Kansans Face Off With Partisan League Tactics
A Kansan political scene notes the rise of the Nonpartisan League style organizing as 20 to 25 organizers work quietly with a bankroll around 80000 dollars saved in a state bank. The piece cites North Dakota as precedent where such movement surged despite early public mockery.
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Kansas
Eleem
Partisan League
Lis
Silene
League
North Dakota
Banssé
Beaguers
St. Paul
Kansans urged to expose League secrecy and ties
The speaker accuses the League of disloyal leadership and covert influence, noting towns under League control and a refusal to answer questions about a deal with the J. W. W. He calls on Kansas to reveal the truth and prevent the state from being tainted like Wisconsin and the Dakotas.
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League
Kangas
Kansas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Revenue Bills and Partisan Tax Policy Debate
Democrats oppose new revenue legislation arguing it will be driven by politics as elections approach. They blame Claude Kushin and the Ways and Means committee for partisan, sectional tax bills. The piece laments fiscal policy favoring northern interests and questions leadership during a time when national unity is urged.
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North
Congress
Claude Kushin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchin
Mason and Dixon
Fragmented Collected Opinions and Military Notices
A jumble of opinions on politics to professors and democrats, with references to Woodrow Wilson and General Foch, plus notes on NSW barge canal, railway limits, and a list of stoned officers and Marines. The passage blends satire, wartime commentary, and terse casualty-like names from a military roll.
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Firmit
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Gen. Foch
Darkening of the citizenry by travel limits
The writer argues that citizens once traveled and read nationwide publications but rising costs and congestion now confine them to local materials. They fear this oscuration of broader knowledge will leave Kansas readers curious about distant regions.
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Gore
Kansas Boys
Truths and Treifles by Panic Rankin
Panic Rankin argues that national prohibition would expel about three hundred thousand bartenders from work, a figure he frames against the many intoxicated individuals who would also be affected or deprived under such policy.
Ed's Mejor Tonight and Civil Service Training Notes
Ed's Mejor Tonight at 8 oclock as the Lawrensiness College expands classes to meet demand for civil service exam preparation. W H Mays will offer official prep and coaching. July classes begin. Messages from Bryant and Lt Walker recount wartime news and engineering training paths.
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Sam
Lawrensiness College
W. H. Mays
Columbia Steel Grain
Grsinapion
Green Bros
War Department lists ten American POWs in German camps
The War Department announces ten American soldiers held in German prison camps. Among them are Captain R. M. Deraing of Burnington Vermont and Lieutenant A. J. Gordon of Newark New Jersey. Also listed is Lieutenant Phillip W. Hunter of York South Carolina. Internments include Rastatt and Hespe locations.
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Washington
War Department
R. M. Deraing
Burnington
A. J. Gordon
Newark N. Dy
Hespe
Phillip W. Hunter
York
S.C
Rastatt
United States Certificates of Indebtedness Offered for Sale
An 1918 prospectus from Watkins National Bank promotes United States Certificates of Indebtedness Series V A dated June 25 1918 payable October 74 1918 with 4 12 percent interest. Denominations start at 3500 69 dollars and up. A fragment mentions a pigeon with rings found on a farm southwest of town possibly linked to government use.
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United States
Watkins National Bank
Lawrence
J. R. Robinson
Lawrence on the Raw and a Tin Horseshoe Teaser
A reporter encounters a tobacco chewer who presents tin horseshoes to mock tobacco company claims. The man dismisses government saving claims while spitting brown juice, accusing firms of fixing the market to show a fitted price tag on ten cent plugs.
Twenty Two Soldiers Receive American Medals for Bravery
Twenty two decorated American soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force have been awarded medals for gallantry in action at Cantigny near Chateau Thierry and in Lorraine. The group includes seven officers two posthumous and nine noncommissioned officers, as General Pershing announces.
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France
Associated Press
Éress
Pershing
Cantigny
Chateau Thierry
Lorraine
Reemients
Classified Column Teases Distilled Water and Deals
Ad copy notes that distilled water has no odor and urges readers to order a bottle from McNish. A phone number 193 is listed and bargains are advertised daily in the Journal World classifieds urging readers to check the page.
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McNish
Journal -World
City departments start first aid training for police and fire crews
Lawrence officials approve a Red Cross first aid program for police and firemen. A.W. Clarke will teach four classes weekly starting late August, with alternated groups to avoid duty interference. Certificates and a $1 fee accompany completion. home nursing for senior girls may be added later.
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Clarke
National Red Cross Association
S Mall
Lawrence
Fourth of July Sports at Camp Funston and Manhattan News
Arrangements completed for a patriotic shooting tournament at Army City Park Funston Kansas July 28 29 and 30 to decide the Kansas State championship with sterling trophies paid in war bonds and proceeds to the Red Cross. Also Fourth of July events include a Camp Funston versus Camp Dodge baseball game a three mile marathon starting at the Arcade Building and a fireworks pageant. Manhattan opens a new community house with a dedication dance on June 22 and soldiers urged to visit.
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Camp Funston
Kansasy
Army City Baseball ‘Park
Camp
Dick B. ‘Foster
Camap Fimsten
Kans
Camp Dodge
Funston Boys
Army City Ballpark
Arthur Canter
Leonard Wood Wild
Division Athletic
Army City
Lzy
Golden Belt Siehway
Funston
Manhattan
Submarine photo reels of Titanic era victims reported
Letters from survivors of the President Lincoln sinking describe German subs filming victims at sea. John Durcenwald recounts rafts, freezing water, and captivity of an officer, with German crews allegedly taking moving pictures of survivors and their ordeal.
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Waterloo
John Durcenwald
Lincoln
Taft
Doan's Kidney Pills Promised to End Backache and Kidney Woes
Local advertisement urges Lawrence residents to trust Doan's Kidney Pills to ease persistent backache and urging frequent urination. Mrs. 8 T Smith of 1004 Connecticut St credits three boxes with full relief after six months of pain and dizziness, noting plasters offered no relief.
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Lawrence
Dean
T. Smith
Connecticut
Doan
Mfggvs
Buffalo N,. W
Adv
Three Lectures by Edwin Slosson at Kansas University
Edwin Slesson literary editor of the Independent will present three talks to summer session students and Lawrence residents. Topics cover The Use of Newspapers in Teaching History and Civics, Australia and the Pacific partition with slides, and Maeterlinck and his work. Slosson, KU alumnus, university author, has a varied career in philosophy and chemistry.
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The
Independent
Fabvin E. Slesson
Kansas University
Lawrence
Little ‘Theatre
Green Hall
Stosson
Australia
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West Indies
Europe
United States
Bergson
Maeterlinck
Slosson
Chicago
Hiaacoe
Wyoming
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
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