Canadian farmers turn to stock to beat winter prices in California
A Westerner reports Western Canada farmers are wintering on their farms, boosting stock herds like prize cattle and draft horses. A rural club in Saskatchewan hosts talks and exchanges ideas, leading to import of a prize stallion and plans to make the region a major stock center in America.
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California
Canadian Farmers’ Institute
Western Canada
Canadian Government Information Bureau
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Canada
Chicago
Saskatchewan
America
Strikes and Strikes
A dialogue frames a dispute over strikes and an umpire’s decision as Mrs. Torkins pleads restraint while Charley admits temptation to react. The exchange hints at social tensions and heated sport anecdotes in a domestic setting.
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Charley
Ely's Cream Balm Relief For Cold and Catarrh
A nostril relief advertisement describes Ely's Cream Balm as soothing swollen mucous membranes to clear nasal passages. It promises instant relief from stuffed noses, headaches, and breathing difficulty, urging readers to buy a small bottle from their druggist.
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Ely
The Exception Quote on Army Organization
The line contrasts armies with other groups noting that an army is unique in its demand for obedience and sacrifice. The exchange highlights the speaker’s curiosity about why people resist or fail to join military structures.
Recipe for Gray Hair Promotes Home Dye Mix
An advertisement proposes a simple hair darkening formula using water Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine. Apply twice weekly to fade gray hair, darkening gradually without staining the scalp, and is inexpensive to prepare or buy from a druggist.
God Makes the Pure Air Yet Freely Breathing Matters
The saying emphasizes that divine air alone benefits not without human action. It urges genuine effort and freedom in using the blessing, warning against complacency and idle faith.
Cuticura Soothes Sore Hands Advice Ad
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura for sore hands urging users to soak hands in Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Cuticura Ointment, remove surplus with tissue, and use Soap Ointment and Talcum for toilet needs.
Some men succeed in spite of them
A compact item notes resilience as a theme with a witty quote about self effort and adversity, suggesting that some individuals overcome obstacles despite challenges. The piece centers on personal resolve and perseverance.
Christian Churches Launch Drive to Fund Colleges
Kansas Christian churches unite 66 000 members across Phillips county and 12 northwest counties to expand college facilities amid preacher shortages. Movements divide south toward Enid Oklahoma and Cotner Nebraska with leaders J T Roberts Hugh Lomax, while George Lyon negotiates with Kansas Christian Missionary society which takes 20 percent. J M Moellendick plans Atlantic City Rotary trip by airplane, showcasing first Kansan to use air travel commercially.
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Phillips County
Northwest
Kansas
The
Disciples
Phillips
Enid
Okla
Cotner
Lincoln
Neb
J. T. Roberts
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Topeka
Hugh Lomax
Kansas City
Kansas Christian Missionary Society
George He, Lyon
J. M. Moellendick
Cily
Wichita
Atchison bankers resist listing bonds for tax purposes
Bankers in Atchison declare they will refuse to list liberty bonds bought since May 1919 for taxation and will urge customers to refuse as well. County clerk cites a tax commission ruling that such bonds must be listed for tax. Bankers argue the government intended bonds to be non taxable.
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Atchison
Tax Commission
Col. W. McD. Rowan Named Colonel of Kansas Guard Unit
Col W McD Rowan of Garden City chosen as colonel of the new 5th infantry of the Kansas national guard recently authorized and organizing. He is a West Point graduate and former colonel of the old national guard and commanded trains of the 35th division in France.
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Col. W. McD. Rowan
Garden City
5Th Infantry
Kansas National Guard
Rowan
West Point
Old National Guard
France
Robbers Loot Ideal Dry Goods Company Safe
Silks valued at 1500 dollars were stolen from the Ideal Dry Goods Company lathe location. The robbers opened the safe and carried off checks and cash totaling 300 dollars.
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Ideal Dry Goods Company
Paving Plans Set for Eudora Streets
Plans to pave two miles of streets in Eudora on the main road between Lawrence and Kansas City are being drawn up and work will start when weather allows. Earth bitumen paving will be laid. Additional Eudora streets may be paved this summer beyond the two miles authorized.
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Eudora
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kansas Supreme Court Upholds Humboldt Dry Creek Petition
The Kansas Supreme Court affirms the Geary County District Court ruling and supports the Humboldt Dry Creek benefit road district. Petitioners may withdraw within thirty days, but only before county commissioners act to approve the petition.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Geary County District Court
Humboldt Dry Creek
El Dorado Hotel McConnell Adds 30 Rooms Budget
An addition costing about 75000 dollars will be built at Hotel McConnell in El Dorado within the next few months. The expansion will provide at least thirty rooms with private paths.
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McConnell of
Eldorado
Bank Robbery at Blaine Yields Cash Bonds Thwarted By Explosives
Between midnight and daylight four or five men robbed a Blaine bank taking about 1800 dollars in cash and 80000 dollars in bonds with 25000 registered. Cash loss covered by insurance. Deposits boxes smashed and safe blown in five nitroglycerine explosions. A syringe and nitro quantity found in a can.
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Blaine
Kansas Coal Court Prices Wages Probe Sought
The Graham & Simon Coal Co asks the Kansas industrial court to investigate its losses under a 14 percent wage increase from last December. The firm rents from Jackson & Waler Coal Co and questions profiteering as coal sold statewide for over eight dollars a ton while it is paid 2.45 per ton loaded. The filing is with Attorney General Richard Hopkins. Also Kansas University named among twelve U S universities for a federal research education bureau station directed by Dr C A Buckner with two collaborators. Dr Godfrey Bohrer dies in Chase at 87. a former Union Army surgeon, Kansas Bee Association leader, and longtime legislator and mason.
