Era of Pork Barrel Probed in Kansas Dispatch
A Kansas era under scrutiny discusses pork barrel spending, the brain trust push to spend recovery funds, and debates over fiscal policy. It notes shifts in political appointments, liquor enforcement variances post decision, and calls for clearer standards to unify statewide anti liquor laws while emphasizing federal state cooperation on oil revenue and enforcement.
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Moley
Brain Truat
London
Brain Trust
Tharely
Supreme Court
Wichita
Dodge City
Landon
Kansas
Lawmakers face home district pressure over new policies
Observers note at least 100 Democratic members fear returning home this summer and have ceded power to the President. Voters question executive power while congressmen wait in Washington hoping for policy success to share credit. Governor Murray cites Judge Pollock in a Red River bridge case judgment against Oklahoma. Lawful beer test in Lawrence stalls after initial attempt.
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Washington
Murray
Oklahoma Senate
Pollock
State of
Oklahoma
Red River Bridge
Jess
Lawrence
Supreme Court
KU Fine Arts faculty summer faculty travels and weddings
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts faculty travel and study plans include Agnes Husband visiting Minneapolis Lake Tahoe Yosemite Asilomar and YWCA grounds. Iliff Garrison in Paris. Louise Miller with Charles W Clark in Chicago. Fannie May Rosa with Madame Helen Hopekirk in Boston. Waldemar Gelich tours west with Cadmean Chautauqua. Linnie Sheets wed in Grace Cathedral Topeka. couple to live in Washington DC after Sept 1. Dyches leave on trip to Oklahoma and south. Penny engagement announces Alice Penny to Frank Menehan of Beattie. Bleck vacation Harbor Springs. Maude Amnett to Portland. Georgiana Richardson home after Christian Endeavor convention. McKone family return from Wyoming.
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School of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
Agnes Husband
Dudley Buck
Lake Tahoe
Yosemite Valley
Paris
Louise Miller
Chicago
Charles W. Clark
Fannie May Rosa
Boston
Helen Hopekirk
Waldemar Gelich
Mississippi
Cadmean Chautauqua Company
Linnie Sheets
George Sheets
Junius Dyche
Washington, D. C
Grace Cathedral
Topeka
Ganon Beatty
Lawrence
H. J. Penny
Alice
Frank L. Menehan
Beattie, Kans
E. A. Bleck
International Christian Endeavor
Des Moints
Excelsior Springs
S. A
McKone
Wyoming
Travel and Home News From July in Hester and Moore Notices
Twenty five years ago on Monday July 17 families and individuals planned moves and gatherings. Mr and Mrs F S Hester and daughter Nina left for Excelsior Springs while Prof W A Moore and his mother prepared to relocate to Madison Wisconsin. Misses Margaret and Mary Coppey left Clinton for Chicago. Mrs C H Brett hosted about thirty friends and neighbors at a lawn party for her husband’s birthday with the lawn lit by Japanese lanterns and music from a phonograph.
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F. S. Hester
Nina
Excelsior Springs
W. A. Moore
Madison
Wis
Margaret
Mary Copfey
Clinton
Chicago
C. H._ Brett
Wedding and travels stir small town notices
Mrs Ridgeway left forPanvsty Colo. Mrs Geaig heads to Colorado Springs. Emma Heck wed John Wanamacher at Williamstown home and they depart for Leavenworth. A runaway auto damaged by a blind horse near Perry, lamps shattered.
Marjorie Field Birthday Party Held On Lawn
Forty years ago this week the Field home hosted a birthday celebration for Marjorie Field with a 6 30 lawn supper. Attendees included LaVere Langdon Alice Sinclair Marie Winchell Lucia Zerby and others. Visitors from the World’s Fair and relatives were mentioned along with party invitations and travel plans.
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Marjorie Field
S. T. Field
LaVere Langdon
Alice Sinclair
Marie Winchell
Lucia Zerby
Aileen
Amorette Weaver
Marguerite Lewis
Dave Robinson
Jack Usher
Flo Shanklin
Mary Toothaker
Gene Wiser
Amelia Russell
Earl Hinesley
Frank Snow
Kate Andrews
Blackmar
Jean Sayre
Amelia Ecke
Lou Perkins
Eudora
Colorado Springs
Virginia Middleton
Waco
Texas
Ed Apitz
Vermont Street
Tisdale
Tennessee Street
W. W. Fluke
Laura Lemon
Bismarck
A. N. Dunakin
Dunakin
Waukeegan
Wis
Counterblack editor letter rails at train whistles
A reader laments late night train noise and accuses Engineer Smith of endangering sleep. He questions whistle warnings, recalls accidents, and calls for limits on blasts while suggesting the engineer be held responsible for noise and disruption. The writer proposes restricting whistle blasts to ease the night atmosphere.
