Kansas News Digest and Local Updates
Kansas News Digest reports Veterans' Bureau loans to ex service men top 40 million dollars, with most applications pending. Thurlow Lieurance discussed his Indian themed music and creative process after the Cimarron film inspired new works. An article questions the tax levy limit on real property and a hoped for state highway department audit. Layman commentary covers Bennett murder verdict and Missouri law misunderstandings, noting a tobacco executive's high compensation signals tobacco users' generosity.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Fire at straw lumber plant causes heavy loss and near escapes
A straw lumber factory fire near Br. 3 off stand drew firemen and police after an eleven o'clock whistle warned of danger. The origin was in the factory. wagons on the first floor survived damaged, second-floor stock destroyed. Aza W. Kinney owned the building. Atchi gan and the engine engineer narrowly escaped. Q. Ashton opens in the old Busse store with a wine display. Riverside brief notes report Henry Davisson and Mary Glenn's Lawrence ceremony with a homespun reception.
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E. L. Bradley
James Gross
Cri
Straw Lumber
Straw
Atchigan
van Hoeen
Aza W
L. W. Spring
Henry Davisson
Mary Glenn
Big Springs
Kan
J. A. B. Wade
Lawrence
Twenty-Five Years In Good Standing Noted In Lodge
Twenty five years ago Saturday March 14 F S Hester was honored by the I O O F for charter member status and spotless dues, receiving a rise year jewel. Social news items note young men under fifteen barred at night, bowling alleys open to women Wednesdays, and upcoming weddings and visits including Miss Jin Smith and Dr McFarland, Miss Sophie Armstrong leaving for Denver, and Mr Josiah Copley’s wife Mrs Copley leaving.
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F. S Hester
I. O
Bowil
Messer-Liggett
James A. Messer
Pearl Lig
Levi Sternberg
Jin Smith
Dr. McFarland
Norwood
W. C. Simons
Mr. Simons
I Wiley
St. Phadrig
Sophie Armstrong
Denver
Rela
Josiah Copley
Vacation note and social highlights in Salt Lake City
Ten years ago a Salt Lake City listing recalls a Chancellor on vacation and a state-wide trip, while Mrs Lindley teases days with a three day break. The report mentions Mr and Mrs E L Brown moving into a new eight room house, and a Topeka visit by Mrs Tom Harley and others. A large party in Topeka hosted by Mrs Har ley, Mrs Harvey and Mrs Jones featured ten bridge tables and a musical program with Miss Nanan Herron and Maud Caton. Attendees from Lawrence included many local civic ladies. George Innes, visiting Roy Henley in Los Angeles, toured the west and motored to the big tree country.
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Lindley
Ae Sodas
E. L. Brown
Pelletier
Topeka
Tom Harley
W. W. Harvey
Robert 2. Jones
Nanan Herron
Maud Caton
Lawrence
W. R. Stubbs
A. Gifford
W. M
Mysteries at The Monastery Courtroom and Conspiracy
Fragment from a drama of power and medicine at The Monastery detailing a tension between Dr Emmanuel MacAdoo and Dr Charters over the Marjorie Lauderdell case. A secret ten thousand pound sum, control of a patient, and threats emerge as old gang loyalties surface and a victim may be endangered.
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John Waye
Emmanuel MacAdoo
Dr. Charters
Marjorie Lauderdell
Manuel
Matthieson
der. Charters
Monty
MacAdoo
Hormones and the endocrine system overview
The text explains hormones as chemical messengers secreted by glands of internal secretion. It notes some hormones depress or stimulate, regulate metabolism, growth, and energy use, and influence behavior and emotion. Endocrine glands include thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary, coordinating body function and adaptation to environments.
Governor Martin Meets Pacific Officials In St Louis Visit
In 1885 Kansas history Governor Martin and state commissioner travel to St Louis to confer with a Pacific official party and attend a meeting. The trip highlights state government engagement with railroad interests during the period.
