Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Meets in Hutchinson
The Kalshis of Pythias Kansas held their fortieth annual grand lodge convention in Leavenworth adjourning with Hutchinson chosen as next year’s meeting site and officers elected including W. W. Bowers as grand chancellor and R. L. Burrick as grand vice chancellor among others. Farmers to Hold Western Kansas Conference at Hays on June 7 and 8 1911 invites all interested to attend with free transport around the state experiment farm and potential rail reductions. A freak lightning strike near Holsington killed two horses but injured none of the passengers. Orchard experiments advancing under Hutchinson area control of blotch frost protection and sprays in cooperation with the state college. Knights of Columbus convention at Horton with 200 delegates and 300 visitors. officers elected and next year to be at Great Bend. Kansas Homeopaths elect officers at Wichita. County treasurers meet elect officers and appoint resolutions committee. Congregationalists elect officers at Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchequer
Fred L. Wilcox
Abilene
Armes
J. A. Knox
Garden City
Grand Inner Guard
Frederick Kastmer
Kansas City
Kan
Supreme Representatives
William A. Duval
Hutchinson
Frank L. Britton
Concordis
Western Kansas’ Conference
Hays
Holsington
Clem Humphrey
Iitte
Mr. Mills and
Slster
Milnois
Mississippi
Dot
Fannie Lowrey
Great Bend
Hlsington
Humphrey Farm
Humphrey Place
Halsington
Department of Horticulture
State Agricultural College
Knights of Columbus
The
Horton
W. J. Moriarty
St. Marys
T. J. Sweeney
Lawrence
J. H. Gels
Salina
D_ Hurley
Leavenworth
Jno
McKenna
Kingman
National Convention
Thos
Kinky
Beloit
J. Q. Ward
Great Head
Kansas County
A. O. Wheeler
Pinney County
Charles Spiker
Gove County
J. W. Soderstrom
Barton County
L. L. Marshall
Rooks County
T. P. McQueen
Homer Myers
Reng County
J. S. Craft
Edwards County
Horton Exultant Over Census Count in City Limits
Horton celebrates census figures showing 4 568 residents within city limits as city assessor EB H Keller cites names of every man, woman and child. Government census listed 3 060, while suburban workers and nearby households push total toward five thousand.
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Horton
EB. H. Keller
Sell Cement Plant at Auction in Carlyle
The Lumbermans Portland Cement company plant at Carlyle Allen County will be sold at public auction by Receiver G H Apt on June 15 at 10 am. The sale marks a key step in reorganization aimed at placing the plant on a profitable operating basis. A separate item notes efforts by John Nicholson Mayor C B Kirtland and W W Watson to advance a north south automobile highway across central Kansas with a Salina meeting to include Concordia Belleville Minneapolis McPherson Wichita Wellington and other towns.
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Lumbermans Portland Cement Company
Carlyle
Allen County
G. H. Apt
John ©. Nicholson
Newton
C. B. Kirtland
W. W. Watson
Salina
Kansas
Concordia
Belleville
Minneapolis
McPherson
Wichita
Wellington
County Attorney James Taylor Ill in Court Ruling
County Attorney James Taylor was stricken ill in the Arlen county courthouse at Tola and, due to his condition, the criminal docket was continued to the September term of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James 8. Taylor
Arlen County
Tola
Atchison Bay a Mlday Naval Appointments Report
David Williamson of Atchison has been appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis after schooling in Iowa. In Sedgwick county Mrs. Mary E. Sankey paid a record inheritance tax of 5685.54, equal to 1 percent of her late husband Judge R A Sankey’s estate. Curtis Olson, editor's son of the Solomon Tribue, 17, drowned in the Solomon River after falling from a bank into deep water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Bay
David Williamson
L. W. Scott
Atchison
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Iowa
Mary E. Sankey
R. A. Sankey
Sedgwick County
Curtis Olson
Solomon River
Coffeyville Glass Plant Destroyed By Fire
The premium Coffeyville glass plant long tied up in litigation and recently disposed of faced bankruptcy in Kansas City. It was totally destroyed by fire after attempts to reopen and suspected arson fires had been started.
