Former Explorer Frederick Cook Dies in New York
Larchmont New York August fifth 1932 Dr Frederick A Cook famed for the North Pole claim died after ten months illness in Shainwald Feldt hospital following a cerebral hemorrhage. He had received a presidential pardon for mail fraud and faced federal conviction for promoting oil schemes. Cook born June 10 1865 in Callicoon Depot Sullivan County studied at College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York University Medical College graduating in 1890.
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Larchmont
N. Y
Frederick Cook
Shainwald Vefeldt
Roosevelt
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Dr. Cook
Robert E. Peary
Cook
Fort Worth
Tex
Leavenworth
Callicoon Depot
Sullivan County
Kansas Kansans Debate Nine State Defense Meeting
Washington reports sentiment over sending a nine state delegation from Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Arkansas Iowa Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota to a Kansas City meeting August 30 to push defense industry projects. Senator Capper hosts a luncheon. the plan to form a cross state committee is discussed. Kansans caution on timing and recommend limiting Kansas representation.
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Washington
Kansas
Kansas City
Plains
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Senator Capper
R.-Kan
Capper
Clark
D.mo
Capitol
Kansan
J. C. Nichols
Defense ‘Council
Nichols
Boehm Sentenced for Perjury in Union Electric Case
Pi Frank J Boehm former 42000 a year vice president of Union Electric Co Missouri was sentenced by Federal Judge George H Moore to five years in prison and fined 4000 on perjury charges He was convicted on two of five counts related to testimony before Securities and Exchange Commission investigators He was acquitted on three counts and has filed notice of appeal Boehm released on 10000 bond
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St.Louis
Frank J. Boehm
Union Electric Co
Missouri
George H. Moore
Securities and Exchange Commission
Union Electric
Boehm
Death halts prosecution of film director Meins
Film director Gus Meins, 47, accused of sex offenses against six youths, was found dead in his automobile near brush yesterday. His attorney said Meins likely died by suicide from carbon monoxide, fearing publicity would ruin his career even without proof of guilt.
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Los Angeles
Gus Meins
Teains
Joseph K. Coady
Meins
Coady
Former KU Man Named To Michigan College Post
Roy Underwood, former Kansas University piano teacher, is appointed head of the music department at Michigan State College in Lansing Michigan. He left KU in 1984 to lead Ward Belmon t college piano studies and later became director of music work there. Dean Swarthout called the Lansing post a prominent music job with a distinguished faculty and strong program.
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Roy Underwood
K.U. School of Fine Arts
Michigan State College
Lansing
Mich
Underwood
University of Kansas
Ward-Belmont College
Nashville
Tenn
D. M. Swarthout
Nine Kansans to Attend Willkie Farm Conference
Nine Kansans planned to attend Wendell L. Willkie's farm conference in Des Moines. The group includes W. E. Grimes of Kansas State College, H. C. Morton Hutchinson secretary, Dr. C Wolf Ottawa state Farm Bureau president, C. C. Carswell master of the state grange, and E. Vawter J. C. Mohler of the state board of agriculture, among others. They were invited by Gov. Payne Ratner to represent Kansas.
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Topeka
Wendell L. Willkie
Des Moines
W. E. Grimes
Kansas State College
Will J. Miller
H. C. Morton
Farmers Cooperative Commission Co
Hutchinson
Dr. C . Wolf
Ottawa
State Farm Bureau
William Ljungdahl
C. C. Carswell
State Grange
Clyde Coffman
E. Vawter
J.C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Payne Ratner
Man Takes Nap on Tracks. Survives Train Collision
Laurinburgh North Carolina August 5 Nelson McLaurin Dozing between trains he slept on the rail and was knocked clear by an oncoming locomotive He escaped serious injuries and recalled his nightmare after waking.
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Laurinburgh
N. C
P— Nelson
McLaurin
Speeding Fine Paid by Don Crumet in Police Court
Don Crumet of Fifteenth and Elmwood paid a five dollar fine this morning after a police court hearing on speeding charges.
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Don’ Crumet
Fifteenth
Elmwood Streets
Dog goes to hospital for healing and returns for treatment
A brindle bulldog named Spot fell ill three months ago and was treated at a pet hospital by his mistress Mrs. Lucille Redlingshafer. After an automobile accident breaking Spot's right front leg he walked straight to the hospital to have the bone set.
