Kansas Wheat Acreage Shrinks Despite Improving Conditions
Kansas state board of agriculture reports 7.39 million acres of wheat remaining for harvest, down 3.37 million from last year’s record. Dry winter ruined 1.56 million, while rains this month lift prospects. northern counties show best conditions around 90 to 97 percent. Estimated yield hints a crop near 115 million bushels versus last year’s 146 million.
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Kansas
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Kaw Valley
Clark
Kiowa
Barber
Harvey and
Kingman
Reno
Russell
Jewell
Lincoln
Smith
Gove County
Graham
Sheridan
Orton
Thomas and
Lane
Decatur
Brown
Doniphan
Corner
Saline
Dellinger Elected President of Kansas Academy of Science
Dr. O P Dellinger head of Pittsburg normal department of biological science was elected president at the fifty second annual meeting. Officers include Roy Rankin Hays as vice president William H Hays Manhattan second vice president L D Havenhill Lawrence treasurer EB A White Lawrence secretary.
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O. P. Dellinger
Pittsburg Normal Department of Biological Science
Kansas Academy of Science
Roy’ Rankin
Hays
William H. Hays
Manhattan
L. D. Havenhill
Lawrence
EB. A. White
Court grants wage rise for Joplin and Pittsburgh rail employees
The court of industrial relations increased motormen and conductors wages on the Joplin and Pittsburgh Railway Company. Minimum hourly pay rose from 38 to 45 cents and maximum from 42 to 55 cents.
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Joplin & Pittsburgh Railway Company
Court of Industrial Relations
Masons Plan Shrine Temple at Topeka
Seventeen Western Star Milling Company workers in Salina ask Attorney General Hopkins to file in the Kansas court of industrial relations to end a 12 hour day and move to an 8 hour day with higher hourly pay but lower daily earnings. The Kansas industrial court delays municipal utility disputes until labor issues are settled. Clayton receives notice the court will not claim jurisdiction over municipally owned utilities. Chase County farm bureau reports 427 members, up 100 percent. Cloud County plans seven miles of paved roads this year at about 30 000 per mile. Arthur Seetin aged 42 a railroad engineer dies at his Osawatomie home after twenty years with Missouri Pacific railroad. Edgar Wilson discharged from Cushing hospital after coroner inquiry into his death following bay rum and wood alcohol poisoning.
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Western Star Milling Company
Salina
Hopkins
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Arthur Seetin
Osawatomie
Central Kansas Colorado
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Richard J. Hopkins
Supreme Court
Alexander Howat
A. J. Curran
District Court
Crawford County
Howat
Speed Up Road Bids and Forfeiture Warnings Issued
Kansas counties failing to seek bids on earth work and culverts by May 12 may receive notice of loss of federal aid. The highway commission authorized counties to undertake earth work and culverts now with hard surfacing later to satisfy construction requirements.
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Kansas
State Highway Commission
Commission
Barton County
Great Bend
Santa Fe
Co operative Telephone Association Petition Seeks Long Distance Lines
Clay County Co operative Telephone Association filed a petition for review in the Kansas Supreme Court after appealing to the Court of Industrial Relations for an order directing Bell and United Telephone companies to directly connect its lines for long distance service. The court declined to grant the order.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Clay Co-operative Telephone Association
New Court of Industrial Relations
Bell and United Telephone Companies
Co-Operative Association
Baldwin Teachers Set Salary Increases For Next Year
The Baldwin public school system approves higher pay scales with the new base salary at 100 for inexperienced grades, up 30 from the current rate, and an average high school salary of 150, up 50, plus length of service bonuses. Four Black travelers died when a Santa Fe train struck their car at the Main Street crossing near the depot in Eudora. Two victims identified as John S. Patrick and Joseph Ranson of Kansas City.
