Local Building Permits Grow as Lawrence Inspections Near Thousand Mark
The report lists numerous residence owners on New Hampshire Rhode Island and nearby streets with recent permit activity. Costs range from $8500 to $20000 for Smith- J never home and other homes, plus many garages wiring plumbing porches and chicken houses approved. Building inspections by Chief Reinisch and assistant Wag
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Maine
Fred W.lobb
New Hampshire Street
H-Long
Isd
Rhode Island
A. EB. Tweed
Willian
C. Bigger
Louisiana Street
Winsler
Indiana Street
Kate Kreider
Perry
Falmatier
A. Wagner
F. H.smithmeyer
Tennessee Street
Ray Brewster
Mississippi Street
Smith- J
Lawrence Tpring
Reinisch
John Waggoner
Personal notes of local residents and visitors begin New Year
Billy Hutson of the Ekividge Hotel went to Kansas City this morning. Gilbert Smith, University Kansan editor, left for Parsons. Mr. and Mrs. Grataha and daughter traveled to Kansas City. J O Marshall and family visited William Martin in Lawrence. E R Hess and daughter went to Ottawa by train. Kenneth Constant arrives Sunday and heads to Chicago tonight. Evangelist Fred Vogler attends dedicatory services in Kansas City Kansas. Mrs E Kreader and Hazel White visit Rantae City. Helen Adams returns from Conway Springs. C V Long and family dine in Topeka for New Year with Ernest White family.
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Billy Hutson
Ekividge
Kansas
Ity
Margaret
Mary Marshall
Lawrence
William i Martin
Barker
J. N. Johnson
Ottawa
E. R. Hess
Kenneth H. Constant
Chicago
Fred Vogler
Kansas’ City
New Church
Assembly of God
Kansas City
Kans
E. Kreader
White
Hazel White
Hattie Green
Rantae City
Helen. Adams
Conway Springs
Topeka
Siki Ready to Fight in Michigan Card Canceled
Battling Siki, the Sengalese boxer barred from Michigan rings, vows to be in ring clothes and fight as scheduled after the state boxing commissioner ruled him unfit to box. Soldier King will replace Siki in the windup as Lohwan’s opponent.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Siki
Joe Lohwan
Louis W.plied
Rob Levy
Plier? Action
Soldier King
Lahman
Gas Well Still Burns at Alma Field Fire
First attempts to extinguish a large Alma gas well fire using live steam from surface openings failed. Additional boilers are to be brought in to reinforce the four already in use while the 32,000,000 foot producer burns after ignition from an electric spark.
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Fort’ Smith
Ark
Alma
Fidod Jing
Unclear OCR Text on Laxative Bromine Tonic Label
Fragmentary OCR shows a box label for a laxative bromide tonic. It mentions effects on the system and warding off colds or grip, with stray words and an address fragment. The readable parts are insufficient to identify a date, place, or full product name.
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Ward Mall
Trains and Wins All in One Day
Bobby Roscoe, Lawrence lightweight wrestler, carried 18foot ring timbers up two fire escapes to reassemble a ring for a match with Basanta Singh. Roscoe then defeated the 155pound Hindu strongman, ahead of a planned bout with John Kallas at the Chamber of Commerce gym Monday night.
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Kipling
Bobby Roscoe
Lafyrence
Yar A
Roscoe
Basanta Singh
Chamber of Commerce
Rosese
Lawrence
Singh
Kallas
Railroad vet Walling retires after forty five years
Nova Walling, 69, of Leavenworth retired today after 45 years with the Rock Island railroad. He began as an engineer earning 2.70 daily for ten hours and saw wages rise to 6.47 per day for eight hours. For 21 years he operated the local switch engine and survived two wrecks.
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Leavenworth
Jan
Rock Island Railroad Company
Nova 2
Wailing
Walling
Orders reassessment of Rock Island property in Nebraska
Lincoln Neb Jan 1 The Nebraska Supreme Court sustained the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railroad companys appeal from the state board of equalization ordering a reassessment to reduce taxes for 1923. The court set aside the 106944090 valuation and directed a new valuation placing the road on the same basis as farm lands. The railroad had argued its property was assessed at or above actual value while farm lands were assessed below.
