Senate Passes Six Highway Bills for State System
In Topeka on March 3 the senate sent six highway measures to the house. They create a state highway system linking county seats and market centers, form a three member highway commission, repeal the benefit district law, and establish state and county road funds with allocations for maintenance and construction. The package includes limits on reimbursements, director salaries, and road marker penalties. The vote favored repeal with concerns over districts already under contract and fears of future funding gaps.
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Topeka
Kan
Associated Press
Committee On Roads and Bridges
Senate
House
State Highway Department
Tower
State Highway Commission
Ylan
Finley
Chanuté
Snyder
Leavenworth
Mortgage registrations record in county office
Thirty-eight mortgages were filed for registration yesterday at the office of the county register of deeds. Total registration fees collected were 151.55 dollars. A number of inquiries were made at the office about the Mortgage registration law. Davidson re-elected to office in Wichita. John P. Daideen, re-elected president of the Sedgwick County pioneers society, plans annual meeting June 6 with about 450 members across the United States.
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County Register of Deeds
Akestas
Davidson
Wichita
John ‘P. Daideen
Sedgwick Coun Pioneers Society
Xehe
School Board Meets Sets Fund Drive For Youth Activities
The Lawrence board of education met at the high school last night and approved holding entertainments in the Liberty Memorial auditorium free of charge to raise funds for summer activities for youths. A. J. Boynton reported on a Topeka meeting where they discussed tuition law county school support and teacher pensions. The treasurer and clerk reports were received and the Quigley parent teachers association petitioned to shorten the noon hour by 15 minutes, referred to Supt. Del Manzo.
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Lawrence
Liberty Memorial
Board of Education
A. J. Boynton
Topeka
Boynton
Quifcy Parent Teachers’ Association
Supt
M. C. del Manzo
Walton Doolittle Injured In California Auto Accident
Mr and Mrs W J Russell report their son in law Walton Doolittle of Santa Ana California was hurt in an automobile crash. He worked as a Costa Mesa meat cutter and was thrown from his truck when a speeding car crowded it off the road February 20. He suffered a cut hand and a thumb cord injury. the other driver fled after dimming headlights. Doolittle is the son of R K and Mrs Doolittle of Kansas City Kansas, and his wife was formerly Miss Bessie Russell of this city.
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W. J
Russell
Walton Doolittle
Santa Ana
Cal
Brown Spotted Eggs Stir London Markets
Spotted eggs in London markets have been dipped in coffee to create a brown tint. Some eggs become spotty if left in solution briefly, while longer immersion can impart a coffee flavor. London demand favors brown shells, though white eggs fetch higher prices in parts of the United States.
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London
Associated Press
United States
Floral tributes flood Ebert's lying-in-state scene
Berlin reports a flood of floral tributes at the executive mansion where President Ebert lies in state. Wreaths come from the American embassy, S. Parker Gilbert and colleagues, and the diplomatic corps. Ebert to be moved tomorrow to Heidelberg for burial. The Berlin socialist party plans memorial meetings with addresses by German and foreign socialist leaders.
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Berlin
Ebert
Parker Gilbert
Heidelberg
Socialist Party of Berlin
Cerman
Karnival Plans At KU Pavilion By University Groups
The University of Kansas announces the annual Karnival under the University Y and WGC A auspices to be held March 7 in Robinson Gymnasium. Side shows run by fraternities sororities and WSGA on the first floor, with short plays by other groups on the building’s second floor after amusements.
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University of Kansas
Installation of Officers at Scottish Rite Lodge Tomorrow
The Verbal Lodge of Perfection, Scottish Rite, will hold installation of officers tomorrow night at the Masonic temple. A dinner at 6:30 precedes the ritual ceremony. Officers for the lodge were chosen last week at the regular meeting of the organization.
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Lodge of Perfection
Masonic Temple
Jorge
Pege
Tom Harley Joins Wichita Law Firm
Lawrence lawyer Tom Harley, a long time member of the Douglas county bar since 1897, moves to Wichita to join a local firm. He served two terms as county attorney and also acted with distinction in the state legislature. Mr and Mrs Harley and young Tom left last week for their new home.
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Lawrence
Tom , Harley
Douglas County
Wichita
and & Harley
Harley
Tom
Lenten Union Services Planned by Lawrence Alliance
The Lawrence Ministerial Alliance voted to hold four Lenten union services beginning April 6 with a Good Friday session from 12 to 2 pm on April 10. Services will be in different city churches with pastors presiding in turn. Chaplain Evan A Edwards read a paper on modern psychology to the ministry at the Alliance meeting.
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Lawrence
Guards old war memorial caretaker in Elgin Scotland
In Elgin Scotland a town council hires a memorial caretaker for two shillings sixpence a week to remove wilted flowers arrange wreaths curb car parking and keep the memorial clean. In Texas Mrs William Wise of Mercedes left for Kansas City then Illinois and Florida with her relatives. Lawrence high school to hold oratorical contest March 10 with county contest March 12. Malays of Sumatra live under matriarchal system with women controlling property and lineage.
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Elgin
Scotland
Associated Preas
Texas
William Wise
Mercedes
Kansas
Rio Grande Valley
Wise
Nevada
A. B. Manning
Illinois
Hal Man Ning
Florida
Manning
John Wise
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
Liberty Memorial
Sumatra
Red Pepper Rub Quick Relief for Pain
Quick relief for rheumatic pain soreness lameness chest cold and similar ailments. Apply red pepper to the sore spot for immediate tingling heat that penetrates in minutes starting circulation and easing congestion. A modern liniment replacing older methods with fast action and no torture.
Fined for Drunkenness by County Officers
D W Cunningham pleaded guilty to drunkenness on the north fort to fort highway before Justice John Clark and paid fines and costs totaling 40.55 dollars. An announcement notes John A Dowers has left Farmers Union Store for Webster Lange Grocery at 904 Mass inviting patronage.
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D. W. Cunningham
North Fort-To-Fort
John, Clark
Farmers Union
Webster-Lange Grocery Company
Mass
John A. Dowers
Commercial Failures Report for Feb and Jan 1925
R G Dun and Company reports 1,793 commercial failures involving 40,123,017 in February, compared with 2,317 defaults involving 54,354,032 in January and 1,730 totaling 35,942,037 in February 1924.
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New York
R. G. Dun and Company
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William
Curvis Mouta
Trewlhans
Ree Board
California
W. C. Nelson
Butler-Sanderson
ART Furniture CO
Masa
Tom Harley
Plan Union Services
Asher. Passon
Geological Survey
Butler- Sanderson Motor Co
Qo, L.-May
Guards Old War Memorial
Scotch Town
Mrmorial
Scotch
Bates
Eldridge Flower Shop
Scott's
Scott & Bowne
Woomfield
Olson Bros
Pinot
Tonganoxie
Kansas Cities
Eaewen Ae
Ideal Clothing Co
St. Lawrence, Kans
Wrigley
Wrigleys
Made For You R. &. Protch Merchant Taylor
Martha Washington
University
Harl H. Bronson
Massachusetts
Journal- World
Firestone
Carter Wee & Ae Battery. Co
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