Water deemed dangerous by KU expert in city report
Professor A Barber of the University of Kansas warned that the city water is positively dangerous after almost two months of testing. Twenty six tests showed an average of 311 bacteria per cubic centimeter at about 100 Fahrenheit. The findings stressed the need for a single city water plant and legislative relief measures.
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Sr. A. Barber
University of Kansas
Barber
Kansas City
Tow
Crambine
Barker
One City
Kansas
Kansas Ciy
Globesas
Arbuckle Brothers Stand Behind Coffee Quality in New York Ad
An advertisement proclaims no coffee of equal quality can be sold locally for the same price whether in bags bins or under a romantic trademark. Arbuckle Brothers, the creators and coffee dealers in the world, pledge to stand for it.
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Arbuckle Brothers
Creatre
Arbuceld Bros
New York
The Evolution of a Good Grocer in Stop-Press Style
A February Woman's Home Companion essay traces a grocer’s rise from bulk to packaged goods. It highlights honesty as the driver of efficiency and customer trust, noting waste, damaged stock, and clerks' errors pushing toward prepacked items and a cleaner, better run shop.
Road Law Move Allows Local Road Building
Senate proceedings show a road bill granting landowners a majority along a road the power to initiate improvements. County commissioners would order and oversee work until completion, with landholders paying three fourths of costs and the township one fourth.
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Senate
House
Hodge
Yaad
Female bill collector battles rising debts in town
In a bold turn, a local female bill collector pursues overdue accounts as most residents run up bills. Her persistence highlights shifting gender roles in a routine urban economy.
Man offers reward for poisoning his collie
A. Monroe mourns the poisoning of his Search Collie between noon and three yesterday. The dog bayed in pain and died, and Monroe offers a $100 reward for information leading to the suspect. He says the culprit would harm a child if not caught and notes the dog belonged to an intelligent family and could understand him.
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A. Monroe
Roe Adie
Kansas Day Sparks Lawrence Parade Plans
Lawrence shows renewed patriotic energy as Kansas Day is debated with talk of a public demonstration. Citizens consider observing the holiday while storms and scars fade, prompting a local parade mindset.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Jan Tuta
Lawrence Oight
Rat Performs Daring Wire Act Above City Street
A rat walked a 30 foot high electric wire along West Haltimore Street as sparrows mobbed it. The rodent balanced like a show trick, halted on a slender line, then ventured pole to pole before being knocked down at Carruhom Avenue and Jaitimore Street and killed by a dog. Thousands witnessed the stunt, lending it credible eyewitness support.
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West Haltimore Street
Carruhom Avenue
Jaitimore Street
Dng
Howard
Baltimore
Lalimore
Washington Post
Hunch pays off for Kas Spence in Louisville race
Kas Spence a famed Mexico Missouri horseman won $1000 at Louisville after a lucky find. A Chinese laundry ticket pointed him to Wing Ting ten to one, whose victory proved his elusive hunch correct while the favored Joaquin lost. Spence operates a large breeding stable and attends major racing events.
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Kas Spence
Mexico
Louisville
Mr. Spence
Bett Ney Ring
Joaquin
Wing Ting
Spence
Mind Your Business Pills Ad
Barber & Son's drug store offers Dr King’s New Life Pills at 25 cents. Claims they prevent biliousness malaria and jaundice by keeping trouble out of your system.
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Dr. King
Barber & Son's
Bucklen
A. F. Hardy
East Wilton
Maine
Lawrence girl opens rental agency using stories as stock
A Lawrence girl once known for writing decides to start a rental agency. She explains she has lent her stories many times and now will charge rent, asserting that rentals can be repeated reactions and yield more income than sales.
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Lawrence
Toque of Blue Felt Showcases French Hat Styles
A French model inspired soft French felt toque pairs with a dark blue broadcloth gown. Details include a left flat rosette bow of dark blue tafta, a front ribbon fold through slits, and a right coque feather plume shading from dark blue to light blue. Also notes railroads plan broad cost cuts and a comical classroom anecdote about Eve’s transgression and castor oil punishment.
Investigating Nickel Theaters by Ministerial Alliance
The Ministerial alliance has appointed a committee to inspect the nickel theaters focusing on safety and morals. They will visit unannounced to assess exits and seating while evaluating pictures for decency. The move, urged long ago, was delayed by Mayor Barker’s accident and is expected to be discussed at the next city meeting.
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Beery Esine Pitoee
Move Mg
Seriakiture
Walden
Mie
Gfe
Wichita
Kansas
Ft Ir
Interstate Commerce Commission
Barker
February issue review of Every ads and its contents
The February Every issue showcases Ralph D. Paine and others in varied pieces from Over the Florida Keys by Rail to An American in London. It highlights fiction by Foster and Vorse, music criticism by Mary Garden, Harvester history, and multiple illustrations by Bailey and others, with a portrait-driven spread on Chicago and a noted piece on photography and art.
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Everyady
Thomas W. Lawson
Ralph D. Paine
Franklin Clarkin
America
Mary Garden
W. J. Henderson
Herbert N. Casson
Harvester Kings
International Harvester Company
Maximilian Foster
William Bulfio
Mary Heaton Vorse
Justus Miles Forman
St. Cere
Booth Tarkington
Quesnay
Google
Bessie R. Hoover
Winifred Arnold
W. F. Boyson
Chicago
Vernon Howe Bailey
William Balfourner
Americca
Mary Greene
Plumenschein
Will Crawford
Gustavus C. Widnes
Prinver
United States
Solonih Goods
New German Tariff Impacts Meat Prices and Trade
The reading discusses Germanys new tariff raising average meat prices yet not reducing beef pork and mutton imports. It claims demand remains unmet as supply lags behind, citing rising costs and a broader commentary on reason and ambition. Also notes consumer goods like Arnica Salve and laxative products with 1908 dated references and a banking regulatory certificate for The Watkins National Bank in Lawrence Kansas.
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Germany
Lawrence Daily Journal
Treasury Department
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington
Watkins National Bank
Lawrence
Douglas
Kansas
of Congress
William B. Ridgely
Watkins Nations
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