Labor conditions in Kansas and Missouri improve prospects
August labor report from the U S Department of Labor notes shortages of farm and unskilled labor in Missouri and strong demand in Kansas. Road construction and large projects drive demand for workers while most industries show healthy activity, with Topeka Wichita Hutchinson Leavenworth Atchison and Parsons reporting varied but positive conditions and shortages in farm help and road labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Missouri
Employment Service
U. S. Department of Labor
St. Louis
Topeka
Tabor
Wichita
Hutchinson
Leavenworth
Atchison
Parsons
Pittsburg
Local People Visit Relatives and Attend Fairs
A series of visits and travel note numerous residents from the area visiting kin in Hillsboro and Topeka. Family members including the Sailers and Wulfkuhies are cited, with several trips to Lawrence, Sheldon, and Topeka for fairs and social calls. The community also notes haying activity and school arrangements at Jones School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sd Akwolner
L. Lawson
J. E. Sailer
Hillsboro
Kans
Topeka
Harley Dean
A. C. Walter
Fred
O. A
Wm. McKinley
O. A. Bidinger
Kathryn Bidinger
C. Burghard
James Brass
Frank Wulfkuhle
Lawson
Lawrence Kupper
Lawrence
Frank Bidinger
Lou Lawson
Irvin
Ernest Transmaier
John Gress
Rose Shields
Geo. Anderson
St. He
Jones
Elmer Bahnmaier
Lester Rake
Emporia
Kathryn
Wm. Murphy
Eclipse Viewed In De Soto As Clouds Break
The sun’s eclipse Monday drew keen attention from De Soto residents though clouds blocked the view most of the day. By 2 p.m. the sky cleared briefly. Local crop notes report wheat threshing near completion with yields generally small and prices weak, while Kaw Valley potato crops yielded well and improved prices lifted spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeSoto
A. J. Williams
Olin Jewett
Lucile Gordon
Chas
W. Bell
Mr. Luther
Chas, Broughton
Will
C. W. Morse
Lawrence
James Rafts
Virginia
Burks
Norwood School
Louis Hkys
Roy Frisbie
Greenberry Paxton
Geddes Harbison
T. C. Whitaker
W. H. Baker
Morris D. Brewer
Kansas’ City
Oliver
Kansas City
Chas. W.,bell
Frank Sheldon
W.H. Baker
G. C. Bowling
Eugene Morgan
Kaw Valley
Leonard Hoffman
Radah Price
Brewer
Mary Buchheim
Dorothy Graeber
Frank Chambers
Brewers
Janet Dyer
Perkins
Lena Burks
Virginia Burks
Eastwood
Bonner Springs High School
Building Projects Include Many Residences
Common labor evident as construction continues on multiple building projects. Work spans various residences and related facilities, with crews actively progressing on site amid steady activity and visible progress.
Real Estate Transfers From Ben Jenkins and Others
Real estate transfers listed include Orval Jenkins to Jack War for 1500 dollars covering an 28 by 42 foot lot on North 25 feet of lot 2, block 2, South Bradley to Annie L Keeler for 4500 in Hawkins addition, Dewey Schmitendorf to E E Phillips for 1750 on Lincoln Street Baldwin Kansas, X J Kennedy to L W Nance for 300 on lot 25 in Fair Grounds Addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orval Jenkins
Jack War
Bradley
Annie L. Keeler
Lane
Dewey Schmitendorf
E. E. Phillips
Lincoln St
Baldwin
X. J. Kennedy
L. W
Nance
Fair Grounds
Railway feat builds locomotive and tender in under ten hours
An English railway company once completed a locomotive and tender in nine hours and forty seven minutes. The tale appears with mentions of Parker Duofold fountain pens Waterman and Conklin pens and Rankins's Drug Store as part of the historical excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker Duofold
Waterman and Conklin Fountain Pens
Rankins’s Drug Store
Losses in southwestern Kansas seed wheat pool counties
In fourteen Kansas counties aided by the cooperative seed wheat pool, only 16 percent of planted wheat was harvested. Measured by county, Ford and Ness saw very low yields, eight and five bushels per acre respectively, with large acreage unharvested. Total planted 1,454,166 acres yielded 1,619,910 bushels, about half a normal per-acre crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
J. C. Mohler
State Board
Stanton
Grant
Haskell
Stevens
Seward
Hodgeman
Meade County
Ford County
Grouth
Finney County
Ness County
Scott
Lane
Ness
Finney
Nodgeman
Gray
Ford
Morton
Meade
Flag Protests Put Indians in Jail as Flag Day Grows
In Nagpur India authorities jail Indians for displaying the national flag amid growing arrests. Gandhi Day is set as Flag Day with processions and emblems to be shown despite police apprehension. The note cites higher murder totals in New York City or Chicago versus the British Isles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Nagpur
Associated Press
New York City
Chicago
British Isles
Russia to America Brides Move as ARA Exits
Moscow reports 24 Russian brides to join American husbands after the American Relief Administration withdraws. Most speak English and originate from once well-off families now facing hardship. The movement includes two princesses and several countesses as part of the prewar to postwar shifts. The item also notes high school enrollment at Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
United States
American Relief Administration
September's Airy Hint Of Rainy May Yet?
An old belief ties a breezy September to a rainier May. The text notes King George stands five feet seven inches tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Tonic
A historical blurb on Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York, noting his Gat en Medical Discovery as a blood tonic. It claims it clears pimples and eruptions, aids digestion, and purifies the blood. Promotes confidential medical advice from Dr. Pierce’s Invalids Hotel in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Pennsylvania
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Outlook
Branziery
Dudoune Roberts
Ab Tumonsville
Shitelaw
M. E. Sunday School
Cay
Wood. Neill
Park College
Parkville
Epworth League
M. E. Church
Eudora League
Myrie Buckingham
Eleanor Whitelaw
Harold Sheldon
Norman Wood
Herbert Sheldon
Ruth Hambleton
A. B. Burks
Gwendolyn Brassfield
Monticello
A. L. Smith
Linwood
Hazel Freeman
Wilder
Gideon Freeman
Chas. Jewett
Colorado
Robert Moshy
K. U
Roat
Fred Gordon
America
Pacific
Japan
Igh
Lawrence High School
Ike Bran
Ah Sage Ty
Louisville
Lou
Ted Lewis
Columbia
Beale Street
Columbia Dealers
Caete Snes
Selumbia Sraphoptont Company
Prince
Humanity
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence, Hansas
Lawrence and Vicinity
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