Kansas orchard debate and campaign expenditure hearings
A Kansas editorial focus discusses orchard cultivation methods to extend fruit tree life, urging careful spraying pruning and fertilization. It notes rising orchard pests and stresses that neglect ruins orchards. Also covered are senate hearings on campaign expenditures highlighting Barnes book Republican ism of 1920 and Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge with some Kansas papers offered free serial plate rights.
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Middle West
Europe
Kansas
Uncle Sam
Freedom Ridge
Senate
Pushing Confidence in White Campaign Leader Faces Scrutiny
George White, manager of Cox's campaign, defends his integrity amid accusations of a slush fund. He testifies before a senate committee that he has no direct evidence supporting charges and expresses trust in Cox, while warning of a possible nationwide effort by Republicans to influence the presidency.
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Imyn White
Dema- Baxer
Senate
Cox
George
Yofio
George White
James Gordon Bennett Trophy Race Speeds Through History
Airplane speed in aviation matters shows that the winner of the James Gordon Bennett Trophy at Paris must reach 200 miles per hour or more. From 1909 to 1912 speeds rose from 47 to 105 mph, with wartime gaps accelerating aircraft development and raising expectations for future champions.
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Sviation
Paris
Stov
Italian Regency of Quenaro Debated by Poet D Annunzio
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss a self declared country named Italian Regency of Quenaro along the Adriatic and speculate about poet D Annunzio’s motives. The text also mentions growing orchards and average life expectancy of a Karisas orchard about twenty five years, with reference to agricultural experts and orchardists.
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D Anmnunzio
Quenaro
Adriatic
Karisas
Enter Madame praised as best new play at Garrick Theater
Brock Pemberton's Enter Madame receives strong Broadway praise from The Independent, calling it among the season’s top six new plays. Norman Trevor is praised as the lead, with Emphasis on emotional acting and a charming, stormy prima donna role.
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Pemberton
Brock Pemberton
Norman Trvor
New York
Hippodrome
S . Murdock Pemberton
Elbert Severance
Emporians
The
Gazette
Emporia Gazette
Michigan State Fair Opens In Detroit For Week
Today the Michigan State Fair opens in Detroit and will run through the coming week. Governor James H. Cox, the Democratic presidential nominee, begins his West tour. Warren T. McCray, Republican candidate for Indiana governor, starts his campaign with a speech at Crawfordsville.
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St. Stephen’s
Sedan
Tuevella Peabody Hale
Michigan
Detroit
James H. Cox
West
Warrén T. McCray
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Notable Birthdays Mark Senatorial Nomination Day
The article notes renominations for a United States senator from Georgia and marks birthdays of figures born in Newton, North Carolina and Wheeling, West Virginia, highlighting Henrietta Crosmanoa, a renowned stage actress born fifty years ago.
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United States
Georg
Newton
N. C
Henrietta Crosmanoa
Wheeling
W. V
Today’s anniversaries summarize historic events
A timeline of notable dates from 1845 to 1916 notes Mount Hecla’s eruption in Ice land, Kirby Smith’s Cincinnati advance with martial law, Sedan’s French capitulation, Rose Coghlan’s Wallack’s debut, Hinckley forest fires, Germany’s Sedan anniversary celebrations, Mary Charpiot’s death, and railway workers’ union leaders rescinding a national strike order.
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Mount Hecla
Iceland
Kirby Smith
Cincinnati
Sedan
Rose Coghlan
Wallack’s
New York
Hinckley
Minnesota
Germany
Mary Russell Charpiot
Boston
Ireland
One Year Ago Today in New Zealand Ratified Pact
A year ago today New Zealand ratified the Pexee Treaty while allies lifted the blocade against Hungary. The British and Foreign Bible Society distributed about 250,009 copies of Scriptures in over 400 languages and dialects, many of which are unknown to language scholars. In Korea a family hat passed from father to eldest son, made from ancestral hair and treated as a priceless heirloom.