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San Francisco
Spot
Lucille Redlingshafer
Linwood Social News From Linwood and Nearby Visits
Linwood residents report visits from relatives and friends across Kansas and California. Quince German family travels to Buffalo Oklahoma for a week with Clinton German. John Faith of Lawrence visits sister Mrs Lon Haney. many local families host guests from Kansas City Hoover Missouri and South Dakota during the week. A cross country trip notes 5000 miles by Charles Winkleman and daughter Batty visiting Washington Oregon Celitorsia while Maud Long and Mabel Boland return from California to Rhodes family gathering.
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Quince German
Velma
Buffalo
Okla
German
Clinton
John Faith
Lawrence Spen
Lon Haney
Frank Atteberry
Donald Siscoe
Clinton Siscoe
Kansas City
C. C. Burnett
Frank Harbaugh
Parry Home
Leo McMillen
Melvern
Kan
Charles McMillen
Maud. Long
Mabel Boland
Lloyd Rhodes
Youngville
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Calif
Rhodes
Joe Grafton
Hoover
Atteberry
Will Grafton
Charles Winkleman
Batty
Washington
Oregon
Celitorsia
Alfred Fredrick
Randolph
Linwood
Alt Mass
Ray. Pritchard
Houston
Tex
Francis Atte- Mis
Hugh Jones Houghton
South Dakota
Bill Jones
Visitors and travels noted for local residents
Morrison and daughter of Stockton Illinois were called here last Saturday by the death of Merc Harbaugh. Miss Laure Funk of Monticello visited Mrs C E Rucker. Mr and Mrs T A Goff and Mrs Vida Hughes left for Flint Michigan to spend two weeks visiting relatives and attending the air show. Miss Mildred Blomberg of Manhattan visited Dorothy Lee Brannock’s home.
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Morrison
Stockton, Ill
Inlaw
Merc Harbaugh
Laure Funk
Monticello
C. E. Rucker
T. A. Goff
Vida Hughes
Flint
Mich
Mildred Blomberg
Manhattan
Dorothy Lee Brannock
Community News From Clearfield and Surrounding Areas
Social visits and family gatherings fill a Clearfield week with relatives from Westphalia Topeka and Tulsa visiting Breithaupt Hausman and Selzer households. Threshing, convention attendance at Forest Park Topeka, and a KC wedding mark a busy period as faculty, clergy, and locals share meals funerals and travel.
Local obituary notes Wright and community events in Desoto area
Wright, 19, drowned Saturday afternoon while swimming at Baldwin lake near Desoto. He is described as a brother of Mrs. Paul Selzer. The article also mentions Mr and Mrs Phillip Brechelsen and children visiting near Bethel and reports Mrs G Breithaupt in St Thuke's Hospital in Kansas City after an operation.
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Wright
Wellsville
Paul Selzer
Baldwin Lake
Phillip Brechelsen
Johnny Brechelisen
Bethel
G. Breithaupt
St. Thuke's Haspital
Kansas City
Des Soto
Memorial Building Horizontal A Puzzle of Words and Clues
A cryptic style list presents numbered clues and partial phrases across topics like architecture monkeys inlay and rivers. The item reads as a word puzzle with entries such as Inlet stitch Those and numerous scattered definitions indicating a broad set of terms and cross references.
Local Church Service and Community Notes
Sunday morning worship at the Methodist church. John Whitelaw and Neill Whitelaw spent Monday in Kansas City where Neill consulted Dr. Frank Dickson about arthritis and planned surgical treatment at St Luke's Hospital. Margaret Christner plans to leave for Colorado to rent a place before school opens. A trip to Topeka was made by Rev J M Torrence and Mrs Torrence and daughters with Don Claar and family and others from the Intermediate Epworth League. Farmers report early cantaloupes and a fair crop outlook. Several local farmers vaccinated horses for sleeping sickness. a few cases reported this summer in the district. Asbury Endicott of Arkansas City visited Friday. Mrs Jay Yarnell of Kansas City visited relatives Sunday. Mrs G W Longstreth traveled to Lawrence to meet her daughter Phyllis returning from Colony. Mr and Mrs Sherman Casebier attended a reunion in Tonganoxie. Virginia Mae Shores and Horace Randall were married Wednesday and will live here as Horace runs the picture show and plans further business ventures.
