Fourth of July casualties and rail labor notes in Kansas
A Kansas City Kansas paper column notes Fourth of July casualties nationwide with about fifty deaths and 250 injuries, discusses autos and swimming as main causes, and praises maintenance workers avoiding a strike. It also critiques parade politics, reports on railroad labor board relations, and mentions Congressman Herrick’s stalled schedule after his plane crash alongside expectations of more Congress members facing electoral misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Board
Editorial favoring Stubbs for governor of Kansas
Editorial by George W. Marble in the Ft. Scott Tribune Monitor lauds W R Stubbs as uniquely qualified for the Kansas governorship. It argues for strict economy and steady leadership, asserts Stubbs understands farmers and stockmen, and warns against political motives while praising other candidates like W Y Morgan as capable but views Stubbs as the best choice for a difficult crisis.
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Stubbs
Kansas
W.R. Stubbs
Stubb
W. Y. Morgan
George W. Marblé
Ft. Scott Tribune Monitor
Quips and quirks from a bygone era flash in random sayings
A列 collection of scattered witticisms notes old beliefs and oddities from newsprint era. It includes jokes about beer in Egypt sleepwalkers judges memory and a jumble of names places and odd phrases reflecting lighthearted social commentary of the time.
Betty Makes a Kewpie Doll Matchbox Bureau
Betty crafts a playful Kewpie doll bureau from six match boxes, buttons, glass substitutes, and white cardboard. The project includes a mock powder box, puff, and a cardboard looking glass, forming a miniature toy bureau as shown and described for copying.
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Betty
Bureau
Kewpie
Towish
Mother
Jas
Adventure Trails and Miniature Crafts from 1922
A 1922 guide describes tiny paper crafts and toy props such as a bead handle, cotton padding, and painted paper handkerchief cases. It features figures and figures numbered for a fairy queen, cold cream jars with bead handles, and a wooden toothpick finger nail tool, ending with a note on Tomorrow Adventure Trails collecting animal tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Matthew Adan
Marconi to Receive John Fritz Medal for Wireless Invention
Senator Guglielmo Marconi is to be awarded the John Fritz Medal, the highest honor of the American engineering profession, for the invention of wireless telegraphy. His work began at Bologna University, with early wireless trials in 1896, then England to France, and Cornwall to Newfoundland.
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Guglielmo Marconi
John Fritz
Senator Marconi
University of Bologna
England
France
Cormwall
Newfoundland
Marconi
Anniversaries and honors mark today in varied fields
Centenary of Rev John Milton Gregory birth and 175th birthday of John Paul Jones noted. Katherine Tingley of Point Loma turns 70. King George and Queen Mary begin 30th year of marriage. Delegates gather in Paris for League to Combat Infant Mortality congress. John Fritz Medal awarded to Senator Marconi in New York for wireless telegraphy. Family travels to New London for summer. Bob Forney visits Emporia. Velie cars advertised.
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John Milton Gregory
John Paul Jones
Katherine Tingley
Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society
Point Loma
Calif
King George
Queen Mary
Paris
League
New Orleans
United States
John Fritz
America
Marconi
New York
Estate case yields bank judgments and foreclosure action
Judge Hugh Means in district court ruled for Lawrence National Bank against John H White and others. The bank received $1,127.23 plus interest for the first claim and $626.42 plus interest for the second. Foreclosure of mortgage was granted against Walter Elfeldt of Kansas City who is visiting Burlington and Ottawa on related business.
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Hugh Means
District Court
Lawrence National Bank
John H. White
Walter Elfeldt
Kansas City
Kelley Military Academy
Burlington
Kansas
Fred Jaedicke
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The
Worte Company
C. Simons
Wil Gy Simons
Massachusette Street
Garriers
Chicago
AW Re Keatar
Hartford Building
Franklin P. Alcorn
Marbridge
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Lawrence
Journal-World
Kansan
Leavenworth Times
Arkansas City
Allen
Rowley Kounty
Lenine
Russia
Emporia Gazette
Emporia
Gazette
Maggie
Jiggs
Hooper
Railroad’ Labor Board
Woodland Park
Herrick
Oklahoma
Tom Sims
Egypt
Cole
London
Earl Beatty
Minais
Holland
Stanley Steamer
Agnes Laptad
Vinland
Elsinore Crowell
Shimmons Bros
Bowersock Theatre
Bldg
Ribbon
F. P. Hormuth
Mass
Logan-Moore Lbr. Co
Royal
Beechtex
Brown
A. D Weaver
New London
Conn
Madge Bullene
Bob Forney
Hess Drug ‘Store
Velie’ Cars
Klose
Fritz seNa
Sellys
E. R. Hess
Ottawa
Express
Mallinson
Haas Brothers
Merchants National Bank
Lawrence, Kansas
Fed. Res. Bank
Furn. & Fixt
Cash and Light. Exchange
F.C. Whipple
Merchants Loan & Savings Bank
L. Newhy
Mgr
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