Carry Nation salloon smasher and early methods debated
The Chanute Tribune reflects on Carry Nation and her hatchet lore with a note that she may not have carried a hatchet in early forays, as another source claims she used billiard balls. It also touches on farm relief, butter price ideas, and political questions after Kansas day, plus Byrd Antarctic expedition isolation and Mexico Reds.
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Chanute Tribune -E
Garrie Nation
Tribune
Arkansas City Travel
Nation
2 Tribune
Smasher
Carry
Serbs face protests over Sarajevo monument proposal
International reactions widen as Serbia proposes a monument to the Sarajevo firefight that sparked the war. Critics urge restraint while neighboring states question the aim of commemorating those who caused trouble. The piece also notes political campaigns in Kansas and the recurring pledge to cut state government.
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Sarajevo
Rom
Groundwork Underway for Great Western National Fair Preparations
A corps of engineers, mule teams, and workers toil near the lake and tabernacle to ready improvements before April first. Postmaster Worden’s family returns from the East, while Charlie Carmean resurfaces from Media. City records show 70000 in ironced debt exchanged for new bonds, improving financial outlook as efforts to compromise debts continue. The McConnel mill site near the old box factory nears readiness for operation and corn run activity resumes after a brief pause.
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Bismarck Grove
Corps of Engineers
Tabernacle
Worden
Charlie Carmean
Media
Monet
McConnel
Miss Robb Yount Leaves for Texas This Winter
A 26 year old note from January 25 describes Miss Robb Yount departing to spend the rest of winter in Texas. It mentions a taffey pull at Miss Anna McGrath’s home and a musical by Miss Minnie Reitz at 819 Kentucky Street for the Pipe Organ Association of the Methodist church. Lawrence gossip notes Stephen Prentice joins Pegues Wright & Company in the dress goods department. Lawrence Gas & Electric Light Co. unit sold to F A Sharpe of Chicago, who asserts rights to sell natural gas under his tram e up to a thousand feet.
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Robb Yount
Texas
Innes Styre
Anna McGrath
Minnie Reitz
Kentucky Street
Pipe Organ Association
The
Methodist Church
Junction
City Union
Lawrence
Stephen
Prentice
Marshal, Prentice
Pegues, Wright and Company
Lawrence Gas, Co
R. G. Johnston
Lawrence Gas & Electric Light Co
F. A. Sharpe
Chicago
Sharps Son
Unknown use of a girl's allowance causes debate
A fragment notes parental chatter about how a girl named Ma uses her allowance. The line implies resistance to paying for items from allowance funds, reflecting domestic budgeting concerns of the era. The source is a brief OCR excerpt from 1924 Publishers Syndicate material.
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Publishers Syndicate
Local society notes from a January issue
A jumble of society updates covers a tea hosted by Mrs. F J Kelly at 1545 Rhode Island West, a Des Moines move for Mrs. C D Lee, a marriage at 6:30 PM for Miss Gladys Stull and Mr. John Houk, and wedding plans for Miss Katherine Roller. Also noted are Grace Greenhalgh’s return from Ottawa Town to teach, the Lovejoy wedding of Mr and Mrs J A Lovejoy, and updates on Miss Mays Hurd in Lima Peru with church school work and banking ties.
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Mra
F. J. Kelly
Rhode Island West
C.D. Lee
Des Moines
Iowa
PLE
Gladys
Olive Stull
John“ Eb, Houk
Mace
Katherine Roller
L. W. Gray
Evangelical Church
Stall
Monk
Orange California
Grace
Greenhag
Ottawa
Ware
Lovejoy-Hood
Lovejoy
Robert Nurd
Tite
New York City
Mays, Hurd
Lima Pern
Methl’st Yistoral Church
Hava “Ormerly
Lima
United States
Merchad'ss Bank of
Amerzicas
Annual GAR encampment at Wyandotte and Topeka election
This date in Kansas history notes the 4833 annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic held at Wyandotte and T. J. Anderson of Topeka elected department commander.
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Kansas
GAR
Wyandotte
T. J. Anderson
Topeka
Roaming Calls and Riches in Mixed 1932 News Flashes
A collage of notes from 1932: Mrs Muriel Vanderbilt Church makes frequent calls to California for romance. Dr Innocencio Galindo, at 78, bets on an insurance policy paying 1000 quarterly and may recoup his money if alive by March 23 1932. Willys family hints at a name for Virginia Willys de Aguirre's son. a Madrid police tale shows quick action against theft. famed Azican vocalists Rosa Ponselle Homer McCormack Werrenrath and Geraldine may be named by a music federation for tablets in a concert hall. plus a note on the habit of reading the classifieds.
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Associated Press
New York
New York American's Society
Muriel Vanderbilt Church
California
Panama
Innocencio Galindo
Motors
John N. Willys
Virginia Willys de Aguirre
John Willys de Aguirre
Madrid
Aly Braulio Santos
Nick
Nursult
Amd
Et En
H.s. Osk
Rosa Ponselleise
Homer
John McCormark Nald Werrenrath
Geraldine
National Federation of Music Clubs
Love Versus Riches In a Bold Dam Plot Twist
Anne Wilmot discovers Delphine has returned to join her in a fragile new life after an impulsive marriage to Glenn. Amid housework chaos and a looming financial threat, Aunt Emily weighs a harsh, practical reaction as Delphine’s arrival shifts the household dynamic and raises stakes. The scene blends domestic comedy with tension over money and legitimacy.
