City hails water rate rise to cover bonds and plant
City officials warn that water rates likely must rise to meet interest on bonds and fund plant maintenance as the new waterworks nears completion. Superintendent Dunmire cites current income gaps, proposes charging schools and special users to boost revenue.
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City Commission
Dunmire
Eine
Cleland
Citywater Department
State Utilities Commission
Kansas Construction Company
Water Advisory Board
W. B. Minor
Kansas Electric Utilities Company
Electric Light Company
North Lawrence
Minor
Utilities Commission
New Overalls Dairymen Meet For Big Program
Experts address local retailers in Topeka about women's overalls as demand grows and a leading men’s work clothing maker opens a factory for women's suits. The Kansas State Dairy Association auxiliary meeting invites dairymen from the region for addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
Topeka
Burnham-Munger-Root Company
Copper wire stolen near Lawrence bypassing repair barns
A theft report says 12 14 hundred pounds of new copper wire stored by Bell line men near Lawrence on the California road were taken last night likely by a truck or wagon. The metal would fetch about 200 as junk amid rising copper prices fueling similar junk robberies.
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Bell
Lawrence
California Road
Kansas Weather Report And Dairy Meeting In Lawrence
Weather notes from Prof. Bailey预测 unsettled tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions in the west and north. Kansas dairy event: an auxiliary meeting of the Kansas State Dairy Association in Lawrence on Saturday June 30 at Chamber of Commerce rooms. William Newlin will speak on milking cows for profit, A W Garvin on feeding cows, H B Browning on eliminating the boarder cow, and A S Neale on dairy farm equipment. The Kaw Valley Milk Producers Association, recently formed in Lawrence, is a branch of the state group. Local milk producers invite all in the county and nearby areas. A committee to study the Bourbon county plan was proposed to involve bankers and farm loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Dairy Association
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Kaw Valley Milk Producers Association
J. B. Fitch
William Newlin
Hutchinson
Dairy Association
A. W. Garvir
H. B. Browning
Linwood
A. S. Neale
Extension Division
The
Agricultural College
League of Milk Producers
W.C. Simons
Bourbon County
Bourbon
Simons
Revolt of Poles Threatens Austrian War Budget Crisis
A Vienna dispatch reports that the Austrian cabinet has resigned as Polish actions intensify. Poles plan to vote against the war budget aiming for an independent anti German kingdom, rallying opposition within the Reichsrat. German papers show mixed reactions with calls for ministerial concessions.
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Basel
Switzerland
Paris
Vienna
Vossiche Zietung
Germany
Cologne
Enrollment Grows at Professional Teachers Institute Schedule
Enrollment at the high school based professional teachers institute reaches 65 with only five men among attendees. Superintendent C J Lane arranged a full day schedule from 8:30 assembly to 8:00 pm lectures and discussions featuring Miss Sallie G. Karr Professor Raymond A Beewr Grundeier Nowing Schwegler and Schwegler.
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Professional Teachers Institute
C. J. Lane
Lane
Evan A. Edwards
Sallie G. Karr
Raymond A. BeeWregier
Clifford H. Nowing
R. A. Schweger
Hoover outlines food control aims amid speculation
Hoover told U.S. senators that food speculators extracted about 250 million dollars from Americans in five months. He argued food control would curb middlemen and price gouging, ensuring supplies and stable prices for flour and sugar while opposing a dictatorship claim. A separate Topeka committee urged support for the Lever Bill and prohibition conservation sermons on July 1.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Nansats Inia
Topeka
Pharmacists Urged for Draft Exemption by Dean Sayre
Dean L. E. Sayre of the E U school of pharmacy argues pharmacists and those training in the field should be exempt from military service. He notes the critical need for pharmacists now and supports a petition by the American Pharmaceutical Association to the government for draft exemption on grounds of public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Sayre
L. E. Sayre
E. U., School of Pharmacy
American Pharmaceutical Association
Death of Byron Parcels A Lawrence Banker Dies in Wichita
Byron Parcels longtime Lawrence figure and former Watkins National Bank director died in Wichita at Mrs Kate Edmonds home after a long illness. He left Lawrence seeking health improvements and was widely known for his community ties and friendships.
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Byron Parcels
Lawrence
Watkins National Bank
Wichita
Kate Edmonds
Parcels
Mr. Parcels
West
Big liquor revenue and cigarette gains in fiscal year
Washington reports a peak in alcohol and tobacco receipts with ordinary internal revenue reaching 424 million dollars for the year. Whisky taxes total about 178 million dollars, beer around 94 million, and tobacco over 100 million, with a notable rise due to more women smoking cigarettes.