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Journal-World
Smith
Ani-M
India Rubber Men and the Pattison Trust Heist
Inspector Wade closes in on the India Rubber gang linked to the Pattison trust. A bank vault job reveals deed boxes and a daring thief, Carol lin, while Wade pursues leads through Lady Pattison’s papers and Golly’s shadowy network. Wade confronts Mrs Oaks and Lila Pattison amid a city-wide chase as danger grows.
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John Wade
Scotland Yard \napector
India Rubber Man
Wade
Mecca
Mum
Golly
Liles Smith
Fiver
Ulla
Anos
Raggis Lane
Lord Stafford
Troy
Lila
Inspector Elk
John
The
Stock Exchange
Wolverhampton
Carollin
Pattison Trust
Carolin
Elk
Lothbury
Embankment
Pattison
Siniford
Tey
St. James’s Street
Mr. Wade
Wapping
Lila Smith
Lila Pattison
Tomorrow The Sticky Bears and a floating clue
The night scene shifts to a bed where a restless wakefulness unfolds as Inspector Elk contemplates a long stretch of sleep and a mysterious river sighting near the Middlesex shore. A figure named John wakes, questions a haunting presence, and a cigarette stub signals a forthcoming reveal.
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Inspector Elk
Hisself
John
Middlesex
John Im
Ceili
Lord Siniford
Murder on Westminster shores fuels hidden motive
In a police station, the dead man Siniford lies with a knifed neck. A wedding ring, a cocaine solution, and a lifebelter padded waistcoat point to a seafaring life and a possible engagement, while Wade spirals into doubt and a Scotland Yard summons follows. A medical article notes psychology can accompany organic disease, with a skin rash tied to anxiety and perfumed cosmetics in a case linking emotion to physiology.
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John Wade
Elk
John
Siniford
Westminster
Greenwich
Reg
Shylock Holmes
Johnny
Wade
Lila
Scotland
Yard
McClure
Sleepless. FLASHES OF LIFE
Portland, Ore. Ray Crow, 51.1, slept in his car on a main line railroad after parking for a nap. Patrolmen woke him and sent him to jail to finish his sleep.
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The
Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Ray Crow
Oklahoma City
Ralph W. Day
Joliet
Will County Democrats
Tra Padgett
Romeo
Half Moon Bay
Calif
Peter A. Giamocco
Giamocco
Top Notch the Rooster Wins Blue Ribbon at Show
A white rooster named Top Notch walks through a livestock show winning a blue ribbon for his majestic red comb. He visits photo tents, pays for pictures, and admires his own reflection in a shiny thing, proudly posing as the crowd admires his fame.
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Mann Graham Wer
Top Notch
Topeka Delegates Endorse Bryan for President at Silver Conference
The state convention at Topeka names 60 delegates to attend the silver conference in St. Louis on July 22 and directs them to vote for the endorsement of Bryan for President. Governor Leedy refuses to issue a pardon to Willie Sells, a Neosho County murderer, despite pardons board recommendation. Elizabeth Humphrey dies at Independence, mother of Lyman A. Humphrey.
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Atate
Topeka
St. Louis
Bryan
Leedy
Willie Sells
Neosho County
Elizabeth Humphrey
Lyman A. Humphrey
Sorernoty
Independence
Red line map hints at Britain in Webster Ashburton era
During negotiations over the 1842 Webster Ashburton boundary between Maine and Canada a Paris discovery revealed a 1746 D Anville map of North America with a red line near the Kennebec and Penobscot sources. The line appeared to bias British claims and was treated as potentially significant evidence.
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Maine
Canada
North America
Paris
Kennebec
Penobscot
D'Anville
Marriage Licenses Issued by Judge Menger in Topeka and Lawrence
Two couples received marriage licenses on Saturday from Probate Judge L H Menger. The first pair, Donald Catron and Twila Flickinger of Topeka, were to be wed by Judge Menger. The second couple, Leon Reno and Eveline Turner, both Negroes of Lawrence, were to marry with Rev W S Simms officiating. The notice ends with a classified call to place real estate ads.
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L. H. Menger
Donald Catron
Twila Flickinger
Topeka
Menger
Leon Reno
Eveline Turner
Lawrence
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