Positive Sabbath Clash And the campaign season thaws
The piece notes a political breathing spell after primaries as leaders open headquarters and gear up for high pressure activities. It also surveys drouth relief cattle flows under a reciprocal treaty with Canada, impacts of the treaty on midwestern farmers, a Springfield taproom banning women, territorial annexation celebrate in Breckenridge Colorado, and Mussolini’s stance on the Spanish Civil War. Kansas Democrats choose Topeka for headquarters, with Helvering back in state politics and seen as a powerful national tax figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Prairie States
Helvering
Roosevelt
Guy Helvering
Internal Revenue
Kansas
Mr. Helvering
Mr. Farley
Jim Farley
Free Democrats of
Farley
Internal Revenue Department
Topeka State Journal
Protest Over Street Improvement Petitioned by Owner
W E Spalding, owner in the benefit district, protests the council plan to fund Indiana Street upgrades from Ninth to Twelfth without district owner consent. He argues the street is already in good condition and questions who bears costs for adjacent state property. He says he will sign the petition protesting the improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Indiana Street
W. E. Spalding
Old Home Town and Regional Notes From Lawrence Area
The Lawrence area reports a 103 degree noon reading marking a new high for the year. Ottawa county and Franklin county plan a federal aided road project from Ottawa to Douglas county, linking Pleasant Grove road. A baby boy named Richard Hibbard Jr. was born at Christ's Hospital Topeka on Saturday. Helen Alter and cousin David McClelland visited Topeka. James Searles of Oklahoma City stayed with the Giffords. they plan to move to Kansas City after September 1. R B Wagstaff started an overland trip into Canada and the eastern states. Laura Alice Holliday travels to Kansas City for a week in the city home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Lawrence
Franklin County
Ottawa
Douglas County
Pleasant Grove
Richard Wagstaff
Christ’s Hospital
Topeka
Richard Hibbard
Helen Alter
David McClelland
Calif
James Searles
Oklahoma City
A. Gifford
Gifford Searles
Kansas City
R. B. Wagstaff
Canada
Laura Alice Holliday
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
An excerpt titled Poor Pa by Claude Callan features a humorous line about faith and a hatshet incident, attributed to a narrator recalling his mother’s admonition and an unserious moment during a Sunday prayer. The piece showcases a light, personal voice with colloquial humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poor PA
Claude Callan
Social Gathering and Travel Plans Recap
Mrs Armin Woeste Meyer hosts a bridge party honoring cousin Miss Barbara Jane Kennedy of Ottawa. Attendants include Miss Ruth Kennedy and Miss Marjorie Brown with Miss Margaret Jane Winslet winning high score. Prof C J Posey and daughter Margaret plan an overland trip visiting Lake Mille Lac Lake Pokegama and the north shore of Lake Superior. Miss Helen Wagstaff departs Saturday for Northport Point Michigan returning after September first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armin Woestemeyer
Barbara Jane Kennedy
Ottawa
Ruth Kennedy
Bridge
Marjorie Brown
Miss Kennedy
Margaret Jane Winslet
C. J. Posey
Margaret
Lake Mille, Lac
Iron Range
Lake Pokayama
Lake Superior
Helen Wagstaff
Northport Point
Mich
Lawrence hosts 25th anniversary picnic for Chancellor Strong
Twenty five years ago on August 5 a birthday picnic for Chancellor Frank Strong was held at Estes Park, Colorado. Lawrence residents present included Dr. Frank Strong Evelyn Strong and many others as listed in the letter from C F Squires detailing eighty four guests. Community members and visitors attended events, with notes on upcoming visits and local social happenings.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Colorado
Frank Strong
Estes Park
C. F. Squires
Evelyn Strong
Frank Strong, Jr
Mattie Moore
F. P. Smith
W. H. Carruth
F. W
W. E. Higgins
Levert Higgins
Dorothy Higgins
Donald Higgins
Effie Curd
Frances Johnson
Ruth Peairs
Tonganoxie
Edith Laming
Eben Baldwin
Kansas City
Claudia Pendleton
Ray Sexton
Topeka
Ester Degan
Helen Degan
Hilda Minse
Edwards
Wilson
North Carolina
Boston
Dustin Bowersock
Wilber Bowersock
Berkely Street
Bowersock
Liberati Concert in Lawrence Aids Bell's Band Benefit
Forty years ago in Lawrence the Liberati Concert company drew a well filled opera house for a Bell’s band benefit. A street open air prelude and a band entrance opened the show, followed by a performance in the house. The report also notes new stone curbing, a bicycle frame repair into a boy’s wheel, a grove camping party north of Lecompton, and local political organizing among old soldiers for McKinley.
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Liberati
Lawrence
Opera House
Bell
Woodward's
University Book Store
Albach & Prehm’s
Fines in Police Court For Drunkenness
Police Judge Don Hults fined Fred Gulley 25 dollars and paroled him on a May 30 sentence for being drunk. John Bard and Harry Monroe were fined 15 dollars each on similar charges. Twenty four Oklahoma A and M students achieved a straight A average in the past semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gulley
Don Hults
John Bard
Harry Monroe
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Bitter Truth In London trip Shipley under murder suspicion
Inspector Hylton grills Dale Shipley about the Burdett murder and his alibi. Shipley narrates a London visit with Frances Lawson’s daughter and a Battersea sister, admitting a quarrel over a will and a blackmail threat. Nancy Featherstone withdraws, while Shipley’s guilt remains uncertain and under police watch.
