Paths of Peace and City Politics in Kansas Era
The piece discusses evolving urban governance, crime, and political reform in major cities, contrasting past citizen engagement with modern big-city politics. It cites bombings, revenue concerns, and the influence of crime on official action, then notes Mellon’s fiscal stance and future budget expectations. It also covers Baker University absorbing Cameron’s Missouri Wesleyan, endorsing consolidation for stronger regional education.
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Baker
Missouri Wesleyan College
Cameron
Baker University
Baldwin
Kan
Kansas
Ottawa
Herald
Mellon and His Job Keep Secretary Mellon In Office At 74
The Ottawa Herald notes mystery in Secretary Mellon’s willingness to remain in his cabinet post at age 74. Speculation abounds on why a man praised as a money-maker and longtime funder stays in office. Some suggest desire for influence, leisure, and continued oversight of vast fortunes as motives.
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Mellon
Ottawa Herald
Florida visit reveals G. A. R. post welcomes visitors
Theodore Gardner of St. Petersburg recounts his Florida trip meeting Kit Carson Post Home Department of Florida G. A. R. veterans. He notes the post grants temporary one dollar memberships to visitors and mentions officers including C. E. Beach and General C. A. Brainard. A party for an 83rd birthday featured Civil War and World War veterans enjoying a notable gathering.
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Florida
Journal-World
Taps
Post
Carson Post Home Department of
C. E. Beach
Vermont
St. Petersburg
Edwards
Lawrence
C. A. Brainard
G. A.R
Rochester
Theodore Gardner
Fla
Sketches From the Capital Flight over Washington in Chambersburg tour
Congressmen and Guyer Jp with Lindy-John Brown of Osawatomie toured Chambersburg Pennsylvania by courtesy of Colonel Lindbergh. The piece recalls Major Leontyne Enfant’s city plans and the sight of a twelve story building and Lincoln Memorial from two thousand feet. It notes John Brown’s 1859 visit to Chambersburg where arms and recruits were gathered.
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Lindy—John Brown
Osawatomie
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Charles A. Lindbergh
Congress
Washington
Venfant
Lincoln ‘Memorial
John ‘Brown
Chaberstburg
Franklin
Pennsylvanias
From Chambersburg to Gettysburg and back in memory
Commemorative notes recall General John Brown and the Civil War era near Chambersburg. Mrs Dunakin hosts Lillian Gladys’ birthday party while the Delta Omicron high school dance thrills sixty couples with a grand march. Eastward travel plans for Mr and Mrs Fuge and Elks initiation introduce local social currents.
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Alvin N. Dunakin
Lillian Gladys
Hugh Diemer
Outland
Esterly
Hamman
Delta“ Omicron
Alice Wilhelmi
Floyd Doubleday
Helen Alder
David Robinson
Alberta Bingler
Frank Bangs
Fifty Five Years Ago News Clip Touches Rail Plans and Local Accidents
A Kansas City rumor claims O H Dorrance of the Kansas Pacific may become superintendent of the Leavenworth Lawrence and Galveston railroad. Charles Garver, ten, injured in a fall from a scaffold in Mr Foote’s barn on Rhode Island street, had just recovered from illness as his family remains sick. A Topeka syrup producer offers corn juice for $50,000. Temperance and financial reform supporters met at Walker's Hall. F Alexander nominated for Councilman and J W Deal for School Board. Tweed resigns from the Senate. (Note: OCR fragments reflect a mixed, multi-topic 19th-century column.)
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Kansas City
O. H.dorrance
Kansas, Pacific
Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad
Charles. Garver
Topeka
Friends of Temperance and
J. W. Deal
Board of Education
City stands behind eight leaving for Camp Funston
The town will shut businesses from 9:50 to 10:30 to escort eight local men to Union Pacific station for departure to Camp Funston. Mayor W Pe Palace announced the NGA action this morning. The eight draftees will begin service as part of the wartime mobilization.
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Douglas
Camp Funston
Union Pacific
Rs. Seldon H. Kilgore
Malta
Violet ‘Fo Jeat
George Woodward
Headquarters Co
189Th Infantry
Camp Joniphan
Pines
Biles
Wichita
Miss Greenfield
Woman's Faculty Club
Myrtle Greenfield
Little Rock
Ark
Red Cross Society
Emily Berger
Esther Wilson
Esther Swanson
Marie Benson
Hazel Allen
Helen Jones
Sarah’ Laird
Gertrude Hazen
Katherine ‘Duffield
Plumb
Ralph Rader
Sarah Greenfield
Topek
Edmund Greenfield
Germans Drive Deep Wedge Near Amiens in March Front
The German offensive near Amiens drives a deep wedge west of the British French line. Montdidier falls to German forces as artillery and fresh troops push the Allied front. Reports say British French lines hold on the right flank while Germany concentrates for a renewed assault. An American volunteer is praised for fighting with allied troops like seasoned veterans. A marriage notice from Kansas City records Miss Marcella E Hetzel marrying Edward F Arndt on March 23.
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Amiens
Huns
Atlas
Associated Press
Montdidier
Reye
Amsterdam
Krupp
Essen
William
Krupp Von_ Bohlen
Halbach
Krupp Works
Paris
Somme
la Liberte
Marcella E.’Hetzel
Edward F. Arndt
Kansas City
Arndt
Park
Wall Street Clerks Win European Vacation Trips
In New York at midnight, weary Wall Street clerks discuss summer plans as firms grant European trips and other perks to staff. Bonuses, ranging from one to ten weeks' vacation, theatres, hotel rooms, and signed checks are expanding the usual year end gifts as market chaos keeps workers at desks.
