Hot Weather Slashes Kansas Corn Condition
The state crop report shows a 23 point drop in the growing corn condition over the past month due to heat and drought. Kansas may yield about 100 million bushels this year, above last year and the ten year average, with 5 acres planted across the state. PL D. Coburn, longtime agriculture secretary, is critically ill at his Topeka home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Marshall Pawnee
Oklahoma
PL D. Coburn
Agricultural Board
Multiple Murders and Disasters Reported in Local News T:
Le Roy Damron a deputy marshal is slain by two bandits during a bank robbery attempt at Farmers State Bank Bonner Springs. Archalo Powell 14 is killed when kicked by a horse en route home from Shawnee Heights Golf Club. Philip Hildebrand 4 drowns while wading near the Kansas River bridge. Otto Guelly 9 is rescued after divers. Dave H. Tatum 40 is killed when a Santa Fe train hits his cement silo motor car near Kingsley. P C White 37 is a farmer near Hutchinson. Ed Lyon loses an eye from a gunshot in a separate case. A murder in Reno County awaits hearing September 1. Kansas State Teachers Association members may obtain reduced round trip tickets for district conventions October 19-21.
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le Roy Damron
Bonner Springs
Farmers State Bank
Damron
P. C. White
Charles B. Fuller
Ed Lyon
Jost
Reno
Kansas State Teachers’ Association
Hays
Hutchinson
Topeka
Pittsburg
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Frank L. Pinet
Topeka Robbery Targets Contractors Payroll
Two motor car bandits entered the Ritchey & Ramsey offices in Topeka and held up Clarence Ritchey before escaping with $3000, the weekly payroll of the firm.
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Ritchey
Topeka Considers Mirrors at Dangerous Corners
City commissioners study placing mirrors to help drivers on intersecting streets spot oncoming traffic. In Emporia heat claimed its first victim this summer with death of Maud Roles, San Antonio operator at Lang station, who died in an Emporia hospital after being overcome by heat last week.
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Topeka
Emporia
Maud Roles
Lang Station
Opening of concrete road links Lawrence and Topeka
Residents from Lawrence and Topeka gathered at a picnic east of Big Springs to celebrate the new concrete highway extending 28 miles between the cities. The road halves travel time, improves connections from Tonganoxie to St Marys, and brings civic leaders, farmers, Boy Scouts, and officials together for the event. Two fatalities and legal notices south of the event are reported alongside other local items.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Big
Big Springs
Tonganoxile
Tonganoxie
St. Marys
Kansas City
St. Marya
Chambers of Commerce
Frank Kirkpatrick
Herbert J. Corwine
W. C. Simons
Lawrence Journal World
Santa Fe workers cast doubt on reversal of strike
A. G. Wells announced in Topeka that conditions on the Santa Fe have improved enough to make it impossible to regain all striking employees. The statement positions management as confident in retaining labor on better terms.
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Santa Fe
Topeka
A. G. Wells
Train messenger falls from moving train near Otego
Don F Marshall of Kansas City express messenger on Rock and No 25 fell from the train near Otego and lay unconscious until an eastbound train picked him up. He was dangerously injured. A loan of 2 500 000 has been granted to the Kansas Wheat Growers Association by the war finance corporation to advance funds for participating in the association's cooperative marketing plan.
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Don F. Marshall
Kansas City
Rock
Otego
Kansas, Wheat Growers’. Association
War Finance Corporation
Washington
Ass N
Fireman dies after fall from river diving platform
Leo J. Clark of Herington, a Rock Island fireman, is dead at Wellington from concussion of the brain. Clark's skull was fractured when he fell fifteen feet to a diving platform from a cable stretched across the Chikasla River at Drury.
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Leo J. Clark
Herington
Rock Island
Wellington
Clark
Chikasla
Drury
Wellington man named Lawrence Chamber secretary
C L Scott of Wellington is appointed secretary of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce to succeed H B Sparks who resigned June 1. Scott will begin work between September 1 and 165.