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Anne
Sna
Frenay
Japeth
Sheb
Delphine
Deline
M'sieur
Hinss
Nerila
Parsui T “Rt
Jurelsha
Anne Xuesset
Wilmot
Glenn
Sand Readers and The Cloak of Gold Adventure
Elswyth Thane presents the further exploits of Sandy and Blaise Dorin as they pursue the lost golden robe through India's hills, facing fanatic pursuers and a string of deadly incidents. Engagement looms, conflicts mount, and the robe’s fate drives danger, romance, and travel back toward England.
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Elswyth Thane
Frederick A
Sandy
Blaise Dorin
Eng Yshman
India
Starke
Tsang
Dupreix
Blaise
Dorin
H Er
England
Thane
William Beebe
Sundown Stories Air Coasting Adventure
Mary Graham Bonner presents a fifteenth tale where the Little Black Clock and children discuss and attempt air coast maneuvers. The group plans glide sequences, coasting up and down hills, then rising to an air pocket before repeating. They fly to an air field and enter a coaster, discovering humor in the daring stunt.
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Mary Graham Bonner
John
Percy
Perry
Health and Disease Through History and Disease Vectors
The piece surveys major health battles from yellow fever to bubonic plague, noting the role of insects in disease spread. It highlights efforts by General Gorgas and references Jenner and the impact of plague on Europe, framing public health milestones across centuries.
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D.s
Penama Canal
Monquite
Gorgas
Jenner
Europe
Insect-borne diseases and plague germ discovery
The text outlines how Yersin and Kitasato identified the plague germ Bacillus pestis and notes that bubonic plague is transmitted by the rat flea. It also discusses typhus spread by body lice and lists other insect-borne diseases, emphasizing transmission through bloodsucking insects and the role of new disease emergence from insect–germ combinations.
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London
Iso
Yersin
Ketasato
Wall Street, Bolivian Fronts in Brief Overnight News
Overnight wires report Bolivia and Paraguay urged to settle disputes peacefully as general offensives loom. A Bolivian commander orders a broad push while European talks aim at easing frictions. In the U S briefing a California figure weighs in on strikes and railroad valuations. A storm forces down miles city flights. a San Diego air crash claims a passenger. A New York surgeon opens a sero medical clinic after arrivals by air.
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St Paul
Walter Z. Hill
Inte Dames
J. Hill
Los Angeles
Tampa
Miles City
Bismarck
N. D
Washington
London
France
Geneva
League of Nations Council
Bolivia
Paraguay
Merida
Yucatan
New York
Marriage Licenses Lag Amid Anarchist Spat Incident
An apparent wave of delays in issuing marriage licenses is noted from January 18 to yesterday, with no new warrants at Probate Jwulzo. Judge Menger reports unusual records as Donald Broly of Vopela and Ruth Leonard of St Mary’s obtained licenses January 18, and LeRoy Johnson with Jimima Scoth Ewing of Topeka secured theirs today.
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Dan Cupid
Menger
Donald Broly
Vopela
Ruth Leonard
St. Mary
Vhd
LeRoy Johnson
Jimima Scoth Ewing
Topeka
Dodge Menager
Rector resigns to take new post in Arizona
Rev. Mred Rutle, rector of Rt. Matthews Spiscopal church in Newton for 11 years, has resigned to become rector at Chirk oite, Ariz. He will begin his new work in Boley.
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Ghicaau
A. R. Keator
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Franklin J. Alcurn
Madison Ave
Audit Bureau OF Cir
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Israel
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Tkat
Altho
Little
America
Byrd
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Counatty
Mexico
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Moscow
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Neodesha
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Leon Morse
Haa
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Marsh
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Pelpat-Annrrion Glan
Leon Oucht
Petanga
Rath Cross
Emily
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Kansas City
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Belgian Congo
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Virginia
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Bill Royce
Rheta Childe Dorr
Susan B. Anthony
Manther
Turkey
Princeton University Press
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George V
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Richard C. Dent
E. P. Dutton & Co
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King George the Fifth
Sir George Arthur,Bart
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George Arthur
Lord Kitchener
Robert Russa Moton
Tuskegee Institute
Doubleday, Doran & Co
Harmon Foundation
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Lucy Stone
Royde- Smith
Erest Milton
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Milton
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Hammerton
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Quivira
Leonard Meddlers
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McEvoy
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Sundown Stories
Iago Galdswon
New Yorkademy of Medicine
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Cupid
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Renault
Mmetropolitan Police
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Lawrence National Bank
the World CO
Smlorens Books Bhd
SE Mtot Library
Franklin
Apostle
Bernard Fay
Nook
Falentines
Magasines
T. J. Sweeney
Lewis
T. J. Sweeney, Sr
S A, Wood
Cashler
R. MM. Fitepatrick
Aashler George Dunkrey
Casdler
Friend
Jacob Badsky
F Riobert A. Steele
C, A. Smart
Chatter
Peoples State Bank
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