Growth of Cities Highlighted by McLarty Talk
McLarty notes four American cities exceed one million residents and thirteen surpass 500000, as overall U S urban population concentrates in metropolitan centers. He outlines growing federal roles in municipal affairs, listing points of contact across federal powers and the need to coordinate urban planning with national policies.
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A. T D. McLarty
Municipal Reference Bureau
University of Kaw
Pease
United States
Mre MelLavix
United Stati
Lamong
McLarty
Tear Down Old Garage For New Filling Station
Old garage at Seventh and Vermont corners and nearby buildings are torn down to clear space for a filling station by the Acavy CHL Company of Olathe. Builders G M. Wobler and C F Mathews announce three drives and four pumps with a possible rear parking area. The Avenue company plans existing stations and a six-pump setup using Dende and Shelly gasoline lines.
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Olf 202
Seventh and
Vermont Streets
Lawrence National Bank
Acavy Chl Company
Olathe
GM. Wobler
C.F. Mathews
Avenue Company
Liberty Post of the American Legion presentation of flags
A Liberty Post of the American Legion meeting last night featured the gifting of ten silk flags including the Stars and Stripes and the post flag. Tom Sweeney Sr and Chaplain W L Edwards spoke, thanking members for the welcome and expressing appreciation for the Liberty Pinay gathering.
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Liberty Post
American Legion
Tas
Tom Sweeney
G Mer. Sweeney
Wloal
A. Hall
Furoka School Elects John Mooy and Teachers Reelects
In a regu annual school election at Eudoratur high, John Mooy was elected with teachers reelecting R. B. Church principal Mr. Per Tine Frank J. Boone. Other names appear garbled but indicate staff reappointment.
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Eudoratur High School
John Mooy
Regu
R. B. Church
Per Tine
Frank J. Boone
Veri Reure
Holm County Scholarship Contest Set For Tomorrow
The Holm County contest selects four winners in spelling, writing, arithmetic and silent reading to compete in the state event this fall. The competition will begin tomorrow at 9 in the assembly room of Punter High School, with contestants drawn from local high schools.
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Remdine
Marina
Amy Oelo
Asembly
Punter High School
Othey
Real Estate Transfers in Lawrence Additions
M A Gerri and wife transfer to W T Heron lot 2 Fairground addition in Lawrence for 8750. W F Brass and wife transfer to Floyd Royer the northeast quarter of section 6 township 12 range 18 for 1 and exchange of properties.
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M.A. Gerri
W. T. Heron
Lawrence
W. F. Brass
Floyd Royey
Body found in Walnut River. murder suspected
In Winfield on April 9 AP reports a man about thirty, five feet nine, 113 pounds, was found in Walnut River. Police suspect homicide with a marked ear cut and bruised left ear, noting the victim had been seen with two men near the scene and earlier with another in the city jail, before being attacked.
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Winfield
Walnut River
Tolice
Junior High Debate Tournament Set At School
A junior high debate tournament was announced with students from seventh to ninth grade competing. Preliminary rounds begin April 13 with elimination on April 16 for seventh and eighth grades and April 15 for the ninth grade, culminating in finals later in the month.
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Myris Jj
Stonecipher
Unis
Wapils
Reem
Sverare
Sjiv of
Kansas
Honer
Erade
Fotlow
Deaths and Funerals In Fremont and Lawrence
Obituaries note Mrs Rose Kier of Fremont and former Lawrence resident died after illness. Survived by three daughters and a son. Funeral arrangements for Mrs Ida Williams of 16 Mechanic Street and for other locals listed. Street light petitions approved and a Topeka man fined $100 for intoxication with liquor found.
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A. TR. Kier Wardas
Rose Kier
Fremont. Net
Kier
Lawrence
Ilter
Harry Patty
Alex McGregor
Arthur Lyman
Dorothy Vatty
Fremont
Emery Visits Mexico City On Trip From Lawrence
Solon Emery recently returned from weeks in the Mexican capital where he praised surfaced roads and noted government instability hinders foreign investment. He traveled by car to San Antonio then train to Mexico City, describing heavy police presence and travel dangers. He cited religious tensions under a native-born clause and reported soldiers killed nuns near the capital, while highway construction from Laredo and Mexico City aims to ease travel, though guards remain essential.
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Lawrence
San Antonio
Texas
Mexican
Douglas
Counties
Solon
Emery
Count Ira Sty
Mexico
Laredo
Mr. Emery
Heelieves
Reserve Officers association speaker to visit KU
Carl F. White, Kansas Reserve Officers Association president and Kansas City Kansan editor, will speak at the University of Kansas next week. His talk titled Peace Through Preparedness is planned for either Wednesday or Thursday at 4:30 or 7:30, with scheduling to be confirmed.