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Martin
St. Louis
Pacific Official Party
Inbreeding Boosts Yield For Corn Hybrids
Morgantown West Virginia AP reports Prof R J Garber of West Virginia State University explains inbreeding in corn breeding raises yield by about five percent of the current crop. experts say the practice, long viewed as risky for humans, proves beneficial for corn hybrids in modern agriculture.
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Morgantown
W. Vs
R .J. Garber
A Penguin Wedding
Miss Johnny Penguin ignores one suitor then accepts another who drops a stone as a mating signal, signaling a penguin wedding. The Little Black Clock explains the ritual to Peggy as they journey from penguins to plans to visit cows.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Johnny Penguin
Johnny Penguins
Johnny Pneguin
Miss Penguin
Peggy
Kansas News Briefs Highlight Thefts and Appointments
In Kansas City a Mexican general offered to return a stolen car to its owner for 2500 pesos. In Topeka the Kansas senate gifts include a silver cocktail shaker and a hedgewood gavel. Gov. Woodring reappoints Dr. John Parkhurst to the dental examiners board. A Dodge City truck collision killed Ike Imhoff, with survivors. Wichita reports a holdup for 325 dollars and a check for 1050 to a stranger. William Mitchell faces a bounced loan issue after a1930s weapon?
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Associated Press
Kansas City
General Clemente Gabay
Monterrey
Mexico
Floyd E. Jacobs
Jacobs
Gabay
United States Department of Justice
J . Top
State Board of Dental Examiners
Parkhurst
National Association of Dental Examiners
Association
Dodge City
Ike Imhoff
Rock Island
Mullensville
Kans
Wichita
Charles Pinkertot
Kingman
Veterans ‘ Bureau
Kansas
William Mitchell
Mitchell
Pleasant Sunday Forecast From Topeka Weather Office
The Topeka Sunday forecast calls for pleasant weather with mild conditions. Meteorologist Flora from the federal weather bureau notes temperatures between mid fifties and near sixty across the region, shaping a calm, sunny day.
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Topeka
Mar
The
Weather Bureau
Flora
The Meadville minister E Burdette Backus to preach in Lawrence
Irvin Hil notes the rise of E Burdette Backus from Meadville to become a leading Unitarian minister. The article praises his intellect and oratory, mentions his father Wilson M Backus, and announces a nine sermon series at the Unitarian church in Lawrence starting Sunday, inviting local liberal religious thinkers to attend.
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Meadville
Aloes
Erin Eoding
Aly Abd
Los Angeles
Wilson M.backun
Unitarian Society
M Backus
Unitarian Church
E. Burdette Backus
Lawrence
Ackus
Speech Alarm Triggers Jungle Gathering Scene
Creatures converge around our hero as they cry for speech in a tense jungle circle. Beasts advance, some slow, others quick, forming a near ring just beyond the hero’s grasp.
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Siesta ‘Ime
Flashes of Life and Notable Feats
The AP notes Henry Ford is the sole “chinner” in Ford Firestone Edison circle, six chinups with Ford assisting Harvey Firestone, Edison absent. Sir Malcolm Campbell, safe on the road, says politics demand more nerve than speed. he holds a 245 mph record. A pink bathroom for the Prince of Wales and green for Prince George appear aboard a liner home from Buenos Aires. Pilot Lambert traps a panther cub in Vera Cruz to fly it back to the United States.
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Associated Press
Fort Myers
Henry Ford
Ford
Fireston
Edison
Harvey Firestone
Mr. Ford
Thomas Edison
London
Malcolm Campbell
Southampton
Eng
Prince of Wales
Prince George
Buenos Aires
Mexico City
Stafford Lambert
St. Louis
Vera Cruz
United States
Airliner order signals routes to India and Europe
Imperial Airways plans a new thirty eight passenger plane for Europe to India routes. Eight of the type ordered will operate on the Tin airways network, linking London with European destinations and onward to India.
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London
Imperial Airways
Tin Airways
European
India
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