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C. L Scott
Wellington
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Sparks
Topeka Leader Josiah H. Jordan Dies at 65
Josiah H. Jordan died at his Topeka home at age 65. He served as county superintendent of public instruction.
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Josiah H. Jordan
Dier
Topeka
Mr. Jordan
Lightning strikes during public sale near Newton killing girl
Wilma Blosser, 15, is dead and seven others injured when lightning hit a tree sheltering a small public sale twelve miles northwest of Newton. Dr Elinore G Whitmore 56 supreme receiver for the Royal Neighbors of America and former supreme captain dies at her Topeka home, daughter of W A Gibson of Denver.
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Wilma Blosser
Newton
Elinore G. Whitmore
Royal Neighbors of
America
Topeka
W. A.,gibson
Denver
Not understood cries in the kitchen of loneliness
A fragmentary poem laments ache and sympathy as many hearts break and noble spirits pass away without understanding. The lines question how many suffer in quiet, cheerless rooms, seeking recognition in a cold world.
Summer Apple Dishes And Delightful Fruit Preparations
A guide lists summer apple dishes and related fruit desserts. Recipes include Cream Apple Sauce Pie Dumplings and Apples cooked with onions. Instructions cover grape pie using pulp and seeds, Ice packing with macaroons and raisins, and cheese balls with celery. Also includes Grape and Almond Salad and Malay Chutney with quinces and onion.
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Alexandria
Originality and Sincerity in Belief
A concise aphorism attributed to Carlyle on how merit lies in inner sincerity. It states that a believing person acts from own conviction rather than from another, defining originality as personal authenticity.
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Carlyle
Unusual Dishes and Fruit Preserves For Home Cooks
Fat weather dulls appetites for meats. try stuffed cucumbers with breadcrumbs nuts egg onion and spices then brown and bake. Learn canning wild fruit in sterilized jars with hot syrup and drying berries in sun for storage and flavor. Georgia peach pickling methods use syrup or sugar pack and cold storage for peach preserves.
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Georgia
Pride in Schools Across Canada West Aims High
The article argues Western Canada’s schools reflect new prosperity yet hold old values. It describes central rural schools replacing many small ones, with transport by motor cars and bikes, and curricula including sciences, languages, and agricultural studies. It notes practical thrift training and a path from primary to arts or science degrees.
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Canada
Hudson Bay
Canadian
Western
Edgeworth Tobacco Advertising Offers Free Samples
A Raleigh era advertisement explores why women favor pipe smokers and how Edgeworth tobacco appeals to both women and men. It invites pipe smokers to request free Ready Rubbed and Plug Slice samples by mail, and offers retailers a prepaid shipment option from Larus & Brother Company in Richmond Virginia.
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Edgeworth
Larus & Brother Company
South 21St Street
Richmond
Lars & Brother Company
Care for Young Girls and Women Warned by Mothers
Advice urges mothers to guide girls from age twelve through puberty to prevent long term health harm. It cites dangers from cold feet heavy lifting and overwork, and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with testimonials from Mrs Katheryn Lynd Milwaukee Mrs E Kluczny Milwaukee and Gloria Ramirez Tampa. Free medical book offered by Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Mrs. Lynd
Lydia E. Pinkham
Milwaukee
Wis
Mra.e. Kluczny
20Th Ave
Tiends
Gloria Ramirez
1116Th Ave
Tampa
Florida
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Archalo Powell
F. B. Powell
Craig
Shawnee Heights Golf Club
Philip Hildebrand
Kansas River
Otto Guelly
Dave H. “Tatum
Hesston
Kas
Kingsley
Wleb-Deveney
Santa Fé
Deveney
Baby
C. E. Troester
Parsons
Joe McCannon
Mankato
Concordia
Katheryn Lynd
Gladys Ave
Chicago, NL
Scandia
Harry Hohman
Nordman
Adolph Nelson
Lebanon
G. W. Nimocks, W. M
A. R. Morey
Sec’y
Ralph Cooper
V. C
Peter Smith
Smith
Jones
Johnson
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