Kansas projects eyed to save state 750000 in building costs
Topeka reports a 33 percent drop in construction costs since March appropriations. Seven buildings under construction now cost about 250000, with plans for five more and total appropriations of 862627. Future plans include twenty one new buildings and 1774500 for dormitories at five institutions next year.
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Topeka
Kansas
James A
Kim Bally
Memorial Athletic Stadium
University of Kansas
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Osawatomie Hospital
State Manual Training Normal
Pittsburg
Beloit
K. U. School of Medicine
Rosedale
Kansas Railroads Cut Rates at Hearing Closure
At the close of hearings before examiner W A Disque, Kansas railroads offered immediate freight rate reductions. They conceded state rates on horses mules and certain cattle were too high and broom corn too high, while traffic experts opposed changes to cement brick lumber coal and other heavy goods arguing it would disrupt the rate structure across the middle west and demand broad revisions.
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Kansas
W. A. Disque
Interstate Commerce Commission
Middle
Optimistic Call At Cowley County Live Stock Show
J C Mohler secretary of the state board of agriculture urged farmers and stockmen to join farm organizations and unite to promote the livestock industry. He spoke at the first annual Cowley County live stock show urging efficiency and collective action.
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J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Cowley County
Mohler
Friends Church of Kan sas a faces solvency doubt
The annual meeting led by George C. Wise of Kansas City reports the Friends Church of Kan sas a may face insolvency. Of $35,800 obligations assumed last March only $8,696 has been raised, forcing missionaries to remain at home.
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Friends Church of Kansasa
George C. Wise
Kansas City
Committee On the United Budget
Warrant Charges Wife in Husband’s Poison Death
County Attorney W H Burnett of Reno County issues a warrant charging Maude Vargas Barnes age 30 with murder in the death of her husband George V Barnes 44 whom she married only six hours before he died allegedly from poisoning.
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Maude Vargas Barnes
George V. Barnes
W. H. Burnett
Reno County
James Finney Escapes Jail After Car Theft Sentence
James Finney, convicted at Marion for stealing a motor car and sentenced to the state penitentiary, escaped from the county jail before midnight. He is a brother of Julius Finney, who aided Eddie Adams in the Cullison bank robbery last spring. Gladys Johnson, 18 month old daughter of Perry Johnson, a farmer south of Concordia, drowned in a stock tank that held only about a foot of water.
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James Finney
Marion
State
Julius Finney
Eddie ‘Adams
Cullison
Gladys
Johnson
Perry Johnson
Concordia
Blood Poisoning Death of Wichita Teen After Amputation
A Wichita hospital reported the death of Harry G. Bower, a 16-year-old high school student, after his right thumb injury led to blood poisoning. He had undergone amputation and died shortly thereafter.
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Wichita Hospital
Harry
UPHOLDS LABOR COURT POWER IN KANSAS
The Kansas supreme court upholds the industrial court power to regulate wages and hours for workers in four essential industries including packing houses. The decision affirms the law’s application without violating the fourteenth amendment and notes the public interest in employee wages. Wheat holds rising in Kansas belt as farmers delay sales with 65 percent of the 1921 crop sold.
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Topeka
Kansas Industrial Court
Kansas Supreme Court
Court of Industrial Relations
Wolff Packing Company
Supreme Sosurt
John Marshall
Supreme Court
United States
Industrial Court
Kansas Belt
Maurice McAuliffe
Farmers’ Union of Kansas
McAuliffe
Longtime Gottonwood Falls Couple Die Within Months
After sixty years of companionship Mr and Mrs W H Springer of Gottonwood Falls died two months apart Mrs Springer preceding her husband who passed away from heart disease The Springer family had lived in Chase county for fifty years and a half a century
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W. H. Springer
Gottonwood Falls
Two Hundred Hens Stolen in Cloud County Theft
Chicken thieves stole two hundred prize hens from Clarence Gray, a Cloud County farmer, with Gray suspecting drugging to mute the birds. Elsewhere, Eli Ferrill of the American Legion organized a special train to take 250 Legion members and Kansas University band to the Kansas City convention. An attempted theft of Alexander Howat’s motor car in Pittsburg failed, and Howat, Kansas Miners' Union president, remains jailed in Columbus for industrial court law violations. A nearby theft suspect fled after realizing entry to the garage was blocked.
