Nelson willians and Star's future after W R Nelson death
The piece discusses the impact of Laura Nelson Kirkwood’s death and the Nelson will’s provisions to sell the Kansas City Star within two years. It examines how the new owner may preserve or alter the paper’s tradition and influence, noting expectations for leadership and the role of W. R. Nelson’s legacy in the community. It also touches on political context with mentions of Coolidge and Wilson era parallels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Laura Nelson Kirkwood
Lnte
Star
W. BR. Nelson
W. R. Nelson
Ith
The
United States Department of Agriculture
Standard Oil Company
Indiare
Chicago
Indiana
Anti-prohibitionists denounce Capper over farm barley claim
A circular by anti-prohibitionists denounces Senator Arthur Capper accusing him of harming farmers by reducing barley, rice and hops markets used in beer. The text notes they avoid commenting on whisky and frame prohibition as the cause, not postwar conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Capper
Sirewige
Windy City trip signals new campaign pair
The Topeka Capital notes Jim Reed and Borah joined forces to oppose the world court and traveled to Chicago to launch their effort, amid reflections on old reporting phrases and linguistic shifts. The piece ties local press lore to a broader political maneuver and questions why the pair chose Chicago to begin their campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Reed
Borah
World Court
Topeka
Windy City
Local Business Moves and Lectures Highlight City Notes
Katzenstein's store sign falls. Smith and Boswell relocate two doors north. A juvenile music class starts at the Baptist church basement on March Ith with $1 for twelve lessons. Professor Jo. Preeter and luminaries including Richard and Tyndall attend a lecture at Liberty Hall on the universe. Goulherrand Co promotes Zephyr Yorks derwder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anid Pect of
Tyndall
Dav Wir
Amt
Huxley
Lawrence
Liberty Hall
Zephyr Yorst
Goulherrand Co
Salina Items Highlight Local Dues And Club Formations
Twenty five years ago Mise Mame Tishie returned from a visit in Uosten and New York City. Brodhead left for Nebraska to tend the Van Wyck estate. A new musical club named Clef Club formed at Mrs. Frank Benedict home with weekly meetings. The Salina Cement and Plaster Co. board resigned and a new Lawrence based board led by A Henly took over. Other notes include Mr. Y J Peterson planning a Florida trip to tend land and recover from grip, and prominent residents visiting or returning from New Jersey and New York.
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Mise
Clef Club
Reh Ae
Straffon
Thel Conneil
Elmer Wills
Jessamine
Connelly
Frank Benedict
Siex Mitenel
A.D. Sears
Latwrence
Leafvitla, Cale
Jalued
Leach
Centenary Hall
Migsouri- Wesleyan
Baker
Baker Boys
Ralph Havens
Lewis Moore
William Stanley
Delta Taw Deltas
Kappa Sigmes
John Stoebener
Worden
Lutheran Stone Church
Serbald
Stiebener
Thomas A. Evans
Nautilus Club
Tth
Dorsey -Streets
Frank Smith
Enos Mills
Alma Jenkins
John Burroughs
A. H. Kraft
Luther Burbank
Frank Hobble
Frank Jr
Dodge City
Ethlyn ,Stewart
Myra King
Martha Margrave
Kansas City
Hush T. Hartley
Oundil
Maurice W. Markham
Tyre
Lorenzi
Jane
Dasion
W. Muenzenr
Kansas
Ottawa
Virginia
Howellh
Mildred Cole
Baldwin High School
Louis A. Rowland
Erala R Har Hill
Gtd
Kansas State Music Teacher’s Association
Ie Stevenin Mavetes
Farmer’s Union
Charles Jr
Baldwin Union
Baldwin
Emil
Liston
Eee Baldwin High School
Busine Men's Association
Norma Gardner
Arthur M. Gardner
Hugh P. Hartley
Masonis
Topeka
Grand Lodge
Arthur Patterson
Naomi
Gardner
Charles E. Reed
Joseph . Patterson
Haff
J. G. Patterson
A. Asnolgrast
James Brockway
Esther Brockaway
Leonard B. Snyder
Geneva Snyder
William Adriance
Glen Patterson
Byron Overton
Dorothy
Loraine
Pratt
Kangasi Clyde Patterson
Longton
Lawrence
Edgerton
Fort Scott
Wellsville
Florence
Eien Elm
John Elm
A. A. Vaughn
Elm
Evangelical Church
Den
Widensaul
Ruth Anderson
Colony
Richard A. Anderson
Bruner
Samuel Bruner
Byran Overton
Elaine
Her
Ythland Jersey
Frank
H. Bell
Clarence Speer
Gem Theatre
American Association
of_ University
Elmore Morris
Oklahoma” City
Ermit Foster
Glen
Raymond
March Observances and Local Celebrations Across States
The piece notes Missouri declaring Misssouri Products Week by governor proclamation. It mentions St Davids Day for Wales, Nebraska's 60th state anniversary, town meetings across Massachusetts and Maine, and Lowell Massachusetts centennial incorporation celebration. It also references a Senate vote on Justice Department criticism over an antitrust investigation and a historical line about the National League's 72 cities with baseball clubs.
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Nebraska
Siaint
Baker
Missouri
Massachusetts
Maine
Lowell
Mass
Boston Merchants Ag
Lawyers Flock to Capital City Where Laws Are Made
Topeka houses about 199 resident lawyers plus thirty more from other Kansas cities serving in public offices. Kansas has roughly 1,850 licensed lawyers, meaning about one in eight practice in Topeka. Most of the seven supreme court justices are not Topeka residents. Chief Justice W A Johnston still votes in Minneapolis after decades on the bench.
