Way of Life and a Seized Truck Highlight Rural Debate
A Kansas City firm loses a heavy truck after a court hand is paid with a bad check, while a truck driver on duty for forty eight hours pled sleepiness as the cause. The piece links to calls for regulated heavy freight operations to protect workers and the public as in railroading. It also surveys wheat prices and world crop prospects amid Canadian and US conditions, noting emigration and the need for better crop yields.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Kansas
Chicago
United States
Canada
Washington
Bremen Sets Atlantic Speed Record on Maiden Voyage
The German liner Bremen arrived in New York on its maiden voyage with a record time of 214 hours 17 minutes, averaging over 23 knots and signaling a new age of rapid ocean travel. The article notes ongoing competition for faster transatlantic crossings and questions how long Bremen’s mark will stand. It also touches on U.S. birth and death rate data for 1927 and outlines plans for a new federal building in Lawrence. It mentions the Kansas death rate and a Kansas City liquor sentencing case as part of local news coverage.
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Bremen
New York
Atlantic
Lawrence
Uncle Sam
Lawrerite
Wheat stocks and elevators show rising grain on hand
A brief report notes elevators and mills report more wheat on hand than before. The article highlights visible supplies amid ongoing market activity and indicates a growing stock at the raising facilities.
War on racketeers in Kansas City under way
Civic groups in Kansas City discuss plans to fight racketeers who have bombed a dozen business places and homes this year. The extortion scheme, tied to protection payments, spread from Chicago and now threatens the city’s peace and the validity of law. Local organizations declare they are worthy of broad support to defeat the invisible government.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Old Home Town News Heads Toward Denver and South Dakota
Mrs Walter Edmonson and daughter leave for Denver. Bert Wiggins, Lynn Courtney and L Phillips return from South Dakota. Bert Cornell heads west. Mrs Cornell plans to Leavenworth tomorrow. Mrs J G Haskell and Miss Mabel Haskell visit Algona Iowa. The Thetas hosted at Bingler home. Prof Carruth and Constance Carruth with Prof Olin and Eva Olin depart for Estes Park. F A Ewing advertises his ice cream with a donkey on South Massachusetts. Richard Hargreaves and E E Brown plan a canoe trip down the Kansas, Missouri and Mississippi rivers to St Louis and Chicago for rest of vacation.
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Walter . Edmonson
Denver
Colo
Bert Wiggins
Lynn
Courtney
L.phillipps
South Dakota
Bert Cornell
West
Bingler
W. H. Carruth
Constance Carruth
Olin
Eva Olin
Estes Park
A. Ewing
Massachusetts Street
Ewing
Richard Hargreaves
Sctal
Topeka
E. E. Brown
University of Kansas
Kansas River
Kansas City
St. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
Hargreaves
Chicago
Topeka Library Closure and Local Notes
The Topeka library remains closed as no appropriation was made. Crowds packed Massachusetts street to view Great London show from Ludington House balcony. Hon J M Asher visited from Junction City. Prof S S Weatherby resigns after eight years. successor Mr Graham, Ohio Wesleyan graduate, to take over.
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Topeka
Massachusetts
Ludington House
J. M. Asher
Junction City
Haldwin
S. S. Weatherby
Ex Overseas Soldier Beal Rejoins Windmill Market Family
Ex serviceman Beal, discharged after Bordeaux duty, is back with brother Ralph Beal at the Windmill Market. Fair Field Lotts notes a farm average of 22 bushels per acre on forty acres south of town, with wheat promising early but overripened. Miss Opal Holmes departs late this week for Lebanon Kansas to visit Miss.
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Ralph Beal
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Lotts
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Lebanon
Kan
Red Cross Names Historian in Douglas County Chapter
At a Douglas County Red Cross directors meeting on Monday afternoon Charles Seewir was named historian. She will write a history of the county’s Red Cross work during the recent war, detailing local efforts and activities.
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Marguerite
Adams
M. Utah
California
Marguerite Sneitz
Agnes Lavelle
Colorado
Douglas County
The
Red Cross
Ste Iill Charles
Séewir
Mayo Honored With Doctor of Science Degree at Leeds
Dr Charles Mayo of Rochester, Minnesota, received Leeds Universitys Doctor of Science honoris causa in a ceremony led by Prof I K Jamieson. Notable attendees included Lord Moynahan and the Mayo brothers recognized for their medical leadership and organizational impact on progress.
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Mayo
Eng
Lin
University of Leeds
Chi Jes Mayo
Rochester
Minn. Tithe Medical School
I. K. Jamieson
Dr. Mayo
Sige Wilh
Lord Moynahan
Roy College of Surgeons
Jamieson
William ‘S
Charles
William, Mayo
Seek 2 Unknown Mexicans in Slaying of Leija in Wichita
Police hunt two unidentified Mexicans for the killing of Benito Leija 22 after a pool hall call in the Mexican colony. Investigators say the slaying followed a dice game in which Leija won against two Mexicans from Texas. The assailants used an automatic weapon, shooting Leija as he stepped outside.
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Wichita
Benito
Leija
Missing Link of Elephant World Captured Near Arkansas City
Professor H T Martin of the University museum of paleontology reports widespread interest in a recently found fossil near Arkansas City. A large skeleton fragment has been excavated and will be sent to the University of Kansas for reconstruction, with local donors Mr and Mrs Burt Moore credited for the find.
