Water Plant Battle Reveals City’s Water Purchase Clash
Fragment from a 1910s Topeka water dispute showing citizens split over financing and operation of a municipal water plant. The piece notes a costly shift from an old system to a new filtration setup, ensuing litigation, and strained civic relations as the city financed bonds and sinking funds while balancing patronage between the old and new plants. Names include Jesse Shaw and references to the state health department.
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Diregl Dex Sd
Plaan
Pilfelwisius
Pier
Jesse Shaw
Topeks
Division of Water and Sowie
State Board of Health
Abs
Muncipal
Market Reports From Kansas City and Chicago Cattle Hogs
Market steady selections with prime fed steers at 40 to 49 dollars. dressed beef and cows and heifers noted. Hogs receipts about 22 000 with heavy hogs around 48 dollars. pork products and oats market details included. Also brief note on new tire service station start in Lawrence and a Kansas Aggie basketball win over Kansas with a 42 point score surge.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Clee
Rue Oy
Cibse
Chicago
Keb
Local notes and guest visits at Coates House event
Professor Hunter plans to Kansas City this morning to address the Horticultural Society at the Coates House on Fathmology and horticulture relations. social guests include Mrs. C. Dean of Avons and others. Various locals, students, and visitors travel to Kansas City, Leavenworth, and Salina for weekend visits and events. Haskell basketball notes and Wesleyan score reported.
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Ts “Hunter
Keansas City
Ais+ allay Horticultural ‘Society
Coates House
Josephine
Martin
Kansas City
Dottie Miller
Haskell
Weslyansppeka
Era City
Tehome
Salina
Dowld
Davercome
Lawrence High School Triumph Over Leavenworth in Basketball
Lawrence High School defeated Leavenworth in a tight basketball game winning by a narrow margin. The result underscores Lawrence's strong home performance and key plays by standout players.
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Lawrence High School
Lawrence Hitch -Selled
Leavenworth
Federation Luncheon Ticket Sales Close February 22
The sale of luncheon tickets ends Tuesday evening February 22. Presidents with unsold tickets should report sites and return all remaining tickets to the ticket committee by February 22.
Eudora Beats Baldwin in High School Basketball Rivalry
Eudora High defeated Baldwin High 28 14 by game star Reber scoring 28 points while Counts added 14 of Baldwin's points. Baldwin had beaten Eudora earlier in the season.
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Eudora
Baldwin
Eudora High’ School
Baldwin High
Reber
Baedora
Counts
Miss Lavena Crary Guests at Beta German Social
Miss Lavena Crary of Washburn was among the guests at the Beta German last night and returns home this morning. Prof and Mrs WLW Hamble with their children traveled to Battle Creek Michigan to spend a week with his mother. Miss Rah Foster went to Topeka to spend the week with Miss Dorothy Meish of Keane’s City. Miss Fay Friedbergs of Topeka is the weekend guest of Miss Cillian Fisk.
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J. Farrell
Miss Zeneption
Sara Farrell
Kansas City
Lavena Crary
Af Washburn
Beta German
Wlw. Hamble
Battle
Creek
Michigan
Rah Foster
Topeka
Dorothy Meish
Keanes
Miss. Fay. Friedbers of
Cillian Fisk
Portraits for sale at Hess Drug Store on Mass Street
Local ad notes portraits made from any photograph or post card for 1.93 dollars at Hess Drug Store 742 Mass Street. Brief mentions include errands by Mr and Mrs George Snyder traveling to Kansas City and items from Carrolls and Mc Colleen's stores.
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Hess
Mass
Teachers Meet Today in County Pedagogies Program
Nearly 100 attendees including Douglas officials and educators gathered for the county Pedagogies program held at the Douglas association hall. The education council sessions focused on discipline and subject matter as Methodist A beat Congregationalists by forfeit and Linen B defeated Baptists in the opening volleyball games. Standings show Methodist A leading with four wins, followed by Union B and Congregationalists. Next week the top four will finish their final round while the second division plays similar rounds.
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Douglas
Eng
Ama
O. J. Taané
Educationals-Council
Methodist
Linen B
Baptists- Svora
HLIO
Methodist A
IL Co
TAS Union
Union A
Se Presbyterian
Npst
Aiunds
Selves
Scouts Plan Third Monthly Meeting At Local Center
Local boy scout committee met last night with reports of a flourishing condition. The third monthly gathering is set for next Monday night at the center with tentative drills including First Aid, assembly, water safety, and scouting picture program.
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C. A
Mission Santa Barbara in style of architecture
The article describes Mission Santa Barbara as a historic mission in Santa Barbara. It notes its mission style architecture, establishment in 1786, and its status as the sole mission under Francisan care, with the building located in Santa Barbara near the hills by the ocean.
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Santa ‘Barbara
Santa~ Barbara
Untitled note on local fuel and agents posting
Fragmentary OCR shows an agents owed rate of five dollars per hour and references fuels, Los Angeles, Colgates, Violet and N enke, with a mention of McCollock and Drv seven. The text is garbled and contains no clear names, dates, or events to tie into a proper news item.
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Los Angeles
Colgates
McCollock
Generosity and a Blanked Bank Book Tale
Old Skinner believes he is generous with his youthful wife though a flaw emerges. He gave her a blank book of checks but forgot to fund the account. The tale mixes humor with a caution about unchecked generosity and financial trust.
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Skinner
the Bank
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