Landon Address and American Way of Life Commentary
The discussion outlines Governor Landon's Pennsylvania address and the contrast with New Deal policies. It notes the American system's freedoms, calls for preserving gains, and critiques ten point programs as aligned with New Deal approaches, with Kansas primary results and commentary on drought-era crops and cottonwood resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
Pennsylvania
United States
London
Republican Party
Objection filed over Montgomery county chair race
Thurman Hill, former governor candidate and now special treasury aide, objects to James A. Brady’s election as Montgomery county chairman. WPA director Evan Griffith may weigh in as he opposes WPA members in partisan posts. Brady urged to step aside for public policy alignment. Also notes rain interruptions in two Lawrence baseball games and a northern drouth doctors group meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith Thurman Hill
Treasury
Washington
James A. Brady
WPA
Montgomery County
Hill
Evan Griffith
Griffith
Brady
Old Home Town mourns Valentino death in New York
Lawrence area reports rainfall total and social notes. Alfred Lawrence returns from California trip by auto. Mrs. Arthur L. Owen plans Colorado motor tour with daughters. Mr and Mrs Harold Constant host dinner dance at county club for Miss Martha Mackie and future husband Joe Daniels. Welfley buys W A Guenther grocery stock to run Welfley grocery. Guenther stays in Lawrence, Dunmire stock sold earlier. County GOP names M A Gorrill chairman at courthouse meeting. Valentino dies in New York City. long list of local events and people in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Valentino
New York
Lawrence
M. A. Gorrill
Court House
F. Welfley
Baldwin
W. A. Guenther
Welfley
Guenther
W. A. Dunmire
Alfred Lawrence
Long Beach
Calif
Arthur L. Owen
Catherine
Barbara Jane
Colorado
Harold Constant
Lawrence Country Club
Martha Mackie
Joe E. Daniels
Firman W. Mullin
Kansas City
Mullin
Hellams
Dorothy Blackmar
Columbia University
Sar
Poor Pa by Claude Callan
A short comic sketch notes Dhn attending church after his wife’s death while Ma suspects his motive is to find another partner below rather than join his wife above.
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Poor PA
Claude Callan
Dhn
Publishers Syndicate
Agnes Engel to Return From Yellowstone Vacation
Miss Agnes Engel is expected home today from Yellowstone Park where she has spent her vacation. She will then visit her parents Prof. and Mrs. F. W. Blackmar before leaving for Florida to teach French and Spanish at the Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee. Mrs J B Mack hosts a Tuesday bridge party at the Country club with assistance from Miss Virginia Pendleton Miss Helen Pendleton and Mrs James J Norton.
Twenty Five Years Ago News Clippings Old Kansas City Item
Dr C B Francisco named to Kansas City Health Board as a former Lawrence boy and KU graduate. Peter E Emery prominent Lawrence citizen dies in Portland Oregon. Talks persist of an electric interurban linking Kansas City Topeka via Lawrence. I C Stevenson travels to Kansas City to join wife and son returning from Pennsylvania. Fred Dunham leaves for Garden City to manage Postal Telegraph office. Miss Helen Thompson of Emporia visits Miss Adriene Atkinson. Wednesday Afternoon Duplicate Whist club hosts Mrs George Shaw’s farewell in California. Mr and Mrs U S G Plank return from Harrisonville Missouri by automobile. Mrs A Young and daughter Mrs Max Wilhelmi Jr depart for Chicago. Basil Mitchell visits from Burlington. Mrs C B Spangler and daughter Irma Spangler visit Neodesha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Francisco
Kansas City Health Board
W. J. Francisco
Francisco
Lawrence
Kansas University
Peter E. Emery
Judge Thatchers
Portland
Oregon
Emery
Kansas City
Topeka
I. C. Stevenson
Pennsylvania
Fred Dunham
Garden City
Helen Thompson
Em- Poria
Adriene Atkinson
Charles Elwell
Tennessee
George Shaw
California
U. S. G. Plank
Harrisonville
Missouri
Plank
A. Young
Max Wilhelmi, Jr
Chicago
Basil Mitchell
Burlington
Kan
A. G. Mitchell
C. B. Spangler
Irma Spangler
Neodesha
Forty Years Ago in Lawrence Aug 24 1884