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Coffeyville
Banking Trust Company of
Kansas City
No Lectures at Minneapolis This Season
Minneapolis will again lack a lecture course for the first time in ten years as the high school auditorium will be repurposed as a study room after a recent bond defeat halted plans for a new school building.
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Minneapolis
Plan Auto Endurance Run Sets New Route This June
Plan to reverse last year’s famed endurance run route will see numerous motor cars depart Pueblo at the end of June on a 22 1 2 mile schedule to Garden City spend the night and continue to Hutchinson The event revives a notable local motor voyage along the New Santa Fe Trail with a team oriented endurance focus and a multi city finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Trail
Pueblo
Garden City
Hutchinson
Death Sign That Defeats Justice in New York Courts
In New York courts witnesses froze at the sight of a death sign used by southern Italians and Sicilians to intimidate testimony. The gesture, a finger between the teeth, prompts silence and fear, as illustrated by cases in Justice Faucett and Justice O Sullivan. Police describe its deadly effectiveness, with witnesses turning white and refusing to testify, sometimes after threats or killings.
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New York
Justice Faucett
Justice O'Sullivan
William J. Flynn
Bureau of Detectives
New York City
Wen
Proon
Pakio
Ol Bumber
Italy
America
Thale
Sering
Rocence
Pietro Pampinelli
New York Sunday World
Arrows Used to Carry Fire in Manila Conflagrations
Manila police link incendiary fires to arrows bearing a matches box and ignited cloth. A recent arrow found at 241 Calle Singalong tied to a full box of matches confirms the arson method. The city reports an epidemic of arson with few arrests to date.
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Manila
Calle Singalong
Nature's Provision Mole Cricket Tie Game Forelegs
Insect and animal life are described with distinctive forelegs. The mole cricket shows a specialized shape with bends and claws akin to a hoveliike structure. The passage blends natural curiosity about anatomy and ecology.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonial
A testimonial from Mrs J P Endlich from Erie praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female ailments after using multiple bottles. The quote extols its effects on inflammation irregularities backache indigestion and nervous prostration and notes many testimonials stored at the Lynn Mass laboratory.
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Lydia Pinkham
Pia
J. P. Endlich
HK. F. D
Erie
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Pledge Policies for Loans From Life Insurance Firms
Many men borrow against their life policies, with Connecticut Mutual reporting that a quarter to a third of policy face value is loaned. Few loans are repaid, funds diverted to business and speculation, leaving borrowers with little protection for families when claims mature. The stance warns that borrowing diminishes policy protection and should not be done.
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Lfe Insurance Company
Connecticut Mutual
Coltier’s
Chinese Education Puzzle Remains Aimed At Wrong End
The article argues China has erred by starting at the top in education reform. It cites Ching establishing universities without proper student preparation and criticizes the lower rungs of the education system as poorly built, hindering progress for any student to advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chine
Ching
National Review
Shanghai
Indignant Diner Notices Button in Turkey Dish
A diner in Harper's Bazar reports finding a button in a serving of roast turkey. Walter confirms it is part of the meat dressing, prompting concern over preparation and safety.
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Walter
Harper's Bazar
Feed Your Brain and It Will Feed You Money and Fame
An excerpted testimonial praises Grape-Nuts for transforming health and work. A man recounts stomach and kidney issues from heavy meat meals, then credits Grape-Nuts with relief from heartburn and indigestion. He claims improved nerves and sharper thinking and recalls a prior Welbilt breakfast habit.
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Kansas Homeopaths
Homeopathic Medical Society of Kansas
U. L. Garlinghouse
Iola
3S. A. Gass
C. D. Armstrong
Secret
Miriam Swift
Topeka
HR. M. Troup
Bureau of Eye
J. 5. Watt
Pilan
Bureau of Materia Medica and Organic Law
Fred 8. Willams
Bureau of Surgery
Independence
William Ellidge
Charles M. Sheldon
Tobeka
Sidney Good
George A. Guild
Frank Saunders
Johnson County
Clarence T. Rice
Edith Rice
State University At
Tanner Springs
Missouri Pacific
City Commissioners of
Atchison Eagles
Order of Eagles
Maria Rappe
Stanislaus Pattenza
Guiseppe Longe
Michaele Rizzo
Diack
Rosins Martinese
Asistant
O'Sullivan
Reilly
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