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York
Mar
Wall Street
Bill
Paris
Pbuti
Europe
Kansas History This Date 1859 Election Held
The fragment notes an 1859 election on a constitutional convention, mentions Wisconsin and federal issues, and lists M. J. Thorp of Lawrence as state superintendent of public instruction. It also references N. G. Barter, Linna County, and a late-night aviation item about a flight “last night” after twelve hours.
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Wisconsin
Scott
M.j.thorp
Lawrence
N. G. Barter
Border
Tinel
Linna
Closing of State Bank of Cummings for embezzlement
The State Bank of Cummings was closed by its directors and cashier W A P Doud jailed in Atchison on embezzlement charges. An examination found a shortage of about $29,000, mainly in undisclosed individual deposits, with Theodore Anthony as bank president.
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Foneka
Mar
State Bank of Cummings
C. W. Starr
Theodore Anthony
Sweet W.S. Kennedy
Magnolia Gardens in Charleston to Bloom Early April
Magnolia Gardens in Charleston, S C, will bloom during the first two weeks of April drawing thousands of visitors each year. The 25 acre site along the Ashley river features azalea and magnolia displays, with special trains from southern cities. Property owned by G Norwood Hastie, grandson of Rev John Grinkle Drayton who planned the gardens.
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Charleston
S. C
U. P
Ashley River
Norwood
Hastie
John Grinkle Drayton
Drayton
America
Unsettled Tonight Then Warmer Thursday In Kansas
The weather bureau forecast unsettled conditions tonight with low temperatures around 25 in the north and 28 to 32 in the south. Winds shift from south to north as temperatures rise Thursday in the northwest. Little moisture expected with only possible light showers in the east. Readings include Goodland low muck last night and Topeka 39.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
S. D. Flora
Flora
Goodland
City
Concordia
Kansas Ie
Wichita
Big Bill Haywood Ill in Moscow Kremlin Hospital
William D Haywood known as Big Bill Haywood is reported critically ill in the Kremlin hospital in Moscow on March 28 suffering from diabetes. He is a founder of the Industrial Workers of the World and fled to Soviet Russia in 1920 after a U S conviction for violating espionage laws. Also from Dodge City Kansas a railroad car inspector T S Edgerton, 45, was killed when run over by a switch engine as officials could not determine how the accident happened.
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OW. W
Critical Pass
Moscow
William D. Haywood
Big Gill
Kremlin
Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
United States
Soviet Russia
One Atres
Espion
Alsone
Dodge City
Kan
T. S. Edgerton
Santa Fe
Charles Russell Obituary From Kansas to Maywood and Back
Charles Russell born October 30 1887 in Kansas died March 24 1928 in Kansas City Kansas at age 40 after illness. He served in the National Guard and 35th Division, Camp Doniphan, but did not go overseas due to sickness. He lived in Chicago the past five years and died after hospital care at Maywood. Funeral services were held at Rumsey Brothers with National Guard memorial honors at the grave.
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Charles Russel
Kansas
Mary “and
Assell
Walter Russell
Eva
Melton
Rose
Guy Winchell
R.T. Green
Lawrence
W. R. Doolitte
Kansas City
Kans
National Guards
Camp Doniphan
Chicago
Government Hospital
Maywood
Janary
Rumsey Brothers Funeral Home
M.testerman
National Guard
Tighten Mexican Ties Anew Under Oil Reg In Mexico
Washington officials say U S Mexico relations now rest on firmer ground after President Calles signed new oil company regulations. The rules affirm that American oil titles held before May 4 1917 remain valid in perpetuity, resolving objections in long diplomatic exchanges. The State Department and Ambassador Morrow expect future disputes to be settled through Mexican administration and courts.
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Washington
Mars
United ‘States
Mexico
Calles
Dwight W. Morrow
United States
State Department
Morrow
Mayor seeks biweekly parades to lift Chicago image
Chicago seeks improvement parades every two weeks as Mayor Thompson aims to offset bad publicity after bombings and crime. Police Commissioner Michael Hughes cites a 70 percent crime drop while urging parades and community spirit to draw visitors and spending. Senator Curtis and Representative Lehlbach attended White House breakfast discussions on Congress.
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Chicago
Mar
Thompson
Curtis
Washington
Senator Curtis
Kansas
Lehlbach
Republican
New Jersey
White House
Congress
Suffering from Brights Disease Recipient Needs Sympathy
A brief, fragmentary notice notes a person seriously suffering from Brights Disease and requests sympathy from friends. The text mentions an individual likely named Mrs or Miss and references the Chas F family in a partial manner.
North Lawrence Notes and Community Tidbits
North Lawrence reports a regular Wallace W. C. T. A. meeting at Mrs. Geo. Pettey’s home with good attendance and remarks from Sheriff candidate Rutherford on prohibition arrests since 1920. John Robinson addressed the viaduct rumor and Finance Commissioner rumors were cleared. A post card shower honored Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Arthur on their 57th wedding anniversary.
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Wallace W. C
T.A
Geo. Pettey
Rutherford
Douglas County
John Robinson
Chamber of Cent
Merce
Kennard Union
Iocal Institute
World
J. W. Arthur
James. de Shayzer
Los Angeles
Calif
Kansas City
Kan
California
Bert Castle
G.B. Castle
Alto
Clyde, Castle
Topeka
Pascal Popplewell
Little Rock
Ark
Pascal
Bigjoys
Wm. B
B. C. Reynolds
Union Star
Braden
Senate
Christian
Basters
David
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