No Extremes in May Weather and Coal Car Shortage
State meteorologist S. D. Flora reports a cool cloudy May with light rainfall across Kansas. Wheat thrived, corn slow to grow, and potatoes fared well, while coal fields face the worst car shortage in history, hindering the upcoming wheat harvest.
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Mercury
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Norwich
Wallace
Western Weather Bureau
Walnut
Randolph
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Salina Chosen 1921 UCT Convention City
Ottawa hosts the annual United Commercial Travelers of Kansas meeting adjourned with Salina picked as the 1921 convention city and officers elected. New officers include J. J. Leahall-Ben Leavenworth grand counselor C. W. Payne Hutchinson grand junior counselor W. M. Leavitt Emporia page W. A. Hollingsworth Atchison conductor R. C. McDowell Clay Center sentinel E. P. Bernardin Parsons secretary. J. A. Wortby Topeka and J. W. Cochran Ottawa named to grand executive committee.
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United Commercial Travelers of Kansas
Ottawa
Salina
J. J. Leahall- Ben
Leavenworth
C. W. Payne
Hutchinson
W. M. Leavitt
Emporia
Page
W. A. Hollingsworth
Atchison
R. C. McDowell
Clay Center
Sentinel
E. P. Bernardin
Parsons
River side Light Power chief dead and liquor poisoning cases
Jacob Brown president of Abilene based River side Light Power and Gas Company dies. police say five men drank from a liquor bottle tainted with wood alcohol causing two deaths among North Topeka youths and three survivors ill but recovering. Investigators suspect a barber supply firm sold the liquor. arrests may follow.
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Jacob Brown
The
Riverside Light, Power and Gas Company
Abilene
Lenire Throwbridge
William’ G. Sanders
North Topeka
Court rules parents cannot know custody child whereabouts
Habeas corpus case in Kansas upholds that a parent deemed a public charge has no right to learn a custody child's location. Hosford of Wichita had refused to disclose Ethel Hook's whereabouts after the juvenile court placed her with a society. the court ordered his arrest for contempt but Hosford was discharged.
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Juvenile Court
Supreme Court
George L. Hosford
Wichita
Orphan Children’s Society
Hosford
District
Sdgwick County
Ethel Hook
Myrtle Curtis
Children's Society
Oklahoma
Modern Dairy Barns with Modern Features and Advice
The article promotes building and remodeling dairy barns for efficiency and milk yield. It highlights a 36 by 82 foot barn for 27 cows plus calves, use of silos for winter feed, and the need for ventilation, warmth, and easy labor. William A. Radford offers expert building advice by mail.
Modern dairy barn design emphasizes efficiency and hygiene
The description outlines a gambrel roof dairy barn with concrete foundation and wall, two silos, a litter carrier track, and steel stall partitions. A central litter alley, feeding alleys, flush gutters, and a manure tank enable easy cleanup. Silos feed into a connected feed room. automatic water cups aid continuous supply. Continuous windows and suction ventilators promote air and sunlight to reduce disease. Labor-saving equipment are cited as economically beneficial and quickly paying off.
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Civer
Night elevator man in New York a philosopher on money
Sez Joe with a wife and three kids that hospital bills and debt claw at $25 weekly. He prioritizes home life over Sunday work and trusts his wife to manage finances, paying $200 hospital bill bit by bit while continuing to provide.
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M. R. Smith
Russell
Joe
Sezzee
New York
Wissus
New York Times
A Humorous Tale of Courtesy Titles in English Peerage
The piece recounts how eldest sons of British peers use courtesy titles when the head of the family holds multiple titles. Earl Winterton, formerly Lord Turnout, recalls a dinner misrecognition where a guest cannot recall his name and confesses he has mistaken him for the “Turnour” labeled ass, highlighting humor in titles and identity.
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Earl Winterton
Lord Turnout
Home Made Beet Sirup Fails Tastily, Report Says
A committee report to the Journal of Trendus trial and Engineering Chemistry finds home made beet sirup from sugar beets unpalatable after experiments. The result questions viability of DIY beet syrup production.
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Journal of Trndustrial and Engineering Chemistry
A Letter From Eva E Shay on Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
A Garnett Kansas woman writes about recovering from childbirth and postnatal illness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes initial weakness, pelvic pain, and rapid improvement after starting the treatment, noting eventual health and future use and recommendation of the medicine.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Eva E, Shay
Garnett, Kansas
Prayed for Cure Finds it After 10 Years
Berlin New Hampshire resident Herbert M. Gessner details a decade of stomach trouble easing after using Eatonio. He reports pain relief, ability to eat what he likes, and no further discomfort after two boxes.
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Herbert M. Gessner
Berlin
N. H
Eatonic
Eatonio
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Nevada
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Arizona
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Industrial Welfare Commission
Federal Labor Department
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Washington
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Great Bend
Lloyd Lewis
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Prairie Avenue
Chicago
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Enscox Chem
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N.Y
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