Wrestling Match in Concordia Features Tommy Doctor vs Kansas Sandow
In Concordia Friday evening a professional wrestling match between Tommy Doctor, United States middleweight champion, and Kansas Sandow of Topeka drew praise for clean sport. Sandow won the first fall in 18 minutes, Doctor took the second in 8, and the decisive third in 9 with a crotch and arm bar. A preliminary 20 minute bout between McGovern of Bellingham and Milton of Kansas also impressed, though Milton prevailed despite McGovern’s effort.
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Concordia
Tommy Doctor
United States
Kansas Sandow
Topeka
Sandow
Doctor
McGovern
Bellingham
Washington
Milton
Kansas
Honey
Dyche Faces New Inquiry In Topeka
State Fish and Game Warden L. L. Dyche is accused by C. T. Rankin of Hutchinson gun club fame of incompetence and neglect of duty. Rankin claims 35,000 fish froze last winter and no fish were raised or distributed in 1912 and 1914, plus wasteful pond building and misused state funds while Dyche defends the charges as political maneuvering by parts seeking his job.
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Topeka
L. L. Dyche
C. T. Rankin
Hutchinson
Mrr. Rankin
Rankin
Dyche
U. S
Parsons
Eve’s rustic apron dress in the woods tale
A rustic scene describes Mother Eve weaving a fig leaf and bark garment. She comments it will shock observers and ties a homemade apron around her waist as she moves through the woods.
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Adam
France
Golly
Walt Mason
The Panama Canal Book By Arthur Capper
A Kansan author Arthur Capper writes and self distributes a Panama Canal book. The 36 page illustrated work is free for Capper's Weekly subscribers with a 25 cent annual subscription. Capper details his Panama trip and the canal story with a front and back cover showing the route.
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Panama Canal
Arthur Capper
Topeka
Atlantic
Pacific
Capper
Journal
Slit skirts draw ire in Fairbury letters
A reader writes to the editor condemning fashionable slit skirts seen by young girls in Fairbury. The writer warns of the crowding derision and suggests modest dress to spare brothers and sweethearts blushes and social risk.
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Fairbury News
Paris
Land On Your Track and Sounds Fishy Paradox
A column by Geo. AL. Adams urges turning misfortune into motive power, treating barriers as propellers to move forward. The piece frames challenges as balance to strengthen the track. A French inventor reportedly patents fishing by telephone using a detonator triggered by fish sounds detected at a riverbank post.
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Geo. AL. Adams
Nickel in Soap Making Reveals Hidden Catalysts
A historical note explains that finely ground nickel is used in soap making as a catalyst. It is mixed with other ingredients but remains absent in the finished soap. Nickel with hydrogen deodorizes offensive oils and hardens them for soap production, improving cottonseed oil as a base.
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Sceneus
the Downs News
Becker
Jacobs
Mother Eve
Deavou Walker
Business and
J. B. Henry
Weislagel Building
Presbyterian Church
Rydal
Scandia
Kans
Rk. Porter Ahrens
Nywalis Drug
F. L. Warren
D. D
Bank of Scandia
John A. Freeburg
Arthur Larson
W. B. Rhoades
Minnetonka
Red Men
L. N. Hendrix Sachem
L. C. Hohr
C of R
J. R. Nystrom, N. G
S. W. Grubb
Smoker
R. A. Doctor
City Drag Line
W. E. Godfrey
Dr. King
Lebanon
T. J. West
W. M. Harvey Sandell
Sec’y
C. E. Albro, V. C
H. S. Cooper
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