Flour Bleaching Declared Illegal Adulteration Verdict
After a six week trial in Kansas City authorities found the flour seized adulterated and misbranded. The Lexingon Mill & Elevator Co. plans an immediate appeal citing jury instructions by Judge McPherson. Government chemists testified nitrites from the peroxide gas used in bleaching are poisonous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Lexington Mill & Elevator Co
Lexington
Nebr
McPherson
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
Army Bridge Collapse at Fort Leavenworth
An army detachment from Company K Third Battalion of Engineers crossing a bridge on Wint avenue Fort Leavenworth saw the structure fall. Two horses were killed and three soldiers injured W H White Joseph Lawson and Robert Workman White in danger. The bridge built two years ago by the engineer corps used poles and a wire cable center span that failed possibly due to a faulty cable.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
Third Battalion of Engineers
Wint Avenue
Fort Leavenworth
W. H. White
Joseph Lawson
Robert Workman
White
Engineer Corps
Secretary J M Dickinson Visits Pearl Harbor Fortifications
Secretary of War J M Dickinson and party arrived in Honolulu aboard the Siberia from San Francisco in good health. He inspected Pearl Harbor fortifications aboard the Kukul and rode to Leilehu for cavalry measures, with a banquet hosted by local commercial bodies.
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Honolulu
J. M. Dickinson
Siberia
San Francisco
Walter 8. Schuyter
Kukul
Pearl Harbor
Leilehus
Good Wheat in Ford County Kansas Fields
Secretary Coburn of the state board of agriculture toured Ford county wheat fields near Codge City. He remarked he would not have believed the prospects if told. He says wheat prospects are almost perfect with 74 000 acres sown and an expected average of 36 bushels per acre.
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Codge City
Kansas
Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Ford County
A Fortune for Each Fighter in Reno Match
Johnson gains sixty percent of the purse plus a ten thousand bonus and fifty thousand from moving pictures totaling 120 600. After signing and before the fight he earned twenty five thousand making a grand total 145 600. Jeffries gains forty percent of the purse plus a ten thousand bonus and sixty six thousand six hundred sixty six from moving pictures totaling 117 066. After signing and before the fight he earned seventy five thousand making a grand total 192 066.
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Jeffries
Johnson
Reno
Nevada
Oil Strike Near Okmulgee Promises New Pool
Alexander Preston announced discovery of an oil pool six miles north of Okmulgee and two miles west of town. The newly struck well flowed for a time over the top of a 72 foot derrick though it has not been drilled in and daily production remains unknown.
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Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Alexander Preston
Preston
Friar Land Charges Against War Department
Colorado representative John A. Martin released a 5000 word statement alleging war department collusion with the sugar trust in the Philippines Friar land sales. He cites San Jose Friar estate sale to a sugar trust agent and asserts an attorney general opinion undermined Congress and US policy. He criticizes the department explanations as filled with misstatements and evasions.
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St. Louis
Missouri
John A. Martin
Colorado
War Department
Philippines
San Jose
Sugar Trust
Congress
United States
House of Representatives
Rivals A Jules Verne Dream In Airship Plans
Universal Aerial Navigation officials in St Louis announce a passenger airship project by J W Oman. They claim a 100 passenger craft capable of lifting in a 40 mile gale at 100 mph, usable from land or water and launching like an airplane.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Universal Aerial Navigation Company
Jules Verne
J. W. Oman
San Antonio
Texas
Commission to Study Tuberculosis In Missouri
Gov. Hadley will appoint a 15 member commission to investigate the extent of tuberculosis in Missouri and propose methods to curb its spread. St Louis residents have contributed 2000 for the study, with results to guide a future legislative request. The disease causes about 10000 deaths annually and incapacitates roughly 15000 people in the state.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Hadley
St. Louis
Wreck on Ohio Rail Line Kills Nineteen
Nineteen people died in a head on collision between a freight train and a passenger train on the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton railroad at Diddleton Ohio. Eighteen were passengers and one was a crew member. Three others were fatally hurt and about six seriously injured. The disaster struck the first two cars the smoker and the day coach. Engine crews escaped serious harm.
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Diddleton
Ohio
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Tragedy in Bristow as man killed by train
Bristow, Oklahoma resident K R Hammond, 23, was found near Frisco tracks after being run over by a train. Both legs were severed and the body dragged about a mile before the crew discovered him. He crawled away and died shortly after.
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Bristow
Oklahoma
K. R. Hammond
Hammond
Majority Want Roosevelt Again
The World's Work polls 375 subscribers across states showing 292 want Theodore Roosevelt to run for president again. The result reflects broad statewide interest in a Roosevelt candidacy.
