Journal World notices and historical items in Kansas era
News briefs from Lawrence Kansas cover postal matters street projects and honors The Hall of Fame column praises John Speer for Free State work while noting Sol Miller Maj J K Hudson Marsh Murdock Coll D R Anthony Noble Prentiss D W Wilder and E W Hoch as Hall of Fame members A St Lawrence waterway treaty loss and politician discipline rumors reflect federal and local governance tensions for 19th century Kansas reporting
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Sigma Delta Chi
Kansas University
Hall of Fame
Kansas
Lecompton
John Speer
Lawrence
Free State
Jim Lane
Garden City
Philippines independence bill lingers with guarded plan
The administration seeks to finish congress quickly, avoiding party splits over new ideas. Philippine independence is delayed until October 1 to allow a republic with U S guarantees. Some lawmakers favor full, immediate removal of the Philippines, while fearing instability and Japan.
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Tration
Congress
Hope of
United States
Philippines
Japan
Con- Bregs
Life of W. A Colman Spanned Kansas Settlement Era
W A Colman died yesterday. Born in 1855 in Douglas County, he witnessed the opening of the western land to settlement and the great events from the border wars to the Civil War. He spent his life and most of his children remained in the county, marking a long chapter in American development.
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W. A. Colman
W. A Colman
Douglas County
New England
Kansas
Missouri
Thimble parties, bridges, births mark Old Home Town scene
Mrs Ray Brewster and Mrs Ernest Boyce hosted thimble parties with lists of neighbors on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Janet Simons hosted four tables of bridge for guest Katherine Sutton of Colorado Springs. Birth announcements include Helen Marie Corcoran and Richard Louis Giesey and Thelma Maz Woodward. Leland Batterson returns from Stockton to aid Sherman Batterson, now improving. Agnes White wins candle guess prize at Weaver store event. Mrs F D Schnacke ill at Reding home.
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Ray Q. Brewster
Ernest Boyce
Boyce
E. N. Manchester
H. C. Thurnau
G. M. Holliday
H. 4. Elsey
Myra Hull
E.R. Schultz
R. S. Knappen
Anderson
Robert Taft
Harold Ingraham
Janet Simons
Katherine Sutton
Colorado Springs
Sarah Williams
Elizabeth Martin
T. M. Corcoran
Helen Marie
Leland Batterson
Stockton
California
Sherman Batterson
Weaver Store
Agnes White
Williamstown
M. F. Curtis
Elizabeth Marshal
Louis
E. Giesey
Indiana Street
Richard Louis
Merritt Woodward
March
Thelma Maz
F. D. Schnacke
Reding
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
Dora complains that every time she goes downtown some man flirts with her and Ma thinks it true. Ma says Dora is forever finding an excuse for going downtown.
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Dora
Publishers Syndicate
Local notes on dances and moves across Kansas
Dayton visitor Ed Hullinger, KK U 1917 grad and former United Press foreign correspondent, spoke to journalism classes about his Russia reporting experiences. Byron and Mrs. Cohn bought a Lane Street home in Topeka and moved in. In Wichita, Mrs. Matson, a former University voice student, appeared in Frazer hall with Emley and Carpenter. Maude Cooke accompanied. Sans Souci club planned for married couples with a social dinner at seven. A buggy accident on Massachusetts street left five people shaken. Jacob Kilworth plans a new front for Eastern Star bakery. John Morgan leaves Walt Dunmire’s grocery to run a Perry store. Nellie Shearer to travel abroad via Naples. Forty years ago notes include Dunkard pilgrimage, local council candidates, a train theft fine, and local weddings and gatherings.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ed Hullinger
KK. U
United Press
Hullinger
Russia
Byron Cohn
Lane Street
Topeka
Agduesday
Matson
Wichita
University
Frazer Hall
Miss Emley
Miss Carpenter
Dalton
Emley
Amman
Simons
St. Patrick's
Nellie
Beatrice Dalton
Blanche Simons
Olin Bell
Hubach
Mrs. Head
Mrs. Billings
Alberta White
Lenora Miller
Massachusetts Street
Conner
Jacob Kilworth
Eastern Star Bakery
John Morgan
Walt Dunmire
Perry
Nellie Shearer
Naples
Judge Foster Replaces Santa Fe Master in Topeka Case
In 1896, federal Judge C G Foster in Topeka removed special master J B Johnson in the Santa Fe railroad litigation and appointed Eugene Quinton of Topeka to wind up the Santa Fe company affair.
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C. G. Foster
Topeka
J. B. Johnson
Santa Fe Railroad
Eugene Quinton
Santa Fe
Mississippi Bubble History by Dr Edward Bumgardner
In 1747 the regent Duke of Orleans sought John Law s advice to restore France s finances leading to the Mississippi Company scheme Louisiana Territory granted for exploitation Shares sold at high prices a bank formed and paper money issued but with no productive income the bank failed Law fled to Venice and died in poverty
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Edward Bumgardner
Mississippi
Puest Duke of
Orleans
France
John Law
Louisiana
Law
Venice
The Tragedy Of xX y Barnaby Ross
A trolley death follows suspected murder after Harley Longstreet dies from poison. Inspector Thumm questions DeWitt Longstreet Fern Jeane Lord Cherry Browne Pollux Ahearn and others as motives surface. A forged unsigned letter lures the party to a Weehawken ferry where Longstreet’s murder appears staged aboard the night deck.
