State Officials Announce Appointments for Next Two Years
Fred W. Knapp and Walter Payne announced their appointed staffs for the coming two years. Knapp keeps civil service transfers in the auditor’s office. Payne faces a potential clash over night guard Whitlow and names several new assistants and clerks under civil service. Kansas Rivers surveyor P. M. Churchill travels statewide for flood protection report to Congress.
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Fred W. Knapp
Walter Payne
Knapp
N. A. Turner
Russell
Maude A. Gilyeat
Mayme Conroy
Beloit
Civil Service
Mark F. Troxell
George Wiley
John Grindle
Ban on St Louis Prohibition Defeat Moves Grange
The Kansas State Grange districts its anger over Missouri St Louis vote against prohibition. A unanimous resolution urges selecting Kansas City for the next national meeting to memorialize St Louis. Also, protests military training federalization and calls Torrens land registration and five more years of quail protection law.
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Kansas State Grange
Missouri
St. Louis
Independence
The
Grange
Kansas City
Prohibition
Kansas
Judge Flannelly resigns from Montgomery court post
Judge Thomas J. Flannelly of Montgomery County District Court resigns to become general counsel for Prairie Oil and Gas Company, a Standard Oil subsidiary. The resignation is effective immediately but awaiting governor’s return for possible appointment.
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Thomas J. Flannelly
Montgomery, County
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Standard Oil
Washington
Flannelly
Fourteenth Judicial District
Kansas Natural
Capper
Kansas
No Moose Ever Treed a Man In Maine Hunting Lore
Bangor Maine veteran hunter Ben York dismisses moose treeing tales as fables. He notes mating season bulls act frantically, courtship cries do not lure bulls, and birch bark horns seldom attract moose while rapping a tree or snapping a twig often works better for calling.
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Bangor
Ben York
Maine
West Branch
York
Greenhorns
Mr. York
Tanks in Pairs Bring Surprise to German Defenses
Lieutenant Harry W. Ilitz describes British tanks as male and female pairs armed with heavy guns and machine guns. He notes their slow speeds of two to three miles per hour and caterpillar style trench crossing aided by a white night guide tape.
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Kingsport
N. S
Harry W. Ilitz
Nova Scotia
Courcelette
Hiltz
Death by own action tops Western cities study in 1910s
A Spectator analysis by Frederick L. Hoffman shows 48 708 personal crisis reports in 1910–14 with Western cities leading. San Diego and Sacramento record highest rates. general 1915 rate 20.7 per 100 000, firearm suicides dominate at 14 482, with May–June peaks and a cautionary note on life insurance hazards.
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New York
United States
Spectator
Frederick L. Hoffman
Rocky Mountain
San Diego
Cal
San Francisco
Sacramento
Manhattan
The
Bronx
Augusta
Mobile
Ala
Auburn
N. Y
Lfe
Senator Quay gifts poker tale to shy interviewer
A young reporter is asked about poker by Senator Quay who hands him a book and urges reading it at leisure. After a brief exchange the journalist leaves astonished, still processing the encounter on the sidewalk.
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Quay
Treat Dandruff with Cuticura Ointment and Soap
The ad promotes Cuticura Ointment to stop dandruff and itching with a retiring touch spot treatment, followed by a Cuticura Soap shampoo next morning. A clean scalp is advertised to prevent dandruff crusting burning and scalings and offers free samples by mail via a postcard to Cuticura Dept Ly Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. Ly Boston
Ady
Deficit in Husbands Sparks Village Debate
In a rural town the community debates wartime enlistment as local women oppose sending soldiers away. The talk centers on defender shortages and rumors that many servicemen are marrying Texas women, complicating recruitment.
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Texas
Red Cross Ball Blue Advertisement Claim
A vintage ad proclaims Red Cross Ball Blue as pure blue and effective for whitening clothes. It urges readers to buy at good grocers and use it on the next washday, presenting a simple household benefit.
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RED Cross
Red Cross Ball
Adv
Obsolete Debate on Marriage Core Indnind Wording
A reader argues to drop the word obey from the marriage covenant while another says it should stay, noting it changes nothing in practice comparable to the electoral college. The exchange reflects a fringe discussion on marital terms and ritual language.
Grifters Target Quiet Homes as Burglars Pause
A sharp line in defense of domestic safety notes that while thieves avoid certain targets, a courageous wife speaks up yet avoids confrontation, highlighting a moral stance in danger.
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P. M. Churchill
United States Army
War Department
Congress
Churchill
Kaw
Junction City
Smoky Hill
Saline
Olathe
Albert Mangold
Hutchinson
Forrest King
K.S. A.C
Southeastern Kansas Live Stock Association
Kansas State Agricultural College
Eldorado
Jay Majors
J. H. Kennedy
Kennedy
Majors
Elmer Inman
Arkansas City
Winder
Oklahoma
James N. Dunbar
Ernes
Q Neta Eenrates
State Grange
Pittsburg
Kansas State Poultry Federation
Gus Aaron
Kickapoo
Gus Aaron, Jr
Young Aaron
Kansan
Chester A. Robertson
Galva
A. B. Keller
John D. Turkington
John Trinder
Jin Joplin
Parsons
Trinder
Iola
William‘ H. McClure
J McClure
Seventy-first Ohio Infantry
Montgomery County
Margaret Fahnestock
Gibson Fahnestock
Pacific Coast
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Peruna
Peruna Company
Columbus, Ohio
Gilly Cascara
Quinine
Mr. Hill
Carie
U. & Berg & Beard Manufacturing CO
Steuben St
Brooklyn
Watson E.coleman
Wash
Patington, D.C
Informa la
Bowers
Dept. W
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