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Carl F. White
Kansas City Kansan
Kansas Reserve Officersociation
University of Kansas
White
Ted’ Schultz
Ite
Wiel
Jenny Wren flour highlighted in Lawrence window display
A new Jenny Wren flour is being milled by Jenny Wren Milling Company and showcased in the Journal-World window in Lawrence. The ad claims broad uses from cupcakes to waffles and notes homemakers report the claims true. A citywide advertising push aims to keep Lawrence dollars local.
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Jenny Wren
Journal- Work
Lawrence
Lawrences
Journal-World
Lawrence Dellars
Easter Pageant Life Immortal Presented Again at First Baptist
The Easter Pageant Life Immortal at First Baptist Church will be repeated Sunday evening at 7 45 to accommodate those turned away and students away on vacation. University students form most of the cast with Franklin Watts and Henry McCurdy among the few nonstudents. Mr McCurdy reads and Charles W Thomas directs the pageant and quartet. The program blends music readings and action to retell the Easter story and doors open at 7 with heated seating provided.
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First Baptist Church
Franklin Watts
Henry McCurdy
McCurdy
Chas. W. Thomas
National Roads Plan Linking Atchison to Vinita OK
Topeka April 9 The state highway commission memorialized the executive committee of the American Association of State Highway Officials urging two new routes from Atchison Kansas to Vinita Oklahoma as parts of the national roads system. The plan would join existing U S highways from Auburn Nebraska to Kansas City and from Dallas Texas to Vinita Oklahoma with a linking road to US 73 running through Chetopa Ostrego Columbus Crestline Pittsburg Fort Scott Pleasanton Kansas City Topeison Atchison and US 78 west to Alta Mount Farsons Erie Chanute Humboldt ToLa Garnett Ottawa and Dekalogsa.
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State Highway Commission
American Ass of
Atchison
Kansas
Vinta
Okla
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Nebraska
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Leavenworth
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Dallas
Texas
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Kansas ‘Commission
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Erie
Chanute
Humboldt
Tola
Garnett
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Dekalogsa
Naorltanville
Dillard retracts statements at Fort Scott revival
At a Baptist church revival in Fort Scott Kansas William P Dillard prominent Democratic leader and lawyer rose in the audience to retract comments made in an oration at John Campbells funeral where he questioned the divinity of Christ The retraction addressed only that topic and was spoken before about a hundred Pittsburg attendees.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Baptist Church
William
Dillard
Kansas
John Campbell
Pittsburg
Kant
International Bar Cedin i
London
Dilard
Christ
Full Dress Rehearsal by Elks Minstrel Troupe in Lawrence
The Elks minstrel troupe arriving for a full dress rehearsal in Lawrence ahead of two show nights at the Bowersick theatre. The final rehearsal was held last evening at the club room. Advance ticket sales for the show have been strong.
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Elksminstrel
Bowersick Theatre
Lawrence
Club Roome
Business picks up as spring social season drives demand for second-hand court costumes
London reports rising activity in second-hand court costumes ahead of the spring social season. Proper levee dress with plumes and gold lace costs for a man 400 to 500 dollars. Frugal MPs, wary of losing access to court after the next election, are buying used outfits and some costumes are even rented.
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London
United Press
Rev Frank Herron Smith New Pacific Coast Assignment
Missionary Rev Frank Herron Smith of the First Methodist Church transfers to Pacific coast duties with the Japanese outreach and is now in Seoul. He is expected to return to the United States next June. his family will visit Lawrence on the journey home from the Orient. New store to open in Lawrence Massachusettes Street 1117 operates cash and carry. Salonika insurrection suppressed as insurgents surrender unconditionally in Athens
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Frank Herron Smith
First Methodist Church
Univer H
Pacific
Mr. Smith
Seoul
Ed States
Lawrence
Orient
Atlantic &Pacific Tea Company
Massachusetts Street
Selom ED
Rooms Wanted for Athletes at 1900 High School Event
1900 high school and college athletes seek rooms for Thursday and Friday nights April 15 and 16. Call Ke U. 84. Saturday, April 10.
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Call Ke U
Program at McAllaster School Fundraiser Tonight
McAllaster school pupils present a program at 7:80 oclock in the school gym to raise money for the book fund and grounds beautification. The lineup includes songs, dramatizations, a flag drill, and various student performances by grades and groups. Nearby news notes President Coolidge expects farm legislation to pass after congressional action, with Secretary Jardine guiding the program.