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Edith Search
W. O.search
Lovington
N. M
Miss Search
Board of Education
Neill G. Whitelaw
Presbyterian College
Clinton
S. C
Helen Kelley
Kansas City
Ozro Preston
Eudora
Lawrenz Reith
O. Wright
William J
Bud) Kelley
Maggie Freeman
Bill. Bennett
E. J. Deweese
5. D. Randall
Ferris Cordell
Kelley
Freeman- Wright
Ottawa
J. M. Torrence
Baldwin
Epworth League Institute
Bethel League
R. W. Boone
DeSoto
Maurice DeBoever
John Whitelaw
Neill Whitelaw
Neill
Frank Dickson
St. Luke's Hospital
Missa
Margaret Christner
University of Kansas
Colorado
Don Claar
Epworth League
Topeka
Asbury Endicott
Arkansas City
Methodist Church
Jay Yarnell
Jacob Sherlack
Sherlack
G. W. Longstreth
Lawrence
Phyllis
Colony
8.T. Longstreth
Sherman Casebier
Tonganoxie
Mr. Casebier
Virginia Mae Shores
Horace Randall
Horace
Corliss and area residents host gatherings and family visits
A lengthy list chronicling visits and social events around Corliss and nearby areas. Families from Kansas City Grandview Lawrence Harrisonville and Strassburg join meals, funerals, threshing events, and church gatherings. Interwoven are illness notes, hospital progress, and neighborhood support.
Hopewell and Independence Marriage in Lawrence
Miss Betty Branning daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Branning of Ottawa and Carl Ferguson son of Mr and Mrs R O Ferguson were married in Lawrence July 27. They will live with the Fergusons in the Union community. Ferguson works for Carl Butell on the Thompson farm. Also notes of social visits and family events follow if readable.
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Betty Branning
Harry Branning
Ottawa
Carl] Ferguson
R. O. Ferguson
Lawrence
Union
Mr. Ferguson
Carl Butell
Thompson
Gayle Riley
Misa Noreen Morgan
Mra
Ad& Williams
Lenora Hardtaker
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Journal-World
River Elbe
Hamburg
Germany
R A.F
Lois Davis
Venice
K. U
Michigan College
State
Willkie
Young Democrats
Wichita
Labor Day
Jibo Hewitt
Medicine Lodge
Clearfield
Aleen Johnson
Emma Breithaupt
Katie ‘Glazer
Westphalia
B. F. Breithaupt
George
Ben Brechelsen
Hiney Brechelsen
Lena Breithaupt
George Trabant
Clarence Hausman
Ted Brechelsen
Forest Park
G. Trabant
Howard
Carlyle
Maria Cook
Larretta Gerstenberger
Ted Brecheisen
John Selzer
Johnny
H. L. Kindell
Jacky
Joan
Tulsa
Delores
Deckwa
Mary Brechelsen
Minnie Hausman
Wesley Deckway
Bobby Woodard
Frank Eugene
Diawe Deoig
Corliss
Clifford Whitson
Clarence Miller
C. L
Rolla Jordon
Jordon
B. H. Sonntag
Buford Musser
Hal Robinson
Clyde Jorden
Morris
Harrisonville
Albert Sapp
Strassburg
Virgil Jordon
Fred Lilly
Behn
Blake
John Turner
Turner
van Markle
Lilly
Rella Jordon
Virgil‘ Jordon
Old Rugged Cross
Jergson
Jasper LeSueur
J. Will
Maxton Paulson
Chillicothe
Albert Howard
Harvey Howard
Louisburg
Will Vaughn
Will Winters
Tecumseh Howard
Geneva Reynolds
Clifford Steffin
Delbert Griffin
Eugene Griffin
Elsie Mae
Ben Hammond
Earl Black
Saturday Night Bridge Club
Floyd
K. Riley
Ed Gay
Spring Hill
James Dyer
Hulda Price
Dins
Ada Williama
Carrie
Williams
Perce
Williama
Aee
Sneck
Ike Thomas
Lao Dyer
Eng
Fred
Purvis
Maria
Lee
Calvin
Walter Spense
Altha Marle
Maxine Dyer
Julia Merchant
Will Gorrill
Gilbert Gander
Paul Kochen
Jamen Pardee
Milwaukee
Wis
Ed Pardee
Adam Williams
Earl’ Lederer
Annie Lederer
Charles Vaughn
Doris
Charlie Gale
Karston Marquardt
B. L. Taul and Son
Larry Heinen
B. L. Taul
Hopewell
Kince
ANCE
Jean
Bryant Building
11Th and
Grand Kansas
City
R. H. Carlson
Victor
Meg Con
Sulant
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