Money for Hogs Cattle Bees But None to Check Epidemic
Topeka march 11 in the 1915 house journal a note on bills includes House Bill 1050 for eradicating contagious diseases among bees and the push for emergency funds for influenza preparedness. The article recounts past funding debates, emergency declarations, and legislature actions affecting livestock health and the state health board. It mentions Dr Crumbine and the proposed use of funds for nurses and doctors across Kansas.
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Topeka
House of Representatives
Home Journal
Kansas
Committee On Ways and Means
Committee On Agriculture
United States
Sr. Crumbine
State Board of Health
Oyes
House
Wup
Senate
Columbine
Comnettee
House Committee On Ways and Means
Executive Council
House Journal
Ses
Doctor Coumbine
Hiss
Dertor Crembine
Kansas State Board of Health
Blood ailment remedy ad promises cure for boils and carbuncles
An old style medical advertisement urges readers to treat blood disorders in harsh winter on with a hot water and Laxcarin tablet routine. It claims poisoned blood causes boils, rheumatism and catarrh, touts Laxcarin as a pure vegetable tonic to purify and invigorate the blood, improve liver and kidney function, and prevent disease. It lists price, supply and shipping details.
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Laxcarin Products Co
E-82
Pittsburgh
Penna
Governor Allen Names Col William M Rowan to Tax Commission
Governor Allen names Col William M Rowan of Garden City as successor to Senator Henry Laing on the tax commission. Rowan, provost marshal of the Thirty-fifth Division in France, wins the appointment amid soldier preference considerations.
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Hoch
Allen
Henry Laing
Russell
Tax Commission
Col
William M., Rowan
Garden City
France
Rowan
The Garden Habit Pays In War Time
Americans in cities were urged to garden for food for overseas shipments. Many adopted backyards or vacant lots, discovering fresh produce and a new creative impulse. City gardeners moved from novelty to habit as spring neared, eager to learn more about nature and cultivate soil.
National Union Plans Kansas Branch for Business Women
Topeka March 19 Miss Ida Venable national secretary of the Woman's Association of Commerce surveys Kansas business women's clubs to form a state federation. The plan seeks a national union by uniting state groups, with promoters including Ida Tarbell. Tenets call for national suffrage, repeal of occupational barriers, equal pay, and access to executive roles previously held by men.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kans
Ida
Venable
New York
Woman’s Association of Commerce
Idia M. Tarbell
Tasxiens Co TOS adds Massachusetts phone number ad
Lawrence Tasxiens Co provides day and night answering service with prompt phone help. Cars stored repaired washed and waxed. Includes contact number 603 for Massachusetts inquiries and immediate service.
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Lawrence Tasxiens Co
Tos Mass
Oldest Twins in the West Celebrate 93rd Birthday
Francis Gradbury of Bronson and his sister Mrs Eliza Beth Holeman of Walnut Kansas marked their ninety third birthday. The twins were once hailed as the oldest twins in the west and have not had their title challenged. Gradbury remains a bachelor and has aged healthwise, though sister Holeman remains comparatively stronger.
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Bourbon County
Miareh
Francis Gradbury
Bronson
Bourbon Rae
Elizabeth. Holeman
Walnut
Kans
Mr. Bradbury
Hale
Wards of Kansas Child Hygiene Division Reach 600000
Topeka March 19 The child hygiene division of the state health department now numbers 600000 children across Kansas. Of these 600000, 500000 attend grade schools 5000 are cripples dependents and 40000 are babies born each year. The bureau seeks to educate mothers on child and mother care and to uncover causes of congenital malformation and debility linked to many deaths. Kansas doctors are urged to investigate these conditions under a $7500 annual appropriation for the division.
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Topeka
Kans
State Health Department
Kansas
Howe Leaves State Tax Commission Role
Topeka Kan March 19 Samuel T Howe who has served on the state tax commission since its organization resigns his post.
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Topeka
Kans
Samuel T. Howe
State Tax Commission
George A Williams Wins Recognition In Home Gardening
A Washington government pension officer named George A Williams earns notable praise for his home gardening achievements despite losing an arm. The article highlights his perseverance and skill amid difficulties, reflecting valuable examples of individual effort in agri culture programs reported to the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Howe Garden
United States Department of Agriculture
George A. Williams
Washington
William
Fragmented local note on home vegetable garden sales
A reader reports growing vegetables in a small front yard garden of under one-fifth acre, selling produce worth 826 dollars in the neighborhood. The piece offers tips from agriculture on crop variety and water options, with unclear local details and stray phrases about a church and nearby events.
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Cuchtlys
Department of Agriculture
Daily Health Talks A Word About the Kidneys
Health readers learn kidneys filter poisons from blood and disease can spread widely. Uric acid deposits cause foot ankle eye puffiness and backache. Anuric Tablets claim to dissolve uric acid. Dr Pierce of Buffalo offers guidance on diet and life to prevent uric acid buildup with free advice.
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Stone
Bright
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Kansas to become one of nation’s busiest road states
Kansas highway officials announce generous federal aid for road construction. Up to 50 percent of project costs, with a $15 000 per mile cap, funded from a national pool of $8.06 million for the next thirty months. Petitions and maps for benefit districts urged to secure acceptance.
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Kansas
Yonosa
Hwneas
King
Commissionaixe
Union
State Highway Department
State Highway Commission
May track meets set for May dates at Kansas venue
May 17 popular meet date already booked with Missouri and Texas A&M requesting entries. KU High School Invitational is planned for Lawrence on the same date. Kansas Aggie outdoor meet eyed for April 21 here, possibly the first outdoor meet for Jashawkers. Missouri meets undecided, likely May 7 at home. the state interscholastic meet held here on May 2.
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K. U
Missouri
Ruansds Aggies
K.U
Lawrence
Kansas Argie
Kar
Aggies Seek Four Baseball Games With Kansas University
Athletic officials at Kanes State Agricultural College request four games against KU. One series would be at Manhattan on dates not fully clear, while a home series is slated for May 22 at their campus.
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N.E
Kanes State Agricultural College
Witten
W. O. Hamilton
Aggies
K. U
Manhattan
Mavid
Boston Debate Highlights Lodge and Lawrence Lowell
The Manhattan plans for the four names are under consideration amid broad interest in the League of Nations debate in Boston tonight. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell engage in a key discussion on international policy.
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League of Nations
Boston
Henry Cabot Lodge
A. ‘Lawrence Lowe
Harvard
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