Running Life's Race and Nation's Lean Years
A mosaic of short items notes Civil War relics in Lincoln, a 1907 treasury remodel gift, tax relief from 1.87 mills, Fort Riley maneuvers removing army mules, tragic fates of Amelia Earhart and Chinese airmen, Shanghai air battles, charm by radio, and Grasshopper bait tips from Everett Palmer urging youth to speak up and be seen.
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City of
Lincoln
Sons of Nebraska
E Dorado Times
the Times
Sedgwick County
Jevy
Fort Riley
Shanghai in the Crossfire A City Endures Modern Bombing
War unfolds inside a crowded city as bombs fire and shells fall over Shanghai. Casualty figures are unavailable, but noncombatants suffer heavy losses while Americans and Chinese struggle to survive. Many men stay to defend and sustain occupations despite the terror and halted business.
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Shanghai
Neighbors of Ours A Lawrence Vacationer in Nebraska
A Lawrence traveler returned home with a new appreciation for Nebraskans noted for facing facts. Highway signs display town populations, from a village of 27 to Lincoln’s 80,000, offering practical travel facts and a point of pride. The piece also recalls four Virginia quarried columns in Antelope Park, Lincoln, once used in the 1836 Treasury building and linked to Lincoln’s era.
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Lawrence
Nebraska
Lincoln
Nebraska Highway Department
Virginia
Jackson
Federal Treasury
Maine
Douglas County
Randall Doolittle
Fairview
W. J. Cummings, Jr
F. W. Barteldes
Max Wilhelmi, Sr
Colorado
Miss Cummings
Jessie Collins
Myrtle Cummings
Kit Carson
Colo
Partrish
Quackenbush
Lake View
Gladys Meyer
Madge Partish
Ruth Dunmire
Helen Marshall
Maude Moore
Flora Meyer
Chaphans
Isa Edna Hyer
Tennessee Street
Rose Kerr
Topeka
Helen Martin
Kansas City
Jean
Alice Smith
J. H. Young
Elm Street
Maine Street
Otto Reyer
Henry Reyer
Chicago
Strickland Soood Planing Mill and Lumber Co
0. M. Searles
Carey
Saken
Alice G. Darling
Geneva Ogden
Winnipeg
Don Conadien Pate
Portland
Los Angeles
The Lessons Begin By Mary Graham Bonner
A whimsical tale opens with Willy Nilly and the Puddie Muddlers arriving for a planned lesson as animals inch toward a morning routine. The piece shifts to a civic essay stressing mental hygiene, its economic costs, and the need for individual responsibility and public understanding.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Willy Nilly
Rip
Heb Jelly Bear
Honey Bear
Jupiter
Blacky
Chubby
Average incomes of Kansas North Dakota families under $1200
Washington reports a study by the department of agriculture shows 1465 families in 15 villages had annual incomes under 1200 for 1935. Kansas towns include Kinsley Bucklin Spearville Cimarron Fowler Meade. North Dakota towns Casselton Cooperstown Finley Hope Hatton Hillsboro Maysville Portland Lidgerwood. Twenty six percent had relief during the year. In Police Court Robert Burns faced assault charges and posted a 5 dollar bond. Munchey Galbraith case for driving under the influence was continued to August 25.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
North Dakota
Kinsley
Bucklin
Spearville
Cimarron
Fowler
Meade
Casselton
Cooperstown
Finley
Hope
Hatton
Hillsboro
Maysville
Portland
Lidgerwood
Robert Burns
Munchey Galbraith
The Mental Health Cost Viewpoint In Economic Terms
The article argues that while some reject the idea that man is mainly economic, economic conditions greatly influence health and community life. It analyzes mental hygiene through humanitarian and economic lenses, focusing on costs and implications for society.
Scout to search for missing fliers from Oakland flight
Captain William Erwin, after talks with navy officials, plans a hop from Municipal Airport Oakland to Hawaii to search for missing planes Gold Eagle and Miss Doran Crews. Other notes report race results, local trips, and community events across Lawrence.
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Scout Pacific
Municipal
Oakland
Cal
William Erwin
Dallas Spirit
Navy
Hawaii
Golden Eagle
Art Goeer
Lieut
W. V. Davis
Woolaroo
Martin Jensen
Paul Schluter
Aloha
Regular Army
A. &. G. Plank
Plank
Ft Logan
Colo
New York
Panama
N. L
Democrats Organize Douglas County Chapter Meeting
Twenty five years ago on a Wednesday in August a Douglas County Democratic group began organizing with strong support. A committee was appointed to start the chapter, with members A. Riggs Chersea Seurne Carter Joan Walters and D. L. Reese named.
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Douglas County
3. A. Riggs
Chersea Seurne Carter
Joan Walters
D. L. Reese
Forties Era Visit Notices From Lawrence and Mantua
Forty years ago on Wednesday August 18 Mrs W L Brayton of Kansas City was visiting Lawrence. Col and Mrs H L Moore left today for Mantua Ohio.
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Holloway
Indiana
Elizabeth Stone
Edward Ellison
Kansas City
Finch
Colorado
Marie Morgan
Ohio Street
Edith Rarick
Herbert Johnson
Kentucky Street
Mrs. Wright
East Lee Street
John F. Strong
Grace Wright
A. L. Jones
McGurdy Strong & Co
West
Massachusetts Street
Klondike Pierson Bros
Alaska
Yukon
Lecompton
Lawrence
Leamer
A. W. Colville
New York
E. McConnell
Pilgrim Congregational Church
South Massachusetts Street
H Far'e Daug
Henry Farwell
Harper
Ell’s
S. E. Brune
H. F. Ketels
Will Dick
O. D. Parratt
E. H. Eberhardt
W. L. Brayton
Lawrence, Col
H. L. Moore
Mantua
Ohio
Dark ship and a wary pursuit in Baltimore
Neill, a young federal agent, visits Baltimore for a week with his girlfriend and quarrels with Janet who refuses to cancel a dinner with Prescott Fanning. Neill probes Fanning through alarms and interviews as Eyster warns of a dangerous, yacht owning man while a barroom encounter unfolds revealing Fanning’s sly, calculating nature.
