Fort Bestt tax levy sparks plan to lower burden
Fort Bestt faces high real estate valuations and growing discontent as a half million dollar increase in city property value is reported. Optimistic bankers in Wichita predict a healthy future, while concerns grow over prison reform and pardon schemes amid broader disarmament and European security debates. The British coal strike continues as miners reject government terms, shaping labor and policy tensions nationwide.
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Fort Bestt
Poland Dictator Refusal and Amundsen Retirement News
The report notes General Pilsudski declining to accept the dictatorship of Poland, a move described as unlike typical coups. Explorer Amundsen, after extensive polar travels, says he will retire but does not plan to resign from active life. Also mentioned are primary discussions on wet and dry issues in Oregon and a looming car shortage in the southwest harvest period.
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Pilsudski
Poland
Wnar
Amundsen
Poles
Bishop Vail Skips Trinity Sermon for Ottawa Trip
In the old hometown Bishop Vail must drive to Ottawa this afternoon to confirm two small classes and will not preach at Trinity Church this evening. The Centennial entertainment Tuesday features readings, solos, recitations, and a drama Still Waters Run Dec with Misses Oliver Whitcomb Bullene Brintwell Harrington and Messrs Boswell Gay Ross. J E Ross from Devereux’s office heads to Sedalia Missouri. Natural History excursion yields a barn swallow not previously recorded in Kansas. Political note: Petey Cooper, greenback nominee for president, is 85 and declining the nomination.
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Vail
Ottawa
Trinity Church
Gee, Innes & Co
Lillie Whitcomb
Gertrude Bullene
Brintwell
Kansas
Snow
Petey Cooper
Lawrence Echoes Twenty Five Years Past
Twenty five years ago E Varnum traveled to Alpine Texas for two weeks. H Lyons returned from New York to live in Lawrence. Billy Hutson comes home from Quincy Louisiana before moving to Fairmount Park Kansas City. Prof Blackmar and six students visited Kansas City to inspect a charitable institution. Col Carroll plans a river trip on his electric launch. Mrs Sam Bishop returned from hospitalization in Kansas City. F M McHale and Dr A P Hung departed for Colorado. Albert Ford of Chattanooga Tenn marries Bertha Holton of Carbondale Kansas. Augusta and Christina Guffler hosted a whist party on Rhode Island Street. H E Don Carlos, new president of Fraternal Aids Association, plans to base in Lawrence.
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Messe Boyle
Lacey
Davison
Johnson
Janet
Curry
Col. Carroll
Sam Bishop
Kansas City
F. M. McHale
A. P. Hung
Colorado
Lawrence
West Side
Albert Ford
Chatanooga
Tenn
Bertha Holton
Carbondale
Kansas
Ford
Augusta
Christina Guffler
Rhode Island Street
H. E- Don Carlos
Fraternal Aids Association
Hive
Today in History Seventy-Five Years Since Lighthouse Board Appointment
Seventy five years ago today the first United States Lighthouse Board was appointed. One hundred years ago today the Miami canal opened between Middletown and Dayton Ohio. Chile observes a national holiday marking the Battle of Iquique in its war for independence. The Republican State Committee of New York meets in New York City today to set date and place for the state convention. Elbert H Gary of United States Steel delivers the presidential address at the twenty ninth general spring meeting of the American Iron and Steel Institutes in New York City. Oregon voters face a general primary today to nominate candidates for United States senator representatives in Congress and state officers for November offices.
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Miami Canal
Middletown
Dayton
Ohio
Chile
Iquique
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New York City
Elbert H. Gary
United States
Steel Corporation
American Iron and Steel Institutes
Oregon
Congress
West Demands Relief In Western Freight Rates
Washington reports that western interests including carriers, shippers, producers and commissions urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to ease transportation costs. The western rate case seeks lower rates for agriculture while railroads push for a 5 percent horizontal increase. disputes over valuations, earnings, and cost-cutting measures fueled a tense debate as regions seek relief amid economic distress.
