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Applications for Positions
Date: February 20, 1915
This file includes a letter from Great Bend, Kansas with the enclosing of an application for the position as Deputy Oil Inspector. The file is incomplete and does not include…
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Osawatomie State Hospital – Coal Contract
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence about the coal contract with the Jackson-Walker Coal & Material Co. at the Osawatomie State Hospital. Topics included but not limited to in the correspondence is…
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Prison Gate Rescue Work
Date: 1915
This file includes a letter from Newton, Kansas and reply by the Governor’s office. The correspondent is expressing his concern about having a bill passed that his work as a…
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Dissatisfied Client in Court Case
Date: February 1915
This file includes a letter from Kendall, Kansas about corrupt practices in district courts in Kearny County. This file is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur Capper correspondence.
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Independence and Bond Issue
Date: February 11, 1915
This file includes a letter from Independence, Kansas about bonds that will be due in the next year, 1916, that do not have sufficient funds to pay for them. The…
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Absentee Ballots Not Counted
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence and a newspaper article about absentee ballots that were not counted during the election. The correspondent from Salina, Kansas includes an article from a Salina evening…
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Response to Advice from W. A. White
Date: 1915
This file includes a letter from Governor Arthur Capper to Honor William Allen White. In the salutation, Governor Capper addresses the Honor as “Will”. Governor Capper is in support of…
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Charles E. Hughes Invited to Kansas Banker’s Assoc. Meeting
Date: 1915
This file includes an invitation by Governor Arthur Capper to Honor Charles E. Hughes, Associate Justice in Washington, D. C. Governor Capper is extending a personal invitation along with the…
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Hays School in Need of Appropriations
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence about the need for buildings at Hays Normal School to accommodate the growing student population. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur Capper…
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Tuberculosis Sanatorium Commission
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence about the recent vacancies and appointments of positions on the Commission for the Sanatorium for Tuberculosis. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur…
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Railroad Passenger Rate Increase Protested
Date: 1915
This file includes replies by Governor Capper’s office about increased passenger rates on trains across Eastern Kansas. This file is incomplete not including the correspondence originally sent to Governor Capper’s…
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Osawatomie State Hospital
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence from Osawatomie, Kansas about the financial difficulties they and their herds are facing after a tuberculosis breakout. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor…
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State Reformatory and Paroles
Date: 1915
This file includes a letter from Honor M. F. Amrine in Council Grove, Kansas expressing his disapproval of the establishment of a twine plant at the State Reformatory. This is…
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Codification of Laws
Date: 1915
This file includes a letter from A. A. Graham, attorney in Topeka, Kansas. In his letter, Graham expresses his concern for the codification of several laws in Kansas. This is…
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Objection to County Commissioner’s Power of Appointments
Date: 1915
This file includes a letter from Mr. A. E. Williams in Troy, Kansas in opposition for a proposed bill that will allow County Commissioners the ability to appoint county officers.…
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County Treasurers Charging for Tax Information
Date: 1915
This file includes a letter from Robert Garvin, County Attorney in St. John, Kansas; as well as a letter from Stafford, Kansas. Primary topics included in the correspondence focuses around…
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State Police Marshal Bill
Date: 1915
This file includes a letter the Cash Store J. M. Clifford Dealer in General Merchandise in Chapman, Kansas to Governor Capper expressing their desire for the State Police Marshall Bill…
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Elihu Root Invited to Give Commencement Address at K.U.
Date: February 19, 1915
This file includes a telegram from Governor Arthur Capper to Honor Elihu Root to deliver the Commencement address at the University of Kansas. This is part of a bigger collection…
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Insurance on School Buildings and Contents
Date: 1915
This file includes a letter from Ozawkie, Kansas discussing the insurance assessment and plan for the school board to move forward after their school burned down. This is part of…
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Penalties for Drunkeness
Date: 1915
This file includes two postcards and a letter from Sabetha, Kansas proposing more severe punishments for persons purchasing liquor. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur Capper…
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Unemployment Solutions
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence discussing the efficiency and positive outcomes of the National Industrial League as compared to the Peace League. The motivation for the two organizations in this correspondence…
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Soldiers’ Home & Mother Bickerdyke Home – Administrative Control
Date: 1915
This file includes a letter from Parsons, Kansas about the controlling body of the Soldiers’ Home and Mother Bickerdyke Home. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur…
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Legal Matters of Personal Nature
Date: 1915
This file includes a letter from Manchester, Kansas asking for Governor Capper’s advice for a woman seeking a divorce from her husband. This is part of a bigger collection of…
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Legislative Information Sought by Arizona
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence between Kansas and Arizona where Arizona is asking Kansas for advice regarding the effective running of the legislature. This is part of a bigger collection of…
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American Red Cross
Date: 1912-1915
This file includes a printed booklet by The American National Red Cross about the regulations for State Boards and Chapters. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur…