Voters set to decide Kansas highway amendments and funding
The editorial notes Governor Paulen’s forecast of legislative sentiment and says a special session moved to submit two constitutional amendments. One allows internal improvement and road building, the other permits a motor vehicle and fuel tax levy. Adoption would secure federal highway funding of two million dollars yearly, while lingering court actions question gasoline tax law constitutionality. The piece also comments on Democrats and William Daniels’s perceived plan, plus a tongue in cheek on pure English versus plain English in amendment wording.
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Paulen
State of
Kansas
House
Senate
Topeka
State Senate
Kaw Valley Potatoes Face Market Collapse Describe Grower Plight
The 1903 Kaw valley potato crop shows top quality but market failure threatens growers. Proposals call for nationwide halts in digging and marketing to let prices recover, while a Topeka plan urges households to buy 100 pounds per home at fair prices. Success depends on broad grower cooperation, yet relief may be limited. The piece underscores growers' desperate straits and the crop’s value to buyers who support the effort.
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Topeka
Kaw Valley
Lit
Old Home Town Fifty Five Years Ago Highlights
In 55 years ago notes Col John K Rankin sent a telegraph seeking his presence in Colorado due to a child’s illness. Funeral details for Acham Rottman killed by a reaper near town. Assistant Superintendent Noble’s twins ill. City health notes suggest bowel disease cases but overall low child mortality. Judge Thacher ill with dysentery. Prentis left on a Missouri trip. Twenty five years ago Young Henry McGurdy marked his birthday with a Forty party. Bernice Fluke hosted a high five gathering. Phi fraternity reunion planned. Grace Hayward hosted a card club. Grace Finch of Grand Island visiting. Mrs Herbert Stanford hosted a gathering in her home for Grace Finch with several friends. Boys Club from the Presbyterian church went to a camp near Rock Creek southwest of town under Dr Naismith oversight. About 2 members, second year of camp. Roses Grove previous year.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Rock Greek
Nasemith
Belwith
Dr.Naismith
Roses Grove
Brockway
Norbourne
Carroll Wilson
Wilson
Tommy Evans
Florence Hargett
Oelena City
Wasa
James O. Scott
Charles Kalb
Day Hter
Eno Caroline
Ander
Gilbert
Gana
James Gander
Aberty
Will
Lawrence
Robert Jenkins
Harriett W. Ruble
Down City
Harry Jett
Jetts
Baldwin
Chiis
Charles N. Bailey
Emma Lansford
Shawnee
Okla
William Bailey
Independence
Dolph Emerson
Ray Gibbons
Harryett Rugh
Howard Rueh
Tulsa
Gyorge Fowler
William Detwiler
Gerald Coakley
Nina Thompson
Jand
Fred Gilgis
J. H. Campbell
Ottawa
Justine?Chemazar
Morning Side College
Sioux City
Itowa
Board of Sunday Schools
Methodist Church
Clear Lake
Iowa
Earl McPheeters
Marie and
Everett
Old Baldwin Friends
Samuel Gardner
Topeka
Cloyd Foster
Robert
Kenneth
W. C. Thompson
Cildren
Lear' Nye
Jack
Kansas City
Mary Martin
Mildred
Marion
Louise Talbot
William M. Clark
Chicago
Detroit
Harold R. Harvey
North Seventh Street
Baldwin Boys
Vinland
Frank Gleason
Mariel Antrim
United States
Lloyd Davies
Farm Journal
Iva R. Clark
Seventh Street
Wilders
Susan Irwin
Howard , Messinger
Parsons
Will Hey
W. A. Uhi
Olathe
Louise Luckan
Eudora
Paul Luckan
James Massey
J. C. Patterson
Leavenworth
Fred C.johnson
Rey
J. A. Williams
Paul
Oakwood
Ill
Luli Hiatt
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Johnson
A. Thompson
Tase Okla
Phenix
Ariz
4.S. Eliot
Thomas .L. McCormick
Hiawatha
Sabetha
Kansas
Fletcher Hunt
Whdh
Colorado
Gladys
Monta Vista
Estes Park
Mr. Hunt
Birky Hughes
Eighth Street
G. BE. Neal
McPherson County
Lewis Johnston
A- E. Tunin
Edmond
Washington, D. C
Was. Markham
Jean Louise
Ralph Markham
Syracuse
Charity Hospital Offer Proposed to City Commission
Ten years ago City is offered a Charity Hospital by the Social Service League. The league proposed the Jessie Farley Memorial hospital be operated with city and county support for Lawrence and Douglas County patients. Rev E E Stauffer, president, presented the offer at last night’s city commissioners meeting, noting continued private funding already secured.
