Kansas farmers brace for crisis amid 1921 crop gains
Secretary J C Mohler of the State Board of Agriculture says Kansas farmers faced a tough year for cash returns but will weather the crisis. He notes wheat at 125 million bushels, corn near average, alfalfa below standard, and improved pasture conditions, yet marketing profits lag. He stresses the need to focus on profitable sales and future improvement in meat production and livestock health.
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Topeka
Kan
Angas
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Te Associated Press
Sec+y
Mohler
Mr. Motiler
Mahler
Kansas
Stadium Construction Slowed by Heavy Rainfall
About 200 workers at Unit Construction Co halted concrete work on the football stadium as rain drenched the site. Resumption followed. 900 cubic feet of earth are being removed and replaced with ten inches of sod in time for the game on October 15.
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Merete
Forms
Hardship marks American czion delegation in France visit
The American Zion delegation faces a tougher campaign than in 1917 18 with 124 speeches toasts and renditions including La Marseillaise The Spangled Banner and stirring marches during their stay in France and Belgium as part of a postwar tour.
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Aris
Czion
Arriome
France
Eight Revolutionary Anthems and A Rogue’s Revels
A fragment recounts a debauched tally of feasts and flirtations. It lists multiple banquets with specific dishes, wines, and even 144 kisses from a French girl, framed as a boastful ledger of pleasures and excess.
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Les Girondins
Madelon
France
Lansing warden hires band leader Herb for prison concert
M Amrine, warden of the Kansas state prison at Lansing, plans a bold cultural push by hiring S D Herb, famed bandleader with roots in Sousa and Chicago orchestras, to lead a 25piece prison band. The first concert is set for Sunday at 6 pm, signaling the prison’s new musical profile alongside the National Military Home and federal prison. Card of Thanks and local notices follow about condolences, floral tributes, and an advertisement for Mendenhall Number 40 rheumatism remedy.
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Kansas State Prison
Lansing
Leavenworth Post
S. D. Herb
Russia
Herb
Laad
Sousa
Innes
Brooke
Chicago
University of Kansas
K. U
Amvine
National Military Home
Federal Prison
Kansas University Football Prospects For 1921 Season
Kansas University prepares unofficial practice under Captain Pete Jones as coach Schrademan reviews ten possible returnees and fresh candidates. Veterans Jones and Reedy lead a group including Sandefur, Turner, Higgins, Hale, McDonald, and Wilson as they compete for guard, end, and tackle spots while backfield options arise. A Washburn-KU game on October 1 raises eligibility questions over Brewster and Missouri Valley rules prompt director Dr. Allen to seek proper application of residency requirements.
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Pete Jones
Jayhawk
Pete Reedy
Sandy” Sandefur
Missouri Valley
Turner
Nebraska
Otheir
Wilson
Allison
McAdams
Saunders
McDonald
Higging
Hide
Higgins
Hale
Oklahoma
Schrademan
Patsy
Clark
Krueger
Goodell
Lanmyb
Lonborg
Kane
Farrell
Mandeville
Little
Simons
Allen
Jayhawker Athletics
Reams
Brewster
Washburn
K. U
Alien
Lewis
Missouri
Valley Eligibility Contention Tangles With Scheduled Contests
A dispute over eligibility has sparked contention in the Valley and in contracted games set against the University eleven this fall. A letter excerpt indicates ongoing disagreement and possible implications for upcoming matchups.
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Teilay
Old Timer Regains Health After Mayr Remedy
A Philadelphia brother urged use of Mayr s Wonderful Remedy for digestive ills and related stomach liver and intestinal troubles. The first dose brought relief and the patient feels thirty years younger. The product claims to remove catarrhal mucus and allay inflammation with a money back guarantee. Sold at Round Corner Drug Store and druggists nationwide.
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Nie
Round Corner Drug Store
Philadelphia
Mayr
Round Corner
Journalism Dept Moves Into Expanded University Building
Journalism students secure expanded space as the University grants the journalism department the entire journalism building. Congested rooms shift to old science laboratories on the second floor while the $35,000 printing plant occupies the basement. Editorial rooms library business office news room telegraph room and practice labs now have first floor space.
