Fight on Bleached Flour Moves Kansas to Halt Sales
Kansas food department plans to stop sale of artificially bleached flour after a Malinap survey cites health risks. Dr. J. Crumbine attended a Mackinac Island meeting where officials adopted a resolution condemning nitrous peroxide effects on digestion.
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Kansas Food Department
Kansas
Mlapy Gaillers
3. J. Crum_bine
State Board of Health
Mate
National Pure Food
Mackinac Island
Mich
J. H. Shepherd
South Dakota
Unloaded Gun Fatality Shocks Salina
Walter Loomis nine, killed taking shotgun from shelf at Salina. The loaded weapon fired as his father, unaware, stood nearby. Also, Samuel Merifield of Agra collapsed and died after a baseball game, ending his long Phillips county life. Coffeyville plans a Negro college modeled after Tuskegee with site purchase and nearly $50,000 raised. Teachers meet in Lola to set next Southwestern Kansas Teachers association annual program.
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Walter Loomis
Salina
Coffeyville
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Ala
Lola
Southwestern Kansas Teachers” Association
Tola
One Vote to Get on Ballot in Atchison County
The Atchison county clerk asked Attorney General Jackson whether ballots must show all candidates who received a single vote in the recent primary. The attorney general ruled that the law does not require printing the names of candidates with only one vote on the official ballot. Kangaroo Rat in Car of Bananas. Fort Scott discovery of a tropic kangaroo rat in a fruit car being unloaded by a commission merchant. It resembles a kangaroo with a pouch and short forelimbs. the animal was killed by a worker's club.
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Atchison County
Jackson
Tropics
Fort Scott
Record of 628 Pound Woman's Death and Funeral Details
Mrs J H Larabee weighing 628 pounds died at her home in Sageetha. The coffin measured 40 inches wide 30 inches deep and six feet long. The body weighed about 900 pounds later. Ten pallbearers were required and a strong wagon served as the hearse.
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J. H. Larabee
Sa- Getha
Kansas Banker James M Harper Dead at Conway Springs
James M Harper president of the Bank of Conway Springs died at his home after a short illness. He also served as acting mayor, was on the city school board for 15 years, and was one of Sumner county’s wealthiest business men.
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Ira Lemon
Centerville
Jens
Wes
Turner
Kansas City
Kansas
James M. Harper
Bank of
Conway Springs
Sumner County
Kansas Delegates Named for Sportsmen League Meeting
Charles Payne of Wichita and Del Travis state fish and game warden are Kansas delegates to the League of American Sportsmen annual meeting in Lawton Oklahoma. Sessions run October 12 and 13.
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Kansas
Charles Payne
Wichita
del” Travis
League of American Sportsmen
Lawton
Vote costs and results in Empire township primary
Empire township in Harper county cast 11 votes in the primary. Seven votes were void. Total cost about 50 dollars, making the four valid votes cost 12.50 each. Bristow reception for J L Briatow Republican Senate candidate and R A Levitt Democratic Fifth district candidate drew about 3,000 at Ciafin hall Oakdale. Dr B Kennedy, Parsons elder resident, died in Erie Kansas at 20 years in Parsons. Seventy percent of Kansas school age children are in rural schools. Nine year old Aloysius Thiel of Lesverworth killed by varnish barrel explosion. Harold Morris, 18, son of Frank Morris, died from injuries after a horse kick near Homestead Chase county.
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Empire Township
Harper County
Aloysius Thiel
Lesverworth
Harold Morris
Frank Morris
Homestead
Chase County
Labor Day party teaches duty through dress and chores
Mme Merri hosts a Labor Day party with a toy department themed dinner using tiny brooms dust pans and wash tubs as decor. Guests wear wash gowns aprons and hair ribbons, brush crumbs with their brooms, and enjoy a doll's wash tub centerpiece. The menu features four ice cream freezers and table service for self poured coffee. The piece also lists birthstones by month and small fashion notes.
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Mme. Merri
Abeve
Northland
Fashionable costume patterns for washable fabrics
A new pattern feature describes four dress designs in washable materials such as zephyr, lawn, and spotted washing silk. Details cover bodice yokes, box plaits, insertion embroidery, waistbands, gathered skirts, collars, sleeves, and trimmings. Yardage and fabric widths are itemized for each design.
House and Garden Unity in German hillside Chateau
A Rhine valley hillside house links architecture and garden design as a parlor in the open air. The terrace garden integrates walls lattices and vines with the dwelling, while a separate kitchen garden on the upper tier shows a different architectural treatment. In contrast, New York country houses often leave garden planning to landscape gardeners, with architects providing only broad plans and shifting responsibility.
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New York City
Rhine Country
Germany
New York
Nho
Wireless stations planned for Pacific Coast by U.W.T. Co
The United Wireless Telegraph Company plans 11 new Pacific coast stations. The largest will be a five kilowatt station to be built on land, with three land stations in total. All other stations will be one to two kilowatts.
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Pacific Coast
United Wireless Telegraph Company
Deceptive Paint Practices Highlighted by National Lead
A historical piece exposes fake claims in the paint trade, detailing how firms used a “Dutch-Boy Painter” brand and a Blowpipe test to mislead buyers about White Lead purity. It notes a public offer of free test outfits and a booklet from National Lead Company in New York to verify authenticity.
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Sarkar
Lesa
National Bow
Naonal Lead Company
National Lead Company
Woodbridge Bidz
New York
Typewriter Exterminators and Odd Housewares Dialog
Fragmented dialogue shows a boy seeking typewriter erasers and a sales clerk mishearing. The piece weaves random product pitches from household items and vintage ads, highlighting quirky commerce lines and domestic concerns in a city setting.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promoted for Womans Health
An old remedy claim extols Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as a historical cure for women’s ailments. Personal testimonials praise restoration and advise following expert guidance for health improvements.
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Lydia Ae Pinkham
Sima
Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C
Louisiana
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