Seed Wheat Fund Short In Western Kansas Investors
The seed wheat committee announced funds on hand would cover only about 17.438 cents on the dollar for last year’s loans. Legislators rejected a state reimbursement claim, with supporters arguing crop outcomes would have favored investors. Petitions circulated in Parsons seek resignations of city officials over a vagrancy ordinance and alleged police oppression. May term bound overs set for two accused in a hazing case at Kansas University.
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Seed Wheat Committee
Gibbons
Meade
Kansas
P. T. Foley
F. M. Boyd
J. S. Searles
Foley
Katy
Parsons
Dallas, Tex
Housing crisis pushes Atchison chamber to seek federal aid
The Atchison Chamber of Commerce asks the United States Housing Corporation for help as housing shortages worsen. A government representative will conduct a survey and advise on remedies to meet the emergency.
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Atchison
Chamber of Commerce
United States Housing Corporation
Kansas bank charter surge reported by state official
Prosperity in Kansas drives more applications for bank charters says Walter B. Wilson state bank commissioner. Since April 1 the state charter board has considered seventeen applications with five more to review soon. Five charters granted this month and three actions postponed. Nineteen more applications await May consideration.
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Kansas
Walter B. Wilson
State Charter Board
Mary Alice Murdock Wed Edward H Pattison
Former Eldorado Republican editor Miss Mary Alice Murdock married Edward H Pattison. Daughter of late Thomas Benton Murdock founder of the Republican, she served as El Dorado postmistress for four years.
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Mary Alice Murdock
Eldorado Republican
Edward H. Pattison
Thomas Benton Murdock
The
Republican
Eldorado
Kansas to Invest 150000 in Victory Bonds by Schools
The state school funds will invest 150000 in Victory Bonds, approved by the school fund commission. It is described as the largest purchase ever made from the fund.
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Kansas
School Fund Commission
Harvest wage schedule set by Pawnee County Farm Bureau
At the annual meeting the harvest wage rates were agreed: pitchers fifty cents per hour, stackers seventy cents, header drivers sixty five cents. Delegates at Hutchinson were instructed to push adoption of this schedule. Wheat in Salina sold around $2.70, the highest locally since the government guarantee began. Grain men predict a price near $3.
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Pawnee
Salina
Kansas Fourth in Motor Cars Among States
State data show Kansas has one car for every 8.6 people with 200 987 cars for 1 734 606 residents. Nebraska leads in percentage, followed by Iowa and California. The report notes Missouri's 138 040 cars and New York's 463 758 cars with one per 22 9 residents. The 17th annual Kansas Good Roads convention at Beloit elected officers and reported over 1 500 miles of hard surfaced roads financed. Kansas seeks quick court action on telegraph injunctions, with May 5 set for related federal cases. the Kansas Supreme Court touts swift handling from filing to hearing.
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Kansas
L. J. Pettijohn
Nebraska
Iowa
California
Missouri
New York
The
Kansas Good Roads Association
Beloit
A. Q. Miller
Belleville
W. N. Watson
Salina
H. A. Russell
Fort Scott
H. S. Putney
Topeka
Earl Akers
A. L. Mebus
Kansas City
Kas
W. J. McKnight
Public Utilities Commission
United States Supreme Court
South Dakota
Massachusetts
King
Washington
Kansas Commission
Kansas Supreme Court
del Valentine
United States
Margare t L Wood dies at 88 in Cottonwood Falls
Notices report the death of Mrs. Margaret L. Wood 88 at her son W L Wood s home in Cottonwood Falls after a brief illness. She came to Kansas in 1854 with S N Wood who helped shape early Kansas history and authored Memoirs of S N Wood.
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Margaret L. Wood
S. N. Wood
W. L. Wood
Cottonwood Falls
Wood
Kansas
Lawrence
Mrs. Dalton’s Suicide Attempt After House Cleaning
After spring cleaning, Mrs. C. R. Dalton, 24, of Chanute took corrosive sublimate she bought to kill bugs. She told the doctor she was tired of hard work. She has a chance to recover.
Modern Stucco Home Designs for Small Families
An extended feature on a six room modern stucco city house with 24 by 30 foot footprint, 23 by 18 living room, central entrance, and second floor with three bedrooms. It argues owning may cost less than rent, urges consulting architects and lumber dealers, and notes postwar building demand and material costs.
Western Canada Dairy Prosperity Grows in 1918
The Alberta Department of Agriculture reports dairy profits rise despite high feed costs with 1918 creamery butter output at 9.1 million pounds and milk cows averaging 5.6 per farm. Bull sales in Edmonton Calgary and Lacombe reached high prices, creameries and cheese factories expand, and immigration to Western Canada is expected to rise.
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Western Canada
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Canada
Edmonton
Calgary
Lacombe
Manitoba
Carman
Saskatchewan
West
Western
Shoes Like Corporations in World War I Field Gear
A military quip from The Spiker in France notes last year’s field shoes are called corporation shoes because, the supply sergeant says, they are absolutely soleless. The joke highlights wartime supply hardships and humor among troops.
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Field Shoes
Corporation Shoes
Spiker
France
Cuticura Trio Promises Smooth Skin and Fragrance
Advertises Cuticura Ointment Soap and Talcum for clear skin. Recommends applying ointment before bathing with soap, drying gently, and dusting talcum for fragrance. Prices listed as 25c each.
The Proof Dialogue in the Hall
A brief exchange questions if voice projection works in the hall. One person asks if their voice is heard while another struggles to catch the words. The fragment hints at performance or public speaking concerns.
Zam He And Is It My Declaration Surprises You
A fragment from Mifestones features a sharp exchange where a character remarks on nerve as the other questions a personal declaration. The dialogue hints at tension and defiance within a dramatic confrontation.
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Zam
Mifestones
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Wallace Shaw
Holton
Otto Hopfer
Sylvan Grove
Jose Cajucom
University of Kansas
Cajucom
State
Secretary of State
Pettijohn
J. H. Mercer
Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Allen
Security State Bank of
Auburn
J. H. Jee
John Kresie
Chanute
Grand Lodge
Owen J. Wood
Elleck Cole
Great Lend
Jacob Hofstra
Holland
Leavenworth County
Leavenworth
High Prairie Township
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Nature
Plymouth Harbor
Aizat
Porci
BepRom Ward
Splendid
Scandia
Harry Hohman
M. W. Chas
Nordman
Adolph Nelson
Lebanon
A. R. Morey, W. M
F. W. Kreitzer, Seo’y
Clarence Albro
J. W. Plotner
John A. Freeburg
Goandla
Kansae
W. NM
W.N. U
Commun
Jim Jones
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