Plans for Douglas County Poor Farm Move to Harrisonville
Douglas County commissioners A L Selig and Will Green visited Harrisonville Missouri to study the local poor farm as a model for a new $30,000 county facility to be built this summer. An architect will be chosen next week with plans drawn soon, aiming to house inmates by fall. The existing shack will be replaced rather than sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Douglas County
A. L. Selig
Will Green
Harrisonville
Hadley
Missouri
Roosevelt party greeted by Sudanese guards in Lado port
A native gunner from Mongalla reports enthusiastic receptions for Colonel Roosevelt and his party at Bar El Jeber ports. Two thousand Sudanese soldiers line the pier as Major Jemke hosts a luncheon for Americans before the delegation sails by steamer to Lake No. Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grendotoro
Sudan
Mar
Mongalla
Roosevelt
Bar-El-Jebel
Lado
Landig
Jemke
Fericans
Mongallz
Lake No
Telegraphic Brevities From The Nation
Texas marks its anniversary of independence from Mexico as brief items recount labor wage talks on the Baltimore and Ohio line. A Kansas City jury bid is sought in Eugene Mayes murder case. Davis remarks on a sunk land fee are noted. A Rockefeller wealth bill is proposed in the Senate. Local ads mention High School Picture Exhibit, furnished rooms, and Sterling Silver Spike Hat Pins.
PURELY PERSONAL NOTES FROM KANSAS CITY VISITS
Numerous brief items list residents and visitors from Vinland, Ottawa, Topeka, St. Joseph, and other Kansas locales. People travel to Kansas City for business, shows, or social visits, with mentions of spouses, children, and extended trips to St. Louis, Chicago, and New York. Diverse names appear amid routine social notices and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John Zerby
James
Vera Atkinson
J. Ji. Cobu
St. Louis
Alfred Lawrence
Lawrence
Maggie Belle Long
al L. Selig
Cal’? Walton
Albert Walters
Morrisonville
A. Monroe
New York City
George Ady
Macomb
Oklo
M. Hobinson
Atcompany
Venrietta
Chivage
Lenore Cheney
Lot Lake
Oregon
G. W. McCammon
Constaney
Josephine McCammon
Topeka
Hall
Tulare
Liturnia
J °Fe Peakrs
Rice
Fort Scott
Society Notes Highlight Local Gatherings and Events
Mrs Henry Tisdale and Mrs Charles Ekiwell host a whist afternoon as part of a party series. Priscilla Embroidery club postpones its meeting to March 10 with Mrs R D Renkin. Mr Fred Haddock plans a Rosedale house party next week and a weekend track meet in Kansas City March 11. Guests include Miss Marie Sinclair Frank Davis Hal Clark and Ray Eisen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Tisdale
Charles Ekiwell
Mped Intern University Falk
Fred Haddock
Rosedale
Kansas City
Haddock
Marie Sinclair
Frank Davis
Hal Clark
Ray Eisen
Kansas University to choose next season football coach
A list of candidates including A G Schulz W F Wasmund H Barry R B White and E A Cochems is presented as the pool for Kansas University's next football coach. Rumors point to Bert Kennedy or Mosse with Herrnstein also favored, while spring practice approaches and the athletic board prepares to meet to act on the coaching decision. The article notes potential influence from Herrnstein and the ongoing speculation among players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Schulz
University of Michigan
Jost
W. F. Wasmund
Dr. H. Barry
Syracuse University
R. B. White
Harvard
University of South Carolina
A. C. Cochems
St. Louis
University
Missouri
Hernstein
Haskell Institute
Purdue
Ohio State University
Athletic Board
Kansas
Bert Kennedy
ICU
Mosse
Jernstein
Herrnstein
Haskell
Lawrence
Jayhawker
Hasskell
Kansas University
Markets by Wire Wheat and grain prices reported
Market wire notes wheat futures for May at 1.085 to 1.094, July at 0.983 to 0.988, Sept near 1.00, corn May to Sept around 0.63 to 0.64, cash bids for No.1 mixed and No.2 white corn, oats No.2 white 46 to 48 cents, rye around 0.72, Timothy bids around 14 to 14.50, creamery butter about 30 cents, packing 104 to 105 cents.
Domestic science seniors study cost of living estimates
Kansas State Agricultural College seniors in domestic science work on two and four person cost-of-living estimates to determine required earnings and savings. The piece weaves in various local notes on living arrangements, livestock market data, and sales, with notices of a poetry lecturer Edmund Vance Cooke visiting, and local sales and rentals in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kans
Mar
Kansas State Agricultural College
Jman
R Little
Edmund Vance Cooke
Iady
Edmund
Vance Cooke
E. P
Lawrence Thurs-t Sieveren
Mr. Cooke
Lyceum
Trolley Cars Collide in Dense Fog Injuring Motormen
In Springfield Missouri two trolley cars crashed head on during dense fog. Motormen Joseph Aaron and George Sherri were fatally injured, and passengers escaped. The incident disrupted services as investigators review the high speed collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfeld
Mar
Trelley
Joseph Aaron
Givorge Sheri
Model School To Be Opened Near Emporia Kansas
Plans by the Kansas State Normal school create a rural model school near Emporia to be operated in summer in a country building east of town. Mrs Emily Kittlaus Hoebel will lead teaching with visiting teachers observing, aiming for a highly equipped, large attendance model rural program linked to the Normal school.
