Wool pool sales bring $2700 for Douglas county growers
The Douglas county wool pool sold through Brown & Co. of Kansas City brought $2,700 in Lawrence. High bids ranged from 50 to 56 cents a pound for western and bright medium wool, with dirty wool fetching as low as 5 cents. Farmers praised pooling for timely payments and direct involvement in grading, contrasting with lengthy waits under individual markets. John Heinen of St. Louis bought about 100 pounds from Baldwin-area growers, in addition to Lawrence disposals.
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Douglas County
Brown & Co
Kansas City
Lawrence
John Heinen
St. Louis
Baldwin
Returned from overseas Major Chamber and others homeward
The family of Major H. L. Chambere reports he arrived in New York and will be home soon after serving in the army medical service overseas. Frank Jac of 1125 Mississippi Street has returned from overseas and is at Camp Mills. he served in France with the 80th Field Artillery. Charles A. Conner of Headquarters Co. 180th Field Artillery also arrived at Camp Mills after being delayed by a broken leg suffered in France. Bathing caps and swimming shoes are sold at City Drug Store. R. E. Melvin represents farmers Nahnmaier and McCarthy in appeals over damages from county commissioners related to the fort-to-fort highway in Lecompton township.
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Army Medical Service
Cay
New York
Frank Jac
Mra. R. C. Ise
Mississippi Street
Camp Mills
France
80Th Field Artillery
Charles A. Conner
180Th Field Artillery
Will
R. E. Melvin
Henry JG. Nahnmaier
George L. McCarty
Lecompton Township
Market Talks Boost Pool Loads for Farmer Sales
A note on increasing pool loads to attract buyers and offer farmers better market opportunities for their output. The plan aims to move more goods and secure favorable prices through higher throughput.
Kansas to publish war revised history and geographies
Kansas state education board moves to publish portions of Eli Foster history of World War I in incomplete form to aid students while awaiting a final peace treaty. Bids will be solicited to determine whether complete volumes or state produced geographies will be cheaper, amid postwar price adjustments.
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Yopeka
Kansas
United States
Simi Zumwalt
Elii, Foster
Topeka
State Board of Education
Europe
Asia
Africa
Board of Education
Baldwin News Children’s Day Exercises At Local Church
The article reports on Sunday morning’s Children’s Day program at the First M. & Church with a girls chorus led by Miss Eéulah Stewart, various department performances, and a concluding offering for education. It notes other local updates including ailments, visits, and military mentions.
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Ebright
Ruchty
Kirkpatrick
Willson
Uncle Sam
Monty
United States
Ethelynn Stewart
Harvest Period Keeps Attendee From Saturday Session
The note indicates a person was busy in harvest fields and could not attend the Saturday afternoon session. It mentions Gretup Eye Ear Nose Throat Offices located in the Dicks building.
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Gretup
Dicks Building
Medical Professor Named on Kansas Mental Hygiene Commission
Gov. Allen forms a Kansas mental hygiene commission under a new law to study mental deficiencies in state children and propose remedial revisions. The 40 members are mostly doctors with staff led by President Dr M Perry of the State Hospital Topeka and Secretary Dr Karl L Menninger of Topeka.
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State’ Commission
Allen Topeka
Allen
Kansas
M. Perry
State Hospital
Topeka
AJ L. J. Skeen
Kansas University Medical School
Rosedale
J. L. Ubis
Overland Park
Karl L. Menninger
Heart of America Poultry Show to Open in Kansas City
The Heart of America Poultry Association announces its annual show will be held in Kansas City the week of November 24. Officials say it will be among the largest in the United States with over 1,000 pet stock entries and hundreds more in other classes. Breeders from across the nation are entering, and several breeders associations plan conventions during the event.
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Heart of American Poultry Association
Kansas City
Heart of America Poultry Association
United States
Sold Out Threshing Machines Hit Wichita Demand
Distributors report near total depletion of threshing machines as demand soars beyond supply. A Wichita manager cites steel parts shortages delaying 150 separators, while dealers note previous outfits were patched, now buyers purchase new equipment. In 1914
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Wichita
Dilema
McLean Ad Promotes Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
An old McLean Nebraska advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for a range of female troubles including irregularities backache nervousness and fatigue. The copy invites women to seek the remedy and promises support for over forty years of use.
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McLean
Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nebraska
Weekly Summer Session Calender of Events Issued
Dean F J Kelly organizer presents a weekly calendar for summer session activities. This week features Community Sing at Museum steps with Dean Butler, Recreation Hour in gymnasium and outdoors, Men’s Forum in Fraser Room 110, Socialized Mathematics, Music Recital in Fraser chapel, Water sports at Potterlake, Public Lecture Star Dust by Professor Alter, and Recreation Evening with sports games and dancing.
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F. J. Kelly
Dean Butler
Fraser
Clark
School of Fine Arts
Fraser Chapel
Potterlake
Alter
Trusties Escape From Kansas State Prison Farm
Two trusties at the Kansas State penitentiary Clyde Scholes 21 and Lucenn Harris 22 escaped from the prison farm yesterday according to officials Scholes from Sedgwick county July 27 1917 Harris from Kingman county December 6 1918 both serving 10 year sentences.
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State Prison
Leavenworth
Clyde Scholes
Lucenn Harris
Kansas State Penitentiary
Scholes
Sedgwick County
Harris
Kingman County
Tribute to Aggie veterans across wars in Kansas
A ceremonial tribute honors Aggie men who served in the Civil War Spanish American War and the recent conflict. The plan includes a memorial fund aiming to raise a million dollars for the legacy and welfare of veterans in Kansas communities.
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Tama
Aggie
Kansas
Gompers Re-elected AFL Leader in Atlantic City
Samuel Gompers today won re election as president of the American Federation of Labor in Atlantic City. In a speech he called the victory American labor’s answer to its traducers and opponents.
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Gompers
Atlantic City
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
American Labor
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