Kansas keeps largest newspaper collection by state society
The Kansas State Historical Society holds the world’s largest bound newspaper archive with 55 000 volumes from 642 publications spanning 105 counties. Shawnee County tops counties with 39 titles. eight counties have just one paper. The collection showcases Kansas daily life in detail.
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State Historical Society
Kansas
Kansas State Historical Society
William E. Connelly
Kansas State Historical Beory
Connelly
Chase
Haskell
Hodgeman
Kearney
Lane
Stevens
Wallace
Wichita
Shawnee County
Topeka
Drowning Toll in Kansas Claims Two Children and Two Men
Four people died in Kansas drownings the other day. Kenneth White, 5, and Charles Schwab, about 1 or 2, drowned wading in the Republican River near Morganville. Luis Lopez and Lucerio Lopez, two young Mexicans, drowned while swimming in the Walnut River near Winfield.
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Kansas
Kenneth White
Charles Schwab
Republican
Morganville
Luis and
Lucerio Lopez
Walnut River
Winfield
Prairie dog plague hurts Kansas farmers and air crash kills passenger
An airplane plunged six miles east of Stafford killing passenger Herbert Lowe as pilot Lewis Lowe survived with serious injuries. The craft owned by the Aero Club of Stafford had been brought from Kansas City the day before. Separately, Kansas wildlife damage from prairie dogs and pocket gophers costs farms statewide in the millions annually per Kansas State Agricultural College estimates. A Kansas pioneer, Emery G. Louk, died at Michigan Valley with a long family history noted. Governor Allen announced the reappointment of R. L. Gamble.
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Stafford
Lewis Lowe
Herbert Lowe
Aero Club of
Kansas City
Kansas State Agricultural College
Rats Extermination Campaign Warns Kansas Farmers
The state health department urges rat control to protect crops and prevent disease. A circular cites a pair of rats producing 650000 offspring in three years and annual US damages over 100 million dollars from gnawed wiring and fires. Extermination is needed to shield health and wealth.
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State Health Department
Kansas
Board
United States
Asia
Philippines
Hawaii
Liverpool
England
West Indies
Murder of tenant farmer Turner at Sitka shocks residents
Samuel Luther Turner a tenant farmer on the Fred Loesch farm at Sitka was killed by a shotgun blast forced through a screen door while sleeping on a doorway pallet. Bloodhounds from Rice County were used. Turner's widow and five children moved the body to Ava Missouri, their former home.
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Samuel ‘Luther Turner
Fred Loesch
Sitka
Turner
Rice County
Ava
Wheat grading rules to be taught by USDA and Kazisis official
The United States Department of Agriculture will co operate with the Kazisis grain inspector to instruct producers and dealers on the new wheat grading rules.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Kazisis Grain Inspector
Jobbers Win IC C Battle for Kansas Rate Reform
The Central Kansas jobbers win a long ICC fight for lower, fairer freight rates from New Orleans to Kansas jobbing points. The public utilities commission was notified that the examiner found current Kansas town rates prejudicial.
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Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Orleans
Public Utilities Commission
Oldest Leavenworth House Demolished 1854 Cottonwood Build
The 1854 cottonwood house built by Jeremiah Clark in Leavenworth was torn down. It once served as a residence for Thomas Carney, Kansas governor, and measured 16 by 24 feet, moved twice in 65 years, with well preserved lumber. Policeman John Starnes died after being struck with a car crank during arrests of five joyriders. Godfrey brothers and Roy Schaver, among the attackers, were redrrested and will face murder charges.
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Tyler
Wichita
Middle West
A. E. Hildebrand
Leavenworth
Jeremiah Clark
Thomas Carney
Kansas
John Starnes
Ray
Franklin Godfrey
Roy Schaver
Kansas schools get funds for evening trades and home economics programs
State director H. L. Kent reports more than 6000 dollars in state and federal aid will support seven Kansas schools maintaining evening classes in trades and home economics over the past year. The article also notes Emanuel Wilson’s death after an injury said to have occurred during third degree Masonry at Morning Star Lodge in Atchigan.
