Suit Alleges Kansas AOU W Shorted Supreme Lodge Funds
A.O. U. W. Supreme Lodge files in U.S. circuit court against Kansas grand lodge and officers over more than 172000 dollars. Suit claims 163201.05 and 9122.37 in misappropriated assessments and per capita taxes since 1908, with named defendants including John H. Crider and W. H. Pepperell.
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Topeka
United States
Supreme Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
Kansas
Supreme Lodge
Grand Lodge
Tsath
Kansas Grand Lodge
Supreme Lodge of the Order
William M. Narvis
Muscatine
Workman
John H. Crider
Fort Scott
M. Forde
Emporia
Kansas Board Seeks Railroad Inspector For Statewide Review
The Kansas board of railroad commissioners seeks a qualified man to inspect the physical condition of state lines. The inspector will ride over 11 400 miles of tracks, note needed improvements in tracks and depots, and report to the board. Reports go to the affected railroads, which must make repairs or face enforcement orders.
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Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners
Kansas
Kansas Women's Press Club Holds Annual Meeting at National Hotel Roof Garden
The Kansas Women's Press club met at the National hotel's roof garden with speakers from multiple cities including Mrs Isabel Worrall Ball Washington DC and Miss Nan Willison Kansas City Kan. Officers elected for the year were President Miss Nanon Herron Topeka Vice President Mrs Harmon Wilson Topeka secretary Mrs E H Greeley Manhattan and treasurer Mrs Minnie B D Morgan Cottonwood Falls.
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Kansas Women's Press Club
National Hotel
Isabel Worrall Ball
Washington, D. C
Mattie Britt Hale
Abilene
Fred Dumont Smith
Hutchinson
Margaret Hill McCarter
R. E. Rice
Lawrence
Nan Willison
Kansas City
Kan
Minnie D. Morgan
Cottonwood Falls
Lilla Day Monroe
Harmon Wilson
State health board notes nationwide tuberculosis drive
Dr J S Grumbine reports a National Association campaign that has 1 000 000 women enlisted to fight tuberculosis. They span cities towns villages and rural settlements and act through legislatures congress churches and clubs as Kansas begins participation in the effort against the white plague.
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S. J. Grumbine
State Board of Health
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Gas value in Kansas outlined in oil and gas report
Professor Haworth from the state university outlines that Kansas gas value grows complex to measure. He notes pipelines paying per 1 000 cubic feet and that Kansas has over 123 towns using natural gas.
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Topeka
Haworth
The
State University
Mid-Continent
Kansas
Timhe
Insurance Firms In Kansas Run Major Premiums
Insurance companies operating in Kansas wrote policies totaling about 500 million in face value last year and collected premiums around 12 million. Most premiums left the state as many insurers are foreign corporations. About 300 companies are authorized, several large firms withdrew due to staffing issues. Kansas state insurance department earned roughly 250 thousand in profit.
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Kansas
Western Kansas superintendents form combine to bar out of state teachers
County leaders in Western Kansas unite to withhold approval of certificates for outside teachers until local staff are employed. They aim to curb weak lunged teachers from the East with health board help while highlighting dry farming gains for Rush county farmer Louis Schumberg who reports higher yields using the Campbell method on 160 acres amid drought.
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Kansas
O. K
State Board of Health
Louis Schumberg
Rush County
Campbell
Schumburg
Postmaster Reports April Rural Carrier Pay in Kansas
Postmaster A. K. Rodgers concludes his April routine of rural carrier allowances. Of 1,712 carriers, 1,710 were paid a total of 126,430.10 dollars, with all rural route carriers in Kansas paid from the Topeka office.
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A. K. Rodgers
Kansas
Topeka
Hutchinson engineer named for state railroad inspections
C. W. Colt of Hutchinson has been appointed engineer and track inspector for the railroad commissioners. He will inspect state railroad tracks and report needed repairs to the board.
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C. W. Colt
Hutchinson
Board of Railroad Commissioners
State bank examiner named by state official
Frank A. Hepson’s nephew of Secretary of State C. E. Denton is named by State Bank Commissioner J. N DoHey as a state bank examiner. Mr. Denton is the first new map to be named as an examiner.
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Frank A. Hepson
C. E. Denton
J. N DoHey
Mr. Denton
Earthquake Felt Across Five Midwest States
A tremor lasting several seconds was reported in Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Iowa and nearby areas. No major damage occurred though minor effects included overturned stoves chimneys broken dishes and scattered decorations with a few small fires quickly controlled.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Chicago
Contiguous Territory
Springfield
Davenport
Janesville
Wis
Muskegon
Mich
Beloit
Milwaukee
Peoria
Kewanee
Rockfoll
Joliet
Dixon
Strea
Illinois Deadlock Ends as Lorimer Elected Senator
In Springfield the stalemate in the Illinois legislature ended with Congressman Lorimer of Chicago winning the United States Senate seat to replace Albert J. Hopkins. He secured 103 votes on the 95th ballot in a Democratic-backed coalition.
