Attorney General Publishes Manual for Peace Officers
Richard J Hopkins mailed to every Kansas peace officer a manual urging sheriffs constables and city marshals to enforce and respect laws. The booklet defines mob actions unlawful assemblies and the duty to arrest rioters and ensure government authority while warning against neglect of duty and bond forfeiture. It includes the State v Howat case history and notes on enforcing statutes.
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Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
Alex Howat
District Courts
State Supreme Court
United States Supreem Court
Hopkins
June Kansas fires cause $537 thousand loss says state report
State Fire Marshal L T Hussey released June figures showing total fire damage of about 537,400 across Kansas. Causes unknown led with 185,544, while stoves furnaces and boilers caused 169,865 from nine fires. Spontaneous combustion accounted for 24 fires totaling 49,081, and lightning fires added 32,080. Factory fires led with 154,275 in six blazes, dwellings 105,882 from 147, barns 83,489 from 47, stores 45,895 from 25, warehouses 89,910 from three.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
L. T. Hussey
Arabs Seek Unity to Form World Arab Executive Committee
Arab national independence moves toward unification as Mesopotamia Syria Palestine Hedjaz and Yemen create a World Arab Executive Committee to consolidate lands and oppose foreign partition. Headquarters undecided but to avoid European influence. A leader says unity is essential for independence. Also notes a massive Hood River Oregon tree estimated as the world's largest of its kind.
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Jerusalem
Mesopotamia
Syria
Palestine
Hedjaz
Yemen
Hood River District
Oregon
Flapper Bandit Leads St Paul Robbery Gang
St Paul police hunt a youthful bandit leader described as a girl about sixteen, five feet tall and 100 pounds. She led a Montgomery Ward plant raid where six bandits bound nine workers for two hours and escaped with minor loot and several guns.
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St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Montgomery, Ward & Company
Commodious London dwellings rise at Feltham pace
London July 12. Commodoious well built dwelling houses go ing up at Feltham surburb of London at rate of one a day. Speed unseen here before. The explanation lies in American methods learned by J H Taylor head of an engineering firm born Canadian. He recalls railway contracting early career on Great Northern Canadian Pacific Grand Trunk. In England he applies those methods. He praises British workmen as skilled when properly directed and claims they outperform others under proper handling.
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London
Feltham
Atlantic
J. H. Taylor
Great Northern Railway
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk Railways
England
Canada
Taylor
Optimist Wins Fight for Pension in St Louis
Arthur E. Rump, famed as the "champion optimist," has secured a life pension of 60 dollars a month after a long battle over injuries from a 1902 postal accident. He became bedridden by 1908 with paralysis except for a small jaw movement, previously receiving a one time chip sum of 2000 dollars. The House passed the pension bill and the Senate is expected to approve.
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St. Louis
Arthur E. Rump
Rump
Senate
Fined for Peace Disturbance In Police Court
In police court this morning Homer and another pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace. They were sentenced to thirty days in the city jail and each fined twenty dollars. The youths were alleged to have induced two young girls about fourteen years old to enter an automobile in which the Dedo brothers were riding.
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Homer
Dedo” Brothers
Hutchinson Fire Clears Blaze With One Quick Blow
Firemen from Hutchinson rushed to a blaze in the business district but no hose or chemical extinguishers were used. Chief JAt Stout reportedly blew out the fire with a single, strong effort after a short circuit sparked the flames.
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Nice
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Fire Department
Stout
Sly
Violinist Ward Baker Aims to Prove Worth Without Patrons
Chicago July 17 Ward Baker a street violinist has been arrested five times for playing in public spaces. He plans an October 10 concert with no backers to show music can win recognition on merit alone. Baker, born in Ovid Michigan, studied in Brussels and favors direct appeal to the people.
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Chicago
New York
Ward Baker
Baker
Gray
Brussels
Chicago College of Music
Oak Park
Annie Laurie
Mr. Baker
Ovid
Michigan
S W. Baker
Manistee
Foreign Legionaries Seek Immediate Release From Spanish Service
In Melilla Morocco on July 17 a push by Foreign Legionnaires in the Spanish Army demanded release from duty after reports the Moroccan campaign ended. Most Legionnaires are Spaniards who enlisted for the war duration and believe service should conclude. A petition through official channels was met with an unfavorable reply claiming the campaign continues. A battalion at Dardruis showed strong discontent as 40 soldiers vanished overnight and eight more left next day, prompting authorities to move the unit to Melilla and replace it with regular army troops.
