County hears on farm regimes and terracing aims
The January 21 and 22 meetings at Lecompton Lone Star Eudora and Black Jack presented the Douglas County Farm Bureau extension program focusing on soil erosion control terracing and crop rotations. Leaders and state specialist L E Willoughby explained cheaper production through soil conservation and efficient land use while detailing terrace design maintenance and legume production essentials.
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Lone Star
Eudora
BlackJack
Regume
L. E. Willoughby
State College
Douglas County
Farm Bureau
Extension Division
Kansas State College of Agriculture
J. E. Matney
C. G. Waters
L.H. Griffith
B. O. Kelloge
A. E. Preston
E. H. Grob
Willis Dunn
St Clau dis religious drama to be staged in Los Angeles
The Olmsted Platform Players will present the prize winning religious drama St. Claudis at First Christian church in Los Angeles on Thursday evening January 28 at 8 o clock. The play depicts Pilate and the trial of Jesus with a professional cast. Clergymen from Kansas City praise its impact and urge Christians to see it before Easter. A free will offering will be taken.
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Olmsted Platform Players
Los Angeles
St. Claudis
First Christian Church
Pilate
Jesus
Ray Petty
First Baptist Church of
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Nley
R. H. Miller
Independence Blvd
Christian Church of
Fall Seeding Leads to Profitable Legume Stands
Legume leaders observe five key points to secure good stands on farms. A B Preston reports a solid alfalfa stand on sandstone soil once deemed unsuitable. Floyd Kalb grows sweet clover on worn land, while alfalfa, sweet clover, red clover, and soybeans emerge as the most profitable with proper seed establishment. L E Wiloughby highlights this at lectures.
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A. B. Preston
Palmyra
Floyd Kalb
Lexurae
Legume acreage and soil fertility warned by Willoughby
In Douglas County 1915 to 1930 legume cropping fell from about 15 percent to 8 percent of cultivated crops. Willoughby warns that the legume row crop ratio must rise to avoid agricultural bankruptcy, urging farm-specific rotation and clarifying that rotation differs from mere crop changes.
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Douglas County
Willoughby
Marriages stir rumor over Edith Gould’s new husband
The New York American reports Edith Gould wed Hector MacNeal in Reno shortly after divorcing Carroll Livingston Wainwright. MacNeal, a British ship owner later knighted as Sir Hector Murray MacNeal, is said to be near fifty three as the bride remains in her twenties. Friends note Havana ties with aristocrats.
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New York
Hector MacNeal
Edith Gould
Reno
Carroll
Livingston Wainwright
Hector Murray Mac Neal
Great Britain
Times
Sir Hector
Hector
Havana
Duke of Manchester
Lord Tennyson
Rain or Snow Expected Over Kansas Tonight
Mild winter weather continued across Kansas with the U.S. weather bureau forecasting rain or snow tonight into tomorrow. Meteorologist Flora said temperatures would rise to 40 to 50 degrees statewide tomorrow, with tonight’s lows from 25 in the northwest to near freezing in the east. Sunshine prevailed today but clouds were due to bring moisture, and little sun was expected Thursday across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States Weather Bureau
Dflora
Mercury
Growth of KU Graduate School Outpaces University Rise
Figures compiled by Raymond Nichols show KU graduate enrollment rising from 118 in 1920-21 to 396 in 1930-31, a 235.5 percent increase, while total university enrollment grew 26.5 percent. Including summer sessions, graduate enrollment climbs from 245 to 908, a 264.4 percent rise, reflecting broader college trends and ongoing expansion of junior, senior, and graduate work.
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University of Kansas
Raymond Nichols
EB. H. Lindley
Oratory de
Kiwanis Clinic Series At City Hall And Old Hall
Regular Kiwanis clinics are scheduled Friday afternoon with Dr. Harry Gilkey leading the well baby clinic from 2 to 4 at the new city hall and Dr. G B Francisco directing the orthopedic clinic from 2 to 4 at the old city hall The mental and nerve clinic is also listed with unspecified details.
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Harry Gilkey
Datch
New City Hall
Old City Hall
G. B. Francisco
Harrington to seat old city hall front line
Dr. G Leonard Harrington will preside over the old city hall front line seating arrangements as advertised in the Journal World want ads prompt results.
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G. Leonard Harrington
Old City
Journal
World
Cold Night in Newton Brings Snow and Frigid Air
Newton Kansas logged a cold night with the thermometer at nine degrees above zero and substantial snow on the ground after a brief day of light snowfall. The town readies for the new term as classes resume at the Business College next week.
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Newton Newton
Kan
Newton
Arou
Ao Enrod
Ashion
Busines
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