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Springfield
Illinois
Lorimer
Chicago
United States
Albert J. Hopkins
No Settlement of Georgia Strike Rumbles In Atlanta
Georgia Railway firemen's strike tension rises with delays in settling the race question. Gov. Smith and G M Scott of the Georgia Railroad discuss submitting the dispute to a board familiar with local rail conditions. U S Labor Commissioner Neill meets Gov. Smith.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Railway
Guv. Smith
Scott
The
Georgia Railroad
United States Commissioner of Labor
Neill
Gov. Smith
Nebraska Sibley act wins first round on express rate cut
Lincoln Nebraska state wins initial battle to enforce the Sibley act reducing express rates 25 percent in Nebraska. J J Sullivan referee named by the supreme court to hear testimony reports the act is not confiscatory and recommends judgment for the state.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
J. J. Sullivan
Supreme Court
Mine Tragedy Claims Four Men Near Joplin
Four miners are killed at the Coahuilla mine over Porto Rico in Missouri after a massive rock slab 20 by 15 feet and up to five feet thick avalanches from the drift roof, trapping the men 25 feet below.
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Joplin
Missouri
imFour
Coahuilla
Porto Rico
Tariff Costs Outlined by Senator Money
Senator Money states total wages affected by the tariff reach 2 277 848 537 dollars while product values under tariff revision total 13 270 192 088 dollars, underscoring the issue's vast importance before the senate.
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Washington, D. C
Money
Senate
Battleship Mississippi Sails Back to Salt Water
The Mississippi battleship turns from the channel and begins its return voyage to the sea as crowds fill the hills and whistles celebrate the moment.
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Natchez
Mississippi
Protecting Indian Timber in Oklahoma City
Government officers, acting under an order by U. S. Commissioner J George Wright to the five civilized tribes, have attached 30 000 feet of lumber and 10 100 railroad ties in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
J. George Wright
Five Civilized Tribes
Julia Ward Howe Reaches Ninety in Boston
Julia Ward Howe of Boston Massachusetts is ninety years old and has received numerous congratulations in recent years.
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Julia Ward Howe
Boston
Mass
How to Kill Potato Bugs in Kansas Kaw Valley
A Kansas note reports letters from potato growers asking for a remedy for Colorado beetles. Prof. S J Hunter of the university entomology department issued a formula to spray potato tops: combine white arsenic two pounds, soda eight pounds, water two gallons, mix twenty minutes, then add one pint stock and four pounds lime to fifty gallons. Apply after every shower until beetles vanish and continue through the season as needed.
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Kaw Valley
Colorado
S. J. Hunter
Entomology Department
University
Knights of Pythias Adjourns Election and Rites in Ottawa
The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias adjourned after electing officers and choosing Ottawa as the next moving place. Officers include Grand chancellor R V Brokaw Hiawatha and Grand vice chancellor W W Bowers Columbus. A sorrow lodge honored A B P Riddlee of Minneapolis who died in a car crash last week. Three representatives to the supreme lodge were named W O Duvall Hutchinson George M Culver Concordia and Fy Britton Iola.
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Ottawa
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
R V. Brokaw
Hiawatha
W. W. Bowers
Columbus
Charles Lith
Scranton
Gus Neubert
Kansas City
F. A Wilcox
Abilene
R. L. Barrick
Salina
A. N. Goodman
Topeka
A. Knox
Garden City
F .L. Britton
Iola
Lodge of Sorrow
A. BP. Riddlee
Minneapolis
Supreme Fodze
W. O. Duvall
Hutchinson
George M Culver
Concordia
Fy. Co
Britton Lola
Kansas Congregationalists Meet in Newton
The fifty fifth annual session of Kansas Congregational churches was held in Newton with record attendance. Officers elected for the next year include Edwin Tucker Eureka president F L Hayes Topeka vice president A I Gray Topeka auditor and directors W L Sutherland Charles M Sheldon and W W Bolt L C Schnacke was chosen missionary superintendent for another year Independence was picked as the site for the next gathering.
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Congregational Churches of Kansas
Newton
Edwin Tucker
Eureka
F .L. Hayes
Topeka
A 1. Gray
W. L. Sutherland
Charles M. Sheldon
W. W. Bolt
L. C. Schnack
Dog Narrows Nose in Rat Hunt Accident
Frank Sloan, son of Joe Sloan of Wellsville, was bitten on the nose by a terrier while peering through a barnyard crack during a rat hunt. Doctors treated two wounds requiring surgical care. the boy is recovering without serious trouble.
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Frank Sloan
Joe Sloan
Wellsville
Frank
Ex Gov Hoch’s Sister Anna Hoch Waring Dies
Mrs. Anna Hoch Waring, sister of ex Governor E W Hoch, dies at her Peabody home. She leaves a son Clarence who resides in Kansas City.
Wolves and Crows Bounty Payouts in Miami County
Since May 1, Miami County reports bounty receipts on wolves and crows. Six wolf scalps 317 crow heads and 26 crow eggs have been turned in at the county clerk office. Wolves paid one dollar per scalp crow heads five cents each and crow eggs one cent each. The bounty program began May 1.
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Miami County
Chanute High School Strike Ends With Apology Pact
Chanute's high school strike ends as students are allowed to return after the school board waives examinations in exchange for apologies. Students agree to apologize and resume classes.
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Chanute
Farm endowment funds drive YMCA project in McPherson
James D. Richardson, a wealthy Empire township farmer, deeded his $10,000 farm to create an endowment fund for YMCA expenses as a new McPherson movement starts for a building.
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McPherson
Y. M. GC
James D. Richardson
Empire Township
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aids Milwaukee Woman
A Milwaukee woman reports relief from back pain and abnormal female trouble after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter endorses the product, cites doctors recommending surgery, and notes the company at Lynn Mass offers free advice to sick women.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Exwallause
First St
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lynn
Mass
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