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Roosevelt
New York
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Baseball Fatality in Texas as 16 Year Old Alonzo Compton Dies
Vineyard Texas reports the first base ball fatality of the season when 16 year old Alonzo Compton died after being struck by a foul ball. The tragedy occurred at the local field drawing condolences from the community.
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Vineyard
Texas
Alonzo Compton
Johnson the Winner in Reno Boxing Showdown
Johnson dominated former champion Jim Jeffries in Reno Nevada, delivering power and control from early rounds. Jeffries showed no sign of his prime as Johnson outmaneuvered and floored him, the referee ending the bout after Jeffries failed to rise.
Sedalia Strike Persists As Company Brings in Replacements
In Sedalia Missouri thirty two strike breakers from St Louis are brought to replace 136 Missouri Pacific machinists who walked off May 2. Workers live under guard as more than 350 have been brought in. few stay. The international union pays married strikers eight dollars weekly and single men five dollars. Strikers say they will stay out until victory.
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Sedalia
Missouri
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
International Union
Chinch Bugs Threaten Kansas Corn Yields
Professor P A Glenn of the University of Kansas entomology department warns chinch bugs endanger this year's Kansas corn crop. He cites widespread infestations in eastern areas and describes control methods including furrow barriers and kerosene emulsions for field application.
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P.A. Glenn
Department of Entomology
University of Kansas
Kansas
Glenn
Prof
Glenn Gays
Boys Take Charge of Church Service in Paola
The Knox club a Paola organization of 17 to 22 year old men held a notable service. The group formed four years ago and now includes 26 local members with others dispersed across the United States.
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Paola
Knox Club
United States
Rock Island Plans Increased Agricultural Trains With College
Prof H M Cottrell agricultural commissioner spent days with Agricultural college authorities on cooperation in promotion. Last year the Rock Island furnished the corn train for a week on its lines. Next year three or four trains will be placed at the college's command.
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H. M. Cottrell
Rock Island
Agricultural College
Merchants Union Formed in Clay Center
Clay Center merchants organize a new association with nearly all local merchants joining. The group aims to protect against bill dodgers and curb graft advertising and solicitations, following similar efforts in Junction City and surrounding towns.
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Clay Center
Merchants of Clay Center
Junction City
Seneca Postmaster Quits and Appoints Successors
J. D. Kennard resigns as Seneca postmaster and transfers duties to bondsmen R. M. Emery Richard Johnson Harry Burger and CC Steinheimer who name Miss Abbie W Kennard as postmistress until Congressman D R Anthony selects a permanent appointee.
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J. D. Kennard
Hero
Seneca Post Office
R. M. Emery
Richard Johson
Harry Burger
CC. H. Steinheimer
Abbie W. Kennard
D. R. Anthony
Chinch Bugs Cause Serious Corn Damage in Kansas
Farmers report extensive corn losses in Kansas as chinch bugs attack fields after wheat harvest. The unusually small corn crop this season worsens the damage across many fields, with widespread destruction observed.
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Kansas
Salina Chautauqua to Include Domestic Science Program
The Salina Chautauqua association will offer domestic science work again during the session. Miss Frances Brown from the agricultural college extension department will lead the demonstrations and lectures.
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Salina Chautauqua Association
Frances Brown
Agricultural College Extension Department
Lawrence Boy Builds Aeroplane
Lawrence youngster Gilbert R. Smith is constructing an aeroplane and expects completion soon. He awaits parts from Germany after American manufacturers refused to sell them.
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Lawrence Boy
Gilbert R. Smith
Germany
Not Prepared in Geography Class Lesson Ends With Tea
A young woman, a popular normal student, fails geography after a party. The instructor prompts with general knowledge and after two or three attempts asks for China products. The student answers Tea and then adds and laundry work, in a humorous exchange cited from Youth's Companion.
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China
Farmers discuss memory and spring chickens business
In a brief exchange, Farmer Corntessel jokes about memory for dates while noting that remembering dates interferes with selling spring chickens. The conversational board er remarks on the lapse.
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Farmer Corntessel
Old Bachelor Quip On Women Silence Sparks Couponed Wit
A dated quip attributes to an old bachelor the remark that women should keep silent to let their thoughts catch up. The line reflects social humor of the era and the male stereotype in wit.
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Nev
Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Tommy Burns
Stanley Ketchel
Sam Berger
Richards
Richard
James J. Jeffries
Carter
Dinger Distriess
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United Shoe Machinery CO
Boston
Mass
Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Battle Creek, Mich
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