Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus in Lawrence Preview
Traveling circus promoters arrive in Lawrence ahead of the September 9 show touted as The Greatest Show on Earth. The press agent describes an expanded lineup with new imported performers from Europe Asia and South America including acrobats gymnasts aerialists and elite equestrian acts totaling about 800 artists across seven rings and stages.
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Ballyhoo
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey
Lawrence
Tie
India
Europe
Holland
William Heyer
Tamara Heyer
Aloys
Three Colters
Qualtieros
Cleveres
Wen Hais
Asia
South America
Australia
William Heyer Rudy Rudynoff
Dorothy Herbert
Comets
Randolls
Wallondas
Guice
Repenskis
Walters
Rieffenachs
Surrendering Bank Robber Returns Cash In Calhoun
Missouri business man Charles Francis Hill, 28, surrendered to Sheriff Dalton Davis in Calhoun and returned $350 taken in the holdup of the Citizen State Bank the previous day. Cashier C. F. Morrow and assistant Maynard George identified Hill as the depositor who entered the bank with a small revolver and commanded the cashiers to stand back.
Stamped plea leads to Hill turned over to agents
In a tense exchange the phrase money and sacks is noted as a coercive demand. Hill was subsequently turned over to federal agents and confined at the Henry County jail in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
St. Cm
Hill
Henry County
Clintoneles
Goldesta festival to celebrate Herington growth 50th year
Herington Kansas marks 50th anniversary of incorporation with Goldesta from August 29 to September 2 featuring a queen coronation band concerts rodeo dances and a historical pageant. Gov. Walter A. Hartman to speak as twenty five floats honor founder M. D. Herington and descendants reenact the town’s early ties with the Rock Island railroad.
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Herington
Kan
Pedillas
Rock Island
Walter A. Haxman
M. D. Herington
Priscilla
Lower Main Street
Clifford Herington
Rock Island Railroad
Soil Conservation Service Notes on Farm Pond and Terracing
Notes cover the Cunningham farm pond reconstruction with a new concrete cut off system and arch headwall, downstream valve protection, and terracing progress on the Fulton, Pohl, and Simon farms. Crews prepare outlet channels while seedbeds and grass reseed planned for September due to adverse weather.
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J. F. Cunningham
Cunningham Farm
Frank Fulton
E. A. Pohl
P. C. Simon
W. H. McDaniel
Roy Baldwin
Soil Conservation on KU Farm WPA Project
On the University of Kansas farm near Lawrence WPA labor is carrying out soil conservation on 1290 acres in three sections. One area of 590 acres will be shaped into two pastures totaling 166 acres and 310 acres of fenced timber land after removing brush and building seven diversion ditches to channel water into masonry overfalls. The site features limestone outcrops, rough slopes, and native timber to reduce erosion, with work supervised by the Soil Conservation Service at Ottawa.
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University of Kansas
Lawrence
WPA
Soil Conservation Service At
Ottawa
Deaf School Heads Change at Olathe
Topeka Aug 26 The state board of administration announced the resignation of H J Menzemer after eight years as superintendent of the state school for the deaf at Olathe. Alfred Cranwill of East Orange N J will succeed him effective Sept 6. Cranwill 33 born Jacksonville Ill is married with one child. He holds A B from George Washington University an MA from Gallaudet College an MS from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at the Kendall School for the Deaf in Washington and the New Jersey State School for the Deaf in West Trenton among other posts. His background includes supervising leisure time activities for deaf children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
H. J. Menzemer
Olathe
Alfred Cranwill
East Orange
N. J
State Board of Administration
Menzemer
W. H. Burke
Glathe School
Jacksonville
George Washington University
Washington
D. C
Gallaudet College
University of Pennsylvania
Kendall School For the Deaf
Washington, D.C
New Jersey State School For the Deaf
West Trenton
Newark Day School For the Deaf
Newark
Fire damages Neale hall at Cottey College
Nevada Missouri August 26 a fire caused heavy damage to Neale hall housing classrooms at Cottey College. Origin undetermined. President Dr Orpha Stockard said other buildings would be equipped for classes. Neale hall built 1922 26 named for Miss Mary Frances Neale of Higdon ago.
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Nevada
Cottey College
Neale
Orpha Stockard
Mary Frances Neale
Hig
Local notes list visits and community events in Ginsville
The column records residents and visitors including Ray Groshong and son Robert returning from Dallas, Mrs Pauline Tucker and son from Kansas City, a eye surgery at Lawrence Memorial hospital, and multiple family gatherings. Social items include a Methodist church tea on Friday, August 27 at Carlson cafe, birthday celebrations, a Brethren church shower for George Cook, and a series of visits among residents from Topeka Paola Kir, Clovis and California.
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Ray Groshong
Robert
J. J. Groshong
Dallas
Tex
Cecil Noel
Ned Reynolds
Mary Groshong
Pauline Tucker
Kansas City
Henry Rose
Clovis
Calif
McLouth News Briefs and Local Notices
Obituary notes for Mrs. Di Wilkins of McLouth detail birth in 1857, Kansas move, marriage to John Wilkins in 1880, residence on the Wilkins farm, widowhood in 1928, and death August 13 at St. John’s Leavenworth. service held August 16 with interment at McLouth. Other items cover neighbors away in Topeka, Kansas City business trips, church social events, quilting club activity, a Union Township elderly list update, Rice family reunion plans, and a state lake picnic honoring California visitors.
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Syl White
di Wilkins
Noah
Sarah Ann Dillon
Harveysburg
Kansas
John Wilkins
Wilkins
McLouth
W.H. Fisher
St. John’s Hospital
Leavenworth
Albert
Colton
Calif
Jennie Means
Orville Wilkins
San Bernardino
McLouth Cemetery
Doris Edmonds
Topeka
Leo Larkin
Don Miller
Jimmie
Fort Scott
G. M. Casebier
Harold McHenry
Ollie Denny
Leslie Meyer
Lake of the Ozarks
Collins
P. V. Bradford
Christine Collins
Ella Jones
Phoenix
Tiz
Union Township
Isabelle Hendrix
Gus Carlson
C. E. Glogan
Minnie Garrett
Rice
R. W. Moses
Amelia Rose
State Lake
Henry Rose
California
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Felix Adlen
Jennie Rooney
Herington Festival
Dodge
R. C. Morris
Bullene-Skinner Motor Co
Soil Conservation Service Notes
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Chicago
Diane Lucas Ia
Dorothy Lucas
Ginsville
Goodyears
NEW
Goodyear
Carter Super
Emmett Smith, JR
Shell Dealer
Mass
Baldwin City—Smith Motor Co
Eudora—Rothberger Garage
Clarence Spray
Harold Champion
J. D. Moses
Virl Moses
Otto Dreher
Ralph Johnson
William Edmonds
Harold Edmonds
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