Kansan News Briefs From Kansas Cities And People
A long local column notes C F Nissen of Crescent Produce of Newton visited Copenhagen Sweden and acquired family heirlooms including an 1682 German book with Halley’s Comet illustration. The Kansas Pharmaceutical association elected officers in Salina with plans for Topeka next year. A Kansas University Sanitation conference discussed septic tanks and waste purification. County Normal Institute in Plaza Ville had only about 60 attendees, raising fears of teacher shortages. Real estate values in Arkansas City rose to 3,584,535 due to new improvements. Wichita Interurban depot site bought for 40 000 by Arkansas Valley. Chase county farmer Harve Underwood’s wife died of apoplexy. Chanute celebrated lighting of its White Way on a 20 block stretch. Independence boys aged 12 and 5 injured by dynamite battery incident. Greeley county reports more dogs than hogs. Junction City shows large increases in personal property and real estate values. Dr J K Hart will leave Baker University for the University of Washington. White ants threaten Smith Center trees and buildings. a plan to treat is under discussion. Early University of Kansas relics arrived including John Fraser’s notes. enrollment rose from 122 to 272 during his tenure. Hog numbers show a 7 102 drop in 12 months in Smith county. Anti-Horsethief banquet in Salina with Prof P W Blackmar speaking. Baldwin okayed sewer project contracts following prior bond approval.
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Nissom
Henry Allen’s Son Dead In Wichita Diabetes Death
Henry J Allen Jr aged eight from Wichita died after a two month struggle with acute diabetes. He had been brought home from Excelsior Springs Missouri shortly before death. The report notes the illness resisted treatment and he grew weaker until passing away.
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Henry Allen
Tustin
Henry J. Allen
Wichita
Excelsior Springs
Nelson and Cannon spar in House office visit
Lightweight champion Peter Nelson and "Uncle Joe" Cannon sparred a round in the speaker's private office after opposing a bill to ban moving picture prize fight exhibitions and print details of pugilistic bouts. The pair traded banter about boxing and politics as Cannon offered Nelson a cigar he refused.
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Eene Nelson
Joe" Cannon
Nelson
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Walter J. Smith
Iowa
Wagner
Pennsylvania
Neilson
Joe
Wauon
Mr. Cannon
Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien
Cannon
Uncle Joe
Capitol
Third Class Fiddler Tale In Kansas Humor
A humorous Kansas-origin anecdote features a fiddler who proudly proclaims he is “darned high in the third class.” Walter Isvans of the Kansas City Star reflects on Kansas politics and a four-brother tale about wheat, mud houses, a mining exile, and a fiddler who earned a dollar and a half per night while dancing.
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Washington
Walter Isvans
Kansas City Star
Kansas
Union
Esch
Mexico
Longworth Disapproves of Imitations in Hearings
Representative Longworth, chairman when Olcott is absent, rebukes witness James L. Uhl for mocking foreign agents in a testimony on the Merchant Marine League of Cleveland. Longworth jokes about his own imitation habit as the House scene shifts and the Capitol glows.
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Longworth
Merchant Marine League of
Cleveland
Foreign Shipping Trust
Olcott
James L. Uhl
New York
Uhl
Human in Glass Cage Tests Foods for Energy Output
A glass airtight chamber houses the subject with a pipe system carrying cold water. As the body digests a single food, water heats and is recorded to determine which foods yield more energy in the human body. The experiment compares roast beef cabbage beans and potatoes among others.
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Secord
Department of Agricul
Life of a Sea Diver Ends? 71 Year Old Captain Still Undersea
Capt John Stone of Boston, age 71, is described as the dean and possibly oldest active diver in New England and the maritime provinces. His career spans wreck salvage and body recovery from the Atlantic from Labrador to South Carolina, with paralyzing close calls including a 1884 Moravian wreck incident where his air hose failed and he nearly perished beneath 20 feet of water.
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Doston
John Stone
Boston
New England
Maritime Provinces
United States
Captain Stone
Labrador
South Carolina
Atlantic
Cape Sambro
Halifax Harbor
Sity
Mud Island
Bay of Fundy
Yarmouth
N. S
Stone
Stops
Robber in the cellar a gas meter joke at hall
An odd concert hall exchange references a supposed robber in the cellar. One man jokes the only robber is the gas meter while the other praises a singer’s courage, amid a dim corridor scene.
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Qman
Ladies' Home Journal
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