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Neill
Baltimore
Janet
Prescott Fanning
Fanning
David Eyster
Eyster
City Pier
Broadway
Stafford
Walter Patton
New York
Green Spring Valley
Johannisberger
Wall Street
Fannings
Fannin
Patton
Jim
Hulbert Footner
Kelantan and Kedah Stamp Issues Highlight Old Malay States
The article notes new Kelantan stamps featuring Sultan Ismail ibni Almarhum Sultan Mohammed IV with values from 2c to 40c and 1 to 2 dollars, plus images of the ruler and an adviser named Baker. It also covers Kedah’s Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah and a British adviser named Hull, listing Kedah stamp denominations and noting historic rule.
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Kelantan
Malay Peninsula
H. AH
Sir Ismail Ibni
Almarhum
Mohammed IV
K.C.M.G
AB Spears
Sultan Ismail
Councif
Baker
Siam
Kota Bharu
Long Junus
Sri Vijaya
Kedah
Sir Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
Alor Star
Regent Tanku
Sir Mahmud
Hull
Poor Pa By Claude Callan
Nan tells her husband that men flirt with her downtown, but Ma doubts it. Afa notes if it were true Nan would go downtown more often. Copyright 1937, Publishers Syndicate.
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Nan
Afa
Publishers Syndicate
Citizens Committee Wins City Water Works Election
The Citizens Committee, advocating change in Leavenworth city waterworks management, won the top five nomination spots in a Monday special city election. Of 24 candidates, five independents and men of the People’s Ticket won the remaining positions. Total votes were 4,006, under 60 percent turnout for a normal election.
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Citizens Committee
Leavenworth
People’s
Vacation on the Job Promotes Restful Change in Daily Life
A psychologist argues that real vacation can come from changing daily routines at home or work. Try altering meals, sleep setups, radio programs, reading, and even social duties. Set aside six weeks to vary activities and duties, then return with renewed efficiency and happiness.
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Europe
Girl Dies in Car Crash Near Osage City Kansas
Miss Amy Roth Taylor eleven of St. Joseph Missouri was killed in a motor car crash near Osage City following a tire blow out. Her two grandmothers Mrs Emma Taylor and Mrs U S Jackson were critically injured. Parents Mr and Mrs George W Taylor and grandfather U S Jackson sustained less serious injuries.
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Osage City
Kan
Amy Roth Taylor
St. Joseph
Here
Emma Taylor
U. S. Jackson
Kincaid
George W. Taylor
WDAF Town Evening Radio Concert Schedule
Summary of a chaotic listing of radio station time slots and orchestra names for WDAF KMBC EMBC WREN and others. It catalogs performances by Joan Edwards Erle Smith Beverly Hills Orchestra Paul Whiteman and multiple unnamed orchestras with times from 4:30 to midnight and notes on weather headlines and hotel venues. It reads like a program grid with sporadic names and upcoming segments.
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WDAF
EMBC
Sol Wren
Eiza Schallert
Wren
Joan Edwards
Plager
Erle Smith
Beverly Hills Orch
Victor Arden
Orch
KMBC
Roger Pryor
Freddie Rich
Mart Kenny
Paul Whitemen
H. Middieman
Jack Starr
Grand Terrace
Bart Yardley
Edate
Embc—Nocturne
Eddie House
WDAPF
Leonard Keller
Horace Henderson
Carlos Molina
WDAB
Wren—Ashburn and Bratha
Elmer Davis
KMEC
Major Bowen
KNBC
Floyd Gibbons
Bing Crosby
Piccadilly Music Hall
HMIBC
Paul Sabin
al St
Tle Smith
Eddie Varzon
Williams
Henry Busse
Larry Burke
Park Central
Frankie Masters
Wren—Garwood van
Benny Goodman
Oe Fernando
Kmbc—Nice
Eddis House
Leonard
Keller
Don Chiesta
Jimmy Grista
AI Vierra
Death for selling land to foreigners in Tientsin edict
An edict issued by General Sung Cheh yuan, chairman of the Hopei Chahar Political Affairs committee, threatens death for Chinese who surreptitiously sell property to foreigners. The order targets foreign buyers, especially to curb Japanese land purchases and influence.
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Tientsin
China
Sung Cheh-yuan
Hopei Chahar Political Affairs Committee
Faye Voever Notices Weather Affects Digestion
Faye Voever notes that seven weather-related factors seem to slow digestion and elimination. She reports symptoms of torpor in organs and general sluggishness after meals.
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Faye Vouever
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Journal-World BY
the World Company
C. Simons
J. W. Murray
Dolpe Simons
Gfrice
Lorenzen & Thompson, Inc
Weat
North Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
New Orpheum
Baltimore Ave
St. Louis
Star
Detroit
General Motors
Atlanta
Walton
Associated Press
Audit Bureau OF Cinculations
Arctic
South Seas
Amelia Earhart
Bertha Shore
Augusta Gazette
Everett Palmer
Jewell County
Jewell Republican
York
Ork
New York Academy of Medicine
Lago Galdston
Hulbert Foogotner
James B. Hatcher
Journal-World
Claude Callan
Hubert Pollard
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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