Delivery Day Sparks Patten Wheat Banes on May Delivery
On May delivery day at the Chicago board of trade James A Patten led a bull campaign as 2 million bushels of cash wheat were delivered mostly to Bartlett Patten & Company. Estimates place Patten s cost around 1 08 a bushel with potential July sales near 1 12 a bushel and a 4 cent per bushel profit. May wheat opened around 1 24 to 1 24 half amid strong demand. Big Oil Lease Transfer Independence Kansas 4000000 moves to Gulf Pine Line.
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Chicago
Board of Trade and
May Options
James A. Patten
Bartlett, Patten & Company
Patten
Independence
Kans
Lucinda Pittman
Glen Pool
Feld
Argive & Company
Gulf Pine Line Company
Lawrence law high school visitors flood city for inter-scholastic meet
About 500 students from across Kansas gathered in Lawrence for the annual inter-scholastic track meet on McCook field. Topeka led with around 150 delegates, while other towns sent groups bearing their colors. The event featured 23 track and 6 field events, medals in watch fob form, and a tennis and baseball program. Officials and venues spanned many counties, showcasing Kansas high school athletic talent and driving university interest.
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Lawrence
McCook Field
Topeka
Jay Hawk
K. U
J. P. Hagerman
C. EB. Mel Clung
Frank Parker
Tommy Johnson
H. C. Reed
James Smith
A. R. Kennedy
W. E. Murray
W. E. Higgins
Bob’’Roberts
Will French
Joe Wenger
Walter Meyer
J. N. van der Vries
C. L. Newbold
Hal Clark
Hugh Blair
J. W. Riley
T. W. Spotts
Ralph Spotts
Wa‘baunsee
Allen County
Euporis
Hutchinson
Arkansas City
Wichita
Kansas City
Kaus
Ottawa
Atchison
Leavishworth
Dickenson County
Wellsville
Rosedale
Perry
Chelsea
St John
Greenleaf
Lecompton
Garnett
Umboldt
Southern Kansas Academy
Eureka
Rock
Burlingame
Sterling
Marion
Wilson
Horton
Sheriff of Independence
Kansas City Central
Kansas
ER. U. Freshuien
Abilene
Local Classifieds and Gossip From Lawrence Street Scene
A jumble of notices includes a for rent ad at 736 New Hampshire Street, a lost pin with a reward, a help-wanted request for a good colored girl at 1345 Mass Street, and a stray newspaper anecdote about a Lawrence girl remarking on visiting boys.
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Mass St
Ome
Lawrence
Graduation gifts Gustafson Newspaper Men Appear Today
Indianapolis May 1 Delavan Smith and Charles R Williams owners of the Indianducls News face a District of Columbia matter over purchases, bonds and removal. A for rent listing notes a furnished room at 632 Vermont with a home phone 1832. Bell 1071. An 80 acre farm five miles north of town is offered for rent with grain, under a double page notice.
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Vermont
Bell
Indianapolis
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Indianducls News
District of Columbia
Quincy Vons
John L. Kilworth
District of Columbis
Helwig
Hains Trial Continues And Topeka Luncheon Recap
Miss Alice Hammond hosted the Domestic Science club at Mrs. Gor rill’s home on 1300 Ohio street. Governor and Mrs. Stubbs entertained the Round Table club at the Executive Mansion with a luncheon, tours of the capitol, and a riverside return. The event featured violet and corn decor, lilac arrangements, and tinted ices, with many guests including Mrs. Creighton Cordiey and several Topeka and Cripple Creek attendees.
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Alice Hammond
M. A. Gorrill
Ohio Steel
W. R. Stubbs
Round Table Club
Mia
Richard Cordiey
Topeka
Sarah Emery
Virginia Edwards
5. C. Emley
H. A. Finch
W. J. Gilmore
John J. Kiles
Frank E. Ward
Annie J
Wight
F. A. Wood
S. A. “Wood
W. S. Wood
C. £. Esterly
Lrain
Will Formally Accept Franchise From City Next Week
The attorney general will take the franchise from the city next week with a $1,000 forfeit posted early. W Laming plans to accept for the Kansas City & Kansas Southwestern Interurban, meeting Leslie Shaw in KC on business. The move pleases Lawrence residents awaiting the interurban, while Patrick Tirseh of Shaw Construction arrives May 6 to oversee road works.
