Dynamite blast damages homes in Picher Oklahoma
An explosion of a dynamite magazine at the Vantage Mining property in Picher damaged more than twenty homes in a residential area. No serious injuries were reported though several residents suffered shock. Police chief Charles Stafford said the cause was not linked to radicals, and the blast damaged a derrick, transformer house, and shattered hundreds of windows. The blast site contained about 154 pounds of dynamite, and a nearby car may have been involved before the explosion.
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Picher
Okla
Charles Stafford
Vantage Mining Company
Stafford
O. A. Sneed
J . Riley Clark
Pentacostal
Lead and Zinc
Oklahoma
More Cruisers Planned In Geneva Talks
Washington reports indicate the United States aims for a cruiser fleet of 250000 to 300000 tons. Eight 10060-ton cruisers are contracted, with ten more likely to be authorized by Congress. Proposed buildup suggests laying down two per year over five years, totaling about 255000 tons including Memphis type ships. Great Britain seeks limits on the 10000-ton class.
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Washington
Geneva
Congress
Naval
United States
Great Britain
Itself
Japan
Iowa pitcher undefeated in national horseshoe tourney
Frank Jackson of Lamoni Iowa led the third day of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association summer tournament in Duluth Minnesota as the only undefeated among 89 entrants with 18 wins. Defending champ C C Davis led ringers percentage at .611 over 19 games. Duryee and Jackson followed in percentages.
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Duluth
Minn
Frank Jackson
Lamoni
Jackson
C. C
Davis
Bert Duryee
Alichita
Stanton County Commissioners Go to Supreme Court
Stanton county commissioners, sued by Alfred Collingwood to compel a herd order preventing cattle from wandering onto wheat fields, filed their answer in the Kansas Supreme Court. They claim petitions lacked good faith and that Collingwood is not a Stanton County resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Stanton County
Alfred Collingwood
Supreme Court
Collingwood
Chicago dog tracks face renewed court delay in closure bid
Chicago district prosecutors press to close dog racing venues accusing wide open gambling. Judge Sullivan refused to hear a dissolution motion for the current injunction. A new bid to halt the races will be filed next week. In Missouri, two prisoners sustained heavy wounds after a shirt shop fight with shears at the penitentiary hospital. One suspect, Grace Smith, linked to Kansas City Kansas, was jailed for chicken stealing following a fight at Olathe.
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New Court
Chicago
P. L. Sullivan
Jefferson City
George Rodgers
Missouri
St. Louis
George Délps
Pemiscot County
Grace Smith
Kansas City
Kans
Heine
Johnson County
Cummings
Lawrence
Olathe
Oxford well work starts despite local oil ordinance
W W Pickard of Wichita began drilling in block 35 at Oxford despite an ordinance limiting wells to one per block. Roxana had a permit in the same block. City council planning to pursue penalties. voters set a special election for August 24. Meantime Mollie Lipperd No 1 in block 33 swabbed 210 barrels in twelve hours with production expected to rise after a nitroglycerine shot.
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Winfield
Kans
Oxford
Kas
W. W. Pickard
Wichita
Roxana Petroleum Corporation
Pickard
Mollie Lipperd
Charles F. Noble
Cartier
Memorials to four presidents at Rushmore praised
President Coolidge lauds Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt as builders of American liberty and unity. He envisions a national monument in South Dakota reflecting their leadership, guardian of self government and expansion, linking past and future with enduring patriotism. A Topeka Chamber raffle aims to fund a Ford car giveaway at a Topeka baseball game. Lightning injures 45 troops at a Warsaw drill. Turkey grants complete religious freedom by decree of Mustafa Kemal.
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Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Columbus
South Dakota
Lincoln
Roosevelt
America
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
Okmulgee
Seismograph Stations Rise Across Soviet Union to Forecast Quakes
The Academy of Science plans to build one hundred seismographic stations nationwide to predict earthquakes, led by expert Nikiforoff, aiming to save lives and property. In Dallas, Captain William P. Erwin returns from a leg of his Dallas to Hong Kong and Honolulu flights, planning to depart again after noon. In Paris, Countess Salm and Arturo Paralta Ramos, engaged, have booked passages on the steamship Olympic from Cherbourg on August 17.
