Normal Girls Dormitory bid notice at Fort Hays State Normal
Advertisement calls for bids to build a $50,000 girls dormitory south of the creek near the current district school, with labor plumbing and electrical work. Bids due 2 PM Wednesday June 28 at the State Manager in Topeka. Building planned with native stone and a new bridge and lighting from Coliseum, plus $26,000 cafeteria.
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Fort Hays State Normal School
Topeka
Coliseum
Lewin
Ocen
Hays
State Normal
Slx
Normel
Pararl
Sunda
Merc
Formethine
Pages of Names and Bananas in One Column Tale
The excerpt blends a Chauncey Depew reminiscence about four Johns and a Baltimore & Ohio history with a funeral telegram to John King and the executor, followed by a short note on bananas. The passage notes Johns Hopkins and inquiries about birth, then shifts to banana varieties and cultivation.
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Johns
Chauncey Depew
John King
Baltimore & Ohio
John J. Garrett
Johns Hopkins
Durrett
Hats and Husbands in a London Opinion Note
The London Opinion weighs what makes a good husband and notes that preferences vary. It compares choosing a husband to picking a hat, suggesting people may always envy the alternative once chosen. The piece references desirability and personal ideals in marital behavior.
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London
Ellis County Health Report May 1922 Examinations Complete
The Ellis County Health Department reports May 1922 school physical examinations completed in 59 of 62 schools with 5108 children checked. Of these 1910 or 61 percent were defective. Follow up visits, health talks, and infant hygiene work are planned, with state officials to attend a Strand Theatre display. Three diphtheria cases were quarantined. morbidity includes other notices and departmental statistics.
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Board County Commissioners
Notch
Cory
Victoria
Walker and
Antonina
Ellis County
Health Department
Department
Stage Board of Health
Strand Theatre
Haya
Ellison Tuysday
S. J. Crumbine
C. S Hufferan
the Health Department
Hays
Fort Hays Normal School
Ellis
Walker and Antonine
Unlabeled Chronology Codes Across Multiple Entries
A string of numbers No. 102 No. 104 No. 170 No. 159 No. 119 No. 169 No. 103 No. 151 followed by time stamps 12:06 A M 8:07 A M 11:25 A M 2:49 A M 11:59 A M 8:58 P M 1:10 P M appears as a fragmented record. The excerpt lists numeric identifiers with corresponding times without context or actions.
Jim’s a Busy Man at Pershing Heights Home
A letter to Alice describes Jim’s shift to home life on Pershing Heights. He levels ground plants blue grass and clover. trees and shrubs grow. children direct a garden. neighbors praise the house. An offer to sell at a profit is declined in favor of Bird Investment Company building a similar home.
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Alice
Pershing Heights
Jim
Bird Investment Company
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Hays Free Press
Board of Commissioners
City of
C. A. Harkness
Emily C. Johnson
State of
Kansans
County of Elis
Ss. I
Kansas
East Juniata
Enat Normal
Oak Street
Milner Street
Elm Street
Sixth Street
Crawford Avenue
West Fifth Street
Chestnut Street
Pine Street
West Sixth Street
Kunauz
Bord
A. Farkness
L.S
Emily G Johnson
Hayes Free Press
Sheridan Avenue
Fort Street
Finn Street
Board of Sinners of
Old City
Port Street
Claete
State of Kansas
Is. T
Public Utilities Commission
City Commission
S. Abtest, C. Johnson, Emily G
Kaness
Union Pacific
Iocal Freight
Focal Freight
A. W. Noble
Agt
Attorneys-at-Law
Citizens State Bank
Hays, Kansas
H. B. Neiswanger
Citizens State Bank Bldg
Joseph F. Dreising
S. Dreiling’sa
J. R. Betthauser, M. D
Geo. P. Hemm
DR. O. A. Hennerich
East Juniata Street
E. M. Berroth
Hays, Kans
Carl Leiker & Son
WM. Dorney
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