Stock dividends surge as firms capitalize surplus in 1922
In the last three months of 1922 hundreds of corporations raised capital via stock dividends totaling over 2.06 million dollars, led by Standard Oil and subsidiaries. Industries affected include banks cotton mills insurance and manufacturing. Dividends ranged from two percent to 1400 percent at Whitin Machine Works.
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New York
Associated Press
Standard Oil Companies
Ing
Ingurance
Whitin
Gulf Oil Company
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Andrew L. Melion
of Treasury
Melion
Aftas
Standard Oi
Wall Street
Switserland
Ile
Great Britain
Standard Oil
Quit Tobacco No-To-Bac Ad Claim
An advertisement touts No-To-Bac as a cure for tobacco addiction. It promises thousands helped and claims the tablet stops cravings and the habit with potential refunds if ineffective.
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Baches
Bem
Christmas Socials and Local Moves Across Town
Local families shared Christmas dinners across multiple households as relatives visited in Lawrence Kansas City Osage and Tulsa while others traveled to Lang New Mexico and Chillicothe. Fragments note marriages moves and health updates among Colman Moody White and Corey families alongside church and civic mentions.
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Earl Moody
Salina
Lou Moody
C. L. Conger
Lawrence
Marjorie White
Kansas City
Homer White
Francis Sowers
Topeka
Navy
John A. Earl
Hazel K. Hendricks
Methodist Parsonage
C. E. Davis
A. Johnson
Weaver
A. H. Fiehler
C. E. Cory
C. BE. Davis
Ethel Johnson
H. A. ‘White
Clark Terrell
Margaret
Oska-toosa
Iowa
Lydia Feldmeier
Peter Neis Sr
Roy Combest
Robt. Gabriel
Elmer Everely
George Everly
Arizona
New Mexico
Leo Moll
Lang
Leo
Georgia Stanley
Chillicothe
Rev. Husher
Concordia
Elizabeth Husher
Woodward
Community Carols And Local Social Notes At Ives Chapel
Christmas night at Ives Chapel featured carol singing by area youths. Mrs. Fleshman visits from Lone Star and Viola Haas returns to school after a vacation. Arden Walyer and Lois came from Emporia with relatives, Emma Emery visits, and a family gathering at the Greer home occurs. Junior church officers are elected with Mr. Cook as superintendent and China talk highlights. Joe Halliday is ill and services proceed in the absence of the minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Fleshman
Sanders
Lone Star
Viola Haas
Arden Walyer
Emporia
Misa
Lois
Emma Emery
Local Social Roundup in Barker and Nearby Families
Mrs M Harrison and Mr Frank Grimes spent Thursday with Mr and Mrs Will Criss and Mrs L R Bryan and Virginia Bryan celebrated Christmas with James arise and family of Kansas City. Miss Dorothy Bryan visiting from Lawrence high school joins home folks. Mr and Mrs Bigsby and Miss Helen Warswick of Perry visited the Ambrose Bigsby household. Mr and Mrs Willis Calman also called.
Women’s health tonic praised for strength and recovery
A testimonial extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for weakness in women, claiming it rebuilt health after illness and improved vitality. The ad urges readers to obtain the medicine in tablet or liquid form or mail order from the Baltimore Hotel in Buffalo, New York, for trial.
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Ibak
Dr. Pierce
Preseri Neal
O'Fallon
Buffalo
N. Y
Pole shift noted as earth wobbles in axis
London reports Colonel P Jensen says earth wobbles on its axis. Danish scientist Hu says Greenland moves westward at 20 yards per year, confirming climate shifts near the North Pole. Movement is hard to measure due to small affected area, but authorities suggest polar regions may warm over time.
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London
P. Jensen
Greenland
North Pole
Agitile
Farmer sentiment shapes Browin county political program
Hiawatha Kansas attorney F Archer frames farmer priorities for the 1928 Kansas legislature. He opposes state bond issuance except for the bonus, favors cutting appropriations and abolishing useless boards, resists county bond insurance without voter input, opposes district consolidation, questions hard surf ace road laws, and backs municipal tax reform and reduced public employment. He also suggests district resident inspectors to cut costs and criticizes the Industrial Court consolidation idea.
