Local residents share travel updates and news
Edith Phenicie returns to Lawrence to attend Wie University after a short visit at Rangally. A Kansas City visitor spends a few days in town on business. Mr. and Mrs. William Phenicie return from a trip to Kansas City. Mrs. Howard Williams and three children come back from McLouth where they stayed with Mrs. Williams mother, Mrs. M. L. Rogers. J C Hinman reports his son Claude E Hinman is in France in the engineering branch, stationed at Camp Funston since last summer.
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Edith Phenicie
Lawrence
Wie University
Rae Sid
Rangally
Kansas City
William C. Phenicie
Howard Williams
McLouth
Raph
Wee
Whitsed Luming
Sadie Kidd
Basehor
Kansas
T. A. Kidd
Ralph Phenicie
Reno
Edith Woodward
Muanhat i Ga Sin Ager
Smith Ranger
Dehy
Hassle Greene
Tokeans
Woods
Harry J. Grando
Robert Crepe
Cana Doniphan
Oklahoma
Howard Li
Stoove
Piper
Michael Tanns
Big St Eau
Head Ten O
Sestus Pone
Walter the
Turd
8Th and States Cavalry
Theodore CL Diaviss
Marfa
Texas
Leavenworth
Elkhorn
John Brundage
N. Pickens
Aid Society
The
Congregational Church
Narsenagre
Red Cross
Imogene Robertson
Alis
Henry — Brink- Lien
Patrick Dwyer
Lena Geib
Henry Geib
Oscar Halsted
Detroit
Michigan
Mamie Moody
Drof Robe
Lawrence Mepredma
Tonsworth
Surrey
Chicago
King
Poat
Seeley
Haweart
Ottawa
George Redman
Vinland
Redman
Burdick
Estern
Tonga
Margaret
McCuffrey
Fort Leavenworth
John Yohn
Mena
Arkansas
Dismissals for Negligent Doctors Questioned by Army
Washington reports that an army court martial upheld its original sentence against Lt. John of the Medical Reserve Service for neglecting a private at Camp Funston. Secretary Baker had urged a harsher penalty, but orders returned for review left the department with no new action. A second case awaits the president's decision as the military continues scrutiny over medical neglect.
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Washington
Baker
John
Medical Reserve Service
Camp Funston
War Department
Rotary Convention Draws Delegates From Five Nations
International Rotary Clubs hold ninth annual convention in Kansas City starting June 4 with delegates from Great Britain Canada Ireland and the United States. More than 360 clubs participate in a largely patriotic program featuring wartime cooperation and official representatives from London and Edinburgh among others.
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Kansas City
Great Britain
Canada
Troland
United States
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Reytives
Est
Busines Ssn
Londono
Thomas Edinburgh
Scotians
Birming F Clark
Local notes mix household, military, and business moves
A dense crowd of short items mentions Lemay street sales and farm sales near March Fifth, with residents Paty Lenahan planning a four mile south sale of farm goods. Others report visits to Lawrence and Leavenworth, drafts to Camp Munst on, and church aid society meetings as well as various relocations and travel.
Brown County Kansas Surplus Flour Returns Report
An administrator reports Brown County Kansas residents returned surplus flour and sugar as part of wartime thrift. Totals included 200 pounds of flour and 790 pounds of sugar with many farms contributing. Rectified under a fifty six policy, Kansans were urged to keep only thirty days of supplies and substitute wheat. Local farmers in Brown County sent flour in several sacks including eight for a German farmer and eighteen for a Swiss resident.
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Brown County
Kansas
Sveordine Tou
Peter Bermey
Hoten
Brown
Innes
Wichita
Kans County
Berdney
Npws
France
Germantown
Kidney Remedy Endorsed by Daugherty's Drug Store
An old advertisement declares Kilmer's Swamp Root as a real remedy for kidney and bladder ailments. A May 2 1917 letter from Barnesville Oklahoma praises universal satisfaction and offers a sample bottle for ten cents with a booklet. Medium and large bottles are sold at drug stores.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Fence Daily Journal-World
Draft orders extend farming work despite draft numbers
Springfield March 18. Men engaged in planting or cultivating as crop are to be allowed by all boards to continue their work until finished though their draft numbers are reached. Orders received today by Adjutant General Dickson from the War Department directed.
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Springfield
Dickson
Seur
Wonderful Remedy Promises Cure for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement claims a simple harmless preparation removes catarrhal mucus from the internal tract and reduces inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. It asserts a course cures sufferers who could not work and offers a money back guarantee.
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Condit
Round Corner
Prug
Ady
Muscular Activity and Heat in Nocturnal Birds
The article notes that owls and other night active birds show higher body temperatures at night and cooler temperatures by day. It attributes this to muscular activity increasing heat production during darkness.
To Buy Rolling Stock After Wilson Signs Railroad Bill
Washington reports the next administration will order hundreds of locomotives and freight cars based on standards set by Director General McAdoo. Bids will come from manufacturers as part of the rail plan. The March 9 note requests 188,080,000 roubles for naval aviation funding in the next fiscal year due to recent war developments.
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Washington
Ribilromud
Wilson
McAdows
Congress
Daniels
Naval Aviation
Mid-Continent Crude Oil Prices Jump in Wichita Trade
On March 1, crude oil prices in Wichita rose as the Oil & Gas Company of Tule advanced the mid-continent crude from 82 to 2.25 dollars per barrel. The move reflects a sharp market uptick in local petroleum trading.
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Wichita, Kalis
Oi & Gas Company
Tule
Ta- The Count of Honor in Topeka trip visit
Supreme officers at Hiate attend the event as visiting delegates prepare for a sightseeing trip this afternoon in Topeka led by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Hiate
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