Amendments Carry Big Support In Kansas Election
The Kansas constitutional amendments passed by large majorities. One provides a permanent income tax to fund state educational institutions, the other bars aliens from voting. Governor and U.S. Senate races show strong leads for Allen and Capper. Population shifts favor eastern cities, oil areas, and Camp Funston Fort Riley regions. A Canadian marriage case confirms expatriation for a US citizen spouse.
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Kansas
United States
Henry J. Allen
Governor Capper
Govenor Capper
Decatur
Mr. Allen
State Board of Agriculture
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
Baxter County
Shawnee County
Atchison County
Stanton
Wyandotte
Sedgwick
Crawford County
Butler
Reno
Leavenworth
Labette
Cherokee
Cowley
Tragic Farmhand Ends Life in Leavenworth Restaurant
Julius Thiebind a young farmer living near Eastern Leavenworth County committed suicide in a Leavenworth restaurant by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. He worked as a railroad section hand and was despondent. He had no known family.
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Julius Thiebind
Leavenworth County
Leavenworth
Kansas Supreme Court rules cities own garbage disposal
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that cities have absolute control over all garbage disposal. George Blakeman and J S Kirksey had sued after Wichita awarded an exclusive contract, seeking injunctions to block the city from enforcing it. The court held cities may make any contracts or regulations for disposal of city waste.
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Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
George Blakeman
J. S. Kirksey
Wichita
Towanda Wells Yield Oil Near Town in Unlikely Find
A water well at A. J. Logan home and a spring on the Leslie Robinson farm near Towanda started producing oil after turning Balty a year ago. The 42 foot well now yields light crude totaling about 2.25 dollars per day using a gasoline engine. Towanda lies two miles west of the Towanda oil pool amid several failed local tests.
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A. J. Logan
Towanda
Leslie Robinson
Parade Controversy Over Pro-German Allegations Ends With Kiss
A Nor ton peace parade featured several farmers accused of pro German sympathies marching at the front and then kissing the US flag. In Atchison a carpenter named Herman Sheppard accidentally shot his 11 month old daughter during celebrations, injuring her leg three inches below the hip. she died the following day.
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Norton
United States
Herman Sheppard
Atchison
Kansas Livestock Association to Hold Topeka Meeting
The executive committee met in Topeka and called a three day State convention of livestock men at Hutchinson starting February 2. They urged rapid demobilization of soldiers and sailors to return farm boys home first to aid farming communities.
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Kansas State Live Stock Association
Topeka
State Convention of Livestock Men
Mutchinson
Death Notice of Capt Willis Pearce in France
Word arrives that Capt Willis Pearce of Company F 142d Infantry 36th Division died in action in France. He lived in Manhattan over fourteen years and attended the Agricultural College part of that time. He is survived by his mother, a brother, a wife and baby in Oklahoma.
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Willis Pearce
France
Ellen Pearce
Manhattan
Pearce W
142D
The
Agricultural College
Oklahoma
Spear Dies at Great Lakes Naval Station
Frank W. Spears of Topeka father of Harry W. Spears naval hospital apprentice first class died suddenly at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station after visiting his son who was to leave for sea that day.
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Frank W. Spears
Topeka
Harry W. Spears
Naval Hospital
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Record price for Red Cross hog at Elmdale auction
A hog owned by the Red Cross chapter of Elmdale sold at public auction near Elmdale for 980 dollars and 5 cents. The sale was conducted by Clarence Childs.
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Red Cross Chapter
Elmdale
Clarence Childs
Leavenworth Families Mourn influenza Pneumonia Deaths
Mrs Meta Norbey aged 62 and her son Carl Norbey aged 42 died in Leavenworth from influenza and pneumonia. The mother contracted the illness while caring for her son, marking the family as an early Leavenworth household.
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Meta Norbey
Carl Norbey
Leavenworth
Norbeys
Powell County crash injures Bartley and King
Ralph Bartley son of W G Bartley of Powhattan drove between Powhattan and Baker when his car hit a rut and overturned. Bartley suffered a severe facial injury with his nose cut off while Leo King riding with him broke a leg.
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Ralph Bartley
W. G. Bartley
Powhattan
There
Baker
Bartley
Leo King
Making Old Houses Modernized Exterior Upgrades
An editor William A. Radford guide shows affordable exterior modernization ideas for cottages. From adding porch space and dormers to changing roofing, siding, and porches with practical detailing, the piece emphasizes cost saving, weather protection, and value gains through simple, stylish changes.
With the Grid Fans Bess-te Suffers Lumbago
The note asks about a grid player nicknamed Bess-te suffering lumbago and questions the extent of his injury involving positions like full back half back or quarter back.
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Bess
Bob
Kidney Trouble Backache Remedy Ad
An old advertisement urges readers to try Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney and bladder ailments. It claims rapid relief, stock worldwide availability, and offers a sample bottle for ten cents with a mailed request to Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Night aircraft photography eyed for military use
An Italian invention enabling night photographs has been submitted to the U S Army Signal Corps. It promises clear images of enemy positions from low flying planes on moonlit nights and could be adapted to motion picture cameras for aerial combat footage. Current daylight photography loses detail from high altitudes due to anti aircraft fire.
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Signal Corps
United States Army
Tiblay Fortunes Rise as Jiblay Near New Career
In the Birmingham Age-Herald style dialogue Prosperity notes Tiblay's fortunes on the mend. If Mrs. Jiblay keeps her munition plant job another month, Jiblay may shift to a tailor role.
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Tiblay
Jiblay
Birmingham Age-Herald
California Dehydrated Vegetable Plants Grow
A California merchant notes rising numbers of dehydrated vegetable plants and stresses high costs if advertising is skipped. The observation highlights the link between marketing and plant sales in the region.
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California
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