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W. Laming
Kansas City
Kansas Southwestern
Laming
Leslie M. Shaw
Kanity
Lawrence
Patrick Tirseh
Shaw Company
Mr. Tirseh
Shaw Construction Company
Indoor picnic and dances amid storm damage and deaths
A Baptist church group shifted last night’s Lake View picnic indoors at the Raymond home due to a cold wave. A high school informal dancer was planned for Fraternal Aid hall. In Memphis the storm caused widespread destruction with many dead or injured, especially in Horn Lake Mississippi and surrounding counties, with property losses estimated around $1,000,000.
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The
Baptist Church
Lakes View
Raymond Home
Memphis
Tenn
Bakansas
Tennessee
Cortha
Mississippi
Horn Lake
Caddo Gap
Arkansas
Fayetteville
J Marianna
Jured
Hoe Springs
Palestine
Bee Branch
Heber
Wheatley
Marion
Somerville
Deehard
Humboldt
Medina
Quik
Lula
Delvnch
Ntaniley
Banker Goes to Prison for Family Killing Trial Outcome
Flushing N Y May 1 Henry W Gazell former secretary treasurer of the defunct Farmers and Merchants bank was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary today for the killing of W E Gazell his brother Captain Peter C Hains another brother was called by the district attorney Major John Powell Hains was short $100 000 in the case.
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Flushing
Thornton Hains
Cleveland
Henry W. South
City
Gazell
Peter C. Hains
Farmers and
Mer
W. E. Is
Chants Bank
John Powell Hains
Wall Paper and Books Ad Placed Amid Storm Reports
News notes discuss a sales ad for home decor items at Boyles 725 Mass St while a severe storm brings damage to Savannah and Detour. Separate reports cover a gale on Lake Superior sinking the barge Nester near Huron Islands with all on board lost, the Margold lighthouse tender nearby, and the Russia's foundering with all aboard saved. Prohibition issues in Kansas are summarized with Attorney General Fred S. Jackson outlining three key conclusions about clubhouses and liquor.
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Marquette
Mich
Lake Superior
Disster
Ge Nester
Huron Islands
Margold
Nester
Marixgeld
Kansas
Fred S. Jackson
Ashbur Lodge
Those Awful Flies Dr Crumbine Warns Of Disease Risk
The Kansas state health board's Fly Bulletin extols the house fly as a disease carrier in typhoid fever diarrhoea dysentery and tuberculosis. It highlights magnified fly specks from a lemon pie and urges eliminating breeding sites to protect infants and food from contamination.
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Crumbine
Supreme Court of Kansas
Fies
Markets and sanitation notes from a May stock listing
A fragmented notice discusses fly control and sanitation urging destruction of breeding places in manure stables and garbage receptacles. It lists prices for foodstuffs and goods including corn rye hay and butter, with May and July market figures and cash terms.
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Wangas City
Apts JG
Tafts Practice Economy Cuts White House Costs
Washington May 1 The president and Mrs Taft advocate economy at home cutting running White House expenses. Savings are visible in reduced staff with three washerwomen instead of nine and combined engineering and plumbing duties. The former Pinkney, a Black steward under Roosevelt, is no longer kept and now serves as a government messenger.
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Washington
Taft
White House
White ‘House
Roosevelt
Pinkney
Lawrence Gets New Mayor D Bishop Takes Office
The Journal notes Lawrence welcomes D Bishop as the new mayor joining years of service. He rose from modest means after Univ. of Kansas study to lead the town with energy and capability. Former mayor Geo J Barker retires to focus on law, leaving a respected record and public goodwill for his service.
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Lawrence
D. Bishop
Bishop
Geo. J. Barker
Barker
Frigid Night Brings Frost and Ice Alarm in Town
Last night’s frost dropped to 28 degrees and reports indicate a quarter inch of ice. Fruit growers fear damage as residents scramble to protect plants across the town.
