University Weather Report December 1918 Summary
The report for December 1918 notes mean temperature 8.28 degrees above normal at 94.0 F, highest 67.0 F on the 8th, lowest -2.0 F on the 25th, and monthly rainfall 2.98 inches, 1.87 above average. Snow fell on three days totaling 9.2 inches, with humidty 86.4 percent and 4 fogs. Wind dominated by W 280 hours, with total wind run 11 miles and a daily velocity of 11.14 mph. Barometer averaged 29.455 inches, range 0.60. Three earthquakes recorded by the university seismograph on the 4th and 6th with distances around 4,770 to 7,? miles, likely from southwestern British Columbia.
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Ofpir
Niles
British Columbia
Daily Press
Vancouver
Victoria
Christmas Circuit of Local Families in Vernon
Christmas gatherings fill the Vernon area with visits from Wilt Hexel and Fred hair to Boehringer and Kraft households. Many families, including Nichols, Scheer, Brecheisen, and Uider, host meals and share greetings. illnesses, furlough news from Camp Sheridan, and upcoming church events round out the holiday notes.
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Wilt Hexel
Fred Hair
Vernon Ie
E Boehrnger
John Kraft
Famil
William Roberts
Elmer Nichols
Pearl Boehringer
Sarah “Brecheisen
Ce Scheer
Vern Inaerhringer
the Slingerland
Nirb
Leona Kraft
Ake Kreis
Nebraska
Milt- Buchheim
Anderson
Russian finance minister pleads in London for allied intervention
Kokovtsoff, a wealthy Russia figure in elite circles, seeks allied action to save property from the Bolsheviks. In London he appeals for large scale intervention but has, so far, met negative results. He was reputed the prettiest finance minister Russia ever, had ...
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Kokovtsoff
Russia
London
Local society notes and health adages from the week
The piece mentions Bir and Mrs LR Kraft visiting three weeks, Krafts hosting, Kate Bidinger and Margaret Bevin from Topeka visiting the Bidinger home, and lists several local women by name. It also includes a brief health tip about dyspepsia and a misprinted line about ear and aparditis.
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Kraft
John
Kate Bidinger
Margaret Bevin
Topeka
New York
Bidinger
Gress
J. W. Gress
Alter
8. Busch
Insurance for Teachers Legislature Puts Focus on Pensions
Delegates of the Grade Teachers Association of Kansas met in Topeka to map a year long legislative program. They will push the Teachers Insurance Bill, aiming for retirement after thirty years or automatic retirement after forty years at age sixty five, with district by district advocacy.MISS MABLE SMITH named chair of the State Grade Teachers Committee. Emma Partridge secretary. Esther Swanson treasurer. Guests included Linna Bressette, Effie Graham, R A Kent, and Mrs C J Evans.
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Legislature Committee of
Kansas Association
Grade Teachers’ Association of Kansas
Topeka
R. A. Kent
Kansas State Teachers’ Association
Mable Smith
Emma Partridge
Esther Swanson
Lawrence
Grade Teachers’ Club of Kansas
Linna Bressette
State Welfare Board
Effie Graham
Kansas Council of Women
R. AgKent
C. J. Evans
Board of Education of
Original music in America lags behind third stage says KU dean
St Louis January 2 Dean Charles S Skilton of the State University of Kansas told the Music Teachers National Association that American music is only emerging from the folk stage and has a long period of original composition ahead. He outlined three stages of musical development imitative, folk, and original.
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K.U
America
St. Louis
Charles S. Skilton
State University of Kansas
Music Teachers’ National Association
Dean Skilton
Men Claim Old Jobs Fifteen Reentered Department
The university journalism department sees returning veterans reclaim old posts as normal times resume. Luther Hangen Fred Rigby Charles Slawson and Edgar Hollis rejoined after S A T C service. The department expands offerings in editorial practice news interpretation advertising and writing as Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi plan a spring magazine. Wiedemann’s ice cream ad closes the item.
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Luther
Herman Hangen
Wellington
Fred Rigby
Topeka
Charles Slawson
Kansas City
Edgar L. Hollis
Fredonia
S Rigby
Camp Grant
Hollis
Luther Hangen
Sigma Delta Chi
Theta Sigma Phi
Department of Journalism
Congressman Neeley Dies After Short Illness
Hutchinson Kan Jan 1 Former congressman from Kansas Seventh district George H Neeley died early today after a brief illness He was born in Illinois about forty years ago lived in Oklahoma and moved to Kansas in 1909 He served two terms in Congress from 1911 and 1912 and was Democratic nominee for US senator in 1914 He later worked as an attorney and then banker Mrs Neeley and their daughter were ill with influenza and Mrs Stubbs of Lawrence traveled to help care for them and attend the funeral
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National Congress
Hutchinson
Kan
George He. Neeley
Congress
United States
Illinois
Oklahoma
Kansas
Neeley
W. R. Stubbs
Lawrence
Ed Madison
Dodge City
Charles Curtis
Topeka
Water Notice Urges Boiling City Supply Until Further Notice
The State Board of Health laboratory tests show current city water should not be used without boiling. We recommend all water be boiled until further notice. W. W. Cleland Commissioner and Lewis A. Quigley Superintendent sign the notice.
