Carry Nation Visit to Ottawa 1901 Recalled in Kansas History
John Mark Lambertson recounts Carry Nation's 1901 Ottawa stop in a Kansas memory piece. The temperance activist arrived with a swollen eye after bar clashes, spoke at First Baptist Church, and predicted nationwide saloon destruction within a year. Her relentless campaign helped shape Prohibition years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mark Lambertson
Kansas
Joan of Arc
Carry Nation
Carry
Ottawa
Enterprise
Missouri Pacific
Nation
E. 7Th
G.M. Hand
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
W.T.C.U
Mrs. Nation
First Baptist Church
Ottawa University
Santa Fe
U.S
Farm Credit Plan Aims to Ease Credit Crunch
Washington officials unveil an aid package with at least 650 million dollars in farm loan guarantees to help farmers buy fertilizer fuel and seed for spring planting. The plan features up to 90 percent loan guarantees, interest rate relief, eased federal regulator pressure, and new Farm Credit staff to back production credit associations and banks.
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Washington
Reagan
Congressional
Senate
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Farmers Home Administration
Legislators Shun Kansas Anti Smoking Bill Push
Kansas lawmakers show no plans to pursue anti smoking legislation this year despite urging from Barbara Sabal secretary of health and environment. Several state agencies adopt smoking in work areas policies while nursing homes and child care centers begin designated smoking rules.
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Barbara Sabol
Department of Health and Environment
Senate
House Health and Public Welfare
House
Marvin Littlejohn
Phillipsburg
Sabal
Health and Environment, Social and Rehabilitation Services
Human Resources
Littlejohn
Ottawa board extends three-year contracts for two administrators
Ottawa U.S.C. 290 superintendent Roger Nelson and assistant superintendent Nancy Hale received three-year contract extensions after an executive session, with salary terms to be negotiated. The 4-3 vote reflected concerns about long-term contracts, not job performance, while unrelated actions allocated 571.50 to weight room improvements and adjusted the general fund after a state enrollment audit reducing state aid by 5311.
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Jay Bemis
Roger Nelson
Ottawa
U.S.C
Nancy Hale
Ottawa Board of Education
Nelson
Hale
Larry Maes
Maes
Dan Andrews
Jack Bushman
Ottawa High Athletic Department
Kornhaus
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Legislative Review Preview
Chamber Contact Library
R&r
Farm Credit
Tisha Gumfory
S. Mulberry
Topeka
Mace Agi
Sabol
Tax Appeals Board
Kan
John Carlin
Board of Tax Appeals
Carlin
OHS
Don Kornhaus
Steve Grogan
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