Legislature to work fast in Kansas January session
Kansas lawmakers plan a brief January 5 special session called by Governor Henry Allen. They anticipate a ten day to two week period with limited debate and a set adjournment, hiring clerks and adopting a rapid organization to speed bills. Attorney General Hopkins previews three anti profiteering measures for the session.
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Topeka
Henry Allen
Clyde Reed
Kansas
Reed
Hopkins
Wichita Trades and Labor Council Balks at Coal Strike Policy
Representatives of the Wichita Trades and Labor Council called to session denounce Governor Allen’s coal strike stance and condemn state labor commissioner Crawford for approving proceedings. They argue volunteers sent to mines were unnecessary. The report notes fuel shortages in Saline County schools and a planned state charter for the Co-Operative Mining Company to operate mines briefly. Other items include a major fire at Colt Hotel in Baird City, two deaths, and new anti parole resolutions from the Kansas Auto Trades association.
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Wichita ‘Trades and Labor Council
Allen
John H. Crawford
Crawford
Minersville
Co-Operative Mining Company
Kansas Auto Trades Association
Wichita
Western Kansas wheat shortage prompts urgent rail probe
Urgent messages urge a railroad representative to Kansas to study the wheat shortage harming farmers. Reports say 49 percent of northwestern Kansas wheat remains with farmers, some unthreshed, and elevators are full with no cars to move grain.
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Railroad Administration
Kansas
Walker D. Hines
Haley Holden
Plan for great Indian university at Wichita announced
More than a thousand churchmen and laymen will hear a world survey conference plan for a great Indian university in Wichita to educate Indians nationwide. Ragle of Saline County has resigned as county clerk due to illness. his son Howard Ragle, who recently returned from overseas, is slated to fill the vacancy.
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Jess Willard
Wood
Citizens’ Committee of
Topeka
Fred Robertson
United States
Willard
County Fair Price Commission
Commission
Citizens’ Committee
Fair Price Commission
Midland ‘College
Atchison
Charles L. Lease
Mary Ellen Lease
Wichita
the Interchurch World
Atlantic City
N. S
Ragle
Saline County
Howard
Dutch Colonial Type of House With Modern Conveniences
A homemaking feature advocates the Dutch colonial style as a seven room, practical dwelling suitable for town or farm life. It describes a 32 by 26 foot wooden house with central door, balanced windows, sun parlor, and a two-story layout. The article urges consulting builders and notes full basement storage, and highlights the living room sun porch combination and kitchen washroom as modern conveniences.
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New England
Cupid Put In Second Place In Attractiveness Study
Prof Samuel N Page of Omaha argued in New York that instinct guides mate choice toward rounded contours over long faces. He described round faced women as valuable in business and as companions while angular faces indicate ambition and intellect. He noted long faced women rarely attract long faced men in business and cited the beech tree as less prone to lightning.
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Cupid
Samuel N. Page
Omaha
Neb
University of Kansas
New York
Page
Calotabs Promoted For Quick Flu Cold Relief
Physicians urge preventive care against influenza and advise Calotabs as a one dose nightly cure. A single Calotab with water is claimed to purge the system by morning, restoring liver activity and appetite. The drug is sold in sealed packages for 35 cents with a refund if not satisfied.
Pershing Decorated Encounter in Paris Hall
A young American soldier painting a door panel at the Hotel Crillon in Paris collided with an officer in uniform. General Pershing brushed off the paint and advised him to be less speedy next time their paths cross.
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Pershing
If You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root promising cures for kidney liver and bladder issues. It cites testimonials from a druggist and customers, claims relief from uric acid and rheumatism, and offers to mail a bottle for ten cents with address and a promotional notice.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
The Exception Speaker Relieves Worries About Money and Cook
A Kansas City Star excerpt features Farmer DBentover admitting his nephew Kuester mocks his speech and dress, yet the elder claims relief that the young man has shown no objection to his money or the household cook.
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Kuester
Dbentover
Kansas City Star
Aspirin for Headache Bayer Brand On Genuine Label
A label notes aspirin for headache with Bayer brand wording. The wording implies authenticity and genuineness of the product labeling. The entry focuses on branding and product assurance rather than medical guidance.
Bayer Aspirin Packaging Promotes Pain Relief Uses
Bayer markets Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer package with directions for Headache Colds Pain Neuralgia Lumbago Rheumatism. It claims Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years and notes a 12 tablet tin costs a few cents. The advertisement defines Aspirin as Bayer trade mark and monoacetic ester of salicylic acid. Maude is flirtatious with soldiers, joking about uniforms.
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Bayer
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted for Nasal Attacks
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for acute nasal catarrh and frequent colds. It claims to build up the system and cleanse the blood, reducing susceptibility to colds and preventing chronic catarrh, with testimonials and price. It also includes a snippet about a widow pursuing a hayseed bachelor.
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Hall
We Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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Vern Neff
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W. D. Manry
Luray
Led
P. Irish
Governor's Office
Federal Railroad Administration
Arkansas City
C. N. Hunt
Gas Company
Peopie
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Empire Lines
Kansas Natural Lines
Kansas Natural
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Quapaw Natural Lines
Guy Munsell
Waldo
Munsell
L. M. McCabe
Santa Fe
Edgerton
Olathe
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Argentine
WM. A. Radford
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
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Bayer Bayer
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Maude
Scandia
Harry Hohman, M. W
Chas. Nordman
Adolph Nelson
Lebanon
A. R. Morey
W. M. F. W. Kreitzer
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