Miss Emma Barber returns from Em poria visits. Ray's picnic held after weather delay. Dr F D Morse lays sidewalk on Tennessee. Fred Read back from illness. John Charlton visits Decatur. Womans clubs plan September start. Ethel Luther hosts large party on South Massachusetts. W S McCurdy fined for nuisance. appeal to district court. Lawrence youths go to Deichmann grove for camping. chaperone Mrs F P Smith. Prof A H Clark back from vacation. May and Ida Edmondson go east for fall millinery. Bicycle parade on Massachusetts street next Saturday night with possible concert. Moonlight hayrack ride to Eudora. School year prep. few vacant houses filling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Barber
Emporia
Ray
F. D. Morse
Tennessee Street
Fred Read
John Charlton
T. B. Ewing
Decatur
Ilinois
Lawrence
Ethel Luther
South Massachusetts Street
W. S. McCurdy
McCurdy
District Court
Deichmann's Grove
F. P. Smith
A. H. Clark
May
Ida Edmondson
East
Massachusetts Street
Eudora
Abilene Reporter-News Blanton Defeat Said Local Issue
Abilene Texas August 24 supporters of Rep Tom Blanton credit his loss for reelection to local matters not national disputes such as the Red Rider affair Latest returns from the Democratic run off show Judge Clyde L Garrett Eastland leading Blanton 33386 to 18837 The Abilene paper noted Blanton acknowledged dissatisfaction over his postmaster appointments hurt his campaign
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Texas
Tom Blanton
Rifle Team Named for Camp Perry Matches
Fort Riley Aug 24 LCPs Members of the Kansas National Guard rifle team headed for the national rifle matches at Camp Perry Ohio include captain Arthur J Ericson of Emporia coach Everett A Romig Coffeyville and team members Russell Graybill Newton Frank B Martin Atchison H A White Council Grove Samuel Little Newton George OConnell Emporia Alva B Perry J S Wemmer Coffeyville R T Williamson Dodge City James J Ponte Topeka C A Roster John E Platiner Coffeyville and Frank Nye Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riff
Fort Riley
Lcps
Kansas National Guard
Camp Perry
Arthur J. Ericson
Emporia
Everett A. Romig
Coffeyville
Russell Graybill
Newton
Frank B. Martin
Atchison
H. A. White
Council Grove
Samuel Little
George O'Connell
Alva B. Perry
J. S. Wemmer
R. T. Williamson
Dodge City
James J. Ponte
Topeka
C. A. Roster
Wichita
John E. Platiner
Frank Nye
World-apa With A Fence ER A New Novel by Marian Sims an
Carol Torrance works as a high school teacher in Ashboro finding both supportive colleagues and the striking challenge of a skilled student, Denis Ford, who clashes with her and stirs unresolved feelings. A bustling party reveals past tensions, rivalries, and a hinted romance as Carol contends with Denis while Tom, Alice, and Ben add to the complex social web. Tomorrow, Carol plans a date with Denis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Sims
Carol Torrance
Ashboro
Mike Hannigan
Mike
Carol
Ben Tyler
Society
Alice
Tom Harrison
Harrison
Tom
Fair City
Hollywood
Denis Ford
Ben
Kerese
Denis
Atavian Sim
Mrs Quackos Family Ends With Picnic Plans
A fragment from a Mary Graham tale centers on Mrs Quacko planning a pond side salad for her family while a lonely voice of a nonfamily duckling disrupts the scene. Separate items note St Lukes A M E church picnic at Brown's Grove with 9 am church assembly and 10 cent transport, and a police court fine of 5 dollars for Bob Surles for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Quacko
St. Luke's A.M.E
Brown's Grove
How's Your Health Edited for the Fier York Academy Medicine
The piece explains how chronic dental infections may lie dormant while the body resists them. It highlights fatigue, chilling, colds, and poor diet as key factors weakening defenses, allowing foci to flare. It advises locating and removing foci before major operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fier
York Academy Medicine
sTane Galdston
Sparks August picnic marks weekend political events in Sparks
Sparks hosts its 40th annual picnic August 27 to 28 with August 28 Democratic day and August 29 Republican day. Walter Haxman Democratic governor nominee to speak August 28, followed by Will G. West Republican nominee, Sen. Arthur Capper, Rep. Lambertson, and others on August 29. Weekend accidents kill several locals and injure eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
