A Few Facts by M H J on Slavery in America and Local Life
A critique links historic bondage to modern social order in America noting limits on freedom in business and conscience. It laments mob influence over coal workers and praise secular and religious power, then shifts to local notes: university recitals at the Coliseum, Gulf theater interest in Hays, golf club anecdotes, and a diocesan fundraising report praising donors, workers, and newspapers for Ellis County and Northwest Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dom Paul
Africa
Free America
America
Kansas
Alexander Howat
One Third of a Million Gospel Drive Surpassed in Ellis County
Ellis County and Hays Catholic College campaign reports show a total of 332000 raised toward a one million dollar fund. Bishop Tief confirms imminent ground breaking for the first college unit with site to be announced soon. Local praise calls the effort a historic community achievement and a sign of continuing growth. The notice also covers a dance at the A O U W Hall with Wang Wang Five and a Sunday baptism by Reverend Glenn Baldwin, noting sixty attendees so far.
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Francis J. Tief
Concordia
Julius
Kansas
Ellis County
Els
Hays
G. Cochran
Amyl Siipht
Tief
Kans
C. G. Cochran
Haya Catholic College
Frond-Raisipur
Ells County
Farmers Must Be Made Permanent and Progressive
Arthur Capper argues for a national conference in Washington on January 23 to unite business and agriculture. He cites 1921 to 1939 farm value losses, calls for lower freight rates, cooperative marketing, farm credit reform, public warehouses, and protection from cheap imports to stabilize American agriculture and foster national prosperity. He appeals for prompt action and warns against pharisaical opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
Washington
Times
New York
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
United States
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
War Finance Corporation
Arthur Capper
Washington, D. C
Be Pleasant To The Stranger A Sunny Town Policy
A note urges residents to be kind to newcomers and keep town chatter positive. Practicing courtesy is framed as a smart investment in communities and neighborhoods. The piece promotes using honesty and cheerful attitudes, suggesting the Sunshine route as a model. It ends with a teaser for seeing The Old Nest at the Strand starting February 5th for three nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert Hughes
the Strand
Fun
Big Creek
Sheridan Coliseum
Golden Belt Railroad hearing inches toward approval in Hays
State Board of Utilities held a hearing in the K of C Hall on granting a permit for a Great Bend northwest line. Farmers, railroad men, and officials testified to need and economic benefits, citing elevators, grain and dairy shipping, and potential growth for Ellis and Barton counties.
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State Board of Utilities
Reed, Russell
Greenleaf
Conway
Grice
Golden Belt Railroad
Great Bend
K. of C. Hall
Freese
Cochran
O'Loughlin
Palmer
Moses
Lischesky
Barton County
Hays
Ellis
Barton Counties
Gulf
Galveston
New Orleans
Memphis
Hutchinson
Wichit
Mr. Burnham
Pfeifer
Phillips County
Nebraska
Munjor
Loretta
Gosser
Buckeye
Replogle
America
Topeka
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Interstate Comm
LaCrosse
Utility Board
Russell
Wa Keeney
Kansas State Normal School
Dodge City
Kan
Kansas Day program at Fort Hays Normal Club
Saturday Afternoon Club satirical Kansas Day program features Mrs. A B Stewart poems praising the state and immigration, with anti alien remarks and Puritan notions. The verses mock foreign radicals and celebrate Kansas identity amid icy weather and renewed allegiance to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hays Normal
A. B. Stewart
Mikrule
Anarchy
Slater State
St. Peter's
Kate
Meuven
Order Trees Now for Spring Planting in Western Kansas
urged planning of tree and shrub varieties and numbers for spring planting. groves will supply fence posts and rough timber, with lumber prices rising due to limited replacement planting. fort hays experiment station offers low cost trees. 1922 nursery catalogue available by mail. also notes a Knights Templar conclave on friday jan 27 1922 at 1 30 pm for red cross and temple degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Fort Hays
Hays
Aleppa Commandery No
Knights Templar
Order of the Red Cross
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Maynard
Coliseum
Lewis
Experiment Station
George Brophy
U. P
Brophy
the College
A. O. U. W. Hall
Wang-Wang
Glenn Baldwin
Wall Street
Dawson
Moses and
Prantbillog
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