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Date: December 12, 1917
This letter by P. J. McBride, Commissioner of Labor and Industry, informed the governor of Kansas about the enforcement of child labor laws in Sabetha, Nemaha County. Edith Enderton, an…
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Date: 1904
A law enforcement bulletin that contains articles on the prohibitory law and how to enforce it; the C.O.D. Express Business; the then recent decisions of the Supreme Court; Constitution of…
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Date: 1910
A small pamphlet on prohibition circulated by the Kansas State Temperance Union.
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Date: March 1915
Inventory and account of stock taken by Police Judge George A. Huron of some of the things done by the police department and police court in carrying out the law…
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Date: 19 October 2006
Rohr enlisted in the Navy in 1945 and served until 1946 in the Naval Reserve Air Corp. Interviewed by Clara Marie Felts on Oct 19, 2006, Rohr talked about military…
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Date: 13 November 2006
Jedlicka was drafted into the Army (Air Force) in 1942 and served until 1946. Interviewed by Megan Gerstner on Nov 13, 2006, Jedlicka talked about military experiences in the Second…
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Date: March 5, 1915
In this letter, A. A. Hamilton of Pittsburg, Crawford County, argues that Kansas does not need a child labor law. According to Hamilton, there should be limitations on the number…
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Date: November 27, 1917
Emma Grimm of Sabetha, Nemaha County, wrote this letter to Governor Arthur Capper regarding the child labor law that prohibits the employment of children under the age of 14 in…
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Date: November 21, 1917
Roy Hennigh, owner of a grocery store in Sabetha, Nemaha County, wrote this letter to the governor concerning a recent visit to his store by a female deputy factory inspector.…
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Date: May 24, 1937
This letter from Edna and Bill Heim of Kensington, Kansas, was sent to Clarice Snoddy, a resident of Topeka. The Heims were caring for Snoddy’s farm in Smith County and…
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Date: May 11, 1936
This letter from Edna and Bill Heim was sent to Clarice Snoddy, a resident of Topeka. The Heims were caring for Snoddy’s farm in Smith County and frequently updated her…
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Date: March 20, 1935
This brief article describes the difficulties farm women faced when trying to keep a clean house in the Dust Bowl. No matter how well families tried to prevent dust from…
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Date: March 25, 1936
This letter from Edna and Bill Heim was sent to Clarice Snoddy, a resident of Topeka. The Heims were caring for Snoddy’s farm in Smith County and thus remained in…
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Date: March 31, 1936
This letter from Edna and Bill Heim was sent to Clarice Snoddy, a resident of Topeka. The Heims were caring for Snoddy’s farm in Smith County and frequently updated her…
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Date: March 19, 1935
This article describes the harrowing experience of the Modlins, a couple from Esbon, Kansas, whose car was forced off the road during a dust storm. After leaving the car to…
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Date: February 28, 1935
This brief article includes excerpts from a letter written by Gertrude Fay Doane, a grade-school teacher in Winona, Kansas. She vividly describes a dust storm that hit her schoolhouse, writing…
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Date: April 2, 1886
Missouri Governor John Marmaduke telegrams Kansas Governor John Martin regarding the Missouri Pacific Railway strike of 1886. Marmaduke states he has issued a proclamation resuming traffic of the Missouri Pacific…
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Date: March 30, 1886
In this telegram, David Kelso, attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railway, tells Governor John Martin the strike has become vicious. A mob has been involved in lifting rails, destroying property,…
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Date: March 24, 1886
H.M. Hoxie, third vice president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, telegrams Kansas Governor John Martin. In this telegram, Hoxie asks Governor Martin to write a proclamation condemning the actions of…
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Date: March 26, 1886
F.E. Shaw, Sheriff of Atchison County, writes Kansas Governor John Martin of Topeka regarding striking railroad workers. Shaw states that he will protect the railroad property that belongs to the…
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Date: November 12, 1913
An address delivered by Kansas Governor George H. Hodges at the Fifteenth National Convention of the Anti-Saloon League of America in Columbus, Ohio, on November 12, 1913
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Date: 1908 ?
An article written by Michael Fanning that asks the question, “What has the prohibition party accomplished” and answered, “by remarkable showing of party vote in relation to state legislation during…
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Date: April 2, 1912
A speech delivered by John S. Dawson, Attorney General of Kansas, at the Banquet of Baptists’ Social Union on April 2, 1912, at the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago, IL.
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Date: January 29, 1910
A speech delivered by F.D Coburn, Secretary of Kansas Department of Agriculture and President of the State Temperance Union, at the Kansas Day Dinner of the Chicago Kansas Day Club,…
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Date: 1915 ?
A review of conditions in Kansas under prohibition legislation written by the Honorable Royal E. Cabell, United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Also included is a review of Maine under…