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Graham & Simon Coal Co
Graham & Simon Co
Jackson & Waler Coal Co
Richard J. Hopkins
Court of Industrial Relations
University of Kansas
United States Bureau of Education
Godfrey Bohrer
Chase
Bohrer
Georgetown
Rice County
Kansas
Kansas Bee Association
Hutchinson Teachers Paid Less Than Stenographers
Supt J O Hall of Hutchinson city schools disclosed in public figures that school teachers earn less than downtown stenographers, principals earn less than street day laborers, and wholesale shipping clerks receive higher pay than high school teachers.
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J. O. Hall
Hutchinson City
City
Hutchinson
Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway Meeting Dates
The Kansas division annual meeting will be in Marysville Kansas on February 23. The national Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway Association meeting will follow in St Joseph Missouri on February 24 and 25 to plan hard surfacing of the ocean to ocean highway.
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Kansas
Plowing Advances as Spring Weather Warms Kansas Farms
Farmers in south central Kansas begin spring seeding as ground dries after prolonged mild weather. Workers report mellow soil and ideal conditions for plowing, with frost eased over the past weeks, enabling earlier field work than usual.
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Kansas
State Geologic Survey Prepares Oil and Mineral Maps
Maps showing Kansas oil production and distribution, and maps of lead and zinc fields, have been prepared by the state geological survey. A complete file of maps of the state resources will be available when the survey is completed.
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Kansas
State Geological ‘Survey
Heavyweight sisters of Smith Center tied to influenza death
Miss Bertha Hammond aged 23 of Smith Center died from influenza and was described as the heaviest girl in the state at 550 pounds. Her sister Mabel, who died years earlier, weighed about 600 pounds. Both parents and several siblings are of average size.
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Bertha Hammond
Smith Center
Mabel
Hammond
High priced herd bull bought in Chase county
William Mercer of Homestead paid 2500 dollars for a two year old Hereford bull named Cassette's Monarch No. 685879. The purchase was made from J. O. Southard Jr. of Comiskey Kansas and is regarded as the highest price ever paid for a herd bull in the county.
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William Mercer
Homestead
Chase County
J. O. Southard, Jr
Comiskey, Kan
Lawrence Sheehan Mule Sale At Stilwell Generates High Bids
At the Johnson county farm sale, top four year old geldings sold for 865 dollars while a two year old mule brought 425 and a yearling pair 600. Several three year olds averaged around 800 for the twelve mules sold above 400. Johnson county farmers were the main buyers. An aviation field for student officer instruction will start at Fort Leavenworth around April.
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Lawrence Sheehan
Stilwell
Johnson County
Fort. Leavenworth
Mahogany Substitutes Rise In Import Demand
As true mahogany remains scarce the market sees over twenty woods selling as mahogany or stained to imitate it. Cartania or Colombian mahogany draw interest for color and grain, though botanically distinct. Properly seasoned Cartania resists warping and takes polish, making it a high quality cabinet wood.
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Cariania
Cartania
Women urged to check kidney trouble with Swamp Root
The ad claims thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder issues and often ignore them. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy to restore kidney health, with a sample bottle offer by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York and mentions availability at drug stores.
London Dance Craze Faces Uneven Nightlife Outlook
London dance scene owners report gloom as dancers return with poor reports from nightly outings. West End halls expect the craze to endure at least five years, while some suburbs see softer attendance trends.
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London
West End
Roses of pleasure and laurels referenced in Kansas City Star
A fragment from the Kansas City Star quotes a remark on overestimation and resting on laurels. It attributes the line to Professor Pate and J Fuller-Gloom, noting how those who rely on past successes fail to gain lasting admiration.
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Pate
J. Fuller-Gloom
Kansas City Star
Treat Cataract With Radium From New York Physicians
A report on 24 cataract cases treated with radium by two New York physicians shows improved vision in 50 percent and some improvement in 87.5 percent. Treatment lasted three months to a year with radium placed just under an inch in front of the closed eyelid and soft rays filtered. no eye injuries observed.
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New York
Jad Salts Offer Kidney Relief For Meat Overload
Aids sluggish kidneys by flushing urinary waste and reducing uric acid buildup from meat. Recommends four ounces Jad Salts mixed in water daily for several days to restore kidney function and ease backache, rheumatic pains, and bladder irritation.
Unjustly Accused
A brief exchange features Mamma-Bobby and Bobby arguing over towel use as he claims he only wiped his face and hands, while she questions why he cleaned his shoes on the towel.
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Mamma
Bobby
Mmamma
Natural Persuasion and a Colloquial Retort Scene
The passage presents a playful exchange with a man guessing who egged someone into a ridiculous act. A married older woman is jokingly blamed, punctuating the humor with a dated rural banter.
Red Cross Ball Blue boosts table linen quality
War drives demand for linen care as Red Cross Ball Blue promises better wear. All grocers charge five cents for this whitening aid. A note cites diamond value at a hundred dollars and an obscure claim about a phonograph record from a farm in the Orange Free State.
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Red Cross
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Adolph Nelson
Lebanon
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W. M. F. W. Kreitzer
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John A. Freeburg
Candla
W. NK. U
Jin Jones
Eos
Ame Et
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PTF
Orange Free State
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