Tax changes loom over intangibles and state capital
Kansas lawmakers debate a temporary four to fivefold rise in intangibles taxes under Muir plan to keep capital in state. By contrast city levies hover near 7 mills. Bankers and governors weigh risks, while Kansas City faces crime spillovers as unemployment demonstrations draw attention.
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Donald Muir
Fie Tax Commission
Lawrence
Tax Commission
Chairhian
Dhaneas
Journal-World In
Muir
Anti Tax Commission
Reed
Kansas
Bey
Joyous Democracy in Kansas Celebrates Washington Birthday
The Kansas Democrats choose Washington's birthday for their annual celebration despite wide variation from his political theories. The event marks a unifying day in the state’s Democratic calendar with a public foregather on the noted date.
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Kansas
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Kimball plow proves workmanlike in Independence tests
In The Old Home Town the past week Kimball's have been busy with a sulky plow invented at Independence. The plow was tested yesterday and satisfactory to all. Real estate activity for the week was brisk with Hoadley selling four farms totaling 7830 dollars, Elie Shane property west of the 100 acres sold for 2500 cash, Poehler constructing a new warehouse to store grain, and Kimball Bros making a new engine for the elevator to double capacity. The piece also notes Mrs. Biodrett and Mrs. Barle visiting, a birthday surprise for George Anderson, and plans for a mush and milk festival by the North Lawrence Ladies. A new enterprise, Less Chemical Manufacturing Co, was formed with 50 thousand dollars capital, led by Mayor Laer and other city and regional figures.
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Kimball’s
Independence
Hoadley
Elie
Kimball Bros
Cat Charles Inner
Chicago
A. C. Biodrett
G. 5
Barle
George Graham
Chie
Lawrence
Central Hotel
George Anderson
Anderson
North Lawrence
South Side
Werday
J. D. Bowersock
Smith
Eli Campbell
C Xs Wilmoth
W. G. Hill
St. Louis
Birthday flinch party and travel plans noted in town
Miss Louella Barton plans an extended trip through the east starting Sunday. Will Stiner returned from Kansas City Saturday evening, attended by friends, and offered an evasive answer about his company. Theodore Rocklynd, hurt in a coasting accident last Friday, is back on the street. Lawrence men Nelson Stevens A Monroe Hugh Blan J N Roberts Irving Hill F March R C Johnson J J O Paul Brooks J R Griggs W ie Francisco and Dr McClela attended the Topeka Democratic banquet. Two pest house patients from Addis Island a week ago Saturday are recovering from smallpox though detained until danger passes.
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Louella Barton
Will Stiner
Kansas City
Theodore Rocklynd
Lawrence
Topeka
Nelson Stevens
A. Monroe
Hugh Blan
J. N. Roberts
Irving Hill
March
R. C. Johnson
J. J. O. Paul Brooks
J. R. Griggs
W. Ie Francisco
Dr. McClela
Addis Island
Kansas History: Prohibitory Amendment Legally Adopted
On this date in Kansas history in 1881 the state supreme court ruled the prohibitory amendment was legally adopted. The year 1882 notes English residents of Clay County holding their annual reunion, and in 1884 the Third Regiment of the Kansas militia organized with W F Hughes of Topeka as colonel.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Clay County
Kansas Militia
W. F. Hughes
Topeka
Flashes of Life Highlights From Daily Dispatch
A collage of brief items from New York to Atlanta covers a Palm Beach stage transfer for Stepping Out, Clarence Terhune's mimeograph stint, a Jacksonville cookie prank, Berlin bachelors open housing, New York medal rewards, and Dr. Charles Herty's sugar breakthrough for dieters.
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Broadway
Palm Beach
Florida
Edward Hutton
St. Louis
Clarence Terhune
Jacksonville
Fla
Bothbs
Berlin
Prince George Hotel
Alanta
Charles Herty
American Chemical Society
Georgia Press Institute
Enid Outwits Guard to Free Phil Martin in House Plot
Enid Howard infiltrates her brother Roy s feared gang den by posing as Izzy Myers s messenger. She confronts Batty Rose and forces him at gunpoint to reveal Phil Martin s location, threatening to act if he resists. The candle goes out as she moves toward the hidden prisoner, foreshadowing a tense confrontation.