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McAllaster School
Vivian Crouch
Cinderela
Gertrude Welch
Washinon
Coolidge
Ion of
Cong
Jardine
Congress
Franklin community notes amid storm and Easter events
In Franklin the Farmers Union meeting was canceled due to a storm and poor roads. Easter travel and family visits fill the week with gatherings among Shirar, Fletcher, Welsh, Palmer, and Heitzmann households in Lawrence and nearby towns. A golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Lewis was celebrated quietly amid travel woes.
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Farmers’ Union
Helen Shirar
Agnes Pine
North Lawrence
Ralph Standing
Lee
Lois Laptad
Phil Commons
Robert White
Rachel Fletcher
Lawrence
Huer
Ais
Sam’ Juel Fletcher
Clarence Cordell
Flue Mound
A. E. Welsh
Charles Lemon
Peabarly
George Cooper
Inabell
Goldie
Clifford
Lyle
Enyart
John McClure
Geneva
Evelyn White
Heley
Hazel Shirar
Frank Gasper
Marjorie
Ina Bahnmailer
Michael Heizmann
Dorothy
Floyd Cox
Eudora
George Tuttle
Harold
Tom Murphy
Fred Florance
Samuel Fletcher
Helen
Watel Shi
Genevieve Palmer
Lawrence High School
Chloveen McCluren
Kaw Valley School
Tom Jones
Robert Whits
Evelyn
Branson
Mildred
Lawrence Léonhard
Oakridge
Irelen
Birs
G. van Neste
Oak Ridge
Edward Martin
Loxraine
Kay
Myrtle
Waitersaw Valley
A. Ho Wels
Mir
Eines
Fred Fioranes
Liard
Faye Young
Lida Wilton
Frank-lin
Billy Lemien
Caroline
C. D. Lewis
Lewis
Helen and
Hayes_Shiraz
Leonhard
Oliver Schutz
Lake View
Land
Michael Schutz
Bliss Dorothy Heizmann
Easter Week Social Notes From Lawrence and Area
Lawrence residents share Easter visits with relatives and friends across town and nearby farms. Local students enjoyed an Easter break from Thursday evening to Tuesday, while neighbors shuffled between homes in Lawrence, including visits from Calhoun and Tulsa connections and routine car and mail duties amid road conditions.
Easter Socials and family visits listed in Lake View notes
Local notes recount Easter Sunday visits and gatherings among Gentry Langenderl Mitchell and Schutz families, with trips to Lawrence and Topeka. Also mentions Theron Farley recovering from flu and Margaret Langendager returning to school after illness. Brief ads interrupt with a Bachelor Wants Wife pseudo ad and Maya’s medicine claim.
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Theron Farley
Edwin
Helen Grace Gentry
L. M. Gentry
Fred Brime
Independence
Kansas
Gus Brune
Tamly
Robert Gentry
S. M. Gentry
Jack Grimes
Henry Bevere
Crowder
Local Social Notes and School News Briefs
Wednesday evening with Mr and Mrs Owen Mitchell and visits by Edgar Martin, Albert Brune, and Frank Lee highlight a busy period. Bi monthly exams are set for the Lake View schoolhouse, Easter egg hunts delight students, and district meet planned for Friday afternoon. Road conditions remain muddy with snow graded off the Lake View station to Lawrence.
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Owen Mitchell
Edgar Martin
George Langenderfer
Albert Brune
Topeka
G. A. Scribher
Gus Brune
Bert Perkins
Grippe
Frank Lee
Lawrence
Catherine McCreath
Kansas City
Lake View
George Lewis
Norman Norris
Mary Lewis
Lake View 1
Henry Beverman
Crowder mail distribution meeting at Lake View depot
The article notes Crowder residents exchanging mail with the Lake View station and upcoming depot meeting on Tuesday April 13 open to all men. It also mentions local residents Miss Mary Norris Miss Lucretia Norris Miss Catherine McCreath and Mr. and Mrs. W G Martin visiting with the Scribner family.
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of Crowder
Lake View
Mary Norris
Vinland Rural
James Norris
Lucretia Norris
Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Catherine McCreath
Kansas City
W. G. Martin
Frank Brune
Duceday
C. A. Scribener
Purification Can Restore Health, Calotaba Offer
An old health ad promotes Calotaba as a system purifier, claiming perfect purification is nature’s foundation of health. It urges a thorough course once or twice weekly for several weeks, promising vitality return and health rewards. Package with directions offered for 85 cents at drugstores.
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