Kansas public service panel backs rail freight fight
Kansas officials including Governor Paulen pledge support to the Public Service Commission as it opposes proposed late freight rate hikes. W K Fuller says Wichita shipping interests back the commission, who plan to fight the railroads’ rate increases to the last ditch amid farm bureau meetings in Ottawa and Hutchinson with state officials and farm groups in attendance.
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Topeka
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Wissouri Utilities Commission
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Ottawa
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Kansans Welcome Letter From University Of Kansas
An issue of the Summer Session greetings booklet is being sent to all prospective freshmen at the University of Kansas by registrar George C. Foster. The letter introduces new students to campus life and helps them become acquainted with parts of the institution before arrival.
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University of Kansas
George C. Foster
Foster
Univerity
Search for convict near Americus ends with escape
A posse of officers and farmers with bloodhounds hunted near Americus for Ors. MeEnterfer an escaped convict from the state penitentiary at Laasir Ee. He had been seen in Emporia then eluded pursuers atField, after which he was captured briefly before escaping again as the veranda collapses.
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McEnterfer
Emporia
Atfield
Crowd Watching Sailors Parade Injuries Exaggerated
Melbourne July 24. Early reports claimed a veranda collapse at a theater near Bourke Street during two American sailors parades. Hospital checks show 17 detained, one seriously injured, and many injuries far lighter than feared.
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Melbourne
Prees
Bourke
Local News Briefs on summer band concerts and street paving
A local news brief notes H A Ui band concerts in city parks drawing large crowds and warm weather. It mentions resurfacing plans for West Seventh and West Ninth streets and possible paving to ease access for swimming classes and residents near Chamber of Commerce facilities.
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H. A. Ui
Cert Park
Massachusetts
Corn Doing Well in Douglas County Says County Agent
H C Colglazier reports corn thriving in Douglas County after timely rains. He notes plants have grown. chinch bugs no longer threaten, bugs scattered. Wheat harvest progressing. much is stacked and ready, yields above county average. Grocer to Leave State.
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Douglas
County
H. ¢. Colglazier
Colglazier
Coffeyville Man Fined for Reckless Driving While Drunk
Coffeyville Kan July 24 Following his idea of guilt to six charges here today and thing posing of any $500 fine and ninety days in jail Joe Fitzpatrick a suburban grocer agreed to pay costs and leave the state for two years the fine to be remitted and the jail sentence stayed He was given until August 4 to arrange his business affairs and get out of the state He will go to Oklahoma The charges against Fitzpatrick included one of injuring a man by recklessly driving while the defendant three years imprisonment state penitentiary of imprisonment
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Coffeyville
Kan
Joe Fitzpatrick
Oklahoma
Fitzpatrick
State Penitentiary
Bus Men In Conference Seek Unified Traffic Rules
Thirty bus operators met with Judge Jesse Green of the state public service commission to resolve bus traffic regulations. The commission plans uniform rules for passenger and freight traffic, with two associations organizing a permanent secretary to influence policy for 1927. Also notes arrival of Arizona professor B R Reisen to visit Kansas colleagues en route to Chicago.
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Topeka
A. P
Jesse Green
Leafs
State Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Personal notices span visits across cities and states
Miss Hazel Eberhart leaves for Chicago then Erie to visit friends. Miss Ruth Erikson arrives from Washington to meet her parents. Miss Laura Rankin visits Miss Margaret Drake in Salina. R C Rankin travels to Kansas City to visit E R Rankin. Miss Mary Weesner of Durkee Ore visits her sister. John Roland DeWatteville attends a Topeka party. Mrs Sadie Booth and Mrs L M Brand spend the afternoon with Mrs McClary. Miss Mildred Maxwell weekends in Bonner Springs. Mrs C H Screllus of Holden Mo visits Mrs George Clevenger, then goes to Kansas City. Mrs Gladys Walton returns home after days with sister Mrs Wister Robinson of Lecompton. Misses Louise Burgen and Eloise McClain go to Kansas City for a weekend house party hosted by Miss Helen Elidfelet.
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Hazel Eberhart
Chicago
Erie
Penn
Ruth, Erikson
Washington, D. C
E. Erikson
Laura, Rankin
Margaret Drake
Salina
R. C. Rankin
Kansas City
E. ‘R. Rankins
Mary Weesner
Durkee, Ore
Airsames Johnson
Roland DeWatteville
Topeka
Sadie, Booth
Wister Robinson
City names new city attorney and assistant to finish term
The city commission confirmed Judge C. A. Smart as city attorney and Richard Stevens as assistant city attorney to complete their current terms. The action follows a recently enacted ordinance revising the city attorney’s office and creating the assistant post.
