Rail and streetcar valuations fall as motor era cuts lines
S T Howe says four Kansas street car lines were abandoned and interurban lines suffer large losses due to motor transportation. Railroads show mixed changes with Missouri Pacific down 2.27 million. seven pipelines lose 1.86 million. Total utilities valuation near 458.2 million with power lines boosting final figures.
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Kansas
S. T. Howe
State Tax Commission
Fort Scott
Parsons
Iola
Strong City
Tax Commission
Missouri Pacific
Commission
Telegraph
Telephone
Profiteering fine prompts Kansas fair price crackdown
Ed T. Hackney, Kansas fair price chief, hails a New York circuit court ruling upholding a $31,000 fine on Weed's Inc. for profiteering. He orders county commissions to search for profiteers and sets profit margins at 33 percent of base prices for commodities. In other news three convicts escaped from a penitentiary, including Louis Meyers, George Tignor, and Ottis More, with years for murder burglary and robbery.
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United States Circuit Court
New York
Weed’s Inc
Ed T. Hackney
Fair Price Commissioner
Kansas
Fair Price Commissions
Louis Meyers
Marion County
George
Tignor
Greenwood County
Ottis More
Barber County
Tragic Accidents and Local Notices Across Kansas
Two men die in a well explosion near Emporia as powder smoke suffocates a rescuer and a bystander’s wife aids air circulation. Hanover State Bank president Jaedicke returns car from Lincoln via claim check. Farmers in Stafford County set a $500 fine for harvest workers earning over seven dollars daily. Arlington near Atchison County sees Charley Knude commit suicide after writing a note. Northern Kansas lawyer D M Thorp also dies by self inflicted pistol shot at Concordia.
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Frank Bean
Lewis Roberts
Emporia
Bean
Roberts
Robert
August Jaedicke
Hanover State Bank
Hanover
Lincoln
Neb
Jaedicke
D-M
Thorp
Kansas
Concordia
Travis Cleared by Veterans Committee in Topeka
Frank L. Travis Kansas insurance commissioner was exonerated of cowardice and conduct unbecoming an officer by the Society of Rainbow Division Veterans committee in Topeka. The panel urged charges be sent to a proper court for trial, amid protests from train officers who opposed his admission. Lieut. Rowles testified against Travis citing a Brig. Gen. Gatley letter supporting opponents. Kansans visiting San Diego will hear Daniel A. Hirschler, Emporia College dean, play the large open air Cabrillo Park organ this summer. The instrument, installed for the 1915 San Diego Exposition, marks Hirschler as a leading Kansas musician.
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Society of Rainbow Division Veterans
Topeka
Travis
Colonel Travis
Leslie Rowles
G. H. Gatley
San Diego
Cal
Cabrillo Park
Daniel A. Hirschler
School of Music
College of Emporia
Park
Hirschler
Pacific Coast
Dean Hirschler
Kansas
Emporia
United States
Central Branch farmers seek wage pact to keep harvest hands
Central Branch counties fear outbidding for harvest hands as they meet to fix a maximum wage of 60 cents an hour. Western Kansas growers recently set 70 cents, but many farmers refused to sign. Northwestern Kansas farmers plan a meeting to unite on the wage proposal to prevent higher bidders from taking the labor.
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Central Branch
Cloud County
Western Kansas
Hutchinson
Northwestern Kansas
Liberal High School Class Play Moves to Church Society
Graduates barred from presenting a class play after a roughhouse incident within the school building damaged textbooks and rooms. The class, now graduated, will stage the play under a local church society after securing a contract with the author and leasing a theater on its own initiative. Damages cited amount to 200 dollars.
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Liberal High School
Prices tumble as sugar eggs butter drop in Concordia market
Sugar fell to 27 cents a pound and eggs down 5 cents while butter dropped a nickel in Concordia. Butter at $1 per hundred is 5 cents above last year’s quote. The report also notes lowered dry goods and haberdashery prices and recalls similar declines in the market.
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Concordia
Brick Bungalow For Narrow Lot Homes Show Easy Care Design
Brick bungalow for narrow lots offers low cost construction with a brick outer wall and wood frame. Five rooms include living and dining rooms, kitchen, two bedrooms, and bath with a side entrance for privacy and a cozy porch. Space saving features and storage in the basement reduce waste space and overall building cost.
Map Shows Historic Area in Holland Quadrangle
The United States Geological Survey publishes a topographic map of the Holland quadrangle covering Isle of Wight Nansemond and Southampton counties Virginia and a small part of North Carolina. Franklin is the principal town with about 4000 residents. The 240 square mile map highlights rivers fields pines and rural life along with historical significance and potential military value of the region.
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Holland Quadrangle
Virginia
North Carolina
United States Geographical Survey
Department of the Interior
War Department
Old Dominion
Isle of Wight
Nansemond
Southhampton
Carolina
Franklin
America
Meditating Revenge in a Brief Daydream Exchange
In a sharp exchange, a brisk caller questions a day dream while Mr. Duthwaite responds sourly. He contemplates delivering cold sarcastic remarks to his landlords whenever he sees them driving by in their motorcar.
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Mr. Duthwaite
Holland Population Grows Steadily Each Year
The population of Holland has risen by about 1 to 2 percent annually for the past several years, indicating steady growth in the city.
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Holland
Holand
Wyandotte woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Mrs Mary Stendee of Wyandotte Michigan says months of crippling pain and failed medical care ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Lydia E Pinkham's Liver Pills. She urges others to try the products and publish her testimonial.
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Wyandotte
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Einkham
Mary Stendee
Orange St
Wyandotte, Ich
It’s 3 37 P M The Country Road Exchange
A motorist asks the time of a farmer who produces a watch and dismisses precise calculations, saying it is 3:37 p m and a city person can do their own arithmetic.
Ready for Flu Calotabs Ad Promises Quick Cure
Physicians urge defense against influenza with Calotabs. A single bedtime tablet, with water, purifies the system and boosts liver action to prevent colds and complications. Sold in sealed packets for thirty five cents with money-back guarantee if not delighted.
Innocent Old Bird dialogue on soup and spill
Dialogue fragment shows a waiter and a patron in a dining scene. The line Walter asks about soup on the bill of fare and the waiter replies no spill occurred. The exchange highlights a humorous misinterpretation at table.
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Stafford County
Charley Knude
Arlington
Atchison County
Krude
Rainbow Veterans
Kansas Pharmaceutical Association
Congress
Winfield
WN. G. Edeblute
J. EF. Dean
Stark
Anna Crowl
William D. Jordan
Carl Crowl
Wichita
Zickefoose
Atchison
Odell Poultry Supply Corporation
Decatur
Atchison, Mo
Missouri River
Robert Chambers
Walnut River
el Dorado
Thurston
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ill
The
Carter
Nature
Hunt
Price Weat
A.B. Richards Medicine Co
Sherman, Tex
Saray Ely
Paiark
Marine Eye Remedy Co
W.N. Y
Ansas City
Scandia
Harry Hohman
Chas. Nordman
Adolph Nelson
Lebanon
W.C. Preble, W. M
A. R. Morey
Sec'y
Clarence Albro
V. C
J. W. Plotner
John A. Freeburg
Oandia
Propse
W. N. UD
W.N. U
Jim Jones
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