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Baldwin
Santa Fe
Main Street
Eudora
John S. Patrick
Joseph Ranson
Kansas City
Four Beloit girls plead guilty to arson at school
Four girls implicated in the last two arson attempts at the Girls Industrial School Beloit plead guilty. In Kansas Wesleyan fundraising, a committee reports strong encouragement. Albert Weaver of Cheyenne County will donate a five year wheat crop from 40 acres.
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Girls’ Industrial School
Beloit
Kansas Wesleyan University
Albert Weaver
Cheyenne County
University of Kansas faculty push for 50 percent salary rise
KU faculty voted to request a 50 percent pay increase from the state board of administration, but next year's appropriations allow no raise. A budget based on the increase will be submitted to the board. Jefferson County elder Mrs Violena Cooling dies at 84 after sixty years married to 93 year old John Cooling. Edgar M. Angell, longtime Ottawa Herald staffer, dies after a nervous breakdown.
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University of Kansas
State Board of Administration
Board of Administration
Jefferson County
Violena Cooling
Vanes Gate
John Cooling
Kansas highway plans emphasize grading over paving this year
Governor Henry J. Allen said he instructed Attorney General Richard J. Hopkins to thoroughly investigate the Mulberry lynching and to ensure the offenders are prosecuted to the limit, while noting high material and labor costs limit road paving but allow extensive preliminary work.
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Kansas
Richard J. Hopkins
Mulberry
Henry J. Allen
Attractive Bungalows Offer Comfortable Family Living
A feature on modern home building promotes the bungalow as a practical, single-story choice with all rooms on one level. It highlights stucco and brick exteriors, sun parlor, and a central entrance, plus guidance from William A. Radford on plans, contractors, and choosing designs.
Peary Islands in Maine Revealed in Probate Filing
Probate documents in Washington shed light on the islands in lower Casco Bay once owned by Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary. Islands named include Basket, Pound of Tea, Pettisgill, Shelter, Crab, Brown Cow, Mark, and Flag among others, with Peary holding most land and an unresolved eighth portion.
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Robert B. Peary
Washington
Casco Bay
North Pole
Portland
Boston Transcript
Eagle Island
Bowdoin College
Portland High
Pettisgill
Harpswell
Flag Island
Peary
Korean Alphabet and Script Compared to Chinese
The Korean alphabet has 14 consonants and 11 vowels analyzed by speech organs. It contrasts with Chinese in simplicity and flexible grammar with invariable roots. No pronouns of first or second person and few relational particles. Many Korean works mix Chinese and Korean on alternating pages.
The Sweet Tooth at High Speed
Sugar consumption figures highlight American excess as imports reach nine billion pounds while per person use nears 100 pounds. economist Richard Spillane notes the nation’s taste for sugar drives high demand and trade, with many countries averaging 80 to 85 pounds per person.
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Richard Spillane
America
Pugilist’s Movie Claim Sparks Stage Talk
A Birmingham Age-Herald item recalls a boxer who vowed to avoid film work for 10000 dollars a week. The manager then revealed the fighter had been drinking and was not responsible for his bold stage boast, ending the incident.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Does a bootlegger suffer from tight shoes
Dialogue humorously contrasts prohibition talk with a pun about bootleggers and tight shoes. Mrs Torkins teases Charley as she claims a developing sense of humor and a secret prohibition joke begins to unfold in a playful domestic moment.
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Charles
Charley
Her Method In A Quarrel Over Duties
A domestic dispute features a wife indicating she would not fetch items upstairs for her husband and would instead call him down. The exchange highlights gender role expectations within the home.
Its Condition Alluding to a Whirled Baseball
A remark ponders why a baseball is described as a sphere, suggesting the line exists because it is indeed whirled. The exchange hints at a linguistic flourish in a discussion about shape and motion.
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Secretary of Agricultural Board
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T. J. Strickler
Clayton
Chase County
Cloud County
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Hale
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Ottawa Herald
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Illand
Peary’s Islands
Maine
Wrigley
M. Timerlin
Durant
Oklahoma
Hunt
A. B. Richards Medicine CO
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Texas
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Giar
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