Shipping and politics mix in era of new ideas
The piece surveys postwar shipping policy and civilian confidence in American vessels, notes a potential coast to coast aerial express amid refueling tech, and reflects on the 1856 Free State Hotel destruction in Lawrence. It links these topics to broader questions of government responsibility and regional memory. It also hints at law enforcement challenges amid racketeering intimidation in Lawrence.
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Tion
Po Office Department
Cendanam
New York
Los Angeles
Lawrence
Manhattan
Columbia
Free State Hotdi
Kansas
United States Court of Claims
Congress
McKinley
University of Kansas
New England Emigrant ‘Aid Society
Jones
Missouri
Tacna Arica dispute talks drift toward settlement
Chue and Peru express progress toward a settlement of the Tacna Arica dispute. Past mediation attempts by the United States failed, but now the principals prefer direct talks for a friendly outcome. The piece notes Topeka's legislative opening and governor inauguration as a local highlight, with hints of renewed merchant tensions between the United States and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chue
Peru
United States
Old Home Town fifty years ago notes and updates
Saturday January 5 recounts progress in Lawrence with a new elevator nearing completion and Fraser Hall stores planned. Community mentions include a vocal class by Samuel Reynolds, the Durfee House change of landlord J W Read ing, social event at Mr Hastings residence, and multiple local moves, visits, and weather impacts.
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Lawrence
Samuel Reynolds
Durfee
J. W. Reading
Hastings
Massachusetts Street
Prentiss
T. GC. Stephens
Fraser Hall
North Pole
M. S.C. Eee
Jonel Roosevelt
Seizig Eins
Ally
S.A. Moore
Seventh
Massachusetts
T.D. Funk
Frances
George Houk
Fischer
Washington Memorial University: a national plan revived
A renewed push to establish a Washington Memorial University proposed as a national center for research and graduate study. Prof. Olin Templin champions the plan, proposing a two-tier faculty and a temporary residency to rotate leading scholars from abroad and American colleges. The project seeks a $60 million appropriation, with emphasis on advancing national learning and research beyond existing universities.
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George Washington
Washington
Senate
Olin. Templin
University of Kansas
Food Administration
National Capital
Templin
Congress
Washington Memorial University
National Federation of Women's Clubs
United States
National University
Altho
Rto
Advertising Can Revive Failing Businesses Says Expert
A promotional essay argues that commerce should aim to satisfy public wants and that advertising has power to lift lagging business. It urges timely action, notes many think success requires perfect conditions, and insists conditions are always favorable for good advertising.
Kansas History Note on Revenue Col lector Succession
A 1877 item reports A. M. Blair succeeding George T. Anthony as Kansas revenue collector. Also an advertisement touts RAS class offerings at Lawrence Business College as a paying investment for students, inviting enrollment for new classes starting next Monday.
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A. M. Blair
Eorge T. Anthony
Kansas
Lawrence Business College
Gasoline Tax Trends Across States Highlight Differences
A study notes average gasoline tax per vehicle owner in 1927 was $11.19 nationwide and $9.35 in Kansas. It traces a shift from one to five cent rates since 1919, with 46 states and D C adopting some tax on gasoline. New York and Minnesota lack a gasoline tax.
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United States
Kansas
Howe
Oregon
District of Columbia
New York
Minois
Good Shed on Farm Reflects Farm Management
Manhattan Kans Jan 5 AP John S Glass expansion agricultural engineer for Kansas State Agricultural College said in a report issued here that depreciation and rust on machinery left out in the weather would pay for a machine shed every five years A good machine shed is an indication of good farm management the engineer said Kansas farmers are using 115000000 worth of farm equipment about 20000 combine harvester threshers and one tractor for every 532 acres of cropland
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Manhattan
Kans
John S. Glass
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas
Kansas Gasoline and Vehicle Taxes Shown Low in U.S. Study
In a national study, Prof. Harold Howe of Kansas State Agricultural College reports Kansas state taxes on gasoline and motor vehicles are below the U.S. average. He notes the 1927 national motor vehicle tax averaged $13.02 while Kansas rates were lower, reflecting the state's comparatively lighter levy.
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Manhattan
Kans
Harold Howe
Kansas State Agricultural College
Kansas
United States
Lowe
Our Heavenly Father and the central doctrine of Christianity
The text argues that God's Fatherhood is the core of Christian faith, influencing doctrine from predestination to hell. It stresses that all beliefs must align with the Fatherhood of God, asserting equality among all people under Him and urging justice and restraint in judging others.
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God
Christ
Christ Seys
Loys
Oreover
Mississippi Levee
Deluge and Islands of Captain Sparrow Novel Review
A Cosmo publisher profile reviews a Wright book about perilous lives on Captain Sparrow’s Island in the Pacific. Foyle and an English French girl face a sect and rough islanders, amid shipwreck, capture, and bloody, disturbing acts.
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Captain Sparrow
S.fowler Wright
Wright
Captain
Sparrow
Thero
Pacific
Carlton’ Foyle
Foyle
The Literary Taste of a Bygone Era in One Page
A sweeping, fragmented retail of bookish gossip and market notes surveys authors, publishers, and collectible volumes. It highlights Maurice Walsh and Julian Green fiction, Harper & Brothers, and the Jerome Kern sale, with references to Morley in Hoboken, the Kern library, and historic book auctions as valued cultural artifacts.
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Jerome Kern
Book World
Kern Library
Kern
The Indestructible Case and a Fatherly Creed
In a philosophical aside the narrator asserts the immutable fact of a father’s link, then pivots to a promotional vignette for Lawrence Business College. A 23 key stenotype machine is shown as a marvel that turns speech into legible notes, enabling quick dictation and reading back as if from a book.
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Lawrence, Business College
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Journal-World
W.C Simone
Murray, Manetos
Popp Simons
Enna Gale Laakenghe
Associa
Associated Press
Audit -Gurfau
Cirsulation
Lawsenne
Kani
Afghanistan
Eutrepe
Will Johns
Tope
England
The
Presbyterian Church
Morin
Becker
Chas. Sparr
Hults
Gorrill
Alex Mitchell
E. H. Sellards
Theniversity of Kansas
New Brunswick
N. J
Yale
Alfred Rudiger
Leavenworth
Q. Cox
H. B. Bullene
Chicago
John Jewett
W. H. Lytle
Belleville
Kan
Lytle
First Presbyterian Church
Chas. Skilton
Baxteldes & Co
Posietert Lae National University
Edson R. Waita
Enaieteke
Syrdient
Joe
Our Heavenly
Father
Cosmopolitan. Book Corporation, Publishers
Book Land Readers
Marcelle
Pate
Maurice Walsh
Frederick A. Stokes
Mr. Walsh
Scottish Highlands
White Rivers Run
Alistair Macian
America
Don Webster
Norrie Carr
Alistair
Margaret Brands
Margaret
Relec Brands
Paddy Joe Long
Jolly
Harry Hansen
H. Ben Sus
Bridge of San Luis
Wilder
J. S. Fletcher
Startling
Hoboken
Lovels
Christopher Morley
Morley
New Jersey City
Julian Green
Harper & Bros
Woolworth
Nobrary
Heaven
Earth
Virginia
Mase
Hotel
Eldridge
Funnies Mortuary
Lawrence National Bank
the Earth
Peder Victorious
Per Hansa
Peder
C. E. Rolvaag
Bromalakck
V. Sweeney
N. Lewis
3. A. Wood
T. J Sweeney
Asclatant Ash R
Peoples State Bank
Tomie
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