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Hylton
Dale Shipley
Nancy
Enderton Court
Shipley
Dale
Burdett
London
Right
O” Hylton
Frances
Reeves
Enderton
Lawson
Battersea
Miss Featherstone
Battersea Place
Arthur Burdett
Kingsley Hyton
Park House Drive
Buddle Muddle band concert best idea for two weeks
Willy Nilly proposes a two week holiday with daily fun in Buddle Muddle. The plan centers on a band concert led by Top Notch the rooster, despite Christopher Columbus Crow's doubts about practice. Rip the dog backs the idea as the best in ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Graham Bonner
Willy Nilly
Sweet
Face
Buddle Muddle
Jelly Bea
Rip
Top Notch
Christopher Columbus
Christopher
Tonsil Problem Infections Link To Systemic Disease
Dr Iago Galdston edits a New York Academy of Medicine piece noting that infection in teeth tonsils sinuses gall bladder and appendix may trigger systemic diseases. A study in New York City schools found 61 percent of 11 year olds had tonsil removals after multiple exams by school medical staff.
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Iers
Rosenau
New York Academy of Medicine
Iago Galdston
New York City
Flashes of Life and Odd Local Happenings
Scott County report cites six foot four deputy sheriff Bennington at a school charity ice cream social. He enjoyed a splashy snack haul while teens applauded his presence. In Atlanta, Meng made a hole in one at East Lake No. 2. Zion’s Voliva predicts no more rain in 1936, then storms. In Beaumont a taxi ride reveals two retirees with a $260 bill. Kansas City notes a kangaroo rumor as Clark and Tom West observe.
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Findlay
O.—Liberty High School
Taylor R. Bennington
Atlanta
F. Meng
East Lake
Green
Zion
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Christian Catholic Church of Zion
Ln Zion
Kansas City
Tex Clark
Jigger
Tom West
Clark
Kansas News Briefs From Aug. 10 Highlights Local Tragedy and Honors
Kansas City Kansas brief notes a fatal skylight fall by Gladys Gress seeking a cool sleeping spot, plus George Stansfield named Kansas rifle captain for Camp Perry with teammates James and Wright. Fort Scott reports Sean Norberry dead after a car crash near Fulton. Meade notes death of Z Q Golliher, Meade County landowner. Leavenworth records Harry W Day, Republican precinct committeeman, dying in Iowa. Kansas City reports Walter Laverack, captain at Fire Station No. 7.
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Kansas City
Kan
Gladys Gress
Mike Evanoff
Gregg
Art Gregg
Chicago
Junction City
George W. Stansfield
Topeka
Kansas
Camp Perry
Ohio
Kansas State Rifle Association
G. D. James
A. W. Wright
Hutchinson
Leavenworth
Harry W. Day
Soldiers Hone
Day
Washita
Iowa
Lincoln Steffens Dies After Heart Ailment At Carmel Home
Carmel Calif Aug 10 Lincoln Steffens crusading journalist and editor known for muckraking era dies at 70 after a heart ailment at his Carmel home He pressed the hand of his former wife Ella Winter as he died His son Peter was at the bedside He led exposes such as The Shame of the Cities and The Struggle for Self Government and mentored Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair.
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California
Europe
Steffens
San Francisco
New York
McClure’s Magazine
The
American
Everybody's Magazine
School of Journalism
Theodore Roosevelt
Ida Tarbell
New School
Upton Sinclair
Roosevelt
Bunyan
Busines
Carmel
Miss Winter
Paris
France
Pacific Weekly
West Coast
Radio Programs Monday Evening August 10 listings
Radio schedule overview listing KMBC WDAF WREN programs incl Milton Paletta Carter Dickinson Heidt Hill Gypsies Minstrels Vaughan bands orchestras and The March of Time with multiple named performers and times across KMBC WDAF WREN stations for Monday night August 10 and Tuesday August 11 weather forecast and late headlines. The dense listing names many orchestras and singers such as Richard Himber Wayne King Vincent Lopez and Benny Goodman along with the program blocks and times.
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Wren
John Herrick
KMBC
WDAF
Edwin C. Hill
Melody Paletta
Boake Carter
Jean Dickinson
Horace Heidt
Pick and
Pat
Caraval
Richard Himber
Wayne King
Great “Lakes
Jolly Coburn
Ram Eak Shannen
Andy
Rubinoff
Mieaile “Smith
Aa Donahue
Magnelia Blossoms
Melody Rendezvous
Kory_ House
Orch
Enry- Busse
Eudie House
iHotel Bismarck Orch
Eastman Casino
Austin Mack
Orcher
Hazeli Sanford
Vivian Della Chiesa
Kansas City Dines
Jyne King
Morgan
Klarit Robinson
Stasia
Wre Woaf
KMELC
Olly Coburn
Wren—Shandor
Wdaf Chez
Amy Sanella
Pe Lou Bring
Dickstabile
Kedak
Stevens Orch
Carl Schreiber
Wren—Grand Terrace Orch
Wdarf
St. Francis Hotel
Ifred_ Barr's
Vista de Lago Orch
Cherniavsky
EMBC
Midnight Fearlines
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Miss Frazier
Anna Edwards
Miss Beach
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Julia Righter
Sara Thrasher
Frank House
Frank Banks
Norman Roberts
Manhattan
Raymond Hazen
Clarence Howell
Syd Prentice
Herb Beatty
McKinley
Old Soldiers McKinley Club
South Park
Simpson Hollister
Selig
David Littell
Henry Winey
Steinbuze
Clothing House
Robinson & Spalding
Laurence W. Meynell
Kingsley Hylton
Old Burdett
Captain Reeves
Ferney House
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Tex
Washington, D. C
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Ray Rose
Seattle
Fort Scott
Sean Norberry
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Meade
Z. Q. Golliher
Meade County
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No. 7
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Veterans’ Hospital
F. B. Dodds
Raymond Standing
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Carter
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