Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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II Topcka, the beautiful and cultured cnpi I i of the great state of Kansas, is the coui i 1 seat of Shawnee Count -. It is impossil I y I to do her justice in the few words tliat c n f i% he demoted to her here. IP 1 opcka offers every reward of tlie husln ' - 1 world. She has every advantage desii i A f ' one seeldng a home. She is rich in ed 1 cationa! facilities. She is often said to 1 11 the political, the social, the educational, 1 1 4Mi, industrial center of the great state ..f Kans ' ' ■Ai Y% A citv of iO.OOn liand-picked livel i prosperous, and contented citizens; v || more churches and schools in proportion || its population than any other cin in ll || United States, and being the capital of tl 1 grealesl state in t liel ' nion, ' ropeka has cm Jl reason 1,, be proud. Kansas is pr,,ud I

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1 4 1 1 i KANSAS Cll . Kansas City, with a population of 100,000, is the metropolis of the state, and the county seat of Wyandotte County. The area of the county is approximately 154 jsquare miles, of which Kansas City occupies 19 square miles. The topography of the country is mostly rolling, with fertile alley and rich upland, liberally productive in general farm crops, live stock, fruit and garden truck. Ranking fifteenth in the United States as a manufacturing center, Kansas City is conspicuous for its high value of products in proportion to population. This situation, coupled with the great number of homes owned by the occupants, makes for satis- faction in home life and contributes to permanent growth and general stability of property values. Schools, churches, hospitals, transporta- tion facilities, are all sources of pride to the citizen of this citv.

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i LF.A ' KN VORTH. I.ca c-nworth Countv. of which Leaven Ip worth is the county seat with a populati n ' i% of 25,000, is the oldest countv in the state i I and occupies an important and advantage! u J I position both as to commerce and agricultuic i% The countv is rich in resources; the aericul ■ tviraUands are not excelled in fertility, and i . a live stock producing section, it offers un • p limited advantages. 1 nworth has not grown to her size | i |§ and prominence by eras of boom, but, on ihc Ml i% other hand, has had a natural and stead i4, growth, the result and effort of her own ' i people. In quality of homes, schools an I % ji churches, no city of her size outranks h r IP . ' , Leavenworth is the home of the larg t ilitary post in the United States; of th i M NatioanI Soldiers Home, and a Fedeill 11 :. .• i • J penitentiary.