Oil survey fuels western Kansas prospect hope
A University of Kansas geology survey reports western Kansas may harbor commercial oil as deeper structures resemble productive fields in the state. The study covers Scott, Lane, Ness, Logan, Gove and Trego counties with favorable prospects in deep Permian and Pennsylvanian formations. Hutchinson milling suits challenge local firms as a combination. hearing set for June 30.
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University
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Okla
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Scott, Lane, Ness
Eogan
Gove
Trego
Notice to Water Consumers in District for Short Shutdowns
Water department reports possible short shutoffs in various districts over the next few days to make connections to mains. Residents are urged to draw water in advance for up to ten days to avoid inconvenience during improvements. Contact William S. Henderson, Superintendent, for details. Also an unrelated ad promotes fireworks at 23th and Haskell and a clothing advisory.
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Water Department
Wm. S. Henderson
Supt
Seer Hele Kik
Lawrence Gossip and Oddities Flash Through Town
Local chatter in Lawrence includes a dispute over who killed a mad dog near K U, telephone dated society, parrot training quip, a horse trying to eat a bicycle saddle, barber shop as horseshoe hub, a stray dog shot at 1639 Massachusetts, Topeka visit ends with a dead mouse causing an auto battery short, O Smith filming farm trials, Ford house car, watermelons and roasting ears appearing, and the line He Who Hesitates at 18th and Haskell.
Bayer Aspirin Jumble Warns Consumers About Counterfeits
An old ad-like notice warns buyers to insist on the Bayer name on packaging to ensure genuine aspirin. It lists uses from colds and headaches to toothache and rheumatism and notes tablets come in boxes of twelve or bottles of 24 or 100, with low prices.
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Bayer
Orient railroad crisis prompts Kansas Texas Oklahoma talks
Washington June 29 Chairman McChord of the Interstate Commerce Commission sent wires to governors of Kansas Oklahoma and Texas urging a July 12 meeting in Washington on the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad now under receivers and facing possible full suspension after July 1. Representatives of the railroad commissions of the three states were to attend the conference. The railroad faces a grave situation requiring immediate action to keep it operating. The line runs through 26 Texas counties and also serves Oklahoma and Kansas. It has been under receivership for over a year with proposals for a government loan of 2 million dollars under consideration.
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McChord
Inter-State ,Commerce Commission Today
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Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas City
Mexico
Orient
Operaton
BUILD A CAMPUS ROAD AT K U AND MARKET SUMMARY
Campus traffic hampered by a new concrete road block between Fowler shops and the power plant forcing streetcars to reroute up Highth Massachusetts and up Tennessee. Work on tracks from Breezedale to Haskell and on Massachusetts to Woodland Park will continue past the Fourth of July while livestock and grain markets in Kansas City show mixed pricing and volumes.
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University
J. T. Skinner
Kansas Electric Power Co
Fowler
Highth
Massachusetts
K. U
Tennessee Street
Breezedale
Haskell
Woodland Park
Markets Report From Kansas City Beef and Hog Prices June 29
Market notes show cattle steady to higher with steers up to 15 cents, best grades at 9 to 9.50, grassers 6.25 to 7.16, yearlings strong 25 cents up, vealers to 8.50. Cows mostly 4 to 5.50, good 5.75 to 6, heifers 8.25, cutters 2.25 to 2.50, stockers 4.25 to 6.50. Hogs 8000 head opened up 10 to 15 cents, later 15 to 25 cents higher, top 10.63, most sales 10.25 to 10.60, 1500 good and choice to 10.00 per hundredweight, sows mostly omitted.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Hhansas City
Wheat and Corn Futures Shifts Across Months
Market brief notes July and September futures for wheat corn and oats with regional Chicago price points. Additional entries show law futures and December values, indicating mixed activity across contracts and months.
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Chicago
Dees
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