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Requests for Assistance – Nature Unclear
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to the safety and condition of houses and their residents in the East End of Osawatomie, Kansas. Also included is a letter from a resident…
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Legislation – Suggestions and Comments
Date: 1914-1915
This file includes correspondence relating to the recent legislation held in Kansas with Governor-elect Arthur Capper at the end of 1914. Topics included, but not limited to, in the correspondence…
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Kansas State School for the Blind – Charges of Cruelty
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to mismanagement at the Kansas State School for the Blind, specifically whipping students as punishment for breaking rules. Included in the file is newspaper clippings…
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Boys Industrial School
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to the mismanagement at the Boys Industrial School. The file is incomplete and does not contain the original letter the correspondence is in response to.…
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State Engineer – Report Concerning Elimination of Office
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to rumors of positions of employment with the Public Highways Commission. This is part of a bigger collection of Governor Arthur Capper correspondence.
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Lansing Prison – Concerns of Warden Botkin
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to the reinstatement of William Mason who was discharged for an infraction of the rules under Warden Codding at the State Penitentiary. This is part…
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Grain Inspector – Criticism
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to criticisms of the grain inspector in Wichita and Hutchinson, Kansas, and an increase in freight rates. This is part of a bigger collection of…
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Price Raid Claims
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to bonds and claims owed to residents in Kansas affected by the Price Raid during the Civil War. This is part of a bigger collection…
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National Guard – Disposition of Stored Uniforms
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to the disposition of stored uniforms for the National Guard. The exchange of correspondence between George Crawford, Governor Capper’s office, and the Adjutant General discusses…
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National Guard – Request for Unit in Arkansas City
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to a request for a unit of the National Guard in Arkansas City, Kansas, with the assistance of the Adjutant General. This is part of…
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Veterinary Dentist Claims Examination Unfair
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to veterinary dentists. Correspondence is sent by Dr. W. Smith of Wichita, Kansas which the Governor’s office will transfer the matter to Dr. Wolfe. This…
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Missouri Governor – Inaugural Address
Date: December 19, 1914
This file includes correspondence relating to the Missouri Governor’s inaugural address. The correspondence is a typed version of the speech that has been sent to then Governor-elect Arthur Capper by…
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House Bills Relating to Schools
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to bills for schools. Topics included, but not limited to, in the correspondence is rural schools, House Bill No. 35 and 36, and voting for…
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State Penitentiary – Report of Warden J. K. Codding
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to a report of Warden J. K. Codding of the State Penitentiary. The report by Warden Codding discusses finances, producing milk on site with the…
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State Text Book Work – President Waters and Butcher
Date: January 16, 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to the need to remove President Waters and Butcher from their efforts with the State Text Book to use their time more efficiently on other…
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Board of Educational Administration – Inquiry from Texas
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to an inquiry from Texas about the Board of Educational administration. Topics included, but not limited to, in the correspondence is structural reorganization of multiple…
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State Orphans Home in Atchison – Complaints
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to complaints from the State Orphans Home in Atchison, Kansas. Correspondence in the file discusses the transfer of girls to different facilities within the orphanage,…
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Foot and Mouth Disease
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to foot and mouth disease, also known as hoof-and-mouth disease. Foot and mouth disease affects cloven-hoofed animals, such as cattle, usually leading to death. Topics…
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Sand Royalties
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to sand royalties. A sand royalty requires people removing sand from rivers in Kansas to be used on private property to pay a specified amount…
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Graduate Veterinary Surgeons vs Non-graduates
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to veterinary surgeon graduation. Topics included, but not limited to, in the correspondence is roles of professional versus unprofessional veterinaries, those who have not graduated,…
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Property Tax Exemption for Widows
Date: 1914-1915
This file includes correspondence relating to exemption of property tax for widows. Topics included, but not limited to, in the correspondence is if widows are still exempt once dependents move…
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Workmen’s Compensation Law
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to workmen’s compensation law. Topics included, but not limited to, in the correspondence is financial responsibility for paying workers compensation, specifically for coal miners, and…
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Proposal for Majority Verdicts by Juries
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to a proposal for majority verdicts by juries. Topics included, but not limited to, in the correspondence is reducing public expense for cases, verdicts to…
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International Peace Movements
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to International Peace Movements. Topics included, but not limited to, in the correspondence is economic pressure to lead to world peace through international commerce, an…
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Full Crew Bill – Railroads
Date: 1915
This file includes correspondence relating to a meeting of the Winfield Commercial Club to discuss the Full Crew Bill. The Full Crew Bill required the freight train or light locomotive…