alignment with limited federal aid and emphasis on practical farm solutions. The article notes recent Kansas Supreme Court rulings reducing new law burdens on lawmakers.
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Jardine
William M. Jardine
Kansas State Agricultural College
Coolidge
White House
Kansas
Kansan
Department of Agriculture
Rovernmenit
What About This Money
Kansas residents paid income taxes totaling over twenty million dollars in the past year and received back a little more than tyro millions as federal aid a rebate of about 9.8 percent The Kansas House adopted a resolution condemning federal aid questioning whether it reflects public sentiment It notes the state would have to match dollars returned from Washington and argues against allowing this money to be spent on improvements despite ongoing legislative pressure
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Kansas
Tyro
House
Washington
Legislation moves toward end of session amid shuffled calendar
A day of pending action and extended legislative hours signals the looming finish of the session as members await committee bills and possible late measures. Meanwhile Greece and Turkey’s postwar population transfers are near completion, underscoring vast upheaval and losses for families relocated under the peace treaty. Chicago battles typhoid amid oyster ban while health officials justify oyster consumption for iodine, safety, and conservation.
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Chicago
City Health Commission
Editorial laments decline of study over sports on campus
The Chanute Tribune reprints an Emporis report noting scholastic meets between schools grow popular as students compete in geometry Latin and more. It condemns efforts to boost football and basketball over study and warns of a pendulum swinging toward neglect of higher education unless vigorous action is taken.
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Cavaness
Emporis
Chanute Tribune
John E Andrus 85 rich Methodist layman and philanthropist
John E Andrus enters his eighty fifth year as a leading figure among the nation s wealthiest. A Yonkers resident and former mayor and congressman, he built a fortune near seventy five million dollars and established a state authorized foundation for education religion and philanthropy. He remains active daily in New York City business and shows no retirement plan.
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John E. Andrus
United States
Andrus
Methodist Episcopal Church
Yonkers, N
Congress
New York City
Women’s organizations meet in Albany on law enforcement
Representatives of New York State women’s groups gather in Albany for a two day conference on law enforcement. Also, the Palestine Foundation Fund campaign opens with a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall in New York City tonight. Agricultural commissioners from Southern states convene in Austin to discuss Cotton production, marketing, and farmer education. Bakers report bread prices rising due to higher wheat costs. The McPherson College academy department to be discontinued after this school year due to growth of the public high school system.
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New York State
Albany
Palestine Foundation’ Fund
Carnegie Hall
New York City
Austin
Texas
McPherson
McPherson College
Largest man dies at 600 pound on Jamestown farm
Jamestown Glen DeLong, 33, reported as the largest man in the state, died recently on his farm near here. He weighed 600 pounds and was actively engaged in farming. Pneumonia was the cause of his death.
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Jamestown
Glen DeLong
Here
Late Professor Carruth Recalled as Enemy of Athletics
A Kansas Graduate Magazine letter from a former student recounts the 1890 Kansas Baker football melee. Official William H. Carruth ruled for Baker, earning both praise and backlash as he moved from leader of athletic culture to enemy in the eyes of students. The editor quotes Carruth’s own letter recalling the event and its impact on his career and legacy.
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Fred Elsworth
University of Kansas
William Herbert Carruth
Kansas
Carruth
Leland-Stanford University
California
Graduate Magazine
Ellsworth
Arej
Universit
Prof
K. U
Kansas-Baker
Hill
the Cute
W. H. Carruth
Obituary for Mrs. Mary Thurbet Durow of Big Springs
Mrs Mary Thurbet Durow born May 3 1885 in Richland Kansas died Feb 8 1925 in Topeka following an operation. Funeral Feb 10 at Shellabarger Chapel Topeka Interment Big Springs Cemetery. Survived by husband Frank and two children Marvin age 5 Evelyn age 2, plus three brothers and a sister. Community extends sympathy.
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Mary Thurbet Durow
Richland
Kan
Christ's Hospitel
Topeka
Earl Stitts
Topeke
Elmer Kettering
Gerald Holloway
Bitha Wyer
Chas. Wilson
Coblenz
Kettering
Howard Henry
Local social notes and funeral details from Vinland area
Community snippets detail visits and dinners at the Wray and Griffis households, illnesses, and social calls among residents of Vinland and Clinton. A funeral for David A Daily of Lawrence is noted with service details. The Kansas University foreign born student report lists seventy students from nine nations with Teh Chen Shih the lone woman born abroad.
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University of Kansas
George O. Foster
China
Japan
Philippine Islands
India
South America
Roumania
Mexico
England
Hawaii
Teh Chen Shih
Chino
Captain Alden Drake Seizes Orontes During Cape Trip
Mary Manning, daughter of the shipowner, sails with Captain Alden Drake aboard the Orontes. Drake ousts former captain Jake Stevens after purchasing the vessel, earning tense confrontations and a battle in Cape Town. Drake's declared duty clashes with Mary’s desire for affection as he courts her aboard the ship.
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Alden Drake
Jake Stevens
Mary Manning
Cape Town
Stevens
Drake
Portrait study disproves Lincoln as awkward figure
A lecture at the Unitarian church by Prof. Frank H. Holder argues Lincoln was dignified and not awkward, supported by a 105-photograph survey from Hesler Brady Gardner and portraits by Conant Volk and others. The study contrasts favorable official images with caricatures and the George Gray Barnard statue, showing Lincoln’s distinguished countenance and evolution from 1847 to 1865.
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Lincoln
Frank H. Holder
Unitarian Church
Hodder
Pineal 2
Churchill
Frank McGlynn
Drinkwater
Hesler
Chicago
Brady
New York
Gardners
Washington
Congress
Cooper Institute
Antietam
Gettysburg
Tad
A. J. Conant
Douglas Volk
Augustus St
Gaudenis
Carson Berglum
Adolph Weisman
Daniel Chester French
Geo. Gray Barnard
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