Mulhall Letters Tie Taft Support to Labor Promises
In letters cited by Mulhall amid testimony to a Senate committee, Taft gains White House backing with promises of labor planks and opposition to Roosevelt. Mulhall quotes Sherman, Beveridge, and Schwedtiman on labor and trust concerns, noting Foraker House meetings and shifts toward Taft as preferred candidate among manufacturers and politicians.
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Joke on the women signed memorandums turn into notes
A report describes a dispute where women claim they never ordered photographs but promissory notes were drawn up for 83 signed by each woman. The matter is tied to the Pair Association committee meeting at Merchants Association rooms this afternoon, with routing business and new fair features planned.
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Nergy
Herlinn
Ran
Merants Association
Summer Session Picnic At Woodland Park University Of Kansas
Summer session students plan a five o clock gathering at Woodland Park with a picnic on the grass. They will bring baskets and a big supper of fried chicken sandwiches eggs salads and chips. An evening dancing party at the park dance hall will close the festivities with music and attractions for the summer students.
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Woodland Park
Woodland
Record Heat Tops Topeka With New July High
The heat wave in Topeka sets July records with temperatures reaching up to 110 degrees at the North Topeka postoffice thermometer and 108 degrees at the transfer station. Fire station thermometers and other readings confirm an exceptionally hot day, while rainfall remains minimal for the month.
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Topeka
Elverrie
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Kansas
Washington debates Carranza petition amid Huerta crisis
Washington officials report no formal reception yet for Carranza’s protest demanding recognition as a governing faction. Wilson and Bryan maintain strict silence while Ambassdor Wilson prepares a capital report. U.S. interests lean toward restraint as Mexico’s factional struggle intensifies.
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Telephone Poles Burned In County Fire Incident
A fire on Jefferson and Douglas county lands near Spaldine farm burned wheat fields and damaged twenty telephone poles feeding the Kansas City to Denver line. Lawrence volunteers fought the flames. poles replaced and traffic restored. The day also carried a family illness update as Nell Frewes’ young son improved from a non contagion disease.
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Carol Trewére
City Water Report Notes Questionable Conditions
Generally fair tonight and Friday with slightly cooler conditions in the northeast. A note from the Bacteriological Laboratory reports that yesterday the Lawrence City water condition was questionable, indicating potential quality concerns and the need for monitoring.
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Veaeee Toon City
Bacteriological Laboratory
Lawrence City
Picnic Day Closes Shops In Woodland Park Outing
Vendors and grocers shut their doors at noon and left their delivery crews to join residents at Woodland Park. Sausages and cucumbers were unavailable as everyone gathered for races, baseballs, dances, and a ball concert, turning the afternoon into a day of revelry.
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Woodland Park
Delays Gas Decision In Utah Court Action
July 17 Utah. The chief marshal reports the Utah court will announce a revision in a Kansas case regarding the Kansas NMW Clas company. The court will file with the U S district clerk in Kansas, overriding a state and federal receivers order to enlarge the company’s supplies. The judge indicated when the decision would be forwarded.
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Marshall
Cpurt
Kansas N MW Clas Company
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Voqupayay Aeckster
Kansas Anlities
Railroads threaten arbitration over wage dispute
New York July report shows the general committee of railway workers and railway managers debating arbitration terms. A statement from the railroad roads claims both sides must arbitrate grievances, amid astonishment at leaders who resist joint arbitration. Conference adjourned late at night.
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New York
Brotherhood of Railroad Stine
Eastern Railroad
Siar
Seval
Voads Hiawve
Oil depot burns in Springfield causing heavy losses
Fire at Waters Pierce Oil Co downtown depot destroys the building and damages the Spring Fo Springfield Tender and the Tiverton theatre. About two hundred guests from the Colonial Hotel are moved as heat cuts street, telephone, and power service for over an hour. Defective electric wires are blamed for the blaze.