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Kansas
H. L. Kent
Morning Star Lodge
Atchigan
Emanuel Wilson
Americans Invade Constantinople with Business Drive
Americans stir Constantinople with energy and American-made goods, red cross, and Y M C A presence. The city notes the invasion as wealth and business, contrasting Russians in poverty as Turks watch prices rise and housing costs soar while English police manage traffic.
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Red Cross
Constantinople
Golden Horn
Bolshevists
Odessa
Stamboul
Pera
Chiclin
Hells
Peru
Hippodrome
America
Piccadilly Circus
New York
Smokes and Watches as Neighbors Carry the Toll
A reflective figure sits with cigarette and coffee, claiming readiness to pay a price though not poor as he makes others bear the cost for him. The passage notes his neighbors and those nearby understand his reluctance to shoulder burden.
Atrocities in Siberia under Bolshevik rule described
New York envoy John A. Embry details eight months of Bolshevik terror in Siberia and eastern Russia. He cites mass executions, hostage killings, forced labour, and rape of women, noting cities like Ufa, Eguan, and Bugulma suffered extreme brutality and large civilian deaths.
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New York
John A. Embry
Omsk
Kolchak
Siberia
Russia
Embry
Admiral Kolchak
Doctor Builds Hospital With His Own Hands
Hastings on Hudson's sole hospital opened after Dr Gedney Jenks spent three years building it with his own funds and labor. The two story facility includes an operating room and modern appliances. Jenks had enlisted overseas but villagers urged Washington to bring him back for the project.
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Hastings-on-Hudson
N. Y
Wastings-on-Hudson
Gedney Jenks
Jenks
Washington
Bride Accepts Risk After Refusing First Kiss
Kansas City legal note recounts a year of marriage where the bride was glad he refrained from kissing before marriage but sad since. Lawyers say she accepted the risk in the custody dispute and social judgment surrounding the restraint.
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Kansas City
Prince Rupert Emerges as Key Pacific Coast Fishing Port
Prince Rupert stands as the foremost fishing port on the Pacific coast, underscoring its strategic role in coastwide marine commerce. The city anchors industry, exports, and livelihoods across the regional fishing landscape.
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Prince Rupert
Pacific Coast
Aid to Lepers Promoted By American Committee
William M. Danner announces James B. Wootan elected to the American committee to aid leper work. The group estimates at least 2,000,000 lepers worldwide with 6,000 baptized. Ninety six stations exist including 59 in India, Burma and Ceylon. Dr. J. W. McKean reports weekly offerings by lepers despite disabilities and urges expansion of leper asylums in Siam and surrounding regions.
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New York
William M. Danner
American Society For the Mission To Lepers
James B. Wootan
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Globe
India
Burma
Ceylon
China
United States
Japan
Korea
Siam
Straits Settlements
Malay States
Phillippines
Africa
Madagascar
Dutch Guiana
J. W. McKean
Omaha
Chieng Mai
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Philippines
McKean
King of Siam
Presbyterian Board
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Kansas Utilities Commission
Cottonwood Falls
Strong City
Emery G. Louk
Michigan Valley
Osage County
Allen
R. L. Gamble
State Agricultural Department
J. C. Mohler
Felix Broeker
Salina
Kansas State Bank
H. J. Lefferdink
Ingland
Birmingham
Ufa
Mttle County
Extraordinary
Counseilmen
Eguan
Almerton
G. C. Martin
Stoke Pogls
Scandia
Harry Hohman
Nordman
Rep
Adolph Nelson
Lebanon
A. R. Morey
W. M. F. W. Kreitzer
Sec’y
Clarence Albro
V. C
J. W. Plotner
John A. Freeburg
Kansae
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Copyright, Ltd
W.N. U
Commun
Jim Jones
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