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C. A. Smart
Richard ‘Stevens
Fined For Disturbance At City Theater
Two men, John Cotell and Bercle Buck, were fined in police court this morning for disturbing the peace at the university theater last night. Theater manager Glen W. Dickenson testified Buck flashed a flashlight on patrons from the rear and Corell caused a disturbance outside, with profanity exchanged during the ensuing argument.
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John Cotell
Peests
Blerle Buck
Wvarsity
Glen W. Dickenson
Buck
Dickenson
Corel
Corel Had Caused A Disturbance In Front of the Theater By Ridiculing Hime É Buck
Corell
Aestreses
NEW INSTRUCTORS ENLARGE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS BUSINESS SCHOOL
A group of new instructors joins the University of Kansas School of Business. Lecures will include John G. Blocker and Verne F. Simons as assistant instructors with Lettie pS apy and others filling roles. Enrollment rose sixty six percent in summer session, with eighteen students in the first six weeks and thirteen in the second term, mirroring economics department gains. Chief Douglas returns to head the police after a trip to Illinois. Sheriff Cummings and Deputy Reed take inmates to the state reformatory. A new store building on Park and Massachusetts streets progresses with concrete floor laid and walls to follow. Pay work shifts advance along Oread street, closing traffic between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets for prep. Chief updates on tank ship sales indicate no obstacle to sales, though legal questions loom. Harry Greb defeats Billy Britton in a newspaper decision in Columbus.
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Lettie
University of Illinois
John G. Blocker
Verne F. Simons
University of Kansas
School of
School of Business
Department of Economics
Douglas
Park and
Massachusetts Street
Frank Evans
Elks Bowling Cores Final Match Tonight
High scores lead as Shimmons 288 244 and Hetzel 210 239 top the list. Hackbarth 205 and Hetzel 200 among high men. The Albach and Hartig teams advance to the final bowling match tonight.
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Hetzel
Hackbarth
Albach
Hartig
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Valley chapel visitors and Ladies Aid meeting note
Mr and Mrs Percy Beck and son visit Mr Becks parents Mr and Mrs Henry Beck and Miss Helen Beck. The Ladies Aid will meet Thursday afternoon July 80 with Hugo Schellharn Marvin Bond Donald and Dud.
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Beck
Henry. Beck
Helen Beck
Ladies Aid
Hugo’ Scheltharn
Marvin Bond
Donald
Dud
Ulrigh
Memorial Hospital
Hugo Schellhorn
Ellis Bond
LeRoy Pupkett and Sons
Albert Webber
Oskaloosa
Miss Houser
Olahoma
John Banks
Neal
Harry Bowen
Fred Gray
John Gray
Lawrence
Nest
Missi Houser
George Banks
Overbrook
Clifford Ufrich
Bert Gregory
Lussus
Hugo Schelhorn
Joe Burton
Lone Star
Elis Bond
Holsaple
Local Social Notes and Visits Across Oska loosa Area
community gossip records visits and gatherings among Bond Webber Banks and neighbors in Oska loosa areas. mentions dinners Sundays and Sundays with relatives, drives new Ford cars, threshing and hay tasks, and local busyness including school and hospital mentions.
Local notes on visits and health among Bald win area residents
Community brief detailing illness and recoveries, travel by residents to Blue Springs and Colorado, threshing progress, and sundry visits among neighbors including the Knoche, Johanning, Steobner, and Cline families. It notes rain aiding threshing, plus local calls from Dr. Crawford and visits by Carl Stark of Kansas City.
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Will Hornberger
Henry Stepbner
John’ Steobner
John Cline
Guy Deskins
Norman
Paptine
Steobner
Breithaupt
E. W. Winesinger
Grounds
Cleo and Francis Church
Colorado
Maxine Elliott
Richmond
Walter Jehle
Annie Johanning
Henry Laws
Walter Harbour
John Steob|ney
Fred Heim
Dr. Crawford
Carl Stark
Kansas’ City
Sunny Margaret
Leslie Stark
Untitled fragment records visit and local chores
A fragmentary item notes a family group returning home with their father after a two week visit with relatives. It mentions Bill Deskins hauling a truck load to Ottawa for the Worden store and several local people threshing and visiting, with interment and church attendance referenced in Colorado.
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Bill Deskins
Ottawa
Worden
Dudley Gilgés
Herbert Leaf
Sophie Heim
John Heim
Ngon
Neliie
Cleaned text fragment lacks clear event for headline
The readable portion mentions a weekly review and a conference held Sunday morning, with references to a person named Sorg and a weekly or quarterly gathering. Another line advertises perfume atomizers and a local store Reese's at 929 Muss St. No coherent event or outcome is established.
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University Book Store
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Leavenworth
Green Bros. Athletics
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence, Kansas
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