State Board Calls Kansas Farmers to Marketing Meeting
The Kansas state board of agriculture invites farmers groups to a January 10 Topeka meeting to discuss unified marketing plans. Secretary J C Mohler says progress falters due to lack of joint action among organizations and stresses cooperation over factional debates. The board will not endorse any specific plan but urges all agricultural associations to unite on a plan acceptable to farmers.
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State Board of Agriculture
Topeka
Kansas State Board of ‘Agriculture
J. C. Mohler
Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Incendiary Fires Drop In Kansas Says State Fire Marshal
State fire marshal L. T. Hussey reports a decline in fires of incendiary origin in Kansas from 6 percent in 1915 when he took office to 2 percent in 1920 with gains expected this year. He cites persistent investigations and school-led precautions as key factors. A Neosho County jury could not reach a verdict on Casey Jones, ending in a mistrial for liquor sale charges.
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Kansas
L. T. Hussey
Hussey
Mr. Hussey
Neosho County
Casey Jones
Miley elected president of Kansas Teachers Association
J. W. Miley of Pittsburg was chosen president by directors of the Kansas Teachers Association. Meetings are set for October 19 to 21 with four separate sessions. The association ended the year with over thirteen thousand members and faced a contest over a women president, which Miley won.
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J. W. Miley
Pittsburg
Kansas Teachers’ Association
Topeka
Miley
Opening of state trapping season under new game law
Higher fur prices and abundant animals marked the season's start as farmers take trapping licenses per law and fur dealers expect strong business this winter. A. T. Daniel, 74, a Topeka businessman since 1877, died suddenly of heart disease last night.
Hiawatha dedicates Memorial Auditorium in Wag program
A memorial auditorium dedication occurred in Hiawatha with a Wag house program. A peace parley was urged by Ilkinson, president of the district miners union, but a Kan controversy settlement was not reached.
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Hiawatha’ 8 Memorial
Wag
N “House
Ilkinson
Mine ‘Workers of America
Kanne
Nixon gets a life sentence in murder case at Great Bend
Dr W A Nixon was sentenced in district court at Great Bend to life in the state penitentiary Lansing for the murder of Arthur C Banta the night of July 6 Judge Harris denied a new trial motion and an appeal to the state supreme court was announced Nixon bond set at 50000 pending appeal Nixon jailed in the former murder cell while his wife and four children faced grief at the trial as Roy Hayes and Curly Wallace face possible trials soon for related charges and Clyde M Reed signed a protest over I C C rehearing in the Kansas grain rate case seeking stronger review of 17 percent cuts plus 10 percent on other grains and hay with Kansas utilities commission backing the challenge.
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W. A. Nixon
Great Bend
Lansing
Arthur C. Banta
Harris
Nixon
State Supreme Court
Sheriff Hill
Roy Hayes
Curly” Wallace
Banta
Clyde M.‘Reed
Kansas Public Utilities’ Commission
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Kansas Commission
Winter Wheat Slips as November Drought Bites Kansas
The November crop report shows Kansas wheat at 58 percent of normal with 11.5 million acres planted as winter wheat, the third largest sowing in state history. A dry month and moisture shortage loom, while authorities seize two porcelain stills, 180 gallons of mash, a Ford roadster, and 29 pints of home brew in Lyon and Coffey counties.
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Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Lyon County
W.S. Brown
Coffey County
Emporia
Indefinite Postponement Of Wage Hearings Ties To Packing Strike
Kansas industrial court postpones minimum wage and maximum hour hearings indefinitely as the court stays in Topeka or Kansas City amid the packing strike. Obituary notes Mrs Barbara Meyers 91 dead in Fredonia born in West Virginia and long resident of Lawrence with a daughter.
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Kansas Industrial Court
Topeka
Kansas City
Barbara Meyers
Fredonia
West Virginia
Lawrence
Fire Nearly Destroys Isabel High School in Flue Sparks
Fire believed sparked by the flue almost totally destroyed Isabel high school with losses estimated near 80 900. Insurance coverage on the building stood at 48 000.
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Isabel High School
Wichita Subscriptions Reach Three Hundred Six Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Six
Wichita and vicinity subscribed 306 896 of the million goal for the Friends University endowment fund. Campaign continues with a year remaining to obtain the balance, according to W S Hadley chairman of the executive committee.
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Wichita and Vicinity
Friends University
W. S. Hadley
Death of Dr Pratt Pioneer Wichita Physician and Populist Organizer
Dr Morton A Pratt aged 80 a pioneer Wichita physician and early Populist organizer died in a local hospital from injuries after being struck by a motor car He had previously run for lieutenant governor of Kansas The incident prompted tributes to his long career in medicine and politics
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Morton A. ‘Pratt
Wichita
Pratt
Leutenant
Kansas
Sunny Hog House for Young Pigs
Instructive design features for a weather tight sunlit pig house that holds 12 pens, with a concrete foundation and plank-railed pens to prevent sow crushing. Emphasizes early spring farrowing, ventilation, bedding, raised floors, and site drainage for healthy piglet starts.
Pig Pens Design Aimed at Comfort and Health Features Sunlit Sows
Description shows side facing south to maximize late winter and early spring sun for pens on both sides. Upper and lower windows provide sunlight, with grade line doors letting sows and pigs go outside as weather warms. Concrete feeding floor on sunny side improves efficiency. overall building prioritizes comfort and health though not extravagant.
Mooring Mast for Airship at Pensacola Naval Station
The article describes a mooring mast for nonrigid dirigibles at Pensacola Naval Air Station. A lattice steel mast on a concrete base supports a semicircular inverted arch crutch, with a rotating mast in a concrete collar. A wire rope system and winches secure the dirigible to bearing pads, pulling the ship firmly into position.
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United States Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Experimenting With Lumber in West Australia
A forest-products laboratory is slated for West Australia to grow into a major institution akin to Madison Wisconsin and McGill Montreal. Early tests show Australia has forest growths suitable for a pulp core, with plentiful raw materials and potential mills on native woods without harming merchantable timber. Currently about 60 percent of felled timber is wasted before reaching salable lumber.
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West Australia
Madison
Wis
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
Australia
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Lively Sense of Gratitude to Theater Gatekeeper
English novelist W. G. Wills, reluctant to attend a performance, was denied entry at the theater door until a proper official granted permission. After enduring the play with stoic calm, he sought out the kind-hearted usher who had prevented him from entering and expressed a wish to reward him with a shilling.
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W. G. Wills
Wills
Ambulance Plane Carried Woman with Nurse From London to Paris
An article describes a continental airship converted into an ambulance to transport a woman from London to Paris for urgent surgery. She traveled with a nurse, was moved by motorcar to an air station, placed in an invalid chair, and lifted into a specially prepared salon aboard the aircraft.
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London
Paris
Air Station
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonial
Carrie Williams of Overpeck Ohio reports relief from backache headache and fatigue after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before and after childbirth. She credits the remedy with restoring health and enabling her to care for her two boys and perform daily work.
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Mrs. Williams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carrie Williams
Overpeck
Ohio
United States
Phrase about Red Cross Ball Blue bluing advantages
Advertisement suggesting customers tell grocer Red Cross Ball Blue when buying bluing to gain benefits. It promises lasting use and strong results once tried.
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Red Cross
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