Fight Army Worms Experts Offer Simple Control Methods
Kansas State Agricultural College entomology professor George A. Dean outlines quick actions to curb army worm damage. Deploy a dust furrow barrier, use postholes for worm collection to kill with kerosene, and spray vegetation with arsenical mixes or Paris green lime. Apply along field edges when worms threaten corn or alfalfa.
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George A. Dean
Kansas State Agricultural Cullege
Dean
Paris Green
Paris
Widow Arrested At Grave In Murder Case In 1912
Mrs Grace Patton of Wellington traveled to Wichita to place a wreath on her murdered husband’s grave and was arrested on the spot. Patton, a grocer, was shot December 10, 1912, with police noting a revolver with an empty cartridge near the bed and the bullet could not have been fired by the wife.
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Grace E. Patton
Wellington
Wichita
Patton
Burelers
MEW KANSAS G A R OFFICERS AT TOPEKA ENCAMPMENT
The Grand Army encampment at Topeka elected officers including Department commander Ira D. Brougher of Great Bend and senior vice commander Albert C. Pierce Junc ten City, junior vice commander Thomas M. James of North Topeka, chaplain Rev. James H. Galadier of Baldwin. Ladies of the G A R named President Mrs. M M McElroy Humboldt and appointed officers and delegates to the national encampment in Detroit with Mrs. McElroy also selecting several appointments.
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Grand Army
Topeka
Ira D. Brougher
Great Bend
Albert C. Pierce
Juncten City
Thomas M. James
North Topeka
James H. Galadier
Baldwin
Ladies of the
M. M. McElroy
Humboldt
Lacey Milligan
Inez Chalmers
Ottawa
Lawrence Stoker
Wichita
Alice Creux
Beloit
Addie E. Browne
Lawrence
Addie Buckminister
Ozetta Taylor
Hannah Higman
Detroit
Oretta Taylor
Rachel Buckminster
Minnie Marsh
Lucy Rhodes
Mary E. Myers
Mable Short
Emma Harris
Mary Crum
Mrs. McElroy
Cora Lee Crum
Emma Peterson
Anna Dewslt
Etta Green
Medical School Building Plans At University Of Kansas
The University of Kansas medical faculty aims to erect a $100,000 building on Mount Oread within two years for pathology neurology physics anatomy and lectures. A Bell Memorial Hospital semester will move from Rose dale to Lawrence.
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Faculty
State University
Mount Oread
Medical School
University of Kansas
Bell Memorial Hospital
Rosedale
Lawrence
Tragic Heroism in River Sacrifice by Philadelphia Youths
Four young people on a Cramer Hill visit in the Delaware River era. Three boys, John Mouchech, Raymond Tinney, and John Murphy, died after aiding companions from a sinking rowboat. Two Sweethearts, Raymond Tinney and Sarah German, perished. George German, Mary German, and John Nevill survived with help from a motor boat. Ages ranged 16 to 26.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
John Mouchech
Raymond Tinney
John Murphy
George German
Sarah German
Mary German
John Nevill
Tinney
Cramer Hill
New Jersey
Nevill
German
Bost
Dissolution Ordered of American Thread Company Trust
Federal court in Trenton New Jersey has ordered the dissolution of the thread trust operating as the American Thread Company breaking up the organization and ending its control over thread production and distribution in the region.
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Thread Trust
Washington
The
American Thread Company
Trenton
N. J
William M. French Dies at 34 Year Head of Art Institute
William M. French long noted Chicago art director and head of the Art Institute of Christo for thirty four years is reported to have died. He built the institute into a leading American and international art authority through decades of leadership, exhibitions, and scholarship.
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William M. RR. French
Chicago
William M. R. French
Art Institute of Christo
United States
Iz Critically
Fort Worth Man Dies After Pitch Strike Incident
Hoy Mimms, 80, of Fort Worth, Texas, died here minutes after being struck in the heart by a pitched ball during an amateur baseball game. The accident occurred while he stood at bat in a local match between two amateur teams.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Hoy Mimms
Jointist Shoots Codding in Leavenworth Raid
Leavenworth Kansas where J K Codding once warden and now assistant attorney general was shot in a raid on the Wiseman property. He was wounded in the right breast and in serious condition as Sheriff Larkin and Harold Codding aided. Codding returned fire, striking Wiseman who was knocked unconscious. Wiseman is held in the county jail.