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Topeka
Kansas
Supreme Court
W. A. Johnston
Minneapolis
S Rousseau
A. Burch
Salina
Henry F. Mason
Richard J. Hopkins
Garden City
John Dawson
Hill City
W.W. Harvey
Ashland
John’ Marshall
Charles B. Griffith
Fort Scott
William A. Smith
Valley Malls
G. L. Martin
Wichita
Roeland E. Boyton
Emporia
W. A. Elston
Moline
al. F. Williams
Colimbus
United States
Aepea
Sam
Alton TH. Skinner
Kansas City
Kan
Frank
H. McFarland
Washington
John Free
Chanute
Frank O’brien
Public Service Commission
Henry ¥. Gott
Commission
M. J. Healey
Lincoln
John H Crawford
Labor Department
Suzanne G. Henry
Clay Center
Johnston
Martin
Attorney General’s Office
State House
O. L. Moore
Abilene
Dickinson County
Earl H. Hatcher
Wilder S. Metcalf
Lawrence
K. E. Kelly
Waters
Kelley
William Easton Hutchinson
Paulen
Clifford R. Hope
Hopkins
Albert S. Foulka
Iver
Hutchinson
D. Earl Farrish
Stockton
Fe. R. Sloan
Holton
Douglas Hudsom
Income Tax in a Nutshell and Tax Law Notes
Tax rules state single filers with net income 1800 or more or gross 35000 or more must file. Married couples with net income 2500 or more or gross. Tax rates apply on income over exemptions, with a March 15, 1924 deadline and district collector filing. Also notes adoption of Form 1020A 1010 and 16IOA with a 1.5 to 5 percent tax schedule and a surcharge over 10000. In Toledo Bowling Congress opens March 5 as twenty sixth championship event. Various state legal officials listed including Justices Hopkins Foulka and Attorney General Griffith plus staff from multiple cities. Suzan Lenglen wins tennis, Rene La Coste defeats Vincent Richards. Corey Delan promotes grayhound racing in Sarasota.
Baker Wildcats Top College of Emporia On Emporia Court
Byron Guise and Paul Dick report a Baldwin win as Baker Wildcats defeat College of Emporia 38 to 18 on Emporia’s court. The item notes the score as the season’s largest run against Emporia and mentions local social and club activities surrounding Baker students.
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Byron Guise
Paul Dick
Lawrence
Baker Wildcats
College of Emporia
Emporia
Tri-Sigma
Paul Luckan
Teporta
Mary Elizabeth’ Taylor
Kansas City
Chattam
Charles’ Callahan
Independence
Alice Ann
Callahan
Baker
Ruth
Jane Laury
Delta Delta Delta
Thomas .L. Harris
Frank Willis
G. F. Willis
Monrovia
Frank E. Wolf
John Howard Campbell Ix
Faculity Club
Saylor Hall
Samuel A. Deel
Ottawa
the Baker
Glee Club
Helen Elizabeth Moorhead
W. L. Moorhead
Hopkins
Jack Moorhead
Harley Lambert
Frieda
Philamathean Club
W. H. Cooper
Grover Brumfield
Cooper
Kerns
Ralph Twichel
West Baldwin
Trmity Lutheran Hospital
Tovichick
Alf E. Leach
Bissell
Syening
Paulen enlarges staff appoints two new aides
In Topeka Governor Paulen expands his military staff by naming two new aides. Les ter F Weatherwax of Wichita becomes lieutenant colonel and Charles L Mitchell of Topeka remains lieutenant colonel. Weatherwax formerly led the Wichita American Legion post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Aps
Paulen
Lester F. Weatherwax
Wichita
Charles L. Mitchell
Ates
Coloniel Weatherwax
Wichita American Legion
Retirement of Earl of Cavan Surprises Military World
The Earl of Cavan, famed World War I commander and chief of the Imperial Staff for four years, announces retirement in a London despatch. Born 1865, he served across Canada India and the empire, led the British army in later war stages and coordinated Italian front operations. He later acted as a British War Office representative at Washington. In 1922 he wed Lady Jean Mulholland, close friend of Princess Mary.
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Earl of Cavan
London
Imperial Staff
Apa
Froom
Lord Stanley of
Preston
Canada
India
Piave
Washington
Jean Mulholland
Mary
Pape's Diapersin Promises Quick Digestion Help
An old ad touts Pape's Diapersin as fast relief for upset stomach and indigestion with no sourness or heartburn. It claims instant improvement after taking a tablet and promises inexpensive, simple digestion correction.
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Lon Holder
Cool
Wilson
Coolidge
White House
Kanens
Senatu Capper
HE. Keller
Webster's International
Senate
Amily
Department of Justice
Searnh
Ahnwinan Company of America
Judiciary Committee
National League
Siventy
Capital City
Mar
Toledo
Lenglen
Monte Carlo
Fes
Suzanna Lengln
Beauticon
Didi Vlasto
Radcliffe and
Platt
England
la Coste Smothers Richards
New York
A.P
France
America
Rene la Coste
Vincent Richards
Corey Délan
Grayhound Racing
Sarasota
Baldwin News
New Fort -Scott
Charles R. Fisher
Ft. Scott
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Marjorie Rambedu
William Kevitt Manton
Mabel Manton
Marjorie Rambeau
Er Augussey
Standard Oil Building
Michigan Avenue
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