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Emporia
Kans
Mar
Kansas State Normal School
Normal ‘School
Hill
Emily Kittlaus- Hoebel
Normal
Kirksville
Thut
Hoebel
Kansas Normal Schvol
Leavenworth
New Ulysses
Grant County
Ald
State Board of Éducstion
Kansas
Graunt County
Moebel
Grant
School of the Normal
Sehool
Avalanche Disaster at Wellington Strikes Passengers and Town
Everett Washington March 2 reports reveal the avalanche that toppled two Great Northern passenger trains and damaged Wellington. Twenty three bodies recovered with twenty five still missing, wreckage strewn across 200 feet of canyon. Rescue teams rushed relief trains with physicians and nurses as authorities fear dozens more may be lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Wash
Great Northern
Wellington
John Wentzel
Cail
Firon Everett
Htas
Svalaocke
Conyon
Great Northern Power House
Johnson
Scenic Hot Springs
O'Neil
Insurgent Retreat After Chamorra Arrival in San Vicente
Deserters from General Mena's force report General Chamorra reached San Vicente with sixty horsemen, remnants of a 1500-strong army at Tisma. Mena and Zeledon, hearing of defeats at Tipitapa and Tisma, order retreat to Rama. Destruction and widespread desertion shrink insurgent ranks. General Vasquez likely now holds San Vicente.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sansuman
Chamorre
Genveal Vasquez
San Vicente
Woman Attacked After Nebraska Testimony
Mrs. Stansfield in Norfolk Nebraska was stabbed after testifying against bank robber Harry Poyce. The assailant, naked, fled. state records note Poyce’s 20 year sentence from Hadar robbery. Wound not life threatening. police pursuit ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Norfolk
Neb
B.S. Staatfield
Two Sig Alphs Return From Novel Denver Trip
Kansas University Sigma Alpha Epsilon members Hal Clark and R. E. Watson completed a unique trip to Denver Colorado visiting the Denver University Sig Alpha chapter and the Colorado School of Mines at Goliet. The pair claimed to have traveled by “bumming” and walking or riding the blinds, with only Clark and Watson sticking to the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sig Alphs
Denver
Colorado
Hal Clark
R. E. Watson
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Kansas University
Col
Sig Alpht
Denver University
Colorado School of Mines
Goliet
Clark
Watson
Jordan Not In It South American Physician Will Not Testify Before Grand Jury
Kansas City report states Dr. C H Jordan the South American physician will not be called before the grand jury. It notes Mrs Swope was questioned about medicines the family received from Jordan. Jordan testified in deposition that none of his medicines contained strychnine. A drug clerk testified that he supplied Jordan with pills containing strychnine. Mrs Swope gave her deposition in the civil suit this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
C. H. Jordan
Marriage License for Sam Cooper and Mabel McCall
A marriage license was issued to Sam Cooper and Mabel McCall of Lawrence. Sam is a truck driver for Movfe and Mabel is employed at Miawathi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key
Sam Cooper
Mabel McCall
Loth
Lawrence
Movfe
Miawathi
Flood Threat Looms Over Warren Ohio Town
Warren Ohio faces great peril as a water six miles long and three miles wide piles ice in streets. If ice dams break, floodwater could surge into the town with deadly force, officials warn amid heavy rain and rising river conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren, Alie
Mar
Mahoning River
Ann
Biograph Film at Aurora Shown Today and Tomorrow
A fine Biograph picture titled The Last Deal is being shown today at the Aurora theater and will also be screened tomorrow. The program highlights a notable film run for local audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biograph
Aurora
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Selig
Washington
Fritse Duquesne
Europe
Texas
Mexico
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Eugene Mayes
Okbama
Benater Jf Davis
Senate
John D. Rockefeller
Ierndon
S *Varsity
Rockland
Hiawatha Cafe
Wr. Parsons
Mass
A. F. Allen
Vinland
WR. Evans
C. M. Young
J. N. McCarroll
W. &. Farlis
Ottawa
J. A. Henley
F. Roberts
Odessa
W. J. Gihaure
Scott Hopkins
Nelle Myers City
A. Young
St. Joseph
Dora Robb Young
Whitsed Laming
Civid Alexander
Vic Jolson
Willing ‘I. Sinclair
James Austin
Elise Austin
Tenney
Fred Tenney
Gayford Myers
W.J . Martin
Wiedemann's
W. Parsons
St. Jeweler
Herndon
oglBrick
Soxman &Company
Priscilla Embroidery Club
R. D. Renkin
Kentucky Street
Prom
Anrona
Rocklund
Illawatha Cafe
Hisawatha Cafe
Main
Elliott
Bell Phone
Chicago
Winduill
Will and Su Foal
Ehm Street
North
H Lanwrence
Nauta Fe Lote
W. G
Whitcomb
Jerbrook
G. F. Oebrig
Polaware St. Lwrence
W J. Harris
O. F. Hall
St. Dew
McCulloch’s
Crawford County
F. D."head
Lecompton
New York
John Taylor
Densmore
James Kel
Fan
Sey
Elm Street
Bell
Mena
Jordan
Robes Wees
Berger
Ohio
Cleveland
Secuml
Qhiv
Ohio River
Zanesville
Freemont
Sandusky River
Ogden
Utah
Osden
Tumholdt Valley
Nevada
Elko
Nev
Deeth
Humbaldt
St. Paul
Minn
Emanty Eytien
Ancditorium
Govertor Eberhart
K-t
Ile
Rae Grange
Artivala
Hilliard & Carroll
Smith’s
Sal
New Oxfords
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