Influenza toll drives Kansas death, birth trends in 1928
Kansas officials report 1928 saw almost 100000 deaths from all causes due to two influenza waves, with births near 34500 the lowest since birth registration. Typhoid declined amid better sanitation, while diphtheria deaths fell to about 60. auto deaths rose beyond 285, and tuberculosis deaths edged up slightly. Immunization programs protected at least 275000 children.
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Earle G. Brown
Secretar
Kansas State Board of Health
Topeka
Kansas
State Health Department
How the New Year 1929 Was Welcomed Abroad
Reports from London Berlin Paris Shanghai Tokyo Buenos Aires Havana Bucharest Rome Arctic and Antarctic describe New Year celebrations and official greetings. Across cities and regions, leaders and expeditions marked 1929 with toasts, pardons, ceremonies, and polar treks as nations welcomed the new year.
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London
Great Britain
George
Berlin
Paris
Domergue
Shanghai
China
Tokyo
Hirohito
Buenos Aires
Palermo Park
South Pole
Havana
Casino Nacional
Jockey Club
Bucharest
Marie
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Quirinal Palace
L. T. Burwash
Department of Interior
Royal Mounted Police
Antarctic
Georges Hubert Wilkins
South American
Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
At the Great
Ross
Auto License Drive Warned by State Head
Topeka dispatch reports E. E. Hill head of the state automobile license department announced the new year is time to buy automobile licenses. Other news notes deaths and Christmas gatherings from Lawrence area, including local obituaries and social visits.
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State Department
Topeka
E. E. Hill
State Automobile License Department
Uring
City Court Fines Reach 5156 Dollars In 1928 Reports
Judge Daugherty's monthly reports show lawrence police court collected 5156.60 from fines and forfeitures during 1928. In eleven months about 628 men faced the police judge or posted bonds. Of those, 103 appeared for liquor offenses and 846 violated traffic rules. Numerous parkers and speeders crowded court mornings.
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Dudge Cy. HH. Jaugherty
Lawrence
Daugherty
Intercollegiate Free-Club Contest Draws Kansas Colleges
Hay Kansas January 1 AP The annual contest of the Kansas Intercollegiate Free-Club association will be held in Newton February Ten colleges have entered clubs in the contest the first held in 1927 The place was won by the Occasional Teachers College club and Southwestern college Teams entered include Emporia College Pittsburg Teachers College University Sterling Southwestern Winfield Friends University Wichita Bethel and Baldwin Newton hosts the event The association also reports three sleepers at the city jail opening 1920s era data.
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Hay
Kan
Kansas Torertaluwiate Free - Club Association
Oria A Teachers College Club
Southwestern College
College of Emporia
Empor
Hays
Pittsburg Teachers College University
Sterling Col
Southwestern
Winfield
Burn Collers
Topeka
Friends Uiversity
Wichita
Bethelclere
Newton
After University
Baldwin
Noth
Local families share visits and illnesses across Lawrence
Welcome Mrs. Wagner spent the week with daughters including Mrs. Holladay who had the flu. Several neighbors and relatives visited or shopped in Lawrence. Raymond Phillips and Mrs. Phillips were ill with the flu. Verna Lee missed school all week. Maude George learned of Everley’s death at Pleasant Grove with funeral on Sunday.
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Russell Deay
George Edmonds
Henry Sessions
Kansas City
Brokeman
Lawrence
Joe Wagner
W. D. Love
Anna Dezy
Bald
Harold Roe
Chester Lee
Lecompton News Wishes Readers Happy New Year
Lecompton correspondent opens the year extending greetings to readers and the Journal. A nurse cares for Mrs George Lasswell who is seriously ill with influenza. Mr and Mrs John Taylor and daughter hosted a Christmas dinner with Prof and Mrs Mark Jewett and daughter Martha, Mrs Mazie Butler of Lawrence, Mr and Mrs Frank Taylor and son J Donald of Topeka, Theodore Moore, Hazel Taylor. A short Christmas program by Methodist Sunday school followed by a treat.
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Lecompton
Journal
World Force
Ote
George Lasswell
John Taylor
Mark Jewett
Martha
Mazie Butler
Lawrence
Frank Taylor
J. Donald
Topeka
Theodore’ Moore
Taylor
Hazel Taylor
Methodist Sunday School
Sunday School Attendance and Christmas Program Highlights
Sunday school attendance reached sixty one as Norma Jane McClanaci led readings and songs including O Come All Ye Faithful. Esther Michael Neville read, with piano and songs by Rachel Wegener and Ivalou McCall. Annie and Willie’s Prayer and a talk by Mrs. Anna Baughtman, led by Rev. F W Bertschinger. A large group spent Christmas Eve caroling at homes. Various relatives from Kansas City visited for Christmas Day. News notes on local ill health and Christmas visits followed.
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Norma Jane McClanaci
Esther
Michael
Edythe Leslie
Rachel Wegener
Luther
Ivalou McCall
Rosemary Glenn
Annie
Willie
Anna Baughtman
F. W. Bertschinger
Will Grauel
George Earnsha
Grauel
Geirsch
Kansas City
Mr. Sehon
Topeca
R. M. Gray
Mar
Stop That Cough Quick Thoxie Promise Quick Relief
A doctor’s prescription Thoxie claims rapid relief by soothing irritation and targeting the internal cause unseen by syrups. The ad asserts first swallow eases even obstinate cough and states Thoxine contains no dangerous drugs, safe for family use and good for sore throat. Money back offer, prices 35c 60c and $1.00. Sold by Round Corner Drug C-Adv.
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Round Corner
Duncan and McClanahan Families Attend Christmas Funeral
Itha Duncan attended the funeral in Bushett Thursday along with Ose Fore and McClanahan family members from Lecompton and Topeka. The funeral followed the death of her mother Mrs. Mary McClanahan buried Monday, December 24, with Bart Day of Lawrence visiting relatives in Lecompton over Christmas. School resumed after a week’s vacation as Chanute firemen move to twelve hour shifts.
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Shubert
Lawrence
Eudora
Johanna
Berenice Griffis
Central Office
George
Alva Rockhold
Albert, Williams
Tulsa
Okla
Thomas Edmonds
Avier Schick
George Edmonds
Kenneth Edmonds
Lee
Hoyt
Ethel
Walter Hall
Wagner
Ed Knapp
Linwood
Brokeman
Henry Holladay
Winona
Sherman Holladay
Joe Coleman
Ferne White
C. E. Schick
Ray Edmonds
Colyer
John
Claude
Baldwin
Itha' Duncan
Lecompton
High Schees
Cea
Soviet artisans valued at over two billion in Russia union
Official statistics from Russia quoted by the international labor office note 2.9 million artisans in the Soviet Union, about 5 percent of industrial workers. Their production, including milling, is valued at 2.15 billion dollars, roughly 30 percent of total industrial output.
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Russian Union Geneva
Russia
International Labor Office
Soviet Union
Industrial production of the Soviet Union rise
The report highlights vps arti sans' cooperatives with a combined membership of 466,618, reflecting a broad base of participation in socialist industry and collective labor across the union.
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Soviet Union
Vps
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