State high school debating final comes to Greer Hall
Forty four entrants competed this year in the Kansas state league with Sheridan team members Farris Sleat Edwin Taylor and Joseph Spresser set to affirm the Monroe Doctrine question Caney negative debaters Brown Cunningham Esther Leroy Holland will oppose The event will be presided by Prof H W Lutt with judges H Hodder Howard T Gill and M Odgen purpose of determining the state championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State High School
Greer Hall
Sheridan
Farris Sleat
Edwin Taylor
Joseph Spresser
United States
Monroe
Caney
Brown Cunningham
Esther A Leroy Holland
H.W. Lu
Engineers Plan Preliminary Survey After Election
Engineers chosen to plot waterworks improvements appeared before the advisory water committee and city commissioners. They will conduct a preliminary survey over several weeks and no regular meetings will be held until after the election.
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Black
Yurteli
City Commission
Lawrened
Dnde
Otto Gufler
Gulller
Etire
May Fete At Topeka Draws 5000 In Annual Event
More than five thousand Topeka school children joined the second annual May Fete at the State Fair grounds fought by a 1200 pupil hoop drill and 896 dancers. The show, arranged to give all spectators a clear view, was directed by William P. McLean and witnessed by a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
atic _Alvius
Ponts of Vantas
William P. McLean
Phycher
Gets-It corn remedy promises quick relief
An old ad promotes Gets-It for corns calluses and bunions. It boasts rapid 2 second application with no sticking to stockings and no irritation. Sold 25 cents a bottle by E Lawrence & Co Chicago and recommended by Ratind Corner Drugs Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Lawrence
Ratind Corner Drugs Co
Local Social and Farm Notes Share Small Gatherings and Travel
High Prairie reports a small Sunday session with ten Ladies Aid members and guests from Hopewell, sewing and light refreshment. Farmers Union meets at Maplewell amid muddy roads. Miss Marietle Pens closes a school term at Riverside. Various visits and trips to Lawrence and Kansas City, with hunts and farm news, fill community life as families plan next meetings and transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Blick
Hopewell
Bova
Frances Jardon
Ethel Campbell
Phe
Adam
Mint
Irene Astritrone
Frances Arden
Ebner Campbell
Farmers? Union
Mapewell
Eli Heaston
Charles Greason
Strsttell Ulrich
Ernest Brikaker
Marietle Pens
Riverside
Pearl
Lulu’ Pence
Kctal Pence
Witte Vl Reser
Momwlay
Willkusgell
Verne Neeley
Hake
Vanden
Reb Baldwin
Meefer
Minais
Shotwell
W. Shottell
Airs
Keefer
Ed Pardee
Arthur Reser
Ballwin
Be M.B
Honee
Frank Gleason
Lawrence Mounds
Mrs. Shotwell
Keeler
Morton
Wink
Vintuad
Daldywin
Reading scraps from a coastal reunion and town notes
Frank Gleason attended the Key telephone reunion as an auditor and heard voices and waves in San Francisco. Willie Puckett visited Clyde Puckett this summer. Miss Edna Fleshman is engaged to teach near Baldwin, with Miss Boyd taking over at Hopewell. Betty Baker is near illness, with family updates from W. P. Forth and Mrs Hibner’s Monday visit.
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Frank Gleason
Key_ telephone
San Francisco
Carruth
Willie Puckett
Clyde Puckett
Swumer
Betty Baker
Betty
Chvandiia
Baker
W. P. Forth
Willow de
Bellok
Bakiwin
Dinah Snow and the Smiths Household Abuse Tale
Dinah Snow, a colored cook in the Smith household, narrates her husband beatings and financial inability to pay fines. The piece blends this with brief notes on Henry Jenkins, the Rhodum sidus flower tale, and seventeenth century forms of address goodman and goodwoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinah Snow
Smith
New England
Goodman
Goodwoman
Goody
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promised Kidney Health
Advert reads Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules claim to cleanse kidneys and bladder, relieve congestion, and improve health daily. It urges readers to buy from druggists, notes U S government chemists approval, and offers money back if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
U.S
Purify Your Blood to Fight Catarrh Claim
An old advertisement touts Swift Specifics S S S as a cure for catarrh by cleansing and toning the blood. It argues that local washes and sprays only offer temporary relief, and urges readers to take S S S to remove the disease’s cause, with contact details for the Swift Specific Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta, Ga
Nobody Home In Two Acts
A fragment of a play in two acts shows a wife and husband puzzled by knocks at the door. The couple recalls past events as noises recur and a line about a wolf appears, with references to visitors and a deteriorating curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesgar
Amin
Richmond
Patel
Simple safe weight loss plan via breath and open air routine
Readers are urged to shed fat without diets or strenuous exercise. The method involves eating normally then using deep breathing, outdoor activity, and a “drug company” remedy after meals and before bed. Weekly weigh ins monitor progress.
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Lucus
Scomfort
Lacked Imagination Says Author and Producer
A dialog notes tension between a motion picture author and a producer. The author pitches extravagant first reel ideas including explosive scenes and a massive battle, while the producer balks at the costs saying the project would require tens of millions and mocks the author’s lack of imagination.
Get Up Right Says Leslie’s Weekly
A morale note from Leslie’s Weekly urges daily routines of joy and hope. It encourages kind greetings, warm handshakes, and forgiving enemies to spread inner happiness and sunlight in every day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie’s Weekly
Arabian Laughing Dove and Other Oddities
A discussion of the Arabian laughing dove notes its tremulous voice and variable cooing, with descriptions of color variations and the birds’ distinctive laughing. The piece also cites a White Flour Illusion warning from the surgeon general about white flour’s purity and nutrition losses.
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Green Hall
Sheridan, County
Caney High
Kansas
Sieger E Ce
Mate Ebert
Kameas City
Ina
L. L. Phillips
Massachusetts Street
ITAN
Titan
International Harvester Company of America (Incorporated
H.W. Schaake
Lawrence, Kanaas
WAKE
Black & Veatch
Sone
Canute
Peter and Paul
Rome
Hall
Edward TV
Elisabeth
James
London Clirontele
Continental Tailors of
O. E. Powell
Mass St
High Prairie
Yorkshire
England
Henry Jenkins
Flodden Field
Chancery
Hood
Leigth A
Cente Company
New York
Castoria
Raw York Ghee
Iite
W. L. Eubanks
Mass
St. Bell
East 13Th Street Bell
United States Public Health Service
Osteopathic’ Magazine
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