Dream Island Quest Afloat On Pacific Sea
Bramley a New York paving contractor sails aboard the steamer Peary bound for a claimed submerged island sixty feet below the Pacific. He says the dream led to the venture and that bulkheads may reveal sunken land while the well‑equiped Peary group searches for minerals and asphalt sources in distant regions.
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California
Syith Sea
Shaldow
Bramley
Peary
Obart Cann
Mexico City
William * "Pease
Edward H. Green
Siegal
Cleveland
Vienezuela
Matthew F. Bramley
Dream Isle
Pacific
Nation's Head Ends First Week With Broad Law Enforcement Plans
Washington March 9 AP The nation’s chief executive entered his first full week with definite aims for a far reaching investigation by his law enforcement commission. Foreign distractions from a Mexican revolt and immigrant concerns prompted discussion of federal problems. cabinet meetings focused on border security and war material surpluses, with no difference between the War and State Departments on steps to protect American borders.
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Washington
Hoover
Jend
Feder
el Paso
United States
State Department
Bank depositors to receive partial payout in Kansas City failure
State receiver Charley Johnson said deposits in the Union State Bank of Kansas City will receive 10 percent payments totaling about 41,080 dollars. The bank failed on February 28, and Johnson noted that a separate bank had already paid back 50 percent.
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Charjey
Kansas
Union State Bank of
Kansas Records Lowest Typhoid Death Rate in 1928
Topeka March 9 AP Dr Earle G Brown secretary of the state board of health announced that Kansas typhoid fever deaths in 1928 were the fewest on record with 45 deaths and a rate of 2.3 per 100000 population. The previous year 1927 saw 66 deaths and a rate of 3.1 per 100000.
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Topeka
Mar
Earle G. Brown
State Board of Health
Kansas
Kansas Death Rates 1909 Typhoid Diphtheria Record
The record shows war typhoid deaths in Kansas in 1909 at a rate of 23.5 per 1000, with diphtheria the second lowest rate on record. Brown’s compilation from 1928 lists deaths from seven acute infectious diseases, including influenza at 1,509 and pneumonia at 1,762, noting the highest figures since 1918 and 1921 respectively.
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Kansas
Brown
War claims arbiter rules ships not all merchant vessels
Edwin B. Parker dismissed claims for four German ships seized while allowed claims for four others. Kronprinz Wilhelm Prinz Heredit Friedrich Lieschen were ruled non merchant ships. Merchant status given to Prince Alice Coblenz Holsatia Sambia. Decision says 1928 act excludes German public ships taken by capture.
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Washington
APJ
Edwin B. Parker
United States
Lloyd
Kronpring Wilhelm
Friedrich
Hansa Line
Liebenfels
Prince Alice
Coblenz
North German
Holsatia
Sambia
Hamburg America Line
Congress
Valley Grove News Reports Illnesses Travel and Local Events
VALLEY GROVE notes list Junior Puckett absent from school due to illness, then taken to Lawrence for a doctor visit. Marvin Stewart visited family Tuesday and returned with Mr. Puckett to help navigate impassable roads. O ctave Fond spent time in Kansas City and Lawrence. Winford Thiry hauled corn from Chester. Chester Smith’s illness prompts hospital transfer to Kansas City, with hope of recovery. Charles Petrie moves hisBroader house with help from Petrie family. local residents haul hogs and move on vacant farms. Basketball tournament updates from McLouth and Lawrence Ward and family. Elizabeth Gibbs visits to help Mrs. Bertha Smith. both Smiths improving. George Edmonds visits Kansas City and returns to Ward’s. Roads hinder weekend travel for Dorothy and Edna Stewart. Township board meets. new board includes Ford, Moreard, Shultz, Ruth Johnson, and Lottie Eggert. Junior play scheduled for March 14 at McLouth High School.
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Junior Puckett
Mr. Puckett
Lawrence
Marvin Stewart
Mrs. Wards
Octave Fond
Kansas City
Winford Thiry
Chester
Chester Smith
Schaffer
Mebouth
Holliday
Emery
McKee
James Gordon
Suns
McLouth
Winchester
Tra Ward
George Edmonds
Ing
Ward
Mr. Ward
Dorothy
Edna Stewart
Herbert Champion
Ford
Moreard
Shultz
Ruth Johnson
Lottie Eggert
George
McLouth High School
Unclear text fragment on business and ages
Text appears as a garbled OCR fragment mentioning business, age, districts, and a week. No coherent events, names, places, or dates are readable to form a factual summary.
Cat-O-Nine-Tails play cast includes Valley Grove juniors
Local notes report students from Valley Grove taking parts in the play Cat-O-Nine-Tails. Nearby residents Mr and Mrs James Gordon are visiting at the Walter Wilbur home. Roads remain muddy with holes and ruts as patrols work to restore travel. milk deliveries resume with trucks navigating the Petrie farm route and nearby markets. Spring hints appear as sunshine returns and farmers begin to shuck corn amid muddy fields.
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Dents
Valley Grove
James Gordon
Walter Wilbur
Luther Anfred
Carter Ranch
George Edmonds
Leavenworth
Ira Ward
Lawrence Hesdast
Bruckmiller
Lawrence
Charles Petrie, Jr
Lawrence Tax Payers Urged To Support Public Utilities Commissioner
F Russell of 1316 Kentucky St appeals to Lawrence voters urging action on rising taxes. He argues most taxpayers pay more than they should and pledges to work with fellow commissioners, seek civic input, and place taxpayers first. He notes 22 years in Lawrence and five children through the university, and promises no radical changes.
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Lawrence
Sbeseor
Mark Twain
F. Russell
Kentucky
See College At 10 Per Month Washington State Students Live Frugally
Three Washington State College students Carl Ellingsen Ralph Carlton and Kenneth Kadow live on ten dollars a month. They receive free room food heat and light for caring for the furnace. Ellingsen and Carlton earn twenty dollars weekly in campus jobs while Kadow works as a stage electrician to cover the rest. A Tokyo high school adds compulsory archery as an etiquette introduction for girls.
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Washington State
Pullmhan
Wash
Washington State College
Carl Ellingsen
Ralph Carlton
Kenneth & Dow
Carlton
Ellingsen
College
Gyminasium
Kadow
Tokyo
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Joer Ego
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Miku Heart
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Aerie
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University of Kansas School of Engineering
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