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Cloud County
Clarence Gray
Gray
Eli Ferrill
Dorsey
American Legion
Wilder H. Metcalf
The
Legion For Kansas
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Alexander Howat
Pittsburg
Howat
Kansas Miners’ Union
Columbus
Pittsburg Real Strike Plan Unveiled by Kansas Court
The Kansas court of industrial relations announced that three judges have agreed on a plan to handle the Pittsburg real strike situation. Details of the plan were withheld.
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Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Pittsburg
Sheriff and deputies chase car with keg of hootch near Liberal
Sheriff Nelson and Marshalls Swartz and Higgins pursued a vehicle near Liberal after spotting a 25‑gallon keg of hootch inside. The car occupants fled into darkness. The vehicle bore a Colorado license tag.
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Nelson
Marshalls Swartz and Higgins
Liberal
Colorado
Fire claims two young sons of farmer near Smith Center
Two sons of Oliver Gardner, a farmer near Smith Center, perished in a barn fire that also destroyed nearby buildings. The tragedy is believed caused by the boys playing with matches. The ages were 3 and 9 years old.
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Oliver Gardner
Smith Center
Modern Farm Home Promises Comfort and Modernity
William A. Radford explains how the modern farm house blends city comforts with rural practicality. The article details a nine room design with sun parlor, ample bedrooms, running water, electric lights, and a practical layout to ease farm life while emphasizing emancipation of women and the home as a center of modern living.
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Farn
Language Diversity in English Roots and Influences
English stands as the most composite language, with about three quarters of common speech rooted in Anglo-Saxon origin while literature and commerce draw heavily on Latin, Greek, and especially French via Romance languages. Other notable contributions come from Scandinavian, Low German, Celtic, Hebrew, Persian, Arabic, Hindustani, Turkish, Malay, Chinese and various indigenous sources, mostly as product or cultural names.
Protective Measures and a Receipt Request
An exchange in the Boston Transcript shows Old SI Hawkins Kin asking for a receipt for a letter. The clerk says registration costs 10 cents and a receipt is issued. Old SI mentions not valuing the letter but wanting proof for his wife.
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SI Hawkins
Boston Transcript
Playing Fast and Loose in Language and Lore
The phrase play fast and loose denotes cheating conduct, once tied to a gypsy gambling game called pricking at the belt, noted in Shakespearean context. The original name entered common usage to describe those who say one thing and do another, reflecting flexible ethics.
Guessing in Politics and Human Nature
A humorous exchange contrasts political guesswork with human unpredictability. Senator Sorghum notes opinions vary, likening politics to a difficult game. He adds that predicting the human race is as hard as guessing a horse.
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Dube
Senator Sorghum
Reed Hughes’s Beard Helps Career Rise at Brown Univ
Iles E Hughes, later a national leader, grew whiskers to secure his first teaching post at a small eastern college. The Greek department head doubted him due to his youth and lack of facial hair, urging a clean shave. Hughes replied he would grow a beard and soon qualified, noting he has kept the whiskers since.
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Cha
Iles E. Hughes
Brown Uniiversity
Hughes
Columbus Dispatch
A Day of Rest Funny Quote From The New York Sun
A quirky exchange about Jackson avoiding taking his wife to the country on Sundays. The remark notes he finds it burdensome to bring home city goods and have his wife shop along country roads on Sundays.
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Abou Jackson
New York Sun
Basket of Red Cross Ball Blue advertised for housewives
A lighthearted insert from The American Legion Weekly mentions returning veterans and the satisfaction of a housewife admiring a basket of clean clothes with Red Cross Ball Blue laundry soap advertised at grocers for five cents. The piece blends nostalgia with wartime homefront commerce.
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Red Cross
Answering Style Refers to Silk Hosiery Spending
The quote suggests people prefer visible spending, with silk hosiery cited as a prime example of where money goes. It reflects attitudes about display and consumer choices in fashion.
Milky Way as a Stream of Silvery Fishes in Fables
The text contrasts men seeking money with those satisfied earning their keep and notes a Chinese and Japanese fable where the Milky Way is imagined as a river of silvery fishes.
Used In One Family For Twenty-Eight Years
Mrs CyartrEs Shanks of Jane Missouri recalls severe illness twenty eight years ago from measles to gynecological issues and bladder problems. She credits Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription with his improving health after three bottles and says the family has continued using them. A trial package offer from Dr Pierce’s Invalids Hotel in Buffalo is included.
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Jane, Mo
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
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