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Social Service League
Jessie Farley
Lawrence
Douglas County
E. E Stauffer
Jessié Fairey
Americans cross Marne front in renewed drive near Jaulgonne
War dispatch reports Allied forces including American troops crossing the Marne on a 12 mile front from Jaulgonne to Reuil near Chateau-Thierry. The advance comes as German lines retreat after earlier offensives. weddings and social events in Lawrence noted as Reuters wires relay homeland news.
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Jaulonne
Marne
Pershing
Musicians Oppose Talking Pictures In Lawrence
A letter from the American Federation of Musicians warns that synchronized mechanical music in talking pictures could replace live performers, devalue art, affect national music quality, and cost musicians their jobs. It urges readers to consider public impact, employment, and local supports for resident artists.
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Talking Movies
Journal-World
Lawrence Iain
American Federation of Musicians
Unites
States
Nada
Wei
Jook
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Train whistle nuisance spurs petition to city mayor
A petition with almost 500 signatures urged Mayor Holliday to stop railroad whistle blasts within city limits. Residents complain ear piercing sounds from Union Pacific trains disturb health and comfort, with a bell at Seventh Street deemed sufficient instead of whistles. The mayor’s response remains unclear, and property owners report moving concerns amid the nuisance and sickness in the area.
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Journal- World
Corporation
Union Pacific
Seventh Street
Ione
Holliday
Smith Independent League formed to back Smith in farm votes
Henry Clay Hansbrough announces a national campaign group to win farm votes for the Democratic nominee. The league targets the Dakotas, Montana and Minnesota with headquarters planned in the Midwest by September 1, aiming to appeal to independent voters. Charles Hanson Towne and Melvin Hildreth join as officers.
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Washington
Smith
Prasyutry
Henry
Clay Hanabrough
North Dakota
Dakotas
Montana
Minnesota
Charles
Hanson Towne
New York
Melvin D. Hildreth
Wilson Independent League of
League
Middle West
Hansbrough
Chicago Trains Crash At Van Buren Street Station
A dozen passengers were seriously injured and two score others bruised when two Illinois Central passenger trains bound downtown collided at Van Buren Street station. One train was discharging passengers as the second slowed for the stand. the impact threw many from their seats. Railroad staff aided frightened riders as officials investigated blame. Injured were from Chicago.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
van Buren Street
Community leadership through a better Wichita Beacon
Max M. Levand editor of the Wichita Beacon argues the newspaper must act as a community builder. A prospering city grows with newspapers churches clubs businesses and city government aligned toward a finer community development. He insists a paper that fails to support enterprising efforts betrays its purpose and neighbors.
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Max M. Levand
Wichita (Kansas
Beacon
Kansas History Highlights and Local Collision Report
Timeline entries note 1873 visit by U S Senator Oli ver P Morton to Topeka and 1855 actions on Reeder removal. 1862 Ex Governor Reeder’s Kansas visit referenced. A street collision on Seventh and Massachusetts Streets involved Clifford Rose of Route 5 and James O Edson of Olathe, with rear wheels knocked off.
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United States
Oliver P. Morton
Topoka
House
Reeder
Houston
Free State
Kansas
Clifford Rose
Route 5
James O Edson
Olathe
Seventh
Massachusetts
Baldwin News Notes and Local Family Ties
Baldwin residents share visits and travels with kin from Lawrence to Kansas City. A prolonged list covers out of town relatives, funeral attendees, and friends visiting Baldwin. Upcoming events include Santa Fe train day with 4-H booths, health displays, and a large new elevator opening with prizes for wheat.