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New Zealand
Hungary
British and Foreign Bible Society
Korea
Five Items From Lawrence 1895Weather and Racing Highlights
A Lawrence Business College term opens while Company H K N G departs for encampment at Emporia. Bi levere races draw 1,000 to 1,500 at Driving park with Marland Salina winning the mile novice. Fred Clark wins Douglas county half mile handi cap in 1 09 4 2. Labor Day events at Bismarck Grove touted as a high point. Weather report notes 12.3 inches of rain in the past month. Wheelmen from Topeka arrive for the track event. Daily World cigars praised. City youths march to armory for camp and drills. miscellaneous notes on spider web painting and a rare bee.
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Lawrence Daily Journal
Lawrence ‘Business College
Emporia
Driving Park
Fred Bowersock
Rob Manley
Marland
Salina
Frank E. Banks
Lawrence
Douglis County
Fred Clark
Frank Banks
den Foust
Julius Eriksen
Lawrence Daily Works
Chancellor Snow
Topeka
Daily World
Company Ho
Cedit
McClure
Charlie Elwell
Adnat Clark
Today’s Birthdays Highlight Sims Johnson and Smith
The list notes George R. Sims, English dramatist and novelist, born in Sacramento, Cal. Hiram W. Johnson, California senator and GOP presidential hopeful, also born in Sacramento. Hoke Smith is mentioned as a figure connected to the era, with details truncated.
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George R. Sims
Sacramento
Cal
Hiram W. Johnson
California
Hoke Smith
Biggest year in lake business on Great Lakes
Cleveland Sept 2 Passenger and package freight lines on the Great Lakes expect the biggest business in history. Net tonnage in coal iron ore and stone will lag the 1918 peak by about 23 million tons. Officials cite rail capacity and car shortages as factors behind the surge in lake traffic and forward freight to nearby destinations.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lihe
Lake Erie
Wuvl Ironmore
Fifty Years Ago in Lawrence City Census Total
The Leavenworth city census tallies a population of 20 655 with a soggy ground condition reported over weeks. A Missouri and Kansas Associated Press meeting lists M W Reynolds as Lawrence Republican Journal representative. Easter excursionists visit Lawrence with a grand train of palace cars and a guided tour ending at Liberty Hall for Kansas fruit displays. Mayor Gravenor welcomes guests to fruit samples as one of the first See parties to visit Kansas. An Innes and Gul ad promotes 90c corset, $2 kid gloves, 10c cotton hose, 50c linen, and other items in a broad sale.
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Leavenworth
Missouri and Kansas Associated Piess
M. W. Reynolds
Mill
Lawrence Republican Journal
Lawrence
United States
John A. Cresswell
Baltimore
Mobile
Ala
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston
Nashville
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Washington
New York
Pittsburgh
Liberty Hall
Journal-Works
Kansas
Gravenor
Kansas Pacific
Union Pacific
Innes & Gul
View of Slush Fund III. Cohn Thinks Millionaires Would Let Well Alone
J W Cohn offers a new view on the slush fund topic filling papers. He argues that if Democratic years created many Republican fortunes enough to fund a $15 million campaign, Republicans would hesitate to risk a party change that might alter administration gains.
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Cohn
J. UW. Cohn
Tf Times
Cobb
Permit German flag displays in Rhineland with permit rule
Coblenz August 15 German flag may again be shown from public buildings and in parades on special occasions in the Rhineland except the American zone. The High Commission requires a permit for each display but Major General Henry T. Allen has not approved it for the American area due to ongoing armistice status. A curiosity of Japan is the insect bell a black jeep emits harmonious tones.
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Coblenz
Germany
Rhineland
High Commission
Henry T. Allen
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the Journal -World
the World Company
C. Simons
Business Department
Massachuse
A. A. Keator
Hartford
Guilding Fork
Franklin P. Alcorn
Marbridge
Associated
I Bureau of Circulations
Once
Kansas City
NSO
Norway
Everett True
Fife
Bonebean
View OF Slush Fund
Japan
Pha
Hart
Schaffner & Marx
Peckham’s
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Tentbook OF
Wall Street
McCall & Riley Co., Inc
Investme Securities
Bread St
Walnut St
Shimmons Bros
Jaedicke
Terkins & Co
Farmers State and Savings Bank
Diamond Tires
Butler Tire Company
Mass
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