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Washington
United States
Beerin|s
Had Fine Times in Pool
The YMCA ladies swimming classes drew strong interest during hot weather with growing enrollment. Girls ages 12 to 15 met at 9 30, followed by a session for ladies and high school girls at 11, under H W Roltz YMCA secretary. Classes remain open for more members.
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H. W. Roltz
Association
Liberty Bond Purchases Lead Fraternal Aid Union Group
The Fraternal Aid Union in Lawrence reports all forty-two employees bought Liberty bonds and the association purchased $50,000 more from its funds, marking a major statewide display of patriotism. Probate records and other counties note a pattern of registration and marriage timing around June 5 as selective draft approaches. The piece also notes upcoming university and community meetings and a June 25 court session in Lawrence.
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Liberty Bond
Fraternal Aid Union
Lawrence
Kansas Institution
Douglas County
Miss Belle Kearney Lectures in Lawrence on War and Women
Miss Belle Kearney longtime W C T U lecturer spoke at two Lawrence services on Sunday morning at the Unitarian church and evening at the First Christian church. She described women taking men's places in wartime industry and farmer work and contrasted roles of women in America England and France.
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Belle Kearney
Lawrence
Unitarin Church
First Christian Church
Miss Kearney
America
England
France
Berlin
Miss. Kearney
Siberia
Leoj Tolstoy
Fourth of July plans include moon hour and park event
The Chamber of Commerce approved July 4 activities with coffee served during the moon hour. Streetcar service to the park may be suspended due to paving work, with arrangements to Woodland if possible. Dean Butler will assist with the program, aiming for a celebration larger than prior years. A separate note reports the oil steamer John D Archbold sunk by a submarine, four crew lost. The ship, 8374 tons gross, was en route from France to the United States when sunk last Saturday in European waters.
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Fraemal Aid Union
Uncle Sam
United States
Navy
Chamber of Commerce
Dean Butler
New York
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Archbold
France
S Bcrew
Red Cross drive call stretches across Douglas county meetings
The Kansas newspaper urges immediate Red Cross support with county meetings this week. George Kreeck appeals to communities, highlighting national effort and local duty, noting Lawrence and other towns host sessions to educate and mobilize without pledges.
Bargains Reach Wyoming Buyer Prompts Strong Sales Interest
A Winey & Sons sale drew orders from Wyoming after a mail appeal showing buyers can save through transportation costs. Mrs Pease noted seeing the goods advertised in the World. Rudolph Hoffman resigns from the University Romance languages to join Grand Rapids junior college with a $300 raise while M Skidmore moves to the University of Arizona. Experience, the writer notes, clarifies the difference between fast and swift.
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Wyoming
H. L. Winey & Sons
Yoming
Liv
Douglas County
Wyaming
Peasé
Pease
K. Uz
Rudolph Hoffman
Department of
Junior College of
Grand Rapids, Mich
M. Skidmore
University of Arizona
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United States Army
San Francisco
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Nineteenth
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Ford
L. H. Smith
McGinnis-Smith Electric Co
Masonic Temple
Kansas City
Secial Fund
Dairymen
Ottawa
H. W. Noltz
B. F.bowers
Army Y. M. C. A
Noltz
International Y. M. C. A
London
Europe
Martin
Electrical Experimenter
Schiller Kruse
Kentucky Street
Harry Zicsenis
Mississippi Street
Adjutant General
Kk. U
Kansas Weather Report
BH. H.S. Bailey
Department ‘of Chemistry
University
Food Journal
Pole
Zurich
Deszinski
Vienna Arbiter Zeitung
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Heine
Vienna Corresamet
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Preartin
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Madrid
Euardo Dato
Preas
Belgium
Baron Moncheur
Britain
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
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Clifford H. Nowlin
I. A. Schwegler
Migs Sallie G. Karr
U. S
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Boston
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BIG Liquor Revenue
Kenneth Uhls
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K. U
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Fraser
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City Y. M
Charles Moss
District Court
C. A. Smart
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Red Cross
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H. B. Asher
Belvoir
M. C. Elmer
F. BM. Benedict
Madeline Carter
Greenwood Valley School
R. E Hutte
Glendale
Griffith
H. W. Swingle
Young
Dr. C. ©. Kerr
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Sybil Martin
White School House
P. A
Sadie Dorsey
C. C. Stewart
Midland
B. A. F. Appelboom
J. B
Bechtel i Bismarck
George Dare’ Sie
Mina P. Diaz
Honewell
J. B. Whelan
Ve Brackett
J. H. Mitchell
Vs. Allen
Pleasant Grove
F. H. Olney
Hannah Mitchell
U. B. Chapel
Lecompton
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