Gathering for Good Roads Convention in Lawrence Saturday
The good roads convention will be held in Lawrence on Saturday with widespread turnout from town and county. President J R Sadborn of the Commercial club reports strong responses to the dinner invitation at the New Eldridge. The program begins at 10 am at the courthouse with welcomes and addresses, then resumes after lunch at the Merchants National Bank building. An extra session may organize a good roads association. E G Harrison of the U S Department of Agriculture will speak, brought by Congressman J D Bowersock.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
J. D. Bowersock
The Lit tle Minister captivates Lawrence as opera house sells out
A Frohmen company presented The Little Minister at Bowersock Opera House drawing a sold out crowd and standing room. Patrons showered the performance with curtain calls and applause, praising the troupe and lamenting that Lawrence could see it only once.
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Lawrence Theatre
Wilder Bros Offers Remaining Size 40 Sweaters
Wilder Bros advertises a few remaining sweaters in size 40 at below cost, claiming extra good quality.
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Local social notes mix of visits and events in Topeka and Lawrence
Topeka residents like Rev H D Pischer and Gertrude Goodrich visit Lawrence while others plan social gatherings. Mrs Alfred Whitman travels to Kansas City to visit Ruth Whitman. Heattie Mossier hosts a whist gathering Friday. Malcolm Conn returns from Chicago. Mrs J H McCarrel departs for Pennsylvania for three months. A Ventura club tea is set for March 17 with a musicale in the early program, featuring Prof C A Peegee and Prof Joseph Farrell. A home on Louisiana street hosts a semi social evening to benefit the industrial school with committee members listed. Baseball goods showcase signals spring. county commissioners remain in session.
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Cora McCullom Smith
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Arthur Weaver
BM Suamerfeld
Loren Wilson
A. Henley
Yost Accepts Stanford Football Coaching Offer
Lawrence reports F H Yost, former Kansas coach, has accepted an offer to coach at Leland Stanford University next season for 1500 dollars. Kansas plans two baseball games with Kansas City Blues and names Dale Gear as coach. Captain Frank Parest organizes gym work as McCook field readies for outdoor practice.
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Leavenworth Aid Drive and Local Paint Ads
Mrs LM Merrill, a Fair board member, solicits aid for the Home for the Friendless. The notice urges house repairs before painting and promotes Raymond's Job glass paint emphasizing quality and purity. Erickson and Shilder obtain a marriage license. Lewis Johnsons announce a daughter born yesterday.
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Richland
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Clinton
Kansas university elocutionary events and Karoo country notes
Kansas University hosts a series of events with the Sigma No party and a Kansas Missouri debate preliminary in the university chapel and an opera house venue. Prof Chas Vickery attends the Emporia Elocutionary Association on April 28 with a paper Essentials of Oratory. The Karoo country article describes the bleak uplands near Cape Colony, the Uitlander, spring flowers after rain, and hardy stock farming in a detailed travelogue style.
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Washington D C News Roundup on Bills and Factions
A Washington report surveys debates over Mr Bowersock s pension for a photographer and a boycott bill in the District, notes Senator Baker s return from Kansas, and records Bailey s Porto Rican votes. It mentions Mrs Chas Curtis and Miss Clemma Lion hosting socials and reports on Bowersock s Temperance Hill print run. Kansas siege gun plans move to Fort Riley as heavy equipment logistics loom.
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Controversy and Local Notices from Duncan's Mills and Vicinity
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