Tariff Cuts Set To Reduce Western to Chicago Rates
Washington announces rate reductions on freight from west of the Missouri to Chicago and from west of the Rockies to the Missouri river, with 1 to 25 cent cuts per hundred pounds and elimination of most increases from August 1920. some higher-than-50-cent rates also trimmed. A separate note mentions Jerry Penry’s auto trip altered by bad roads and trainee Robert Louis Stevenson’s flute playing as a preferred recreation used to tune ideas.
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Washington
Missouri River
Chicago
Rockies
Jerry Penry
Colorado
Mr. Penny
Abilene
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lemon Juice Freckle Bleach Lotion Ad Rescue
An old advertisement promotes a lemon juice freckle bleach lotion. It instructs to mix the juice of two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White to create a quarter pint of complexion whitener. The ad urges daily massage on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles and blemishes and achieve rosy white skin.
Local Social Notes Highlight Cummings Birthday and Community Calls
In Big Springs and Topeka area social activity unfolds with Mrs. Raymond Sanford and Mrs. Laura Winter hosting and visiting friends. Ella Godfrey Bessy Young and Florence Bahnmaier tour town while Edith Bahnmaier returns from California. A Wallace of neighbors gathered to celebrate Mrs. J. P. Cummings eighty fifth birthday as pictures were taken. Eighteen attended the chicken cul-ling event at Walter Johnson’s.
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Tom
Cummings
Big Springs
Raymond Sanford
Geo. Miller
Laura Winter
Ella Godfrey
William Reynolds
Kanwaka
W.N. Sanford
Emily
William
Topeka
John Bainmaier
Edith Bahnmaier
California
Florence Bahnhmaier
Lawrence
Mra
Bahumaier
Margaret
J. PL Cummings
Godfrey
Henry Bahmmaier
Charles Bahnmaier
Res Young
Ella Garlfrey
Nora Cummilug
Lloyd George meets Sinn Fein leaders in Scotland
Prime Minister Lloyd George, in Gairloch Scotland, receives Harry Boland and Joseph McGrath and discusses points related to the conference proposed in the British government's last communication to Sinn Fein, per an official statement.
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London
Associated Press
Lloyd George
Gairloch
Scotland
Harry Boland
Eamonn de Valera Ani
Joseph McGrath
Sinn Fein
Wst
New Mexico to elect two U.S. senators this year
Santa Fe reports New Mexico will vote to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat left by J. Kert B. Fall with H. C. Bursum as Republican choice and FE. Hanna of Albuquerque as Democratic nominee. Eleven constitutional amendments appear on the ballot including aliens ban, women’s public office rights, veterans tax exemption, and carrier rate proof rules.
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Santa Fe
N. M
New Mexico
U. S
J. Kert B. Fall
H. C. Bursum
M. E. Mechem
Ment
FE. H. Hanna
Abhbuduerque
State
Tri state Fall Festival and Old Settlers event schedule
The Tri state Fall Festival in Burkhart Kansas runs September 15 16 and 17 followed by the Old Settlers Youth Agricultural Fair and Watermelon Festival at Rolla on September 28 24 and 29 drawing thousands of visitors from nearby regions according to local notices.
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Burkhfart
Kans
Yountan
Rolla
Elkhart Fete Highlights Games Carnival and Demos
Adjacent states Kansas Colorado and Oklahoma join Elkhart fete with ball games round-up events and airplane demonstrations in the program while Rolla features a carnival and an extensive display of agricultural products.
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Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Elkhart Fete
Rolla
Big American Legion program forms for Hutchinson convention
Hutchinson Kansas on September 13 indicatives of a big time ahead as the American Legion prepares for its state convention October 3 4 Local post committees outline plans including an athletic smoker Riverside Park program night and carnival events The notes mention a jewelry stunts and military stunts committees and an air raid committee Also a note on Philadelphia mills weaving a large share of the New York carpet list hints at broader details in the piece
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Hutchinson
Kan
American Legion
Riverside Park
What A Tong Does For You Tonic Claim Card
A tonic is said to boost tone energy strength and endurance by improving heart pumping lung capacity kidney function digestion and brain activity. It touts an organic iron based formula sold under a branded name and warns against substitutes while urging readers to seek the genuine product.
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Hervons
Alg Agaist
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