Bridge tax debate affects Fort Riley soldiers voting
report on a bridge election controversy notes Major Ash Phillips relay from Fort Riley. Soldiers away for encampment blocked from voting, voter access clash with county boards. Provisions empower county commissions to levy a tax up to two mills for bridge construction with funds limited to two hundred thousand dollars.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Ash Phillips
Doe
Lawrence
Sobler
Onderi
Ander
Esa Board
Wonaty
Ile
al Aneas
Romnis
Holiday outing sales and camera promises tease readers
A fragmented ad style note touts Kodak and Eastman cameras as premier choices for holiday spending. It promises value and satisfaction, with Woodward & Co. offering to tailor purchases to reader budgets, claiming risk-free purchase of top camera gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward & Co
Eastman
Merchant Purchases Medicine Stock Then Falls Ill
A Whitemound Wisconsin merchant known as a good investment buys a clerk of Samberlain’s medicine to supply customers. After receipt he takes ill and says one small bottle of Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was worth more than his entire stock. Notice urges dealers to obtain pholes and references Justry’s Studio.
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Wail
Magi
Whitemound
Wis
Samberlain
Good Road Tips From Local Road Overseers
A fragment discusses road layout and selecting road overseers. It argues for practical grading with an eighteen to twenty foot wide local rock grade to reduce weed growth and grading costs. It notes the burden on teams hauling heavy loads and the wear from wagon tongues.
A Horse Pulling Power Determined by Grades
Dean William G. Raymond of the State University of Iowa argues that road surface grades, not dirt, brick, or magadam surfaces, determine how much load a team of horses can pull. He cites concrete roads enabling greater pull on level ground, but stresses grade reductions to gain full permanent road benefits. The Iowa Homestead article notes a superimposed cost of permanent roads and their long term community value.
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Mike
William G. Raymond
College of Engineering
State University of Iowa
Johnson County
Dean Raymond
Permaven
Ashtor
Dean Raymond Agures
Iowa Homestead
GAINING BY GOOD ROADS FROM FARMERS VIEWPOINT
Farmers gain most from road improvements through faster market access and better transport of crops. Improved roads reduce travel time to town, enabling quick sales of produce like early potatoes at higher prices. Automobilists support roads, but the main benefit accrues to farmers, with horses and mules spared from mud and fatigue.
Queens Who Could Earn Living
The queen of Hagland could support herself easily and excel in dairy work, and her practical skills would help with children’s clothes. Two notable talents are her contrite voice and watercolor painting, while other royals are described as potential lecturers, hospital nurses, and educated professionals.
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Hagland
Italy
Elianheth
Queen Igweth of
Kelginny
University of
Piquant Parasols Dress Parisian Color And Style
The piece notes bright parasols this year in WB color and bold shapes beyond belief. It highlights using old silk tassels on handles and urges reviving such items as Paris deems chic. It also mentions jewelry worn after bowing and the fashion shift to long suede gloves with shortened sleeves and wrinkled fabric in a modern vogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Desuetude
New Porch Rug Adds Charm For Open Air Entertaining
A new pew lawn and veranda rug woven from Cape Cot grass fiber in cord form combines thick durability with a varied color pattern to evoke flor al motifs. The fabric is water impervious and protects guests from moisture while serving as a veranda rug or car rug. Also offered is a French porch rug in various shapes and sizes with an openwork border for an attractive finish.
Outdoor Sleeping Cap Gains Popularity in Sleep Outdoors
The article notes a growing trend of sleeping outside with new devices. It highlights a cap that covers the head and cheeks with a cape over the neck, made from soft knitted cloth and finished with colored silk binding and a silk tie under the chin.
Caribou Horns and Tragic Literary Losses
The article notes that only about one in ten female caribou have horns and that female horns are smaller yet more branched than male ones. Cows keep horns longer, seen in April, while old bulls shed by November. young animals retain horns longer. It shifts to a literary tragedy about six banks of Spenser’s Faerie Queene burned in Ireland, wiping out part of the poem. A cynical advice fragment follows about courting and delaying marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
County
One
Ireland
Lawrence Massacre Survivors Call for Names in 1913 Letter
A reader letter from Independence Kansas in July 1913 seeks the names of Quantrell Raid survivors. It recalls family connections to Lawrence and notes fathers, mothers, and siblings linked to the raid era, mentioning residences and local business ties. The piece reflects on historical memory and editorials in the Journal World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Independence
Kan
Journal-World
Quantrell
Francis Simwane
Weallsville
Harles N. Simmons
Wigley
Thomas Simliwins
Delaware
Whittier
Whittiers
Whinan
Treatment delays cure for indigestion and headaches
CHL Lines of Whitlow recounts spending hundreds on medicine for fun and illness, visiting St. Louis and New Jersey hospitals without relief. He then notes Cham berlain's Tablets helped him, endorsing their use and availability from local dealers. The item also mentions a New Yorker patent for a burglar alarm that sprays water to wake a sleeping person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alollars
Whitlow
Ark
St. Louis
New Jerleans
Chamberlain
Alos
Convincing Testimony on Lawrence People and Kidney Pills
A blocky clipping presents testimonial claims about Doan's Kidney Pills with names and places such as 33 Pennsylvania St Lawrence and Foster Milburn Co. It cites verified relief, advises avoiding opiate tonics, and notes Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy reference. Also mentions a neighbor story about a mechanical piano in a home.
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Lawrence Fylksi Bester
Penn Wania St
Lawrence, Wans
Bms
Dean
Doan
Tie Bros
Pinus
Foster Milburn
Dutfaln
New York
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Raymond
Iowa University
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Lincoln
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National Treasury
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Theals Hill
Amregan
Pelt’s
Sik
George
Cleveland Pain
Penler
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park
Philadelphia Mmaquirer
oNongenseste
New York Tribune
Richard
London Telegraph
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Cree
Jack
Alice
Ethel
Boston Transcript
Baltimore American
Ata
Creaim
Trait Ives
Far Door
Wiedemann’s
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Pasaranre
Bershidy & Nahler
Lawrence Peo
Haan
I. Foley
Frank Younes
Mar. Wickwore Hotel
Hooper Nebr
Ainment Foley
Barber & Son
Brown
Trown
William Ote
Wiliam
Wieden
Vonnes
Phoples State Bank
the Fairfax
J. M. Neville
Over Peoples State Bank
Watkins Wateral Banks
National Banks ‘of the
United States
J. B. Watkins
Craa
Hill
C. H. Tucker
W. EF. Hazen
C. Moore
B.dirhrtor
Airdome
Keyes Sisters Stoge CO
Molly
Wi Bajjer
Orleans
Bk. Pe
Hustler
Grogery
W. F. Higgins & CO
Klothing Ko
Teter’s
Cash Grocery
Massachusetts
Cior
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Mararo
Peart Bart Te
K. U
Pantatorium
Jack Fullerton
Home
Tenn. St
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