Campaign push for uniform marriage laws across America
The article reports Judge W. H. Thomas of Santa Ana presenting a world survey on marriage and divorce, urging a uniform national code. It notes divorces rise faster than population, with 160,000 yearly across 48 states, and highlights ages of marriage, lack of uniformity, and calls for marriage training and legal reform.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Associated Press
America
Amy Jother
W. H. Thomas
Santa Ana
California
California District Court of Appeals
Thomias
Rome
Greece
Babylon
Thomas
France
Germany
Japan
United States Census Bureau
Canada
National Reform Association
Florida
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Vermont
United States
Kansan leaders grapple with Harding death shift
In Topeka legislators and political figures react to President Harding's sudden death, shifting from state campaign issues to national affairs. Kansas Republicans, once firmly aligned with the Harding program, seek a successor who shares his policies and bold leadership, with Capper, Allen, Reed among favored names for 1924.
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Journal-World
A. L. Shultz
Topeka
Kans
Harding
Fense
Senate
State House
Kansas
Hoover
Hughes
Weeks
Daugherty
Follette
Johnson
Borah
Iun
Arthur Capper
Henry J. Allen
Clyde M. Reed
William Allen White
Hardinge
Kansay
Curtis
Dave Mulvane
Senator Capper
Kansais
Fairview Woman's Mission Society Meets at Nisely Home
The Fairview Woman's Foreign Mission Society gathered Thursday afternoon at Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nisely's home. Mrs. E Leary led devotionals. papers were read by Mrs. C T Crews, Mrs. B C Day, and Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle. About forty members and children attended. ice cream and cake were served. Several locals visited and hosted guests through the day and week, including visits to Lawrence, Vinland, Perry, and distant relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Foreign Mission Society
Floyd Nisely
E. Leary
C. T. Crews
B.C. Day
Elizabeth Tuttle
Nisely
Herrell
Aiken
Peters
Ed Howard
Chester Howard
Paul Koehler
E. L. Brown
Cole
McLouth
Homer Brownlee
Harold Marshal
W. B. Brown
Glen Pardee
Welcome
Henry Shiray
Ed Young
Faye Schutz
Richland
Fred Eggert
Burbank
California
S. Leary
Eva
Estella
Ayer
Fair Leaf
M. D. Wells
Chas. Wells
Matt Cannon
Lawrence
Louise
Frederick
Evelyn
Belleview
C. B.rumsey
Mr. Rumisey
C. H. Cooper
Buc
Justine Brown
Kansas City
N. B. Brown
Will Cannon
Raymond Sedgwick
Gladys Sedgwick
Miss Rose
Tonganoxie
Family Sunday
Chas. Whedon
Topeka
Ellen Leary
Nellie Temple
Longton
Kaw
Henry Seele
Fred Seele
Ed. Howard
Geo. Newton House
Peters Home
Claxton-DeMerritt
Vinland
Jess Earnes
S. T. Griffin
Mabel Day
Cooper
Lawwrence
Arlo Wieding
Otis Lindell
Dorothy
Lone Star
Otto Decher
Chas. Sunguist
Peter Dreher
Rose Dreher
E. Ralston
A. R. Nottingham
Dobson
Galveston
Tex
Pearl Curtis
Ruth
Burton
Berryville
Chas. Curd
Chas. Howard
Alp. Lynch
Oak Ridge
Otto Dreher
Little Betty
Perry
Local notices span visits sales and funerals in Tonganoxie
Community members attend church events and quilting sessions while families plan travels and moves. Miss Grace Landis visits Lansing. Mr and Mrs George Phe nici e to Milwaukee around September 1. Funeral for Mrs Walter Thoms held at Christian church. extensive family and friends gather. Aid Society conducts quilting and planning for Topeka fair with local Garden City and Lawrence attendees.
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Jack Todd
Landis
Lansing
George W. Phennese
Milwaukee
Wis
Indiana
C. A. Puckett
Puckett
Brock
Kansas City
Henry Kahn
Lottie Anderson
Grace Landis
Stella May
Blanche Pienicie
Clyde Davidson
Mary Davidson
David Davidson
Los Angeles
Nora Cook
Owensburg
Kentucky
John Maloney
Fairview
Thomas
Walter Thoms
Christian ‘Church
Tonganoxie ‘Thesday
Haworth
The
Friends Church
Christian Church
Gustave Anderson
Gladys
Dwircht
Will Kahn
Emporia
Grace
C. H. Dimmick
Imove
Eudora
Lionel
A. Wartzack
E. E. Tillotson
Tillotson
E. O'Connell
Vivian Elaine
Frances Boehm
Chanute
Coffeyville
Aid Society
H. E. Miller
St. Louis
G. W. Phenicie
Fred Barnhart
Leavenworth
O'Dea
Ella
K. A
Haskell
Lawrence
Robert Graham
Eva
Jesse Graham
Anna Taylor
Barnhart
Mary Phenicie
Wichita
Fred Harmon
Six Corners
C. L. Dehoff
Boges
Valley Chapel Ladies Aid shifts meeting day
The Ladies Aid at Valley Chapel will meet Wednesday August 8 instead of Thursday due to the Sunday school picnic. Nearby residents plan to attend the picnic, with Mr and Mrs Ellis Bond and Mr and Mrs Sherry among guests at Elmer Sawyer home. The gathering includes reports of visiting relatives and local travels among neighbors.