Walter Haxman
Will G. West
Arthur Capper
W. P. Lambertson
Urs George Simmons
Marshall
Flashes of Life and Odd Local News Items
A local miscellany reports Arthur Phil lips in Brooksville riding 25 miles for a missing car, police recovering it after 10 hours, transportation costs $20.98, and Col Albert A Rogers claiming a 135 pound Arkansas watermelon. Also notes a Los Angeles egg duel at a cafe and Wallace Beery fishing in Idaho with wardens inspecting gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooksville
Fla
Arthur Phillips
Aripeka
Phillips
Little Rock
Ark
Albert A. Rogers
Arkansas
Hope
Archie A. Rogers
Boston
York
Wrestler Jimmy Finehout Sinks 29-LB Pike in One-Fall Match
The 19-year-old Jimmy Finehout and his Municipal Judge father, John W. Finehout, claimed victory in a wrestling fish tale after a northern pike broke the line. Jimmy grabbed the pike, brought it to shore, and wrestled it into submission. the fish weighed 29 pounds, 12 ounces. Separately, Clarence Keller heard hail striking his Seymour farm and found 560 sparrows dead from the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Jimmy Finehout
John W. Finehout
Seymour, Til
Clarence Keller
Death of Mrs J M Crowder Shocks Community
Crowder life in the neighborhood marked by years of residence as friends and neighbors offer sympathy. Report lists visits and calls among local residents including Collins Potter Hodson Hodgson and others, with family ties to Brackett Williamstown Lawrence and Barker, plus a 4-H picnic attendance and silo filling helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Crowder
W.E. Collins
Eugene
Jack
Jane Potter
Holcom
J. E. Mercer
Lawrence
Lawrence Titterington
C. C. Potter
Radio Listings for August Evenings in Kansas City Area
A dense trampling of radio schedules for Monday and Tuesday evenings listing stations KMBC WREN WDAF WDAP and others. It names programs from 5:30 pm through midnight including musical programs radio theater news weather forecasts and a Democratic program with a wide array of orchestras bands and hosts. Several named artists and bands appear such as Melba Palette Boake Carter Richard Himber Benny Goodman Tommy Dorsey Willard Robinson and Ernie Smith. The entry ends with a social note about Miss Helen Norwood and others visiting the Collins home.
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Wren
John Herrick
KMBC
WDAF
Edwin C. Hubb
Boake Carter
WDAP
Frank Farrell
WWD2
Kalbddress
Gov
Landon
Pick
Pat Wren
Richard Himber
Ben Bernie
Creat Lakes Orch
Jolly Coburn
Orch
Jack Shannon
Tony Russell
Amos
N’ Andy
Rubinoft
Howard Ely
Ink Spots
Erle Smith
al Donahue
Melody Randesvous
Wren—Radio Night Club
Wren—Shandor
Eastman Casino Orche
Austin Mack
WRWD
Wrwd. —Yesterday's Music. —Oriental Gardens Orchs
Cherniavsky
Harold Sanford
Jack Miller
WWDAF
Wise-Crackers
Kansas City
Edgar A. Guest
Wayne King
Russ Morgan
Vox-Fop
Tommy Dorsey
Benny Goodman
WDAPF
Keldeen
BC String Symphony
Dow Darl
Barry McKinley
Tims
Chester Rowell
Frank LaMarr
Willard Robinson
Stuart
Wren—Rubinoff
KNBC
Ernie Smith
Kmrtu
Chez Parea Orch
MBC
Radia Circus
Andy Sanella
Bring’n
Inarice Spitalny
Alfred Barr
Daf—Vista del Lago
KMEBC
Charniaveky
KRMGC
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Journal-World
the World Company
Weat
North Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
Los Angeles
New Orpheum
Baltimore Ave
St. Louis
Star Ridge
Atlanta
Detroit
General Motors
Associated Press
Allews
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Kansas
Canada
Middle West
Great Plains
el Dorado
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Drouth
Drouth Curing Committee
Blanton
Mrs. Quacko
Mary Graham FE
Nel
Bob Surles
Don Hults
the World Co
Winchester
Hays
Earl Zine
Here
Douglas
George Reighard
Fort Hays
Fort Dodge
Henry T. Salisbury
Veterans Hospital
Danville
Ill
S5th
Hewins
Charles H. Hatton
Lions International
The
Fisherman's
Boise
Idaho
Wallace Beery
Fish and Game
Abner
Link Oakey
Helen Norwood
Albert Norwood
Wesley Crady
Lecompton
Glenn Sims
Winter
J. S. Emmett
Kanwaka
W. L. Collins
First National Bank
Lawrence, Kansas
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