Lon Chaney Dead At Forty Seven In Los Angeles
Los Angeles AP reports Lon Chaney known as The Man of a Thousand Faces died early today after battling anemia and bronchial congestion. He entered hospital August 15 and received three blood transfusions after a severe pneumonia attack earlier this year. Born April 1, 1883 in Colorado Springs, he rose from stagehand to cinema star, famed for silent era characterizations. He leaves wife Chaney and son Creighton Chaney.
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Los Angeles
Len. Chaney
Chaney
New York
Pike’s Peak
George
Oakland
Cal
Hartmann Opera Company
San Francisco
Hazel Hastings
Orn
Warren Kerrigan
Universal
Hell Morgan
Dress Making Contest At Noones Draws Many Entries
A dressmaking contest sponsored by Noone's attracted extensive interest as ten top outfits were displayed in store windows during the store's summer sale. Fifty six entries from Lawrence, Tonganoxie, Linwood and De Soto competed, judged on design, line, color, neatness, and trimmings. Non professionals only, and all material had to be bought at Noone's and patterned after a McCall design. Prizes: first $7.50 to Mrs. Carl Drake, second $3 to Mrs. E. A. McEnroe, third $2.50 to Mrs. Charles Wise, fourth a pair of silk hose to Miss Ruth Hornby. Judges were Mrs. Edna Daniels, Mrs. Hobbs, and Miss Faye Orelup.
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Noone’s
Lawrence
Tonganoxie
Linwood
DeSoto
Carl Drake
E. A. McEnroe
Charles Wise
Ruth Hornby
Edna Daniels
Hobbs
Fayei Orelup
Brecheisen Family Dinner Honor at Breithaupt Home
Mr and Mrs Gideon Breithaupt hosted a dinner Sunday welcoming Mr and Mrs A A Brecheisen and their sons from Welda. The event celebrated family ties with relatives gathering at the Breithaupt residence.
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A. A. Brecheisen
Welda
Gideon Breithaupt
Local notices and obituaries span Iowa to Italy
A mixture of family notes and obituaries from Lawrence to Clearfield records the death of Grover Arden Johnson and funeral details plus brief community mentions. Also noted is a passport of sorts as an American tourist had cameras seized at the Swiss Italian frontier and waited two weeks in Rome to retrieve it.
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George
Pomes Oi
Martin
Breithaupt
Oklahoma
Texas
Colenw Rade
Wyoming
John Price
Schperd
Pittsburg
Harold Gabriel
Eudora
Gail Breithau
Edd Thoren
Theo. Thoren
and Kretsinge
Paul Hausman
Springfield
Clifford Breithaupt
Mignot Farm
Black Jack
Ernest Shumate
Chicago
Lawrence
Grover Johnson
Grover Arden Johnson
Zoneenonia
Kan
Emma Brecheisen
Arden
Beatrice
Grover
Othie
Eunice
Aileen
Ernest. Shumate
Ill
Johnny Johnson
Baldwin
Albert Rodewald
Clearfield Church
Clearfield Cemetery
Sam Oberst
Edd Oberst
Falls City
Neb
Domodossola
Italy
Rome
Notable Speie couple aid community effort in Atlanis
Mr and Mrs Floyd Speie of Atlanis Iowa assist local volunteers in a community effort. The short snippet notes their involvement without detailing the specific program or achievements, reflecting a brief society item from the period.
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Floyd Speie
Atlanis, Ia
August 26 1930s radio schedule and school ad
A dense listing of radio programs across August 26 including Pure Oil, Amos n Andy, and bands, with weather forecasts, time signals, and a long sponsor banner. An advertisement quotes the value of Lawrence Business College graduates and invites enrollment for the September term. Sums up a busy broadcast itinerary and a college ad in a compact, period-voiced record.
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Tesday
Marie Aki
Olfendorf
Westinghouse
Sally Slumber
Amos ’N
Andy Fitecary
Floyd Gibbons
Art Kassel
Orchestra
Dnesday
Quaker Crackies
The
Old Witches
Parnassus String Trio
Manhatters
Martin's
U.S
Asay
Bandead
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Lon Chaney
Clearfield
Toledo
Minneapolia
Associated Press
Willam Anderson
Cap
Oxfords
Oxford
Montgomery Warp & Co
Mass
Lawrence, Kan
Hoover
Liberal
Prouger
Phil Cook
de Parnassus String Trio
Manhatters O'Cedar
Barbara Gould
Spana Troubadours
National Farm
Kansas City
Band of 2 Thousand Melodies
McGrew
J. Lawton Bennet
Mildred DeWeese
B. A. Rolfe
Knox Dunlap Orchestra
Maxwell House Melodies
Ollendorff
Victor Herbert Opera Series
Longine
Amos 'N’ Andy
Literary Digest
Jack Riley
Weather Forecast
Lawrence Business College
Conoco
Indianapolis
Altoona
Contest Board
American Austomobile Association
Clan Gas
Glettagot
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