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Ladies Aid
Ellis Bond
Valley Chapel
Sherry
Washington Creek
Elmer Sawyer
Colorado
Charlie Puckett
Betty
Doris
Lawrence
William Luckett
Edgar Darnyld
Darneld
Douglas
Kansas City
C. Ratherman
Little Songs
Allen Watts
Oklahoma
Marvin Bend
Charlie Banning
John Hagen
Teankitn
Lily Ulrich
Clifford
Willis Dunn
Twin Mound and Richland Baseball, Social News Notes
The itemizes a July 29 baseball score between Michigan Valley and Twin Mound, reports multiple visits and gatherings around Richland, Topeka, and nearby homes, mentions threshing completion, hospital visit for Elmer Harding, and a party at Dilve Shermer’s with plans for future meetups. Names include Frank McKinzie, E. J. Gaines, Georgie Rakes, Hazel Rakes, Le Kennedy, Thaddie Petelish, Joe Shermer, Lenora Blocher, Bert Pogerty, Jennie Montfoort, Sam Kennedy, Devena Roady, George Sullivan, Scott, Jack Harding, Billie Sinclair, Gaines, Elmer Harding, Hiram Mayswinkle, Thurl Thurber, Willis Gibler, Belle Cole, Roy Thurber, Lena Ruable, Dan Lamb, John L. Gibler, Knute Knudison, and Virgil Gaines.
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Michigan Valley
Twin Mound
Frank McKinzie
E. J. Gaines
Georgie
Hazel Rakes
le Kennedy
Topeka
Leite Talley
Thaddie Petelish
Jennie Montfoort
Sam Kennedy
Devena
rela_ tives
Phe G
Richland
George Sullivan
Scott
Jack Harding
Billie Sinclair
Gaines
Elmer Harding
St. Francis Hospital
Dilve Shermer
Bimer ‘Thurber
Willis Gibler
Belle.Cole
Roy Thurber
Lena Ruable
Pearl Thurber
Elmer Thurber
A ‘Thurber
John L. Gibler
Union
E. P. Gaines
Will-Lamb Ar
Dan Lamb
George Thurber
Lawrence
Virgil Gaines
Knute Knudison
Netione
Midland residents enjoy ball game and barn dance in Buck Creek area
Crowds travel from Lawrence and nearby counties to the ballast pool for swimming, while a Midland Grange basket dinner draws about seventy five attendees in the Gantz farm grove. The Reed road is being graded, the potato market sags, and local residents visit kin, attend funerals, and share social events with neighbors across Midland.
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Lawrence
Pearl Corder
Lee Folts
Miss Carry
Hunsinger
Tonganoxie
Midland Grange
Gantz
Buck Creek
Reed
L. M. Spray
Washington, D. C
Blay Jock
Midland Rural Club
Blaylock
Hagie
A. W. Garvin
Kansas City
Evaline Garvin
George Ferrier
Betty Ann
Local Farming Notes From Douglas County Fair and Threshing Season
Community notices describe guests visiting Eudora and Lawrence areas, threshing crews moving between farms, and forthcoming events. Poultry culling demonstrations, seed treatment effects on potato yields, evergreen pest control, and marketing practices are discussed. Promotions urge attendance at the Woodland Park fair and planning for beef cattle and hog catalog publications.
Babel’s Tongues Sprawl Across British Empire
London reports from Associate Press quoted Professor Daniel Jones stating the British Empire contains between 806 and 1000 distinct languages with India contributing heavily to the count. The note adds Siberian soil freezes to 63 feet and mentions bark-like frogs as curiosities.
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London
Associated Press
British Empire
Tower of Babel
Daniel Jones
India
South Eudora Social Roundup and Local Updates
Miss Clara and Lula Eolain hosted guests including Thelma Deay, Elizabeth and Jo Mills. Ruth Davis was taken to Memorial Hospital with an infected jaw after wisdom tooth extraction, resting easier now. Trene Mistelle, injured from a hay barn fall, is slowly improving at Grandfather Mistelle's in Kansas City under specialist care. Mrs. Jet Holmes and daughters Arletta and Annabell visited Mrs. Perry Page. Page is now up and about. Warren Collein and Otto Durr traveled to Chicago. Rev. J. D. Mills spent Sunday in Kansas City, with Friends meeting duties. Last Friday evening the Farmers...
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Clara
Lula Eolain
Thelma Deay
Elizabeth
Jo Mills
Eldon
Blanche Vota
August Reichtimerson
Ottawa
Ruth Davis
Memorial Hospital
Trene Mistelle
Mistelle
Kansas City
Jet Holmes
Arletta
Annabell
Perry Page
Warren Collein
Chicago
Otto Durr
H. H. Gerstenbergeo
J. D. Mills
Friends Meeting
Union Roscoe Meeting Shares Cream and Cake Program
A Union meeting at Roscoe followed by a brief program and supper for 250 attendees including men women and children who enjoyed 10 gallons of cream and cake. Additional local notes report visits, job changes and a bereavement, plus historical trivia and British agriculture values.
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Pean
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Unclear content from historical note with garbled text
Fragmentary OCR entry mentions personal health experience by George McCrar or Lt with a reference to Towan or Towan's Kidney Pills and a relief from an attack after taking medicine. The passage is incoherent and lacks verifiable names, dates, or places.
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Hutt
Aizay
Towan
George McCrar
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Kaw Valley
Sufest Committee
Douglas County Livestock Association
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Time of Babel
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