Frost Threatens Fruit Crop As Armenian News Clouds Istanbul
Frost warning spreads through Jellia district and Constantinople as fruit growers fear damage to crops. Reported frost and alleged planned massacres weigh on residents while streets react with coverings to protect plants. Studio plans and local weather anecdotes mix with legal news about Missouri railroad rate cases.
Gold Fish for sale at Rtarmond's Drag Store
Local ad notes fine gold fish specimens for sale with options to buy one or a dozen. Suggests a new goldfish in stock at Rtarmond's Drag Store.
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Rtarmond
Strike extends in Missouri amid mine and mill walkout
Bonne Terre Missouri May 1 1908 miners in Leadwood spread to the town when the underground ground employes of the St Joseph Lead Company quit. The mills and cattle-receipts plant closed leaving about 1700 workers idle as strikers threaten to join. Workers demand wage restoration to pre 1908 levels with a daily pay around two dollars.
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Bonne Terre
St. Jos
Bridge Arches Fall Down in Chicago River
A new concrete and steel wagon bridge at Park May 1797 collapsed into the Chicago River during traffic. No one was on the bridge at the time. Cattle receipts, hogs, and meat prices are listed for market day with mixed figures.
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Chicago
Peoria
Stecl
Home Atore Advertises Seeds and Plants in Alvin
A small ad lists California Sweet Peas and various Hower and vegetable seeds for sale at the Home Atore located at 18 West Warren in Alvin. The notice includes blooming plants and shopping details for local gardeners.
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California
West Warren Bt
Weston Walked 41 Miles From New York to San Francisco
Edward J Peyson Weston, on a cross country walk to demonstrate endurance, reached Weston Montgomery on the Wabash Route covering 41 miles in a day. He arrived in the city 108 miles ahead of schedule and climbed the Hanover Hotel stairs after refusing the elevator.
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San Francisco
Cal
Seci
Jjiebi
Aso
Soya
San Pedro
Dewey
Manila Bay
Golden Gate
Montgomery
Edward J Peyson Weston
New York
Wabash Foute
Hanover Hotel
Freeze Strikes Kansas and Surrounding States
Weather reports show a general freeze across Kansas and neighboring states. Fruit growers report extensive losses as ice forms three quarters of an inch thick, with temperatures hovering below zero in western Kansas and the Panhandle. Local observers note travel and social activity as residents visit Kansas City and Topeka while frigid conditions persist.
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F. H. Hodder
Topeka
Rome
C M. Blair
San Francisco
W. Laming
Kansas City
Rex Miller
Topeks
Earl Rankin
Edgar Wright
Awrence Smith
Freez
H. W. Henderson
Kansas
Tacoma
A. Weber
John Watkins
Missouri
Oklahoma
Weber
Kan
Panhandle
Texas
Gas City
Wichita
John Culp
H. B.port
Kansas Fruit Farms
E. A. Mitchell
California
Weather outlook: fair tonight with rising clouds by Sunday
Weather indications suggest tonight will be fair with increasing cloudiness by Sunday night. Temperatures will rise slowly as a front approaches, bringing gradual changes in conditions.
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United States Circuit Court
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Lochren
Nelson
Pardy
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Lawrence Music Club
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Hulls
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de Mere
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Supreme Court of Missouri Today
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Mayor Bishop
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General Freeze
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H. Buckingham
Los Angeles
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Mina’ Stellan McCandless
Clara Simmerock
Virginia Coleman
Hoisington High School
Ord Clingman
E. S. Hulmes
Central City
J. Bf. Henry
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Anagrivan Sugar Refining Company
Henry Stimson
Stimson
Nashua
Iowa
Fred Kronk
Here
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Gestafionria
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Towa
Upper Lake
Neosho
Johnny'? Davidson
Roy Ramsour
Bos I
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Tria
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Elk’s Lodge
New York Elks’ Lodge No. 1
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Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
Fred
Lance
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