Kansas highway funds total nearly ten million for roads
The Kansas State Highway Commission reports $9,581,273.08 available for roads and bridges from county road funds township funds motor car fees and other sources. The average county road fund equals $291.03 per mile, with potential for $1,163,599 more for roads and $1 more for bridges. western counties need fewer bridges.
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Kansas
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
W. C. Markham
Jail officials seize acid and saws hidden in food at Shawnee jail
Shawnee County jail officials intercepted a quantity of acid and six saws concealed in a basket of food and a watermelon brought by a man in a soldiers uniform from Lawrence. The items were intended for a prisoner, while in the same jail Rufus King awaiting trial for multiple killings at Maple Hill and Benjamin F. Smith of Atlanta faced separate charges. A hunting accident at Junction City left June Moyer with a hand so severely injured it was amputated at the wrist.
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Shawnee County
Lawrence
Rufus ‘King
Maple Hill
Kas
Benjamin F. Smith
Atlanta
United States Disciplinary
Fort Leavenworth
Junction City
June Moyer
Moyer
Tragic threshing accident claims Scott Lotz near Kingman
Scott Lotz a 38 year old salesman died after falling into a gelf feeder while inspecting a threshing machine near Kingman. He sustained twenty major wounds and died about sixteen hours later. In Bethany Missouri Mr and Mrs A C Windle were injured when their car skidded off an embankment near Saffordsville the other night. Windle’s condition was critical and Mrs Windle fractured her jaw. At the Kansas University of Commerce Salina four black applicants sought admission as student body opposed. A second vote by students will decide, with management favoring admission.
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Scott Lotz
Kingman
A. C. Windel
Bethany
Saffords Ville
Kansas University of Commerce At
Salina
Eldorado Opens $30,000 Country Club with Ball
Eldorado formally dedicated its new Country Club with 250 members. The facility sits northeast of Eldorado on the R. H. Hazlett ranch and features a clubhouse golf links tennis courts and a gun trap.
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Eldorado
R. H. Hazlett Ranch
Fruit shipments rotting in Kansas due to sugar shortage
A stream of carloads of fruit has reached Kansas but cannot be preserved because of sugar scarcity. Concordia and nearby towns face spoilage as authorities struggle to source sugar, threatening a large amount of peaches and other fruit. An influenza return element is noted for fall by physicians and the state board. Ted Barton County since September 15 is mentioned.
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Kansas
Concordia
Ted Barton
Kansas cattlemen press for aid as market drags on
Kansas livestock leaders plan a three stage push to Washington after talks with Chicago packers. They say losses since early summer total around sixty million dollars, threatening many small breeders. Gov. Allem accuses beet sugar refiners of profiteering while sugar shortages hit housewives and candy makers alike.
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Kansas Livestock
Chicago
Washington
Kansas
Imoney
J. U. Mercer
State Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Kansas Livestock Men
Congress
Henry J. Allem
California
Sugar Equalization Board
Kansas City
Railroad report shows car shortage not fixable by more cars
Officials say rail labor and motive power shortages prevent relief and deny cars are being diverted from Kansas. Nebraska grain sits rotting as elevators fill and wheat shipments to Omaha and Kansas City face an embargo. Governor McKelvie seeks White House action. Habeas corpus begun in Topeka to free W A Hamilton accused of white slavery. Attorney General Hopkins travels to Washington for talks on cement companies amid anti trust suits. State and federal suits target Kansas operators with mutual information exchange sought.
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Kansas
Nebraska
Omaha
Kansas City
Samuel R. McKelvie
Railroad Administration
Topeka
W. A. Hamilton
Luzon Koppenhaver
Kas
Richard J. Hopkins
Washington
Department of Justice
Rock Island plant pays back wages to helpers
Delmar Ross a machinist helper at Rock Island Horton shops received a $1077 back pay from January 1918. He is among eighteen men on the Rock Island operating drill presses granted machinist pay following a recent ruling. The $1077 equals the wage difference between machinist and machinist helper dating to the start of last year.
