State Board of Health Advances Diphtheria Aid and Inspections
Kansas State Board of Health authorized use of emergency funds to supply diphtheria anti-toxin to poor families this winter. The board urged rapid reporting of poverty-related treatment needs and will provide free anti-toxin with proper affidavits. It also pressed actions on infantile paralysis in Norton and Decatur counties and planned barber and bath house inspections. A legal dispute over bond debt refunding in Russell county heads to the supreme court. Dodge City Soldiers Home grocers await June bills unpaid by the auditor, delaying about $2,500 in payments.
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Topeka
State Board of Health
J. 8. Crumbine
Emergency Health Fund
Crumbine
Norton
Decatur
Crumbino
Kansas
Supreme Court
Russell County
G. W. Mulvane
Newcomerstown
Fairview Township
Kelly & Kelly
Ohio
Dodge City
Kansas towns to receive pure food inspector visits
Dr J Crumbine, secretary of the State board of health, will send notices to all pure food inspectors to travel to inland towns far from rail lines. Many towns have not been inspected in two years of the pure food law, and officers doubt grocer compliance. Topeka plans a larger, broader winter dog show than any before.
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Kansas
Topeka
Harvesting by motor on an English farm
Country Life reports on a Biggleswade Bedfordshire field demo of the latest Ivel Agricultural Motors tractor. The three wheeled 20 hp machine with petrol or paraffin fuel showed steady progress on soft ground despite a greasy headland causing a binder hitch.
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Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
H. C. Lafone
Ivel Agricultural Motors,Limited
Train Toward the Farm in Education and Labor
The speaker argues farmers must pay prevailing wages for labor and that panic cycles will recur. He criticizes teachers for lacking agricultural knowledge and urges an education focused on preparing youths for useful farm work rather than classical theory.
Cleaning Fence Rows With Mowing Machine
Instructions urge using the mowing machine to clean fence rows in fields and along roadsides. Weeds and undesirable growth take space and hinder nutritious grasses, with seeds risking spread. Cut them before they go to seed to protect land quality.
To Kill Sparrows
A poultry breeder describes a method to combat English sparrows. He fixed a four inch deep box on a five foot post outside his yard and fed it with poisoned chick feed. Sparrows entered and many died, supporting the program's palatability.
Register the Calves for Breeding Eligibility
Guidance on registering calves and pure bred dairy cows to ensure breeding eligibility. Emphasizes that a high quality calf or cow may fetch little if not registered or eligible for registry and advises to register to be safe.
To Kill Ticks and Boost Lamb Growth
A short note suggests dipping lambs on a warm day to remove ticks and improve growth. The text implies dipping will help lambs shed ticks and become healthier, with emphasis on early treatment.
The Use of Sorrow and Trouble Quote
A reflective line cites Dickens on sorrow and trouble and hints at unseen good arising from hardship. The excerpt frames sorrow as a path to understanding rather than pure loss.
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Dickens
Kansas Town Auction Sale at Shipton in Saline County
Shipton a busy village in Saline county will be sold at auction October 20 along with W S Irwin farm property. The sale will include the village site and farm implements with interval music by the Salina Military Band. It is the first time a townsite and farmer provided band entertainment have accompanied a public sale in this region.
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Shipton
Saline County
W. S. Irwin
Salina
Union Pacific
Judge appoints Adams receiver for Sunflower Refining at Niotaze
Judge G P Aikman names J B Adams of Eldorado as receiver for Sunflower Refining Co owning a Niotaze plant. Assets total 560000 with 200000 liabilities. Receivership aims to bridge short term loans while business winds down. Help Farmers Fight San Jose Scale in Kansas orchards. S J Hunter and Rollin Perkins travel to Wyandotte to aid growers with a new spray to combat San Jose scale. Hunter reports a spray offering protection and a county drive to install similar plant systems.
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G.P. Aikman
District Court of
Chautauqua County
J. B. Adams
Eldorado
Sunflower Refining Company
Niotaze
Sedan
S. J. Hunter
Rollin Perkins
Wyandotte County
Hunter
Alfalfa Millers Elect Officers at Wichita Convention
The National Alfalfa Millers convention held a two day session in Wichita. Earl Sapp of Hutchinson was elected president. H Cassady of Boulder Colorado became first vice president. L L Willis of Cherokee Oklahoma as second vice president. J W Anderson of Kansas City as third vice president. C L Thompson of Winfield as fourth vice president. W H Hastings of Wichita became secretary. H C Thompson of Wichita was named treasurer.
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Alfalfa Millers
Alfalfa Millers’ Convention
Wichita
Earl Sapp
Hutchinson
H. Cassady
Boulder
Col
L. L. Willis
Cherokee
J. W. Anderson
Kansas City
L. Thompson
Winfield
W. H. Hastings
H. C. Thompson
A New Road for Wellington
Missouri Pacific Railway officials surveyed ground in Wellington to build a spur from Conway Springs through Wellington Gounda Springs and Arkansas City to connect with Iron Mountain in Oklahoma. The line would tap undeveloped wheat and corn country and provide a market outlet for local produce.
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Wellington
Missouri Pacific Railway
Conway Springs
Gounda Springs
Arkansas City
Iron Mountain
Oklahoma
Typhoid Fevers Rise in Saline County
The Saline County health officer reports a record number of typhoid fever cases last month, mainly in rural areas. Officials suspect contaminated drinking water from recent droughts caused unreported cases.
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Saline County
Land sale in Western Kansas tops regional prices
E. J H. Ayres sold a 160 acre farm near Scandia for 16000 dollars to John Vandeveer. The price marks the highest land sale in the state’s western section to date.
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Kansas
E. J H. Ayres
Scandia
John Vandeveer
Boy Shot by Thief Trap In Wellington Chicken House
Harry Hall an 11 year old boy opened the door of George Antille's chicken house in Wellington at 3 am to steal chickens. A shotgun triggered to fire when the door opened shot him in the shoulder. Doctors say the wound is mortal. Antille was not arrested.
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Harry Hall
George Antille
Wellington
Antille
Butler County Old Soldiers Reunion Ends With Parade
Butler County soldiers closed a three days reunion at Eldorado with a camp fire. In the afternoon a parade featured 800 school children carrying flags. At Camp Lincoln they sang America and Congressman Victor Murdoch spoke.
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Butler County
Eldorado
Camp Lincoln
America
Victor Murdock
Yates Center Installs Electric Light Plant
Yates Center now operates an electric light plant owned by William Opperman & Son. For about ten years the town relied on natural gas, but the lighting under that system proved inadequate.
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Yates Center
William Opperman & Son
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