Baptists from 35 States to Gather in Indianapolis
Approximately 4,000 Northern Baptists from 650 states? 6,600 churches and 1,250,000 members will convene June 14 to 20 for the fifteenth Northern Baptist Convention. Delegates include 100 missionaries from China Japan Burma Assam and Africa. Mrs Helen Barrett Montgomery will preside. Discussion will cover economic crisis campaign and General Board reorganization.
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Indianapolis
Ind
China
Japan
Burma
Assam
India
Africa
Northern Baptist Convention
Rganizations
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
American Baptist Home Mission, Society
Womanis American Lantist Home Mission Society
Board of Education
Ministers’ and Missionaries Benefit Board
Southern Baptist Convention
General Board of Promotion
Home and Foreign Mission Societies
Helen Barrett Montgomery
Washington, D.C
Oklahoma City
Charles ‘Evans Hughes
Convention
Mason and Dixon Line
Boys Camp at Barnes First of Its Kind in Kansas
The Steeleway Boys' club camp near Barnes Kansas closed Sunday at the state Y M C A camp. Seventy five boys from Clay Cloud Marshall and Washington counties attended. The three day program featured agricultural activities swimming athletic games and club stunts. A devotional service was led by Prof ey Burr from the rural organization department of an agricultural college. Job Hepler and A J Scheth with M Hi Cod assisted state club leaders in running the camp.
Tax on Foreigners Provokes Prussian Diet Debate
Berlin June 12 reports debated in the Prussian diet whether to tax foreigners to curb rising food prices. The interior minister’s reply was expected as discussions consider indirect levies aligned with the Versailles treaty and the hotel tax. Local communities may follow with their own foreigner tax, while notices for summer programs and retail promotions appear amid the text.
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Berlin
Interior
Tetrazzini names Spanish singer as successor
Italian soprano Luisa Tetrazzini selects Angeles Ottein of Spain as her intended successor. The 26-year-old, based in Madrid, dreams of the Metropolitan Opera in America next season, praising the natural Spanish voice and its lack of heavy schooling.
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Alice Roche
Madrid
Angeles Ottein
Luisa Tetrazzini
Colatura
America
Metropolitan Opera House
South America
Italy
Spain
Radio course to be added at Friends University this fall
Wichita Kan June 12. A new radio course will join Friends University curriculum next fall under physics head Prof Kirby. A $500 radio lab will be installed this summer with sending and receiving sets and five aerials. Students will build simple parts while instructors handle intricate components. The course covers theory and operation with five credit hours. Professor Kirby, veteran of the army signal corps in France, leads the effort.
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Wichita
Kan
Friends University
Kirby
Signal Corps
France
North Lawrence Notes Big Quaker meeting and family visits
Mrs G B Castle and sons Lioys and Dale attended a Prairie Centre Quarterly meeting of the Quaker church with more than two thousand in attendance. After service a large dinner was served. The Castles and friends visited Cedar Junction and De Soto. Many local families were mentioned, including the Huddieston and Buckingham cousins. Several local residents traveled to Washington, D C or Kansas City for visits. Illnesses and family gatherings are noted, with joys and tributes to long-standing friends.
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G. B. Castle
Lioys
Dale
de Soto
John Huddieston
James Buckingham
Dorris Castle
L. Jh. Smith
Prairie
Lowry
Billy Lowe
Washington, D. C
A. B. Ewing
A.B. Fiwing
Kans City
Magpie Casile
Clarence Meadows
Ray
Elmer Phillips
Christian Church
Walter Martin
Junction Ae
A. d. Martin
James Gulley
18Th
Vermont
A. J. Martin
Glen Zimmerman
Fred Bolen
Walter
Junction City
Alin Herbert Husted
Dan Husted, Jr
Jefferson
Oklahoma
Ysin
D. J. Husted
M. H. Hughey
Kansas City
Harry
Fammily
Roy EF. Rushey
California
Hilda May
Carl
Catalinia Islands
Big Ben
Rev. Popplewell
C. J. Moon
Guy Moon
C.J. Moore
Kanred Wheat Promises Boost for Kansas Production
Prof. L C Wilson of Kansas State Agricultural College stated that universal Kanred wheat adoption in Kansas could cover the full cost of its expansion by boosting yields. He said Kanred averages about three bushels more per acre than ordinary varieties and appeared in Wichita to plan exhibitions for the International Wheat Show this fall.
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Wichita, Kan
Jung
Kansas
Hege
L. C.wilson
Wilson
Sedgwick High Honors Students At Year End Meeting
Sedgwick Kansas June 12 Sedgwick high school closed the season with a meeting honoring students who distinguished themselves in athletics library music and other activities. Seven cups three tournament tenants and twenty eight medals were awarded for permanent display J L Napier editor of the Newton Republican was the chief speaker.
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Sedgwick
Kan
Sedgwick High School
J. L. Napier
Newton Kansas Republican
Overman pleads not guilty in disturbance case
Leonard J. Overman pleaded not guilty to disturbing the peace when arraigned in police court. Trial set for June 17. He allegedly went to his divorced wife home Saturday night, mistreated her, struck her and tore the telephone from the wall. He offered a different version, saying he visited to see his young son who recently sustained a broken arm.
