Howat and Dorby jailed as Franklin miners vote to quit
Alexander Howat and August Dorby were jailed for six months after refusing bond to appeal the Kansas industrial court ruling. In Franklin a coal miners’ mass meeting condemned the law and urged quitting until Howat, Dorby, and the court are removed, with pump men asked to stop work.
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Franklin
Kansas Industrial Court
Alexander Howat
Kansas Union
Supreme Court
Howat
William Marvey
Cherokee County
August Dorby
Henry J. Allen
International Miners Union
International
John Lewis
Kansas District
Columbus
Kuntus
Governor Allen and Industrial Court Foresee Coal Mine Operations
Governor Allen and the Kansas Industrial Court said they do not plan to reopen coal mines in Southeastern Kansas during the miners strike. They warned the state would act if public health or safety were endangered. The governor met with Industrial Court judges after Howat and Dorby began their Columbus jail sentences.
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Allen
Kansas Industrial Court
Kansas
Alexander Howat
August Dorchy
Industrial Court
Howat
Dorby
Columbus
Mexican worker buried alive at Wichita salt plant
S Lorrez, a Mexican employee at a Wichita packing plant, was buried under two tons of salt for thirty five minutes. Colleagues dug him out and he was hospitalized where a pulmator was used. An hour later he regained consciousness and said he would report for work.
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S. Lorrez
Wichita
Diphtheria Deaths Rise as Wichita Reports New Cases
One child died from diphtheria and twenty five new cases were recorded in Wichita during the just closed week, according to figures issued by the city welfare department.
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Wichita
Labor Department Official Refuses Resignation
Miss Linna Bresette, director of the women's work in the labor department of the court of industrial relations, told Judge James C. McDermont she had not resigned and would not do so. An order assigning Miss Alice K. Huggins McFarland to the position was issued by Judge McDermont and W. L. Huggins.
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Linna Bresette
Labor Department
the Court of Industrial Relations
James c. McDermont
Alice K. Huggins McFarland
McDermoont
W. L. Huggins
Gordon Fire Destroys Restaurant and Homes
In Gordon seven miles south of Augusta a fire razed a restaurant a grocery and two houses after starting in the restaurant. The town lacked a fire department and residents stood by as the buildings burned to the ground.
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Gordon
Augusta
Robber Shot Dead By Night Watchman At Shaw Mercantile
Francis Gor ton, night watchman at Shaw Mercantile Company in Dwight, shot and killed an unidentified robber who surprised the store during an attempted burglary. This marks the third break in at Shaw Mercantile in three months.
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Dwight
Francis Gorton
Shaw ‘Mercantile Company
Federal grand jury in Wichita returns eight indictments
After two and a half days of deliberation on many cases, the federal grand jury in Wichita returned eight separate indictments and was discharged from further service.
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Federal Grand Jury
Wichita
Chancellor Defends Freshmen Caps as Noble Tradition
Kansas University Chancellor EB Lindley, speaking in Lawrence, defends the custom of freshmen wearing diminutive caps calling it a noble tradition that all must follow.
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EB. H. Lindley
Kansas University
Lawrence
Shot While Seeking a Thief Killed Major Ellis in Home
Major Fred E. Ellis a 42 year old 35th division officer and newly appointed colonel of the 4th Kansas infantry was shot and killed in McPherson while chasing a burglar. He slipped on a rug and the pistol fired through his heart after retrieving it from a trunk with war mementos. He leaves a widow and two daughters. In a separate note George W. Barnes a Hutchinson salesman died of accidental poisoning after his wife mistook arsenate of lead for corn starch. No inquest was planned.
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Fred E. Ellis
4Th Kansas Infantry
P. M. Holsington
Newton
McPherson
1S 7Th Infantry
Hoisington
American Legion of Kansas
Knights Templar
McPherson County
Reanell
June
George W. Barnes
Hutchinson
M. H. Stewart
Barnes
Bank closes as students gain access to deposits
K. and A. C. students who had money in Citizen's State Bank of Manhattan may now draw deposits after the bank failed last week. The bank examiner locked away several thousand dollars of funds, some covering a full school year’s allowance, but local banks will honor checks from their accounts while the chamber of commerce and clearing houses arrange accommodations.
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K. 8
A. C
Citizen’s State Bank of Manhattan
Chamber of Commerce and Clearing Houses
Secretary Pettijohn Struck by Influenza Illness
Secretary of State L. J. Pettijohn reportedly suffered a severe influenza attack. Physicians described his condition as not dangerous, providing reassurance on his health.
