State budget outlines sixfold rise in two years
The governor endorses a large budget for state institutions and good roads. Major items include the state hospital and penal institutions with total maintenance costs of about 6.2 million for two years. Emphasis lies on labor programs aiding returning soldiers and public works funding.
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Weate
Knapp
Pamny’ of
Kansas
Mene Weatt Rt College
Normal School
Exhperia
State’ Normal School
Fort
Pittsburg Manual School
Industrial and Tional Institute
Topeka
Western University
Mainte
Geven Charitable
Soldiers’ Home
Mother le
Judicial’ Department
Supreme ‘Court
Statewide road program urged with ample funding
The speaker stresses readiness for a state wide program and praises the highway department’s capability. He urges the legislature to provide funds to advance the program vigorously while cautioning against wasteful or stingy budgeting. The former governor touts Kansas as financially healthy with no bonded debt and warns against extravagance in appropriations.
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Highway Commission
Kansas
Centennial Birthday of General Frederick Steele Noted
The item notes today marks the centennial birthday of General Frederick Steele who led the federal campaign in Arkansas in 1803 per archival mentions. Other readable lines reference Renkin's Drug Store pricing and passersby on a sidewalk with unclear details about local individuals and events.
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Frederick Steele
Arkansas
Experience with Leather and Fibre Soles
A dialogue discusses shoe soles wearing out quickly due to poor leather quality. One man recommends Neolin Soles claiming eight months of use with minimal wear. He notes Neolin soles resist ice and wet pavement and stay flexible, costing 930 Massachusetts Avenue for installation.
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Bill
John
Prominent speakers at Mississippi Valley Foreign Trade Conference
On the second day in New Orleans, notable figures are set to address the Mississippi Valley and Foreign Trade conference. The program highlights top speakers expected to discuss trade policy and regional economic links.
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Theissippi Valley and Foreign Trade Conference
New Orleans
Pinex and Syrup Cough Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Pinex with syrup as a powerful cough remedy. It claims fast relief within 24 hours for dry or loose coughs by reducing inflamed membranes and swelling. The ad urges using 214 ounces of Pinex per pint and warns against substitutes, offering a money back guarantee.
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Pinex.Co
Wayne
Ind
University Sogety Diminishes Interest Ad
An adviser to women urges students to remember famine in Europe while discussing diminishing student interest at the university.
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Europe
War lessons push Kansas students toward broader democracy
Miss Alberta L Corbin argues University of Kansas students neglect politics and voting. She urges widening social life beyond class elections and calls for a democratic shift to curb extravagant social affairs while recalling European starvation amid postwar savings.
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University of Kansas
Alberta L. Corbin
Miss Corbin
Europe
Corbin
Yankee Girl in Metz Celebrates Americans After Five Years
Miss Mary Grass, known as the happiest girl in Germany for her greeting of American troops in Metz, marks five years since she last spoke English. She arrived in Metz before the war, stayed through the outbreak, and could not return home, living with relatives and using only German.
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Ruth Law
Japan
Old Earth
America
American Aviation Service
Metz
Germany
Mary Grass
Mustard-plaster relief and new dean rules teased
Fragments hint at a mustard plaster remedy lasting but blistering while a rumor speaks of forthcoming student function rules from the Dean of Women. Also a Riverside kitchen note praises hot biscuits, and a vivid sky description frames the Milky Way between Orion and Gemini.
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Orion
Gemini
Jupiter
Cassiapely
Yoga
Religions of the World by Population Figures
The article lists global religious groups with large figures such as Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Confucianists, and Animists. Other groups include Muslims and Shinatoists, with smaller counts in the recorded totals, as reported by the People's Home Journal.
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Fatest Svaltabte
People’s Home Journal
Signs in Indian huts reveal local beverages and wares
Quaint shop signs from Cuzco to Machu Picchu era depict(List) Lis sus in huts. Wheat on a pole marks chicha native beer for sale. A green wreath signals bread, while white cloth hints at aguardiente, a potent spirit.
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Cuzco
Machu Diechnr
Pere
Fragmented sermon and weather musings from a distant page
The clipped text mixes a sermon on the Brotherhood of Man with references to God and social reform. It shifts to mentions of a scientific lab, a price for a market product, and a wind named Sharma runa, then describes dry conditions and withering plants as if burned by heat. The overall content reads as a garbled historical clipping.
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God
Samuel Smith
Africa
Atlantic
The Guitar as an Instrument for Accompaniment
The guitar is a six string instrument tuned E A D G B E. When all strings sound together it does not form a standard chord. It is not a difficult instrument to learn and is mainly used to accompany other instruments or vocal work.
Make the Other Confess It in Love’s Playful Moment
A playful note describes the thrill of courting in love, urging playful pressure to induce a confession. The quip hints at coy indifference as a dating tactic.
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Hocord
Influenza Prevention Urges Careful Habits and Ho Meds
Authorities warn influenza remains deadly and urges continued precautions. The message promotes masks, coughing into a handkerchief, no spitting, and avoiding shared cups. It promotes Hyomei inhaler therapy as a protective measure and stresses vigilance through cold season fatigue.
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Rouid Corner Drug Co
Remarkaleee phosphate makes thin people fat
An old advertisement promoting Ritro-Phosphate as an organic nerve building phosphate from Pelouz claims it can transform depleted nerves and help skin, sleep, and energy. It urges obtaining genuine Ritro-Phosphate from Barber & Sons in Lawrence and druggists, noting cost and the need to use with meals.
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Petous
Albert Robin
Academy of
Messicine
O, Barber & Sons
Lawrence
Pelouz
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Remarkalee
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