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Melilla
Morocco
Dardruis
Hazzard Arrested In Non-Support Case In Armourdale
James Hazzard of 913 South Ninth Street Armourdale Kansas was arrested yesterday and brought here by Sheriff Will Johns to answer a non support charge filed by his former wife Emma Hazzard who lives here. She claims he fails to provide for his 15 year old daughter Grace Hazzard. Hazzard is married again with a second wife visiting from Armourdale to consult an attorney.
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James Hazzard
Ninth Street
Armourdale
Kansas
Sherif Will Johns
Emma Hazzard
Hazzard
Grace Hazzzard
Bull Dog Reveals Whiskey Cache. Master Arrest Follows
A dog faithful to guarding a whiskey cache led officers to a hidden box of liquor on the property. They noted liquor sales at the site but could not locate the supply until the dog’s post was checked. The discovery prompted the arrest of the dog’s owner. The notice also advertises a loan plan offering $660 paid over ten years for $ five and a half monthly payments.
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Bull Dog
Hutchinson
Spicks 4 Library for School Kids Initiative in Chicago
Dr John J Tigert U S Commissioner of Education selects a 25 book library for a one room country school as part of a voting contest among librarians and teachers. The list from first to eighth grade includes works by Lind say Rackham Boyd Smith Depp Scudder Stevenson Carroll Kipling Rogers Needham Kinne Cooley and others. Sponsored by the American Library Association and the National Education Association the effort aims to encourage schools without general reading books to establish libraries and aid in book choices.
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Chicago
John J. Tigert
U.S
Tigert
American Library, Association
National Education Association
Demin
Maud Lindsay
Arthur Rackham
Out of the Ark
el Boyd Smith
Josephine D. Peary
Catherine Depp
Mark Twain
Scott
J. G. Needham
Kinne and Cooley
Campus Carnival at Kansas Normal School July 20 21
Forty two county clubs contend for concession rights at the Kansas State Normal School campus carnival to be held July 20 and 21. O Banta of La Harpe oversees a women‑led effort featuring twenty four booths and six main attractions including vaudeville music and stunts. Proceeds fund a memorial union and stadium project.
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Emporia
Kansas State Normal School
Om O. Banta
la Harpe
X TV Memorial Union
The
Kansas Normal
Albert Taylor Hall
Twelve New Hospitals Planned For Veterans In Treasury Drive
Treasury reports 12 new hospital projects for former service men with 4031 extra beds mainly for tuberculosis treatment. Hospitals listed include Lake City, Whipple, Delsey, Little Rock, Fort Yard, Fort Yang, Norfolk, and others, with plans to complete facilities in coming months. Also notes semi centennials in Kansas towns and school district rebuilding after a lightning strike.
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Washinghan
The
Treasury
We Treas R
Comibry
Mgr
Clifford
Lake Chiy
Whipple
Delsey
Little Rock
Mort Walla
W. Hin
Fort Ft Yard
Fort Yang
N.Y
Hadss Rawardines
Noapatae Chi Tao
Mount Aire
Washington, D.C
Norfolk
Tan
Dawson Springs
Rix
Celsion Springs
Offord
Drusgutist
Perryville
Hoesntia
Bronx
New York City
Common Sense On Eczema Cause In Blood Revealed
A short blurb argues skin eruptions including pimples and boils stem from blood impurities. It asserts science proves the blood is the root cause and suggests no external remedy can erase the eruptions without addressing the blood.
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Cava
Wheat Beard Causes Trouble Near Burns Indiana Farmer
W. W. Bastin of Marion county faced a serious medical scare when a piece of wheat beard became lodged in his throat near Burns. The lodged material caused an abscess requiring hospital surgery, but Bastin recovered after the operation and removal of the wheat particle.
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W. W. Bastin
Burns
Marion County
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