Eagle is Soaring Across Towns For Fourth of July
A large Fourth of July program unfolds in Lawrence Baldwin City Williamstown and Lecompton with speakers Governors Capper Attorney General Brewster and Rev Pruitt leading city parades picnics and athletic contests including band concerts ball games and a fireworks finale. Ball games Pit Baldwin City Williamstown and Topeka Grays clash as part of a county wide celebration plan.
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Lawrence
Baldwin City
Williamstown
Jecompton
Country Club
Woodland Park
Baldwin
Arthur Capper
Eighth
High Streets
I. and
B. of S. Band of
Topeka
Grand
Centenary Hall
Governor Capper
Fkighth Street
Cavgness Athletic Park
Grand Stand
Lawrence Cubs
Cavaness Park
Baldwin Band
L. Band of
Taylor Hall
University Gymnasium
Information Bureau
Haning
Kansas
S. M. Brewster
Pruitt
Ladies
Topeka Grays
Mr. Pruit
West
Hoffman
Wainstaff
Hamburg
Iowa
M. Brewster
Kansas to tour child hygiene car exhibit for state
Topeka July 4 Kansas becomes the first state to host a traveling child hygiene exhibit. The state board of health has secured a car from the Pullman Car company and will have railroads haul it free across Kansas. Dr Lydia A DeVilbiss will lead lectures as the exhibit tours with photographs model beds clothing and other materials to promote better baby care.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Health
Pullman Car Company
Crumbine
Pullman Company
State of Kansas
Dr. Crumbine
Missouri Pacific
Lydia A. DeVilbiss
Child Hygiene Bureau
Preliminary hearing set for Hazel Todd on forgery charge
Hazel Todd, colored, held by Sheriff Cummings after noon yesterday on a forgery charge, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 1 30 on July 6 before Justice John Clark. Unable to post $500 bail, he remains in jail as county jails observe quiet conditions with an open house all day.
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Hazel Todd
Cummings
John Clark
Interurban Bridge Delays From Labor Shortage Near South Bank
Labor shortages slow the interurban bridge project across the river as wages in harvest fields and militia enlistments cut crew numbers. Foremen warn regular service may start by mid month if enough labor is found. concrete forms must cure 28 days under arches before support removal next week and the following week for the second arch.
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Santa Fe
Quiet night as Fourth of July celebrations begin in city
Police reported a calm Fourth Eve with no disturbances as many residents in Baldwin Williamstown and nearby areas prepared for Independence Day celebrations. Officers expected a lighter workload as festivities commenced and paz remained peaceful through the night.
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Lawrence In
Baldwin
Williamstown
Mr Arthur Stoelzing Visits North on Dispatchers Trip
Mr Arthur Stoelzing stopped in Fairview with sisters Mrs Paul Koehler and Mrs Verne McGuffey before heading home to Wellington Kansas. He was returning from a Train Dispatchers convention in Toronto after visiting northern states. Mrs Viola Lathrup and children also visited.
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Arthur Stoelzing
Paul Koehler
Verne McGuffey
Wellington
Kansas
Chanute
Toronto
Canada
Viola Lathrup
Lathrup
Italy Enacts Farmland Reforms To Boost Production
Rome reports Italy has issued a decree reorganizing farming on a mutual basis. Landowners must aid tenants, prefects oversee owner tenant relations, and the state will loan machinery. Tenants may be exempt from military service if needed, women labor is encouraged, and workers receive travel concessions and special courts. Commissioned bodies will allocate labor and machinery across provinces to meet harvest needs. Wheat production lags and prices surge, with imports up after shortages.
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Rome
Italy
Europe
Ware
United States
Dean H. E. Butler Closes Busy Year at University
Dean H. E. Butler of the school of fine arts plans a Estes Park vacation after a record year. Enrollment rose 26 percent from last year, summer session enrollment doubles, and 58 concerts were given. He will add lectures next year and the staff will grow with two new instructors in painting and voice valued.
