City traffic plan named for junior high traffic control
Mayor Holliday releases a letter to the Lawrence Parent Teacher Association outlining traffic problems at Ninth and Kentucky. He rejects rerouting via Ninth to Tenth Street, notes Ninth as a main arterial, cites pavement and street-construction considerations, and proposes designating a school janitor as a special traffic officer during school crossing times to regulate flow.
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City Commission
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Tenth Street
Eighth Street
Seventh Street
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Solons and staff entertainments in Topeka session
At Topeka Kansas on February 17 associates report a lively legislature with former house members Hatfield and Rude cited for prior campaigns, while Franklin Hole of Atchison, a Michigan law graduate and farmer, is noted for health reasons leaving law. A colored quartet entertainment plan yields only janitors in the staff, and Emma Aldrich, 35 years editor of the Cawker City Record, stands out for long public service roles.
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Associated Press
House
O. H.hatfield
Gray County
Atate
Harold Rude
Sergeant At Arms
Shawnee County
Franklin J. Hole
Atchison County
University of Michigan Law School
Emma
Aldrich
the Chronicle
Cawker City Record
Women’s Relief Corps
Kansas
W. C
Kansas Women’s Py Association
National
Kansas Regislature
Grace Arnold as Rotary accompanist for Pratt recital
The notice states Grace Arnold accompanied Miss Ines Pratt at the Rotary club Tuncean yesterday, correcting an announcement that Virginia Arnold would perform. It also notes an important meeting at 8 30 p m on Wednesday February 18, signed J B Henry Ex Ruler and W W Cleland secretary. H G Wells, noted English author, previously worked as store clerk and teacher before his first novel appeared.
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Ines Pratt
Rotary Club
O. Ellis
J. B. Henry
W. W. Cleland
H. G. Wells
Santa Fe veteran Campbell dies in Kansas City hospital
S M Campbell Santa Fe system veteran and Ottawa agent since 1872 died at Research hospital Kansas City after kidney illness. He was 75 and served 52 years in rail service with Ottawa posting for 44 years. Survived by daughter Catherine Campbell and son Dr Charles Campbell. wife predeceased him. Funeral plans pending.
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Wellsville
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Charles Campbell
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London Brewery Profits Soar Despite Fewer Drunkards
London reports show a drop in drunkenness convictions across Great Britain in 1924 and beer consumption falling since 1900, yet profits for a leading London brewery rose sharply. In 1922 profits reached 3.8 million dollars with a 52 percent dividend and a 100 percent capital bonus, climbing to 4.225 million in 192 (likely 1923). The 1914 profits were 2.04 million.
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Associated Press
Great Britain
The
Niver
South Carolina warehouse system draws outside interest
The South Carolina warehouse system attracts national notice as 1,200 state warehouses store cotton and corn until market prices rise. Texas is seen as likely to adopt a similar pattern, said J Clifton Rivers, state warehouse commissioner, in Columbia on February 17.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
J. Clifton Rivers
Texas
Polar Regions Cover One Twelfth of the Globe
The article states that polar regions account for about one twelfth of Earth's surface, indicating their vast extent in the northern and southern extremes. It notes implications for climate and exploration.
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Globe
Norma Talmadge Film Showcases Vast Historical Sets
Huge sets for Norma Talmadge’s First National picture at the Bowersock Theatre include a complete English 1900s theatre built from London photos, plus reproductions of the Hotel Metropole and Monte Carlo casino interiors. A French Marseille Apache waterfront resort scene required meticulous accuracy to depict diverse cultures and locales.
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Norma Talmadge
First National
Bowersock
London
Flora‘pew
The Lady at First National In Marseille Costume Display
The article notes costumes secured in France by Jacques d Auray for a Marseille section from about twenty five years ago. It praises a London Parliament and London Bridge set with London fog as a triumph of design. The Lady is a First National feature produced by Joseph M Schenck and directed by Frank Borzage, with Wallace MacDonald starring.
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Jacques d’Auray
Marseilles
England
London Bridge
London
Joseph M. Schenck
Frank Borzage
Wallace MacDonald
Norma
Barkin
Mass
Germany aids shipbuilders to boost construction
Germany will provide credits equal to 50 percent of ship price to stimulate its shipbuilding industry. The measure addresses a lack of ready cash among ship construction companies to advance wages to workers, and aims to revive the sector.
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Germany
Hamburg
Associated Press
Milk wast gans hauled by dogs in Holland and Germany
Ship owners face capital scarcity as dogs are used to haul milk waste in Holland and Germany, reflecting wartime resource strain and labor shifts in European supply chains.
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Holland
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