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L. J. Pettijohn
Minister Dies in Grade Crossing Train Crash Near Ottawa
Dr. H. C. Case pastor of the First Methodist church in Ottawa died after his car collided with a southbound Santa Fe train. The vehicle was hurled into a concrete bridge wall, causing a fractured skull. He is survived by wife, a son Harold at Baker University, and a daughter Blanche a Kingman teacher.
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H. C. Case
First Methodist
Ottawa
Bank Robbery in Nickerson Yields Pennies and Looted Boxes
The State Bank of Nickerson was robbed the other night. Thieves tunneled into the vault from outside using a coalhouse rear as a hideout and took sacks containing 60 in pennies from the vault floor. Customer deposit boxes were rifled but no registered bonis were taken.
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State Bank of
Nickerson
Mrs Hemphill Remains After Forty Years at Clay Center
Mrs. B F Hemphill wife of longtime Clay Center editor B F Hemphill died recently after a paralytic stroke. The couple shared a forty year editorial partnership shaping local reporting. The death ends a veteran local journalism era.
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B. F. Hemphill
Clay Center
Mrs Barbara Geiger Dies at 78 in Colwich Home
Sedgwick County resident Mrs Barbara Geiger aged 78 dies at her Colwich home after forty four years in the county. Survived by two sons eight daughters fifty four grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren.
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Barbara Geiger
Sedgwick County
Colwich
Infant death confession shocks Wichita case
Frank Wright 25 confessed to choking his 5 week old baby boy to death to city and county officers in Wichita according to Chief of Detectives Zickefoose Wright was arrested on complaints of his wife and faces investigation by police and county authorities
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Frank Wright
Wichita
Zickefoose
Wright
Modern Combination Barn for Small Farms Promotes Efficiency
The article describes a 124 by 38 foot combination horse and dairy barn with concrete floors, cork stalls, two hollow tile silos, overhead feed carrier, and ample ventilation. It argues modern, sanitary designs reduce drudgery, boost milk production, and deter farmer emigration to cities.
Trained deer or train confusion sparks overheard debate
Mrs A overheard a remark and was accused of saying a trained deer while Mr B swore it was about a train. Mrs C suggested music with a trained car. The original speaker then reveals she had been away, asking if it rained while she was out of town, ending the disagreement with laughter.
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Mrs. A
Mr. B
Mrs. C
Insult to Injury Fable Echoes Classic Latin Lesson
An exploration of the saying adding insult to injury, tracing to a Latin fable quoted by Phaedrus from an older version. The tale features a bald man and a fly, where the man’s failed retaliation backfires and the fly taunts him about his added insult to his own injury.
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Phaedrus
Aesop
Dictionary lacks a copious index shocks war profiteer
Archer Milton Huntington relates at a Baychester dinner how a New York book agent tried to sell a modern dictionary to a war profiteer. The profiteer dismisses the volume after noting it lacks a copious index, saying it cannot be worked off on him.
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Archer Milton Huntington
Baychester
New York
Profiteer
Flo
Texan Friend Prods Cooper About Smoking A Cigar Like Weed
A Texan acquaintance of Representative Cooper asked if he smoked. He admitted sometimes and took a puff from a weed given as a cigar like test, noting it resembled a cigar after several puffs.
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Cooper
New Orleans
Find Thyself and Do the Highest Thing You Can
Quote from John Stuart Mill urges relentless self-search to identify one’s peak capability considering talents and circumstances, then pursue it with unwearied effort. The admonition emphasizes action aligned with personal potential rather than distraction.
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John Stuart Mill
Picked Out Wrong College
Mrs. McIntyre asks where Clara is and her friend notes Clara attends college. The other woman laments not receiving a letter, and the first criticizes sending her to college instead of a correspondence school.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Passing of Old Dobbin in the 1920 farming census
The 1920 census of agriculture shows rural shift from horse drawn transport to motor vehicles with 2,146,512 autos and 339 machines per 1000 farms. Farmers increasingly adopt trucks tractors telephones and urban conveniences, signaling a rapid rural modernization.
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United States
Bureau of Census
Horseback Riding Origins Likely 8000 Years Ago
The record notes no exact date for mankind first riding horses but suggests it occurred within about eight millennia, implying early domestication and use in transport and work.
Postum offers a caffeine free alternative to tea and coffee
An advertisement argues that coffee and tea provoke nervous strain and insomnia. It promotes Postum as a calming cereal beverage with coffee like flavor, claiming it improves sleep and nerve stability, and describes Instant Postum and Postum Cereal as options.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Little Red School
Horst
Leeter
Ofais
JPTER
MALLY
Feep Ra
Dilo
Jilu
Alabastine Company
Grandville Ave
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