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Leningrad
Soviet Union
Tthe Academy of Science
Nikiforoff
Erwin
Dallas
Tex
Wiliam P. Erwin
Paris
Salm
Millicent Rogers
Arturo Paralta Ramos
Argentina
Olympic
Cherbourg
Drews Reaches Third Round in National Public Parks Tennis
Theo dore Drews of St. Louis, holder, advances to the third round by defeating Ralph L. Rice of Chicago in a tight match, 6-4 11-9 6-2, at the National Public Parks championship in St. Louis. A complaint was issued against Manuel Rerics for stealing a pair of trousers, with Rerics held in the county jail. Fifteen thousand cigar makers in Tampa go on a one day strike protesting the Sacco-Vanzetti execution.
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Brew
St. Louis
Theodore Drews
Ralph L. Rice
Chicago
George K. Melvin
Judge & B. Stevens
Manuel Rerics
Ramez
Tampa
Fils
A.P
Sacco-Vanzet& Execution
De Soto News Briefs Show Local Visits and Movements
De Soto residents report visits from Bradford Nowell family and relatives in Ohio, plus Lawrence and Kansas City trips. Notable mentions include John Taylor ill with whooping cough, Robert Mosby named manager and player for a Cook Paint basketball team, and births, travels, and minor local business updates among De Soto families. Potato digging drags due to heavy rains, roads slick for motorists returning from Lawrence and Kansas City.
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Bradford Nowell
Daisy Nowell
Frank Rhodes
Nowell
Cecil Kouns
Ohio
M. Jar. Reynolds
Alonzo Ambier
Ambler
John Taylor
Robert Mosby
K. U
Cook Paint & Varnish Co
Kansas City
Hillyard
St. Joe
Kansas City Athletic Club
Stanley S. Jones
Glendale Griffith
T. J. Fanning
Lawrence
I. T. Martin
Virginia
Paul
Fairmount Park
B. T. Griffith
Stanley Jones
J. L. Coons
Woodrow
C. E. Jewetts
Olin
Niagara Falls
Toronto
Louis Young
C. W., Morse
Marguerite Morse
L T. Martin
Lloyd ‘Krause
Lucille Jlinesmith
Leavenworth
Trene Reed
Melvin Stephens
Topeka
Ruth
Prairie Center
Warlie Cunningham
Elmer Jewett
E.E. Baker
C. A. Welfelt
Claude Bleything
Welfelt
John A. Gordon
David Jewett
A. Anderson
Pat
Local residents share travel and social visits across region
The article lists residents and guests visiting from Kansas City, Missouri, and Texas, noting vacations, family visits, and weekend gatherings. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jewett planning a Colorado auto trip, Fred Jewett’s Sterling visit, Kansas City friends with Mrs. John Hensen, and multiple household arrivals and departures, including the Andersons in Houston.
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Charles Jewett
Colorado
Fred Jewett
Sterling
Mannie Wiard
Kansas City
John Hensen
Emma’ Williams
Wierd
Wiard
Eudora Area Social Bids And Family Visits
Local residents hosted and visited relatives from Omaha Topeka Keokuk Lawrence and Hutchinson in a string of August gatherings. Family groups from W G Kropf and C Ll Fuller homecomings in Eudora were reported alongside trips to Lawrence and Topeka and a Minerva Rebekah picnic in the city park hall due to damp grounds.
Eudora Socials Tie Up Busy Week with Dinners and Deaths
A flurry of dinners and visits marks a busy period in Eudora as families host relatives from St. Louis Lawrence and Topeka. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. C C McGuire hosting seven o’clock dinner with Daugherty and associated families, and Ed Diedrich hosting guests from Topeka. Loyal attendees such as Clarence Daugherty and Wayne Reusch celebrate birthdays at home. The community also reports Hedwig Zollner and daughters visiting Kansas City and Topeka trips, plus Ed Griener planning rheumatism treatment in Albuquerque. The town mourns Mrs. Adolph Lotz Sr at eighty-eight after illness, and Anleta Jewell James dies at sixteen months from measles and pneumonia. Ada Fern Cox and Harold E Lowe wed in Olsbe, with a two-week Ozark motor trip to follow. both teachers, they will join Edgerton schools.