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State Board of Health
W. W. Cleland
Lewis A. Quigley
Deaths and Funerals for Mrs Dyer and Mrs Zinn
Mrs. Wm. F. Dyer died December 28 in Albuquerque after a two week illness from influenza followed by pneumonia while visiting relatives. She will be buried in Baldwin. she leaves a three week old baby boy. Mrs. Pearl Zinn died December 24 at 834 New Hampshire Street and funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2:00 PM at Cross Chapel with Rev. Frank Jennings officiating.
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Wm. F. Dyer
Baldwin
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Pearl Zinn
the Cross Chapel
Frank Jennings
Fort Scott Wins Bowling Match on New Year’s Night
Fort Scott Y M C A defeated Topeka and Lawrence in a five man bowling match held New Year’s Night. Fort Scott posted 2427, Topeka 2221, Lawrence 2181 with high scores of 212 for Fort Scott and 191 for Lawrence. Fort Scott’s numbers prompted a proposal for a bowling league with biweekly games to be played by mail, possibly including Lawrence if the plan passes.
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Lawrence
Fort Scott
Atchison
Leavenworth
Topeka
FortsGeote Y. M. C. A
Boltz
Lesurques Case Inspires Novels and Dramas
A score of novels have been written about the Lesurques case in France where he was executed for the Lyons mail robbery and courier murder. The real criminal Duboseq bore a striking resemblance to Lesurques and inspired stage plays including Henry Irving's Cesurques-Duboseq.
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Lesurques
Wroighly
France
Lyons
Duboseq
Henry Irving
Cesurques-Duboseq
Oil-rich fruit spotted near Torreon Mexico
A fruit named chiphopoxtle found in the Torreon region contains about 25 percent oil of high value for industrial use. Experiments suggest it could be cultivated on a large scale to supply lubricants of high quality.
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Torreon
Mex
Hog cholera losses shrink as cooperation urged
Washington reports hog cholera losses fell from 1914 to 1917 and expectations for 1918 show continued decline. Secretary of Agriculture urges state cooperation in the federal campaign, noting 4-year totals of 18,835,901 animals affected and monetary losses around $188 million.
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Houston Telly
Washington, D. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Addison T. Smith
House of Representatives
Journal-World Gift Keeps Homesick Friends Connected
A warm appeal for sending the Journal-World as a daily link to home news. It promises a world of interesting stories that a distant friend would not have time to write, framing the paper as a personal letter from home.
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Journal-World
From Carrier Boy to Leading Mining Engineer on Coast
Twenty seven years after delivering newspapers for the Journal-World era Daily and Weekly Record Scott Wellman rose to prominence as a top mining construction engineer on the Pacific coast. He now heads a fine suite of offices and receives job offers in the millions without bidding.
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Journal-World
Daily
Weekly Record
Daily Gazette
Webster
the World
Scott Wellman
Tenth
Maine
Scott
Wellman
Journal-Worhs
Pacific Coast
Education Behind a Miner Turned Self Made Engineer
Scott Wellman left Lawrence with only a high school education and pursued a mining engineering course by correspondence. He called himself a mining engineer after completion and found his first job in old Mexico. He did credible work, relying on books, and later earned about $38,000 on a single job last year. He began his career delivering papers, then moved into mining. Rankin's Drug Store advertises household disinfectant and notes that every woman remains a mystery, even to a man who thinks he understands railroad time cards.
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Scott Wellman
Lawrence
Old Mexico
The Murderer’s Touch and Scottish Court Beliefs
An old belief claims a murdered body bleeds when touched by the guilty. The idea was once admitted in Scottish courts. The note cites Sir Walter Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border as containing an related story.
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Sir Walter Scott
Scottish Border
Legal Pun Sparks Supreme Court Comment In Injunction Case
A New York lawyer argues a petition for injunction based on a doubtful assertion of fact. A justice of the state’s Supreme Court remarks after reviewing the petition’s affidavit that the injunction will not be granted, even if the relator does.
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Bays
New
York
Supreme Court
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