Vaccinated Dr Naismith Receives Surprise Vaccine
An old student, Dr J S Alford from Independence Kansas, vaccinates Chaplain Naismith and several leaders of the first regiment at Camp Shafter. Naismith recalls it as surprising yet welcome while noting orders required the vaccination. The event includes Colonel Metcalf Captain Krause and other prominent officers receiving shots.
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K. U
Camp Shafter
J. S. Alford
Naismith
Alford
Metcalf
Krause
Dr. Alford
Independences Kan
Dd. Alford
Carroll’s Ad Hits Tennis Goods and Swimwear
Carroll’s promotes kiddie swimwear and water safety gear with Water Wings. Friends of Mrs. Fol Hess express concern as her mother from Richland, Kansas, arrives to help. Saunders and Mrs. John Watkins have retired to Tulsa after a visit.
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Fol Hess
Richland, Kan
Saunders
John Watkins
Tulsa
Northwestern University Professor Charged With Wife Desertion
Chicago July 18 Professor Robert F. P. U. Gunning of Northwestern University is held on a wife desertion charge filed by his Kansas wife in Lawrence. The couple married while he studied at the University of Kansas. Mrs. Gunning, once Leora Strahl, was a dancing teacher in Lawrence. Sheriff Cummings will return Gunning to Lawrence for trial. arraignment expected in the November district court term.
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Chicago
Robert FP. U. Gunning
Northwestern University
Lawrence
Kansas
Arnick
School of Lawrence
Miners Alive After Missouri Mine Cave-In
Four men trapped by a cave-in at the Babcock mine near Joplin Missouri were discovered alive this morning as sounds of picks echoed from the drift. The imprisoned men Howard Gideon Barron Gideon Morgan Woods and W E Bowers are reportedly aiding rescue crews despite being without lights water or food in cramped quarters.
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Missouri
Joplin
Babcock
Howard Gideon
Barron Gideon
Morgan Woods
W. E. Bowers
Plans for Reorganizing Kansas Natural Gas Company
At Topeka on July 18, stockholders met with Governor Capper Attorney General Brewster and Kansas Public Utilities Commission to discuss reorganizing the Kansas Natural Gas Company to secure gas for all mains in the state. The plan calls for four and a half million dollars to retire indebtedness and provide one million for improvements.
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Topeka
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Capper
F. M. Brewster
Kansas Public Utilities Commission
Kansas
Call for Automobiles for Merchants Sightseeing Ride
Otis Perkins to lead visiting merchants sightseeing trip asks owners with spare machines to attend Merchants Association at 11 o clock Thursday morning. Forty or fifty automobiles needed for the town tour.
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Otis Perkins
Merchants Association
Two Men Fined For Intoxication In Police Court
Jose Garcia and Frank Wilson were each fined one dollar and costs in a police court this morning on charge of intoxication.
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Jose Garcia
Frank Wilson
Control and anger govern outcomes over hours
A concise maxim notes that when a man controls his temper he feels glad about it after about two hours, while letting anger rule leads to regret in roughly the same time.
Final Report on Lawrence Schools 1916
Lawrence Kansas June 20 1916 Supt F P Smith submits the forty ninth annual report for the year ending June 30 1916 covering general statistics 3034 legal age pupils 3633 180 days school year estimated school property value 350000 and tax details. He reviews policy growth building program and modernization from 1894 to 1916 noting enrolment rise high school expansion diploma reach and broad curricular and activity improvements.
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F. P. Smith
Board of Education
Lawrence
Kansas
Steven Scat
Central School
Quincy
Pinckney
Woodlawn
Lincoln
Park
Central
New York
Cordley
McAllaster
High School
Water expenses drop in Topeka budget details
Lawrence residents note lighter cost from the Topeka water department after Jesse Shaw reduced annual operating expenses by nearly $6,000. Frank M. Newland releases the 1917 budget at $111,125 with most funds covered by the water plant proceeds and only about $15,000 raised by city taxes. Major savings come from lower coal bills and smaller construction estimates. Also, school district No. 54 registers $2,000 in bonds for Topeka purchases, payable at the state treasury.
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Lawrence
Topeka J
Jesse Shaw
Frank M. Newland
Water Department
Sewor Flushing
Shaw
Topeka
Broeker
Norwood McCormack Back Home After Hospital Operation
Norwood McCormack recently underwent an operation at Christ's Hospital Topeka and is recovering well. Doctors estimate about two weeks before he can return home.
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Norwood McCormack
Christ’s Hospital, Topeka
Bathing Slippers at Carroll's and Kansas City Visitors
Mrs G I Allgood of Kansas City photographed the house where her mother Miss Christine Krone was born on Massachusetts street. Miss Patti Hart leaves tomorrow with Miss Vivian Strahim for home. Edgewood at Grenola Kansas offers Mild Smoke during hot weather. Mrs Will Gorrill visits Baldwin parents. Claude Wandell of Troy arrives to spend days at the Sig Alph house.
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G. I. Allgood
Kansas City
Christine Krone
Massachusetts Street
Patti Hart
Vivian Strahim
Edgewood
Grenola
Kansas
Claude Wandell
Troy
Sig Alph House
Casement's Appeal Dismissed by London Court
In London on July 18 the court of criminal appeal dismissed Sir Roger Casement's appeal without Crown attorneys present. The lower court had found him guilty of treason, with Viscount Reading then sentencing him to death.
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Pat Moran
Philadelphia
Allen
St. Petersburg
Fla
Phildelphia
London
Court of Criminal Appeal
Sir Roger Casement
Reading
Frank Durland Heads to Alma on Business
Frank Durland traveled to Alma Kansas on business last night.
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Frank Durland
Alma
Kan
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