Landon remembered as frugal campus leader and Foxy nickname origin
Willas Thornton recalls Alf Landon at Lawrence Kansas in 1908 as a frugal student who paid fraternity bills, led Phi Gamma Delta, promoted beekeeping and music, and objected to the Foxy nickname later revived in campaigns. He preferred quality over thrift, kept a steady income, and showed early leadership in campus life.
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Alf Landon’s Father Shared Politics as Lifelong Hobby
The article recalls Alf Landon’s upbringing under a politically active father who served as county committeeman in Ohio and later Kansas. Though never seeking office, the elder Landon treated politics as a hobby and even took his 15 year old son to observe the Democratic national convention as a spectator.
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Landon Family On Looks And Wealth Gag
Alf Landon resembles Calvin Coolidge in appearance but is not 50. John Manuel Landon, age 70, jokes about his son’s wealth with figures ranging from 250000 to 1000000 and says Alf is solvent. He also quips he holds the title of judge only by courtesy, won in a raffle.
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Alf Landon
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
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John Manuel Landon
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Pointblank
Natalie
Derek
Gail
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Lucille Travers
New York
Arizona
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West
Dick Searles
Alf Landon’s early path from St Louis to law school and banking
A look at Alf Landon’s student years in 1904 St Louis where he studied at the law school and joined Phi Delta Phi. He enjoyed dances and hosted visitors for informal talks at Lawrence, later turning from law to banking before entering public life.
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Law School
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Lawrence
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Phi Delta Phi
Alfred Landon enters oilfields as summer work ends
The passage notes Young Alfred Landon shifting from study to the oil prospecting world. He recalls his father’s success, and his own summer experience in the oilfields before returning to other duties. He dresses for field work, leaving behind his academic pursuits for practical labor.
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State Bank of Commerce
First National Bank of Independence, Kas
Alfred Landon
Prospecting Pioneer Turns Hazardous Venture to Profit
A business man who faced the risky world of prospecting transforms the hazardous game into a profitable enterprise, leveraging smart tactics to turn initial dangers into stable gains.
Impatient Rex Hall presses for New York deal in love and intrigue
Rex Hall takes charge as he learns Gail Everett may own valuable ore rich property and a quick sale by Travers Mining and Development sparks a risky plan. Madame Lizette fears exposure while Gail confronts romance and career uncertainties amid shifting loyalties and financial pressure.
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Lizette
Bartram Gage
Mater
Rancho Angelo
New York
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Madame
Carl Travers
Travers
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Trevers
Carolie
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Natalie
Hear True Blue
Mrs. Barton
May weather records fall in North Carolina
May brought the lowest rainfall in 60 years and the most sunshine for the state, with an average rainfall of 0.90 inch and scattered zero or near zero rainfall in Bryson City McHenry’s Bridge Charlotte and other towns. The mean temperature was 68.7 degrees and the sun shone 92 percent of possible time in Charlotte with 22 sunny days statewide.
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North Carolina
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Weather Bureau
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Monroe
Fire destroys block of Lansing buildings in June
A fire believed to have started from a cafe oil stove gutted an entire block in Lansing. Damage was estimated at 15,000 dollars.
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