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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1941

Page

3

The Old Quaker Meeting House Disappears and History Recalled

Edward BumGardner recounts the rise of Quaker settlements in Kansas led by Lawrence Quakers, detailing the 1863 start in Lawrence, the building of a new meeting house in 1872, key figures like Washington Hadley and John G. Haskell, and the lasting impact of Quaker communities including the planned Lawrence church replacement with stone from the old building. The piece also notes notable local figures and the broader Quaker network in Kansas.

Edward Bumgardner East Lawrence Kansas Vermont’ Street Washington Hadley Miller’s Hall Massachusetts Street Park School William Penn Pennsylvania Ohio Pact Indiana Kaw Johnson County Moses Pearson Mary H. Stanton Elias Newby Yearly Meeting William A. Coffin Eli Wilson Benajah W. Hiatt Richmond Westport Osawatomie C. C. Brown Springfield Hesper Cottonwood Spring River Kansas River Fort Leavenworth Coffin Joel Hiatt Big Stranger Creek Big Stranger Walnut Creeks Springdale Verling K. Stanley Friends Kansas Monthly Meeting Jonathan Phoebe Mendenhall George Rogers Levi Sarah Woodard Spring Spring Grove Spring Rivers John Brown Sharp Co. E John G. Haskell Manhattan John Speer Thomas S. Clymonts Owen Paul Robert Rt Sterling J. G. Haskell New ’ University New University Fraser Hall Henry C Melissa S. Fellow William G. Coffin England New Temple Kansas Yearly Meeting ‘of Friends Western Home Journal Journal Massachusetts Topeka Apes Canada Ireland Tate Action Wood America Doctor Cordle Ceagha E. Coffin Ind Francis W. Thomas Baltimore Methodist Church Mary Elliott Rachel Binford Free Methodist Edith. Griffith Deborah Thomas John Scott Presbyterian Obadiah Chase Universalist Baptist ‘Church Douglas Qreedes Charles F Holy’ Land Charles Hadley Friay Fron Lawrence Arches Wichita Friends University Lawrence ‘Church Andreas Many Arches M. Cox Williamicholson John Winnedge William Wooten National Bank of Hesper Quarterly Meeting Richard A. Cox Mahlon H. Newlin Albert L. Cox John M. Newlin J. M. Newlin Douglas County A. L. Cox United States Kansas State Historical Society Friends' University Te Cabot John D. Miles Laban J. Miles Herbert Hoover Spnt Labon J. Miles Quincy A. Henley Presbyterian Church Walter Roscoe Stubbs Lawrence Young Men’s Christian Association WREN New Hampshire Street Lawrence Quakers Friends ‘Meeting House East Lawrence Friends -Church Sixteenth and New Hampshire Streets

Lives of French Put in Pawn After Paris Assault

In Vichy unoccupied France on August 23 German authorities threaten death for Communists and anarchists and declare hostages in Paris after the murder of a German officer. Police raids widen and a new train wreck injures thirty miners near Valdonne tunnel in Mussat Plain as repression increases.

Vichy France Paris Valdonne Mussat Plain Swank Champs Elyseps Eighth Arrondissement Ernst von Schaumburg Petain Today Altho

Official purge of mayors and town councils in national restoration drive

Interior Minister Pierre Pucheu resumed wholesale removal of local leaders with nine mayors and 31 town councils fired. Charges ranged from insulting remarks about Marshal Petain to hostility to the work of national restoration and even drunkenness, signaling disaffection in official ranks.

Pierre Pucheu Marshal Petain National Restoration

Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Office

Marriage licenses issued to Robert Lloyd Dyer Belleville and Maxine M Weeks Haviland and Pauline L White Garden City and Gwendolynne Jo Davis Ottawa.

Robert Lloyd Dyer Belleville Maxine M. Weeks Haviland Pauline L. White Garden City Gwendolynne Jo Davis Ottawa

Film Schedule Highlights Four Day Theaters

Sunday four days features Kiss the Boys Goodbye with Mary Martin and Don Ameche Information Please with Oscar Levant and Jack Benny Rochester Thursday three days offers Jungle Cavalcade and Seeing Eye training dogs for the blind Sunday four days Ice Capades with Dorothy Owis Ellison Colona and Naval Academy feature with Bartholomew Lydon Cook Thursday three days Rub ber Legs Errol in Hit Charlie Hurry and In Old Cheyenne with Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes

Mary Martin Don Ameche Oscar Levant Jack Benny Rochester Frank Buck Allen Dorothy Owis James Ellison Jerry Colona Naval Academy Freddie Bartholomew Jimmy Lydon Billy Cook Leon Errol Charlie

Thrifty Habit Reading the Classifieds Daily

A reader notes a thrifty habit of checking the classified pages each day to catch bargains and local notices. The practice reflects ordinary newspaper consumption and consumer curiosity in daily life.

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