Broadcast Voice of Spirits Promises Wireless Messages
London spiritualists announce that spirit voices from the afterlife will soon be broadcast by radio. Lord Northcliffe’s secretary reports messages urging women to organize to end war, with other apparitions from the publisher and a call to halt socialism and promote peace through spiritualism.
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London
Associated Press
London Spiritualist Alliance, Limited
Lord Northcliffe
Edward Marshall Hail
K. C
Migs Louise Owen
Miss Owen
Tev
Owen
Hannen Swaffer
Swaffer
Northcliffe
Ife
League of Nations
Lloyd George
Black bears a problem in Minnesota forests
A Minnesota bill would allocate funds to compensate individuals injured by black bear attacks as bears proliferate across state lands. Wardens compare bear numbers to Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes, noting attractants like flour and fruit draw the animals, whose raiding of cabins increased after a poor berry season.
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St. Paul
Associated Press
Minnesota
Abilene Man Complains Scots Are Polite Compared to Americans
Milton Fisenhower of Abilene, newly stepdown as public relations head for a local telephone firm, now American vice consul in Edinburg Scotland, writes on his first impressions. He notes Scots and English politeness, from street signage to shop clerks and telephone operators, contrasts with American habits, and comments on sturdier British houses and a higher telephone rental, with per call charges in Kansas.
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Abilene
Kan
Scotland
England
Milton
Fisenhower
Edinburg
Eisenhower
Plymouth
Eng
America
Kansas
San Francisco
Associated Press
Elizabeth Santry
Dezrie
Hens Bill Advances in Kansas House to Curb Chicken Theft
Kansas lawmakers move to protect poultry industry with a bill requiring poultry dealers to keep public purchase records, aiming to curb thefts. Attorney Tillotson argues eggs and live poultry bring farmers over 50 million dollars yearly and recalls a prior failed measure. He cites a city-driven law making one chicken a felony to deter thefts by outsiders.
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Tillotson
Noxton
Albert
Mitchell
Range Lands Improve In Western Kansas Cattle
The February report from the western division of crop and livestock estimates shows range conditions in western Kansas rising from 79 to 88 percent of normal as snow melts. Cattle condition improves to 34 percent, with January at 57 and February at 91 percent, Kansas tracking above western averages. The report notes range free of snow with strong grass, fodder supplies replenished, and cattle enduring winter well despite scarce rail and telegraph links in Cameron Louisiana.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Western Division of Crop and Livestock
Bowersock and Varsity Theatres Show Casts for Coming Week
The Bowersock Theatre screens A Thief in Paradise with Doris Kenyon and Ronald Colman, plus Green Days musical comedy on Saturday. The Varsity Theatre presents Coming Through with Thomas Meighan and Lila Lee, ahead of The Great Divide with Alice Terry and Conway Tearle. An Orpheum engagement features Johnny Hines in The Speed Spook as Hollywood eyes a possible local Follies.
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Bowersock
Ronald Coleman
Doris Kenyon
Paradise
K. A
Varsity Theatre
Thomas Meighan
Lila, Lee
Alice Terry
Conway Tearle
Orpheum
Johnny Hines
Hollywood
Ziegfeld
Samuel Goldwyn
Fitzmaurice
Ronald. Colman Handle Pringle
Leonard Mertick
Tom
Paramount
Lila Lee
Jack Bethea
Meighan
Miss Lee
Wallace Beery
Joe Lawler
Beery
John Miltern
John Rand
Steel Corporation
Frank Campeau
Shackleton
Colton
Laurance Wheat
Tom Jin
Casts and credits in a fragmented mining camp tale
The fragment mentions Gus Weinburg and Alice Know land, Tom delivering a notable cast in a Alabama mining camp story, Edward Sutherland directed Coming Through as his first screen work, with Paul Schofield credited for the screenplay. A Ran kin's Drug Store line appears amid a fractured political note about a divided electoral vote for president.
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Gus Weinburg
Alice Knowland
Tom
Alabama
Edward Sutherland
Charles Chaplin
Paul Schofield
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