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Harley Longstreet
DeWitt & Longstreet
Cherry Browne
DeWitt
Fern
Jeane
Christopher Lord
Cherry
Pollux
Ahearn
Imperiale
Michael’ Collins
Iro Longstreet
Thumm
Charles Wood
Longstreet
Guiness
Fern DeWitt
Lane
Bruno
Tommy
Trumm
Third Ave
Murder on the Mohawk ferry shifts focus to witnesses
In Weehawken the Mohawk ferry crew and passengers recount a night murder of conductor Charley Wood. Inspector Thumm and Detective Lane weigh handwriting and papers. pilots Adams and Sutter identify Wood, while witnesses place a body fall on the upper deck as Bruno assigns interviews and pursues further sightings.
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Weehawken Terminal
Drury Lane
Bruno
Joohn DeWitt
Inspector Thumm
Wood
Thumm
Mr. Lane
Third Avenue Railways
Lane
Mr. Brune
Brune
New York
Brono
D. A
New York County
Weehawken ‘Terminal
Charles Wood
Third Avenue
Forty
Sam Adams
Jones
Thanne
Charley Wood
Crosstown
Charley
Weehawken
Sam
Chevry
Adams
Sutter
Pilot Adams
Jersey
Captain Sutter
Davy
August Havemeyer
Havemeyer
Wren Wife Seeks Ten Days For Husband After Arraignment
Mrs H C Wren told the court after her husband was arraigned for drunkenness and disturbing the peace that he must have ten days. The exchange highlights a sought leniency or punishment term in the local proceeding reported by the Associated Press in Cotati Missouri.
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Associated Press
Cotati
H. C. Wren
Wren
Voters in One Ward Each Cast One Vote in City Primary
In Deer Lodge Montana only four voters cast ballots in the city primary with each candidate for alder garnering one vote. Separate items note Thayer of Villanova recovering a $2,050 hat with $50 reward, and a Tennessee farmer losing his door key and three $100 bills. A Nebraska fire story tells of a rake handle breaking as a man tried to save currency hidden in a baby’s shoe from a blaze.
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N. M. Hickman
Deer Lodge
Mont
Philadelphia
Avis. Thayer
Villanova
Raleigh
Tenn
A. W. Noe
Noe
Stromsburg
Neb
Charles Krues
Stones the Elephants
Willy Illy contemplates the challenge of managing a large parade of people and animals, with colorful wagons crowding the scene. He fears little progress on chores and daily tasks amid the bustling spectacle and ongoing activity.
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Mary Graham Benner
Willy Illy
Signor Discusses Circus Plans In Puddle Muddle
Willy Nilly hears a chorus of quacks as the Signor muses over training three weeks for a grand circus. Elephants wander the ruts of Puddle Muddle, trunks swinging and hunting wrass while Willy Nilly rushes to Rint pond for a closer look at the spectacle.
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Willy Nilly
Medical caution on hemorrhoids and cancer ruling
The text urges careful medical handling of hemorrhoids and pain and stresses that rectal bleeding must not be attributed to hemorrhoids before ruling out cancer. It notes tomorrow’s question of who is the highbrow or smartest.
Unusual federal lottery bill shocks Washington Capitol
A Washington Daybook notes HR7816 by Edward A. Kenney proposing a billion dollar federal lottery to fund veterans and lower paid workers. The article cites senators reacting as the St Lawrence treaty vote neared, with Vice President Garner prompting a swift roll call and a doomed outcome.
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Washington
Congress
Edward A. Kenney
New Jersey
Kenney
House
Senate
Carter
Glass
Virginia
Capitol
Garner
Trammell
Florida
White House
Gore
Oklahoma
Jack Garner
Senate Session Sets Record With Major Bill Passages
The body adjourned after 5 o clock as it approved an array of measures. A controversial appropriation passed totaling 34.346 billion for army air mail funding and bond guarantees for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation. Lawmakers praised the unusually productive session and fast action on the measures.
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Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Senate
Public dis content mars Bao Dai wedding plans
Hue March reports a public dispute over a union between the young Buddhist emperor Bao Dai and an 18 year old Catholic girl as wedding ceremonies move toward a state event. Paris police link new espionage information showing the United States alongside Germany and Russia as beneficiaries. Joseph L Day aged 103 a Civil War veteran dies in Londonderry New Hampshire having survived three wives.
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Associated Press
Hue
Annam
Bao Dai
Paris
United States
Germany
Russia
Londonderry
N. H
Joseph L. Day
Melrose
Mass
Why the Sudden Change to Liquid Laxatives
Medical doctors and the public increasingly prefer liquid laxatives for accurate dosing and gentle, customizable action. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is advertised as safe, non habit forming, and suitable for daily use with senna as the natural laxative base. It is marketed through druggists and notes NRA membership.
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Garfield
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Kanwaka
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Stull
Divilbiss
L. J. Sperry
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Harold McCrory
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