Hays the Coming City Park Plan Promotes Growth and Pride
The editorial urges Hays to adopt a park system funded by bonds, arguing it will attract wealth, boost housing, and elevate the city’s status. It highlights Sheridan Coliseum, Fort Hays Normal College, St. Anthony’s Hospital, and local avenues as evidence of Western Kansas progress, naming potential park sites on Chestnut and Fort streets with a call to action for residents and business leaders.
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Arenes
Hays
Kansas
Normal
Juniata
Sheridan Coliseum
St. Anthony's Hospital
Mississippi River
Fort Hays
At & Oe
Sys Eeees
Free Press
Chestnut St
Fort St
Fourth St
Fifth St
Chestnut Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Holcomb Consolidated School noted for district growth and film
The Holcomb Consolidated School in Finney County, Kansas, expanded from seven one room rural schools into a single district covering 124 percent of a square mile. It operates with fifteen teachers, 475 pupils, and ten school buses funded by a ten mill levy. A film by Fort Hays Kansas Normal School highlights the contrast between modern consolidation and traditional one room schools, praising community benefits and moral development while noting costs. Attorney J A Stanley of Stanley & Stanley, Kansas City, visited after traveling from Colorado, remarking on the San Luis Valley’s crops and drainage needs.
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Holcomb Consolidated School
Finney County
Kansas
Fort Hays Kansas Normal School
Port Hays Kansas Normal School
J. A. Stanley
Stanley & Stanley
Kansas City
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Stanley
Lincoln County
Geo. D. Abel
Chorce
Farry Tall Story Reading From a Rough Home Ride
A Revere resident on his way home was halted at a gang plank when a sizable roll of bills was dropped. He muttered a vague sum and attempted to pick up the money but faced confusion and delay during the incident.
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Farry
Revere
Sternheim Delivers Twenty One Lectures At Fort Hays Normal
Dr Emanuel Sternheim a noted lecturer and publicist spoke to the Summer School at Fort Hays Kansas Normal School delivering twenty one lectures over three days. He has long been active in social settlement work in London and in the United States and now serves the New York State Board of Education and Minneapolis on an Americanization campaign.
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Emanuel Sternheim
Sternheim
London
America
Cleveland
Ohio
Sioux City
Iowa
State Board of Education
New York
Normal School
W. 8. Heusner
Salina
L. W. Mayberry
Wichita
Ale. Winship
Journal of Education
J. J. McBrien
Washington, D. C
D. W. Kurtz
McPherson College
E. J. Kulp
Topeka
Oratorio at Presbyterian Church Praised by Reviewers
A Sabbath performance of the oratorio The Prodigal Son at the Presbyterian church drew praise for the double quartet and soloists. Reporters noted the faithful attendance, the kindness of Prof Rankin and Mr Chittenden, and the choir’s fresh voices. The piece elicited strong audience approval as the program unfolded with choruses and dramatic sections. The Interstate Commerce Commission is examining Kansas car shortage and wheat crop handling, with E R Robbins and S J Mayhood visiting Topeka and Kansas City to seek relief.
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Rankin
Chittenden
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
The
Kansas City Star
E. R. Robbins
Department of Operations
S. J. Mayhood
Car Service Department
Topeka
Kansas City
Car Age and Shipping Department
Lieut Middlekauff Resting in Mount Allen Cemetery
The body of Lieut. Casper J. Middlekauf, a Hays native and John Hopkins trained physician who served in the Medical Officers Training Camp and overseas in 1918, was laid to rest at Mount Allen Cemetery. The ceremony included an American Legion escort, Knights Templar honor, and prayers by Rev. C. F. Wiest, with many veteran peers in attendance.
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Casper J. Middlekauf
Mount Allen
Hays
Hays High School
K. U
John Hopkins University
Medical Officers Training Camp
American Legion
Knights Templar
C. F. Wiest
Eutheran Church
Sam
Kansas
America
Summer Session at Hays Closes This Week
Fort Hays Kansas Normal School ends its summer session with 303 students. The school, a member of the North Central Association, offers credits accepted by graduate schools. The institution expects the largest regular enrollment next fall. A C of C vote rejected renaming Hays to Fort Hays two to one with twenty six against.
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Fort Hays Kansas Normal School
North Central Association of Colleges and Universities
Fort Hays Normal School
The Radiomicrometer in No Danger Punch Line
A fragment notes a device the radiomicrometer will respond if nearby. The excerpt comments that in current society there is little fear of such a connection. Associated with Lom on Punch.
Knights of Columbus Picnic Plans At Hays Fair Grounds
The Knights of Columbus note brother Alex D Werth recovering in hospital and urge members to visit. A big picnic is planned for Monday August 1 at the Hays fair grounds with baseball wrestling band dancing and other amusements. The Golden Belt Fair Association has granted grounds use. The picnic committee meets July 28 at 8 p.m. at the club rooms and seeks suggestions. A special meeting July 11 invites new member applications and ballots on prior ones. The K of C ball team will play Zurich on Sunday July 31 at Hays.
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Alex D. Werth
Hays
The
Golden Belt Fair Association
Piconic Committee
K. of C
Zurich
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Story OF Holcomb
OUR Normal College
Prep Press
Boston
France
Congress
Doylestown
Intelligencer
Bengoes
Strieee
Gsi
Ae Grab
Ob Oon
Fuw
Court House
Hays College
M. A. Bassall
R. A. Letker
G.C. Uprein
Father William
Atlantic
Gulf Porte
New Orleans
Galveston
Chicago
Hays and
Plainvillé
Sabine
G. A. Baldwin
A. L. Carlton
Kansas Normal School
C. of C
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