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Butler
School of Fine Arts
University
Estes Park
Colo
Dean Butler
Lawrence
Officie Arts
Herman Olcott
Engagement of Catherine Stanley to Ch S Sturdevant
Mr and Mrs Emery Frederick Stanley announce the engagement of daughter Catherine to Charles S Sturdevant of Cimarron Kansas. Catherine a Topeka High and Washburn graduate. Sturdevant KU journalism degree this spring. owner of the Cimarron Jacksonian. Wedding planned for early fall. Catherine active in Topeka social circles and taught in a mission school at Trovo Utah last winter.
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Stanley-Sturdevant
Emery Frederick Stanley
Garfield Street
Catherine
Chas. S. Sturdevant
Cimarron
Kan
Miss Stanley
Mr. Sturdevant
Topeka High School
Washburn College
Sturdevant
University of Kansas
Cimarron Jacksonian
Stanley
Topeka
Lawrence
Trovo
Utah
Capital
Army appropriations bill grows by 146 million dollars
The senate military committee revised the army appropriations bill and ordered it reported carrying 328 million dollars, an increase of 146 million over the house passed version. The action places the measure in position for Senate consideration and potential enactment.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Military Committee
House
Night Watchman Recovers Dog After Mosquito Incident
A bridge works night watchman heard splashing near the river and found giant mosquitoes attacking bull frogs in the water. He pocketed his gun and approached, then retrieved the dog and earned a reward.
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Bridge Construction Company
Dog Fight Terrifies Downtown Shoppers
Early this morning in the 800 block a pair of bulldogs fought briefly before bystanders or officials separated them. No injuries reported and the incident drew a small crowd.
Four Lawrence men return from Fort Riley rejection
Four Lawrence youths Harris Pollock Arthur Oatman Harry Killams and Daniel Grane arrived in Lawrence after failing the final Fort Riley physical. Discharges for the remaining rejected officers will be sent midweek. General Martin granted permission for the four to return and the camp rumor is Colonel Metcalf may head the First Regiment. An inquiry to Adjutant General Martin regarding rejection outcomes was awaiting reply at press time.
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Lawrence
Company H
United States
Fort Riley
Harris Pollock
Arthur Oatman
Harry Killams
Daniel Grane
Martin
Metcalf
Blind read device for the blind by Austrian scientist
Vienna July 4 Dr Max Herz a prominent Vienna scientist has invented a device combining a talking machine and telegraph to help the blind read with less effort than Braille. The system transmits Morse code through hearing via wax records driven by two Morse keys and sounders. Records encode whole stories and may be sold cheaply. a daily blind newspaper is planned.
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Vienna
Max. Herz
Coats Not Popular With Cops Regulation Burdens Officers On Duty
Local police resist a new rule requiring officers on duty to wear coats as cold weather makes the garb uncomfortable. Despite complaints, the force bears the burden without much fuss, though sweat loss is noted.
Quiet Night on Somme Verdun Fronts Amid Losses
Paris July 0 The night was quiet north and south of the Somme as French troops consolidated conquered positions. German attacks were few with heavy fighting at Verdun and near Thiamont. Paris reports French gains near Harbe court and in the Avre Aisne sector. London says a small part of La Boisselle fell to Germans then British countered, while overall situation remained largely unchanged.
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Paris
Somme
Harbecourt
Avre
Aisne
Verdun
Thiamont
Famin
London
la Boissele
Troop Movements Reported From Fort Riley
Fort Riley Kansas mobilization camp reports the signal corps and Battery A Kansas National Guard will leave today for the border. First Infantry to entrain Wednesday unless unforeseen issues arise. Route runs via Union Pacific to Junction City Missouri Kansas Texas to Parsons and south.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Signal Corps
Battery A
Kansas National Guard
Kansas
Union Pacific Railroad
Junction City
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Parsons
C. I. Martin
War Department
Gapper
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Lecompton
Health Board
Fairview
Dean H. E. Butler
Funston
Fine Arts
San Antonio
Tex
Hal
el Paso
Verdun Front
Thiaumont
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