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Delmar Ross
Rock Island
Horton
Ross
Death of Atchison County resident Mary M. Akserny
After sixty years in Atchison County Mrs Mary M Akserny aged 72 died in Atchison. She came to the county with her parents when she was 12 and was the last of a family of fourteen children.
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Atchison County
Mary M. ‘Askerny
Atchison
Youths Die Trying to Board Freight Train at Fort Scott
An 18 year old believed to be Paul Sage was killed by a Frisco train at Fort Scott. His companion Virgyl Shults, 16, of Belton Missouri, was injured dangerously while attempting to board the freight.
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Paul Sage
Fort Scott
Virgly Shults
Belton, Mo
Shults
Proper care tips for work horses on pasture and feet
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the text advises against turning work horses out to graze on Sundays due to colic risks and grass indigestion. It recommends stable, cool, dark conditions with half grain rations during idleness and highlights frequent hoof cleaning, trimming, oiling, and spring clipping with night blanketing for restarted heavy work.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
GOOD COVERING FOR SILAGE
United States Department guidance on silage covering notes past practice of dirt or straw and current trend to use corn stalks. It explains packing, wetting, and optional oats to form a sod, reducing air and spoilage. Feeding promptly after silo fill may eliminate the need for any covering and prevent losses.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa Leads Nation in Hog Population for 1919
Iowa holds a commanding lead with an estimated 10,925,000 hogs on farms in 1919. Illinois clocked 5,724,000 followed by Missouri 4,943,000 Indiana 4,668,000 Ohio 4,266,000 Nebraska 4,250,000 and others lagging far behind. Iowa’s hog total makes up about one seventh of the U S herd and nearly twice Illinois’ total.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Nebraska
Bayer Cross on Genuine Aspirin Lets Buyers Verify Safety
An advertisement explains the Bayer Cross marks genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and warns buyers to seek unbroken Bayer packages with directions for treating headache toothache neuralgia and colds. It notes small tin boxes of twelve tablets are inexpensive and larger packs exist.
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Bayer
August Flower Promises Relief for Summer Stomach Ailments
The ad touts August Flower as a sovereign remedy for tired overworked stomachs during peak picnic season. It claims to aid indigestion fermentation sour stomach and constipation by stimulating the liver and cleansing the intestines. Sold everywhere.
Darby’s Peculiar Plan on His Son’s Writing Ability
Florida man tells a story about shaping his son’s education by delaying long letters to relatives. The employer notes the boy can write twenty miles by rate now and will attempt fifty miles once his pen skills strengthen. The tale, relayed in Jacksonville Times-Union style, highlights parental education aims.
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Darby
George
Florida
Jacksonville Times-Union
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Public health note highlights kidney trouble as widespread and often undetected. Claims Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root provides relief and urges readers to test with a sample bottle offer via Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Meeting of Sir Evelyn Wood and John Hay Over Jim Bludso Tale
In Winnowed Memoirs Sir Evelyn Wood recalls meeting a quiet American in England and discussing the poem Jim Bludso. The American asserts the poet did not embellish the tale and reveals he wrote it. The man proves to be Col. John Hay, then U S ambassador in London.
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Sir Evelyn Wood
England
Sir Evelyn
Jim Bludso
Jim
John Hay
Pike County
United States
London
Secret Service overhearing comment sparks quiet warning
In a tense exchange, Jones asserts freedom while Brown urges restraint to avoid attracting a secret service listener, highlighting tension between outspoken liberty and security oversight.
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Jones
Brown
Secret Service
War end lines and local speech in Birmingham column
A fragment from the Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a mother and son exchange on wartime letters. The mother laments vague French locations while the son dismisses specifics. The piece critiques the insularity of readers and the reuse of familiar village names.
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France
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