Kansans pause road work as constitution vote nears
Counties delay contracts awaiting the Kansas constitutional amendments on the road system. Only four new projects were announced by the highway commission, with 147 miles of work and 33 bridges advertised to be let by September 25. In Kansas City, Standard Oil withdraws its protest to the 2 cent gas tax, citing highway improvements as the aim.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Kansas City
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
J. W. Wilson
Warrants Issued for Carl Peterson Forgery Misappropriation
Topeka reports warrants issued for Carl Peterson former state bank commissioner and Democrat charging forgery and misappropriation of funds from the American Building and Loan Association. Peterson was secretary when the association failed in 1927. Three complaints signed by S L Courtney ex president.
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Topeka
Carl Peterson
State Bank
American Building and Loan Association
Peterson
S. L. Courtney
Association
Pastor C. D. Hestwood Dies at 64 in Stafford Church
The Rev. C. D. Hestwood, 64, pastor of the Stafford Methodist church, died in a Hutchinson hospital after a long tenure in the Southwest Kansas district. Ordained 39 years ago with his brother A. D. Hestwood of Wichita also entering the ministry, he served continuously in the district. Survived by his widow and three children.
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Hutchinson
C. D. Hestwood
Stafford
A. D.hestwood
Wichita
Reno county wheat king crowned for top yield
F E Tonn of Haven produced 40.2 bushels per acre to win Reno county title and earn a state contest berth. Tonn reported exceptionally high quality grain testing 61.5 pounds per bushel, as stated by Kansas State Agriculture college authorities.
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Hutchinson
F. E. Tonn
Haven
Reno
Kansas State Agriculture College
Tonn
Wheat seed treatment advised to prevent smut spread
Topeka reports an inspection of several hundred bins of Kansas wheat shows light contamination by smut spores. If planted and germinates in cool moist soil, infection risk rises. Proper seed treatment with copper carbonate kills spores and yields smut free crop.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal buildings site chosen in Topeka
The post office department announced a site in Topeka for a new federal building and said additional land next to the current structure will be bought. Also notices report the deaths of C W Fay in Olathe and Civil War veteran Amos Day near Cherryvale, plus fatal and nonfatal car accidents in Oswego and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Topeka
Study Old Bones as Crew to Man
Smithsonian anthropologist Neil Judd and colleagues head to Folsom New Mexico to study stone arrow points and extinct bison bones from a prehistoric buffalo hunt. Excavations by the Colorado Museum and American Museum of Natural History may push back human presence in America to 25 000 years or more. Dr Oliver P Hay of the Smithsonian analyzes bones of flat horned extinct bison found at Folsom.
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Washington
Folsom
N. M
America
Smithsonian Institution
Neil Judd
Smithsonian
Colorado Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
Oliver P. Hay
Doctor Hay
Expedition Seeks Pygmy Bears in Eastern Oregon
A University of Washington led expedition has departed from Walla Walla to Eastern Oregon to obtain living specimens of a 40 pound pygmy bear called the sandlapper. The dwarf grizzly, believed to be a remnant of the sun bear, has been seen in Seven Devils country and several specimens were killed in the last decade. A pair alive could fetch several thousand dollars.
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Walla Walla
Wash
Oregon
University of Washington
Seven Devils Country
Inland Seas in Sahara Considered by France
Paris reports France seriously considers inland seas in the Sahara to alter climate and raise rainfall. A project by Dwight Braman proposes three canals from the Mediterranean at Gabes to dry lake beds, flooding about 10 000 square miles and creating a 250 mile water route through Tunis into Algeria.
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Paris
France
Sahara
Africa
Dwight Braman
New York
Mediterranean Sea
Gabes
Shorts
Tunis
Algeria
Old Ideas Must Go In Neosho Landmark Protest
In Neosho Missouri a masked group uprooted concrete posts and cut iron chains from the courthouse square hitching rack as they moved to remove old fashioned practices they deem outdated.
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Neosho
Time to Quit Kansas City Rodeo Goes Bust
Police abandon chase of seven steers as one animal plants hooves on a patrol car running board and nostrils the officers with loud bovine advances in Kansas City streets.
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Kansas City
Exiled Halide Edib to Speak on Bootlegging and Polygamy
Halide Edib, a feminist writer exiled from Turkey, visits to discuss bootlegging in New York and the issue of polygamy. Her remarks frame these topics as part of broader social debates.
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New York
Turkey
Halide Edibe Hanum
Venice Opens Museum to Honor Marco Polo
Venice unveils an oriental museum named for Marco Polo displaying armor, swords, porcelain, screens, tapestries and paintings. The collection, life work of the late Conte di Barda, swept up as Austrian reparations after World War I, attracts students worldwide.
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Venice
Marco ‘Polo
Conte di Barda
Duke of Parma
New Chamber Design Improves High Compression Without Detonation
Automotive engineers reveal a cooperative effort with a large corporation to solve detonation by a new combustion chamber. The chamber features a step-like roof profile and curved chamber walls to create progressive pressure rise and higher usable power without roughness.
Automobile Items and Human Nature Jokes
A humorous roundup notes that cars expose the difference between a fifth wheel and a spare. It jokes about dirty finishes and nap prone drivers. A Massachusetts man was arrested for driving 11 years without a license as a quip about impatience lands in this rural humor column.
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Massachusetts
Shift Wornout Tires to Front Wheels of Auto
It is best to keep worn tires on rear wheels to avoid loss of control at high speed. Front tire failures are more dangerous and can cause a serious skid. Replace tread worn tires promptly and use them only as spares for brief replacements.
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Hut
Useful Carrying Case for Gasoline Lanterns
A gasoline lantern is a valuable addition to a motor camper's gear but frequent mantle breakage from vehicle vibration deters use. A No 22 or No 24 gauge piano wire coil spring under the dome nut and carrying the lantern inverted in a suitable container prevent breakage. The original carton can serve as a temporary case until a proper carrier is made.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Perfect Alignment for Front Wheels
A test for wheel alignment uses a car driven over wet pavement at moderate speed to reveal skidding or swerving with a straight steering wheel. Alignment can worsen with worn bushings or steering connections, so check with precise devices after rough road tests, ensuring no brake dragging.
Velvet Sets Made for Autumn Gowns
A New York Times fashion note surveys the 1928 autumn velvet revival. Plain and printed velvets with lacquered finishes appear in day and evening gowns, wraps, and hats. Rich color ranges include blues greens rust beaver brown and gold with metallic facings and geometric or Renaissance inspired prints.
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Couturiers
New York Times
Havana
Redfern
Worth
Paris Couturiers
Paris
Malaga
Georgette
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G. H. Brewer
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