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Mio
Waters Pierce Oil Company
Spring Foield Tender
Telfeson Theatre
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Brethren Church Conference Opens at Woodland Park
The Summer Conference of the Called Brethren Church begins at Woodland Park tomorrow night. Many visitors are expected and will stay in tents at the park. Prominent church leaders will attend as sessions run for several days, drawing crowds from the region.
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Woodland Wire
Lawrence Plans Outdoor Conference at Woodland Park
A large gathering of church leaders and members will converge at Woodland Park for an extended outdoor conference. Tents rise as hundreds arrive for a weeklong meeting with camp-like features, including an outdoor theater and varied streetcar access. Notables include Bishop Weekly and Bishop Weekley, with addresses by J Leindy and E K Stantfer. The new United Brethren Church cornerstone will be laid by Bishop Weekley.
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Iinther
Visi Tore
Wi ‘Ondland Park
Woodland Park
Terence
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Weekley
WHEAT RECORDS AND OPERATIONS AT DOUGLAS COUNTY
The Douglas county wheat record likely stands with H C Patterson who reports eleven acres yielding 40 bushels per acre on the old Geo Derby farm near Clinton. Miss Cinila Fines underwent appendectomy this morning at Simmons hospital and is recovering well.
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City and County Bridge Levy Debate in Lawrence
The Lawrence city and county tax payers debate funding a new bridge and road improvements. City funds already cover streets while county relies on general tax for township work, with a proposed one mill levy to share bridge costs and outside road projects.
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Lawrence
Baldwin City man sues for ten thousand dollars damages
Hyland claims Santa Fe railroad and City of Baldwin caused injuries by negligence at High Street crossing near Baldwin. He says a ditch was left open by the railroad and a freight train struck his car, throwing him into the ditch and causing head and shoulder injuries requiring costly medical care. He seeks 10000 dollars plus costs. Additional suit filed in district court yesterday seeks another 10000 dollars from the same parties by agreement.
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Steamer Sinks Near Harbor After Large Hole Found
Reporters describe the steamer Sheboygan sinking at the harbor mouth after a thirty foot diameter hole opened in her hull. Passengers and crew were alarmed but none were killed or injured as lifeboats were restrained. Saloon licenses in Wellsville Missouri were challenged by mandamus orders, and New Jersey politics see President Wilson endorsing Archibald Taft for Congress in the sixth district.
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House of Relatives
Soldiers to Picnic Not War This Time At Atchison
Lawrence company soldiers head to Kansas City then Atchison for the annual Bailie Waggener picnic. About thirty men from the Lawrence Holton and Hiawatha companies travel to entertain children, with National Guardsmen a new feature. Captain Samuel G. Clarke commands the unit, estimating about thirty men will attend, replacing plans for Fort Riley encampment this week with a social outing.
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Atchison
Kansas City
Samel G. Clarke
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Jepatine
Quirky Kansas travelers head for Frisco by way of Santa Fe trail
A group led by Mer a and Mop Goa arrived in Lawrence at nine today en route to Frisco with plans to reach before the fall opening. The party of Kansas City origins includes Ruth Newby and Mrs Usuhn and Mr and Mrs Paul. They travel by wagon and teave, sleeping outdoors and planning a stop of about a month before proceeding southwest on the Golden Belt Road. A booth will greet them at the World's Fair and they will run it during the exposition. They left Lawrence this afternoon at four and will camp five miles outside town for the night.
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Coal Yards Afire Threatens Supply in Kansas
July 17 report says Katy mines sersed supply of coal to 4000 tons threatened by a fire. Damage runs into thousands of dollars as south wind hampers crews. Steam shovels aid in clearing the burning pile. Origin believed to be spontaneous combustion.
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Professor Ward Accepts Special Examiner Post
Professor Ward takes on a special examiner role for the Minnesota Trade and Insurance Exchange and the Kansas Water-Insurance. He plans to visit several states this summer and will oversee twenty assignments.
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Tminois Tndemnity Exchange
Kansas Waiter-Insurance
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