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Lincoln, Neb
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Nebraska
State Supreme Court
State Board of Equalization
Topeka Taxicabs Throve and New Year Fire Record
Topeka reports indicate taxicab companies ran all night, curfew cars ended around 11 43 p.m., three arrests for drunkenness noted, and six fires logged by noon as cold temperatures kept celebrations subdued. Also reports on Phegley facing three charges in Salina related to a murder case, and Manchester in Chicago attending ACA midwinter meetings.
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Topeka
Year of Upsets Dominated 1923 Sports Scene
The 1923 sports year saw shocks across baseball football boxing track and golf. Yankees clinched a world series title, Notre Dame was a terror in the west and many boxing champions fell, including Wilde and Willard with Dempsey’s knockdown finishing Firpo’s run. Bobby Jones won the open golf championship.
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Yankees
McGraw
America
Notre Dame
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Bylinois
Syracuse
Yale
Cornell
Kilbane
Criqui
Dundee
Jimmy Wilde
Pancho Villa
Johnny Wilson
Harry Greb
Siki
McTigue
Firpo
Jess Willard
Dempsey
Yev
Hoppe
Bobby Jones
Sarazen
Dempsey Keeps Heavyweight Title in Dramatic 1923
The 1923 pugilistic season set a record for championship activity with nine world title bouts and four new rulers. Jack Dempsey defended his heavyweight crown by stopping Luis Angel Firpo in the second round at the Polo Grounds. Benny Leonard and Dempsey retained titles in their classes as other champions changed hands across flyweight to light heavyweight divisions.
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New York
Associated Press
Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Firpo
Polo Grounds
Pampas
Firpo
Dempsey
Joe Lench
Mickey Walker
Pancho Villa
Jimmy Wilde
Johnny Dundee
Eugene Criqui
Johnny Kilbane
Harry Greb
Pittsburg
Windmill
Johnny Wilson
Boston
Mike McTigue
Battling Siki
St. Patrick’s Day
Dublin
Mec
Lew Tendler
Yankee Stadium
Boxing Title Trades Mark Season End
The passage notes changes in champions as the season ends. Frankie Genaro takes the American flyweight title from Villa and Jost, then defeats Wilde. Gene Tunney defeats Greb to claim the American light heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden, ending their two year rivalry.
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Villa
Frankie Genaro
New York
Wilde
Grebi
Gene Tunney
Idol
Wilson
Tunney
Greb
Madison Square Gar
Prohibition Era Officials Convicted in Maine Conspiracy
Sheriff Ed mond W. Grant of Aroostook County and Willard S. Lewin a Houston attorney were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to defeat national prohibition laws and sentenced to two years in Atlanta federal prison. Calvin of Houlton and Vereker of Houlton testified about a monopoly arrangement paying Grant and Lewin 625 dollars monthly with occasional extras.
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Bangor
Jan.i
Edmond W. Grant
Arostock
Willard. S. Lewin
Houston
Atlanta
Charles E
Calvin
Houlton
Richard
Vereker
Grant
Lewin
Kansas Leaders Predict Stabilized Prosperity Amid Shift to Diversification
Lawrence leaders discuss 1923 adjustments and 1924 prospects. Banker William H. Docking notes moderate profits as Kansas farmers diversify from wheat. J. T. Constant reports higher 1923 business volume and a favorable 1924 outlook as conservatively managed operations prevail.
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William H. Docking
Europe
Kansas
J. T. Constant
Poison pen letters traced to Binghamton resident
A 60 year old woman, Mrs Mary A Sherwood of Lisse, was arrested on criminal libel charges after letters sent over two decades to residents of Binghamton and Whitney Point were found in the same handwriting. She was arraigned and released on $200 bail. The unsigned notes were delivered as poison pen letters.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Binghamton and
Whitney Point
Mary A. Sherwood
Lisse
Edmund Jenks
Five Cent Trial Package From Chamberlain Co
Send your name and address with 5 cents and this slip to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa for a trial set of Chamberlains Cough Remedy Stomach and Liver Tablets and Chamberlains Salve. The package treats coughs colds bronchial croup whooping coughs indigestion biliousness constipation burns wounds skin affections and other common ailments. Don t miss it.
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Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
New Year Parolees Freed From Wichita Jail
Wichita prisoners gain parole as Judge Carl H. Davis frees about eighteen inmates from the city jail and county jail area to begin the new year. Most inmates were cited for minor offenses and released to civilian supervision.
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Wichita
Kan
City
Mani Ee
Carl H. Davis
Por
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