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Hiawatha
Kan
F. Archer
Browin Couh
Kansey
Brown County
Archer
France weighs colonies as shield against future war
Paris reports Albert Sarraut, colonial minister, argues that developing France’s colonies would reduce reliance on imports for food coal and other supplies in another war. He cites Africa and Asia housing 56 million people and notes Indo China as the costliest colony. Sarraut proposes budget cuts to fund a state-led colonial reinforcement drive.
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Paris
France
Albert Sarraut
United States
M. Sarraut
Africa
Asia
Indo- China
Alabama
Sarraut
Parlinger
Minea
Germany
Patiapal
M. Sarrauti
Repub
Diamond Dyes Promised Long Wear for Fabrics of All Kinds
A voice extols Diamond Dyes claiming fabrics like wool cotton linen and blends will hold rich color for fifty one years of use. The ad notes dyes resist fading and running, promising long life for garments draperies and hangings.
May May Favor Owners of Wheat Trade Outlook
Weekly Grant Letter reports a renewed interest in May wheat as December delivery price relief fades. Uncertain world stocks and weak southern hemisphere exports push immediate demand to the United States. Strong cash prices encourage selling while farm financing and car logistics limit supply. corn movement remains large and hogs and cattle stay robust in the corn belt.
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Kansas City
Uta
Pecans in San Saba Aims to Lead World Production
San Saba Texas seeks to become the world’s chief pecan producer by expanding from 1,000 to 5,000 acres. J E Bell, chamber secretary, notes 919 shipments. In 1919 San Saba sold about three million pounds, with the King of England paying a dollar per pound. Local pecans measure about 3.5 inches in circumference and weigh roughly 35 per pound.
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San Saba
J. E. Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Sen Saba
Dr. Bell
Media
Ergland
Salina Y Club Expands With New Gym And Rooms
Salina Y expands into the Lyrich building adding a 50.5 by 75 foot gymnasium to host a full sized basketball court. New club room space will host class work once the program is established, following vacating of the smaller quarters this week.
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Salina “Y
Salina
Salina-Y. W
Lyrich
Lyons Sunday school workers tour Rice county
To boost Sunday school interest workers and officers are conducting their annual tour of Rice county. French have already been visited. Geneseo and Galt will be added this week. Ebenezer and Chase are to have conferences Wednesday. Sterling and Alden will be visited before week’s end.
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Lyons
Rice
Little River
Rushton
Geneseo
Galt
Rice County
Ebenezer
Chase
Sterling
Alden Wall
New Design for Topeka 1928 Motor Car Tags
Applications are now being received for 1928 motor car tags. This year's design features white pistes with black numerals. Fully one hundred named sorts of holly are known to cultivation and nearly two hundred wild varieties are known to botanists.
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Ato Taga Topeka
Cascarets Advertisement Cleansing Candy for All Ages
Broad product pitch touts Cascarets as the nicest physic on earth for grown ups and children. Promises relief from headaches indigestion upset stomach and gas with a candy taste in a box.
Japanese ship owners decry Trans Pacific service deficits
Tokyo reports say Yonejiro Ito president Nippon Yusen Kaisha calls the current state of Japanese steamers a national humiliation when contrasted with American and British lines. He notes planned shipbuilding and government aid are blocked by Finance, while Diet debate continues. Opiate of Buenos Aires promises free opera per season at new municipal house. Golfingia McIntoshii name coined after a pelts game. Italy’s strongest political party name stems from bondage.
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Tokio
Yonejiro Ito
Nippon ¥Usen Kaisha
Department of Finance
Shinbuilding
Department of Communications
Itg
Ope Maeda
Buenos Aires
Ision
Supe
Papes Diapepsin Offers Quick Comfort for Indigestion
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest, surest relief for indigestion gas and heartburn. A few tablets provide near immediate stomach relief and correction of digestion for a few cents, with millions of W-packages sold by druggists.
Mrs G W Hall Triumphs Over Years of Ill Health
Mrs G W Hall reports five years of sickness with long walks causing dragging panic and weakness. She credits Mae Wel bylydal Finke ham's Vegetable Compound for restoring energy and stabilizing health. Her experience mirrors numerous other cases of relief from the remedy.
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G. W. Hall
Mae
Finkeham
Iydia
Piskham
Tabkyan
Itching Torture Remedies Sold as Antiseptic Liquid Zerio
An unclear ad-like passage touts Zerio antiseptic liquid as a remedy for itching. It claims the product is easy to use, healthy, and priced at approximately 35 cents, though the text is fragmented and hard to parse.
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Senate
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