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Leavenworth, Kas
J. K. Codding
Kansas State Prison
John Dawson
Leavenworth
Jake Wiseman
Richardson
Codding
Wiseman
Thomas Larkin
Harold Codding
Mr. Codding
Wiseman Place
Wheat harvest to need eighty two thousand workers
Washington Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma raisers of wheat seek at least eighty two thousand men to harvest crops. Commissioners of labor request Secretary Wilson to coordinate with the department of labor. Workers needed by June 15 with pay from 2 to 3.50 dollars a day for three to two weeks. Local organizations across the three states will distribute workers to farmers.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Commissioners of Labor
Wilson
Empress of Ireland Disaster Death Toll Up To 1024
Reports cite official figures by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Co raising deaths in the Empress of Ireland sinking to 1,024 from 969. A royal commission will investigate the collision with the Storstad in the St Lawrence River, hearings to begin June 9. The Senate approves about 143 million dollars for naval construction including a third dreadnought, funded by sale of the Idaho and Mississippi. National Surety Co. head values U S defalcations at 40 million dollars for 1912.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Steamship Company
Senate
Idaho
Mississippi
National Surety Company of
New York
United States
St Lawrence
Storstad
Mediation waits on Gen Carranza in Mexico
The note from three South American diplomats opens door for Constitutionalists to join peace talks. Carranza controls the decision on diplomacy versus continued fighting. U S pressure favors entry. mediators expect envoys soon and seek a peaceful settlement.
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Niagara Falls
Ontario
Carranza
Mexico
Nces
United States
Washington
Would Arbitrate Tolls Senate Adopts Arbitration Plan
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution directing President Wilson to open negotiations with Great Britain for special arbitration of the Panama tolls dispute. The vote was 8 to 7 with Borah absent and later voicing opposition. Several Democrats and Republicans supported the measure while others opposed.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Southerland
Wilson
Great Britain
Panama
Senate
Borah
Stone
O'Gorman
Pomerone
Swanson
Smith
Arizona
Michigan
Hitchock
Williams
Saulsbury
Lodge
Root
McCumber
Sutherland
Burton
Organized Baseball Wins Judge Foell Ruling
Chicago Judge Foell sustains injunction stopping Johnson from pitching for any club but Cincinnati Nationals, halting a major raid on bell players. Johnson had joined Kansas City Federals after leaving Cincinnati, with many stars poised to jump if the ruling favored the outlaw league. A separate item notes Humboldt Savings Bank president George H. Luch reportedly died by gas. A second item covers the first civil trial before a jury of women in Sycamore, Frederick Townsend verdict.
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Chicago
Foell
Superior Court of
Cook County
Johnson
Cincinnati Naionals
Bell
Kansas City Federals
Cincinnati
Sycamore
Mitchell Tae
Azainet
Frederick ‘B. Townsend
Seeing to Believing and a Poet’s Punctuation
A fragmentary dialogue jokes about time to whitewash a fence and a social uplift movement. It notes a test poem Narcissus by Robert Bridges with altered punctuation. Bridges favors exclamations and colons, avoids questions, and uses dashes freely.
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Mises Brown
Sally Collins
Miss Jones
Narcissus
Robert Bridges
Iaureate
Bridges
Wise mother-in-law aids health with Postum coffee substitute
A Iowa reader recalls stomach distress and blotchy complexion improved after switching from coffee to Postum. Her mother-in-law explains a simple brewing method, and the grandmother also attributes better health to Postum, noting travel and daily use. Postum variants, Regular and Instant, are advertised with prices and preparation tips.
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Iowa
Postum
Postum Co
Rattle ‘Creek
Mich
Wellville
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