Kansans urged to reorganize education at state level
The Kansas State Teachers Association legislative committee plans a constitutional amendment to overhaul the state department of education. A state commissioner would replace the elected state superintendent, aiming to remove politics from education. The program includes teacher certification standardization, pension and attendance laws, and higher salaries. In Wallace County, Sheriff race chaos arose after a tied vote and expense filing disputes prompted an AG opinion.
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State Department of Education
D. M. Bowen
Pittsburg Normal
Kansas State Teachers’ Association
Bowen
State
School Book Commission
Educational Commission
Wallace County
Kansas
W. E. Gilbert
W. O. Cooper
Cooper
Lincoln Mills Manager Sues over Box Car Injury Suit
Thomas F. Brann of Salina sues Henry C. Brent and Peter W. Goebel as receivers of the Salina Northern Railroad in Saline County district court for 40000 alleging injuries from a fall from a box car due to neglected repairs. Topeka milk distributors announce a one cent per quart price drop effective January 1, making retail milk 10 cents a quart.
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Thomas F. Brann
Lincoln Mills
Salina
District Court
Saline County
Henry C. Brent
Peter W. Goebel
Kansas City
Topeka
Bethany College President Resigns After Sixteen Years
Dr Ernest F Pihlblad president of Bethany College for sixteen years resigns effective April 1 1921 announced at Lindsborg The board of trustees will consider the resignation Dr Pihlblad plans to become pastor of Trinity Lutheran church in Duluth Minnesota He is the oldest Kansas college president by service succeeding founder Dr Rawlinson of Bethany College 1904
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Ernest, F. Pihlblad
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Pihlblad
Trinity Lutheran Church
Duluth
Topeka Undertaker Cuts Coffin Prices Across the Board
An Topeka undertaker announces lower funeral costs with a new price schedule. The cheapest coffin drops from 90 to 35 dollars, children's caskets as low as 12.50, and funerals that cost 200 previously now run 125, attributed to a wholesale cost decline.
Doctor Belle Little Named to State Health Board Division
Dr. Belle Little, a physician based in Manhattan, was appointed to the child hygiene division of the state Board of Health. She takes the post after Dr. Alice Hunter left to return to North Dakota.
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Belle Little
Manhattan
State’ Board of Health
Alice’ ‘Hunter
North Dakota
Attorney General Hopkins Outlines Cement Brick Bill
Richard J. Hopkins announced a measure to be introduced in the Kansas Legislature. The bill would permit the state to manufacture cement and brick as part of the road building program.
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Richard
Kansas
Manuare
Municipal fuel yards aid Kansas cities reports show gains
Kansas attorney general Richard J. Hopkins gathers data on municipal fuel yards across first class cities. The reports indicate fuel yards reduced shortages and saved money, with few losses. several second and third class cities faced shortages despite emergency operations. A separate Howard County case attributes Sheriff Buzzard’s death to a bank-robbing gang’s nitro explosion.
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Kansas City
Richard J. Hopkins
Independence
Iola
Mulberry
Osage City
Oswego
Identity sought for man found in haystack near Mullinville
Dr. J. M. Carter coroner of Kiowa County asks War Department aid in identifying a man found skeletonized in an army uniform in a haystack near Mullinville. The only clue is the belt stamp reading L Leisier. Mrs. J. M. Simpson of central Kansas dies at 69 from apoplexy in McPherson. Gov Henry J. Allen urges New Year unity to end industrial warfare. Kansas Attorney General Richard J. Hopkins cited for contempt in Douglas County for not turning over seized books and papers from the Poehler Mercantile Co.
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War Department
J. M. Carter
Kiowa County
Mullinville
L. Leisier
J. M. Simpson
Kansas
McPherson
Henry J. Allen
Associated Press
Richard J. Hopkins
C. A. Smart
Douglas County District Court
Smart
Hopkins
Poehler-Mercantile Company
Bandits Loot Santa Fe Express Office at Arkansas City
Sheriff reports two masked bandits broke into the express office at the depot in Arkansas City and carried away a safe with about $7,000 in currency before escaping in an automobile. Authorities in Wichita were notified.
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Arkansas City
Wichita
Simmons
Lawmaker Eyes Missouri Style Gun Control Bill In Kansas
The legislature may seek a law modeled on an Iowa statute to halt sale and carrying of dangerous weapons in Kansas. Two Emporia women, Susan A. Howard and Margaret Roach, aged 82 and 81, died at home after moving to Kansas years ago. News also arrives of Charles M. Stiller burned to death in a Christmas Day farmhouse fire near St. Francis. Fred Stiler travels there.
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Emporia
Susan A. Howard
Kansas
Margaret Roach
Leavenworth
St. Francis
Charles M. Stiller
Fred Stiler
Barn Building Comfort for Herd Insured
An illustrated feature on dairy barn design by William A. Radford highlights a gambrel roofed frame barn with twenty stalls and four stock pens, two large tile silos, a central feed alley and carrier systems for hay and manure. Modern ventilation and lightning protection are emphasized as key to dairy efficiency and worker satisfaction.
Beggars' Guild II Hankow Organizes City Bureaus
In Hankow China beggar guilds regulate competition and disputes. The head beggar oversees disciplined crews living on Hankow's lean charity and assigns beggars to streets and monthly shares from residents. Violations are handled by the head beggar rather than city officials.
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Yar
Haakow
Hankow
China
Metaphorical Metropolis Metaphor Marks Hindu Muslim Ties
A dated India newspaper piece notes Hindus and Mohammedans as two eyes of India in a tug of war. It suggests the wall of separation breaks, they mix like sugar and milk, and bitter feelings are pulled out like a thorn, urged to stop biting each other for unity.
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India
Punch
Cockroaches as Cancer Germ Carrier Study
A Pittsburgh physician offers five cents per live cockroach for study by the University of Prague. Cockroaches will be sent abroad for examination to detect cancer germs on their bodies. The Prague scientist theorizes these insects may carry and spread cancer germs via contact with food.
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Pittsburgh
University of Prague
Open Letter to Women From Philadelphia Reader
A Philadelphia woman describes long menstrual irregularities and left side pain that left her unable to work. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after seven months of use and urges other women to seek the remedy.
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Philadelphia
Lydia
E. Pinkham
J. S. Lirrin
Livingston St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eatonic Aids Relief From Stomach Ailments
Readers are urged by an advertisement to prevent neuralgia and stomach upset by using Eatonic. It claims to neutralize excess acidity and gases, promoting a healthy stomach and quick relief after meals with a guarantee from druggists.
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Eatonic
Rr. Long
Truth Stranger Than Fiction Sparks Stark Quip Duo
At a Distance comments on truth and fiction as Miss Cayenne joins in, arguing truth is a stranger who is ostracized in certain circles. The exchange highlights a sharp, wry dialogue about perception and social acceptance.
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Miss Cayenne
Cuticura Trio Ad Promotes Powder and Perfume
An advertisement touts Cuticura products Soap Ointment and Talcum at 25¢ each, urging readers to use the scented powder for face skin baby and dusting needs. It claims the trio renders other perfumes superfluous and notes the ads easy sympathy with the poor when money is tight.
Garfield Tea Claims Broad Healing Powers
An advertisement touts Garfield Tea as a blood purifier that cures rheumatism dyspepsia and many chronic ailments. The note also includes a stray quip about fodders and a reference to an American negro.
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Garfield
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