Kansas Girls Learn to Cook in Home Economics Clubs
One hundred thirty clubs with 2 260 girls aged 10 to 20 are organized across Kansas by the Kansas State Agricultural College extension department. Lessons are mailed weekly and clubs meet at homes or available rooms with minimal equipment. Each member receives printed lessons, recipes and pamphlets. there are twenty lessons per course to teach cooking and sewing for girls without access to domestic science schools.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas Agricultural College
Kansas
Extension Department
the Agricultural College
Hitchcock to Seek Postal Changes in Congress
Postmaster General Frank H Hitchcock returned from New York and stated he will ask Congress this winter to establish a parcels post service on rural routes and to enact increases in second class mail rates. He also proposed radical changes in railway payment for mail transport.
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Washington, D. C
Frank H. Hitchcock
New York
Washington
Hitchcock
Congress
Ballast and Rails Upgraded on Lexington Missouri Branch
Missouri Pacific crews place rock ballast from Higginsville toward Lexington with heavy steel rails. Line is solid where ballast and rails have been laid, and officials plan to finish repairs along the entire branch to improve traffic. Last year the Lexington branch suffered poor roadbed and service rivaling the Central branch in Kansas.
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Higginsville
Lexington
Missouri Pacific
Central Branch
Kansas
Prison May Check Wrecks On Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission urges drastic action after a string of fatal railroad accidents. Judge Clements, chairman, says imprisoning executives in passenger service may deter carelessness and improve safety following the Lehigh Valley disaster at Manchester Pennsylvania.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lehigh Valley
Manchester
Clements
Atwood Lands in New York After Record Flight
American aviator Harry N. Atwood ended a record aero plane voyage by landing at Governor's Island New York after flying from Nyack thirty miles in forty five minutes. The 1265 mile trek completed in twelve days marks the first time a man has traveled such a distance in a heavier than air machine.
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Atwood
New York
Harry N. Atwood
St. Louis
Governor's Island
Nyack
Bricklayer Dies After Fall From Rialto Building
Kansas City Missouri E Goin of Leavenworth died instantly after plunging from a top floor of the unfinished Rialto building at Ninth street and Grand avenue. Police and investigators noted Goin was not listed as a worker on the project.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Rialto
Ninth Street
Grand Avenue
E. Goin
Leavenworth
Goin
Better Roads for Shawnee County Discussed
Topeka and Shawnee County residents show strong interest in road improvements. Thirty township road overseers and trustees met at the court house to discuss good roads. Tax levies for the campaign have been set by the townships to fund the effort.
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Topeka
Kan
Shawnee County
Court House
Seeing Things by Day The Boy With Wild Imagination
A discussion of how a child from age four or five uses intense imagination alongside sharp senses. It describes the growth from passive daydreaming to active imagination shaping reason, memory, and future plans. Examples include inventors and historical figures, with warnings about unrestrained fantasy leading to falsehood.
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Hll
Imitation and imagination shape a restless boy
The piece argues that a boy’s powers of imitation and imagination drive growth. Early imitation is automatic, then deliberate, forming habits and ambitions. It cites examples from a Boston reception room, a newsboy, and Roosevelt’s Rough Riders to show how admired figures influence development and identity.
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Ransom
Ellen Stone
Jack Walker
Racine
Rally
Jack Abernethy
United States
Oklahoma
New York
Roosevelt
Africa
Teddy
Farewell Banquet for Admiral Togo in Seattle
One hundred businessmen hosted a farewell banquet in Seattle in honor of Admiral Count Heihachiro Togo. He thanked Americans for their courtesy and goodwill as Japan's representative, joined by Japanese and honorary guests including Commander Hiraga, Consul General Kambara, Consul Yada, and a California Oregon Japanese association representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Washington
Heihachiro Togo
Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club
Togo
Japan
Hiraga
Ka‘amara
Ottawa
Ontario
Yada
Vancouver
British Columbia
Japanese Association of
California
Oregon
Victoria to Dedicate Large Catholic Church in 80 000 Outlay
The new Catholic church in Victoria Kansas, one of the state’s largest, will be dedicated with Bishop John I Cunningham of Concordia presiding and many diocesan priests assisting. The building cost is about 80 000, though much material was donated as native stone from local farms. Victoria, a 200 resident village, lies in a Russian settlement area.
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Victoria
Kansas
John I. Cunningham
Concordia
Motor race ends in tragedy at Elgin 305 mile race
Len Zengel won the Elgin 305 mile road race with Harry Grant and Hughes second and third. Chicago racer David Buck died after a tire failure caused a crash on the back stretch. Sam Jacobs, the mechanic, was killed. Buck and Buck died in hospital. A later accident injured about 30 spectators as grandstands partly collapsed.
Chinese Warship Hai Chi Visits Plymouth on World Voyage
The Chinese protected cruiser Hai Chi arrives in Plymouth England with 600 tons of coal before sailing to New York for a voyage around the world. It ranks among second class protected cruisers and is described as the queen of Celestial fighting ships. It will fly the dragon flag in New York harbor and be the first Chinese naval vessel to visit American ports.
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Plymouth
England
China
Hai Chi
New York
Plans for Mississippi hydroplane flight set for September
After Atwood's record, St. Louis plans a hydroplane flight along the Mississippi to exceed the world mark. Two routes are proposed, from St. Paul to Vicksburg covering 1,411 miles and from Dubuque to New Orleans spanning 1,555 miles.
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Atwood
St. Louis
Harry
St. Paul
Vicksburg
Miss
Dubuque
New Orleans
Seven Killed in Storm Hits Charleston and Surroundings
Seven persons died and many injured as a storm battered Charleston via Summerville, causing property damage estimated at more than $1,000,000 and isolating the city from the outside world.
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Charleston
S. C
Summerville
8. C
Aviator Rodgers Lifts Mrs Roller to 2700 Feet
Chicago flyer C P Rodgers took Mrs B F Roller, wife of a wrestler, aloft in a bi plane reaching 2700 feet. He also gave his mother a flight, adding a personal ascent to the day's demonstration.
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Chicago
Illinois
C. P. Rodgers
B. F. Roller
Rodgers
Munyon's Health Claims Draw Philadelphia Crowds
The Munyon health program at 63d and Jefferson Streets draws crowds and mail inquiries. His doctors give free medical advice with no cures guaranteed, while sales occur only when physicians prescribe remedies at retail prices. A Philadelphia follower cites rapid relief from rheumatism after Munyon's Uric Acid Course.
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James M. Munyon
Health Authority
Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia
Munyon
Corps of Expert
Jefferson Sts
To Cheer Her Up
An old Scotswoman travels far to visit a sick friend only to find the patient improved. The scene captures the anxious greeting as the visitor learns the sufferer is now quite well and responds with cheerful relief. The exchange highlights friendly concern and local speech.
Strained Relations Highlight Cigar Prices and Pensions
A short comic note contrasts cheap cigars at ten cents with better hoses and “Single Binder” five cent cigars. The quip frames a man needing a strong pull to match a dull razor and references strained relations and pocketbooks among acquaintances.
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Wrights
Curtiss
Hamilton
Tommy
Moses
Mr. Ferris
von Moltke
France
Gluskap
Elgin
Ill
TALK
Lewis
Hostetter
Woxas Thompson
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