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Arkansas City
H. T. Martin
University Museum of Paleontology
Martin
Arkansas City Traveler
Paramount News Reel
Prof
University
Lawrence
Paramount
University of Kansas Museum
Arkansas
K. U
Journal-World
la Lineman
Natural Gay Company
Burt Moore
Winfield
Moore
Lindley
Lamont
Oklo
Prison Revolt at Dannemora Nears Normal After Clash
Clinton state prison known as Siberia is returning to normal after a failed 1300 inmate uprising. Guards, state troopers, and police reinforced the yard as convicts stormed walls, three rioters died, and authorities investigate the riot background and discipline issues raised by transfers of lifers.
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Dannemora
Clinton State Prison
Siberia
Liberty
Harry M. Kaiser
Clinton
Past Century Echoes At Washington and World Events
ALEXANDER GEORGE recalls 40 years of American life through vivid vignettes from the era. The piece notes President Harrison’s centennial voyage, rapid rail trips, attire of pageant spectators, famed figures, and notable Society events, from Oliver Wendell Holmes to Kaiser Wilhelm II and a Philadelphia banker’s daughter charity pledge.
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Alexander George
Associated Press
Washington
New’ York
Harrison
Theourney
Peet
Boundary dispute ends in farmer’s killing in Kansas
Kineman Kansas July 23 AP H F Boldt 41 a farmer near Belmont south of Kingman was shot and killed late yesterday by neighbor Crow after a dispute over farm boundaries. Crow surrendered to Sheriff M F Fisher and is jailed in Kingman County with guards day after the shooting. The 11 year old son witnessed the event and Baldt’s widow and four children survive. Boldt was longtime Eagle township resident. Crow a Canadian native who came from North Dakota a decade ago.
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Kan
Belmont
Kingman
Crow
M. F. Fisher
Kingman County
August H. Ruth
Dover
Okla
Boldt
Bill Kevinstein
Baldt
Ler
Eagle Township
Canada
North Dakota
France’s mediation offer to Manchuria rejected by Soviet
Moscow rejected France and Briand’s mediation proposal in the Manchurian crisis. The foreign affairs commissariat cited China’s refusal to restore the status quo in Manchuria as the reason, signaling no French effort to avert conflict between the Chinese Nationalist government and Moscow’s regime. A separate line notes 36,000 sea elephant dead.
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France
China
Manchuria
Commissariat For Foreign Affairs
Aristide
Briand
Mobi the Sea Elephant Died of Pneumonia at Zoo
Mobi valued at $6,000 and believed to be the only male of its species in captivity in the United States died at Forest Park zoo in St. Louis from pneumonia. A post mortem found the cause, with examiners noting possible infection from human expectoration in the pool.
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St. Louis
Mobi
Forest Park Zoo
Br. R. J. Terry
G. H. Scott
Washington University
School of Medicine
Two U S Senators Live Next Door in Topeka
Vice President Charles Curtis and Senator Arthur Capper have been neighbors for ten years. Their homes sit across the street from each other on Topeka Boulevard, Capper at 1035 and Curtis at 1191, a rare case of two senators living in the same city on the same street.
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Curtis
Capper
Charles Curtis
Senator Arthur Capper
Topeka
U. S
Topeka Boulevard
Hoover Plans Commission to Cut Military Expenditures
President Hoover proposes a general staff driven commission of army officers to examine ways to reduce military expenditures. The initiative aims to identify cost-saving measures within Defense.
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Washington
Hoover
General Staff
Community sing and annual picnics announced
The upcoming community sing is set for Friday evening July 26 with Mr. and Mrs. E. F. White and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Perdue in charge of the program and refreshments. Several local picnics follow at Brown's Grove as part of the county social calendar, with the Modern Woodmen and C P A group planning events in early August.
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Lorena Marsh
Lawrence
Walter Sneegas
George Harris
Family India
Guy Folks
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Brown’s Grove
Mardern Woodmen
Douglas County
Sehogs
For the love of a Leg by Jeffery Farnel
A fragmented OCR tale shows Dick the countryman and Ben at Pease Pottage stables encountering Titus Oldcraft the London constable. A masked confrontation unfolds as Ben and John discuss the danger while a mysterious hand informs Bly of a fleeing murderer. The scene ends with Oldcraft’s threat and a vanishing figure, hinting at a cat’s eye ring and a looming inquiry.
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Ouse
Pranead
Old B
Moat House
Ben
John
Pitt
Old Ben
Titus Oldcraft
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Ber
aJnasihan Wild
Old Benj
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Litus Oldcraft
Fitus
Joel Bim
Betty
George
Letyvight
Jefery Farnel
Milk of Magnesia Aids Expectant Mothers And Infants
Phillips Milk of Magnesia promoted for pregnancy nausea heartburn morning sickness and digestion relief. The ad touts mild laxative action and use for neutralizing cow milk for infant feeding. Available in 25c and 50c bottles with a free informational booklet mailed from New York.
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Magnesia
U. S
Chas. H. Phillips Chemical,Co
Chas. H. Phillips
Phillips Co
Hudson St
New York
N.Y
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