Teachers and Unions Debate in Topeka Convention
Kansas teachers face a union question as Topeka hosts a convention. Kansas City, Kansas teachers already unionized with AFL. Some oppose teacher unionization arguing it could distort public service, while others see it as a path to better pay. The piece notes broader labor tension and ethical duties of educators amid economic pressures. It ends with a brief, unrelated New York note on cleanliness and dining habits.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kansas City
American Federation of Labor
Unionizig
Publc
Fort Scott Faces Labor Strife Amid City Electricity Shutdown
Fort Scott Kansas near center of state labor unrest as a city electric light plant strike halts industry for hours. Mayor negotiates with labor reps from Pittsburg and Parsons to restart power. Russians plan a November seventh jubilee as anti soviet forces close in.
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WHEY
Fort. Scott
Kansas
City Electric Light Plant
Pittsburg
Parsons
Fort Scott
Fragmentary line on gender roles in a union
The fragment notes a couple sharing roles within a partnership, describing both as acting the part. It implies a dynamic where a woman and a man perform expected duties, indicating a traditional division of labor and behavior.
Loving Couple Sit In Quiet Reverie At The Sermon
A wife gazes lovingly at her husband during a church service as the reporter notes their long marriage. She smiles and taps his foot, though the sermon itself remains standard. he enjoys the moment beside the man she loves while she worships quietly at her shrine.
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Apollo
Adonis
Dr Strong to Retire as Chancellor but Remain in University
Friends of Chancellor Strong and the University celebrate his retirement next year while noting he will stay on as a law professor. The Board of Administration informs him of election to the new faculty, signaling collective appreciation and the task of selecting a successor. Strong’s leadership over eighteen years shaped the state’s education, and his continued role is expected to bolster the university.
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Strong
Friends of Education
Kansas
Bolshevism compared to early American reform critics
Gustavas Myers contrasts Bolshevism with 1826 to 1834 communist agitation in the United States noting similar targets and the phrase dictatorship of the proletariat. The piece argues the modern movement may resemble past efforts but faces a different world, while British labor leaders protest wage demands for less work.
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United States
Gustavus Myers
Great Britain
Cost of living over wages warned by leaders
The piece argues that aiding workers by lowering living costs benefits all, noting shortages and rising prices that wages fail to offset. It cites England and the U S as needing to realize this shift for national good. Also references Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a kitchen reform debate amid breakfast lore. Ice cream ad ends the item.
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England
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte
France
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Tam
Gilman
Irene
Prices and progress in the early Kansas era
Fifty years ago Lalwrence market quotes show coal oil at 44 60 cents, bacon 21 12 and 25 cents, eggs 15 20 cents, wheat 1.08 fall and 0.70 spring, corn 55 60 cents. A Pomona named fruit settlement forms in Franklin county. Iron shipments for the Denver extension arrive, new engines and cars pending. Mild statewide sickness, payrolls show 12 to 15 days work. Kansas Pacific rail line activity includes flat cars with ties west, bridge material out, surveyors attacked by Indians but pursued by General Carr.
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Kansas Pacific
Denver
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Sheridan
Grinnell
Carr
Redskins
Frat Buzz and City Talk Roil in Lawrence
Local chatter swaps jabs about city waste and campus pranks as John Bennett of Kansas City visits Lawrence. Blunt quips rail against rioting props and student papers, predicting a costly storm for the author amid campus satire and private medical notes from Dr. Orelup in Dick Building.
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John Bennett
Kansas City
Lawrence
Today’s anniversaries recall battles and births through history
A slate of dates marks notable events from 1788 to 1916. Highlights include the Continental Congress adjournment in 1788, Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar in 1805, Bishop Vail born in 1812, Onderdonk’s suspension in 1844, Baker killed at Balls Bluff in 1861, a 1869 push to move the capital, Meuse progress in 1914, Italy’s Tyrol offensive in 1915, and Count Stuergkh’s assassination in 1916.
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Lord Nelson
France
Spain
Cape Trafalgar
Thomas H. Vail
Kansas
Richmond
Rryn Mawr
H. A. Onderdonk
Pennsylvania
Iritemperante
Edward Dickinson Baker
Abraham
Illinois
Balls Bluff
London
St. Louis
Washington
Middle West
Meuse
Italy
Tyrol
Austria
Balkan
Karl Stuergkh
Friedrich Adler
Today’s birthdays of notable British and American figures
John Burns English Labor leader born in London today marks a historic anniversary. Louis N Parker English novelist and playwright born in France celebrated today. Benedict C Crowell First Assistant Secretary of War born in Cleveland Ohio remembered today. Sir William Christie former Astronomer Royal of Great Britain born years past. Dr. Howard H Russell founder of the Anti Saloon League of America noted in today’s remembrance.
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John Burns
London
Louis N. ‘Parker
France
Benedict C. Crowell
United States
Cleveland
Ohio
Sir William Christie
Great Britain
Anti-Saloon League of America
War actions and political calls mark mid conflict year
A year into the war British airmen assaulted Metz rail lines and barracks while Socialist papers in Germany pressed for the Kaiser to abdicate. In the Balkans, Serbia and French forces in Bulgaria reported capturing about 1,000 Austro German prisoners.
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Metz
Germany
Serbia
Bulgaria
Political Cartoonist Jay N Darling Remembered in Stillwater
Fragmentary tax era notes honor Jay N Darling known as Ding, a cartoonist and comic artist, with references to Safety Razor and local shops in Stillwater Oklahoma. The clipping mentions gatherings and an eleventh annual convention in Chicago, plus area dealers and a meeting in Oklahoma City.
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Stillwater
Ming
T Jay N. Darling
Ding
Ae Norwood
Mich
Oklahoma City
Leaders Plan Prompt Action Next Session
Washington reports that House leaders and Senate colleagues will push annual appropriation bills for all departments at the start of the December session with speed. Committees in charge of appropriations warn against delay, aiming for passage by July. A Park Grocery case and a public health campaign are noted in the same dispatch.
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House
Senate
Sherere
Pancy Drred Son's Park Grocery
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