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W. G. Kropf
Grace
James
Omaha
Nebr
D. W. Fuller
Topeka
C. Ll. Fuller
John Harding
Kansas City
Anna Blopp
Corydon Rich
Kebkuk
Iowa
E. J. Holland
Lawrence
Olathe
Fred Papenhausen
Tonganoxit
Minerva Rebekah Indge
F. Hall
Ray Milburn
Los Angeles
Calif
Herbert Henley
Wichita
Carl Schubert
Fred Rothberger
Lawrences
Thelmas Hoover
Arthur Alexander
Helen Hess
Cleo Shay
Miltonvale
Gertrude Schubert
Bethany Hospital
Kans
George Schubert
Regina Zollner
Mutual Telephone Office
Josephine Zullner
Marie’ Moll
Melody Lane Singers
Eudora
Fred Moll
Frank Bernitz
Lilly Ziegler
James Tayior
Elsie Ziegler
E. B. Goheen
Newton, Kans
Greta Marion
Henry Houscher
Ede
Urusula
Edna
W. J. Brandenstein
Hutchinson, Kans
Max Rosenau
Arthur Ott
Charles Brows
C.C. McGuire
St. Louis
Bert Daugherty
Ruth
Pearl
U . Roy Daugherty
Fern
Harold. Daugh
Lorain
Clarence Daugherty
Ed Diedrich
Ada
J. F. Copp
W. A. Carter
Vaneatta Belle
Billy
Otto Durr
Harry Ferrow
Helen
Angelia Sommers
Dorothea Hartig
William Edelbrock
Billy Bob
Johnny Edelbrock
Robert Reusch
Homer Kurtz
Wayne Reusch
Jess Kraybill
S. ¥. Carr
C. C. McGuire
Ruth Daugherty
Charles Gerstenberger
Douglas Harris
William Zimmer
Katherine
Robert
Leslie
J. B. Miller
Hedwig Zollner
Regine
Josephine
John Schehrer
Ed Neustifter
Frank Martin
George
Fairland Park
Roscoe Robinson
Sumday
M. R. Weir
de Sto
Charles Terrill and Son
S. V. Carr
Marguerite Fitzgerald
Tom Hennesy
Joe ‘Schopper
Baldwin
Charlea Brown and
Delbert
Tonmanoxie
Nnen
C. Cox
J. D. Adame
F. G. Hughes
Kaw Valley
Frank _Griener
Cecelia Blechel
Walter Anthony
Tulsa
Oklo
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Griener
Santa Fe
Adolph Lotz Sr
St. Paul's Church
Washington, Kans
Nora Scarbrough
Walter Grist
M. H. Cox
Ada Fern
Harold E. Lowe
Olsbe
Kansas
F. C. Everett
Presbyterian Minse
Ozarks
Lowe
Eudora High School
Kansas State Teachers College
Edgerton
Balkan Costumes Lose Quaintness in Tourist Imitation
Apr 10, Mostar region reports modernization dulls old Balkan towns. Belgrade, Sarajevo, Ragusa and Cetinje adopt European styles, while Montenegro and Dalmatia retain traditional dress among shepherds and rural life. Goats even resist modernization as cars threaten to ruin photographs.
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Mostar
Herzzegovina
Belgrade
Sarajevo
Ragusa
Unter den Linden
Cettigne
Montenegro
Herpzagovina
Dalmatia
Jone
Covered Shinbones and Skirt Fashion in 1920s Commentary
New York dispatch mocks women’s fashion shifts with a satirical tone. It argues short skirts do little for virtue, claiming modern women flaunt legs to appear younger, while fashion and morality are decoupled in a provocative social critique.