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Enid Howard
Roy
New York
Portieres
Jazzy Myers
Mrs. Kane
Phil Martin
Hightythird Street
Enid
Izzy Myers
Batty Rose
the Tone Guard
Rau
Phil
Martin
Biig
Den
Brant L. Packer
Bonner Shows First Lamp To Amazed Village
Bonner the Little Black Clock leads Perry and others into a small house where villagers gaze at a newly brought lamp. The clock warns them not to laugh as the event feels momentous to the unfamiliar observers.
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John
Perry
Old Lady at the Table Weaving Candlelight Tales
A group gathers around a bright lamp while an elderly woman in a sun shawl and white cap shares stories from her childhood. The children listen as wind and cold creep in and plans are made to heat the house with footstones placed in beds to warm the sheets.
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John
Peggy
Shackles of the Free by Mary Grace Ashton review
A lengthy critique of the novel Shackles of the Free by Mary Grace AshtonFrederick from Stokes Books examines a self contained tale featuring a dramatic heroine who remains emotionally distant from romance Ruth and Simon drive the plot as Ruth nurses her husband David to death while planning a future with Simon The work contrasts Catholic and Protestant tensions through characters like Diana John Sir Gavin and Father Treverstone The reviewer notes the author is young and questions the depth of inquiry while praising some ambitious themes and the book's moral questions
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Mary Grace Ashton
Frederick A. Stokes
Ruth
Simon
David
Diana
John
Sir Gavin ‘Treverstone
Father Treverstone
Gavin
What Is the Lying Human Body Made Of in History
Edited by Dr Iago Galdston this romance of the body traces ancient theories from the four elements to modern cell theory. It notes Hooke and the cork observation, Schwann and Schleiden’s cell concept, and explains the body as countless cells each containing life’s basic substance.
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Robert, Hooke
Sehleiden and Schwann
New York Oil Firms Agree on Merger Plan
Overnight AP brief reports Standard of New York and Vacuum Oil reach a merger agreement. It marks the first union since the government dissolved the Standard Oil trust.
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Associated Press
New York—Standard of New York
Vacuum Oil
Standard Oil Company
Washington confirms four nominees to federal radio commission
Washington Senate approves four nominations to the Federal Radio Commission while one nominee William D. L. Starbuck faces hold. Separate items note a pilot instructor and student in Chicago burned to death after a crash, Baltimore reports injuries in a plane crash, and Dr. Frank P. Gaines of North Carolina elected president of Washington and Lee University.
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William D. L. Starbuck
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Richmond
Frank P. Gaines
North
Carolina
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Fla
W. P
Billy) Parker
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Mexico City
George Price Shaw
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Paris
Briand
Tokyo
Hamaguchi
Forecast Fair and Cooler With Light Showers in Kansas
The federal weather bureau forecasts fair and cooler conditions across Kansas with possible light showers. Overnight Topeka reported 0.18 inch of rain, marking the state's most precipitation since January snow. Skies were generally clear to the north, west and south, with rain along the Pacific coast and snow in Moorehead.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Moorehead
Princeton establishes school of public and international affairs
Resident John Guier Ribbenstein announces creation of a Princeton University school of public and international affairs at a national alumni association meeting. The program will educate undergraduates and graduates with a coordinated liberal studies curriculum across history politics economics geography languages and literature and will add to the faculty with visiting lectureships by practitioners of world affairs.
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Princeton University
John Guier Ribben i
Evening course on behavior problems in small children planned
Mr Graber announces enrollment for an evening course in behavior problems for small children at Tiberty Memorial High School Halot Graher in charge. Afternoon sessions have been held at New York and Quincy schools, now offered for those who cannot attend.
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Tiberty Memorial High School
Halot
Graher
Toan
New York
Quincy
Graber
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