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West
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Congress
Hoch-Smuth
Tate
Southwest
Northwest
How to Deal With Aggressors
Edward Hislop draws a biblical study from Genesis 26 12 25 on envy against prosperous figures. Isaac faces Philistine raids that fill wells and harass him, yet he relocates and reopens new wells until prosperity returns, illustrating patient perseverance and resolve against aggressors.
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Edward Hislop
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Cattlemen to Meet at Kansas Livestock Day May 20
Fifteen hundred cattlemen from Kansas and nearby states are expected to attend the fourteenth Annual livestock feeders day at Kansas State Agricultural College on Saturday May 20. C W Alc Campbell head of the animal husbandry department announced today. The program will feature feeding test results in silage shoe raising and hot feeding and addresses by prominent stockmen and agricultural workers. Campbell will conduct the meeting with Mampuhell Wichita president of the Kansas Livestock Association. Curtis Trophy winner T P Jeter United States Navy will also speak.
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Iwansas
Kansas State Agricultural College
C. W. Alc Campbell
Yi Mhake
M.ampuhell
Wichita
Kansas Livestock Association
Bank Robbery Probes Highlight Kansas Police Effort
May 81 AP reports rewards totaling 81,080 were paid for arrest and conviction of fifteen bandits linked to seven bank robberies. Robberies that year totaled 21 with losses of 21,717, while the prior year saw 53 attacks and losses of 110,213. Bowman notes vigilance and a growing state-wide armed protection effort.
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Kansas Bankers Asso Intion
W. W. Bowman
Bowman
Zilance
Count Apponyi to Attend Eucharistic Congress in Chicago
Count Albert Apponyi, former Hungarian premier and noted parliamentarian, will attend the Eucharistic Congress in Chicago next month. He hails from the royal Bela IV line, has served in numerous cabinets, and is famed for democratic ideals and world peace advocacy. Rankin's Drug Store advertises razor blades at 1102 Mass.
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Chicago
Hungary
Bela IV
Count Apponyi
United States
Elimination of Waste in Industry Highlight at Steel Forging Meet
French Lick Springs Ind May 20 limited Press Elimination of waste of manpower in Americas steel forging industry was the chief topic at the American Drop Forging Institute convention opening here today W Chattin Wetherill director of metals utilization of the U S Department of Commerce delivered the keynote address to about 150 manufacturers and factory superintendents from the United States and Canada Also reports on local social visits and community events at Lecompton Kansas detailed through the remainder of the column
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French Lick Springs
Ind
Amerea
American
W.chattin Wetherill
United States Department of Commerce
United] States
Canada
Kennard WCTU Meets at Flor ence Lemon Compton Home
The Kennard WCTU held a Monday afternoon meeting at 1247 Mass St attended by many. Mrs R Hemphill and Mrs India Brooks spoke on citizenship for foreigners in Lawrence and engaging their children, with Miss Cheranoff from Russia sharing American life views and Ellis Island impressions. Plans for a Chamber of Commerce dinner and social hour followed with remarks on unity, faith, and service.
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Delbert and
Inez
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F. Glenn
G. L. Glenn
George F. Bahnmaier
Topeka
Will Brown
Lecompton
Sarah Dummer
Lecomptor
Dummer
Annett
G. L. Glen
Lawrence
Plymouth Congregational
David Melvin
Main St
Kennard W. C. T. U
Florence Lemon Compton
Mass St
R. Hemphill
India Brooks
Clurch
Cheranoff
Russia
America
Ellis Island
New York City
O. Jaqmain
Chamber of
Purification Promises Health Through Calotabs Course
Physician endorsed Purification ad promotes Calotabs as the foundation of health. Reader urged to purify the system with a thorough course taken once or twice weekly for several weeks, claiming Nature wards off illness. Family packs offered with directions, price 35 cents at drugstores.
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Nature
Railroads Aim to Lower Costs to Boost Volume
In a manufacturing view, higher output lowers cost per unit and railroads, as transport providers, seek the lowest feasible costs to offer cheaper rates and increase business. Prices for materials and wages are fixed by contracts and law, leaving efficiency as the driver of lower prices, notes B Storey, President of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway.
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B.storey
The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
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