Deaths and funerals of Magdalena Heck Dreher
Mrs Magdalena Heck Dreher died at her home 915 Maine street at 3 60 yesterday afternoon. She leaves husband Peter Dreher six children Alfred Heck Marie Houk Fred Heck Emil Heck Carrie Schoewengerdt Lena Seits eleven grandchildren and sisters Mrs George Heck Mrs Robert Guntert Mrs Fredar eka Wise and Mrs Rose Meier. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mohammed mountain mountains note unrelated advertisement follows.
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Magdalena Heck Dreher
Magdalena ‘Heck Dreher
Maine Street
Peter Dreher
Alfred Heck
Marie Houk
Fred Hecck
Emil Heck
Carrie Schoewengerdt
Lena Seits
George Heck
Robert Guntert
Fredareka Wise
Rose Meier
World record towage claim and Lawrence notes
A column notes a man towing a car 77 miles as a possible world record, recounts a 200 mile tow in Texas after an axle broke, and lists local items from Lawrence including travels to Washington and London, a misdated Nebraska clipping, and Western Union building renovations.
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George Attinger
Journal-World
Texas
Uttinger
Beeville
Tex
Alamo
Corpus Christi
Personal Notes and Local Events Move Through Town
Mrs. W T Carpenter returns Monday night after visiting daughter Mrs George Marshall in Auasta. Mr and Mrs A G Alrich plan Colorado trip via Garden City to visit sister Mrs Walter Herriott. Homer Herriott of Madison Wis to arrive tomorrow. Social Service League to open furniture sale from Eldridge hotel stock by Friday in the former Handley store with Masons’ permission. Face powder linked to asthma cases among women.
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George Marshall
Auasta
A. G. Alrich
Colorado
Garden City
Social Service League
Eldridge Hotel
Masons
League
Big Game Tonight Opens Derby Between Odd Fellows and Rotary
Clear sky and perfect diamond set the stage for the championship derby between Odd Fellows and Rotary, postponed Monday for wet grounds. The game begins promptly at 6 15 with the Funk batsman trophy to the league’s leading hitter postponed until Friday for the second game. Awards will go to the second and third place batters, with the eight top hitters listed as Hegeman Holcom Gray Odd Fellows Peter Haskell Bushey Rotary Montoya Haskell Barton Haskell Ireland Rotary and Lon Reneker Eagles.
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Odd Fellows
Rotary
Altho
Funk Batsman
Hegeman
Holcom
Gray
Peter
Haskell
Bushey
Rickard Seeks Substitutes for Possible Ring Change
Tex Rickard plans emergency substitutes for the heavyweight title bout at Chicago on September 22. Jack Sharkey is a designated standby for either Dempsey or Tunney, with Delaney or Paolino as additional emergency picks. The winner of the upcoming New York fight is set to face Sharkey if all goes as hoped. In other boxing notes, Cubs halt nine-game NL streak as they split a doubleheader with Brooklyn, Hartnett injured in the foot by Felix.
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New York
Jack
Delaney-Paolino Uzendyn
Tex Rickard
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunnay
Hicago
Rickard
Chicago
Yankee Stadium
Sharkey
Cubs
Associated Press
Dodgers
Robina
Bruins
Gabby" Hartnett
Ced
Gus Felix
Brooklyn
Marriage Licenses Issued In Topeka And Baldwin Areas
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to Clarence Bowker and Flossie Yocum of Topeka and to Lester Schwartz and Lola Hobbs of Baldwin. Clergy included Judge Kindley and Rev. Cain. A Nazarene Tent Meeting drew a fine crowd as evangelist preached The Last Opportunity. Bulvaria oil from tobacco seed noted for nutritive value comparable to olive oil.
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Clarence Bowker
Flossie Yocum
Topeka
Judge Kindley
Tha
Cafamana
Rhuben
Lewis
Dorothy Gibson
of. Lawrence
Cain
Lester Schwartz
Lola Hobbs
Baldwin
Maston
Nazarene
New Bonnshire
Young -Riter
Prossett
Estelle Reid Lienaed
Bulgaria
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Neodesha
L. C. Messer
Durant, Okla
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Rink Coors
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J.D. Parish
Mount Vernon
Washington, D. C
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London
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