Healing Meeting Promises Two Day Evangelist Visit
Oswego pastor Greelsen invites all to two days of healing services with special music and preaching by a renowned evangelist. A prior church note highlights Sunday school praise and a sermon on world progress, urging unity, education, and growth in faith. A summer track meet at Emporia Teachers College set a new record for the session with Russell Smith leading in javelin and scoring.
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Barry
Hardin
Etta’ Powell
Princeton
Douglas‘ County
Baldwin
People’s
Bein Bank
Bein
Edward Huey
Trinity
Lutheran Hospital
Bland Street
Ae Shiworth
God
Oswego
Ming J
First Baptist Church
R. Brewster
Jesus
Sumgay
Emporia
Kan
Emporia Teachers College
Russell ‘Smith
Lawrence
Smith
Rockford Man Killed in Auto Crash Near Bridge
Wellington Kan July 28 AP A 24 year old Rockford resident Maynard Cooney of Rocko rd HI died yesterday afternoon when his car crashed ten miles south of here near the bridge. Police reported no others injured in the accident and the cause is under investigation.
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Wellington
Kan
Maynard - Cooney
Rocko Rd
Here
Tinner Charged With Murder Death for Harvest Hand
Wichita Kansas CAP reports Jack Miller a 33 year old Wichita man is charged with murder in the death of Cris Hanks a harvest hand killed in a street fight last night Miller claims self defense saying Hanks drew a knife during an argument Also mentioned are B C Finwin of East St Louis Illinois as a companion in a dispute over a hand car and a bill of sale leading to the fatal head injury before hospital arrival
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Wichita
Kan
Aly
Jack Miller
Cris Hanks
Harvest Hand
Miller
Hanks
Anks
East, SE
Louis
Ill
Seanks
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Jlawrence
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York
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Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Mitchard
Josephus Daniels
Kay
John K. Rankin
Acham Rottman
Noble
Thacher
Prentis
Missour
Henry McGurdy
Bernice Fluke
North Lawrence
Pphi
Aileen
Kate
Edna ‘Dinsmore
Grace Hayward
Tennessee
Marie Morgan Will J
Ekentees
Herbert Stanford
Grace Finch
Grand Island
Neb
Stanford
A. P. Hults
Nellie Evans
Anna Fischer
Julia McGrath
Daisy Bamford
Laura Topham
Bessie Quick
Greta Moore
Lois Stevens
Audrey J. Harshberger
Lucille Leonard
Lida J. LeSeur
Gertrude Quick
Orawrence House
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Hugh Peek
Duluth
Minn
Jeanette
Wagstaff
Eva Miller
Skilton
T.F. Walker
Camp Cody
N. M
France
Walker
James Holyfield
Loffi
Eeo Westfall
Denry
Clay
Hanbrough Farms
Edson R
Poor PA
Claude Calan
Pupshers Syndicat
Baldwin News
Ofiss Ona ‘Amos
M. M
Chanute
Haven Graham
Homer C. the
Prentice
Variety
Leeds
S.D
Bert W. Rood
Dorothy Braun
Centralia
Baker's Post
W. J. Williams
Wayne Simmons
Maximilian Rudwin
Genevieve
Edward Cragon
Teddy
Mary
Margaret
Billy
B. F. Larne
John
George’ S! Bretnall
Jean
Martha Lou
J. B. Weirs
Jay
Wilbert Lewis
Billy Bert
W. M. van Brant
Anne
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Beulah
Ethryn Stewart
Kathryn Taylor
Pittsburg
Margaret Land
Neodesha
Stewart
Santa Fe
Strong Guy
Santa Fe Ellinor-El Dorado
Bazar
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Wate
Grelsen
Russell Smith
Rockford
Solara
Corey
Barer
Arinki Ie
Tinner
Bayer
Manhattan
Inter State Stage Lines Co
Bowersock
Ch Ambulance
Wolf's Book Store
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