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Leonard J. Overman
Overman
Marriage licenses issued to Lawrence and Marshall couples
Marriage licenses issued Saturday evening to John A. Smith of Lawrence and Sibyl E. Goldberry of Marshall Mo Thaddeus Dwight Prentice and Elizabeth Margaret Kennedy both of Lawrence A license issued this morning to Christopher Y Thomas of Madison Iowa and Dorothea Louise Engel of Lawrence Also a satirical note about a dog barking at night in Japan leading to a neighbor’s arrest and sentence for disturbed shimbers
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John A. Smith
Lawrence
Sibyl E. Goldberry
Marshall, Mo
Thaddeus Dwight Prentice
Elizabeth Margaret Kennedy
Christopher Y Thomas
Madison
Iowa
Dorothea ‘Louise. Engel
Lawrence News In Brief From July Meeting And Sports Plans
Local items note Fourth of July Committee meeting tonight and Kiwanis Rotary baseball game preparations led by Ro Hickson and Hove Hana. Reports cover upcoming summer sessions, tax payments, Kansas University captain picks from Lawrence High, and Memorial High School progress.
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Kiwanis Rotary
BR. Ro Hickson
Hove Hana
Kansas public utilitymen meet in Manhattan 1923 convention
The 1923 annual convention of Kansas public utilitymen was set for Manhattan-Lawrence with W. W. Austin of Manhattan as president and C. A. Fees as vice president. Delegates toured the Revewk Ford dam eight miles from here, while here. New school policy requires teachers to report a week before opening to attend a year planning institute. The Chinese are a nation of cooks and many believe Friday fingernail cutting lucky, manicurists report lighter business.
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Manhattan
Lawrence
The
Kansas Public Utilitymen
W. W. Austin
Padien
C. A. Fees
Revekw Ford Dam
Northcliffe resigns from Newspaper Proprietors Association
Lord Northcliffe quits the Newspaper Proprietors Association over wage reductions for London daily newspaper printers. He takes all his papers including the Times and the Daily Mail, pledging no wage cuts for his staff. He condemns capitalists dictating terms to workers and notes a millionaire behind most London dailies.
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London
Lord Northcliffe
Newspaper Proprietors Association
Times
The
Daily Mail
Studies Show Topeka High Students Improve Postwar Focus
R R Cook principal notes that Topeka high school students settled into more studious work over the past year than any since World War I. He says wartime school work suffered and it has taken three years after the war for students to regain former standing.
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Topeka
R. R. Cook
Cotton of twelve different voters irony in Peru
Five times as large as England Texas appears in the record as a curious comparison. The fragmentary note references Peru and voting in a way suggesting irony or a statistical remark, without clear context or dates.
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Cotton
Peru
Texas
England
AGGIES ARE HONORED IN CONCRETE CONTEST AT Pactland
Agricultural students from K. & A. L. dominated the Pactland Cement Association contest with 7 top places and 9 honorable mentions plus $190 of the $250 in prizes. Essays on The Uses of Concrete on the Farm were submitted by 498 entrants from 47 states and Canada.
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Manhattan
Kon
Pactland Cement Association
Agricultural Students of
OCBE
Rogers
CC. Wilson
Gantam
Thomas Cross
Belle Plaine
Henry C. Sturgeon
Lane
Fred A. Bangs
Madison
Rolland
Mather
Dale H. Carmean
J. H. Moore
Stockton
H. J. Schmitz
Almit
Henry Karns
Ada
Donald Keller
LeRoy
G. D. Stockwell
Larned
Deal Six
Versailles
G_ Ellis Taylor
Hiawatha
Kay ‘J. Chareh
Haddam
Kansas
Butter county baby show honors 19 month Evelyn Poe
Evelyn Mari Poe, 19 months, daughter of Mild Toe and wife of Potwin, tops Butter county baby show with a score of 99.12 percent. The record stands in Butter county as the most perfect baby. A contrasting note adds that only one man in 208 exceeds six feet in height.
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Butter County
Evelyn Mari Poe
Mild Toe
Potwin
Baker Candidate for State Superintendent Insurance Declared
William R. Baker, a 1918 KU Law School graduate from Wyandotte County, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state superintendent of insurance. He has worked in the insurance business since 1915, with an 18 month Army period, and previously served as assistant superintendent of insurance for two years.
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William R. Baker
K. U. School of Law
Mr. Baker
Wyandotte County
Professor Leaves Emporia for Study at University
K S N professor of English and director of publicity at Kansas State Normal receives leave of absence to pursue advanced study at a university. Luther Hangen of Kansas is hired to replace him. The Universal is in town and a rug cleaning demonstration is offered by Olson Bros. Yellow was Rome’s wedding color.
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Emporia
H. FB. Birdserg
Kansas State Normal
University of Thiesgzones
Luther Hangen
Kansa
Wildsong
Universal
Olson Brog
Rome
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F. H. Olney
R. U
Barber’s Drug Store
Velia
Kloss
Bal. Fitzgerald
Westchester County, N.Y
Tetrazzini
North Lawrence Notes
Aggie
Ghiggers
John C. Evans
Journal-World
John
YH. Omey
Lawrence High School
Mide
Kansas University
Levert Higgins
Paul Endacott
Lee Rovers
F. F. Crocker
Mr. Crocker
Vermont Street
Memorial High School
Harry P. Smith
Des Moines
P. A
Northcliffe
FLOOR
Abadtofoo Outfitters
Aggies
Cement Association
K. U. Grad
R. Baker
Elly K Tires
Fritz Company
Palm Beach
Skofstads
Creay
Wiedemann’s
Sam G. Clarke
Pont Tie Oarasperoins Nhs
Aie
Noel Fur
Bether Ine Rile Coady
Phony
Ie Service
Charlton Insurance Agency
Fordson
C. W. Smith
Independent
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