Bolshevik Terror Report From Moscow and Petrograd
An Associated Press chronicles a reign of terror in Bolshevik Russia with mass shootings of alleged counterrevolutionaries in Petrograd and Moscow. Foreigners and Russians face summary executions as officials enforce harsh class warfare, amid Allied-Soviet negotiations and refugee movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonhevik P
London
Petrograd
Moses Uritzky
Russia
Chenep
Stockholm
Associated Press
Moscow
Trotzky
Volga
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promote Kidney Relief
Advertises Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a long trusted Holland remedy for kidney and bladder disorders. Claims centuries of use, imported from Holland laboratories, available in multiple box sizes at drug stores with weekly refunds if not effective. Emphasizes authenticity of the Gold Medal brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Holland
Holland Laboratories
Hreessizes
Adv
Draft Board Clerical Pay Increases Approved For Topeka
Adjutant General Huffman announces War Department approval of monthly clerical allowances for draft boards across Kansas. Each board will receive two monthly payments based on registrant totals, with caps at 100 dollars per clerk unless ordered by the governor. Allocations range from 100 dollars for up to 1,400 registrants to 335 dollars for up to 7,000 registrants.
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Topeka
Kan
Huffman
War Department
Labor Day Picnic Attendances Reported in High Prairie
Report on local union events notes attendance at the Farmers Union and Labor Day picnics in High Prairie and Gale Grove. State lecturer Swanson spoke at the Labor Day event while several residents from Lawrence and nearby areas visited to see drafted men depart for Camp Freston. School resumes with new teachers Violet Christy and Lula Pence at Willow Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Boland
R Aang
Hazel
George Aters
Ed Pardee
Fard
Farmer’s Union
Gale Grove
Swanson
Lula Pence
Willow Springs
Stomach Liver and Intestinal Ailments Promoted
An obscure promotional note claims a single dose will convince money resurided and mentions Round-Corner store and daggists. The fragment references stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis and appears to be an ad or medicinal pitch with unclear provenance.
Visit of Misses Sutton and Julia Johnson
Miss Eva and Helen Sutton visited Miss Ollie Beulah and Blanche Tuesday. Miss Julia Johnson of Lawrence, visiting her uncle, was among those mentioned in the social notes.
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Eva
Helen Sutton
Ollie
Beulah
Blanche
Julia Johnson
Lawrence
Gots-It advertised corn remover and local notices
The item lists a corn remedy marketed by BH Lawrence Co Chicago and appears among various local social notes. It mentions households including Mr and Mrs James Gale and others visiting and hosting at Independence schoolhouse, and notes the death of Mrs Mary Griffith with funeral details in Baldwin.
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Ely
Renkes
Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Lawrence
James Gale
Charles Stevenin
M. J. Jandon
Bert Sutton
Judson Leach
Leota Jardon
Leota Sutton
Independence School
Kate Griffith
Winfield
Kansas
Nelle
Grace Baker
Beulah Stewart
Baldwin
Louise Talbot
Kansas City
Charles ‘Stevenin
Claudie
Charlie Johnson
G. W. Pitts
Lan
T. F. Haas Sunny
Ollie
Blanche
Beulah Hird
Frank Sutton
Oscar Hardtaufer
Jas
Gale
Mary Griffith
Preston Prentice
Earl Lederer
Nelie Noble
Charles Stevens
Griffith Taylor
Midland Community Notes and Death In California
Midland area residents share news and visits while reporting the death of Millard Hughes in California. Local actions include students to Manhattan for Kansas Agricultural College, relatives touring camps, farm additions, and community events with the Midland Rural Club.
Law Sets Registration Rules for Men Aged Eighteen to Forty Five
The proclamation requires all male persons who have turned eighteen but not yet forty six to register by a September 12 deadline set by the President. Exceptions include those already registered under 1917 or 1918 acts, active service personnel, National Guard in service, Reserve Corps members, and Navy and Marine Corps officers and enlisted personnel in service or reserve status.
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Congress
Regular Army
National Guard
United States
Offiers' Reserve Corps
Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Reserve Force
Marine Corps Reserve
Pleasant Grove Flory Family and Draft Transport Visit
Pleasant Grove notes guest visits for Elmer Flory and family with many Flory relations present. Lawrence trip reports drafted men entrainment to Camp Funston with several relatives and friends attending. train arrival late and some departure before wait. Private George Shuler writes from Camp Sheridan about heat. Shuler in Hospital Corps. Bud Duncan in France. Ernest Irwin transferred from Praesidio New York with two brothers still in service.
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Wesley Flory
Ira Flory
Nettie
Amos
Abe Flory
Etta
Mabel
Wesley
Will Postman
Florence
Taurie
Richard
Chas. Brohammer
Lillian
Alta
Dan Beeghley
Lloyd Ande Everett
Cyrus Flory
A, Wey
Elmer Flory
Lawrence
Camp Funston
Harvey Henry
Arlie
Dan Beeghly
Will Postma
Wilbur Eberhart
Wright
Hallie Peterson
Vill Landis
Oey Chudbaugh
Elsie Schuler
David Kessler
Shulers
George Shuler
Camp Sheridan
Ala
Shuler
Bud Duncan
France
Union
Ernest Irwin
Frank Hibrer
Praesidio
New York
Community Notes From Worden Area Openness and Distress
Local letters describe threshing and farming activity around Worden and Wingert, with Dan Flory and Shullers assisting, typhoid illness affecting Robert Gish and family, and a Wingert wedding at Abe Flory home. Private Avery Hibner reports travels and lizards observed, plus family thanks for kindness and flowers after sickness.
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Wichita
Kenneth
Hill
City
Pohl
Worden
Walter Deay
Clara Fleet
Schall
Dan Flory
Shuler Place
Henry Landis
Flory Place
George
Elsie Shuler
Robert Gish
Peterson
Simmons Hospital
Nce
C. N. Peterson
Hallie
Ralph
Rosie
Fanny
Noah Leon
Vernon
Jesse Wingert
Ira Flory
Nettie
Amos
Dan Beeghley Lloyd and Liverett
Elmer Flory
Harvey
Henry
Arlie
Will Postma
Florence
Taurie
Richard
Chase Brohammer
Lillian
Alta
Owen Flora
Hugh Laughlin
CN. Peterson
Otis Hobbs
Gish Place
Avery Hibner
Tellows
Frank
Fish and Pigeons Akin in Love and Nature
Naturalists note affinity between fish and pigeons in mating behavior as scientists draw parallels to long standing animal partnerships. The text uses period voice to dramatize natural bonds and personified reactions to war and frustration with Germany.
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High Prairie
Exelso
McNish
Midland
Elizabeth Winey
Helen Shaw
Millard Hughes
California
Hughes
Sunnyside
Charley
Elmer
Everett Hughes
Rebecca Miller
Lill
Nan Stover
Agnes Laptad
Manhattan
Clara_Lewis
Harveyville
Wagner
Maurice Murphy
St. Louis
Denver
Elmer Weibel
Russell Shaw
Oe Pax
Marie Husted
Chester Spray
Williamstown
C. B. Young
Midland Rural Club
Maurice Mrphy
Howard Erwin
Bruickmiller
T. Moore
Lloyd Moore
C B. Young
W. W. Ware
Venus
Vontaihity
Foley
Pleasant Grove
Ite
Ieee
Oupang
Hays
Carl Peterson
Fanny, McGruder
Lucy Larcom
Avith
Germany
Gincinatti
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