Gasoline tax receipts rise in 1928 June report
Topeka AP reports fiscal year totals end June 30 at 9,398,857 for gasoline tax, up over 665,000 from 1927 and 1,864,520 over 1926. June collections reach 479,484, with major counties led by Sedgwick 38,951. Wyandotte and Shawnee follow. About 200,000 tied up in protest pending constitutionality test in state Supreme Court.
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Topeka
Seth G. Wells
Supreme Court
Sedgwick
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Crawford County
Gorley
Reno
Butler
Montgomery
Sumner
Dickidson
Douglas
Kearny
Wichita County
Greeley
Osage
Cooler Weather and Rains Are in Sight Topeka July 7
The weather bureau forecast a break in the heat in Kansas with partly cloudy weather tonight and Sunday. Scattered thunderstorms possible and cooler temperatures near seasonal normals are expected tomorrow. Northwest winds were noted in the state’s northwest, with Goodland at 60 degrees last night. Hays reported a 102 degree maximum yesterday, Phillipsburg and Tribune saw light sprinkles, and most areas should reach around 95 today. Harvest conditions are expected to stay favorable as showers, if any, are likely to be scattered across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Hays
Phillipsburg
Tribu
Arkansas humorist Tom P. Morgan dies at 64
Rogers Arkansas July AP reports Tom P. Morgan age 64 widely known jurist and short story writer died at his home at 2:15 am after a two week illness caused by complications from a paralytic stroke five years earlier He began as an actor later wrote under Tennyson J. Daft Morgan never married and left no immediate relatives He will be buried in Rogers beside his parents and brother Funeral arrangements not yet set He was born in Connecticut and moved to Rogers 38 years ago from Garnett Kansas where he had lived since.
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Ark
Tom P. Morgan
Morgan
Tennyson J. Daft
Wags
Wumors
Will Rogers
I ‘Morgan
Connecticut
Garnett, Kans
Wichita Girl Drowns at Arkansas River Dam Near Sullivan
Opal Bennett, 19, drowned while wading in shallow water near Sullivan’s Dam five miles north of Wichita as her grandparents and Cecil Reynolds watched unable to swim. Her body was recovered about two hours later. The incident followed a weekend visit by Nancy Longenecker to Kansas City.
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Kans
Bennett
Arkansas
Sullivan's ‘Dam
T. S. Reynes
Cecil Reynolds
Isa
City Hall to Host Stomach and Expectant Clinics Next Week
Two health clinics scheduled at City Hall health rooms. Tuesday morning Dr G Jones will conduct a stomach clinic from 3:30 to 10. Wednesday afternoon Dr J BeHenry will run an expectant mothers clinic from after noon until 4.
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G. Jones
J. BeHenry
Seek Park Attacker in Estes Park Shooting
A forest ranger search near Tuxedo Park in Estes Park, Colorado, follows a double shooting that seriously wounded Dr. George N. Sleight and his son Virgil while sleeping in a tent. The elder Sleight’s condition is critical. the assailant wore a checkered jacket and khaki trousers.
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Colo
Tuxedo Park
George N. Sleight
Illinois
Virgil
Clinton
N.Y
Glacier Basin
Margaret Fuller - Boos
Department of Theology
Northwestern University
Fred W., Harris
Fort Collins
Roger W. Toll
Rocky Mountain
National Park
Thomas J. Allen
Cee Oon
Ensemble Recital Closes Summer Program at KU
A large audience at the University of Kansas auditorium attended the faculty ensemble recital closing the five week summer series. Highlights included the J. W. Clokey three male voices with the University string quartet, Ray Gafney, Eugene Christy, and C. J. Fiddick, plus selections from Miladie.
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Theniversity of Kansas
School of Fire Arts
Sesson
Fine Arts
Lawrence
J.W. ‘Clokey
University
Wof
Ray Gafney
Stenor
Eugene Christy
C. J. Fiddick
A Lawrence
Miladie
A .Cavalier
Clokey
Waldemar Gelich
Conrad
McGrew
Eldon
Ardrey
Serenade and Minuet Featured in Local Concert
The program included Serenade and Minuet with Miss Famed Seen performing the middle movement of Andante from Concerto in A Minor after a year studying under New York artists. Lee Greene played orchestral parts in a splendid rendition of the beautiful number. The closing ensemble number.
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Famed Seen
New York
Lee Greene
Prelude Orchestra Presentation by Howard Taylors and Swarthout
The Symphonic Poem Les Preludes was presented by Howard Taylors and D M Swarthout at the pianos with Lee Greene involved as part of the program.
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Howard Taylors
D.M. Swarthout
Lee Greene
Evening Concert Ends On Climactic Note
Organ performance marked the climax of the evening as artists persevered through intense passages of power and beauty, delivering a memorable finale that highlighted their skill and resilience.
Virginia Sterling guest of honor at event unclear this excerpt
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Virginia Sterling and phrasing around a guest of honor, but lacks clear nouns, dates, places, or event details to confirm a specific item or outcome.
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Virginia
Sterling
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